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ducers' Associatiou, not a separate As- 

 sociation, but a commercial part of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Associatiou, 

 and shall include in its jurisdiction 

 the United States, Canada and Cuba. 



Section 2. Its object shall be to 

 control and market the product of its 

 members. 



ARTICLE II. 



Section 1. The marketing of honey 

 shall be done as follows: Wherever 

 there is a locality where bee-keeping 

 is carried on to some little extent, the 

 members of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association living in said locality, are 

 requested to call a meeting, and form 

 a local Association and elect a board 

 of directors, consisting of a chairman, 

 secretary, treasurer and business man- 

 ager. 



Section 2. When there are not 

 enough members to organize, or for 

 any reason they do not, but wish to 

 place their honey in the National, ship- 

 ments can be made direct to the Na- 

 tional, or according to its directions. 

 ARTICLE III. 



Section 1. It shall be the duty of 

 the chairman to call and preside over 

 all meetings, and to transact such oth- 

 er business as usually devolves upon 

 such officer. 



Section 2. The duty of the secre- 

 tary shall be to keep the minutes of 

 all local meetings, receive dues, re- 

 ceipt for same and pass them on to 

 the treasurer. 



Section 3. The duty of the treas- 

 urer shall be to receive all money, 

 giving his receipt for same, and to 

 pay it out only upon an order from 

 the secretary, signed by the president. 

 He shall keep a record of all his ex- 

 penditures during his term of office. 

 ARTICLE IV. 



Section 1. The manager of this lo- 

 cal association shall receive all honey 

 from the members and others that 

 wish to place their product in the Na- 

 tionnl Producers' Association, grade 



the same according to the grades made 

 by the National Producers' Associa- 

 tion, which will supply type samples 

 to the managers of the local orders. 

 After each package has been opened 

 and properly graded, it shall be sealed 

 with a wax seal, bearing the name 

 of the National Producers' Association. 



Section 2. The local manager will 

 receive into some warehouse, or other 

 place where the honey can be stored, 

 all honey received by him. He shall 

 give warehouse receipt for same, but 

 the warehouse receipt will not call for 

 any particular lot of honey, but a 

 specified amount of a certain grade. 

 The holder of this receipt, thus re- 

 ceived, can, if desired, secure money 

 upon same at any bank, or other 

 places that will make advances upon 

 such security. 



Section 3. The local manager shall 

 report to the National Honey Produc- 

 ers' Association, each week, the num- 

 ber of cases of honey, together with 

 the correct weight, also giving the 

 name or number of the grade. When 

 the manager of the National Produc- 

 ers' Association shall order a car or 

 shipment of honey from any local As- 

 sociation, it will be the duty of the 

 local manager to comply with such 

 orders, and in due time the National 

 A.«;sociation will make payments to 

 the local manager, whose duty it will 

 be to pay it out immediately to the 

 members; making the distribution to 

 each according to the amount of honey 

 received; doing the same each time 

 that he receives honey thus shipped 

 from his house, until each member 

 will have received the full price for 

 his honey that has been agreed upon 

 by the National Honey Producers' As- 

 sociation. 



Section 4. The manager of the local 

 Association shall keep his stock of 

 goods fully covered by fire insurance. 



Section 5. The compensation for 

 the services of the local manager shall 



