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lie agreed upon by the National oCfi- 

 lers, and he will receive his salai'y 

 from them. 



Section G. It shall be the duty of 

 the local manager to carry out any 

 and all orders sent iiim from the Na- 

 tional Association. 



ARTICLE V. 



Section 1. The annual dues shall be 

 not less than one dollar, of which fifty 

 cents shall be forwarded to the secre- 

 tary of the National Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation. 



ARTICLE VI. 



Section 1. The main officers of the 

 National Honey Producers' Associa- 

 tion shall consist of a board of five di- 

 rectors, whose duty will be to trans- 

 act all business of the Association 

 through the proper channels. These 

 directors shall be elected each year, at 

 the beginning of the calendar year, 

 and shall hold office for one year or 

 initil their successors are elected and 

 tiualitied. 



Section 2. These directors will be 

 elected by the board of 12 directors of 

 the National Bee-Keepers' Association. 



Section 3. When the board of five 

 directors are duly elected, they will 

 proceed to elect from their body, a 

 President, Vice-i'resident, Secretary, 

 lYeasurer and Business Manager. 

 These officers will be known as the 

 oft'icers of the National Honey Pro- 

 ducers' Association. 



Section 4. They will also choose a 

 location, and rent office rooms, in 

 some city within its jurisdiction, to be 

 known as the headquarters, or main 

 office. This office will be equipped 

 with suitable office furniture. Each 

 officer will be permitted to have clerks, 

 according to the work to be perform- 

 ed, but must bo under the circumspec- 

 tion of the full board, and the com- 

 pensation for such clerks shall be ar- 

 ranged for by the board of five direc- 

 tors. 



ARTICLE VII. 



Section 1. The duty of the Presi- 

 dent shall be to preside over board- 

 meetings, arid to counsel in all mat- 

 ters that comes before the board as a 

 body. 



Section 2. The duty of the Vice- 

 President will be to preside over board 

 meetings in the absence of the Presi- 

 dent, and to coansel in all matters that 

 may come before the board as a body. 



Section 3. The Treasurer's duty 

 shall be to receive all money from 

 sales of honey or dues, and forthwith 

 to place the same in some National 

 bank, or safe deposit provided for by 

 the board of five directors. He shall 

 pay out no money except upon an or- 

 der from the secretary signed by the 

 business manager; and he shall keep 

 a full account of all the business 

 transacted by him during his term of 

 office. 



Section 4. The Business Manager's 

 duty shall be to have a general over- 

 sight over the business transacted in 

 tlie general office, and to work the 

 market for the goods to be sold. He 

 shall order all goods moved from the 

 local Associations, route all cars, or- 

 der all bills paid, and shall participate 

 in the counsel of the board meetings. 

 ARTICLE VIII. 



Section 1. The duty of Board of Di- 

 rectors, as a body, will be to receivf re- 

 ceive reports from the local Ass( da- 

 tions, and, having a full report b( .ore 

 them, use their judgment as to the fix- 

 ing of the price. Should the reports 

 show that there is a sufficient amount 

 of the crop in the hands of the Asso- 

 ciation to justify the action, they can 

 and shall place the price of the honey 

 for the several grades, and these 

 prices will be maintained for a given 

 period to give confidence to the mar- 

 ket. Should they deem it best they 

 can furnish blank contracts to the lo- 

 cal managers, asking that they get 

 the growers to contract their entire 



