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OREDENTIAT.S: Mr. C. P. I)a- 

 (lant, (Illinois) ; Mr. J. M. Buchanan, 

 (Tennessee); Dr. G. Bohrer, (Kan- 

 sas). 



President Gates declared a re- 

 cess till 10:45 a. m. to give the 

 Credentials Committee an oppor- 



tunity to pass upon Delegates': Cre- 

 dentials and prepare their report. 

 President Gates called the Con- 

 vention to order at 10:15 a. m. and 

 called upon Mr. C. P. Dadant, 

 Chairman of The Credentials Com- 

 mittee who reported as follows: 



Member- 

 Delegate Affiliated Association Votes ship 



W, B. Moore, Illinois 4 190 



B. N. Gates, Hampshire H. F. Bee-Keepers' Ass'n 1 49 



B. N. Gates, Worcester County 2 80 



R. B. Daly, Adirondack, (Absent) 1 24 



C. H. Baldwin, Indiana (Absent) G. W. Williams 



(Alternate)... 3 135 



E. J. Baxter, Chicago N. W 1 38 



Wesley Foster, Northern California 1 50 



Dr. G. Bohrer, Kansas 1 25 



R. A, Holekamp, Missouri .* 2 85 



J. H. Stoneman, Idaho 4 158 



F. C. Pellett, Iowa 1 59 



E D. Townsend, Michigan 4 I6O 



E. F. Phillips, Pennsylvania 6 251 



D. C. Polhemus, Colorado 2 79 



J.. S. Ward, Tennessee 3 no 



The report of the Credentials 

 committee was adopted by the con- 

 vention. The Delegates were then 

 recognized by the Convention each 

 Delegate rising as his name was 

 called. 



An invitation from The Anheu- 

 ser-Busch Brewing Ass'n to visit 

 their brewery was read and ar- 

 rangements for those wishing to 

 visit the plant were referred to 

 Mr. Holekamp. 



An Invitation from Blanke and 

 Hauck Mfg. Co. also was read in- 

 viting all beekeepers attending to 

 visit their place of business. 



By general consent it was left 

 with Mr. R. A. Holekamp to ar- 

 range for a photographer to take 

 a group picture of the convention. 



A motion was carried to hear the 

 reports of the officers of the Asso- 

 ciation and President Gates gave 

 his annual report and address. The 

 president's address contained sug- 

 gestions as to the change in Con- 

 stitution and a copy was upon mo- 

 tion being carried referred to the 

 committee on Constitution. 



The report of Vice-President Sur- 

 face was read. Prof. Surface not 

 being present on account of sick- 

 ness in his family. His report was 



accepted and filed with the pro- 

 ceedings. 



Treasurer Dadant gave the Treas- 

 urer's report which was referred to 

 the Auditing Committee. 



Mr. C. P. Dadant, Chairman of 

 the Fund Committee appointed at 

 the 1913 convention in Cincinnati 

 to purchase a suitable present for 

 Retiring General-Manager France 

 reported the purchase of a chair, 

 inscribed with a suitable plate, 

 which had been sent to Mr. France 

 as a token of the love felt for him 

 by the members of the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. 



The report was referred to the 

 Auditing Committee, with the under- 

 standing that the names of con- 

 tributors be not published in the 

 proceedings. 



Mr. E. D. Townsend as Editor of 

 the Review gave his report which 

 was referred to the Auditing Com- 

 mittee. 



The suggestions in Mr. Town- 

 send's paper on buying agents for 

 the National was referred to the 

 C^ommittee on Policy and Exten- 

 sion. 



The Committee on Standardiza- 

 tion of Color of Honey appointed at 

 the Cincinnati convention in 1913 



