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There shall be no membership fee in 

 the National Association, excepting 

 that required by the local affiliated as- 

 sociation, which fee shall remain in 

 the treasury of the latter. The sub- 

 scription to the official organ, the Bee- 

 Keepers' Review, shall be $1.00 per 

 annum, which shall be sent to the Sec- 

 retary of the National Association. 



Sec. 2. Memberships shall begin at 

 the time the membership fee is paid, 

 and shall expire at the end of the time 

 paid for, counting from date member- 

 ship began. 



ARTICLE V. 

 National Meeting. 



Sectiox 1. The National Meeting 

 shall consist of delegates duly elected 

 by the various affiliated associations. 

 These meetings shall occur during the 

 month of February, the exact date and 

 place to be decided by the Board of 

 Directors. 



Sec. 2. Each Affiliated Association 

 shall be entitled to elect one delegate 

 to attend the National Meeting, who 

 shall present proper credentials, and, if 

 correct, such delegate shall be entitled 

 to one vote for every fifty members or 

 fraction thereof in this local Associa- 

 tion. 



Sec. 3. At the annual meeting the 

 delegates may hold one or more ses- 

 sions open to bee-keepers for the con- 

 sideratiun of such special or general 

 topics as the Board of Directors may 

 decide upon. 



ARTICLE VI. 

 Officees and Duties. 



Section 1. The officers of this Asso- 

 ciation shall be a President, Vice-Pres- 

 ident, Secretary and Treasurer. These 

 cfficers shall be elected at each annual 

 meeting of delegates and serve for one 

 year, or until their successors are 

 elected and qualified. 



Sec. 2. The President shall preside 

 at each annual meeting of delegates, 

 and at any special meeting, which may 

 be called. He shall also preside at all 

 meetings of Directors and perform any 

 ether duties which may devolve upon 

 the presiding officer. 



Sec. 3. The Vice-President shall per- 

 form the President's duties in his ab- 

 sence. 



Sec. 4. The Secretary shall keep a 

 record of the proceedings of the an- 

 nual meeting, maintain a list of all 

 members of the Association, with their 

 addresses, collect, receipt and pay over 

 to the Treasurer all dues and member- 



ship fees; keep a proper record of all 

 business transactions, and perform 

 such other duties as may be required 

 of him by the Association or Direciors. 

 Sec. 5. The Treasurer shall care for 

 the funds of the Association, deposit- 

 ing the same in such depository as 

 may be approved by the Directors. He 

 shall also pay such orders coming to 

 him as may bear the signature of the 

 one authorized by the Directors to 

 draw orders. 



ARTICLE VII. 

 Board of Directors and Their Duties. 



Section 1. A board of five Directors 

 shall be elected by the delegates at 

 their annual meetings as follows: In 

 even years, 2; in odd years, 3; each of 

 whom is to serve two successive 

 years, or until his successor is elected 

 and qualified. 



Sec. 2. These Directors shall care 

 for the business of the Association be- 

 tween the Annual Meetings. They 

 shall have full supervision of the work 

 of the officers elected, and shall have 

 power to remove from office any Offi- 

 cer or Director not acting in accord- 

 ance with the Constitution and By- 

 Laws of the Association. 



Sec. 3. The Board of Directors shall 

 decide upon the compensation of the 

 various cfficers, authorizing the 

 amounts so decided upon to be paid 

 from the general secretary. 



Sec. 4. The Board of Directors shall 

 have power to elect a General Organ- 

 izer, whose duty it shall be to promote 

 the organization of Branches through- 

 cut the United States and Canada. 

 They shall also decide as to his com- 

 pensation. 



ARTICLE VIII. 

 Organization of Branches. 



Section 1. Local Branches may be 

 established in any Iccality, but not in- 

 terfering with a Branch already estab- 

 lished, whenever the membership in 

 that locality so desires. 



Sec. 2. A Local Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation already established may be- 

 come an Affiliated Association by a 

 majority vote of its members, either 

 by mail or at a meeting, and accept- 

 ing the Constitution and By-Laws of 

 this Association. 



ARTICLE IX. 



Official Organ. 

 Section 1. The Bee-Keepers' Re- 

 view, a monthly publication shall be 

 published by this Association as its 



