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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



official organ. 



Sec. 2. Notices and reports pub 

 lished in the official organ, the Bee- 

 Keepers' Review, shall be considered 

 ample and sufficient notice to the 

 members, and it shall not be consid- 

 ered necessary to send a written or 

 printed notice in addition to the one 

 published in the Review. 

 ARTICLE X. 



AiIEXDME>"TS. 



This Constitution may be amended 



at any regular meeting of Delegates 

 by a two-thirds vote of D8l<3gai:es pres- 

 ent and voting provided thai at least 

 niney days' notice of ihe propciod 

 an;endment be given to tlie Si-cretar- 

 i-;s of the Branches. 



ARTICLE XI. 

 Rules of Order. 

 Roberts' Rules of Order shall gov- 

 ern all meetings of both the National 

 and Affiliated Associations. 



Secretaries of Local Associations are hereby notified that the fol- 

 lowing changes of the CONSTITUTION OF The National Beekeepers' 

 Association will be acted upon at the Delegate meeting next Febru- 

 ary. You will kindly instruct your delegate accordingly. 



NOTICE TO AFFILIATED 



ASSOCIATION SECRETARIES. 



On another page of this number of 

 the Review you will find published the 

 Constitution of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. Following will 

 be found the proposed changes of said 

 Constitution, as proposed by the Dele- 

 gates at St. Louis, Mo., at our 1914 

 delegate meeting. Following the dele- 

 gate proposed changes, you will find 

 other proposed changes that have been 

 suggested from time to time. 



You are hereby requested to noMfy 

 your Association of these proposed 

 changes, and they to instruct their 

 dele.gate how to vote upon said changes 

 at the February, 1915, meeting. 



You will kindly notify your delegate 

 to the 1915 meeting that nothing can 

 be added to these proposed changes at 

 said meeting, but ANY UNDESIR- 

 ABLE PORTION CAN BE OMITTED. 

 See Article X of Constitution on an 

 other page. 



Article I — Name 



The name of this Association 

 shall be, The National Beekeepers' 

 Association. 



Ai-ticle II — Object 



The Objects of this Association 

 shall be to promote the interests of 

 Beekeeping by the dissemination of 

 useful and scientific knowledge con- 

 cerning the care of Honey Bees and 

 their products; the care of and mar- 

 keting of Hive products; to promote 

 social relations between tliose en- 

 gaged in beekeeping; to create and 

 maintain greater public interest in 



Beekeeping and its importance in 

 relation to Agriculture and Horti- 

 culture, and to advance the welfare 

 of the members by all means not 

 inconsistent with this constitution 

 and laws hereinafter adopted. 



Ai'ticle III — Powers 



Sec. 1 — For the purpose for which 

 this Association is organized as 

 specified in Article II hereof, The 

 A.ssociation shall have power, 



(a) To have and keep a corpor- 

 ate seal. 



(b) To hold in its corporate 

 name such property as shall be 

 deemed necessary and useful in 

 carrying out the purposes of its 

 organization. 



(c) To print and publish such 

 magazines, papers or other publica- 

 tions or periodicals as may be 

 deemed essential or necessary to 

 the purpose of the Association. 



(d) To buy, sell or otherwise 

 deal in such papers, books and bee- 

 keepers' supplies as may be deemed 

 beneficial to the Association or its 

 Members. 



(e) To arrange and carry out 

 p^ans for advertising honey and for 

 obtaining publicity for hive pro- 

 ducts. 



(f) To promote Lecture Courses, 

 Field Meetings, and other education- 

 al means and methods in the science 

 of Beekeeping as shall be deemed 

 best calculated to promote the wel- 

 fare of the Association and Its 

 members. 



(g) To sell, lease or otherwise 

 dispose of any property of the iVsso- 

 ciation no longer needed in carry- 



