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T'ENrH ANNUAL, REPORT 0(F THE 



collected, but it is my understanding 

 that it should 'be the duty of the Sec- 

 retary to report all these moneys to 

 the Treasurer. 



Mr. Stone — I pay them over at the 

 end of the year. 



Mr. Bowen — But the Treasurer 

 should do the paying by order of the 

 Executive Committee. I don't ques- 

 tion but what it is all right, but not 

 according to rule. 



Pres. Moore — The proper way to 

 handle this is, as the money comes in 

 Mr. Stone can use it for expenses; 

 there should be an order drawn on the 

 Treasurer for the amount he pays out, 

 and the Treasurer should give him a 

 ref ejpt. 



Mr. Stone — That is the way it is 

 . done, and the President signs the 

 order. 



Mr. Kildow — It is also necessary to 

 turn over the receipted bills to the 

 Treasurer; he may accept them as just 

 so much cash. 



Mr. York — ^When the Secretary buys 

 25 cents worth of stamps he can't get 

 a receipt; that is too small business. 



Mr. Moore — By handling everything 

 in that way it keeps everything ac- 

 cording to business form — making an 

 order for the entire amount. 



Mr. Bowen — He should have a war- 

 rant from the Treasurer for every- 

 thing that he pays out; otherwise you 

 will get yourself in a tangle. 



Mr. Bowen — I move that it "be re- 

 ferred to the Auditing Committee, and 

 they will straighten it out. 



Mr. Moore — ^Was there not a Legis- 

 lative Committee of twelve appointed 

 last year? 



Mr. Stone — Tes, Mr. Dadant is Presi- 

 dent of that. 



Mr. Moore — Tou are the Secretary, 

 Mr. Stone? 



Mr. Stone — A motion prevailed for a 

 Committee of three to lay out the 

 work; whereupon Messrs. York, Becker 

 and Stone were appointed. 



Mr. Moore — That was a sub-com- 

 mittee of the Legislative Committee. 

 That sub-committee reports to the 

 Legislative Committee as a whole, and 

 they report to this Association; of 

 course we all know what the Legis- 

 lative Committee did. 



Mr. Stone — ^A conmiittee of three 

 was appointed to lay out the work; 

 when Mr. Bowen made that motion, 

 if you will remember, before this con- 



vention, it was just before the Com- 

 mittee was elected; the Secretary said 

 that we had been in the habit of send- 

 ing out 1,000 blanks for membership 

 fees; and it was thougiht by the Sec- 

 retary a good thing to send with the 

 membership blanks a petition for sign- 

 ers^ — the same as the petition we had 

 previously sent out — and we decided 

 to send out these petitions for signa- 

 tures, at the same time that the mem- 

 bership blanks were sent out, andi let 

 them do the work — and then send a 

 number — a. dozen or so copies of these 

 blanks to each of this Committee of 

 twelve and Jet them do their work in 

 circulating them — and we found dur- 

 ing the year that they did not circu- 

 late the petitions as well as some of 

 those not on the committee. 



Our largest petition was sient in by 

 one of the members of the cdmmlttee, 

 but nearly as large were sent In by 

 persons that just happened to get the 

 list through the mail with their blank 

 application for membership, and, on 

 account of that, that committee ceased 

 to do anything. That is all the explan- 

 ation we ha,ve, Mr. President. 



Mr. Diebold — As I understand it, 

 those petitions were for bee-keepers 

 to sign to induce the Legislature to 

 pass a Foul Brood law. 



'Mr. Pyles — Does the Secretary know 

 how many names have been sent in on 

 these petitions from that committee? 



Mr. Stone — ^I gave the number in my 

 report. Something over 376; we ought 

 to have had 3,000. 



Pres. Moore — ^Thas is a very im- 

 portant thing, to get plenty of signa- 

 tures on those petitions. It has 

 considerable bearing upon the mem- 

 bers of the Legislature when we go 

 before them for that law. 



Mr. Pyles — I have a list to send in, • 

 but I understand that it is not neces- 

 sary that I should send it in until just 

 before the Legislature meets. 



Mr. Stone — ^The only trouble is, that 

 in laying it aside you often forget to 

 send It in at all. There was one over- 

 sight in sending out this petition — 

 there was nothing saiid about where 

 to send it. On the blank for member- 

 ship it spoke about signing this peti- 

 tion and sending it in with the fee — 

 but it did not say on the petition 

 where to send it. 



Mr. Pyles — iMr. Stone, in circulating 

 these petitions, those that I gave out 



