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TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



to discuss it, a motion is in order to 

 fix the time for sending out the re- 

 ports. 



Mr. Moore — You want the Resolu- 

 tions Committee to discuss that and 

 bring the same before the Conven- 

 tion, as I understand it, in the form of 

 a resolution? 



Mr. Stone — Yes, let it go to the Com- 

 mittee on Resolutions. 



A member — Does not the State bear 

 the expense of publishing these Re- 

 ports? If that is the case, is it not 

 to the advantage of the bee-keepers 

 of the State to have them get into as 

 many bee-keepers' hands as you can? 



Mr. Stone — The appropriation is 

 made for the benefit of the Illinois 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association to pay 

 for the expense of their meetings, the 

 publishing of their reports — that means 

 that it goes only to their members. 



Mr. York — And for the inspection of 

 apiaries. 



Mr. Stone— And for putting down 

 foul brood. 



Convention then adjourned till 7:30 

 p. m. 



. ■ Evening Session. 



Convention convened at 7:30 p. m. 



Mr. iStone — In speaking of the time 

 of membership, we sent out a notice 

 on our receipt card which reads: 



"Received of the person to whom 

 this card is addressed, the sum of $1.00, 

 a fee which entitles him to a member- 

 ship in the State Association, and also 

 in the National, and a copy of the last 

 annual report;" for a while we had it 

 "the next annual report." 



Mr. P>'les — Make it the current an- 

 nual report. 



Mr. York — Yes, or "This year's an- 

 nual report." 



Mr. Stone — If we make it for the last 

 annual report, that brings it in for the 

 whole year, all that join this year. 



Mr. York — The last annual report is 

 past. 



Mr. Moore — The resolution reads: 



"Resolved, That the fiscal year of 

 this Association in the payment of 

 dues be counted from one annual 

 meeting to the next. That is, those 

 paying dues at this session, and be- 

 tween now and the next annual meet- 

 ing, be entitled to the published re- 

 port of this meeting only." 



Mr. Becker — I think that i& proper 

 and correct. All of the Reports from 



all of the associations being published 

 in the month of February or March, 

 he gets that Report. Now, then, if he 

 was to get the other Report, he would 

 get two Reports. 



Mr. Kluck — What will the man get 

 that joins next September or October? 

 He wants this Report. All that be- 

 long to our association are in that 

 same condition. We simply have to 

 withhold our dues and not be mem- 

 bers of this State Association, and 

 come in at the -meeting today. 



Mr. Kluck — When do you have your 

 annual meeting? 



Mr. Kluck— In October; we pay a 

 few days before this convention; the 

 new members that come in want next 

 fall's Report. 



Mr. Becker — Suppose you had your 

 convention in October, and you bring 

 your membership in here for 1910 and 

 1911, you get this Report for 1910 

 sime time next spring. Would you be 

 entitled, under the same money, to 

 get the Report in 1912? 



Mr. Kluck — No, we want next j^ear's 

 report. 



Mr. Moore — iln reporting new mem- 

 bers early in September or October or 

 the first of November, before the con- 

 vention, state that you want it to date 

 from the day of the convention; then 

 they would come in for the next Re- 

 port. 



Mr. Stone — ^Could not something be 

 added to that, and for affiliating so- 

 cieties from year to year? 



Mr. Pyles — That would not afCect 

 this at all. 



Mr. Coppin — ^When I was out in- 

 specting I got 6 or 7 new members, 

 and I gave them to understand that 

 they would g«t a copy of the next Re- 

 port when it was published, because 

 we would have to have a lot of copies. 



Mr. Kildow — I told all the members 

 I got, if we had copies enough left of 

 the last meeting they would get a 

 copy; if not, they would get the Re- 

 port for next year. 



Mr. York — How many would get two 

 Reports; what has been the record in 

 the past? 



Mr. Stone — I could count it up in 

 just a minute or two. It happens only 

 once in a man's membership, anyway. 



Mr. Pyles — ^They should not expect 

 two Reports for the price of one mem- 

 bership. Suppose he drops out of 

 membership for a month or two ? 



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