V-' ^••." -'"=--. -N- 



;■< • r- ;^>- :i>!V-^"" ' 



ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



67 



A. L. KILDOW, 

 State Foul Brood Inspector for Illinois. 



Mr. Kildow — I move that the same 

 salary be fixed for the Treasurer's 

 salary as last year. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



Pres. Bowen — We are now open un- 

 der the head of nominationi for Secre- 

 tary. 



Mr. Kildow — I niove that our pres- 

 ent Secretary he no'minated for this 

 office next year; he seems to under- 

 stand the business better than any 

 other man we can put in; ihe Is tried 

 and true. I move that we keep him 

 as our Secretary. 



Mr. Stone — I hate that. I keep hating 

 it more every year. Tihe burden that 

 is being put on the Secretary all the 

 time is getting bigger every year, and 

 Dr. Phillips is going to make me a 

 lot of trouble if I am elected Secretary, 

 and I am just looking aifter a young 

 man whom I can throw this onto — 

 some one who 'will attend to it, and 

 then I am going to resign, that is, if 

 you elect me. I don't see any way of 

 crawling out of it now, and fulfill my 

 duty if I am elected, and therefore 

 I shall not say anything; but if you 

 can find a youn'g man I would consider 

 it a favor <if you would put the secre- 

 taryship on somebody else. 



Pres. Bowen — We have closed under 

 the head of nomination for secretary 

 unless you want to make the election 

 by acclamation. 



Mr. Moore — I move that the Presi- 

 dent be instructed to cast tihe vote of 

 this Association for Mr. James A. 

 Stone for secretary. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



Mr. I>iebold — ^Would it not be a good 

 plan to pay the treasurer a commis- 

 sion on the money he pays out? 



Pres. Bowen — That matter has been 

 fixed, Mr. Diebold. 



Pres. Bowen — ^We are open for nom- 

 ination for Treasurer. 



A member — I nominate Mr. Becker. 



Mr. Moore — I move that the Secre- 

 tary be instructed to cast the vote 

 of this Association for iMr. Becker. 



Motion made unanimous. 



Pres. Bowen — ^We will now proceed 

 in the usual way to elect the vice- 

 presidents. I think it is a poor way 

 o£ doing it. That is, we vote at one 

 time for five for vice-presidents and 

 the five higfhest are elected, holding the 

 positions in tlhe order of the number of 

 votes they g"et. 



The balloting was done, and result- 

 ed as follows: 



