State Bee-Keepers' Association. 



BY-LAWS Tf 



ADOPTED DECEMBER 18, 1891 



ARTICLE I. i 



The officers of this Association shall be elected by ballot and by a 

 majority vote. . 



ARTICLE ni 



It shall be the duty of the President to call and preserve order at all 

 meetings of this Association; to call for all reports of officers and commit- 

 tees; to put to vote all motions regularly seconded, to count the votes at all 

 elections and declare the results; to decide upon all questions of order; and 

 to deliver an address at each annual meeting. 



ARTICLE III. 



The Vice-Presidents shall be numbered respectively, First, Second, 

 Third, Fourth and Fifth, and it shall be the duty of one of them in his 

 respective order to preside in the absence of the President. 



ARTICLE IV. . 



Sec. I. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to report all proceedings 

 of the Association, and to record the same, when approved, in the Secre- 

 tary's book; to conduct all correspondence of the Association, and to file 

 and preserve all papers belonging to the same; to receive the annual dues 

 and pay them over to the Treasurer, taking his receipt for the same; to take 

 and record the name and address of every member of the Association; to 

 cause the Constitution and By-Laws to be printed in appropriate form, and 

 in such quantities as may be directed by the Executive Committee from 

 time to time, and see that each member is provided with a copy fliereof; to 

 make out and publish annually, as far rs practicable, a statistical table., 

 showing the number of colonies owned in the spring and fall, and the amount 

 of honey and wax produced by each member, together with such other in- 

 information as may be deemed important, or be directed by the Executive 

 Committee; and to give notice of all meetings of jthe Association in the 

 leading papers of the State and in the bee journals at least four weeks prior 

 to the time of such meeting. 



Sec. 2. The Secretary shall be alloweed a reasonable compensation for 

 his services, and to appoint an assistane Secretary if deemed necessary. 



ARTICLE V. 



It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to take charge of all funds of the 

 Association, and to pay them out upon the order of the Executive Commit- 

 tee, takirig a receipt for the same; and to render a report of all receipts and 

 expenditures at each annual meeting. 





