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Treasurer from funds not otherwise appropriated, upon warrants drawn by 

 the Auditor of the State^ which warrants shall be drawn only upon itemized 

 vouchers and receipted bills signed by the President of the Illinois Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, countersigned by the Secretary thereof and approved 

 by the Governor ; and provided, further, that in no event shall the State of 

 Illinois be held or become liable in any amount in excess of the sum hereby 

 appropriated. 



On April 2d this bill was reported back to the House, and was referred 

 to the committee on Woild's Columbian Exposition. Here it slept the 

 sleep that knows no waking, along with many bills of like nature, represent- 

 ing many interests of the State. About June i, 1S91, Hon. J. M. Ham- 

 baugh, our representative in the Legislature, addressed each member of the 

 State Board of Agriculture with the following letter : 



"Dear Sir: I discover that no provision has been made in the Senate 

 bill now before the House, relative to the World's Columbian Exposition, 

 for a proper and suitable exhibit of honey, wax and apiarian supplies. 



My bill, calling for an appropriation of $5,000,000 will be made an amend- 

 ment to the Senate bill unless I have prompt assurance from the members 

 of the State Board of Agriculture of a proper recognition of this industry, and 

 for this purpose I desire an immediate answer from you, with assurance that 

 will give this interest due consideration, and allow the bee-keepers of this 

 State a pro rata amount, say one- halt of one per cent of the gross appropria- 

 tion." 



Quite a number of the member of the Board of Agriculture gave assur- 

 ance that bee-culture should receive lii'eral recognition. In order to assure 

 the 10,000 beekeepers of Illinois of this, we give the following extracts from 

 their letters, sent to Mr. Hambaugh, in reply to the foregoing: 



Hon. Lafayette Funk, president of the Board, writes? 



"The State Board of Agriculture, if put in control of the above subject 

 matter, will carry into effect just what you gentlemen of the legislature pre- 

 scribe in the law upon the subject." 



Hon. E. E. Chester, vice president for the Fifteenth District, writes: 

 "I can assure you (aside from the fact that I am personally interested in 

 bee-culture) that I shall heartly approve of the appropriation of at least as 

 much as one-half of one per cent, of the amount appropriated for the State 

 exhibit, to be used in the interests of bees and honey." 



Hon. James W. Judy, vice president for the Thirteenth District, wrote: 



"As a member of the State Board of Agriculture, aud as a citizen of the 

 State of Illinois, I am fully in sympathy with the sentiment containud in your 

 communication. I want the bee-keepers' interest and every industry of Illi- 

 nois, fairly represented at the World's Columbian Fair, and will use my best 

 efforts for the accomplishmeut of the same." 



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