STATE BEE-KEEPERS ASSOCIATION. 9 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association. 



■^CONSTITUTION** 



Adopted Feb; 26, 1891. 



ARTICLE I— Name. 



This organization shall be known as the Illinois State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, and its principal place of business 

 shall be at Springfield, 111. 



ARTICLE 11— Object. 



Its object shall be to promote the general interests of the 

 pursuit of Bee Culture. 



ARTICLE III— Membership. 



Section 1. Any person interested in Apiculture may be- 

 come a member upon the payment to the Secretary of an 

 annual fee of one dollar ($1.00). And any affiliating Asso- 

 ciation, as a body, may become members on the payment of 

 an aggregate fee of twenty-five cents (25c) per member. 



Sec. 2. Any persons may become honorary members by 

 receiving a majority vote at any regular meeting. 



ARTICLE IV— 0^c(?rj. 



Section 1. The officers of this Association shall be Presi- 

 dent, five Vice-Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer. Their 

 terms of office shall be for one year, or until their successors 

 are elected and qualified. 



Sec. 2. The President, Secretary and Treasurer shall 

 constitute the Executive Committee. 



Sec. 3. Vacancies in office — ^by death, resignation or 

 otherwise — shall be filled by the Executive Committee until 

 the next annual meeting. 



ARTICLE Y— Amendments. 



This Constitution may be amended at any annual meet- 

 ing by a two-thirds vote of all the members present — ^thirty 

 days' notice having been given to each member of the Asso- 

 ciation. 



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