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14 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 



Bee^Kccpers' Association^ 



Preamble. 

 § 1. For expenses of an- 

 nual meetings, per an- 

 num, $1,200; officers 

 to receive no salary. 



§ 2. How drawn. 

 § 3. Duty of Treasurer of 

 Association. 



(Asked for in the 44th General 

 Assembly.} 



A BILL 



For an act making an appropriation for the Illinois State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. 



Whereas, The members of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association have for years given much time and labor without 

 compensation in the endeavor to promote the interests of the 

 bee-keepers of the State; and, 



Whereas, The importance of the industry to the farmers 

 and fruit growers of the State warrants the expenditure of a 

 reasonable sum for the holding of annual meetings, the pub- 

 lication of reports and papers containing practical information 

 concerning bee-keeping, therefore to sustain the same and 

 enable this organization to defray the expenses of annual 

 meetings, publishing reports, suppressing foul brood among 

 bees in the State, and promote the industry in Illinois : 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of 

 Illinois represented in the General Assembly: That there be 

 and is hereby appropriated for the use of the Illinois 'State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association the sum of $1,200 per annum, for 

 the years 1905 and 1906. For the purpose of advancing the 

 growth and developing the interests of the bee-keepers of Illi- 

 nois, said sum to be expended under the direction of the 

 Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association for the purpose of 

 paying the expenses of holding annual meetings, publishing 

 the proceedings of said meetings, suppressing foul brood 

 among bees in Illinois, etc. 



Provided, however, That no officer or officers of the Illi- 

 nois State Bee-Keepers' Association shall be entitled to receive 



