58 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 



Resolved, Second, that any local bee-keepers' association 

 in Illinois may become affiliated with this Association on the 

 payment of twenty-five cents per member, and its members 

 thereby shall become members of this Association. This 

 Association will gladly incorporate into its published annual 

 report the reports of all affiliated associations, if furnished 

 by the secretaries of such associations. 



Resolved, Third, that it is to the interest of every bee- 

 keeper in the State to assist the State Association in securing 

 such legislation as will enable us to stamp out the foul- 

 brood evil, and also prevent the placing on the market of 

 adulterated honey. 



J. W. Primm. 

 C. C. Miller. 

 George W. York. 

 Committee. 



In accordance with the resolution laid over from the 

 last annual meeting (see Third Annual Report, p. 20) it 

 was voted to amend Art. III. of the Constitution, Sec. 1, 

 by the addition of the following: "And any affiliating asso- 

 ciation as a body may become members on the payment of 

 an aggregate fee of twenty-five cents per member." 



Resolved, That our committee on legislation be re- 

 quested to use every reasonable means to have bees listed 

 as assessable property, and be a part of the assessor's 

 enumeration on the assessor's list. Also, that the law be 

 so amended that the Foul Brood Inspector may have a 

 legal right to force the owner of diseased bees to treat, or 

 have treated, such foul brood, or other disease. Also, that 

 every effort to secure an increase of appropriation from 

 our Legislature for the furtherance of bee-keepers' inter- 

 ests be made. 



Whereas, Death has taken from our number P. J. 

 England, the first president of the Illinois State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, therefore be it 



Resolved, That we hereby record our sincere apprecia- 

 tion of the services rendered by our departed brother, and 

 our sympathy with his bereaved family in their sad afflic- 

 tion. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be for- 

 warded by the Secretary to the bereaved family. 



J. W. Primm. 



C. C. Miller. 



George W. York. 



We, the undersigned committee appointed to audit the 

 accounts of the Treasurer, Chas. Becker, find the same to 

 be correct. 



J. W. BOWEN. 

 S. N. Black. 

 S. T. Crim. 

 Mr. Black — I don't know that I listened carefully enough 

 to understand the resolution. Does that mean that they 

 should affiliate as a body or as an individual? 



