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SIXTH ANNUAL* REPORT OF THE 



State of Illinois— Department of State 



ISAAC N. PEARSON, Secretary of State. 



To all to whom these Presents shall 

 come, Greeting: 



Whereas, A certificate duly signed 

 and acknowledged having been filed in 

 the office of the Secretary of State on 

 the 27th day of February, A. D. 1891, 

 for the organization of the IlHnois State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, under and in 

 accordance with the provisions of "An 

 Act Concerning Corporations," approved 

 April 18, 1872, and in force July i, 1872, 

 and all acts amendatory thereof, a copy 

 of which certificate is hereunto attached. 

 Now, Therefore, I, Isaac N. Pearson. 

 Secretary of State, of the State of Illi- 

 nois, by virtue of the powers and duties 

 vested in me by law, do hereby certify 

 that the said. The Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association is a legally organ- 

 ized corporation under the laws of the 

 State. 



In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set 

 my hand, and cause to be affixed the 

 great seal of State. 



Done at the City of Springfield, this 

 27th day of February in the 

 [seal] year of our Lord one thou- 

 sand eight hundred and nine- 

 ty-one, and the Independ- 

 ence of the United States the 

 one hundred and fifteenth. 

 I. N. Pearson, 



Secretary of State. 



STATE OF ILLINOIS, 



SANGAMON COUNTY. 

 .S.S. 



To Isaac N. Pearson, Secretary of 



State: 



We, the undersigned, Perry J. Eng- 

 land, Jas. A. Stone and Albert N. Dra- 

 per, citizens of the United States, pro- 

 pose to form a corporation under an 

 act of the General Assembly of the 

 State of Illinois, entitled, "An Act Con- 

 cerning Corporations," approved April 



18, 1872, and all acts amendatory thereof; 

 and for the purposes of such organiza- 

 tions, we hereby state as follows, to-wit: 



1. The name of such corporation is. 

 The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion. 



2. The object for which it is formed 

 is, to promote the general interests of 

 the pursuit of bee-culture. 



3. The management of the aforesaid 

 Association shall be vested in a board 

 of three Directors who are to be elected 

 annually. 



4. The following persons are hereby 

 selected as the Directors, to control and 

 manage said corporation for the first 

 year of its corporate existence, viz : 

 Perry J. England, Jas. A, Stone an-d 

 Albert N. Draper. 



5. The location is in Springfield, in 

 the County of Sangamon, State of Illi- 

 nois. [Signed,] 



Perry J. England, 

 ^ Jas. a. Stone, 



Albert N. Draper. 



STATE OF ILLINOIS, 



COUNTY OF SANGAMON. 



I, S. Mendenhall, a notary public in 

 and for the county and State aforesaid 

 do Jhereby certify that on this 26th day 

 of February, A. D. 1891, personally ap- 

 peared before me. Perry J. England, 

 James A. Stone and Albert N. Draper, 

 to me personally known to be the same 

 persons who executed the foregoing cer- 

 tificate, and severally acknowledged that 

 they had executed the same for the pur- 

 poses therein set forth. 



In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto 

 set my hand and seal the day and year 

 above written. 



S. Mendenhall, 



[seal] Notary Public. 



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