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ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS ASSOCIATION 



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(Bills offered in the 45th General Assembly, and still pending when this Report 



goes to press— April 1st.) 



Bcc/'Keepers' Association 



1. For expenses of annual meetings, per 

 annum, $1,000; ofScers to receive no 

 salary. 



§ 2. How drawn. 



§ 3 Duty of Treasurer of Association. 

 (Granted in the 45th General Assembly.) 



A BILL 



For an act making an appropriation for the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association. 



Whereas^ The members of the Illi- 

 nois State Bee-Keepers' Asociation have 

 for years given much time and labor 

 without compensation in the endeavor 

 to promote the interests of the bee-keep- 

 ers of the State; and, 



WhereaSj The importance of the in- 

 dustry to the farmers and fruit-grow- 

 ers of the State warrants the expendi- 

 ture of a reasonable sum for the hold- 

 ing odf annual meetings, the publication 

 of reports and papers containing prac- 

 tical information concerning bee-keep- 

 ing, therefore to sustain the same and 

 enable this organization to defray the 

 expenses of annual meetings, publish- 

 ing reports, suppressing foul brood 

 among bees in the State, and promote 

 the industry in Illinois: 



Section i. Be it enacted by the Peo- 

 ple 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 one thousand 

 dollars ($i,ooo) per annum, for the 

 years 1907 and 1908. 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-y That no officer or 

 officers of the Illinois State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association shall be entitled to re- 

 ceive any money compensation whatever, 

 for any services rendered for the same 

 out of this fund. 



Sec. 2. That on the order of the presi- 

 dent, countersigned by the secretary of 

 the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, and approved by the Governor, the 

 Auditor of Public Accounts shall draw 

 his warrant on the Treasurer of the 

 State of Illinois in favor of the treas- 

 urer of the Illinois State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association for the sum herein ap- 

 propriated. 



Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the 

 treasurer.of the Illinois State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association to pay out of said ap- 

 propriation on itemized and receipted 

 vouchers such sums as may be author- 

 ized by vote of said organization on the 

 order of the president, countersigned by 

 the secretary and make annual report 

 to the Governor of all such expenditures, 

 as by provided by law. 



