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SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



I saw every member of the Senate and 

 nine-tenths of the members ' of the 

 House, and in many instances they 

 would say to me, "Oh yes, I have had 

 letters from home." I would also sug- 

 gest that your Bill be so drawn as to 

 provide for the extermination also of 

 black brood and other diseases. Those 

 letters help, and call attention to the 

 fact that there are such diseases. 



Mr. Souer — Mr. Abbott said, in a 

 letter in the Modern Farmer, that any- 

 body who was capable of taking care 

 of bees was capable of taking care of 

 foul brood. 



Mr Stone quoted a member of the 

 legislature as saying, "If you don't quit 

 flooding me with letters I will see that 

 your Bill don't go through;" but in 

 such a manner that it was apparent the 

 letters had done good work in securing 

 his interest in the measure. 



Mr. Dadant — I think as time is becom- 

 ing limited it would be well for the 

 President to appoint a committee to 

 draft a bill to be presented to our legis- 

 lature, and that the members of the 

 Association be asked to write letters to 

 members of the legislature in the inter- 

 est of the same. I would suggest that 

 the three things be included — appropria- 

 tion, foul brood and spraying. 



Mr. Dadant made a motion to that 

 eflfect which was seconded. 



Pres. Smith — Are you ready for the 

 question? 



Mr. Kildow — Is it left for this com- 

 mittee to do as they see fit, or will you 

 instruct the committee as to their course 

 of action? 



Mr. Becker — I am not in favor of in- 

 troducing three Bills. We are getting 

 too many bills. It will be like it was 

 two years ago. It was hard to get our 

 Bill through for an appropriation of 

 $i,ooo, and too many Bills will defeat 

 us in our efforts, and result in our 

 getting nothing. I think we would bet- 

 ter let the spraying matter alone, and 

 get the Foul Brood Bill through. 



Mr. Dadant — I would like to insist on 

 giving the committee full scope. Let 

 them use their judgment in drafting the 

 Bill. Do not tell them to get up this 

 or that kind of Bill. We want a Bill 

 that will make sure destruction of foul 

 brood. As to passing three Bills — let 

 them do it if they can. I do not think 

 that we should limit the committee. If 

 the legislature does not pass all the Bills 

 —if they will not enact at one session 



all that we want, we will go after them 

 next year. 



Mr. Black — If they do not pass all, 

 they might pass one. ' 



Mr. Baxter — Leave the committee ab- 

 solutely unfettered. I believe these Bills 

 will not conflict with others. We are 

 as much entitled to an appropriation as 

 other State societies. I believe we can 

 show the legislature the importance of 

 bee-keeping in this State. 



The question was called. 



Pres. Smith — All in favor of Mr. 

 Dadant's motion, that a committee be 

 appointed to draft a Bill or Bills em- 

 bodying the measures upon which we 

 desire legislation, say "Aye :" contrary 

 "No." 



Pres. Smith — The motion is carried. 

 I will appoint as such Committee: Mr. 

 Dadant, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Stone. 



Mr. Dadant— I think that the Presi- 

 dent should be a member of that com- 

 mittee, and I make a motion that he 

 be made one. 



The motion received a second. 



Mr. Dadant then put the <iuestion, and 

 the President was unanimously elected 

 a member of the committee to draft 

 the Bill. 



There was some discussion as to how 

 the work of the committee could be 

 best accomplished, and the President 

 suggested that the chairman, Mr. Da- 

 dant, could draft a bill and send it to 

 the other members for their approval 

 and suggestions. 



Mr. Becker — I move that the legisla- 

 tive committee consist of the executive 

 committee when elected — ^the President, 

 Secretary and Treasurer. The Secre- 

 tary, Mr. Stone, has had some experi- 

 ence in legislative matters and lives 

 near Springfield, so that it will not be 

 incenvenient for him to be in attend- 

 ance frequently while the legislature is 

 in session., 



Mr. Pyles — I think the men who draft 

 the bill would be the better men to pre- 

 sent it. -Their ideas might not be just 

 the same. I have no personal prefer- 

 ences, but think the men who draft the 

 Bill will make a better effort to have it 

 passed. 



Mr. Dadant — I am in favor of the 

 suggestion. 



There was some discussion of this 

 question. It was proposed that both the 

 executive and the. newly appointed com- 

 mittee be made a committee on legis- 

 lation; but it was thought that would 



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