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SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



(Bills to be offered in the 46th General Assembly.) 



Bee-Keepers^ Association 



§ 1. For expenses of annual meetings, 

 per annum, $1,000; officers to re- 

 ceive no salary. 



§ 2. How drawn. 

 § 3. Duty of Treasurer 

 ation. 



of Associa- 



A Bllili 



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



Whereas, The members of the Illi- 

 nois State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 have for years given much time and 

 labor without compensation in the en- 

 deavor to promote the interests of the 

 bee-keepers of the State; and, 



"Whereas, The importance of the in- 

 dustry to the farmers and fruit-grow- 

 ers ofthe State warrants the expendi- 

 ture of a reasonable sum for the hold- 

 ing of annual meetings, the publica- 

 tion of reports and papers containing 

 practical information concerning bee- 

 keeping, itherefore to sustain the same 

 and enable this organization to defray 

 the expenses of annual meetings, pub- 

 lishing reports, suppressing foul brood 

 among bees in the State, and promote 

 the industry in Illinois: 



Section 1. 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 u-se 

 of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation the sum of one thousand dol- 

 lars ($1,000) per annum for the years 

 1909 and 1910. For the purpose of ad- 

 vancing the growth and developing the 

 interests of the bee-keepers of Illinois^ 

 said sum to be expended under the di- 

 rection of the Illinois State Bee-Keep- 



ers' Association for the purpose of pay- 

 ing the expenses of holding annual 

 meetings, publishing the proceedings 

 of said meetings, suppressing foul 

 brood among bees in Illinois, etc. 



Provided, however, Thait no officer 

 or officers of the Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association shall be entitled 

 to receive' any money compensation 

 whatever for any services rendered for 

 the same, out of this fund. 



Sec. 2. That on the order of the 

 President, countersigned by the secre- 

 tary of the Illinois State Bee-Keeeprs' 

 Association, and approved by the Gov- 

 ernor, the Auditor of Public Accounts 

 shall draw his warrant on the Treas- 

 urer of the State of Illinois in favor of 

 the treasurer of the Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association for the sum here- 

 in appropriated. 



Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the 

 treasurer of the Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association to pay out of said 

 appropriation on itemized and receipted 

 vouchers such sums as may be author- 

 ized by vote of said organization on 

 the order of the president, counter- 

 signed by the secretary, and make an- 

 nual report to the Governor of all such 

 expenditures, as provided by law. 



