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ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



Illinois State Bee-Keepers* ilssociation 



CONSTITUTION 



Adopted Feb. 26. 1901. 



ARTICLE I.— Name. 



This organization shall be known as 

 The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, and its principal place of busi- 

 ness shall be at Springfield, 111 



ARTICLE n.— Object. 



Its object shall be to promote the 

 general interests of the pursuit of bee- 

 culture. 



ARTICLE in. — Membership. 



Section 1. Any person interested in 

 Apiculture may become a member up- 

 on the payment to the Secretary of an 

 annual fee of one dollar ($1.00). 

 (Amendment adopted at annual meet- 

 ing, November, 1905): And any affili- 

 ating Association, as a body, may be- 

 come members on the payment of an 

 aggregate fee of twenty-five cents 

 (25c) per member. 



Sec. 2. Any persons may become hon- 



orary members by receiving a ma- 

 jority vote at any regular meeting. 



ARTICLE rv.— Officers. 



Section 1. The officers of this Asso- 

 ciation shall be President, Vice-Presi- 

 dent, Secretary and Treasurer. Their 

 terms of office shall be for one year, 

 or until their successors are elected 

 and qualified. ; 



Sec. 2. The President, Secretary and 

 Treasurer shall constitute the Execu- 

 tive Committee. 



Sec. 3. Vacancies in office — by 

 death, resignation and otherwise — 

 shall be filled by the Executive Com- 

 mittee until the next annual meeting. 



ARTICLE v.— Amendments. 



This Constitution shall be amended 

 at any annual meeting by a two-thirds 

 vote of all the members present — 

 thirty days' notice having been given 

 to each member of the Association. 



BY-IiAWT^S 



ARTICLE L 



The officers of the Association shall 

 be elected by ballot and by a majority 

 vote. 



ARTICLE n. 



It shall be the duty of the President 

 to call and preserve order at all meet- 

 ings of this Association; to call for all 

 reports of officers and committees; to 



put to vote all motions regularly sec- 

 onded, to count the vote at all elec- 

 tions, and declare the results; to de- 

 cide upon all questions of order; and 

 to deliver an address at each annual 

 meeting. 



ARTICLE ni. 



The Vice-Presidents shall be num- 

 bered respectively, First, Second, Third, 

 Fourth and Fifth, and it shall be the 



