ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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Mr. Pyle: Mr. President, I believe 

 you go a little too fast. This was an 

 informal ballot, and then comes the 

 formal ballot. 



Mr. York: Mr. Chairman, all that 

 is necessary now is to make this 

 formal. 



I move that the Secretary- be in- 

 structed to cast the ballot for Mr. 

 Smith as President, and Mr. Stone as 

 Secretary, and Mr. Becker as Treas- 

 urer. 



A Member: I make a motion to lay 

 it on the table. 



A Member: I second it. 



Dr. Miller: Nobody consi<Jers it any- 

 thing but an informal ballot. 



Mr. York's motion was that it be 

 made formal. I don't see anything 

 wrong in making it a formal ballot 

 now. 



Mr. Kildow: The motion now is to 

 lay Mr. York's motion on the table. 



Dr. Miller: If this is to be laid 

 upon the table it is the sanae as voting 

 down Mr. York's motion. 



Mr. Stone: Mr. President, if this 

 motion to lay on the table prevails it 

 will leave it as though we hadn't done 

 anything. 



Mr. York: I don't see the object of 

 laying this on the table. Do you all 

 want to write these names again? Be- 

 cause we get the same results. I am 

 perfectly willing if you want to do 

 that. 



Mr. Bowen: The gentleman had the 

 right to lay it on the table. 



The President: All in favor of lay- 

 ing this on the table raise their hands. 



Those in favor of the motion num- 

 bered five (5). 



Those on the contrary raise their 

 hands. 



Those not in favor of the motion 

 numbered eight (8). 



The President: Motion carried. It 

 is not tabled. 



Mr. Becker: It seems to me strange 

 that j'^ou call this an informal ballot, 

 and thej first should be for President, 

 the second for Secretary, and the third 

 for Treasurer. And the ballot is so 

 declared, which I suppose is all there 

 -is to the election. 



Mr. Stone: The motion was for an 

 informal ballot. 



Mr. "Sork: My motion was that this 

 informal! ballot be made the formal 



ballot, and that the Secretary be in- 

 structed to cast the ballot for Smith as 

 President, Stone as Secretary, and 

 Becker as Treasurer. 



Mr. Stone: I see there is a move 

 on foot to defeat this election, else a 

 vote to table would not have been 

 made, and every member has an equal 

 right to vote as he may choose. 



Dr. Miller: Mr. York's motion is 

 before the house, that the informal 

 ballot be made the formal ballot, and 

 that the Secretary be instructed to, 

 cast the ballot. 



Mr. York: I withdraw my motion. 



The President: Let the convention 

 vote for whom they want. 



Mr. Bowen: Suppose you take an- 

 other ballot and elect somebody else, 

 instead of the ones elected. The law 

 says the officers shall be elected by 

 majority vote. I make the point that 

 the vote has already been taken and 

 vote carried. 



Mr. Stone: Since Mr. York has 

 withdrawn his motion that the in- 

 formal ballot be made the formal bal- 

 lot, that settles the matter. 



Mr. Bowen: I make a motion that 

 the President, Secretary and Treas- 

 urer be declared elected. 



Mr. Kildow: I understand it was 

 an informal ballot. 



The President: To satisfy every- 

 body I would like you all to cast an- 

 other ballot. 



Mr. Becker: If the Association don't 

 want me for Treasurer I don't want 

 it. 



I am like Brother Moore, the un- 

 derstanding was to me that the first 

 one was for President, second for Sec- 

 retary, and the third for Treasurer, 

 and the constitution says so. If there 

 is only one President, you can elect 

 him by acclamation. 



Mr. Kildow: But that was just an 

 informal vote. 



The President: The motion was 

 made to vote on the officers again. I 

 voted on a formal ballot and others 

 on an informal ballot. ' I want them 

 to vote again, 



Mr. Stone: j I renew the motion that 

 the informal i ballot be declared the 

 formal ballot. 



Mr. Moore: I second the motion. 



The President: It is moved by the; 

 Secretary and seconded that the in-_ 



