NINTH ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE 



State of Illinois — Department of State 



ISAAC N. PEARSON, Secretary of State. 



To all to whom these Presents shall come — Greeting: 



Whereas, A certificate duly signed 

 and acknowledged having been filed in 

 the office of the Secretary of State on 

 the 27th day of February, A. D. 1891, 

 for the organization of the Illinois State 

 Bee-keepers' Association, under and in 

 accordance with the provisions of "An 

 Act Concerning Corporations," ap- 

 proved April 18, 1872, and in force 

 July 1, 1872, and all acts amendatory 

 thereof, a copy of which certificate is 

 hereunto attached. 



Now, Therefore, I, Isaac N. Pearson, 

 Secretary of s!ate, of the State of Illi- 

 nois, hy virtue of the powers and du- 

 ties vested in me by law, do hereby 

 certify that the said. The Illinois State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, is a legally 

 organized corporation under the' laws 

 of the State. 



In Testimony Wihereof, I hereunto 

 set my hand and cause to be affixed 

 the great seal of State. 



Done at the City of Springfield, this 

 27t!h: day of February, in the 

 [Seal] year of our Liord one thou- 

 sand eight hundred and nine- 

 ty one, and the Independence 

 of the United States the one 

 hundred and fifteenth. 



I. N. PEARSON, 

 Secretary of State. 



t ss. 

 Secretary 



of 



STATE OF ILLINOIS, 

 County of Sangamon. 



To Isaac N. Pearson, 

 State: 



We, the undersigned. Perry J. Eng- 

 land, Jas. A. Stone and Albert N. Dra- 

 per, citizens of the United States, 

 propose to form a corporation under an 

 act of the General Assembly of the 

 State of Illinois, entitled, "An Act Con- 

 cerning Corporations," approved April 



18, 1872, and all acts amendatory 

 thereof; and for the purposes of such 

 organizations, we hereby state as fol- 

 lows, to -wit: 



1. The name of such corporation is, 

 The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation. 



2. The object for which it is formed 

 is, to promote the general interests of 

 the pursuit of bee-culture. 



3. The management of the afore- 

 said Association shall be vested in a 

 board of three Directors, who are to 

 be elected annually. 



4. The following persons are hereby 

 selected; as the Directors, to control 

 and manage said corporation for the 

 first year of its corporate existence, 

 viz.: Perry J. England, Jas. A. Stone, 

 and Albert N. Draper. 



5. The location is in Springfield, in 

 .the County of Sangamon, State of Illi- 

 nois. [Signed,] 



Perry J. England, 

 Jas. A. Stone, 

 Albert N. Draper. 



STATE OF ILLINOIS, } 



Sangamon County. f 



I, S. Mendenhall, a, notary public in 

 and for the County and State afore- 

 said', do 'hereby certify that on this 

 26th day of February, A. D. 1891, per- 

 sonally appeared before me. Perry J. 

 England, James A. Stone and Albert 

 N. Draper, to me personally known to 

 be the same persions who executed tbe 

 foregoing certificate, and severally act- 

 knowledged that they had executed the 

 same for the purposes therein set forth. 



In witness whereof, I have hereunto 

 set my hand and seal the daj^ and year 

 above written. 



S. Mendenhall, 



[Seal] Notary Public. 



