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in a body, according to iMr. Baxter, Mr. 

 Huffman, and others; that is, we pay 

 fifty cents for every member who paid 

 $1.00 here. 



Mr. Huffman — ^We, who are members 

 of this Association and belong to other 

 States," and are paid up in the National, 

 have a right to vote. 



The motion was put and carried. 



iMr. HufEman — ^I would suggest that 

 all those who are members here in this 

 Association be so free as to give the 

 Secretary an extra fifty cents; that 

 would make the check so much smaller 

 for indebtedness to send to Mr. Kim- 

 mey. 



President York then gave the Secre- 

 tary another dollar, a number of others 

 gave $1.00 each, and some 50 cents 

 each, so that in a few nynutes plenty 

 of money was in the treasury to join 

 both the Illinois State and the Na- 

 tional Associations in a body. 



Mr. Baxter — If I ever get foul brood 

 in my apiary it will have been worth 

 many times more than it cost me to 

 come to this convention, to have been 

 here and heard the discussions. 



President York — A committee of five, 

 on Resolutions, was appointed. We 

 will listen to their report now. 



Report of Committee on Resolutions. 



Whereas, The disease known as 

 foul brood does exist and is rapidly 

 spreading in Illinois; and. 



Whereas, This disease is highly 

 contagious and infectious, and which, 

 left unchecked, 'has already wiped out 

 many apiaries; and. 



Whereas, Many of tihe bee-keepers 

 of Illinois have many thousands of dol- 

 lars invested in this industry, and are 

 suffering annually the loss of tons of 

 honey, due directly to the inroads of 

 this disease, being unable to eradicate 

 it under the present conditions; and, 



Whereas, The foul brood laws of 

 Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, and 

 New York, giving the inspector au- 

 thority to perform his duties in a 

 tlhorough and impartial manner, have 

 been successful in curing and sup- 

 pressing this destructive disease in 

 those States; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That the Chicago-North- 

 western Bee-Keepers' Association, in 

 convention assembled at Chicago, this 

 2d day of December, 1909, does petition 

 the honorable members of the Illinois 

 •Legislature to pass an efficient foul 

 brood law similar to that of surround- 

 ing States, providing for a foul brood 



inspector with the necessary powers, 

 and an adequate appropriation to carry 

 out tIhe objects of the law in a thor- 

 ough and. efficient manner; be it fur- 

 ther 



Resolved, That we pledge our 

 hearty co-operation with the commit- 

 tee of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association in the securing of this 

 law; and, be it further 



Resolved, That the Secretary be 

 instructed to place a copy of these 

 resolutions in the hands of every 

 member of tihe Illinois Senate and of 

 the House, and also one in the hand 

 of the Governor of the State of Illinois. 

 F. B. CAVANAGH, 

 JACOB HUFKMAN, 

 EMIL J. BAXTER, 



Committee. 

 The convention then adjourned until 

 1:30 p. m. 



Dr. Bohrer — ^I desire to move the 

 adoption of that resolution as read, 

 without amendment; I think it covers 

 the ground precisely, and that is just 

 what you want to do, in order to se- 

 cure this legislation. Place a copy in 

 the hands of the Governor, of every 

 member of the House and Senate, and 

 every bee-keeper. 



The motion was seconded, and 

 unanimously carried. 



The following resolution was pre- 

 sented on the death of Mr. R. B. Hol- 

 brook: 



Whereas, Our beloved brother and 

 member, Mr. R. B. Hollbrook, has been 

 called to his reward; be it 



Resolved, That, in behalf of this 

 convention assembled, we extend to 

 Mrs. Holbrook our sympathy in this, 

 her great affliction. 



EMIL J. BAXTER, ; • 

 JACOB HUFFMAN* 

 F. B. CAVANAGH, 



Committee. 

 The following resolution was also 

 presented on the death of Mr. J. Q. 

 Smith: 



Whereas, The All-W^ise Providence 

 has taken from our midst our beloved 

 brother, J. Q. Smith; be it 



Resolved, That we, as a convention, 

 extend to Mrs. Smith our heartfelt 

 sympathy in her bereavement. 



EMIL J. BAXTER, ^ 



F. B. CAVANAGH, 

 JACOB HUFFMAN, 



Committee. 

 Rising votes were taken on the 

 two above resolutions, and each was 

 carried unanimously. 



