STATE bee-keepers' ASSOCIATION. 



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 Cor- 

 porations," approved April 18, 1872, and in force July i, 1872, 

 and all acts amendatory thereof, a copy of which certificate 

 is hereunto attached. 



Now, Therefore, I, Isaac N. Pearson, Secretary of State, 

 of tihe State of Illinois, by virtue of the powers and duties 

 vest?ed in me by law, do hereby certify that the jsaid, ' The 

 Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association is a legally organized 

 corporation under the laws of this State. 



In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand,^and cause 

 to be affixed the great seal of State. 



Done at the City of Springfield this 27th day. of Feb- . 



ruary, in the year of our Lord, one thousand 

 [seal] eight hundred and ninety-one, and the Inde- 

 pendence of the United States the one hundred 

 and fifteenth. I. N. Pearson, 



Secretary of State. 

 STATE OF ILLINOIS, 



SANGAMON COUNTY. 



ss. 



To Isaac N. Pearson, Secretary of State: 



We, the undersigned, Perry J. England, Jas. A. Stone 

 and Albert N. Draper, 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 Concerning Cor- 

 porations," approved April 18, 1872, and all acts amendatory 

 thereof ; and for the purposes of such organizations, we hei;eby ' 

 state as follows, to-wit : 



1. The name of such corporation is. The Illinois State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. 



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 aforesaid 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 



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