84 ILLmOIS DAIETMEN'S ASSOCIATIOK. 



Met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock a. m., December 14th. 



Report of the committee appointed to take action on that part of the 

 President's address relating to the new formation of the association under 

 the laws of the State: 



To the Illinois Dairymen's Association : Mr. President— Your committee 

 to whom was referred so much of the President's annual address as relates 

 to the new and formal organization of the society under the laws of the 

 State, and with instructions to devise and recommend such measures as 

 shall secure the election of new officers, and provide for their re-election at 

 the regular annual meetings of the society, beg leave to report : 



That the resignations of all present officers have been tendered and now 

 await the action of this body, and your committee recommend their accept- 

 ance as a necessary preliminary to any further action in the premises. 



Respectfully, J. G. Lumbard. 



H. B. GURLER. 



J. H. Broomell. 



Committee. 

 Motion to adopt seconded and carried. 

 Report of the committee on by-laws : 



BY-LAWS OF THE ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN^S ASSOCIATIOI^. 



OFFICERS. 



Section 1. The officers of this association shall consist of a President, 

 Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Board of Directors composed of 

 seven members, of whom the President and Vice-President of the associa- 

 tion shall be members, and the President ex-officio chairman. 



DUTIES or PRESIDENT. 



Sec. 2. The President shall preside at the meetings of the Association 

 and of the Board of Directors. It shall be his duty together with the Secre- 

 tary and Board of Directors to arrange a programme and order of business 

 for each regular annual meeting of the Association. He shall have power 

 to call special meetings of the Association and of the Board of Directors, 

 and upon the written request of five of the members of the Association it 

 shall be his duty to call such special meetings. It shall be his further duty 

 to call on the State Auditor of Public Accounts for his warrant on the State 

 Treasurer for the annual sum appropriated by the Legislature for the use of 

 this Association, present the warrant to the Treasurer for payment, and on 

 receiving the money receipt for the same, which he shall pay over to the 

 Treasurer of this Association, taking his receipt therefor. 



DUTIES or THE VICE-PRESIDENT. 



Sec. 3. In the absence of the President, his duties shall devolve upon 

 the Vice-President. 



DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. 



Sec. 4. The Secretary shall record the proceedings of the Association 

 and of the Board of Directors. He shall keep a fist of the members, collect 

 all the moneys due the Association (other than Legislative appropriations), 



