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diseases among his bees, shall immediately notify the commis- 

 sioner of agriculture of the existence of such disease. (As 

 amended by chapter 214 of the Laws of 1902.) 



§ SO-a. Defining honey. — The terms " honey," " liquid or ex- 

 tracted honey," " strained honey," or " pure honey," as used in 

 this act shall mean the nectar of flowers that has been trans- 

 formed by, and is the natural product of the honey-bee, taken 

 from the honeycomb and marketed in a liquid, candied or granu- 

 lated condition. (Added by chapter 214 of the Laics of 1902.) 



§ SO-b. Relative to selling a commodity in imitation or semblance 

 of honey. — No person or persons shall sell, keep for sale, expose 

 or offer for sale, any article or product in imitation or semblance 

 of honey branded as " honey " " liquid or extracted honey," 

 " strained honey " or " pure honey " which is not pure honey. 

 No person or persons, firm, association, company or corporation, 

 shall manufacture, sell, expose or offer for sale any compound 

 or mixture branded or labeled as and for honey which shall be 

 made up of honey mixed with any other substance or ingredient. 

 There may be printed on the package containing such compound 

 or mixture a statement giving the ingredients of which it is 

 made; if honey is one of such ingredients it shall be so stated 

 in the same size type as are the other ingredients, but it shall 

 not be sold, exposed for sale, or offered for sale as honey; nor 

 shall such compound or mixture be branded or labeled with the 

 word "honey" in any form other than as herein provided; nor 

 shall any product in semblance of honey, whether a mixture or 

 not, be sold, exposed or offered for sale as honey, or branded or 

 labeled with the word " honey," unless such article is pure 

 honey. (Added by chapter 214 of the Laics of 1902.) 



§ 81. Duties of the commissioner. — The commissioner of agri- 

 culture shall immediately upon receiving notice of the existence 

 of foul brood or black brood among the bees in any locality, send 

 some competent person or persons to examine the apiary or 

 apiaries reported to him as being affected, and all the other 



