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apiaries in the immediate locality of the apiary or apiaries *o 

 reported j if foul brood or black brood is found to exist in them, 

 the person or persons so sent by the commissioner of agriculture 

 shall give the owners or caretakers of the diseased apiary or 

 apiaries full instructions how to treat said cases. The commis- 

 sioner of agriculture shall cause said apiary or apiaries to be 

 visited from time to time as he may deem best and if, after 

 proper treatment, the said bees shall not be cured of the dis- 

 eases known as foul brood or black brood then he may cause the 

 same to be destroyed in such manner as may be necessary to pre- 

 vent the spread of the said diseases. For the purpose of enforce- 

 ing this act, the commissioner of agriculture, his agents, em- 

 ployees, appointees or counsel, shall have access, ingress and 

 egress to all places where bees or honey or appliances used in 

 apiaries may be, which it is believed are in any way affected 

 with the said disease of foul brood or black brood or where it is 

 believed any commodity is offered or exposed for sale in viola- 

 tion of the provisions of this act. No owner or caretaker of a 

 diseased apiary, honey or appliances shall sell, barter or give 

 away any bees, honey or appliances from said diseased apiary, 

 which shall expose other bees'to the danger of said diseases, 

 nor refuse to allow the said commissioner of agriculture, or the 

 person or persons appointed by him to inspect said apiary, honey, 

 or appliances, and do such things as the said commissioner «>f 

 agriculture or the person or persons appointed by him shall 

 deem necessary for the eradication of said diseases. Any person 

 who disregards or violates any of the provisions of this section 

 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of 

 not less than thirty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, 

 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than one 

 month nor more than two months, or by both fine and imprison- 

 ment. (As amended by chapter 214 of the Laics of 1902.) 



§ 82. The prevention of disease in fruit trees and the extirpation 

 of insect pests that infest the same. — No person shall knowingly 

 or wilfully keep any peach, almond, apricot or nee- 



