1964 Agricultural Law [Art. 14. 



§ 303. Duties of the commissioner. The commissioner of agri- 

 culture shall immediatelj upon receiving notice of the existence 

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



Examina- souio Competent person or persons to examine the apiary or apiaries 



apiaj-iee. reported to him as being affected, and all the other apiaries in the 

 immediate locality of the apiary or apiaries so reported; 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 



inatniction. owuers or Caretakers of the diseased apiary or apiaries full in- 

 structions how to treat said cases. The commissioner of agri- 

 culture 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 diseases known as foul 



nestruction brood Or black brood then he may cause the same to be destroyed 

 in such manner as may be necessary to prevent the spread of the 

 said diseases. For the purpose of enforcing this article, the com- 



Accesa. missioner of agriculture, his agents, employees, 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 violation of the provisions of this 



Exposure articlc. No owner or caretaker of a diseased apiary, honey or 



prohibited. i ,. ? i/ 



appliances shall sell, barter or give away an}' bees, honey or 

 appliances from said diseased apiary, which shall expose other 

 Refusal. j^ggg ^^ ^^le danger of said diseases, nor refuse to allow the said 

 commissioner of agriculture, or the person or persons appointed 

 by him to inspect said ajiiary, honey or appliances, and do such 

 things as the said commissioner of agriculture or the person or 

 persons appointed by him sliall 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 imprisonment. 



§ 304. The prevention of disease in trees, shrubs, plants and 

 vines and the extirpation of insect pests that infest the same. No 



Penalties. 



