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The following is a copy of the Act: 



An Act for the Suppression of Foul Brood Among Bees. 



1. This Act may be known as The Foul Brood Act. 



2. — (1) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council upon the recommendation of the Minis- 

 ter of Agriculture may from time to time appoint one or more Inspectors of Apiaries 

 to enforce this Act. 



(2) The Inspector shall, if so required, produce the certificate of his appointment 

 on entering upon any premises in the discharge of his duties. 



(3) The remuneration to be paid to an Inspector under this Act shall be determined 

 by order of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and shall be payable out of any sum 

 appropriated by the Legislature for the enforcement of this Act. 



3. — (1) The Inspector shall, whenever so directed by the Minister, visit any locality 

 in Ontario and examine any apiary to which the Minister directs him, for the purpose of 

 ascertaining if the disease known as " foul brood " exists in such apiary. 



(2) If the Inspector finds that foul brood exists in a virulent or malignant type, 

 he shall order all colonies of bees so affected, together with the hives occupied by them, 

 and the contents of such hives and all tainted appurtenances that cannot be disinfected 

 to be immediately destroyed by fire under his personal direction and superintendence. 



(3) Where the Inspector who shall be the sole judge thereof finds that the disease 

 exists, but only in a milder type and in its incipient stage, and is being or may be 

 treated successfully, and the Inspector has reason to believe that it may be entirely 

 cured, then he may omit to destroy or order the destruction of such colonies and hives. 



4. The Inspector may order the owner or possessor of any bees dwelling in box or 

 immovable frame hives to transfer them to movable frame hives within a specified time, 

 and in default the Inspector may destroy, or order the destruction of such hives and 

 the bees dwelling therein. 



5. Any owner or possessor of diseased colonies of bees, or of any infected appliances 

 for bee-keeping, who knowingly sells or barters or gives away such diseased colonies 

 or infected appliances shall incur a penalty of not less than $50 or more than $100, 

 or he may be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two months. 



6. Any person whose bees have been destroyed or treated for foul brood, who sells 

 or offers for sale any bees, hives or appurtenances of any kind, after such destruction 

 or treatment, and before being authorized by the Inspector so to do or who exposes in 

 his b€e-yard, or elsewhere, any infected comb, honey, or other infected thing, or conceals 

 the fact that said disease exists among his bees, shall incur a penalty of not less than 

 $20 and not more than $50, or he may be imprisoned for a term not exceeding two months. 



7. Any owner or possessor of bees who refuses to allow the Inspector to freely 

 examine bees, or the premises in which they are kept, or who refuses to destroy the 

 infected bees and appurtenances, or to permit them to be destroyed when so directed by 

 the Inspector, shall, on the complaint of the Inspector, incur a penalty of not less than 

 $25 and not more than $50 for the first offence, and not less than $50 and not more than 

 $100 for the second and any subsequent offence, and the convicting Justice shall by the 

 conviction order the said owner or possessor forthwith to carry out the directions of 

 the Inspector. 



8. Where such owner or possessor of bees disobeys the directions of the said Inspec- 

 tor, or offers resistance to or obstructs him, a Justice of the Peace may, upon the com- 

 plaint of the Inspector cause a sufficient number of special constables to be sworn in, 

 who shall, under the directions of the Inspector, proceed to the premises of such owner 

 or possessor and assist the Inspector to seize all the diseased colonies and infected 

 appurtenances and burn them forthwith, and if necessary the Inspector or constables 

 may arrest the owner or possessor and bring him before a Justice of the Peace to be 

 dealt with according to the provisions of the preceding section. 



