﻿1116 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  223 
  

  

  AN 
  ACT 
  to 
  amend 
  cliapter 
  three 
  hundred 
  and 
  thirty-eight 
  of 
  the 
  

   laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hnmlred 
  and 
  ninety-three, 
  entitled 
  "An 
  act 
  in 
  

   relation 
  to 
  agriculture, 
  constituting 
  articles 
  one, 
  two, 
  three, 
  

   four, 
  five, 
  six, 
  seven 
  and 
  eight 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  laws," 
  relative 
  to 
  

   prevention 
  of 
  diseases 
  among 
  bees. 
  

  

  Became 
  a 
  law 
  April 
  3, 
  1899, 
  with 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  Governor. 
  

   Passed, 
  three-fifths 
  being 
  present. 
  

  

  The 
  People 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  Yorlc, 
  represented 
  in 
  Senate 
  and 
  

   Assembly, 
  do 
  enact 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Section 
  eighty 
  of 
  chapter 
  three 
  hundred 
  and 
  thirty- 
  

   eight 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-three, 
  is 
  hereby 
  

   amended 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  read 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  §80. 
  The 
  prevention 
  of 
  diseases 
  among 
  bees. 
  No 
  person 
  shall 
  

   keep 
  in 
  his 
  apiary 
  any 
  colony 
  of 
  bees 
  affected 
  with 
  a 
  contagious 
  

   malady 
  known 
  as 
  foul 
  brood 
  and 
  every 
  bee-keeper, 
  when 
  he 
  be- 
  

   comes 
  aware 
  of 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  such 
  disease 
  among 
  his 
  bees, 
  shall 
  

   immediately 
  notify 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  of 
  the 
  exist- 
  

   ence 
  of 
  such 
  disease. 
  

  

  § 
  2. 
  Section 
  eighty-one 
  of 
  said 
  act 
  is 
  hereby 
  amended 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  

   read 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  § 
  81. 
  Duties 
  of 
  the 
  commissioner. 
  The 
  commissioner 
  of 
  asrri- 
  

   culture 
  shall 
  immediately 
  upon 
  receiving 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  existence 
  

   of 
  foul 
  brood 
  among 
  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 
  apiaries 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  

   locality 
  of 
  the 
  apiary 
  or 
  apiaries 
  so 
  reported 
  ; 
  if 
  foul 
  brood 
  is 
  found 
  

   to 
  exist 
  in 
  them, 
  the 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  so 
  sent 
  by 
  the 
  commis- 
  

   sioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  shall 
  give 
  the 
  owners 
  or 
  caretakers 
  of 
  the 
  

   diseased 
  apiary 
  or 
  apiaries 
  full 
  instructions 
  how 
  to 
  treat 
  said 
  

   cases. 
  The 
  commissioner 
  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 
  disease 
  kno^vn 
  as 
  foul 
  brood, 
  then 
  he 
  may 
  cause 
  the 
  same 
  

   to 
  be 
  destroyed 
  in 
  such 
  manner 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  prevent 
  

   the 
  spread 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  disease. 
  For 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  enforcing 
  this 
  

   act, 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  his 
  agents, 
  employes, 
  ap- 
  

   pointees 
  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 
  

  

  