ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPKRS' ASSOCIATION 



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Following is a copy of the law passed by the Illinois Legislature May 19th, 

 and signed by the Governor June 7th, 1911, to take effect July 1st, 1911: 



State Foul Brood Law 



State Inspector of Apiaries. 



§ 1 



Preamble. 

 State Inspector of Apiaries — appoint- 

 ment — term — assistants — per diem. 

 2. Foul Brood, Etc. — what declared nuis- 



ances — inspection — notice to owner 

 or occupant — treatment— abatement 

 of nuisance — appeal. 



Annual Report. 



Penalties. 



HOUSE BILL No. 670. 



(Approved June 7, 1911.) 



An Act to prevent the introduction and spread in Illinois of foul brood among 

 bees, providing for the appointment uf a State Inspector of Apiaries and 

 prescribing his powers and duties. 



"Whereas, the disease known as foul 

 brood exists to a very considerable ex- 

 tent in various portions of this State, 

 which, if left to itself, will soon ex- 

 terminate the honey-bees; and 



Whereas, the work done by an in- 

 dividual bee-keepeer or by a State in- 

 spector is useless so long as the official 

 is not given authority to inspect and, 

 if need be, to destroy the disease when 

 found; and 



Whereas, there is a great loss to the 

 bee-keepers and fruit growers of the 

 State each year by the devastating 

 ravages of foul brood; 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the Peo- 

 ple of the State of Illinois, represented 

 in the General Assembly: That the 

 Governor shall appoint a State inspec- 

 tor of Apiaries, who shall hold his 

 office for the term of two years, and 

 until his successor is appointed and 

 qualified, and who may appoint one or 

 more assistants, as needed, to carry on 

 the inspection under his supervision. 

 The Inspector of Apiaries shall receive 

 for each day actually and necessarily 

 spent in the performance of his duties 

 the sum of Four Dollars to be paid up- 

 on bills of particulars certified to as 

 correct by the said State Inspector of 

 Apiaries, and approved by the Gov- 

 ernor. 



Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of every 

 person maintaining or keeping any 

 colony or colonies of bees to keep the 

 same free from the disease known as 

 foul brood and from every contagious 

 and infectious disease among bees. All 

 bee-hives, bee-fixtures or appurten- 

 ances where foul brood or other con- 

 tagious or infectious diseases among 

 bees exists, are hereby declared to be 

 nuisances to be abated as hereinafter 

 prescribed. If the inspector of apiaries 

 shall have reason to believe that any 

 apiary is infected by foul brood or 

 other contagious disease, he shall have 

 power to Inspect, or cause to be in- 

 spected, from time to time, such apiary, 

 and for the purpose of such inspection 

 he, or his assistants, are authorized 

 during reasonable business hours to 

 enter into or upon any farm or prem- 

 ises, or other building or place used for 

 the purpose of propagating or nurtur- 

 ing bees. If said inspector of apiaries, 

 or his assistants, shall tfind by inspec- 

 tion that any person, firm or corpora- 

 tion is maintaining a nuisance as de- 

 scribed in this section, he shall notify 

 in writing the owner or occupant of the 

 premises containing the nuisance so 

 disclosed of the fact that such nuisance 

 exists. He shall include in such notice 

 a statement of the conditions consti- 

 tuting such nuisance, and order that 



