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FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



the same be abated within a specified 

 time and a direction, written or printed, 

 pointing out the methods which shall 

 be taken to abate the same. Such 

 notice and order may be served per- 

 sonally or by depositing the same in 

 the post office properly stamped, ad- 

 dressed to the owner or occupant of 

 the land or premises upon which such 

 nuisance exists, and the direction for 

 treatment may consist of a printed 

 circular, bulletin or report of the In- 

 spector of Apiaries, or an extract from 

 same. 



If the person so notified shall refuse 

 or fail to abate said nuisance in the 

 manner and in the time prescribed in 



said notice, the Inspector of Apiaries 

 m.ay cause such nuisance to be abated, 

 and he shall certify to Aie- owner or 

 person in charge of the premises the 

 cost of the abatement and if not paid 

 to him within sixty days thereafter the 

 same may be recovered, together with 

 the costs of action, before any court in 

 the State having competent jurisdic- 

 tion. 



In case notice and order served as 

 aforesaid shall direct that any bees, 

 hives, bee-fixtures or appurtenances 

 shall be destroyed and the owner of 

 such bees, hives, bee-fixtures or appur- 

 tenances shall consider himself ag- 

 grieved by said order, he shall have 

 the privilege of appealing within three 

 days of the receipt of the notice to 

 the county court of the county in 

 which such property is situated. The 



appeal shall be made in like manner as 

 appeals are taken to the county court 

 from judgments of justices of the 

 peace. Written notice of said appeal 

 served by mail upon the Inspector of 

 Apiaries shall operate to stay all pro- 

 ceedings until the decision of the 

 county court, which may, after investi- 

 gating the matter, reverse, modify or 

 affirm the order of the Inspector of 

 Apiaries. Such decision shall then be- 

 come the order of the Inspector of 

 Apiaries, who shall serve the same as 

 hereinbefore set forth and shall fix a 

 time within which such decision must 

 be carried out. 

 Sec. 3. The Inspector of Apiaries 



shall, on or before the second Monday 

 in December of each calendar year, 

 make a report to the Governor and also 

 to the Illinois State Bee Keepers' As- 

 sociation, stating the number of 

 apiaries visited, the number of those 

 diseased and treated, the number of 

 colonies of bees destroyed and the ex- 

 pense incurred in the performance of 

 his duties. 



Sec. 4. Any owner of a diseased 

 apiary or appliances taken therefrom, 

 who shall sell, barter or give away any 

 such apiary, appliance, queens or bees 

 from such apiary, expose other bees to 

 the danger of contracting such disease, 

 or refuse to allow the Inspector of 

 Apiaries to inspect such apiary, or 

 appliances, shall be fined not less than 

 $50.00 nor more than $100.00. 



ApprovedcJune 7, 1911. 



