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gladly do more, we can only recom- 

 mend them to the Great Comforter who 

 alone ciuibindupthe bruised heart, and 

 dry the widow's tears. 



Besolvecl, That a copy of the above 

 be transmitted to the family of the de- 

 ceased, and also to the county papers 

 for publication. 



Eesolved, That this memorial be 

 spread on the minutes of this associa- 

 tion. 



Mr. Dickinson, from the committee 

 on petition to the legislature, made a 

 report as follows, which was accepted 

 and placed on flle : 



Bill for the Eradication of 

 Foul Brood. 



President, L. C. Eoot; Vice Presi- 

 dent, C. G. Dickixson; Secretary, G. 

 W. House; Treasurer, R. Bacox. 



Memorial of Citizens of the State of 

 New York to the Legislature. To The 

 Honorable the Legislature of the State 

 of New York in Senate and Assembly 

 convened. 



May it Please your Honorable 

 body : 



The disease among bees known as 

 F02U Brood is becoming alarmingly 

 prevalent in several counties of the 

 state of New York, and. 



Whereas, Without the protection 

 of a special statute to aid us, we are 

 powerless and wholly unable to cope 

 with this destructive disease, which 

 threatens to cripple the apicultural in- 

 dustry of our state : 



We, your petitioners, members of 

 the Northeastern Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion, respectfully ask the passage of 

 the following bill for the extirpation of 

 Fuul Brood. 



And your memoralists will ever pray r 



A Bill to prevent the spread of foul 

 brood among bees, and to extirpate the 

 same. 



Section I. The people of tlie state of Xcw 

 York enact : That it shall l)e unlawful for 

 any person to keep in his apiary any col- 

 ony of bees aflected with tlie contajrious 

 malady known as foul brood; and it shall 

 be the duty of every beekeeper, as soon 

 as he becomes aware of the existence of 

 said disease among his bees, to destroy or 

 cause to be desti-oyed forthwith all col- 

 onies thus affected. 



Section 2. In any county in this state, in 

 which foul brood exists, or in which there 

 are good reasons to believe it exists, it 

 shall be lawful for any live or more actual 

 beekeepers of said county to set forth 

 such fact, belief, or apprehension, in a 

 petition addressed to the judge of the 

 county coiut, requiring liim to appoint a 

 competent commissioner to prevent the 

 spread of said disease, and to eradicate 

 the same; which petition shall be filed 

 with and become a part of tlie records of 

 the court where such applica tion is made. 



Section 3. It shall be the duty of the County- 

 Judge, on the receipt of tlie petition speci- 

 fied in section two, of this act, to appoint 

 within ten days therealtcr a well known 

 and competent beekeeper of said county, 

 as a commissioner, who shall hold his 

 office durmg the pleasure of said court; 

 and a record of such appointment, and 

 revocation, when revoked, shall be filed 

 as a part of the records of the said court. 



Section 4. It shall be the duty of said com- 

 missioner, within ten days of his appoint- 

 ment as aforesaid, to file his acceptance of 

 the same with the court from which lie 

 received his appointment. 



Section 5. Upon complaint of any two bee- 

 keepers in said county in writing and on 

 oatli, to said commissioner, setting forth 

 that said disease exists, or that they have 

 good reason to believe it exists within 

 said county, designating the apiary or 

 apiaries, wherein they believe it to be, it 

 Bliall become tlie duty of the commis- 

 sioner, to whom such complaint is deliv- 

 ered, to proceeil without unnecessary 

 delay to examine the bees so designated; 

 and if he shall become satisfied that any 

 colony or colonies of said bees are dis- 

 eased with foul brood, he shall, without 

 furtlier disturbance to said bees, fix some 

 distinguishing niarlj, ui)on each hive 

 wherein exists said foul brood, and im- 

 mediately notify tlie pert^on to whom 

 said bees belong personally or by leav- 

 ing a written notice at his place of res- 

 idence, if he be a resident of such countv ; 

 and if such owner be a non-resident of 

 such county, then by leaving the same 

 with the person in charge of such bees, 

 requiring said person, within five days, 

 from the date of said notice, to effectuaHy 

 I'emove or destroy said hives, togetlier 

 with their entire contents, by burying 

 them or by fire. 



Section 6. If any person neglect to des- 

 troy, or cause to be destroyed, said hives 

 and their contents in manner as described 

 in sc tion five, alter due notification, he 

 shall be deemed guilty of a inisdeineanor, 

 and punished by a line not to exceeil fifty 

 dollars for the first oflence, and for each 

 ^additional offence he shall be liable to a 

 line not to exceed one hundred dollars, 

 at the discretion of tlie court; and any 

 justice of the i)eace of the township wliere 

 sai<l bees exist shall have jurisdiction 

 tliereof. 



Section 7. The commissioner shall be al- 

 lowed for services under tliis act, two 

 dollars for each full day, and one dollar 

 for each half day, the amount to be aud- 

 ited by the board of supervisors. 



Section S. In all suits .and prosecutions 

 under this act, it shall be necessaiy to 

 jirove that sai<l bees were actually dis- 

 eased or infected with foul brood. 



