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brood,sell,or offer 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 should he expose in his bee-yard, 

 or elsewhere, any infected comb, honey, 

 or other infected thing, or conceal the 

 fact that said disease exists among his 

 bees, he shall, on conviction before a 

 Justice of the Peace, be liable to a fine 

 of not less than $20 and not more than 

 $50, or to imprisonment for a term not 

 exceeding two months and not less than 

 one month. 



. Sec. 9. Should any owner or possessor 

 of bees refuse to allow the Inspector or 

 his Assistant or Assistants to freely ex- 

 amine said bees, or the premises in which 

 they are kept, or should such owner or 

 possessor refuse to destroy the infected 

 bees and appurtenances, or permit them 

 to be destroyed when so directed by the 

 Inspector, he may, on complaint of the 

 Inspector, be summoned before a Justice 

 of the Peace, and on conviction, shall be 

 liable to a fine of not more than $50 

 nor less than $25 for the first offense, 

 and not more than $100. nor less than 

 $50 for the second and any subsequent 

 offenses ; and the said Justice of the 

 Peace shall make an order directing the 

 said owner or possessor forthwith to 

 carry out the directions of the Inspector. 



Sec. 10. Where an owner or possessor 

 of bees shall disobey the directions of 

 the said Inspector, or offer resistance to 

 or obstruct the said Inspector, a Justice 

 of the Peace may, upon the complaint of 

 the said Inspector, cause a sufficient 

 number of special constables to be 

 sworn in, and such special constables 

 shall, under the directions of the Inspec- 

 tor, proceed to the premises of such 

 owner or possessor, and assist the In- 

 spector to seize all the diseased colonies 

 and infected appurtenances, and burn 

 them forthwith ;. and if necessary the 

 said Inspector or constables may arrest 

 the said owner or possessor, and bring 

 him before a Justice of the Peace, to be 

 dealt with according to the provisions 

 of this act. 



Sec. 11. Before proceeding against 

 any person before a Justice of the Peace, 

 the said Inspector shall read over to such 

 person the provisions of this act, or shall 

 cause a copy thereof to be delivered to 

 such person. 



Sec. 12. Every bee-keeper or other 

 person who shall be aware of the exist- 

 ence of foul-brood, either in his own 

 apiary or elsewhere, shall immediately 

 rotify the President of the Illinois Bee- 

 Keepers' Association of the existence of 



such disease, and in default of so doing 

 shall, on sumnuiry conviction before a 

 Justice of the Peace, be liable to a fine 

 of $5 and costs. 



Sec. 13. Upon receiving the notice in 

 the preceding section metioned, or in 

 any way becoming aware of the existence 

 of foul-brood in any locality, the said 

 President shall immediately direct the 

 said Inspector to proceed to and in- 

 spect the infected premises : Provided, 

 that when the person giving such notice 

 is unknown to said President, or there 

 is reason to believe that the information 

 in said notice is untrustworthy, or that 

 the person giving such notice is actuated 

 by improper motives, then the said 

 President may require the person giving 

 such notice to deposit the sum of $5 

 with the President, as a guarantee of 

 good faith, before the said notice shall 

 be acted upon, and [if] it shall prove that 

 said notice was properly given, then the 

 said deposit shall be returned to the 

 person giving such notice, but otherwise 

 the said deposit shall be forfeited to the 

 use of the said Illinois Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. 



Sec. 14. The said association shall 

 include in Its annual report to the Gov- 

 ernor a statement of the Inspector's 

 work during the preceding year, which 

 statement shall include the number of 

 colonies destroyed by order of the In- 

 spector, and the localities where found, 

 and the amount paid to him for his serv- 

 ices and expenses for the preceding 

 year. 



Sec. 15. The Directors of the said 

 association may, from time to time, make 

 such by-laws and regulations for the 

 control and guidance of the Inspector in 

 carrying out the provisions of this act as 

 they may deem necessary ; and the said 

 Directors shall also by by-law fix the 

 amount of the remuneration of the said 

 Inspector and Sub-Inspector, but all 

 such by-laws and regulations shall be 

 subject to the approval of the Governor. 



Sec. 16. It shall be the duty of each 

 assessor, at the time and in the same 

 manner as other property is listed for 

 taxation, to require each owner of bees 

 to specify on the schedule containing his 

 or her assessed property, the number of 

 stands [colonies] of bees in his or her 

 possession, which information the asses- 

 sor shall add up and note in his assess- 

 ment book under proper headings, with 

 the footings given in the space provided 

 for the aggregates. 



Sec. 17. There shall be annually as- 

 sessed and collected, at the same time 

 and in the same manner as other State 



