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§ 13. Upon receiving the notice in the preceding section mentioned, 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 

 inspect the infected premises : Provided, that when the person giving such 

 notice is unknown to he President, or there is reason to believe tliat the in- 

 formation in s^id 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 it 

 shall prove that such 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 State Bee- Keepers' Associa- 

 tion. 



^ 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 lor his 

 services and expenses for the preceding year. 



^ 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 fijc 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. . 



§ 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 num- 

 ber of stands of bees in his or her possession, which information the assessor 

 shall add up and note in his assessment book under proper headings, with 

 the footings given in the space provided for the aggregates. 



^17. There shall be annually assessed and collected at the same time 

 and in the same manner as other State taxes five cents on each stand of bees, 

 which tax shall be paid into the State treasury at the same time and manner 

 as other State taxes, and to be used for the suppression of foul brood among 

 bees and the promotion of the apiary industry of the State as may be fiom 

 time to time voted by the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association and ap- 

 proved by the Governor. 



\ 18. The revenue derived from the operations of this statute or so 

 much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes spedlfied in the forego- 

 ing section is hereby appropriated to defray the expenses contemplated by 

 this act, to be paid by the State treasurer upon warrants drawn by the Audi- 

 tor of the State, which warrants shall be drawn only upon vouchers and bills 

 signed by the President of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association, coun- 

 tersigned by the Secretary thereof. ' • 



