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16 FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 



A BILL 



For an act providing for the appointment of a State Inspector 

 of Apiaries, and prescribing his powers and duties. 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of 

 Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the 

 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 

 shall appoint a State Inspector of Apiaries, who shall hold 

 his office for the term of two years and until his successor 

 is appointed and qualified. 



Sec. 2. Said Inspector shall, whpn notified of the exis- 

 tence of the disease known as foul brood among apiaries, 

 examine all such as are so reported and all others in the same 

 locality and ascertain whether or not such disease exists, and 

 if satisfied of its existence, shall give the owner or the per- 

 son who has the care of such apiaries full instructions as to 

 the manner of treating them. In case the owner of a diseased 

 apiary shall refuse to treat his bees or allow them to be 

 treated as directed by the said Inspector, then the said In- 

 spector may burn all the colonies and all the comb necessary 

 to prevent the spread of the disease, provided, said Inspector 

 shall, before burning, give one day's notice to the owner or 

 other person who has the care of the colonies of bees and 

 comb, that in his judgment should be burned. 



Sec. 3. The Inspector shall, on or before the second 

 Monday of December in each calendar year, make a report 

 to the Governor and also to the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association stating the number of apiaries visited, the number 

 of those diseased and treated, the number of colonies of bees 

 destroyed, and of the expenses incurred in the performance 

 of his duty. 



Sec. 4. Any owner of a diseased apiary or appliances 

 taken therefrom, who shall sell, barter, or give away any 

 such apiary, appliance, 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 fifty dollars nor more 

 than one hundred dollars. . 





