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For an act providing for the appointment of a State Inspector of Apiaries, 

 i and prescribing his powers and duties. 



Whereas, The disease known as foul 

 brood exists to) a very considerable 

 extent in various portions of this 

 State, which if left to itself will soon 

 exterminate the' honey bees; and, 



Whereas, The work done by an in- 

 dividual bee-keeper or by a State In- 

 spector is useless so long as the official 

 is not given authority to inspect and 

 if need be destroy the disease when 

 found; and 



Whereas, There is a great loss to the 

 bee-keepers and fruit-growers of the 

 State each year by the devastating 

 ravages of foul brood: 



Sjection 1. Be it enacted by the 

 Pegple of the State of Illinois, repre- 

 sented in the General Assembly: That 

 the Governor 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, when 

 notified of the existence, of the disease 

 known as foul brood among apiaries, 

 examine all such as are so reported and 

 all others in the same locality and as- 

 certain whether or noi 'such disease 

 exists, and if satisfied of its existence, 

 shall give the owner or the person who 

 has the care of such apiaries full in- 

 structions 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 

 Inspector may burn all the colonies 



and all the combs necessary to pre- 

 vent the spread of the disease, pro- 

 vided, 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, ma^e a report 

 to the Governor and also to the Illi- 

 nois 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 expense incurred 

 in the performance of his duties. Said 

 Inspector shall receive four dollars for 

 each day actually and necessarily spent 

 in the performance of his duties and 

 be reimbursed for the money expended 

 by him in defraying his expenses, out 

 of the appropriation made to the Illi- 

 nois State Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 provided, that the total expenditure 

 for such purposes shall not exceed six 

 hundred dollars per year. 



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 Api- 

 aries to inspect such apiary, or appli- 

 ances, shall be fined not less than fifty 

 dollars nor more than one hundred 

 dollars. 



For an Act to prevent the Spraying of Fruit Bloom. 



Whereas, The mutual interests of 

 the Fruit-Growers and the Bee-Keep- 

 ers of the State make . it imperative 

 that fruit-bloom be first fertilized and 

 then protected by spraying, tfr^m the 

 injury of insects that prey lupon and 

 destroy the fruit; and, > 



Whereas, The fruit-bloom 'is largely 

 fertilized by the bees, which should 

 not be poisoned by misunderstood and 

 misapplied use of tree spraying; and, 

 ' Whereas, Fruit - trees shotild be 

 sprayed when the fruit. is forming, and 

 not until after the bloom has been 

 fertilized by the bees and otherwise; 

 and. 



Whereas, There is much danger to 

 the health of the consumer of honey 

 made from nectar of blossoms pois- 

 oned by the spraying of compounds: 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the 

 People of the State of Illinois, repre- 

 sented in the General Assembly: That 

 it shall be unlawful for any one to 

 spray fruit-bloom with any poisoning 

 compound that may endanger the life 

 of the honey-bees that feed upon the 

 nectar of such bloom, or the health 

 of those who eat the honey produced 

 therefrom. 



Section 2. Any person violating the 

 provision of this Act shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be 

 fined not less than Ten, or more than 

 Fifty Dollars, for each offence, and it 

 is hereby made the duty of the State's 

 Attorney of the several counties of 

 this State to enforce this Act, and 

 prosecute all cases brought under this 

 Act. 



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