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EIGHTH ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE 



foul brood law through, too, and we 

 do want it. That can be done largely 

 by a personal talk to our Representa- 

 tives. 



Mr. Stone: Now it is all right look- 

 ing at it that way, but if we get a 

 law giving this Association the power 

 to appoint the Foul Brood Inspector, 

 the Legislature passes the bill and the 

 Governor signs it, whether he names 

 the Inspector or not he stands for it 

 just as though he made the appoint- 

 ment. 



Mr. Moore: This appointment will 

 have to be made by the Governor. 

 You want it that he is appointed on 

 recommendation of this Association. 



Mr. Stone: The Attorney General 

 said for us to recommend — meant same 

 as our appointing — and there was no 

 way other than the appointing by the 

 Governor. 



Mr. Becker: I think Mr. Moore is 

 correct. All police officers, constables, 

 and all those that receive their author- 

 ity from the Governor, under the Gov- 

 ernor's seal, must be appointed by him. 



Mr. Holekamp: Unless the consti- 

 tution of Illinois is different from Mis- 

 souri Mr. Becker's statement does not 

 hold good. 



We elected our Governor with the 

 understanding that our police officers 

 appointed by the Governor are not to 

 be appointed by him. 



In the future our Foul Brood In- 

 spector and veterinary surgeon is ap- 

 pointed by the Board of Agriculture. 

 But I don't know how it is here. 



Mr. Pyle: This Foul Brood In- 

 spector won't be a police officer, he 

 won't have to arrest a man. That is 

 the kind of an officer that is bound to 

 be appointed by the Governor. 



We just need the authority to go on 

 and inspect and destroy the property. 

 For instance, the Board of Health, 

 wherever they get their election from, 

 they don't have to arrest a man. 



Suppose a Board of Health in a 

 community quarantines a man and he 

 breaks that, a police officer would have 

 to arrest him. They just want to have 

 the authority to go ahead and do this; 

 if a man objects then he can take the 

 civil law into his hands. 



Mr. Moore: The Mayor appoints the 

 Board of Health. They are appointed 

 by the highest authority in these 

 cities. They are under the highest au- 



thority, and I think it will be the same 

 in the State authority. 



Mr. Bowen: It seems to me that a 

 law that prohibits a nuisance, this law 

 would be under that. 



Any man that keeps bees with dis- 

 eases and he does not destroy them, 

 if the Inspector doesn't know it, it is 

 all right, but if he is told he must 

 take some steps to destroy them and 

 if he does not you can go ahead as 

 with a nuisance, you can tell an officer 

 of the law and he will see that the law 

 is enforced. 



If knowingly keeping foul brood, 

 which is not only a detriment to them- 

 selves but to his neighbors also, is 

 not a nuisance, what is it? Foul brood 

 is known, by most men, to be a nui- 

 sance. 



Mn Smith: There are different 

 ways of getting at this. Tou can file 

 a complaint before a justice of the 

 peace and have a warrant issued, or 

 you can put that authority in the In- 

 spector. -• 



I had an interview with the Gover- 

 nor. He said if the law w^ent through 

 after we had it he would appoint no 

 one unless it be through the recom- 

 mendation of the Bee-Keepers' Associ- 

 ation. He said, "I know nothing about 

 bees, I would want somebody known to 

 be competent. I wouldn't appoint him 

 without the recommendation of the 

 Bee-Keepers." 



Mr. Stone: Was that resolved when 

 it was voted on? Was it resolved to 

 have that bill passed so we can ap- 

 point? 



Mr. Pyle: It is always a good idea 

 when you have a committee; they 

 want to know more than me, way up 

 at Putnam. 



I would like to get a compulsory 

 law that is good and binding. That 

 would suit me, and I suppose the oth- 

 ers want the same. 



Mr. Bowen: If we haven't confi- 

 dence enough in the committee, better 

 appoint another committee. It is well 

 enough for the committee to have in- 

 structions, but as to dictating, we 

 ought not to do that. 



Mr. Pyle: Wouldn't it be good to 

 have a vote so it will be absolutely 

 compulsory? 



Mr. Kildow: It won't be ajiy law to 

 us unless it is compulsory. 



Unless we get a foul brood law en- 



