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shall hold his office during the pleasure of the court, and until his successor is 

 appointed and qualified. 



Sec, 3. Every bee keeper or other person who shall be aware of the existence 

 of foul brood, either in his own apiary or elsewhere, shall immediately notify 

 the county inspector of bees, if there be one, and if not, the secretary of the 

 Colorado State Bee Keepers' Association, of the existence of such disease, and 

 in default of so doing shall, on summary conviction before a justice of the 

 peace, be liable to a fine of five dollars and costs. 



Sec. 4. On receiving notice from any source of the existence, in any apiary in 

 his county, of the disease known as foul brood, or any other infectious or con- 

 tagious disease of bees, the county inspector of bees shall forthwith inspect each 

 colony of bees and all hives, implements and apparatus, honey and supplies on 

 hand or used in connection with such apiary, or otherwise distinctly designate 

 each colony and apiary which he believes infected, and notify the owner or 

 person in charge of said bees thereof, in writing or otherwise, and the owners 

 of said bees, or person in charge thereof, shall, within five days thereafter, 

 practically and in good faith apply and thereafter fully and effectually carry 

 out to and upon such diseased colonies such treatment as may have been pre 

 scribed by the Colorado State Bee Keepers' Association for such cases ; also 

 thoroughly disinfect, to the satisfaction of such inspector, all hives, bee houses, 

 combs, honey, and apparatus that have been used in connection with any such 

 diseased colonies ; or, at his election, the said owner or person in charge of such 

 bees may, within the same time, utterly and completely destroy said bees, 

 hives, house, comb houses, honey, and apparatus by fire, or bury the same in 

 the ground with a covering of not less than two feet of earth. 



Sec. 5. After inspecting infected hives or fixtures, or handling diseased bees, 

 the inspector shall, before leaving the premises or proceeding to any other 

 apiary, thoroughly disinfect his own person and clothing, and shall see that any 

 assistant or assistants with him have also thoroughly disinfected their person 

 and clothing. 



Sec. 6. The inspector shall have full power, in his discretion, to order any 

 owner or possessor of bees dwelling in box hives in apiaries where the disease 

 exists (being mere boxes without frames) to transfer such bees to movable 

 frame hives within a specified time, and in default of such transfer the in- 

 spector may destroy, or order the destruction of, such box hives and the bees 

 dwelling therein. 



Sec. 7. Should the owner or possessor of diseased colonies of bees, or any por- 

 tion of said colonies, be they queens or workers, or of any affected appliances of 

 bee keeping, knowingly sell or barter, or give away, or move or allow to be 

 moved, such diseased colonies, or portion of colonies, or infected appliances, he 

 shall, on conviction before anj- justice of the peace, be liable to a fine of not 

 less than $50 nor more than $100, or to imprisonment in the county jail for any 

 term not exceeding two months. 



Sec 8. Should any person whose bees have been destroyed or treated for foul 

 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 to 

 do so, 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 nor more than $50, or to imprisonment in the county jail for 

 a term not exceeding two months and not less than one month. 



Sec 9. When an owner or possessor of bees shall disobey the directions of 

 the said inspector, a justice of the peace may, upon the complaint of the said 



