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or in case of vacancy, the board shall in the same manner make new appoint- 

 ments until the said office is filled. The inspector shall hold his office for two 

 years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, except when upon peti- 

 tion of ten persons (each of whom is a resident of said county and possessor of 

 an apiary), to the board of county commissioners of said county, may remove 

 said inspector for cause, after a hearing of petitioners. 



Sec. 3. Any bee keeper or other person who shall have cause to believe that 

 an apiary in his county is affected with foul brood or other disease, either in 

 his own apiary or elsewhere, shall make affidavit stating that on information or 

 belief, he believes that certain apiaries, describing the location, naming the 

 owner or keeper, is affected with foul brood or other disease, and his ground for 

 such belief. On receiving said affidavit from any source of the existence in 

 any apiary in his county, of the disease known as foul brood, or any other 

 infectious or contagious disease of bees, the county inspector of bees shall forth- 

 with inspect each colony of bees and all hives, implements and apparatus, 

 honey and supplies on hand or used in connection with such apiary, and dis- 

 tinctly designate each colony or apiary which is infected, and notify the owner 

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

 bees, or the persons in charge thereof to 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 prescribed by the said inspector for such 

 cases ; also thoroughly disinfect, to the satisfaction of the inspector, all hives, 

 beehouses, 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, houses, comb houses, honey, and apparatus by first killing the 

 bees (by the use of sulphur fumes, when the bees are in the hives for the 

 night), by fire, or bury the same in the ground with a covering of not less than 

 two feet of earth. 



Sec. 4. The inspector of bees shall have the right to enter the premises of 

 any bee keeper, where the bees are kept, and inspect such bees, and any person 

 resisting or refusing to allow said inspection by said bee inspector shall be 

 guilty of a misdemeanor and may be then and there arrested by said bee 

 inspector or person deputized by him and brought before a justice of the peace, 

 and upon conviction shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than 

 twenty-five dollars. 



Sec. 5. After inspecting, working with, or handling infected hives or fixtures, 

 or handling diseased bees, the inspector or other person 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 clothing and person. 



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 same 

 shall become unlawful and the inspector may destroy or order for destruction 

 of such box hives and the bees dwelling therein as a public nuisance. 



Sec. 7. Should any owner of, or keeper of, or other person having diseased 

 bees or their larvae, or of any affected hives of combs, appliances, or utensils 

 for bee keeping, sell or barter or give away the same, or allow the same or any 

 part thereof to be moved, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 upon conviction such person shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more 

 than twenty-five dollars. 



