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holder resident of the county and possessor of an apiary or place where bees 

 are kept, stating that certain or all apiaries within the county are infected with 

 the disease known as " foul brood," or any other disease which is infectious or 

 contagious in its nature and injurious to bees, their eggs, or larvae, and praying 

 that an inspector be appointed by them, whose duty it shall be to supervise 

 the treatment of said bees and apiaries as herein provided, the board of 

 county commissioners shall, within twenty days thereafter, appoint a suitable 

 person, who shall be a skilled bee keeper, inspector of apiaries. The said board 

 of county commissioners may remove said inspector at any time for cause. 



Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the inspector in each county to cause an inspec- 

 tion to be made when he deems it necessary of any or every apiary, or other 

 place within his jurisdiction in which bees are kept, and if found infected with 

 foul brood or any other infectious or contagious disease injurious to the bees or 

 their eggs or larvae he shall notify the owner or owners, person or persons in 

 charge or in possession of said apiaries or places where bees are kept that the 

 same are infected with foul brood or any other disease infectious or con- 

 tagious in nature and injurious to bees, their eggs, or larvae, and he shall re- 

 quire such person or persons to eradicate and remove such disease or cause of 

 contagion within a certain time, to be specified. Said notice may be served 

 upon the person or persons, or either of them, owning or having charge or hav- 

 ing possession of such infected apiaries or places where bees are kept by any 

 inspector or by any person deputized by the said inspector for that purpose, 

 or they may be served in the same manner as a summons in a civil action. 

 Any and all such apiaries or places where bees are kept found infected with 

 foul brood or any other infectious or contagious disease are hereby adjudged 

 and declared to be a public nuisance, and whenever any such nuisance shall 

 exist at any place within his jurisdiction or on the property of any nonresident 

 or on any property the owner or owners of which can not be found by the 

 inspector, after diligent search, within the county, or upon the property of any 

 owner or owners upon whom notice aforesaid has been served, and who shall 

 refuse or neglect to abate the same within the time specified, it shall be the 

 duty of the inspector to abate the same, either by treating the disease, or by 

 destroying the infected hives, together with their combs and bees therein. The 

 expense thereof shall be a county charge, and the board of county commissioners 

 shall allow and pay the same out of the general fund of the county. 



Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the county inspector of apiaries to keep a 

 record of his official acts and doings and rnake report thereof to the board of 

 county commissioners when required by said board. 



Sec. 4. The salary of the county inspector of apiaries shall be three dollars 

 per day when actually engaged in the performance of his duties : Provided, 

 That the expenditures under this act in any county shall not exceed the sum 

 of one hundred dollars per annum. 



Sec 5. The inspector of apiaries may, in his discretion, order the owner or 

 owners or other person in charge of bees kept in box or other immovable or 

 stationary comb hives in apiaries infected with foul brood or other infectious 

 or contagious disease or within a radius of three' miles of such diseased apiaries 

 to transfer such bees to movable frame hives within a reasonable time, to be 

 specified in such order or notice, and in default of such transfer the owner 

 or owners or other person in charge of such bees, the inspector may destroy or 

 cause to be destroyed all such hives together with their contents, and the ex- 

 pense thereof shall be a county charge, as provided in section 2 of this act. 



Sec. 6. It shall be unlawful for any person owning or controlling bees within 

 this State which are known to be infected with foul brood or other infectious 



