tious or contagious disease in any apiary or colony of bees, it shall 
be his duty to notify forthwith the owner or owners or manager 
of such infested or diseased apiary or colony, of the character of 
the infection and of the means to be taken to treat the same for 
the eradication of such disease. Said notice and order for treat- 
ment shall be in writing, and the directions for treatment may be 
written or printed, and may consist of a bulletin or other publica- 
tion of the New Jersey State College Experiment Station. Said notice 
and order for treatment shall also specify the time within which 
the prescribed treatment must be made, which shall not he less 
than eight days after service of the notice or order upon the owner, 
owners or manager of the apiary or colony. And in case of doubt, 
where the presence of disease is suspected but cannot be definitely 
determined because of the character of the hives used, said State 
Entomologist may, in his discretion, order any owner of bees in box 
hives without movable frames, to transfer such bees to movable- 
frame hives to facilitate inspection and supervision. It shall there- 
upon be the duty of the owner, owners or manager upon whom such 
a notice and order is served, to comply with it in all respects within 
the time limited in said notice and order, and in case of a failure 
so to comply, such owner, owners or manager shall be Hable to 
a penalty of twenty-five dollars, recoverable as hereinafter specified. 
5. It shall be unlawful for any owner or other person having 
diseased bees or their larvae, or infested hives or combs, or other 
appliances or utensils for keeping bees, to expose, sell, barter or 
give away or allow the same to be moved, until after treatment as 
prescribed by the State Entomologist, and it shall be unlawful to 
expose, sell, barter or give away such infested bees, larvae, hives or 
combs or other appliances after treatment, until such materials are 
declared safe and permission is given by the State Entomologist or 
his deputy. Any person offending against the requirements and 
provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars. 
6. In case the State Entomologist or his deputy shall find any 
apiary or colony of bees, in his opinion, so badly infested by Ameri- 
can or European foulbrood or other infectious or contagious disease 
that he shall deem it necessary to order the destruction of same or 
all of the hives, combs, bees, larvae or other material as part of 
the treatment, and the owner. owners or manager of such infested 
apiary or colony shall dispute the diagnosis made by the State Ento- 
mologist or his deputy, or the necessity for the destruction of the 
hives, combs, bees, larvae or other material, it shall be the privilege 
of such owner, owners or manager to appeal within three davs after 
the service of the notice and order upon him or them, to the committee 
of appeal provided for in section twelve of the act to which this 
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