is a supplement, and the proceedings of such appeal shall be in 
all respects as provided in said section. Said committee of appeal 
shall have the same power to reverse, modify or confirm the order 
of the State Entomologist made under this act, that is conferred 
upon them in the act to which this is a supplement. 
7. Any person who offends against the provisions of this act 
and becomes liable to the penalties prescribed in any of its sections 
shall be prosecuted as prescribed in section fifteen of the act to 
which this is a supplement, as amended by chapter forty-seven of 
the laws of one thousand nine hundred and four, approved March 
twenty-second, one thousand nine hundred and four, and if the order 
of the State Entomologist commanded the destruction of any bees, 
larvae, hives, combs, or other utensils or material used in keeping bees, 
the judgment of the court imposing the fine shall include also an 
order to the officer enforcing its judgment to seize and destroy 
the specified colonies of bees, larvae, hives or combs or other uten- 
sils or material used in keeping bees, in accordance with said order, 
which the said officer shall thereupon be fully authorized to do. 
8. For the purpose of making the investigations and inspections 
specified in this act and to enforce the provisions of the same, 
the State Entomologist or his deputy shall have free entry upon 
or into any apiaries or premises where bees are kept, or infected 
hives or combs are stored, and any interference with or obstruction 
made to the entomologist or his deputy while engaged in the per- 
formance of the duties herein imposed shall subject the offender 
to punishment as a disorderly person under the general laws of the 
State, upon a charge made against him by the officer interfered with. 
9. The sum of two thousand dollars annually is hereby ap- 
propriated to the State Board of Agriculture for the purposes of this 
supplementary act; provided, that no payment shall be made pur- 
suant to this supplementary act until the amount thereof shall have 
been included in the annual appropriation bill. 
10. This act shall take effect immediately. 
Approved March 28, 1911. 
A careful reading of this measure will show that there is ample 
provision made for legal steps against the person who does not show 
a reasonable disposition to control any contagious bee disease which 
may be in his apiary. It also throws a safeguard around shipped 
queen bees to prevent disease being carried in the queen mailing 
cage. It also provides that a due process of law shall be followed 
in dealing with bee owners likely to become a menace in the spread 
of bee disease, rather than giving the Bee Inspector unlimited power 
to destroy as he might see fit or feel inclined to do. We believe 
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