194 LAWS AGAINST FOTJL BBOOD. 



§ 80 a. [Defining honey.] 



§ 80 b. [Relative to selling a commodity in imitation or semblance of honey.] 

 § 81. Duties of the commissioner. The commissioner of agriculture shall im- 

 mediately upon receiving notice of the existence of foul brood or black brood 

 among the bees in any locality send some competent person or persons to exam- 

 ine the apiary or apiaries reported to him as being afEected and all the other 

 apiaries in the immediate locality of the apiary or apiaries so reported ; if foul 

 brood or black brood is found to exist in them, the person or persons so sent by 

 the commissioner of agriculture shal Igive the owners or caretakers of the dis- 

 eased apiary or apiaries full instructions how to treat said cases. The com- 

 missioner of agriculture shall cause said apiary or apiaries to be visited from 

 time to time as he may deem best, and if, after proper treatment, the said bees 

 shall not be cured of the diseases known as foul brood or black brood then he 

 may cause the same to be destroyed in such manner as may be necessary to pre- 

 vent the spread of the said diseases. For the purpose of enforcing this act the 

 commissioner of agriculture, his agents, employees, appointees, or counsel, shall 

 have access, ingress, and egress to all places where bees or honey or appliances 

 used in apiaries may be which it is believed are in any way affected with the 

 said disease of foul brood or black brood or where it is believed any commodity 

 is offered or exposed for sale in violation of the provisions of this act. No 

 owner or caretaker of a diseased apiary. Honey, or appliances shall sell, barter, 

 or give away any bees, honey, or appliances from said diseased apiary which 

 shall expose other bees to the danger of said diseases, nor refuse to allow the 

 said commissioner of agriculture, or the person or persons appointed by him, to 

 inspect said apiary, honey, or appliances and do such things as the said commis- 

 sioner of agriculture or the person or persons appointed by him shall deem nec- 

 essary for the eradication of said diseases. Any person who disregards or vio- 

 lates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall 

 be punished by a fine of not less than thirty dollars nor more than one hundred 

 dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than one month nor 

 more than two months, or by both fine and imprisonment. (As amended by 

 chapter ZH of the Laws of 1902.) 



OHIO. 



An Act to provide for county Inspectors of apiaries and defining their duties, and pro- 

 viding for their compensation, for the purpose of curing and avoiding foul brood or 

 other diseases among l)ees and their hives. 



Be it enacted hy the general assembly of the State of Ohio: 

 Section 1. That whenever a petition is presented to the board of county 

 commissioners of any county in the State of Ohio, signed by three or more per- 

 sons, all of whom are residents of said county, and possessors of an apiary or 

 place where bees are kept, stating that certain apiaries within said county are 

 infected with the disease known as foul brood, or any other disease which is 

 injurious to bees or their larvae, praying that an inspector be appointed by said , 

 board of county commissioners, said board of county commissioners shall within 

 five days after the presentation of said petition appoint a person as bee inspector 

 who is resident of said county who shall be a skilled bee keeper, having thor- 

 ough knowledge of foul brood and other diseases injurious to bees and their 

 larvse and the treatment of same. 



Sec. 2. The person so appointed shall, within five days after his appointment, 

 file with the said board his written acceptance of the office, or, in default thereof, 



