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inspector, cause a sufficient number of special constables to be sworn ‘in, and 
such special constables shall proceed to the premises of such owner or possessor 
and assist the inspector to seize all diseased colonies and affected appurtenances 
and burn them forthwith, and, if necessary, the said constables may arrest the 
said owner or possessor and bring him before a justice of the peace, to be dealt 
with according to the provisions of the preceding sections of this act. 
Sec. 10. Before proceeding against any person before any justice of the peace, 
the said inspector shall read over to such person the provisions of this act, or 
shall cause a copy thereof to be delivered to such person. 
Sec. 11. The said inspector shall include in his annual report to the presi- 
dent of the Colorado State Bee Keepers’ Association, a statement of his work 
during the preceding year, which statement shall include: First, the number of 
colonies inspected; second, the number of colonies diseased; third, the number 
of colonies destroyed by fire or otherwise; fourth, the names of the owners and 
the localities where found; fifth, the amount paid him for his services and 
expenses for the preceding year. 
Sec. 12. The county inspector of bees of each county shall receive a per diem 
allowance of four dollars for each full day, and two dollars for each half day, 
necessarily and actually employed in the discharge of his duties under this 
act, together with his necessary and actual expenses while so employed, to be — 
audited, allowed, and paid by the county officers in the same manner as other 
claims against the county. 
.Sec. 13. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby 
repealed. 
Sec. 14. In the opinion of the general assembly an emergency exists, and this 
act shall take effect from and after its passage. 
Approved April 6, 1891. 
IDAHO. 
AN Act to suppress infectious and contagious diseases of bees, to provide for an inspector 
of bees, defining his powers and duties, and to define certain misdemeanors, and pro- 
viding punishment therefor. 
Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Idaho: 
Section 1. The State horticultural inspector shall be ex officio State bee 
inspector, whose duties it shall be, either by himself or duly qualified and com- 
petent deputies, to examine bees of the State and to treat, condemn, and utterly 
destroy by fire or by burying at least two feet under ground all bees, honey,. 
and fixtures found to be affected with foul brood or other infectious or con- 
tagious disease. 
Sec. 2. Upon the application of the president and secretary of any bee asso- 
ciation or upon petition of three bee keepers of any horticultural inspection dis- 
trict in the State, the State bee inspector may appoint deputy bee inspectors for 
the district from which such application or petition comes; and such deputy 
shall have the same powers and duties within his district as the State bee 
inspector, and the tenure of his office shall be concurrent with that of the State 
bee inspector, unless sooner dismissed. 
Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the State bee inspector or his deputy upon re- 
ceiving information from any source of the existence, in any apiary in his dis- 
trict, of the disease known as foul brood, or any other infectious or contagious 
disease of bees, to forthwith inspect each colony of bees and all hives, imple- 
ments and apparatus, honey, and supplies on hand or used in connection with 
