194 LAWS AGAINST FOUL BROOD. 
§ 80a. [Defining honey.] 
§ 80b. [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 affected 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 lgive 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 cf 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 214 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 bees and their hives. 
Be it enacted by 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 larvee, 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 
larve 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, 
