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or in case of vacancy, the board shall in the same manner make new appoint- 
ments until the said office is filled. The inspector shall hold his office for two 
years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, except when upon -peti- 
tion of ten persons (each of whom is a resident of said county and possessor of 
an apiary), to the board of county commissioners of said county, may remove 
said inspector for cause, after a hearing of petitioners. 
Sec. 3. Any bee keeper or other person who shall have cause to believe that 
an apiary in his county is affected with foul brood or other disease, either in 
his own apiary or elsewhere, shall make affidavit stating that on information or 
belief, he believes that certain apiaries, describing the location, naming the 
owner or keeper, is affected with foul brood or other disease, and his ground for 
such belief. On receiving said affidavit from any source of the existence in 
any apiary in his county, of the disease known as foul brood, or any other 
infectious or contagious disease of bees, the county inspector of bees shall forth- 
with inspect each colony of bees and all hives, implements and apparatus, 
honey and supplies on hand or used in connection with such apiary, and dis- 
tinctly designate each colony or apiary which is infected, and notify the owner 
or person in charge of said bees thereof, in writing, and the owners of said 
bees, or the persons in charge thereof to practically and in good faith apply, 
and thereafter fully and effectually carry out to and upon such diseased colonies, 
such treatment as may have been prescribed by the said inspector for such 
eases; also thoroughly disinfect, to the satisfaction of the inspector, all hives, 
beehouses, combs, honey, and apparatus that have been used in connection with 
any such diseased colonies; or, at his election, the said owner or person in 
charge of such bees may within the same time utterly and completely destroy 
said bees, hives, houses, comb houses, honey, and apparatus by first killing the 
bees (by the use of sulphur fumes, when the bees are in the hives for the 
night), by fire, or bury the same in the ground with a covering of not less than 
two feet of earth. 
Sec. 4. The inspector of bees shall have the right to enter the premises of 
any bee keeper, where the bees are kept, and inspect such bees, and any person 
resisting or refusing to allow said inspection by said bee inspector shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor and may be then and there arrested by said bee 
inspector or person deputized by him and brought before a justice of the peace, 
and upon conviction shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than 
twenty-five dollars. 
Sec. 5. After inspecting, working with, or handling infected hives or fixtures, 
or handling diseased bees, the inspector or other person shall, before leaving 
the premises, or proceeding to any other apiary, thoroughly disinfect his own 
person and clothing, and shall see that any assistant or assistants with him 
have also thoroughly disinfected their clothing and person. 
Sec. 6. The inspector shall have full power in his discretion to order any 
owner or possessor of bees dwelling in box hives in apiaries where the disease 
exists (being mere boxes without frames) to transfer such bees to movable 
frame bives within a specified time, and in default of such transfer the same 
shall become unlawful and the inspector may destroy or order for destruction 
of such box hives and the bees dwelling therein as a public nuisance. 
Sec. 7. Should any owner of, or keeper of, or other person having diseased 
bees or their larve, or of any affected hives of combs, appliances, or utensils 
for bee keeping, sell or barter or give away the same, or allow the same or any 
part thereof to be moved, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
upon conviction such person shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more 
than twenty-five dollars. 
