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lected shall constitute a special fund, to be disposed of in the payment of the 
salary and actual expenses of the inspector of bees appointed in pursuance of 
the provisions of the act of April 15, 1904, aforesaid. 
Original act approved April 21st, 1904. Amended act approved March 17th, 
1906. 
TEXAS. 
An Act to provide for the protection of honeybees against foul brood and other con- 
tagious diseases, and providing that all bee keepers report to the State entomologist 
when infectious diseases exist, providing for collecting the expense of eradicating the 
disease and fixing the charges upon the owner or agent of the bees, providing for the 
extermination of all contagious diseases, and providing penalties for the violation of 
any of the provisions of this act. 
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Texas, If any owner 
of or any person having control or possession of any honey bees in this State, 
knows that any bees so owned or controlled are affected with foul brood or any 
other contagious disease it shall be and is hereby made his duty to at once 
report said fact to the State entomologist, setting out in his said report all the 
facts known with reference to said infection. The State entomologist shall have 
full power in his discretion to order any owner or possessor of bees dwelling in 
hives without movable frames, or not permitting of ready examination, to 
transfer such bees to a movable frame hive within a specified time. In default 
of such transfer the State entomologist may destroy, or order destroyed, such 
hives, together with the honey, combs, frames, and bees contained therein, with- 
out recompense to the owner, lessee, or agent thereof. 
Sec. 2. The State entomologist shall prescribe such rules and regulations as 
may in his judgment seem necessary for the eradication of all contagious dis- 
eases of bees, and if at any time the entomologist finds, or has reason to believe, 
that the owner or keeper of any bees, or the owner of any apiary, has refused 
or is refusing to comply with all or any such rules and regulations, then and 
in that event the State entomologist is hereby authorized to inspect said bees, 
and, if necessary, burn diseased colonies, appliances, and honey, and do any and 
all things necessary in the premises to eradicate foul brood or any other infec- 
tious disease of bees. 
Sec. 3. When any owner or possessor of bees shall fail to carry out the 
instructions of the State entomologist as set forth in sections 1 and 2 of this 
act, the State entomologist or his assisant shall carry out such destruction or 
treatment, and shall present to the owner of said bees a bill for the actual cost 
of such destruction or treatment. In the failure of the owner or possessor 
of such bees to pay said bill within thirty days after the delivery of same to 
himself, tenant, or agent, or within thirty days after mailing same to his usual 
post-office address, the State entomologist shall certify to the county attorney 
of the county wherein such bees are located the amount and items of such bill, 
and the county attorney shall file suit for the recovery of said account. All 
moneys recovered by the county attorney for such destruction or treatment 
shall be paid into the hands of the county treasurer, to become a part of the 
fund for carrying out the provisions of this act. 
Sec. 4. If any owner or keeper of any diseased colonies of bees shall barter 
or give away any infected bees, honey, or appliances, or shall expose any other 
bees to the danger of infection of the disease, or shall refuse or neglect to make 
report as provided in section 1 of this act, he shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding 
two hundred dollars, 
