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owner or person in charge of such bees may within the same time utterly and com- 
pletely destroy said bees, hives, houses, comb houses, and apparatus by fire, or bury 
the same in the ground with a covering of not less than two feet of earth. 
Sec. 5. After inspecting infected hives or fixtures, or handling diseased bees, the 
inspector shall, before leaving the premises or proceeding to any other apiary, thor- 
oughly disinfect his own person and clothing, and shall see that any assistant or 
assistants with him have also thoroughly disinfected their persons and clothing. 
Src. 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 hives within a 
specified time, and, in default of such transfer, the inspector may destroy, or order 
the destruction of such box hives and the bees dwelling therein. 
Sec. 7. Should the owner or possessor of diseased colonies of bees or any portion 
of said colonies, be they queens or workers, or of any affected appliances for bee 
keeping, knowingly sell, or barter or give away or move or allow to be moved such 
diseased colonies or portion of colonies or infected appliances, he shall, on convic- 
tion before any justice of the peace, be liable to a fine of not less than $50 nor more 
than $100 or to imprisonment in the county jail for any term not exceeding two 
months. 
Sec. 8. Should any person whose bees have been destroyed or treated for foul 
brood sell or offer for sale any bees, hives, or appurtenances of any kind after such 
destruction or treatment and before being authorized by the inspector to do so, or 
should he expose in his bee yard or elsewhere any infected comb honey or other 
infected thing or conceal the fact that said disease exists among the bees, he shall, 
on conviction before a justice of the peace, be liable to a fine of not less than $20 
nor more than $50 or to imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding two 
months and not less than one month. 
Sec. 9. When an owner or possessor of bees shall disobey the directions of said 
inspector, or offer resistance to, or obstruct the said inspector, a justice of the peace 
may, upon the complaint of the inspector, cause a sufficient number of special con- 
stables 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 the diseased colonies and 
infected appurtenances, and burn them forthwith, and, if necessary, the said con- 
stables 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 section of this 
act. 
Src. 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. 
Src. 11. The said inspector shall include in his annual report to the president of 
the Colorado State Beekeepers’ Association a statement of his work during the pre- 
ceding 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 owners and the localities where found; and 
fifth, the amount paid to him for his services and his expenses for the preceding 
year. 
Src. 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 neces- 
sarily and actually employed in the discharge of his duties under this act, together — 
with his actual and necessary 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 other acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. 
Src. 14. In the opinion of the general assembly an emergency exists, and this act 
shall take effect from and after its passage. 
