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and if not, by leaving the same with the person in charge of such bees, requiring him 
within five days from the date of the notice to effectually remove or destroy such 
hive with its entire contents by burying them or by fire. The agent of the com- 
missioner shall be allowed for his services under this section two dollars for each 
full day spent by him in the discharge of his official duties, which shall be a county 
charge. 
ACE 
LAW OF UTAH FOR THE PROTECTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE BEE INDUSTRY. 
SECTION 1. The board of county commissioners of the several counties shall, when 
petitioned by a majority of the beekeepers thereof, appoint one or more qualitied 
persons inspectors of bees for their respective counties. 
Sec. 2. Such inspectors shall hold their office for two years and until their suc- 
cessors are appointed and qualified. They shall qualify by taking and subscribing 
their official oath and by giving bonds to be approved by their respective boards of 
county commissioners, which oath and bonds shall be filed with the county clerk. 
Sec. 3. Inspectors shall be paid out of the county treasury for services actually 
rendered at such rate per day as the board of county commissioners may fix. The 
assessor of each county is hereby required to assess each colony of bees in his county 
in the same manner as other assessments are made. All taxes shall be assessed and 
collected thereon in the manner provided by law for the collection and payment of 
county taxes. 
Sec. 4. All hives of bees in each county shall be carefully inspected at least once 
each year by a county or district inspector, where such inspector has been appointed, 
and, at any time upon complaint that disease exists among bees of any person, the 
inspector to whom complaint is made shall immediately inspect the bees said to be 
infected. The inspector shall have authority to take charge and control of diseased 
bees and their hives, and the tools and implements used in connection therewith for 
treatment; or destroy such bees, broods, or hives and their contents, or implements, as 
may be infected; provided, that any Owner questions a decision of the inspector he 
may appeal to three arbitrators selected from among the beekeepers of the county, 
one of whom shall be chosen by the owner, the second by the inspector, and the 
third so chosen, whose decision, concurred in by at least two of their number, shall 
be conclusive as to the condition of the bees at the time of such examination. 
Sec. 5. Any person who shall hinder or obstruct, or attempt to hinder or obstruct, 
a duly appointed inspector from the performance of any duty required by this title, 
shall, on conviction thereof before a justice of peace having jurisdiction, be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined for the first offense not less than five nor 
more than twenty-five dollars, and for any additional offenses, any sum not exceed- 
ing fifty dollars. 
Approved March 11th, 1897. To take effect January 1, 1898. 
WISCONSIN. 
CHAPTER 150. 
An Act for the suppression of foul brood among bees in Wisconsin. 
The people of tre State of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as 
follows: 
SECTION 1. Upon the recommendation of a majority vote of the members of the bee- 
keepers’ societies of Wisconsin, the governor shall appoint for a term of two years © 
a State inspector of apiaries, who shall, if required, produce a certificate from the 
governor that he has been so appointed. 
