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10. Every beekeeper or other person who shall be aware of the existence of foul 
brood either in his own apiary or elsewhere shall immediately notify the president 
of the Ontario Beekeepers’ Association of the existence of such disease, and in 
default of so doing shall, on summary conviction before a justice of the peace, be 
liable to a fine of $5 and costs. 
11. Upon receiving the notice in the preceding section mentioned or in any way 
becoming aware of the existence of foul brood in any locality, the said president 
shall immediately direct the said inspector to proceed to and inspect the infected 
premises; provided that when the person giving such notice is unknown to said 
president, or there is reason to believe that the information in said notice is untrust- 
worthy, or that the person giving such notice is actuated by improper motives, then 
the said president may require the person giving such notice to deposit the sum of 
$5 with the president as a guarantee of good faith before the said notice shall be 
acted upon, and if it shall prove that said notice was properly given then the said 
deposit shall be returned to the person giving such notice, but otherwise the said 
deposit shall be forfeited to the use of the said Ontario Beekeepers’ Association. 
12. The said association shall include ir its annual report to the minister of agri- 
culture a statement of the inspector’s work during the preceding year, which state- 
ment shall include the number of colonies destroyed by order of the inspector and 
the localities where found and the amount paid to him for his services and expenses 
for the preceding year. 
13. The directors of the said association may from time to time make such by-laws 
and regulations for the control and guidance of the inspector in carrying out the 
provisions of this act as they may deem necessary, and the said directors shall also 
by by-laws fix the amount of the remuneration of the said inspector and subin- 
spector, but all such by-laws and regulations shall be subject to the approval of the 
minister of agriculture. 
