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LAW AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE IM- 
PORTATION AND INSPECTION OF HONEY BEES 
AND HONEY INTO THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII. 
ACT 69, SESSION LAWS OF 1907. 
An Act to Amend Chapter 28 of the Revised Laws of Ha- 
waii by Adding to said Chapter a Section to be 
Known as Section 389 A. 
Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii: 
Section 1. Chapter 28 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii is 
hereby amended by adding a new section thereto to be known 
as Section 389A and to read as follows : 
Section 389 A. It shall be the duty of the Board ;o make rules 
and regulations, and to amend the same from time to time, in its 
discretion,- subject to the approval of the Governor, for and con- 
cerning the importation into the Territory of bees and for the 
preservation, protection and improvement of bees now within the 
Territory ; and for the quarantine, inspection, fumigation, disin- 
fection, exclusion or destruction either upon importation into the 
Territory or at any time or place within the Territory of any 
bees and any box or other container and their contents in which 
bees have been imported or contained, which is or may be infested 
with or liable to assist in the transmission or dissemination of any 
insect or disease injurious to bees. All rules and regulations made 
as aforesaid shall have the force and effect of law. It shall be the 
duty of the Board to establish an observational apiary and all bees 
imported into the Territory shall be there quarantined free of cost 
to the owners until such time shall have elapsed as to enable the 
proper entomologist or inspector of the Board, to certify to the 
owners that such bees are clean and free from disease. The 
entomologists or inspectors of the Board may enic* upon the 
premises of any bee keeper for the purpose of inspecting apiaries, 
and of carrying out the orders of the Board, and they shall not 
be holden guilty of any misdemeanor by so doing nor shall they 
be personally liable in damages except for acts beyond the scope 
of their authority or due to their own negligence. 
Section 2. This Act shall take effect from and after the date 
of its approval. 
Approved this 17th day of April, A. D. 1907. 
G. R. Carter, 
Governor of the Territory of Hawaii. 
