1 fore existing, be and the same hereby is repealed. Approved, March 6, A. D. 1885. CHAPTER 2. Suspending the law. AN ACT to amend section 10, article III, chapter 2, Com- Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of SECTION 1. That section 10 of article III, of chapter 2, Compiled Statutes of 1881, entitled "Agriculture," be amended to read follows: as SEC. 10. The operation of this law may be Comp. Stat., 51 suspended within any county in this state in the manner hereinafter provided; whenever the qualified voters of any county in this state desire to have the operation of this law suspended within said county, and a majority of said voters shall apply by petition to the county commissioners of said county, praying for an election to be called for such purpose, it shall be the duty of said county commissioners to submit, at the next general or special election, to the qualified voters of said county, a proposition for the suspension of the operation of said law within said county, which proposition shall be in form, as follows: "For suspension of herd law." "Against suspension of herd law." Said proposition shall be written or printed on the ballots of those voting at such election, and if at such election it shall appear that a majority of the votes cast on said question shall be for such proposition, then the operation of such law shall be suspended within the limits of such county, at the expiration of twenty days from the official canvass of the vote in said county. Provided, That where the law has been suspended as herein provided for it may be again revived by submitting the question to the qualified voters of said county, in the manner and form herein required for the submission of the question of the suspension of said law. clause. SEC. 2. Section 10 as now existing and Repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Emergency SEC. 3. Whereas, an emergency exists, therefore this act shall take effect and be in force from clause. and after its passage. Approved, February 26, A. D. 1885. CHAPTER 3. AN ACT to protect bee husbandry from foul brood and other infectious and contagious diseases. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any Having person to keep or have in possession in this diseased bees. state any honey bees, brood comb, or honey Destroying infected bees. Penalty for not destroying. known to possess or to be infected with the disease known as "foul brood," or with any other infectious or contagious disease peculiar to bees or honey, contrary to the provisions of this act, or to keep or have in possession any bee hive or other receptacle in which any foul brood diseased bees or infected honey is known to have been kept. Every person violating any provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred for each offense, or be confined in the county jail not more, than thirty days. SEC. 2. Any honey bees, brood comb, or honey owned or kept or found in this state known to be infected with foul brood or other infectious or contagious disease, and any bee hive or other receptacle in which any bees, brood comb, or honey shall have been kept, known to have been infected with any infectious or contagious disease shall be destroyed immediately and completely by burning by the owner thereof or the person or persons in whose possession the same may be. SEC. 3. Every person owning or having in his or her possession, or under his or her control any honey bees, brood comb, honey, bee hive or receptacle, or apparatus known to be infected with any infectious or contagious disease peculiar to honey bees or honey, or in which any diseased bees or infected honey shall have been kept, who shall not immediately cause the same to be destroyed as provided in sec tion 2 of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense, or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty days for each offense. inspect. SEC. 4. Every person owning or keeping honey Compelled to bees in this state shall cause all bees owned or kept by him or her to be inspected at his or her own expense as hereinafter provided. Every person neglecting or refusing to cause all such bees to be duly inspected as hereinafter provided shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall pay a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense upon conviction thereof. diseased bees. Provided, That if upon inspection of any col- Treatment of ony or colonies of bees the disease of foul brood or other infection or contagion shall be found to exist, and such inspector shall be of the opinion that by proper treatment such disease or contagion or infection may be removed, he shall so certify officially in his certificate of inspection, and the owner or keeper of such bees shall be entitled to keep such bees for the period of six months for treatment, and at the expiration of said time if such disease or infection or contagion shall not be eradicated, such bees shall be destroyed as hereinbefore provided, and any person or persons having in possession any brood comb, bee hive, honey, or apparatus used in connection with bee culture, found in like manner to be infected with foul brood or infectious or contagious disease, such person shall be allowed Certificate of inspection. Appointment of inspector. the period of thirty days in which to disinfect the same, but no longer, and if at the end of said period of thirty days said disinfection shall not have been complete, such brood comb, bee hive, honey, or apparatus shall be destroyed as hereinbefore provided. SEC. 5. Every person engaged in bee keeping in this state, either as owner, agent, or lessee in infected districts shall cause to be inspected at least once in each year each and every brood or colony of bees, brood comb, and honey in his or her possession or under his or her control, and procure a certificate of such inspection showing the true condition of each and every one of the above named articles in his or her possession as to the existence of foul brood or other infectious or contagious disease in duplicate, one of which duplicates shall be left with such person, and the other shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county where such bees. or honey or brood comb is kept. SEC. 6. Upon the application of the Nebraska State Bee Keepers Association, or other person or persons interested in bee culture residing in any county in the state, the governor may appoint a suitable person resident of said county, inspector of bees and honey for said county, who shall be sworn to perform the duties of such office faithfully and impartially, whose duty it shall be to inspect all bees, brood comb, and honey, within his said county when called upon for that purpose, and shall be entitled to receive the sum of two dollars for each day or part of a day necessarily employed in making such inspection, to |