INSPECTIONS 2063

each day of actual service a per diem of two dollars and in the same ratio
for a fraction of a day to be paid by the county commissioners of the county
as well as such other charges and expenses as they shall be put to in the
discharge of the duties of this sub-title, which shall be paid by the county
commissioners; all expenses, however, arising out of the failure or refusal
of the owner or occupant of any lands or premises to obey the order of the
tree and fruit inspectors, and that they shall be put to in the removal and
destruction of any tree or fruit shall be and constitute a lien and charge on
the lands and premises where said trees and fruit were found, recoverable
by the county commissioners of the county for county purposes through the
agency of the tax collector as taxes are collected.

An Code, 1924, sec. 80. 1912, sec. 74. 1904, sec. 76. 1892, ch. 639, sec. 9.

88. If any person shall in anywise interfere with or hinder and impede
said tree and fruit inspectors, or any of them, their agents or workmen, or
the constable and his assistants in the performance of their duties, under
this sub-title, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in
the county jail for not exceeding three months, or by both fine and
imprisonment.

Honey Bees.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 81. 1912, sec. 74A. 1916, ch. 373.

89. That the State Board of Agriculture, through its duly authorized
officer or agent, shall conduct such inspection of apiaries, and such inves-
tigations and disseminate such information as to it may seem best to pro-
mote the bee-keeping industry in Maryland.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 82. 1912, sec. 74B. 1916, ch. 373. 1939, ch. 616, sec. 82.

90. No person shall keep a colony of bees affected with the disease
known as foul brood, black brood or any other infectious or contagious
disease harmful to honey bees in the egg, larval, pupal or adult state, except
as provided by Section 91 of this Article; and every beekeeper, when he
becomes aware of the existence of such a disease among his bees, shall at
once notify the State Board of Agriculture, or its duly authorized officer
or agent of the existence of the same. Any person who knowing that a
contagious or infectious disease exists among his bees, sells, barters or
gives away, or in any other way disposes of the same, in whole or in part,
or any product of the same, or any hive, super, frame, section or other
appliance used about the diseased bees, unless disinfected or treated in a
manner satisfactory to said officer or agent, shall, upon conviction before
a court or justice of the peace, be liable to penalties named in Section 95
of this Article.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 83. 1912, sec. 74C. 1916, ch. 373. 1939, ch. 616, sec. 83.

91. The State Board of Agriculture, through its duly authorized officer
or agent, shall, upon the discovery of foul brood, black brood or other
infectious or contagious diseases, send to the owner of the diseased bees an
order in writing that such bees shall be held in quarantine until such time
as the same, are released by a written permit from said officer or agent,
and bees so placed in quarantine shall not be removed from the premises
under the penalties named in Section 95 of this Article.