qualified elector of such preceint, such vote shall not be allowed, but without opening the absent voter envelope, the judges of such election shall mark across the face thereof "rejected as defective," or "rejected as not an elector, as the case may be. The absent voter envelope, when such absent vote is voted, and the absent voter envelope with its contents, unopened, when such absent vote is rejected, shall be deposited in the ballot box containing the general or party ballots, as the case may be, retained and preserved in the manner by law provided for and retention and preservation of official ballots voted at such election. If upon opening the absent voter's envelope, it be found that the stub of any ballot has been detached, or that the number thereon does not correspond to the number in the County or City or Town Clerk's certificate of the number issued to such absent voter, the ballot shall be rejected and it shall then and there, and without looking at the face thereon be marked on the back "rejected on the ground of

filling the blank with the statement of the reason of the rejection; which statement shall be dated and signed by the majority of the judges. The ballot or ballots so rejected together with the absent voter's envelope bearing the application and the said application shall all be enclosed in an envelope which shall be then and there securely sealed and on such envelope the judges shall write or cause to be written (if not already printed thereon) the words, "rejected ballot of absent voter" (writing in the name of the elector). "The rejected ballot or ballots is or are The judges shall designate the rejected ballot as "General ballot" if it be a ballot for candidates that be rejected. If the rejected ballot be a one put on a question submitted to the vote of the electors, the judges shall designate such ballot as ballot question No. ....... in the certificate on the envelope. There shall be a separate enclosing envelope for the ballot or ballots of each absent voter whose ballot or ballots may have been rejected and such enclosing envelope shall be placed in the envelope in which the other ballots voted or required to be placed and shall not be opened without an order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The County or City or Town Clerk shall provide and have delivered to the judge of election, suitable envelopes for enclosing rejected absent voter's ballots.

Postage to be Paid by County Clerk.

Section 14. Whenever the County or City or Town Clerk shall mail the envelope containing an absent voter's envelope and ballots, as provided in this Act, to a judge of election, he shall place thereon the proper postage and the proper stamp or stamps and the proper markings to secure the transmission and delivery thereof, as a special delivery letter in accordance with the postal laws of the United States and the regulations of the United States postoffice.

Voting in Person After Applying for Ballot.

Section 15. Any qualified elector who has marked his ballot as hereinbefore provided, who shall be in his precinct on election day, shall be permitted to vote in person, provided his said ballot has not already been deposited in the ballot box.

Regulations Relative to Voting in Person.

Section 16. In case any elector who shall have marked his ballot as an absent voter, as in this Act provided, shall appear at the voting place of his precinct on election day, before his ballot or ballots shall have been deposited in the ballot box, his envelope containing his ballot shall if he so desires, be opened in his presence, and the ballot or ballots found therein, shall be deposited in the ballot box, as herein before provided. If such elector shall

ask for a new ballot or ballots with which to vote, he shall be entitled to the same, but in such case his absent-voter-envelope shall not be opened, and the judges shall mark, or cause to be marked, across the face thereof, "unopened because voter appeared and voted in person" and then deposit in the said envelope unopened, in the ballot box. If the envelope containing the absentvoter-ballot shall have been marked "rejected as defective," and deposited in the ballot box, such elector so appearing shall have the same right to vote as if he had not attempted to vote as an absent voter. If voting machines are there used, he shall vote by machine, or other voters.

Envelope Shall Not be Opened.

Section 17. If the aforesaid envelope, containing an absent-voterballot shall have been deposited, unopened, in the ballot box, the said envelope shall not be opened, without an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

False Affidavit-Penalty.

Section 18. If any person shall wilfully swear falsely to any affidavit in this Act provided for, he shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of perjury and shall be punished as in such cases by law provided. If the County or City or Town Clerk of any election officer shall refuse or neglect to perform any of the duties prescribed by this Act, or shall violate any of the provisions thereof, or if any officer taking the affidavit provided for in Section 5 shall make any false statement in his certificate thereto attached, or look at any mark or marks made by the voter upon any such ballot, or permit or allow any other person to be present at the marking of any such ballot by the voter, or to see any mark or marks made thereon by the voter, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and inprisonment.

Elector Must Present Himself at Polls if He Returns.

Section 19. In case any elector who shall have taken advantage of the provisions of this Act, and marked his ballot as an absent-voter, as in this Act provided, shall not leave his county, or shall return, thereto on or before election day, and in time to allow him to go to the polls, to-wit, to the voting place in his precinct and to be admitted therein before the close of the polls, it shall be his duty so to go to the said voting place and to present himself to the judges of election at said voting place, and if he shall wilfully neglect so to do, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment not more than thirty days in the county jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment. If such an elector so appears, the judges of election shall note in the poll books and lists the fact of his appearance, as well as whether or not he voted in person.

Violation-Penalty.

Section 20. If any elector of this State or any other person or any officer shall, in any matter connected with voting outside of the State under the provisions of this law, in any manner violate any of the provisions of this Act or of any of the election or penal laws of this State applicable to voting under this Act, in such manner that such violation would constitute an offense if committed within the State, then and in such case such elector, person or officer shall be deemed guilty of a like offense and be punishable to the same extent and in the same extent and in the same manner as if the act, omission or violation had been committed within this State, and may be

prosecuted in any county in this State; provided, however, that if the defendant or one of several defendants be a resident of the State, he may have the case removed to the county in which the ballot was cast, or was to be cast, if not, in fact cast; and provided further, that the Court may order any such case removed to such County, subject always to the power of the Court of any County to grant a change of venue as in other cases.

Section 21. Sections 2442, 2443, 2444, 2445, 2446, and 2447, Wyoming Compiled Statutes 1920, and all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor.

Approved March 3, 1923.

CHAPTER 102.

House Bill No. 43.

ELECTORS IN BOND ELECTIONS.

AN ACT defining the qualifications of electors in Bond Elections.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1. No elector shall be eligible to vote for or against any bonds in any regular or special election unless he or she shall produce a tax receipt showing that he or she is a tax payer on real property, or a certificate from the County Clerk of the County, that he or she is the owner of real estate in the district, town, county or state proposing to issue such bond.

Section 2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Section 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

Approved March 3, 1923.

CHAPTER 103.

House Bill No. 156.

BEE INSPECTION.

AN ACT to establish a division of apiary inspection and investigation under the state department of agriculture through the state entomologist; to provide for investigations in bee culture, and the inspection of bees for contagious diseases; to provide for the prevention and spread of bee diseases; to provide for county agricultural inspectors; to provide for the transfer of bees from boxhives; and to repeal Chapter 230, Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1920, and conflicting acts.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Designation of Inspector.

Section 1. That the Professor of Entomology in the University of Wyoming be designated as State Bee Inspector and State Horticultural Inspector; that as inspector in these two fields he shall hold office subject to

and under the direction of the State Board of University Trustees and the Commissioner of Agriculture; that his salary and that of his official deputies, together with expenses of official research, shall be paid from University funds; that the necessary expenses for travel and publication of himself as inspector and his official deputies, shall be paid by the state, as are those of the other state officers.

Duties of Bee Inspector.

Section 2. The duties of the State Bee Inspector shall be to enforce the provisions of this act and to have general supervision over the County Bee Inspectors hereinafter provided for, to issue such rules and regulations as are necessary and to conduct such official research as will advance beekeeping in Wyoming.

Organization of County Bee Associations.

Section 3. Upon the application in writing of the president and secretary of any County Bee Association, if there be one, and if there is no bee association in the county, then upon the written petition of not less than three beekeepers residing in any county, the State Bee Inspector shall appoint a County Bee Inspector for each county, subject to the confirmation of the County Commissioners of such county. Provided that the deputy so appointed by the State Bee Inspector shall be deemed to be in office until he shall have been confirmed or his appointment rejected by the Board of County Commissioners. Such County Bee Inspector shall have the same powers and duties within his county as the State Bee Inspector, and shall at all times be subject to the control and direction of the State Bee Inspector. The State Bee Inspector shall have authority to remove county bee inspectors for dishonesty, inefficiency, or incompetency. It is further provided, that whenever the bee industry of any county may require, the State Bee Inspector may appoint such deputy county inspectors, subject to the confirmation of the Board of County Commissioners of such county. The deputy county bee inspectors, when appointed, shall have the same powers and duties in their respective counties as the County Bee Inspector, and shall work in conjunction with the County Bee Inspector, and the deputy county bee inspector shall make all reports of work done to the County Bee Inspector of his county.

Inspection of Apiary-Treatment.

Section 4. It shall be the duty of the State Bee Inspector, or any County Bee Inspector, upon receiving information from any source of the existence of any apiary within his jurisdiction of the disease known as foul brood, or any other infectious or contagious disease of bees, forthwith to inspect or cause to be inspected, each colony of bees and all hives, apparatus, and implements, honey and supplies on hand or used in connection with such apiary which he believes infected, and in case any disease shall be discovered in such apiary, he shall notify the owner or person in charge thereof in writing of such fact, either by handing him said notice in person, or in case the owner or person in charge thereof cannot be found, then by posting said notice in a conspicuous place at or near said apiary, and in case of posting he shall cause a copy of said notice to be mailed to the owner or person in charge by registered mail. Immediately upon receipt of such notice the . owner or person in charge thereof shall in good faith apply and thereafter fully and effectually carry out such course of treatment as may have been prescribed by said inspector of bees for such cases; also the owner or person in charge shall thoroughly disinfect, to the satisfaction of such inspector, all bee hives, combs, honey and apparatus that have been used in connection

with any such diseased colonies; or at his election, the said owner or person in charge of such bees, may, within the same time, utterly and completely destroy such bees, hives, houses, combs, honey and apparatus by fire, and bury the residue in the ground with a covering of not less than eighteen inches of earth. Provided that this section shall not be construed as requiring inspection during the winter months.

Report of Existence of Foul Brood.

Section 5. Every beekeeper or every person who shall be aware of the existence of foul brood, either in his own apiary or elsewhere, shall immediately notify the State Bee Inspector, and if there is a County Bee Inspector in the County, he shall notify the County Bee Inspector of the existence of such disease.

Right of Inspector to Enter Premises.

Section 6. Any bee inspector shall have the right to enter the premises of any beekeeper where bees are kept, and inspect such bees, and no person shall resist or refuse to allow such inspection by said bee inspector.

Duty of Bee Keeper.

Section 7. Any person, firm, or corporation keeping or owning bees who knows of, or after being notified by the bee inspector that foul brood or other contagious or infectious disease exists in any of the hives in the apiary owned by him or in his charge, shall within ten (10) days from receiving said notice and the date of receiving instructions from the bee inspector, cure or destroy the bees and disinfect or destroy the hives and the supplies and appliances that have been used in connection with any such diseased colonies. Movement of Bees.

Section 8. It shall be unlawful to move or to cause to be moved from one location to another, bees or the hives or appliances which have previously been used, without first having secured a certificate of health or permission from an authorized bee inspector, and no person shall expose in his bee yard or elsewhere infected comb or other infected thing. Provided that this section shall not be construed as prohibiting a person, firm, or corporation from transporting honey, bees, or appliances for the purpose of extracting or of disinfecting same; provided further that this section shall not be construed as prohibiting a person, firm or corporation from removing bees, hives, or appliances to or from winter quarters to a location not exceeding one mile from the exact location of the previous year; and provided further that this section shall not be construed as preventing a person, firm or corporation from establishing a hospital yard for the treatment of diseased colonies not closer than three miles from any apiary or colony of bees.

Importation of Bees.

Section 9. It shall be unlawful to ship into the state of Wyoming for delivery within the state, bees on combs, or any hives, combs, or supers which have been previously used, unless written application shall first have been made to the state bee inspector for permission to import bees on combs into the state of Wyoming, such application to state the number of colonies or combs it is proposed to import, the state, places, and apiary from which they are to be shipped; also the place they are to be shipped to in Wyoming. The applicant must agree to pay all costs of inspection, and shall deposit with the state bee inspector, certified check, bond, or other approved security, sufficient to pay all costs of inspection, and if approved by the state bee inspector, he shall issue permit for the number of colonies or bees