Terms Used In Missouri Laws 264.031

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Every person appointed by the director as an apiary inspector shall be a practical beekeeper who before his appointment shall furnish the director with satisfactory evidence that he possesses a practical knowledge of beekeeping and is familiar with the diagnosis and treatment of bee diseases or that he is a graduate of an agricultural college with qualifying training in apiculture. The director shall fix reasonable compensation for all employees and contract employees considering the duties performed and the available appropriations.