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§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the agricul- 

 tural law. 



§ 2. Commissioner of agriculture. There shall be a depart- 

 ment of the state government known as the department of agricul- 

 ture, which shall be charged with the execution of the laws relat- 

 ing to agriculture and agricultural products. The commissioner 

 of agriculture shall be the chief of the department. The New 

 York state dairy commissioner shall be the commissioner of acrri- 

 culture until his successor shall be appointed and qualified. The 

 commissioner of agriculture shall be appointed bj the governor, 

 by and with the advice and consent of the senate. His term of 

 office shall be three years. He shall be paid an ammual salairy of 

 four thousand dollars and his necessary expenses not to exceed 

 five hundred dollars, incurred in the discharge of his official 

 duties. He may appoint a director of farmei-s' institutes and such 

 clerks and assistant commissioners and employ such clerks, chem- 

 ists, agents and counsel as he may deem necessary for the proper 

 enforcement of such laws and the proper administration of the 

 department, who shall receive such compensation as may be fixed 

 by him amd their necessary expenses. The compensation of his 

 clerks, assiistants and other persons employed by him and such 

 necessary expenses shall be paid on his certificate by the treasurer 

 on the warrant of the comptroller. All other charges, accounts 

 and expenses of the department authorized by law shall be paid by 

 the treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller, after they have 

 been audited and allov/ed by the comptroller. The trustees of 

 public buildings shall furnish suitable rooms for the use of the 

 department in the new capitol. 



§ 3. Pow^ers of the commissioners,* his assistant and em- 

 ployes. The commissioner of agriculture, his clerks, assistants, 

 expei'ts, chemists, agents and counsel employed by him, shall have 

 full access to all places of business, factories, farras^ buildings, 

 carriages, cars and vessels used in the manufacture, sale or trans- 

 portation within the state of any dairy products or any imitation 

 thereof, or of any article or produ'ct with respect to which any 

 authority is conferred by this chapter on such commissioner. 



•So in the original. 



