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The'v may examine and open anj paekaj?e, can or vessel conteming 

 or believed to contain, any article or product, wliich may be manu- 

 fa'ctirred, sold or exposed for sale in violation of the provisions of 

 this chapter, and may inspect the contents therein, and take there- 

 from samples for analysis. 



§ 4. Expert butter and cheese makers. The commissioner of 

 agtrieulture may appoint and employ not more than five expert 

 butter and cheese makers, who shall, under his direction, examine 

 and insi)ect butter and cheese factories and attend at agricultural 

 fairs, societies and meetings designated by the commissioner, to 

 impart thereat information as to the best and most approved 

 method of making butter and cheese and improving the quality 

 thereof. 



§ 5. Annual report. The commissioner of agriculture shall 

 make an annual report to the legislature on or before January 

 fifteenth, of his work and proceedings for the year ending Septem- 

 ber thirtieth, next preceding which shall include a statement in 

 detail of the number of assistant commissioners, chemists, experts, 

 agents, and counsel employed under the provisions of this chapter 

 darring such year, and their compensation, expenses and disburse- 

 ments; and also a statement in detail of the expenditures of 

 moneys appropriated for the state agricultural society, the 'county 

 agricultural societies and the New York agricultural experimental 

 station; and other agiloultural purposes and estimates of the 

 amounts required for all such purposes for the ensuing year. He 

 may require the state agricultural society and the county agri- 

 cultural societies to make reports to him and prescribe the form of 

 such reports. 



§6. Certificate of chemist presumptive evidence. Every cer- 

 tificate, duly signed and acknowledged, of a ehemist, analyst or 

 other expert employed by the commissioner of agriculture or any 

 analysis, examination or investigation made by such analyist, 

 chemist or expert with respect to any matter or product which the 

 commissioner has authority to examine or cause to be examined,, 

 shall be presumptive evidence of the facts therein stated. 



