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bulge, not less than 04 inches, outside measurement. If the 

 barrel shall be made straight, or without a bulge, it shall con- 

 tain the same number of cubic inches as the barrel above de- 

 scribed. It provides that persons making barrels holding a less 

 quantity than the barrel here specified shall brand the same with 

 the words " short barrel." 



Article 12 provides for the collection and dissemination of 

 information relative to agriculture and agricultural labor in this 

 state, and as a means to that end it is provided that supervisors 

 of the different towns and wards shall furnish to the Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture, upon request from him, upon blanks to be 

 furnished by the said commissioner, information relative to agri- 

 culture, agricultural production and agricultural labor within their 

 respective towns and wards, and that such information shall be 

 furnished within 30 days from the time it is asked for. The 

 expense of gathering such information is to be a town or ward 

 charge, as the case may be. 



Article 13 relates to the State Fair. This department sus- 

 tains simply an ex-officio relation to the State Fair, the Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture, by virtue of his office, being one of the 

 seven members of the State Fair Commission, but it is a part of 

 the Agricultural Law and section 2 of the law provides that the 

 Commissioner of Agriculture shall be charged with the enforce- 

 ment of the provisions of the Agricultural Law. It seems a lit- 

 tle anomalous to say that the Commissioner of Agriculture is 

 charged with the duty of seeing that the State Fair commission- 

 ers, of which he is one, shall perform the duties provided in this 

 article by virtue of his office as Commissioner of Agriculture, 

 while he himself is one of that commission and consequently 

 subject to the enforcement of his own commands as such. For 

 details of the work performed by the State Fair Commission for 

 the present year, see report of the State Fair Commission (pages 

 188-223). 



Article 14 is entitled '"'Miscellaneous Provisions' 1 and deals 

 with various subjects, namely, provides for the prevention of 

 disease among bees with a view to exterminating the specified 

 diseases, foul and black brood. It defines honey and prohibits 

 the sale of any article or product in imitation or semblance of 



