6 c The Agricultukal Law 



Section 5. Annual report. 



6. Certificate of chemist presumptive evidence. 



7. Evidence ; principal's liability for acts of agent. 



8. Prosecution for penalties. 



9. Disposal of fines and moneys recovered. 



10. When injunction may he obtained. 



11. "When prosecution shall not be compelled to elect. 



§ 2. Commissioner of agriculture. — There shall be a department 

 of the state government known as the department of agriculture, 



which shall be charged with the execution of 

 Department of the laws relating to agriculture and agricul- 

 Agriculture. tural products. The commissioner of agricul- 

 ture shall be the chief of the department. The 

 commissioner of agriculture shall be appointed by the gov- 

 ernor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. His 



term of office shall be three years. He shall be 

 Appointment of paid an annual salary of five thousand dollars 

 Commissioner. and his necessary expenses not to exceed five 

 hundred dollars, incurred in the discharge of 

 his official duties. He may appoint a director of farmers' insti- 

 tutes and such clerks and assistant commissioners and employ 



such clerks, chemists, agents and counsel as he 

 Assistants. may deem necessary for the proper enforce- 



ment of such laws and the proper administra- 

 tion of the department, who shall receive •such compensation as 

 may be fixed by him and their necessary expenses. The compen- 

 sation of his clerks, assistants and other per- 

 Salaries and sons employed by him and such necessary ex- 

 expenses, penses 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 comp- 

 troller, after they have been audited and allowed by the comp- 

 troller. The trustees of public buildings shall furnish suitable 

 rooms for the use of the department in the capitol. (.4s amended 

 by chapter 580 of the Laws of 1000.) 



§ 3. Power of commissioner, his assistants and employees. — 



The commissioner of agriculture, his clerks, assistants, experts, 



