8 c The Agricultural Law 



subpoena or subpoena duces tecum shall be guilty of a misde- 

 meanor. Any person who shall wilfully and knowingly make 

 any false statement under oath before the commissioner of agri- 

 culture or his assistant commissioners of agriculture concerning 

 a material matter, shall be guilty of perjury. The commissioner 



of agriculture and his assistant commissioners 

 Oaths and of agriculture are hereby authorized and em- 

 affidavits, powered to administer oaths and affirmations 



in the usual appropriate forms to any person 

 in any matter or proceedings authorized as aforesaid and in all 

 matters pertaining or relating to this chapter and to take and 

 administer oaths and affirmations in the usual appropriate forms, 

 in taking any affidavit or deposition which may be necessary or 

 required by law or by any order, rule or regulation of the com- 

 missioner of agriculture for or in connection with the official 

 purposes, affairs, powers, duties or proceedings of said commis- 

 sioner of agriculture or his assistant commissioners of agricul- 

 ture or for any official purpose lawfully authorized by said com- 

 missioner of agriculture. 



§ 4. Expert butter and cheese makers.— The commissioner of ag- 

 riculture may appoint and employ not more than five expert 

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

 and inspect 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 improved 

 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 Sep- 

 tember thirtieth, next preceding, which shall include a statement 

 in detail of the number of assistant commissioners, chemists, ex- 

 perts, agents, and counsel employed under the provisions of this 

 chapter during such year, and their compensation, expenses and 

 disbursements ; 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 ex- 



