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periment station; and other agricultural purposes and estimates 



of the amounts required for all such purposes 



Society reports, for the ensuing year. He may require the state 



agricultural society and the county agricultural 



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



reports. 



§ 6. Certificate of chemist presumptive evidence. — Every certifi- 

 cate, duly signed and acknowledged, of a chemist, analyst or other 

 expert employed by the commissioner of agriculture or any anal- 

 ysis, examination or investigation made by such analyst, chemist 

 or expert with respect to any matter or product which the com- 

 missioner has authority to examine or cause to be examined, shall 

 be presumptive evidence of the facts therein stated. 



People v. Eddy, 12 N. Y. Supp. 628; People v. Kibler, 106 N. Y. 321; 

 People v. Mahaney, 41 Hun, 26; People v. Schaeffer, Id. 23; People v. 

 Thompson, 14 N. Y. Supp. 819; People v. West, 106 N. Y. 293. 



§ 7. Evidence; principal's liability for acts of agent.— The do- 

 ing of anything prohibited by this chapter shall be evidence of the 

 violation of the provisions of this chapter relating to the thing 

 so prohibited, and the omission to do anything directed to be done 

 shall be evidence of a violation of the provisions of the chapter 

 relative to the thing so directed to be done. The intent of any 



person doing or omitting to do any such, act is 



Intent immaterial in any prosecution for a violation 



immaterial. of the provisions of this chapter. Any person 



who suffers, permits or allows any violation of 



the provisions of this chapter by his agent or servant or in any 



room or building occupied or controlled by him, shall be deemed a 



principal in such violation and liable accordingly. Any person who 



shall keep, store or display any article or prod- 

 Display deemed uct, the manufacture or sale of which is pro- 

 as sale. hibited or regulated by this chapter, with other 

 merchandise or stock in his place of business, ■ 

 shall be deemed to have the same in his possession for sale. 



People v. Bosch, 129 App. Div. 660; People v. Hills, 64 Id. 5S4; People v. 

 Isaac C. Tenviliger, 59 Misc. Rep. 617. 



§ 8. Prosecution for penalties. — Whenever the commissioner of 

 agriculture shall know or have reason to believe that any penalty 

 has been incurred by any person for a violation of any of the 



