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§ 3. Powers of the commissioners,* his assistant and employes. — 

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

 chemists, agents and counsel employed by him, shall have full 

 access to all places of business, factories, farms, buildings, car- 

 riages, cars and vessels used in the manufacture, sale or trans- 

 portation within the state of any dairy products or any imita- 

 tion thereof, or of any article or product with respect to which 

 any authority is conferred by this chapter on such commissioner. 

 They may examine and open any package, can or vessel con- 

 taining or believed to contain any article or product, which may 

 be manufactured, sold or exposed for sale in violation of the 

 provisions of this chapter, and may inspect the contents therein, 

 and take therefrom samples for analysis. 



§ 4. Expert butter and cheesemakers. — The commissioner of 

 agriculture may appoint and employ not more than five expert 

 butter and cheesemakers, who shall, under his direction, ex- 

 amine and inspect butter and cheese factories and attend at 

 agricultural fairs, societies and meetings designated by the com- 

 missioner, to impart thereat information as to the best and 

 most approved method of making butter and cheese and improv- 

 ing 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, 

 experts, 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 ex- 

 penditures of moneys appropriated for the state agricultural 

 society, the county agricultural societies and the New York 

 agricultural experiment station; and other agricultural purposes 



and estimates of the amounts required for all such purposes for 



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♦So in the original. 



