Commissioner of Agriculture. 393 



the provisions of this chapter, or that any sum has been for- 

 feited by reason of any such violation, he may cause an action 

 or proceeding to be brought in the name of the people for the 

 recovery of the same. 



People v. Briggs & McQuade, 114 N. Y. 56. 



People v. Belknap, 58 Hun, 241. 



People v. Hodnet, 81 Id. 137. 



People v. Lamb, 85 Id. 171. 



People v. Salisbury, 2 App. Div. 39; s. c, 151 N. Y. 663. 



§ 9. Disposal of fines and moneys recovered. — One half of all 

 money recovered, either as penalties, forfeitures or otherwise, 

 for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, and 

 from fines imposed as a punishment for any criminal offense 

 committed in violation of the provisions of this chapter, or of 

 the penal code relating to the punishment of criminal offenses 

 committed in violation of the provisions of law for the preven- 

 tion of frauds in the manufacture or sale of any of the articles 

 or products to which this chapter relates, shall be paid by the 

 court or the clerk thereof to the city or county where the re- 

 covery shall be had or fine collected for the benefit of the poor 

 of such city or county, except in the city and county of New York 

 and the city of Brooklyn, where the same shall be paid to the 

 proper authorities, and equally divided by them between the 

 pension funds of the police and fire departments. The residue 

 of such moneys shall be paid into the treasury of the state, and 

 paid out by the treasurer, upon the warrant of the comptroller, 

 for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the department of 

 agriculture, audited by the comptroller. The same disposal 

 shall be made of all moneys recovered upon any bond given by 

 any officer by virtue of the provisions of this chapter. 



§ 10. When injunctions may be obtained. — In an action in the 

 supreme court for the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture in- 

 curred for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter 

 an application may be made on the part of the people to the 

 court or any justice thereof for an injunction to restrain the 



