﻿8 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  RErouT 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  The 
  Assistant 
  Commissioners 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  divisions 
  during 
  

   the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  just 
  ended 
  are 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  those 
  reported 
  in 
  my 
  

   last 
  annual 
  report, 
  ^vith 
  the 
  exception 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  Third 
  Division, 
  

   in 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  Hon. 
  Henry 
  E. 
  Ambler, 
  of 
  Chatham, 
  IST. 
  Y., 
  who 
  

   resigned 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  having 
  been 
  elected 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   Senate, 
  I 
  appointed 
  from 
  the 
  civil 
  service 
  eligible 
  list 
  Mr. 
  Eben- 
  

   ezer 
  J. 
  Preston, 
  of 
  Amenia, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  The 
  divisions 
  are 
  ten 
  and 
  the 
  Assistant 
  Commissioners 
  in 
  charge 
  

   of 
  them 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  First 
  Di\dsion 
  George 
  L. 
  Flanders. 
  

  

  Second 
  Division 
  Frederick 
  J. 
  H. 
  Kracke. 
  

  

  Third 
  Division 
  Ebenezer 
  J. 
  Pl-eston. 
  

  

  Fourth 
  Division 
  T. 
  James 
  Owens. 
  

  

  Fifth 
  Division 
  S. 
  Brown 
  Richardson. 
  

  

  Sixth 
  Division 
  Charles 
  T. 
  Russell. 
  

  

  Seventh 
  Division 
  Verlett 
  C. 
  Beebe. 
  

  

  Eighth 
  Division 
  William 
  T. 
  Hughes. 
  

  

  ISTinth 
  Division 
  Asa 
  L. 
  Twitchell. 
  

  

  Tenth 
  Division 
  James 
  T*. 
  Clark. 
  

  

  There 
  have 
  been 
  but 
  few 
  changes 
  in 
  the 
  employes 
  of 
  this 
  De- 
  

   partnient 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  fiscal 
  year, 
  all 
  new 
  appointees 
  having 
  

   been 
  chosen 
  from 
  the 
  civil 
  service 
  eligible 
  list, 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  

   the 
  rules 
  of 
  the 
  Civil 
  Service 
  Commission 
  and 
  the 
  law 
  under 
  

   which 
  it 
  operates. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  work 
  of 
  this 
  Department 
  consists 
  in 
  enforcing 
  the 
  

   provisions 
  of 
  the 
  law 
  relating 
  to 
  

  

  (1) 
  To 
  provide 
  butter 
  and 
  cheese 
  experts 
  to 
  give 
  instruction 
  in 
  

   the 
  art 
  of 
  making 
  uniform, 
  first-class 
  butter 
  and 
  cheese. 
  

  

  (2) 
  Providing 
  against 
  the 
  sale 
  or 
  delivery 
  to 
  factories 
  or 
  cream- 
  

   eries 
  of 
  impure, 
  unhealthy 
  or 
  unwholesome 
  milk. 
  

  

  (3) 
  To 
  provide 
  against 
  keeping 
  of 
  cows, 
  for 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  

   milk 
  for 
  sale 
  or 
  exchange, 
  in 
  a 
  crowded 
  or 
  unhealthful 
  condition, 
  

   and 
  against 
  feeding 
  such 
  cows 
  on 
  distillery 
  waste 
  or 
  on 
  any 
  sub- 
  

   stance 
  that 
  vdll 
  produce 
  unwholesome 
  or 
  unhealthful 
  milk. 
  

  

  