﻿81G 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Keport 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  general 
  election 
  in 
  June, 
  1000, 
  there 
  shall 
  be 
  elected 
  a 
  

   commissioner 
  to 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Oregon 
  Dairy 
  and 
  Food 
  Com- 
  

   missioner. 
  The 
  qualifications 
  of 
  said 
  commissioner 
  are 
  that 
  he 
  

   be 
  well 
  versed 
  in 
  dairy 
  matters 
  and 
  can 
  give 
  practical 
  and 
  theo- 
  

   retical 
  instruction 
  in 
  dairying, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  his 
  duty 
  to 
  impart 
  such 
  

   knowledge 
  (whenever 
  and 
  wherever 
  opportunity 
  offers 
  within 
  the 
  

   State) 
  and 
  to 
  collect 
  and 
  disseminate 
  such 
  information 
  as 
  is 
  cal- 
  

   culated 
  to 
  develop 
  the 
  dairy 
  interest 
  within 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  office 
  

   of 
  the 
  said 
  commissioner 
  is 
  established 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Portland 
  in 
  

   this 
  State, 
  and 
  upon 
  complaint 
  being 
  made 
  by 
  any 
  citizen 
  of 
  the 
  

   State, 
  or 
  without 
  such 
  complaint, 
  if 
  in 
  his 
  opinion 
  it 
  is 
  necessary, 
  

   examine 
  into 
  any 
  case 
  of 
  violation 
  or 
  supposed 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  

   provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  or 
  any 
  of 
  them. 
  The 
  said 
  commissioner 
  may 
  

   appoint 
  one 
  deputy 
  in 
  each 
  county 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  and 
  prescribe 
  

   his 
  duties 
  and 
  compensation. 
  It 
  shallbe 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  said 
  commis- 
  

   sioner 
  to 
  visit 
  and 
  inspect 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  creamery 
  operated 
  

   within 
  the 
  State 
  at 
  least 
  once 
  each 
  year. 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  chemist 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  

   College 
  to 
  correctly 
  analyze 
  any 
  and 
  all 
  substances 
  the 
  said 
  com- 
  

   missioner 
  may 
  send 
  him 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  carrying 
  out 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   visions 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  and 
  his 
  certificate 
  of 
  analysis 
  shall 
  be 
  prima 
  

   facie 
  evidence 
  in 
  all 
  courts 
  of 
  justice." 
  

  

  The 
  fine 
  or 
  fines 
  collected 
  in 
  all 
  prosecutions 
  under 
  this 
  act 
  

   shall 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  common 
  school 
  fund 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  all 
  prosecutions 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  relating 
  

   to 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  diseased 
  foods 
  or 
  that 
  which 
  is 
  unclean, 
  impure 
  or 
  

   unhealthy; 
  milk 
  drawn 
  from 
  cows 
  for 
  fifteen 
  days 
  next 
  before 
  and 
  

   five 
  days 
  next 
  after 
  parturition, 
  or 
  from 
  cows 
  fed 
  on 
  unwholesome 
  

   food, 
  or 
  any 
  calf 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  slaughtered 
  under 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  four 
  

   weeks 
  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  and 
  declared 
  unclean, 
  impure 
  and 
  

   unwholesome." 
  

  

  The 
  using 
  of 
  the 
  box, 
  boxes 
  or 
  brands 
  used 
  by 
  any 
  creamery 
  

   or 
  dairyman 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  selling 
  the 
  butter 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  

   creamery 
  or 
  dairyman 
  subjects 
  the 
  offender 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  fines 
  and 
  

   penalties 
  provided 
  for 
  in 
  this 
  act. 
  

  

  