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  Sevkntu 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Section 
  5. 
  Annual 
  report. 
  

  

  (5. 
  Certificate 
  of 
  chemist 
  presumptive 
  evidence. 
  

  

  7. 
  Evidence: 
  principal's 
  liability 
  for 
  acts 
  of 
  agent. 
  

  

  8. 
  Prosecution 
  for 
  penalty. 
  

  

  9. 
  Disposal 
  of 
  fines 
  and 
  moneys 
  recovered. 
  

  

  10. 
  When 
  injunction 
  may 
  be 
  obtained. 
  

  

  11. 
  When 
  prosecution 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  compelled 
  to 
  elect. 
  

  

  12. 
  Inspection, 
  how 
  conducted. 
  

  

  § 
  1. 
  Short 
  title. 
  This 
  chapter 
  shall 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  agricnl- 
  

   tural 
  law. 
  

  

  § 
  2. 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  There 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  gOTernment 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  agricul- 
  

   ture, 
  which 
  shall 
  be 
  charged 
  with 
  the 
  execution 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  relat- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  agriculture 
  and 
  agricultural 
  products. 
  The 
  commissioner 
  

   of 
  agriculture 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  department. 
  The 
  New 
  

   York 
  state 
  dairy 
  commissioner 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agri- 
  

   culture 
  until 
  his 
  successor 
  shall 
  be 
  appointed 
  and 
  qualified. 
  The 
  

   commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  shall 
  be 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  governor, 
  

   by 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  advice 
  and 
  consent 
  of 
  the 
  senate. 
  His 
  term 
  of 
  

   office 
  shall, 
  be 
  three 
  years. 
  He 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  an 
  annual 
  salary 
  of 
  

   four 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  and 
  his 
  necessary 
  expenses 
  not 
  to 
  exceed 
  

   five 
  hundred 
  dollars, 
  incurred 
  in 
  the 
  discharge 
  of 
  his 
  official 
  

   duties. 
  He 
  may 
  appoint 
  a 
  director 
  of 
  farmers' 
  institutes 
  and 
  such 
  

   clerks 
  and 
  assistant 
  commissioners 
  and 
  employ 
  such 
  clerks, 
  chem- 
  

   ists, 
  agents 
  and 
  counsel 
  as 
  he 
  may 
  deem 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  proper 
  

   enforcement 
  of 
  such 
  laws 
  and 
  the 
  proper 
  administration 
  of 
  the 
  

   department, 
  who 
  shall 
  receive 
  such 
  compensation 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  fixed 
  

   by 
  him 
  and 
  their 
  necessary 
  expenses. 
  The 
  compensation 
  of 
  his 
  

   clerks, 
  assistants 
  and 
  other 
  persons 
  employed 
  by 
  him 
  and 
  such 
  

   necessary 
  expenses 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  on 
  his 
  certificate 
  by 
  the 
  treasurer 
  

   on 
  the 
  warrant 
  of 
  the 
  comptroller. 
  All 
  other 
  charges, 
  accounts 
  

   and 
  expenses 
  of 
  the 
  department 
  authorized 
  by 
  law 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  

   by 
  the 
  treasurer 
  on 
  the 
  warrant 
  of 
  the 
  comptroller, 
  after 
  they 
  

   have 
  been 
  audited 
  and 
  allowed 
  by 
  the 
  comptroller. 
  The 
  trustees 
  

   of 
  public 
  buildings 
  shall 
  furnish 
  suitable 
  rooms 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  

   department 
  in 
  the 
  new 
  capitol. 
  

  

  