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

   ployes. 
  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, 
  

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

   portation 
  within 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  any 
  dairy 
  products 
  or 
  any 
  imitation 
  

   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 
  containing 
  

   or 
  believed 
  to 
  contain 
  any 
  article 
  or 
  product, 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  manu- 
  

   factured^ 
  sold 
  or 
  exposed 
  for 
  sale 
  in 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  

   this 
  chapter, 
  and 
  may 
  inspect 
  the 
  contents 
  therein, 
  and 
  take 
  there- 
  

   from 
  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, 
  examine 
  

   and 
  inspect 
  butter 
  and 
  cheese 
  factories 
  and 
  attend 
  at 
  agricultural 
  

   fairs, 
  societies 
  and 
  meetings 
  designated 
  by 
  the 
  commissioner, 
  to 
  

   impart 
  thereat 
  information 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  and 
  most 
  approved 
  

   method 
  of 
  making 
  butter 
  and 
  cheese 
  and 
  improving 
  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 
  Septem- 
  

   ber 
  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 
  disburse- 
  

   ments; 
  and 
  also 
  a 
  statement 
  in 
  detail 
  of 
  the 
  expenditures 
  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 
  the 
  ensuing 
  year. 
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  He 
  

   may 
  require 
  the 
  state 
  agricultural 
  society 
  and 
  the 
  county 
  agri- 
  

   cultural 
  societies 
  to 
  make 
  reports 
  to 
  him 
  and 
  prescribe 
  the 
  form 
  

   of 
  such 
  reports. 
  

  

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