10 L.UVS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 



collected under prosecutions begun, or caused to be begun, by the 

 commissioner, and all fines, fees and costs heretofore assessed and col- 

 lected under prosecution begun or caused to be begun by the commis- 

 sioners, shall be paid by the court to the commissioner, and by him 

 paid into the state treasury and be credited to the general revenue fund 

 of the state. The center room on the north side of the southwest 

 corridor in the capitol building, now occupied by the dairy and food 

 commissioner, is set apart for his use, wherein shall be kept his books, 

 records, and other property of the ofHce. He shall keep a seal with 

 which to attest official acts and documents, and shall be entitled to sta- 

 tionery and supplies from the secretary of state as are other state of- 

 ficers. The commissioner shall make an annual report to the governor 

 on or before the fifteenth day of November of each year, containing 

 itemized statements of all receipts and disbursements, attorney fees in 

 each specified suit brought in this department and all persons employed 

 by him, together with such statistics and other matter as he may regard 

 of value ; said reports to be published as are the other reports of the 

 other state officers. 



(409-13) [Dairy and food commissioner to give bond.] The 

 Ohio dairy and food commissioner before entering upon the discharge 

 of his official duties, shall give bond in the zum of five thousand dollars 

 to the state, with two or more sureties to the acceptance of the gov- 

 ernor, conditioned that he will truly account for and apply all moneys 

 or other property which may come into his hr.::ds in his official capacity, 

 and for the faithful performance of the duties of his office as the same 

 are prescribed by law ; which bond with his oath of office indorsed thereon, 

 shall be filed with the secretary of state. 



(409-14) [Commissioner's clerk.] The dairy and food commis- 

 sioner of Ohio be and is hereby authorized to employ a clerk for his 

 office, whose compensation shall not exceed twelve hundred dollars per 

 annum, the same to be paid out of fines collected by such commissioner. 



FORESTRY BUREAU. 



(409-15) [State forestry bureau ; appointment and terms of mem- 

 bers.] There be and hereby is established at the state university, at 

 Columbus, Ohio, a central office for the promotion of forestry, to be 

 entitled the state forestry bureau, which shall consist of three members, 

 to be appointed by the governor, as a board of directors. The mem- 

 bers of the board of directors shall be commissioned by the governor, 

 and be duly qualified as like officers of the state ; one of three directors 

 shall serve for six years, the second for four years and the third for 

 two years, and on the expiration of terms of service, appointments shall 

 be made for the term of six years. 



(409-16) [Duties of the bureau; forestry station; appointment 

 of secretary; expenses of bureau; compensation.] It shall be the 

 duty of said state forestry bureau to thoroughly inquire into the char- 

 acter and extent of the forests of the state ; to investigate the causes 

 which are in operation to produce their waste or decay ; to suggest what 

 legislation, if any, may be necessary for the development of' a rational 

 systern^ of forestry, adapted to the wants and conditions of this State, 

 and with the consent of the trustees of the Ohio state university, the 

 said directors may establish a forestry station on the grounds of said 



