LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 



FOOD AND DAIRY COMMISSIONER. 



(409-7) [Ohio dairy and food commissioner; salary and ex- 

 penses.] That there is hereby created the office of dairy and food 

 commissioner of the state of Ohio. Said commissioner shall be elected 

 at the general election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday 

 in November, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six. He 

 shall take his office on the first Tuesday following the fifteenth day of 

 February next after his election, and shall serve for two years, and 

 until his successor is elected and qualified. He shall be charged with 

 the enforcement of all laws against fraud and adulteration or impurities 

 in foods, drinks or drugs, and unlawful labeling in the state of Ohio. 

 His salary shall be two thousand dollars ($2,000) per year, and his 

 necessary 'and reasonable expense incurred in the discharge of his of- 

 ficial duiies, to be paid in monthly installments at the end of each cal- 

 endar month. 



(409-8) [General duties of himself and his assistants.] It 

 shall be the duty of said commissioner or assistant commissioner, to 

 inspect any articles of butter, cheese, lard, syrup, or other article of 

 food or drinks, made or offered for sale in the state of Ohic . as an 

 article of food or drink, and to prosecute or cause to be prosecuted, 

 any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, en- 

 gaged in the manufacture or sale of any adulterated article or articles 

 of food or drink, or adulterated in violation of, or contrary to any laws 

 of the state of Ohio. 



(409-9) [Powers; prosecutions.] The said commissioner, or 

 any assistant commissioner, shall have power in the performance of 

 their duty, to enter into any creamery, factory, store, salesroom, drug 

 store or laboratory, or place where they have reason to believe food or 

 drink are made, prepared, sold or offered for sale, and to examine their 

 books, and to open any cask, tub, jar, bottle or package, containing or 

 supposed to contain any article of food or drink, and examine or cause 

 to be examined and analyzed the contents thereof, and it shall be the 

 duty of any prosecuting attorney in any county of the state, when called 

 upon by said commissioner or assistant commissioner, to render him any 

 legal assistance in his power, to execute the laws, and to assist in the 

 prosecution of cases arising under provisions of this act. 



(409-10) [Assistant commissioners, experts, etc.; expenses; 

 office, report, etc.] Said commissioner may appoint not to exceed 

 two assistant commissioners, whose salaries shall be one thousand dol- 

 lars per year, and necessary traveling expenses incurred in the discharge 

 of their official duties, to be paid in like manner with the commissioner's 

 and on itemized vouchers approved by said commissioner ; the said com- 

 missioner shall have power to employ such experts, chemists, agents, 

 inspectors and counsel as may by him be deemed necessary for the 

 proper enforcement of the laws, their compensation to be fixed by the 

 commissioner. All charges, accounts and expenses authorized by this 

 act shall be paid out of the state treasury upon vouchers certified by 

 the commissioner, and upon warrant by the state auditor. The entire 

 expense of said commissioner shall not exceed in one year the amount 

 specifically appropriated for such purposes. All vacancies in the office 

 of the food and dairy commissioner shall be filled by appointment of 

 the governor until the next general election, then the same shall be 

 filled as in the original election. All fines, fees and costs assessed and 



