OKLAHOMA. 

 GENERAL FOOD LAWS. 



SEC. 1. Personnel of food commission. A pure food, dairy and drug commis- 

 sion for the State of Oklahoma is hereby created, which shall be composed of 

 the president of the State Board of Agriculture, the secretary of the State Board 

 of Agriculture, the treasurer of the State Board of Agriculture, the State Com- 

 missioner of Health and the secretary of the State Board of Pharmacy. 



SEC. 2. Officers of the commission. The president of said commission shall 

 be the president of the State Board of Agriculture ; the secretary of said com- 

 mission shall be the State Commissioner of Health, and the treasurer of said 

 commission shall be the treasurer of the State Board of Agriculture. 



SEC. 3. Powers and duties of commission; report. It shall be the duty of 

 said commission to carry into effect the provisions of this Act, and all other 

 Acts in force or which may be hereafter enacted relating to foods, drugs and 

 dairy products, and said commission is hereby authorized and empowered to 

 promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations as they may deem proper 

 and necessary to amend, alter and abolish the same from time to time not incon- 

 sistent with the provisions of this Act. They shall also have the power to 

 appoint one dairy inspector, one food inspector, and one drug inspector, to pre- 

 scribe their duties and powers, and to fix their compensation as hereinafter 

 provided. Said commission shall make an annual report to the Governor on or 

 about the first day of November of each year, giving in a concise manner, in 

 said report, a full statement of the work of said commission, and accounting for 

 all receipts and disbursements of the commission. Said commission shall be 

 authorized and empowered to print their rules, regulations and announcements 

 from time to time as they may deem necessary. The annual report of said com- 

 mission shall be printed, published and distributed the same as reports of other 

 State commissions. Said commission shall have authority to lease, rent and 

 contract for such office or offices as they may deem necessary for the convenient 

 transaction of the business of said commission at the seat of the State 

 government. 



Six . 4. Dutirx of officers. The president of the commission shall preside at 

 all meetings of the commission and perform such other duties as the commis- 

 sion by their rules may prescribe. 



The secretary of the commission shall keep a record of all proceedings of the 

 commission and perform such other duties as are prescribed in this Act, or 

 which may be prescribed by said commission. He shall keep an accurate ac- 

 count of the expenses of said commission and file monthly itemized statements 

 of such expenses with the State Auditor. He shall receive all moneys collected 

 by said commission, and promptly pay the same to the treasurer of said corn- 

 in ission, taking a duplicate receipt therefor, one of which shall be filed with 

 the State Auditor, and the other retained by said secretary. He shall make, 

 on the first day of each month, a report to the Governor, covering the entire 

 work of said commission for the preceding month and show, among other 

 things, the number of manufactures and other places inspected, and by 

 whom ; the number of specimens of food articles analyzed, and a list of cases 



So in Statutes. 



