VIRGINIA, 



GENERAL FOOD LAWS. 



SEC. 1. Appointment of dairy and food commissioner. Within thirty days 

 after this act shall take effect, the governor, by and with the consent of the 

 general assembly in joint session, shall appoint a suitable person to be dairy 

 and food commissioner, which office is hereby created within the department of 

 agriculture and immigration, and which commissioner so appointed shall hold 

 his office until January thirty-one, nineteen hundred and twelve, and until his 

 successor is appointed and qualified. At the regular session of the legislature 

 in nineteen hundred and twelve, and every four years thereafter, the governor, 

 by and with the advice and consent of the general assembly in joint session, 

 shall appoint a dairy and food commissioner, who shall hold his office for the 

 term of four years from the thirty-first day of January, in the year of his 

 appointment, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. 



SEC. 2. Governor may remove commissioner. The governor shall have the 

 power to remove such commissioner any time, in his discretion, but the reasons 

 for such removal shall be laid before the general assembly in joint session at 

 the next regular or special session of the legislature thereafter ; and in case of 

 a vacancy in the office of commissioner from any cause, the governor shall 

 appoint his successor to fill the unexpired term. 



SEC. 3. Oath and bond of commissioner. Before entering upon the duties of 

 his office, the person so appointed shall make, subscribe and file in the office of 

 the secretary of the Commonwealth, the usual oath of office as provided for in 

 the Constitution of this State, and shall enter into bond, payable to the Com- 

 monwealth, in the sum of five thousand dollars, with securities approved by the 

 governor, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. 



SEC. 4. Salaries and assistants. Said dairy and food commissioner shall re- 

 ceive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars. There shall be 

 a deputy dairy and food commissioner, who shall be appointed by the commis- 

 sioner of agriculture and immigration and the dairy and food commissioner, 

 acting jointly, subject to the confirmation of the State board of agriculture 

 and immigration. The salary of the deputy commissioner shall be fifteen hun- 

 dred dollars per annum. The said commissioners may also appoint by and 

 with the advice of the board of agriculture and immigration such other special 

 assistants as the proper performance of the duties of the office may require, 

 which special assistants shall be paid for the time actually employed, as said 

 commissioners and board may direct. The persons so appointed shall have 

 power to administer oaths in all matters relative to the dairy and food laws, 

 and shall take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office, and file the 

 same in the office of the secretary of the Commonwealth ; and they shall hold 

 office during the pleasure of the commissioners. The assistants shall have the 

 same right of access to the places to be inspected as the said commissioner. 

 The salaries and expenses authorized by this section shall be for the unex- 

 pired part of the fiscal year ending nineteen hundred and eight, and each fiscal 

 year thereafter. Said salaries are to be paid monthly. The salaries and actual 

 and necessary expenses of the said commissioner, deputy commissioner and 

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