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ing, ability, and integrity, one of whom shall be an expert in the matter 

 of dairy products, and the other of whom shall be a practical and analyti- 

 cal chemist, who shall be known as State analyist. The salaries of such 

 assistants shall not exceed eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800) each per 

 annum and their necessary and actual expenses incurred in the discharge 

 of their official duties. In case of the absence or inability of the State 

 analyst to perform all the duties of his office, the commissioner may 

 aopoint some competent person to assist in the same temporarily. 



3. The food commissioner shall have authority to appoint necessary 

 iuspectors not exceeding six in number to assist in the work of the food 

 ■commissioner at such times and for such periods of time as may be 

 required in the enforcement of the dairy food laws of the State. Such 

 iuspectors shall have the same right of access to places to be inspected 

 as the commissioner. The compensation of such inspectors shall be three 

 dollars ($3.00) per day for each day of actual service, and their necesary 

 and actual expenses when so employed. 



4. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to enforce all laws that 

 now exist or that may hereafter be enacted in this State regarding the 

 production, manufacture, or sale of dairy products, or the adulteration of 

 any article of food, and personally or by his assistants to inspect any 

 article of food made or offered for sale within this State, which he may, 

 through himself or his assistants, suspect or have reason to believe to be 

 impure, unhealthy, adulterated or counterfeit, and to presecute, or cause 

 to be prosecuted, and person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or cor- 

 porations, engaged in the manufacture or sale of any adulterated or coun- 



jrfeit article or articles of food contrary to the laws of this State. 



5. It shall be the duty of the food commissioner to carefully inquire 

 into the quality of the dairy and food products, and the several articles 

 which are foods or the necessary constituents of food, which are manufac- 

 tured for sale or sold or exposed or offered for sale in this State, and he 

 may in a lawful manner procure samples of the same, and direct the State 

 analyst to make due and careful examination of the same, and report to 

 the commissioner the result of the analysis of all or any such food or dairy 

 products as are adulterated, impure or unwholesome, in contravention of 



