LAWS OF MICHIGAN. RELATIVE TO INSPECTION AND ADULTERATION OF FOODS AND DRUGS. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION. AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a Dairy and Food Commissioner, and to define his powers and duties and fix his compensation. (Act No. 211, Public Acts, 1893.) The People of the State of Michigan enact: 1. (C. L., 4973) SECTION 1. That within thirty days after this act shall take effect, the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate, shall appoint a suitable person to be Dairy and Food Commissioner, which office is hereby created, and which commissioner so appointed shall hold his office until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five and until his successor is appointed and qualified. At the next regular session of the legislature and every two years thereafter, the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a Dairy and Food Commissioner, who shall hold his office for the term of two years from the first day of January in the year of his appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified. 2. (C. L., 4974) SEC. 2. The governor shall have power to remove such commissioner at any time in his discretion; but the reasons for such removal shall be laid before the Senate 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 may appoint another person to fill the same. 3. (C. L., 4975) SEC. 3. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the person so appointed shall make, subscribe, and file in the office of the Secretary of State, an oath of office in the form prescribed by section one of article eighteen of the constitution of this State, and shall enter into bonds with the people of the State of Michigan in the sum of ten thousand dollars, with sureties to be approved by the Governor, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. 4. (C. L., 4976) SEC. 4. Said commissioner shall receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars. The said commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered, by and with the advice and consent of the gov ernor, to appoint a deputy commissioner. The salary of the deputy com |