General Laws: CHAPTER 20, Section 4

PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
(Chapters 1 through 182)
TITLE II EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH
CHAPTER 20 DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
Section 4 Assistant commissioner

Section 4. The commissioner, with the approval of the board of food and agriculture, may appoint an assistant commissioner and with like approval may remove him.