Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Departmoat of hgrlsulturrr
Awtln Term
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Your 1ett.r of
OQinion 0r thla Deparbpo
ha8 bO4ul reeel7ed.
taken mm the r0r- 8al0, am not .ab- 0 Umeral ltune*
to haT( you l lrl~~ thir departmnt all lndl7ldtld, partnerehig, or oor- q the forwtr end taking thrre- 0r nurrrr~ &oak as udined herein- 18 same offon earn for ralr is the Oensral xtlrre~7 pnmirionr "Plmso admire ii rwh lndivldual, partner- ahlp, or oorporatlon doe6 not hate ia hi8 theM?
p000008ion oopf of the oOrtlrioat0 a8 pr0rmd r0r *2 Doparbont or &rloulture, Pago S
In Ax-tiolo 1693 (TlO-) Chapter 10, Revised Urlm- lnal St&ate* or the State 0r 20x6s or 1925, hiay 80 pro8o6stod under the prorlrlons the above aat.*
Artlolos 1692, 1693, and 1698, of tbo Penal Code read as r0lmm
Artlolo l&M
930 Codsslonrr or Agrloultaro shall oawe to be made at least onoo saah par an oxamlnatloa or l aoh nurso r~ o r oth er plaoe who re nursery stoak 18 0~p08od r0r sale. xi ouah #took 80 exsmlnea 18 apparontl rrso In all respoets rr0rp any oontaglona or lnfrot I OCLII disease or dangerously lnj~rlow ln- seat pests, the Commlsslonor shall Issue to the owner proprlator or 8aOh itook a eortlrloat~ rooltlng that stash &oak so 8malned was at the tlma Or swh examlhatlon apparently free room any such diroaso or post. 100 saoh oortltlaats shall be negotiable or transiwablo, and 8hall be void if rold or tram- Any saoh sale transferenos shall be pun- ierred. as provided by the sueseeding artlolo.w ishable Artielo 1593:
*All nursery stook oonslgnod for shipkant, or shipped by Weight, oxpres8 or other means.oi tf%ns- portatlon shall be aaoornpanlsd by a oopy of,,&id orrtlflaate attaahed to saoh oar, box, bale, bundle or paokago. xhao sald box, bale, bwlle or package oonklns nursery steak to be dollrerod to more than one person, partnsrship or aorporation, sash portion of suoh narsery stook ta be so Uollrrrod shall akso bear a ,oopy of suoh oortlflaato of lnspootlon. Who- ever rsnds out or dellron rlthio thlr State, trees, tines, shrubs, plants, buda or cuttings, somstmlp known as nursery stook, uhlah am subjsot to the at- tasks of lnrocta and dlserses anumerated heroin, tm- less ho has in his possos8lan a sopy of said oortlfl- aate, Qatsd wlthln a pear thereofi or hall deraoo or destroy much osrtlfiaate, or wrongfully be in pos- oeselon of suoh osrtlrloato, or fail to attaah pro- per tags on ebah shlpmsnt, suoh tags bearing a OOPJ of raid oortiffoato, shall be fined not loss thas one *3 Department or Agriculture, Pago 3
hundred nor more than twc hundred dollars.*
Article 169ar
"The term 'Hursory Stook’ within the moaning or this law, shall lnolado oil fruit trees and ~lneq, shade trees and totrat trees, whether swh shade or rorost trees be ospoolally grown ror sale In a nur- 88ry. or taken rmm the r0m3te and 0rrersd ror sale; all aolons, eosdlingr, roses, overgreens, shrubbery or ornamentals, also suoh groonhosso plants or pm- pagatfon otook all 0lasses berry plants, out ilowors taken ram plants, bushes, shrubs, or other t
trsos growing in this State, whloh may be a msdlom ror Qisecxinatlng lnjurloas Insect posts and oonta- glous dlressos.
*The term *nursery* shall be oonstrued to moan any grounds or promises on whloh nu+my #took la grown, or expcoad for sale. *Being in the nurser7 buslnoss* applies to any lndlrldual, partnership, or corporation which may either sell or grow, or both grow and sell, nursery stock, rogardlsse of the w- rfety or quantity of nursery stock sold or gronn.
*The tena ldoaler* shall be oonstmod to apply tc any Individual, partnership or oorporatlon not growers of nursery #took, but who bay and sell nursery stick ror tho purpose of reselling and reshipping under tholr own name or tltlo, independently or any oontrcl of thcso tram whom thor purohase. An *agent or a nursery or dealer* shall bo oonstruod ta apply to any lndlvldual, partnership sorporatlon soll- lng aurso~ stook, either as bolng sntl*sly under the oontrol of the nursery dealer, dth whom the nureory steak offered iOr barter and trarflo orlgln- atss, or some cooporatlte ba@is for handling nursery etcok with the grower or doalar, as speclfiod in this artlolo. Any such agent shall hare proper ore- dantlals tmm the dealer ho represonte or ccoporatos in that, aiiy such agent shall be with, and fall1 classed as a dea or, and sabjoot to ruoh rules and Y
regulations es may be adopted rolutlre to them, and shall be amenable to the same penaltlos for riola- tione of any pmrlslons oi this law.-
730 Departzisnt of .~gflcultare, psgs 4 Articls 1698, supra, a~ecltloally provides that
the tsrx “nurcory stook” 7 lthin the naa>ln~ 0r ,tho Qmerol ?:ursery 2tOck Low, &all LEaUde all fax&t trees and ~lne3, shade tress snd iorost treeo, r?ztS,er suoh shade or forest trees be 3spaci3llg pawn for sals in 3 nurser3 cf taken Srcn tfic forest -an6 offarcd for G&O. This jWtiole further ;rovld3s tkit the tax-3 %uw3ry* shall be -construed tc mom any grounds or proztisua on 2M.oh nursary stoo4 is gcma, or oqosej. Stir sale.
APtic1e 1092, rugm, ~rovl~ss for an c~m3irLatloI1 of .sao:I nursery or otam glace -:hera nur3crrg stook is ax- pow26 f'or Sole a& if sual-. stook 50 ero-ained 18 a??arontly free in sll rea~ects fra7- any contaplous .m? iciectioua CLa- oaao or dsngerously Fn.jr?rloaa icrcct posts, t!ic co-mlssioser to the owner zro>rietor of sncO stdck 0, aarti- aball iswa tloata Teoitlc:: t.bt such stock so oxanlned was at the ti=ia a>?arently free fron szly such disssse of sucti axazrlnation or psts.
Xhlcle lS93, su;ra, providce t?.at all nursery atook cor;sLged for ahipoentv or shipped by frsl&t, exgrcss, 01' other ~‘eeca of tramgortation shall bs ~ocoqse!.sd b: a to o~cl: cer, box, bale, 40py cr auoh cartificate attazhe& bundle, or pagksgo, ec:d when such box, bale, buadla, or ?ack- a50 omtal~r nbeery person, partn~reSig, cr cor;lorntion, oaa? *Grtlon of sucL stock to be c?eli79rs(? ISF’C thsn cze to nursery stock to be so delivers4 shll slsb bcnr a co>y of sucfi Certlilcata of inspection.
XPFRC;VEE!-iPR 8, 1940