OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN 0-O.yUa

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### end taking 

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### "Plmso admire ii rwh lndivldual,partnerahlp,or oorporatlon doe6 not hate ia hi8 or theM? p000008ion oopf of the oOrtlrioat0 a8 pr0rmd r0r

### Doparbont or &rloulture, Pago S



### In Ax-tiolo

1693 (TlO-) Chapter 10, **Revised** Urlmlnal St&ate* 

### or the State 

### 0r 20x6s 

### or 1925, hiay 

### 80 **pro8o6stod** 

### under the 

### prorlrlons 0r the above aat.* Artlolos 1692, 1693, and 1698, of tbo Penal Code 

### read as 

### r0lmm

Artlolol&M 930 Codsslonrr or Agrloultaro shall 

### oawe to be made at 

### leastonoo saah par 

### an oxamlnatloa or laoh

nurso r~ or othe rplaoe 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 lnseat pests, the Commlsslonor 

### shall Issue **to** the owner **or** proprlator 

### or 8aOh itook 

### a eortlrloat~ rooltlng that stash

&oak so 8malned was at the tlma Or swh examlhatlon

apparentlyfree room any such diroaso or 

### post. 100saoh oortltlaats shall be negotiable or transiwablo, and 8hall be void if rold or 

### tramierred. Any saoh sale **or** transferenosshall be punishable as 

### provided by the sueseedingartlolo.w Artielo 1593: *All nursery stook 

### oonslgnod for shipkant,or shipped by Weight, oxpres8 or other means.oi tf%nsportatlon 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,partnsrshipor aorporation,sash portion of 

### suoh narsery stook ta be so Uollrrrod shall akso bear a ,oopy

of suoh oortlflaatoof lnspootlon. Whoever rsnds out or **dellron** rlthio thlr State, **trees,** tines, shrubs,plants, buda 

### or cuttings, somstmlp known as nursery stook, 

### uhlah am subjsot to the attasks of 

### lnrocta

and 

### dlsersesanumeratedheroin, tmless 

### ho has 

### in his possos8lan a **sopy** of 

### said oortlflaate, Qatsd wlthln a pear thereofi 

### or hall deraoo or destroy much osrtlfiaate,or wrongfully be in 

### posoeselon of suoh osrtlrloato,

### or fail to attaah proper tags on ebah shlpmsnt, suoh 

### tagsbearing a OOPJ of raid oortiffoato,shall be fined not loss thas oneDepartment 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 treesand ~lneq, shade trees 

### and totrat 

### trees, whether swh shade or rorost **trees be**  ospoolallygrown **ror** sale In a nur88ry. 

### or taken 

### rmm the r0m3te and 0rrersd ror sale; all aolons, eosdlingr,roses, overgreens,shrubbery **or** ornamentals,also suoh groonhossoplants or pmpagatfon otook



### t all 0lasses 0r berry plants, out ilowors taken ram plants, bushes, 

### shrubs, or 

### other trsosgrowingin this State, 

### whlohmay be a msdlom ror Qisecxinatlnglnjurloas Insect posts and 

### oontaglous 

### dlressos. *The term *nursery*shall be oonstrued to moan any groundsor 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, rogardlsseof 

### the wrfety or quantity of nursery stock sold or gronn. *The tena ldoaler*shall be oonstmod to apply tc any Individual, partnershipor 

### oorporatlon not growers of nursery #took, but who bay 

### and sell nursery stick ror tho purpose of resellingand reshipping under tholr own name or tltlo, independentlyor any oontrcl of thcso tram whom thor purohase. An *agent or a nursery or dealer* shall bo oonstruod ta apply to any lndlvldual, partnershipor 

### sorporatlonsoll

### lng aurso~ stook, 

### eitheras bolng 

### sntl*sly under 

### the oontrolof the nursery or dealer, dth whom the nureory steak offered iOr barter and 

### trarfloorlglnatss, or some cooporatlteba@is 

### for handling nursery etcok with the grower or doalar, as speclfiod in this artlolo. Any 

### such agent shall hare proper oredantlals 

### tmm the dealerho represonteor ccoporatos with, and fall1

Y in that, aiiy such agent shall be classed as a dea or, and sabjoot to ruoh rules and regulationses may be adopted rolutlre to them, and shall be amenable to the same penaltlos for riolatione of any 

### pmrlslons oi this law.-Departzisnt of .~gflcultare, psgs 4 

### 730

Articls 1698, supra, a~ecltloally provides that the tsrx “nurcory stook” 7lthin the naa>ln~ 

### 0r ,thoQmerol ?: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 axpow26 f'or Sole a& if sual-. stook 50 ero-ained 18 a??arontly **free** in sll rea~ects fra7- any contaplous .m? iciectioua CLaoaao or dsngerously Fn.jr?rloaa icrcct posts, t!ic co-mlssioser **aball iswa**  to the owner or zro>rietor of sncO stdck 0,aartitloata Teoitlc:: t.bt such stock so oxanlned was at the ti=ia of sucti axazrlnation a>?arently free fron szly such disssse 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 40py cr auoh cartificate attazhe& to o~cl: cer, box, bale, bundle, or pagksgo, ec:dwhen such box, bale, buadla, or ?acka50 omtal~r nbeery stock to be **c?eli79rs(? to**  **ISF ’** **C** thsn cze person, partn~reSig, cr cor;lorntion, oaa? *Grtlon of sucL nursery stock to be so delivers4 shll slsb bcnr a co>y of sucfiCertlilcata of inspection.XPFRC;VEE!-iPR 8, 1940