OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

0-O.yUa 

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Departmoat of hgrlsulturrr 

Awtln 

Term 

awlt1uunr 

Your 1ett.r of 

OQinion 0r thla Deparbpo 

ha8 bO4ul reeel7ed. 

taken mm the r0r8al0, am not .ab0 Umeral ltune* 

to haT( you l lrl~~ thir departmnt 

all lndl7ldtld, partnerehig, or oorq the forwtr end taking thrre0r nurrrr~ &oak as udined herein18 same or offon earn for ralr is 

pnmirionr 0r the Oensral xtlrre~7 

"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 

Artlolo l&M 

930 Codsslonrr or Agrloultaro shall oawe 

to be made at least onoo saah par an oxamlnatloa 

or l a o h nur so r ~ or o ther p la o e wh o r e nur ser y 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 apparently free room any such diroaso 

or post. 100 saoh oortltlaats shall be negotiable 

or transiwablo, and 8hall be void if rold or tramierred. Any saoh sale or transferenos shall be punishable as provided by the sueseeding artlolo.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, partnsrship or aorporation, sash portion 

of suoh narsery stook ta be so Uollrrrod shall akso 

bear a ,oopy of suoh oortlflaato of 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 dlserses anumerated heroin, 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 tags bearing a OOPJ 

of raid oortiffoato, shall be fined not loss thas one 
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 nur88ry. or taken rmm the r0m3te and 0rrersd ror sale; 

all aolons, eosdlingr, roses, overgreens, shrubbery 

or ornamentals, also suoh groonhosso plants or pmpagatfon otook 

t 

all 0lasses 0r berry plants, out 

ilowors taken ram plants, bushes, shrubs, or other 

trsos growing in this State, whloh may be a msdlom 

ror Qisecxinatlng lnjurloas Insect posts and oontaglous 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 wrfety 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 or sorporatlon solllng aurso~ stook, either as bolng sntl*sly under 

the oontrol of the nursery or dealer, dth whom the 

nureory steak offered iOr barter and trarflo orlglnatss, 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 oredantlals tmm the dealer ho represonte or ccoporatos 

with, and fall1 

Y 

in that, aiiy such agent shall be 

classed as a dea or, and sabjoot to ruoh rules and 

regulations es 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” 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 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:d when 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 

sucfi Certlilcata of inspection. 
XPFRC;VEE!-iPR 8, 1940