The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-09-08
WATCH OUT FOR
LAW VIOLATORS
Florida Citrus Exchange Urges
Enforcement Of Green
Fruit Law.

The following circular letter was only
last week issued by General Manager
Temple of the Florida Citrus Exchange:
To all Sub Exchange Managers, ASSo-
citation Managers and Special Ship
perS OF Florida Citrus Exchange.
Gentlemen
You are all aware of the strenuous and
successful fight made by the Exchange
Screen Fruit Bill" recently passed by
the Florida Legislature. 1t is now up
TO us 10 GO cooperate" 10 the fullest ex.
tent possible, and for each and every
one of US TO make it our personal bust
ness 10 see that the requirements of
this Law are strictly adhered 10.
For your information and in order
that you may have ii plainly before you,
we give you below an exact copy of this
Immature Citrus Fruit Law.
Gan Act to prohibit certain DISPOSE
tons of citrus fruits which are immature
or otherwise unfit for consumption; and
the miSbranding of citrus fruits.
Be it Enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Florida:
Section 1. That ii shall be unlawful
for any one to SELL offer for sale, ship
or deliver for shipment any citrus fruits
which are immature or otherwise unfit
for consumption; and for any one to re-
ceive any such fruits under contract OF
sale, or for the purpose of sale, or of
offering for sale, or for shipment or de-
livery for shipment. This section shall
not apply 10 sales or contracts for sale of
citrus on the trees under this section;
nor shall it apply TO common carriers or
their agents who are not interested in
such fruits and who are merely receiv-
ing the same for transportation.
Section 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any
one TO misbrand any package or any
wrapper containing citrus fruits; and all
citrus fruits shall be deemed miSbranded
if the package or the wrapper shall
bear any statement, design or device re-
garding the fruit therein contained
which is false or misleading either as TO
the name, size, quality, or brand of such
fruit, or as 10 the locality in which il
was grown.
Section 3. Whoever shall violate any
OF the provisions of this Act shall be
punished by fine not exceeding One
thousand Dollars or by Imprisonment
for not more than six months, or by
both such fine and imprisonment; and
the fruit whether immature or otherwise
unfit for consumption, or miSbranded,
shall be subject to seizure and DISPOSE,
ton as in case of adulterated or mis-
branded foodSand drugs"
AS the citrus season approaches we
trust that all of our members, and in fact
everyone who has the future of the
citrus industry al heart, will be on the
constant watch for any violations
either actually taking place, or being
Contemplatcd-of any of the provisions
of this Law, and wire this office i'm
mcdiately (at our expenSe) giving full
information as TO the point of shipment,
car number if loading, destination il
possible, shipper or packer-following
your wire with letter to us giving full
particularS-when we will Immediately
take the matter up with the proper au-
thorities. The source of our informa-
ton will be kept strictly confidential,
so that no one need hold back in furn.
iShing US information on that account.
We sincerely hope that this Law will
inspire sufficient respect among former
offenders 10 make them go slow and
not attempt il this year; but in case any
one tries il we are determined 10 catch |
the very first violatorS, and make
glaring example of them-and we de- |
pend upon your assistance TO accomplish |
this result.
Very truly yours,
FLORIDA CITRUS EXCHANGE,
w. c. Temple, General Manager.
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