The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-08

vestment company, or exhibit any false
paper with the intention of deceiving
any person authorized to examine into
| the affairs of such investment COM
pany, or shall make, utter or publish
II any false statement of the financial
condition or such investment company
or the stocks, bonds or other secu titles
| by il offered for sale, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not
less than two hundred dollars nor
more than five thousand dollars or
shall be sentenced to work in the
chain gang for not less than six
months nor more than two years.
either or both at the discretion of the
Judge.
Sec. 10. Any person or persons,
agent or agents who shall sell or at
tempt to sell the stocks, bonds or
other securities of any investment
company, domestic or foreign, when
such investment company has not COM
piled with the provisions Of this act:
and any agent or agents who shall sell
or attempt to sell any such securities
for any investment company, domestic
or foreign, in this state, which agent
| is not at the time fully registered and
visions of this act, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by
imprisonment not to exceed six months
or fine not to exceed $500.
Sec. H. All fees herein provided for
shall be collected by the comptroller
and shall by him be turned into the
state treasury, and all such fees turn
ed into the state treasury are hereby
lreapportioned to the comptroller for
1.-The purpose of paying all salaries and
lexpenses necessary for the carrying
Into effect of this act, and the comp
Itroller is hereby authorized to appoint
/ fsuch clerks and deputies as are abso-
lIutely necessary to carry into full
force and effect the provisions OF this
lact All money actually and neces-
Isarily paid out by the comptroller to
lany clerk or deputy appointed under
this act as salaries or compensation for
1services, or any money actually or nee
Iessarily paid out by the comptroller or
lby any clerk or deputy or employee ap-
lpointed under this act, for travelling or
incidental expenses, shall be paid by
1.-The state treasurer out of said fees,
lupon warrants drawn by the governor
and approved by the comptroller, con-
tanning an itemized account of such
salaries or expenses.
| Sec L. If any such investment COM
pany shall be dissatisfied with the find
lings of the comptroller as provided in
section of this act, then and in such
event such investment company may,
within thirty days thereafter, file with
the comptroller an appeal in writing
lfrom such findings of such comptroller.
Upon the filing Of such written appeal
1.-The application of such investment
company and all of its documents.
ldata and other information upon which
the findings of the comptroller are
biased shall be referred to the railroad
leommission of Florida, which commits
sion shall have power, and il shall be
their duty, to review the findings OF
the comptroller and to return such
documents TO the comptroller with
their findings reduced to writing and
Iif such decision shall have the effect OF
reversing the comptroller and holding
that the investment company is en-