The Delta independent., 1913-01-31


licensed under the provisions OF the
act shall have failed neglected or re-
fused, after demand, to render a full,
correct and complete statement of the
person, firm or corporation TO whom
farm produce has been sold, and the
true and correct amount of deductions
to be made therefrom on account of
freight or storage, if any, and COM
mission thereon, or do any other thing
required by this act, shall have power
to summon such commission merchant
so licensed by him as aforesaid, to
appear before him on ten days notice
and shall require such commission mer-
chant to produce his or their books
whereon the original entries of such
transaction may appear, and all other
/ documents or papers in the possession
or control of such commission mer-
chant concerning such sale or sales
OF the produce in question, and in the
event that upon full hearing before
such secretary OF state, such commits
sion merchant shall be found to have
failed or neglected to properly account
for the sale of such produce as afore-
said, or to give correctly the informa-
ton required to be rendered to the
consignor by this act it shall be the
duty of the secretary of state to re
woke the license of said commission
merchant and shall not reissue the
same within less than thirty days al
ter such revocation. In the event that
such commission merchant fails TO ap-
pear at such hearing when duly sum
moned, he shall be deemed to have
violated the provisions of this act in
accordance with the verified complaint
of the consignor and the secretary OF
state shall then revoke the license
of said commission merchant as here
in provided.
Sec. IL 1t shall be unalwful for
any such commission merchant to
make false or fictitious sale of such
produce consigned TO him, or to make
a sale of such produce to any person
connected with such firm or corpora
tiou licensed as a commission mer-
chant. connected either directly or in
directly. or to any unreal of fictitious
person or straw man, or to any other
commission merchant licensed to do
business in the state of Colorado, IN
less a full disclosure OF the intent to
make such saie, giving the name OF
the person to whom such sale is about
to be made, is first made TO the con
signor of the produce so TO be sold and
1.-THE written consent of such consignor
is thereto first had and obtained.
Sec. IL. 1t shall be unlawful for any
commission merchants as defined In
this act to enter into any comohatloh'
conspiracy. pool or gentlemen's agree
ment for the purpose of artificialiy
raising or depressing the market price
of any farm, dairy orchard or gar
! den produce on commission, for when
a license is required as aforesaid,
without a license, or having such IL
canse who shall fail or neglect to
comply with any OF the provisions or
/ this act shall be guilty of mlsoe-
meanor and on conviction thereof shall
be punished by fine not less than
TWENTY-FIVE dollars and not more than
4 five hundred dollars and not more
than five hundred dollars or by i'm
/ prisonment in the county Jail of the
county wherein such misdemeanor
is committed for not less than thirty
DAYS nor more than one year, or by
both such fine and imprisonment in
the discretion of the court.
Sec. II All acts and parts OF acts
inconsistent with the provisions or
this act are hereby repealed.