The Springfield herald., 1914-10-30

Section I. Every commission mer
CHANT desiring to do business II the
Secretary of State as 4 bond executed
by such commission merchant ms prin-
eipai: and a surety company licen.ed to
..w,, s.m Of Of, ten n tSSSs.ad sSiisTs; ier tss
sna Every y" eonsIsnor Hs ''o9" Of such farm. rnn
dairy; orchard or sardsn produes: and
and storage, Il any, and such commits
the consiEnor ana such eommission
proved BY the Secretary Of State,
:h. fai or uee Hesfses to as
count and report for sale or to pay
sale. AZ required in this act. an action
may be had aSainss hnS, the he Drlnnclpai and
sonslsnor. to rseover the smoun. due
merchant and 1t. shall be lawful for
two or more consignors for the purpose
1t 5. suit heseqndsr to 5oin ACTIONS Su,
be brought in the county where said
place OF business: Provided. That said
bond shall not become void upon the
pon sn s bit
of said bond by rseoyeries thereon said
to make and file a new bond In an
amount amount equal to such impairment con-
% Section sIs,n9etSas Evsry eommission HraHnea mer
chant doing business under the provis-
ions of this act shall keep an accurate
shall be truly recorded the amount and
ceived by said commission merchant.
Of
rndo. with the date of receipt and tho
name of the consiRnor and the condi-
and when the same or any part there-
of shall be sold, The name of the per-
tosether %itS vi TIE amonnt 70 and o date 500 of
sale. shall be entered. The books of
the commission merchant shall be open
stase Of aaSF aaS Of II. deeuties ae se'ea's '
who shall receive from any person.
firm or corporation. farm. dairy. orch
ard or garden produce to sell on com
send to the consignor or consignors
statement in writing showing what
hs been sny such and preS se
duce or any considerAble norton there
of SO received shall be or become dam
tireIy unfit for sale it shall be the
duty of such commission merchant to
e the Of at hs pon by
where such goods are received and
take from him a certificate that said
necessary to. destroy the same. Said
certificate shall be made In duplicate
and one copy sent to the consignor af-
Section 8. Whenever any commission
merchant sells all or portion of any
any point in Colorado. to be sold on
commission. he shall make out his bill
om file IN se ess Of the tS be
mission merchant for least one year
after such sale: one copy to be sent
copy to be sent to the consIgnor Of said
goods within two days y praetiSable
after after, such sale. Such bills shall shall be
original and one carbon copy may be
detached. leaving one carbon copy for
bered consecutively and such commits
sion merchant shall retain with the Of
flee flee files s all sToilsd bills Such bills
showing the amount. and kind Of goods
sold. the price received therefor. the
mission mefessnt fail. to soIs propsriy d FUR fur
rsh such h, s to the
rs Gle evidence that such property was
not sold in aIlegitirnate manner. pro.
this section shall not apply to conslgn-
meuts made by one licensed commits
sion merchant to another licensed COM
Section g. It shall be the duty of
every commission merchant to pay. to
orchard or garden produce within thir
'y days after said sale. the full amount
OF f,r money due upon the sale sI, unless
anv such consignment, after deducting
therefrom the amount deducted for
Section 10. The Secretary of State
n "a m
writing made to him by any consignor
that any such commission merchant IL
has failed. neglected or refused. after
demand. to render full. correct and
Or corporation to whom farm produce
has been sold as aforesaid together with
the prices at which said produce has
amount of deductions to be made there
Il ON on account of freight or storage
II any, and commission thereon. or do
any other thing required by this act. to
summon such commission mechant. so
licensed by him as aforesaid. to appear
shall require such commission merch-
ant to produces his or their books
" whereon the original entries Of such
T ansaction may appear. and all other
6ocuments 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 a full hearing before
such Secretary Of State. such commits.
failed or neglected to properly account
for the sale of such produce as .nfore-
said. or to give correctlv the infOrma-
ton required to be rendered to the
consignor by this act. 1t 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 after
such revocation In the event that
such commission merchant falls to ap-
near 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 herein
provided.
Section IL 1t shall be unlawful for
any commission merchant to make a
false or fictitious sale of such pro-
duce consigned to him. or to make q
sale of such produce to any person
connected with such firm or corpora
tion licensed as commission mer
chant. connected either directly or indi-
rectly. or to any unreal OF. fictitious
mission merchant to whom any con-
signment Is made to re-consign or
make a sale of such consignment to
another commission merchant for the
purpose of receiving or b collect or
charge by such means more than one
commission for making the sale there
for for the consignor. unless by con-
Section H. 1t shall be unlawful for
any commission merchants as defined
In this act to enter into any combina-
tion. conspiracy, pool or Eentlemen's
agreement for the purpose of artifl-
cially raising or depressing the market