The Delta independent., 1915-03-12

No license shall be valid after the
last day of the calendar year in which
i issued and for each calendar year
said commission merchant shall make
new application giving new bond and
shall pay a further license fee as
above provided and receive license
for such year. The license of each
lcommission merchant shall be posted
in the office or sales room of said
commission merchant. in plain view
of the public Provided that agents
of licensed commission merchant
shall show in writing his authority to
act as such agent
Section 4. The secretary of state
shall have power and it shall be his
duty, either upon verified complaint
of an interested person or without
son to believe it necessary, to make
an investigation of the reputation and
business integrity of any licensee un-
der this act or of any person, corpor-
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ying for license, or into any trans
action involving the solicitation. re-
ceipt. sale. or attempted sale of farm
produce on commission basis.
Whenever it shall appear to the secre-
tary of state from said complaint that
an applicant or licensee under this act
has failed to make proper and true
accounts and settlements promptly, or
has made false statements as to the
condition, quality or quantity of goods
received or while in storage, or has
made false statements as to market
conditions with intent to deceive, or
has failed to make payments for
goods received or has committed 9th
er acts which might tend to injure
the consignors, he may examine at
the place of business of the applicant
or Hcensee that portion of the ledgers
other documents relating to the trans
actions involved, of such applicant
or licensee and he shall have the
right to take testimony under oath
concerning matters in this section re-
| ferred to. If upon such investigation
and examination the secretary of
state decides that such applicant or
licensee has willfully violated the pro-
visions of this act, he shall have the
right, upon giving ten days notice by
registered mail to said applicant or
licensee and upon giving opportunity
to such applicant or licensee to be
heard, to refuse to issue a license, If
license has not already been issued or
to revoke the license If one has been
issued. At such hearing. the appli-
cant or licensee shall have the right
to introduce testimony in refutation of
the charges made II upon such
hearing a license is refused to an ap-
plicant, or the license of commission
merchant is revoked, the applicant or
commission merchant shall have the
right to take an appeal to the county
or district court Of the county In
| which the hearing was had. for the
purpose of reviewing the action OF
the secretary of state, upon giving a
bond in an amount sufficient to cover
the costs of said appeal. the amount
of said bond to be determined by the
Judge or court to which appeal is
taken. The procedure for taking such
appeal shall be the same as now pro-
vided by law for appeals taken from
boards of county commissioners in the
cases of disallowance of claims.
Section 5. Every commission mer-
chant shall, upon receipt of farm pro-
duce, make a record thereof specify
ing the name and address of the con-
signor, the date of receipt and the
kind, condition and quantity of such
produce and within forty-eight hours
of the receipt of such farm produce,
such commission merchant shall make
and forward to the consignor a writ
ten report setting froth therein the
date of receipt of such farm produce
together with the kind. condition and
quantity thereof. In the event such
produce is received in a decayed or
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