The Mena weekly star., 1919-04-24
NEW NURSERY LAW
 HAS GREAT SCOPE
Requires All Nurserymen and Agents Doing Business in Arkansas to Be Licensed-Penalties for Many
 Often Practices Fraud.
Special to The Star.

Special to The Star.
 Little Rock, April 21.-There is no law passed by the last legislature that effects more farmers than the Arkan- sas Nursery Fraud Act. Every farm CTS at some time or other buys fruit trees, and they like to be assured that they are not being defrauded.
 Fraudulent agents, unfortunately, have brought discredit very often up- on legitimate and very necessary business.
 To remedy this evil, the legislature enacted a law that will protect the legitimate dealer as well as his eus- toners.
 It provides for a system of licens- ing the nurserymen and dealers, who shall file with the chief inspector of the State Plant Board a bond of S1,OO0 conditioned upon the faithful compliance with the terms of the act, relating to the sale, disposition, de- livery, inspection and disinfection of nursery stock grown, dealt in, import cd, sold, handled or delivered by him during the term of the license.
 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or import into the state any nursery stock, or to act as agent, salesman, or solicitor for nursery stock, without first secur- ing license.
 The annual license fee shall be S5 for nurserymen and dealers in nur- sery stock, and $1 for agents, sales men and solicitors. All licenses shall expire on July following the date of issuance.
 Any person selling, delivering or taking orders for nursery stock with out license shall be guilty of misdemeanor and subject to fine of not less than $10 nor more than S200, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 20 days nor more than months, or by both fine and im- prisonment.
 Nurserymen or dealers shall be re- quired to file with the Chief Inspector sf the Plant Board duplicate of the complete invoice of each sale within 30 days of the date of sale, name of salesman, name of purchases, name and quantity of varieties, and prices of all nursery stock sold.
 Any person who shall wilfully and naliciously misrepresent, deceive or defraud any person or persons in the sale of nursery stock by substituting inferior or different varieties of trees, or who shall falsely represent the age, name, class, or condition of any nur- sery stock, or who shall misrepresent by making any false statement or promises for the purpose of making sale of stock shall be guilty of mis- demeanor and subject to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500, or by Imprisonment not less than 30 days nor more than six months, or by both fine and imprisonment, and shall be liable to the party damaged or in- jured for expense and loss of time.
 Any person contracting to render expert advice or services regarding horticultural practices as part of the value received in the sale of nursery stock, shall be required to furnish satisfactory proof to the Chief Inspec- tor of the Plant Board that he is quail flied to give such advice or perform such service, and shall be required to secure certificate to that effect, for which fee of one dollar shall be re- quired.
 Prosecutions under this act may be commenced at any time within seven years from the time of delivery of the nursery stock.
 The county agents are being called upon to assist in the enforcement of the act.
 The county agents are being in- structed to look out for and report the following:
 Any claims by nursery stock agents of being government or state men.
 Any other false claims to authority.
 Any promises to recommend or se- lect varieties after examining soil samples.
 Any promises of future care of or chards, pruning, spraying or other promises made to be broken.
 Any deal or arrangement which leaves the choice of varieties to the nurseryman 3r agent.
 Any substitution of varieties or of inferior grades of stock without buy CTS consent
 Any delivery of diseased nursery stock.
 Any other fakes or frauds that may come tO lipht