The Nevada County picayune., 1919-09-18
BILL TO PRO- HIBT HOARD
 ING DRAWN
Would Limit Cold Storage Period to
 One Year-GovemOr Will Present It.

One iear-G0Vern0r Will Present It
 \ bill which would make it an of fense punishable by fine of from SJ to Sf.66o or Imprisonment i'll the state penitentiary for one year to store any perishahle articles of food in any cold storage plant for period longer than one year, or fail to stamp upon each article the date upon which it was stored or to sell any article usually sold ill due course of trade" at a price higher than the average, was prepared yesterday hy Attorney General John D. Arbuckle
 The proposed act, which was framed at the request of Governor Brough, will he introduced at the special session of the legislature. which convenes next Monday, Mr. Arbuckle said. Following iS the bill:
 \ bill for an act to be entitled an act to regulate the hoarding of food in cold storage i5-ai4ts and the charg iii gof exhorbitant, unusual and ex- toltionate profits on merchandise and all other articles of commerce sold in this state
 Be i enacted hy the General AS sembly of the State of Arkansas
 Be il enacted by the people of the State of Arkansas:
 Section l. That from and after the passage of this act it shall be uu- lawful for any person or corporation maintaining q cold storage plant or other place for the purpose of stor- ing and keeping meats. vegetables and other perishable articles of food, to store in such plant any article of mer- chandise or food for longer period than one year
 Must Display the Date.
 Sec. ?. That from and after the passaeg of this act it shall be unlaw- ful for any person or corporation main 1 place i'll this state for the purpose of storing and keeping meats, vegetables and other perishable articles of food or merchandise withoua first having stamped on each article of food or oth- CT article placed therein in letters and figures of readable type the date that Ina 9ll nd icIa t. placed i'll cold storage
 Sec.3. That from and after the pas sage of this act it shall be unlawful for any retail merchant, wholesale mer- chant. broker or other person engaged l in commerce within this state to sell any article of dry goods. groceries usually sold ill due course of trade on which a higher average profit is charg- ed than the usual customary profit charged on said article or similar ar 1 ticle of commerce or trade or mer- ehandiSe tlroughouE the country and any retail merchant, wholesale mcr- chant. broker or other person engag ged in trading or commerce in this state who shall charge q higher average profit on any article of merchandise | than iS elsewhere charged on a simi- lar article of merchandise or com merce shall bc deemed guilty of prof titeering and punished as prescribed by the terms of this act
 Farmer to Be Exempt.
 Sect The terms and provisions of this act shall not he construed to apply to the farmer when offering the pro ducts of his own farm for sale nor to any other individual producer nor a manufacturer when offering the pro duets of his labor for sale.
 Sec 5 The circuit courts of this state shall have exclusive original jul risdction in the trial of all causes arising from the violation of this act.
 Sec 6. Any person violating any of the provisions of any of the see tions of this act or who shall be found guilty of profiteering as defined by the terms of this statute shall, upon con vietion, be fined ill any sum not less