The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-07

Sec. Is. All laws or parts of law
in conflict herewith are hereby re
pealed.
Sec 16 This act shall take effec
July I. 1889.
Became a law without the COVER
nor's approval.
CHAPTER 1884
AN ACT to provide for the inspec
ton. testing and labelling of field
vegetable and grass seeds intended
for propagation purposes, and to pre-
vent the introduction into and the
sale within this state of same wheT
nnisbranded. adulterated or of infer
Tor quality; to require a seedman':
registration, to create seed inspec
ton bureau under the commissioner
of agriculture and to prescribe its
powers and duties Hereunder; Il
authorize the establishing of a seec
laboratory; to authorize the collec.
ton of fees for inspection, these
fees to constitute an operating fund
to be used towards defraying costs
of administration.
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislature OF
the State of Florida:
Sec. 1. Short title. - This act shall
be known by the title of the Florida
Pure Seed Labelling Law.
Sec. 2. Definitions.-For the pur.
poses of this Act the following terms
when used in this act or the rules
and regulations made pursuant there.
to shall be construed respectively to
mean:
Seeds-The term seeds" shall in
clude the seed of those annual crops
usually grown on farms and in gar
dens, commonly known as field and
grass seed" and as vegetable
Seeds"
Commissioner Commissioner of
Agriculture of the state of Florida.
Persons-IndiYiduals. associations,
partnerships and corporations, wheth-
Places - Vessels, railroad cars,
automobiles, or other vehicles, build
ings and other premises where seeds
are kept, grown, or handled.
All words shall be construed to inn
port either the plural or the singu-
lar. masculine or feminine, as the
case demands
Sec. 3. Inspection Bureau Created.
There is hereby created and estab-
lished state seed inspection bureau
under the supervision of the state
commissioner of agriculture, and all
the authority of this act and the
duties prescribed herein shall be ex-
ereised and performed by said COM
missioner.
Sec. 4. Registration Necessary to
sell or Distribute Seeds.-It shall
be unlawful for any person, seedman
or other merchant to SELL distribute,
offer or expose for sale or distribu-
ton in this state, any seed or mixture
thereof. without the owner of such
seed or mixture thereof, first regis
tering with the Commissioner of Ag-
riculture as a Seed Dealer, which
registration shall be issued annually
by the commissioner of agriculture
upon payment by the owner of such
seeds or mixture thereof. of an an
nual fee for each store of $1.OO for
a scotsman selling at retail only,
or $1,000 for a scotsman selling
wholesale only or selling both whole
sale and retail. Such registra ton
shall expire July 30 of each year. All
fees paid the commissioner under
this act shall be deposited in the
state treasury to the credit of the
general inspection fund, from which
all expenditures shall be made in
act. in like manner as other eX-
penditures of the department of ag-
riculture. Provided, however, that the
term "Seedman" as used in this
act shall be defined sa a person. firm
or corporation engaged in the buying,
selling, exchange, offering or eApos-
ing for sale of agriculture seeds or
mixture thereof. as defined in this
act: and the said term scotsman
shall not apply to a farmer selling
agricultural seeds of his own pro-
duction when grown, sold and de-
livered by the producer on his own
premises to the purchaser himself
for seeding purposes.
Sec. 5. Label Requirements of Field
and Grass Seeds and of Vegetable
Seeds.-Eyery lot of field ana grass
seeds and of vegetable seeds, as de-
fined in section of this act, except
as herein otherwise provided, when
in bulk, packages. or other contain
ers. shall have affixed thereto in a
conspicuous place on the exterior of
the container of such seeds a plainly
written or printed tag or label in the
English language, stating:
(a) The kind of seed and the va
riety OBJ The minimum percentage
of termination, tooether with the
month and year said seed was test
ed. (c) The maximum PERCENTAGE by
weight of purity; meaning the free
dom of such seeds from inert mat
ter and from other seeds distinguish
able by their appearance. I'D The
maximum percentage by weight of
noxious weed seeds. the term ''noX-
ious weed seeds" as herein used
being defined as the noxious weed
seeds or bulblets listed by the COM
missioner of agriculture as such in
the rules and regulations made and
promulgated under the provisions of
this act.
(e) Full name and address of the
person or firm who put Up or pack
ed the seed and labeled the same,
as well as that of the vendor.
Sec. 6. Exemptions. - Seeds shall
be exempt from the provisions of
this Act:
fa) When possessed, exposed for
sale or sold for manufacture or food
purposes only. OBJ When sold to mer-
chants to be recleaned before be-
ing resold. offered or exposed for
sale for seeding purposes. (c) When
in storage for the purpose of re-
cleaning or not possessed. sold. Of
fered or exposed for sale for seed
When grown, sold and delivered by
the producer on his own premises to
the purchaser himself for seeding
purposes. If, however, said seed be
advertised for sale through the med
ium of the public press or by cir
cular or catalog, or if said seed is
delivered by a common carrier, ex-
cept when transported for the pur-
pose of being recleaned as hereinbe-
fore provided, said seed must be lab
eled in accordance with the provis-
ions of this act. lei When sold and
delivered to the purchaser from a
container which is labeled in accord
ance with the requirements of this
Act
Sec. z. Duties of the Commissioner
of ulture-Inspection. samplipg
testing publishing. shall be the
duty of the commissioner of agri-
culture through his authorized ag-
ents. to inspect and sample seeds
as defined in section 2 of this act,
at such time and place and to such
extent as may be necessary, to deter.
mine the purity. INABILITY and true.