Agricultural Law 



[Art. 12-a. 



Section 282 



283 



ARTICLE 12-A. 



Sale of Farm Produce on Commission, 



Definitions. 



Sale of farm produce on commission; license 

 therefor. 



284. Bond. 



285. Power of commissioner to investigate. 



286. Granting and revoking licenses. 



287. Certiorari to review. 



288. Report of sale to consignor. 



289. Offenses. 



§ 282. Definitions as used in this article. 1. The term com- 

 mission merchant shall include every person, firm, exchange, as- 

 sociation and corporation licensed under this article to receive, 

 sell or otter for sale on commission within this state any kind of 

 farm produce; except where such farm produce is sold for con- 

 sumption and not for resale. This article shall not apply to the 

 sale of farm produce at public auction by a duly licensed and 

 bonded auctioneer, acting as the agent of another to wdiom such 

 farm produce shall have been consigned ; nor shall this article 

 apply to seeds sold at retail. 



2. The term farm produce shall include all agricultural, horti- 

 cultural, vegetable and fruit products of the soil, and meats, 

 poultry, eggs, dairy products, nuts and honey, but shall not in- 

 clude timber products, floricultural products, tea or coft'ee. {A§, 

 added by chapter 457 of the Laws of 1913.) 



§ 283. Sale of farm produce on commission; license therefor. 

 On and after August first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, no 

 person, firm, exchange, association or corporation, shall receive, 

 sell or offer for sale on commission within this state any kind 

 of farm produce, without a license as provided in this article. 

 Every person, firm, exchange, association and corporation in this 

 state receiving farm produce for sale on commission shall, annually 

 on or before June first, file an application with the commissioner 

 of agriculture for a license to do a commission business in farm 



