36 SIXTEENTH BIENNIAL REPORT 



NURSERY LAW 



(Chapter 33, Laws of 1921) 



Effective on and after May 25, 1921 



AN ACT 



[H. B. 63] 



Provifling for the lir-ensinc; of nurserymen and dealers in nursery stock and their 



ageuts, salesmen and solicitors, and providing a penalty for failure to con- 



form witli the act. 

 Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon : 



Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or Corporation to engage 

 in, eouduct or carry on the business of selling, dealing in or importing iuto 

 this State for sale or distribution, any nursery stock, or to act as agent, salesman 

 or solicitor for any nurseryman or dealer in nursery stock, or to solicit Orders 

 for the sale of nursery stock, without first obtaining a license to do so from the 

 State board of horticulture ; and it shall be unlawful for any person to falsely 

 represent that he is the agent, salesman, solicitor or representative of any nur- 

 seryman or dealer in any nursery stock. No license shall be issued until the 

 applicant therefor shall have paid the fee and furnished the bond as hereiu- 

 after provided. The license fee for a nurseryman, dealer or importer of nursery 

 stock shall be ten doUars ($10), and for any agent, salesman or solicitor, the 

 license fee shall be one dollar ($1). All licenses shall be issued in the name of 

 the person, firm or Corporation licensed, and shall show the purpose for which 

 issued, the name and location of the nursery or place of business of the nursery- 

 man or dealer licensed, and the name and address of the agent, salesman or 

 solicitor licensed, and the name and business address of the nurseryman or dealer 

 represented by such agent, salesman or solicitor. 



Section 2. All licenses shall bear the date of issue and shall expire on the 

 first of July, next following the date of issue, unless sooner revoked by the 

 State board of horticulture. 



Section 3. Every pei-son. firm or corporatiou licensed under the provisions 

 of this act to engage in, conduct or carry on the business of selling, dealing in 

 or importing into this state for sale or distribution any nursery stock, may 

 appoint agents, salesmen or solicitors to solicit orders for the sale of nursery 

 stock. Upon making the appointment of any agent, salesman or solicitor as 

 above provided, said person, firm or Corporation shall immediately make applica- 

 tJon to the State board of horticulture for a license for said agent, salesman or 

 solicitor, accompanying said application by the fee of $1 provided for in section 1 

 of this act. The state board of horticulture shall thereupon issue to such agent, 

 salesman or solicitor a license setting forth that such agent, salesman or solicitor 

 is entitled to solicit orders for the sale of nursery stock for the current year, 

 ending the first day of July, next following the date of the issuance of said license. 

 Section 4. Every nurseryman, dealer or importer of nursery stock shall 

 make application for a license therefor to the state board of horticulture upon 

 a form to be prescribed and furnished by said board, and with said application 

 the applicant shall pay to said board the license fee of $10 as provided in section 

 ] of this act, and shall deliver to said board a bond to the state of Oregon in a 

 form approved by said board in the sum of one thousaud dollars ($1,000), 

 executed by a responsible surety Company approved by said board conditioned 

 that if said license is issued, said applicant will well and faithfuUy comply 

 with all the provisions of this act and the laws of the state of Oregon relatiug 

 to the sale, disposition. delivery, inspection and disinfection of nursery stock 

 grown. dealt in, imported. sold, handled or delivered by said applicant during the 

 term of the license applied for, and conditioned that all nursery stock sold or 



