1941_public laws_115_8
CHAPTER 114 AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE OF SEED SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, OR EXPOSED FOR SALE IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That for the purpose of providing a fund to defray the expenses of the inspection, examination, and analysis prescribed in this Act: a. Each seed dealer selling, offering or exposing for sale in, or export from, this State any agricultural, vegetable, or flower seeds, other than packet or package seeds, for seeding purposes, shall register with the Department of Agriculture the name of such dealer and shall obtain a license annually on January first of each year, and shall pay for such license as follows: -1 Twenty-five dollars ($25.00), if a wholesaler, or a wholesaler and retailer. -2 Ten dollars ($10.00), if a retailer with sales in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the calendar year. Each branch of any wholesaler or retailer shall be required to obtain a retail license. -3 One dollar ($1.00), if a retailer at a permanent location with sales not in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00). Provided: That if and when the seed sales for the calendar year shall exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00), application must be made for a ten dollars ($10.00) license, credit to be given for the one dollar ($1.00) license previously secured: Provided, further that no owner or operator of any harvester or threshing machine operating on a share basis and selling only the seed obtained in this manner shall come under the provisions of Section seven of this Act. b. A one dollar ($1.00) inspection stamp shall be purchased from the Department of Agriculture for each seventy-two -72 dozen packets or packages of vegetable or flower seeds, or fraction thereof. The said stamp shall be secured by the producer, grower, jobber or other person, firm or corporation shipping such seed into the State before shipment to agent or retailer, and shall be furnished to said agent or retailer for attachment to display case: Provided, also, that any producer, grower, jobber or other person, firm or corporation, residing within this State shall secure said stamp before furnishing any such seed to any agent or retailer within the State for resale. The said stamp or stamps shall be attached to the display case before the seed are offered or exposed for sale, and shall expire at the end of the calendar year for which issued: Provided further that in cases where package seed of one kind or variety are offered or exposed for sale in boxes or display cases not in excess of three dozen packages, a ten cent stamp shall be purchased from the Department of Agriculture and attached to said box or display case.