RS 3:1551 Bond of agents of nurserymen

PART II.  FRAUD OF NURSERYMEN

§1551.  Bond of agents of nurserymen

All drummers or agents of nurserymen, whether domiciled in this state or other states, selling their products by displaying samples or pictures claiming to represent fruits or garden products, shall execute a bond, with good and solvent personal security, the solvency of whom shall be certified to by the president of the police jury and clerk of the court of the parish wherein the surety resides, except in the parish of Orleans the recorder of mortgages shall certify to the solvency of sureties, in favor of the governor of the state, in the sum of one thousand dollars.  The bond shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, for the security of buyers against fraudulent practices of drummers or agents; and any person suffering loss or damage by any false representation or fraudulent practices of drummers or agents, shall have the right to sue on bond and recover judgment thereon, both against the principal and surety, before any court of competent jurisdiction in the state, at the place where the contract or sale is made.