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Burton</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Tom Sherrill</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-08-21</span>) </span>August 21, 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Miami,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami, Florida">Miami, Florida</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Tamara Gayle Morton</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Florida_State_University" title="Florida State University">Florida State University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stockbroker" title="Stockbroker">Stockbroker</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">Politician</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Chesley V. Morton Jr.</b> (born August 21, 1951) is an American stockbroker, securities arbitrator, and former member of the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_House_of_Representatives" title="Georgia House of Representatives">Georgia House of Representatives</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesley_V._Morton&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years_and_education">Early years and education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesley_V._Morton&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chesley V. Morton Jr. was born in <a href="/wiki/Miami,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami, Florida">Miami, Florida</a>, on August 21, 1951, to Chesley V. Morton Sr. and Anne Morton (née Morton – unrelated). In 1953, his father moved the family to <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale,_Florida" title="Fort Lauderdale, Florida">Fort Lauderdale</a> where he established a law practice. Morton attended <a href="/wiki/Broward_County,_Florida" title="Broward County, Florida">Broward County</a> schools. While studying in <a href="/wiki/Prague,_Czechoslovakia" class="mw-redirect" title="Prague, Czechoslovakia">Prague, Czechoslovakia</a>, in 1968, he and other American students were among the first foreigners evacuated after the military invasion of that country by the <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Pact" title="Warsaw Pact">Warsaw Pact</a>. He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Nova_High_School" title="Nova High School">Nova High School</a> (<a href="/wiki/Davie,_Florida" title="Davie, Florida">Davie, Florida</a>) in 1969 and was accepted to <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_University" title="Florida State University">Florida State University</a>, majoring in Broadcast Communications. After graduation, he worked for the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Public_Broadcasting_Service" title="Florida Public Broadcasting Service">Florida Public Broadcasting Service</a> program <a href="/wiki/WFSU-TV" title="WFSU-TV"><i>Today in the Legislature</i></a> covering political events as still photographer and TV <a href="/wiki/Cameraman" class="mw-redirect" title="Cameraman">cameraman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LeRoy_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeRoy-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1976 he moved to <a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta, Georgia</a>, where he attended Woodrow Wilson College of Law, later transferring to <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Law_School" title="Atlanta Law School">Atlanta Law School</a>. While attending night law school, Morton worked as a <a href="/wiki/Paralegal" title="Paralegal">paralegal</a>, and later served as a <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Sheriff" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Sheriff">Deputy Sheriff</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gwinnett_County,_Georgia" title="Gwinnett County, Georgia">Gwinnett County, Georgia</a>. </p><p>Morton married in 1986 and divorced in 1990. The couple had one child. Since 1985 he has worked as a stockbroker and as a securities industry <a href="/wiki/Arbitrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Arbitrator">arbitrator</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Dispute_resolution" title="Dispute resolution">dispute resolution</a> forums of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange">New York Stock Exchange</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Securities_Dealers" class="mw-redirect" title="National Association of Securities Dealers">National Association of Securities Dealers</a> (NASD now FINRA). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Georgia_House_of_Representatives">Georgia House of Representatives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesley_V._Morton&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Georgia House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morton was elected to four terms in the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_General_Assembly" title="Georgia General Assembly">Georgia General Assembly</a> beginning in 1983, serving as State Representative from the 47th District for eight years.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district included portions of <a href="/wiki/Chamblee,_Georgia" title="Chamblee, Georgia">Chamblee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doraville,_Georgia" title="Doraville, Georgia">Doraville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tucker,_Georgia" title="Tucker, Georgia">Tucker</a>, and unincorporated <a href="/wiki/DeKalb_County,_Georgia" title="DeKalb County, Georgia">DeKalb County</a>. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_House_of_Representatives#List_of_committees" title="Georgia House of Representatives">Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Banks and Banking, and Regulated Beverages</a> committees. During his tenure, he was the <a href="/wiki/Ranking_member" title="Ranking member">ranking republican</a> on the Agriculture and Consumer Affairs committee. In November 1989, Representative Morton served as an official <a href="/wiki/Election_observer" class="mw-redirect" title="Election observer">foreign observer</a> during the <a href="/wiki/1989_Namibian_parliamentary_election" title="1989 Namibian parliamentary election">independence election</a> in <a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a>, held under the auspices of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Transition_Assistance_Group" title="United Nations Transition Assistance Group">United Nations Transition Assistance Group</a> (UNTAG), which monitored the election of members of the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Namibia)" title="National Assembly (Namibia)">Constituent Assembly</a>. The work of foreign observers helped to ensure that the elections were certified as <a href="/wiki/Election#Difficulties_with_elections" title="Election">free and fair</a> by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">UN Special Representative</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martti_Ahtisaari" title="Martti Ahtisaari">Martti Ahtisaari</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT1989_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT1989-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Foreign_Observer_identification_badge_in_the_1989_Namibian_election.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Foreign_Observer_identification_badge_in_the_1989_Namibian_election.jpg/220px-Foreign_Observer_identification_badge_in_the_1989_Namibian_election.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Foreign_Observer_identification_badge_in_the_1989_Namibian_election.jpg/330px-Foreign_Observer_identification_badge_in_the_1989_Namibian_election.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Foreign_Observer_identification_badge_in_the_1989_Namibian_election.jpg 2x" data-file-width="374" data-file-height="285" /></a><figcaption>Foreign Observer identification badge issued during the 1989 Namibian election</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Animal_protection_and_humane_euthanasia">Animal protection and humane euthanasia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesley_V._Morton&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Animal protection and humane euthanasia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Representative Morton sponsored the <i>Georgia Animal Protection Act</i> of 1986, one of the earliest comprehensive animal protection measures in the United States. The law was enacted in response to the inhumane treatment of <a href="/wiki/Companion_animals" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion animals">companion animals</a> by a <a href="/wiki/Pet_store" title="Pet store">pet store</a> chain in Atlanta.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Act provided for the licensing and regulation of pet shops, stables, kennels, and animal shelters, and established, for the first time, minimum standards of care. The Georgia Department of Agriculture was tasked with enforcing the law through the Department's newly created Animal Protection Division. Representative Morton then sponsored an additional provision, added in 1990, known as the <i>Humane Euthanasia Act</i>, which was the first state law to mandate intravenous injection of <a href="/wiki/Sodium_pentobarbital" class="mw-redirect" title="Sodium pentobarbital">sodium pentobarbital</a> in place of <a href="/wiki/Gas_chamber" title="Gas chamber">gas chambers</a> and other less humane methods.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Irvin" title="Tommy Irvin">Tommy Irvin</a> and the Georgia Department of Agriculture were required, in their licensing of animal shelters, to enforce the new humane <a href="/wiki/Animal_euthanasia" title="Animal euthanasia">euthanasia</a> law. However, <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Agriculture" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of Agriculture">Commissioner</a> Irvin failed to abide by the terms of the law,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and instead continued to license gas chambers. In March 2007, Morton sued the Georgia Department of Agriculture and Commissioner Irvin.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Georgia" title="Fulton County, Georgia">Fulton County</a> Superior Court ruled in favor of the Plaintiffs,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> validating the terms of the Humane Euthanasia Act, with an <a href="/wiki/Injunction" title="Injunction">injunction</a> prohibiting the Department from issuing licenses to shelters using gas chambers in violation of the Act. After the Court decision, and issuance of the permanent injunction, Irvin continued to voice resistance to the ruling. In an interview with a south Georgia newspaper, Irvin suggested possible ways to circumvent the law, including the use of private contractors to operate gas chambers.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the Department continued to license a gas chamber in <a href="/wiki/Cobb_County,_Georgia" title="Cobb County, Georgia">Cobb County, Georgia</a>, a second court action was brought, which resulted in the Department being held in <a href="/wiki/Contempt_of_court" title="Contempt of court">contempt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cases received widespread coverage in the media, casting Irvin in an unfavorable light. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Penny_Stock_Law">Penny Stock Law</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesley_V._Morton&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Penny Stock Law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/State_of_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Georgia">State of Georgia</a> was the first state to <a href="/wiki/Codification_(law)" title="Codification (law)">codify</a> a comprehensive <a href="/wiki/Penny_stock" title="Penny stock">penny stock</a> securities law.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Max_Cleland" title="Max Cleland">Max Cleland</a>, whose office enforced State securities laws<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a principal proponent of the legislation. Representative Morton, the only <a href="/wiki/Stockbroker" title="Stockbroker">stockbroker</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_General_Assembly" title="Georgia General Assembly">Georgia General Assembly</a> at the time, was a principal sponsor of the bill in the House of Representatives. Georgia's penny stock law was subsequently challenged in court. It was eventually upheld in <a href="/wiki/U.S._District_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. District Court">U.S. District Court</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Statute" title="Statute">statute</a> became the template for laws enacted in other states. Shortly after enactment of the Georgia law, the <a href="/wiki/Financial_Industry_Regulatory_Authority" title="Financial Industry Regulatory Authority">Financial Industry Regulatory Authority</a> (FINRA) and the <a href="/wiki/Securities_and_Exchange_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Securities and Exchange Commission">Securities and Exchange Commission</a> enacted comprehensive revisions of their penny stock regulations. These regulations proved effective in either closing or greatly restricting broker/dealers, such as Blinder, Robinson & Company, which specialized in the penny stocks sector.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Consumer_protection_–_Georgia_Print_Law"><span id="Consumer_protection_.E2.80.93_Georgia_Print_Law"></span>Consumer protection – Georgia Print Law</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesley_V._Morton&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Consumer protection – Georgia Print Law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1986, Representative Morton introduced the <i>Georgia Print Law</i>, to protect consumers in the popular "limited edition" art market. In the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> limited editions are regulated under state consumer protections laws. California became the first state to regulate the sale of limited edition art prints with the "California Print Law" of 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state of Illinois later expanded on the California statute.<sup id="cite_ref-Print_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Print-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it was not until 1986 that more comprehensive provisions, still in place today, were enacted with the passage of the Georgia Print Law. That law became the template for statutes subsequently enacted by other states.<sup id="cite_ref-Gignilliat_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gignilliat-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Georgia Print Law, written by Representative Morton, became effective July 1, 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-Gignilliat_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gignilliat-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The law requires art dealers, artists, or auctioneers to supply information to perspective purchasers about the nature of the print, the number of prints and editions (including HC editions) produced, and the involvement (if any) of the artist in the creation of the print. The penalty for violation of the law ranges from simple reimbursement to treble damages, in the case of a willful violation. Those found to be in violation of the law are also liable for court costs, expenses, and attorney fees. The law applies to works of art valued at more than $100.00 (not including frame).<sup id="cite_ref-Gignilliat_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gignilliat-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Charitable organizations are specifically exempt from the provision of the law. The statute of limitations is one year after discovery, and, if discovery of the violation is not made within three years of the sale, then the purchaser’s remedies are extinguished.<sup id="cite_ref-Print_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Print-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gignilliat_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gignilliat-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A limited edition is normally hand signed and numbered by the artist, typically in pencil, in the form (e.g.): 14/100. The first number is the number of the print itself. The second number is the number of overall prints the artist will print of that image. The lower the second number is, the more valuable and collectible the limited editions are likely to be, within whatever their price range is. A small number of "artists' proofs" may also be produced as well, signed and with "AP", "proof", etc. Prints that are given to someone or are for some reason unsuitable for sale are marked "H. 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