No person shall sell or offer for sale any of the trees listed in section 1¹ without having in his possession the evidence of title or lease prescribed by section 3² or providing such evidence within 24 hours, nor without furnishing the purchaser a bill of sale or other evidence of title acquisition or lease in form to be prescribed by the Department of Agriculture. Vendors shall maintain and keep for such period of time such records of their transactions as the Department of Agriculture shall by regulation prescribe.