STATE IIOIITICULTUKAL SOCIETY. Xlll 



Sec. 4. It sluiU aud may Ik; lawCul for said i-orpoi-ation to have and use a commou 

 seal, and the same at tlieir pleasure to ijiange, alter and make anew, and in general 

 have and exereise all such ri.!;hts, privileges and immunities as by law are incident to 

 or uecessarv to the society herein constituted. 



Sec. 6. The Society shall have power to alter or amend their present constitution, 

 to make, alter or repeal su<-h l)y-laws as may be deemed necessary for carrying out the 

 objects of the Society. 



Skc. 6. This act shall lie in force from and after its passage. 



ArPHOVEl) FE15KUAHY Iti, 180.3. 



An Act to Punish Fruit Thieves. 



Be it enacted hy the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, 

 That if any person or person's shall hereafter enter the enclosure of any person, with- 

 out the leave or license of such owner, and pick, destroy, or carry away the fruit of 

 anv apple, ))lum, peach, jicar, or other fruit tree or bush, such i)erson or persons 

 shall l)c iiiiilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction tliereof, may be fined any sum 

 not less than ten dollars, nor more than lifty dollars, and may be imprisoned in the 

 county jail, for any period not exceeding twenty days. The penalties incurred by a 

 violation of this act may l)e enforced by indictment in any court having jurisdiction of 

 iuis(U>meanors in the county where the otlense is committed, or the tine may be recov- 

 ered in an action for de]>t before any justice of the i)eace of such county. 



Api'KOVed Fehkuaky 20, 18(U.' 



An Act for the Protection of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubbery 



and Vegetable Products. 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General 

 Assembly, That if any person or i)ersons, in this State, shall willfully, maliciously and 

 without lawful authority, cut down, root up, sever, injure, ])eel or destroy any fruit 

 or ornamental tree, cidtivated root or plant, fruit or othei" vegetable production, grape, 

 strawberry or cranl)erry vines, currant, gooseberry, raspberry, or <'Ulti\ated lilack- 

 berry bushes, standing or growing on or being attached to the laud of another, or shall, 

 willfully and without lawful authority, cut down, root up, destroy or injure any fruit 

 or ornamental tree or shrubbery, i)lanted or growing on any street, lane or alley, or 

 public grounds in any city, borough or incorporateil town in said State, every such 

 person so offending, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction 

 thereof, shall be piuiished by a tine of not more than tiAc hundreil dollars, or by 

 imprisonment in the jail of the county not exceeding three months, or both, at the 

 discretion of the court, and shall, moreover, be liable in double the amount of dam- 

 ages to the party injured . 

 "This law to take ettect from and after its passage. 



Approved February 15, 1805. 



An Act for the Protection of Growing Fruit. 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General 

 Assembly, That if any i^erson or persons shall, hereafter, enter the enclosure of any 

 person, without leave or license of such owner, and destroy, or carry away any part 

 or portion of the fruit of any apple, pear, peach, plum, or "other fruit tree or bush, 

 such person or persons shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction 

 thereof, may be; lined in any sum not less than t«'n nor more than tifty dollars, and may 

 be imprisoned in the coiuity jail for any period of time not exceeding twenty days. 

 The i)enalties incurred l)y a violation of this act may be enforced by indictment in any 

 coui-t having jiu'isdiction of niisilemeanors in the county where the otlense is com- 

 mitted, 01- the tine may be recoveri^d in an action of debt before any justice of the 

 peace of such comity. 



Approved February 16, 18G5. 



An Act for the Protection of Orchards, and to prevent the destruc- 

 tion of Small Birds. 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the pieople of the State of Illinois, represented in the General 

 Assembly, That it shall not be lawful, in this State, for any person to shoot, or in any 

 other manner to kill or destroy, or to entra]>, ensnare or otherwise capture any of the 

 following description of birds, to wit: The blue bird, swallow, martin, musquito 



