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said goods, and shall on the demand of the consignor fail to deliver over the proceeds 

 or profits of said goods, after deducting the usual per cent, on the sales as commission, 

 shall be found guilty of a misdemeanor. And any person or persons who shall be found 

 guilty of retaining or embezzling any money prohibited in this section, not exceeding 

 one hundred dollars, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, 

 or imprisoned 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 damages 

 to the party injured ; any person or persons who shall be found guilty of retaining or 

 embezzling a greater sum than one hundred dollars, shall be punished by fine, not more 

 than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the jail of the county not exceeding one 

 year, or both, at the discretion of the court ; and shall, moreover, be liable in double 

 the amount of damages to the party injured. 



Section 2. This act to take eftect from and after its passage. 



Approved March 4, 1869. 



An Act to permit the planting of Shade and Ornamental Trees along 



the Public Roads. 



Section i. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois yepresented in the 

 General Assembly, That it shall be lawful for owners or occupants of lands, bordering 

 upon any puVjlic road in this State, to plant shade and oinamental trees along and in 

 such road, at a distance not exceeding one-tenth of the legal width of the road from its 

 margin. 



Section 2. This act shall be deemed a public act and be in force from and after 

 its passage. 



Approved March 25, 1869. 



