STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. XV 



An Act for the i*rotection of Growing Fruit. 



Section i. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represaiited in thf 

 General Assembly, That if any person 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 fined in any sum not less than ten or more than fifty dollars, and may 

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

 The penalties incurred by a violation of this act may be enforced by indictment in any 

 court having jurisdiction of misdemeanors in the county where the offence is committed, 

 or the fine may be recovered in an action of debt before any justice of the peace of such 

 county. 



ArPKOVEI) P'KBRUAkV l6, 1865. 



An Act for the Protection of Orchard.s, and to Prevent the Destruction 



of Small Birds. 



Sectio.n I. Be it ettacted by the people 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 entrap, ensnare, or otherwise capture any 

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

 hawk, whip-poor-will, cuckoo, woodpecker, cat-bird, brown-thrasher, red-bird, hanging- 

 bird, rice-bird, sparrow, wren, huniuiing-bird, dove, goldfinch, and mocking-bird. 



Sf.CTION 2. Every person who willfully violates the provisions of the preceding 

 section, or who shall willfully destroy the nest or eggs of any of the birds herein before 

 designated, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five dollars for each offense. 



This Act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 



.\l'PKOVEI) FEHRi:ARy 24, 1859. 



.\n .Xct making an appropriation in aid of the State Horticultural 



Society of Illinois. 



Section i. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in tlie 

 General Assembly, That there be appropriated for the use of the State Horticultural 

 Society, to be expended in the payment of premiums, in publishing the Transactions of 

 said Society, procuring scientific investigations relating to Horticulture, and paying ex- 

 penses of Ad-Interim Committees, the sum of two thousand dollars per annum. 



Section 2. The said sum of two thousand dollars shall be jiaid m the Treasurer 

 of said .State Horticultural Society, on the order of the President and Secretary of the 

 same. 



Api'Rf>vEU February 28, 1867. 



[This law, although inoperative under the New Constitution of the State, is published for the in- 

 formation of new members as to the means by which the Society has been enabled to publish its " new 

 series" of reports. — Secretary. 



An .\ct ff)r the Protection of Consignors of Fruit, (Iriiin, Flour, etc., to 



be sold on Coinrnission. 



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

 General Assembly, That if any warehouseman, storage, forwarding, or commission 

 merchant, or his or their agents, clerks or employes shall convert to their own u.se the 

 proceeds or profits arising from the sale of any fruits, grain, flour, beef, pork, or any 

 other goods, wares, or merchandize, otherwise than as instructed by the consignors of 



