STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. XV 



An Act for the Protection of Consignors of Fruit, Grain, Flour, etc., 



to be sold on Commission. 



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

 General Assembly, That if any warehouseman, stora.ije, forwarding, or commission mer- 

 chant, or his or their agents, clerks or employes shall convert to their own use the pro- 

 ceeds or profits arising from the sales of any fruits, grain, flour, beef, pork, or any other 

 t^oods, wares, or merchandise, otherwise than as instructed by the consignors of 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 pei-son 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 exceednig 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. 



Sec. 2. This act to take effect 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, represented at th-: 

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

 upon any public road in this State, to plant shade and ornamental trees along and in 

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

 margin. 



Sec. 2. This act shall be deemed a public act, and be in force from and after its 

 passage. 



Approved March 25, 1869. 



