XVI TRANSACTIONS. 



Sec. 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 

 oftense. 



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



Approved February 24, 1S59. 



An Act making an appropriation in aid of the State Horticultural 



Society of Illinois. 



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

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

 Society, to be expended in the payment of premiums, in publishing the Transac- 

 tions of said Society, procuring scientific investigations relating to Horticulture, and 

 paying expenses of Ad Interim Committees, the sum of two thousand dollars per 

 annum. 



Sec. 2. The said sum of two thousand dollars shall be paid to the Treasurer 

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

 the same. 



Approved February 28, 1867. 



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, represejited 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 use 

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

 any other goods, wares, or merchandise, otherwise than as instructed by the con- 

 signors 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 person or 

 persons who shall be found guilty of retaining or embezzlingany 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 count}' 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 per- 

 sons 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 discre- 

 tion 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 in the 

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

 ing 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, i86q. 



