STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. XV 



An Act to Punish Fruit Thieves. 



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

 AsseniNv, That if anv person or persons shall hereafter enter the enclosure of any 

 person without the leave or license of such owner, and pick, destroy, or carry away 

 the fruit of any apple, plum, peach, pear, or other fruit tree or hush, such person 

 or persons shall be guiltv of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, may be 

 fined any sum not less than ten dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, and may be 

 imprisoned in the county jail, for any period not exceeding twenty days. The pen- 

 alties incurred by violation of this act may be enforced by indictment in any 

 court having jurisdiction of misdemeanors in the county where the offense is com- 

 mitted, or the fine may be recovered in an action for debt before any justice of the 

 peace of such county. 



Approved February 26, 1S61. 



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



and Vegetable Products. 



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

 General Assem/'/y, That if any person or persons, in this State, shall willfully, mali- 

 ciously, and without lawful authority, cut down, root up, sever, injure, peel, or destroy 

 any fruit or ornamental tree, cultivated root or plant, fruit or other vegetable produc- 

 tion, grape, strawberry, or cranberry vines,currants, gooseberry, raspberry or cultivated 

 blackberry bushes, standing or growing on or being attached to the land of another, 

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

 any fruit or ornamental tree or shrubbery, planted or growing on any street, lane or 

 alley, or public grounds in any city, borough, or incorporated town in said State, 

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

 conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dol- 

 lars, 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 damages to the party injured. 



This law to take effect from and after its passage. 



Approved February 15, 1865. 



An Act for the Protection of Growing Fruit. 



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

 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 nor more than fifty 

 dollars, and may be imprisoned in the county jail for any period of time not exceed- 

 ing 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 offense is committed, or the fine may be recovered in an action of debt 

 before any justice of the peace of such county. 



Approved February aG, 1865. 



An Act for the Protection of Orchards, and to Prevent the Destruction 



of Small Birds. 



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

 enteral 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 descrijition 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, humming bird, dove, goldfinch, and 

 mocking bird. 



