STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. V I 1 



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 desig- 

 nated, shall l>c punished by a line of not more than live dollars for each offense. 



Tlii- Act in take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 



Approved February, 34, 1859. 



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 Plinote, represented in the Gi 

 iu mUy, Th.it 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 expens 



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



8» . 8. 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, 1SG7. 



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

 Etc., to be sold on Commission. 



SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General 

 .7, That if any warehouseman, storage, forwarding or commission merchant, or 

 his or their agents, clerks or employees shall convert to their own Use the proceeds or 

 profits arising from the sale of any fruits, grain, flour, beef, pork, or any other good-, 

 wares or merchandise, otherwise than as instructed by the consignors of said goods, 

 and shall on the demand of the consignors fail to deliver over the proceeds or profits of 

 said tjood-, 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 tine of not more than five hundred dollars, or 

 imprisoned In the jail of the county, not exceeding three months, or both at the discre- 

 tion of the court, and shall moreover, be liable in double the amount of damages to the 

 party injured ; and any person or persons vi ho shall be found sun' 1 "* of retaining or em- 

 bezzling a greater sum than one hundred dollars shall lie punished by fine, not more 

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

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

 the amount ■ >! damages to the party injured. 



Sec. 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. 



Approved March 4, 1809. 



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



the Public Roads. 



Section* 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois reprrsentcd in the 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 

 ige. 



ATI-roved March 25, 1869. 



