County judges. 82. The county judges of the counties of Marshall, Putnam, Stark, Woodford, Bond, Randolph, Monroe, Jackson, Franklin, Williamson, Scott, Jersey, Calhoun, Pike, Greene, shall be allowed the sum of five dollars per day, while holding county court, to be paid as now provided by law. § 3. This act shall be deemed a public law, and be in force from and after its approval. APPROVED March 7, 1867. In force March AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to amend the act entitled fees 7, 1867. and salaries," approved February 12, 1849, and to simplify said act. Fees trial. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That hereafter, pending in lieu of the fees now allowed to the clerks of the several courts of record in this state for entering each suit on the dockets for trial, and for entering each order or rule of court for continuance, there shall be allowed a fee of fifty cents for each and every term of the court such suit shall remain pending and undetermined, to be taxed and collected as other costs in the cause. § 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 7, 1867. In force March AN ACT to increase the compensation of sheriffs in the county of Knox. 7, 1867. Sheriffs. Bailiffs. Conflictinglaws. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, The provisions of an act entitled "An act to regulate the fees and compensation of sheriffs and collectors in certain counties," approved February 16, 1865, are hereby extended to the county of Knox, except as to the following items, to-wit: Committing persons to jail and discharging the same, summoning jurors, attending court or board of supervisors, bailiffs per day, and dieting prisoners in county jail. these excepted cases the fees shall remain the same as before the passage of this act. In § 2. All laws in conflict with the provisions of this act shall be of no effect, as far as the same may apply to the county of Knox, and the limitation in section five of the act mentioned in section one of this act shall not be applicable or in any way affect the provisions of this act. § 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 7, 1867. FISH. AN ACT to prohibit netting fish at the Grand Rapids of the Wabash river, In force March in Wabash county. 5, 1867. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That here- Minnows. after, fish shall not be caught or taken in the Wabash river, in Wabash county, between the Grand Rapids dam and the mouth of White river, by means of seines or nets: Provided, that it shall be lawful to catch minnows with minnow seines or nets to be used as bait for angling. § 2. Every person who shall violate the provisions of Penalties. this act shall forfeit and pay for every offense the sum of twenty dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the peace of Wabash county, in an action of debt, in the name of the people of the state of Illinois, one-half of such penalty shall go to the informer and the other half shall be paid into the school fund of said county. § 3. In addition to the penalty herein provided, every Seines. seine or net used in violation of the provisions of this act. shall be forfeited, seized and sold by any constable of said town, by giving three days' notice of the time and place of such sale, by posting a written or printed notice on the door of the court house in the city of Mt. Carmel, in said Wabash county; one-half of the proceeds of such sale to go to the constable making the same and the other half to be paid into the school fund of said county. 4. Appeals may be taken in cases decided under the Appeals may be provisions of this act, as in other cases of debt, before jus tices of the peace. § 5. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 5, 1867. taken. In force March AN ACT to preserve the fish in the Illinois and Fox rivers, and in the Illi7, 1867. nois and Michigan Canal, at the places designated in said act. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That hereIllinois river. after, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons whatever, to catch or take fish, or to aid in catching or taking fish with a seine or net of any kind, from the Illinois river, at any place between Starved Rock, in the county of LaSalle, in said state, and the dam now in process of construction across said Illinois river at the town of Marseilles, in said county. Fox River. Canal. peace. § 2. That hereafter, it shall be not be lawful for any person or persons whatever to catch or take fish, or to aid in catching or taking fish with a seine or net of any kind from the Fox river, at any place between the dam across said Fox river, at or near the village of Dayton, in said county of LaSalle, and the junction of said Fox river with the said Illinois river. § 3. That hereafter it shall not be lawful for any person or persons whatever, to catch or take fish, or to aid in catching or taking fish with a seine or net of any kind, from the Illinois and Michigan canal, or from any feeder or lateral canal connected with said Illinois and Michigan canal, at any place between the village of Utica and the town of Seneca, in said LaSalle county. 84. That if any person shall violate any or either of the provisions of sections one, two and three of this act, such person shall, if convicted, on the complaint of any person, made under oath, before any justice of the peace of said county of LaSalle, be fined ten dollars for each and every such violation. Justice of the § 5. All fines, forfeitures or penalties which may be recovered before a justice of the peace, as provided in section four of this act, shall be enforced and collected in the same manner as provided in and by the statutes and laws of this state, for the enforcing and collection of fines, penalties and forfeitures recovered before justices of the peace in case of assaults, batteries and affrays. Penalties. School fund. § 6. That in all cases of violation of any of the provisions of this act, the circuit court of said county of LaSalle shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the justices of the peace of said county, and any person or persons who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, shall be liable to indictment for such violation, before the grand jury of said LaSalle county; and any person who may be convicted on a trial according to law, on such indictment, shall be fined ten dollars for each and every such offense. § 7. All fines collected for a violation of the provisions of this act shall be paid into the school fund of said county. sage. 8. This act shall be in force from and after its pas APPROVED March 7, 1867. FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE. AN ACT to amend the law in relation to fugitives from justice. In force March 8, 1867. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That before County judge. any person shall apply to the governor of this state for a requisition on the governor of any other state, territory or the District of Columbia, for the return of any fugitive from justice of this state, he shall first obtain the certificate of the county judge of the county wherein the crime is alleged to have been committed that the ends of justice require the return of such fugitive. § 2. That when the punishment of the crime shall be Penitentiary. the confinement of the criminal in the penitentiary, the expenses shall be paid out of the state treasury; in all other cases they shall be paid out of the county treasury of the county wherein the crime is alleged to have been committed. That the expenses shall be the fees paid to the officers of the state on whose governor the requisition is made, and not exceeding twelve cents per mile for all necessary travel in returning such fugitives. Before such accounts shall be certified by the governor, or paid by the respective counties, they shall be verified by affidavit and certified to by the judge of the county court of the county wherein the crime is alleged to have been committed. 3. That the governor may prescribe such rules and Proclamation, regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or of this state, as he may deem expedient in relation to the manner of applying for requisitions for the return of fugitives from the justice of this state; which, when duly published by proclamation, or otherwise, shall be strictly adhered to by all persons in making such applications. $ 4. This law shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 8, 1867. GAME. In force Feb. 19, AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act for the preservation of game," 1867. Macoupin. Recovery. Penalties. approved February 16, 1865. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to kill, ensnare or trap any deer, fawn, wild turkey, grouse, prairie hen or chicken, quail, snipe or duck, at any time, in the county of Macoupin, for the purpose of selling or marketing the same outside of said county, or selling or marketing the same within said county, knowing that the same is purchased with the view of removing the same outside of said county; and the removing of the same out of said county shall be prima facie evidence that the person selling the same knew that the purchaser intended removing the same out of said county. § 2. That any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be subject to the fines and penalties enumerated in section five of the act referred to in the entitling of this act, and to be recovered in the manner and form specified in said act to which this is declared to be an amendment. § 3. That the penalty of ensnaring, trapping or netting any quail or Virginia partridge within the said county shall be five dollars for each and every one so captured, and that the violation of this in the sale of any quail or Virginia partridge, duck or snipe, shall subject the offender to a fine of five dollars for each and every one so sold. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED February 19, 1867. In force March AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act for the preservation of game," 5, 1867. approved February 16, 1865. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much Warren county of section seven (7) of the above entitled act, approved included. February 16, 1865, as exempts the county of Warren from the effects and operation of said act, be and the same is hereby repealed. § 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 5, 1867. |