OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, PASSED BY THE SEVENTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AT THE SESSION COMMENCING JANUARY 6, 1851. SPRINGFIELD: 1851. LAWS OF 1851. AN ACT making partial appropriations. In force Jan. 18, 1851. ted to members SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State ofHlinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the auitor of public accounts be and he is hereby required to raw his warrant on the treasurer for the sum of fifty dol- $50 appropriaars to each member of the general assembly, to the speaker and officers. f each house, the secretary and assistant secretary of the enate, the clerk and assistant clerk of the house of repreentatives, to each of the engrossing and enrolling clerks, and assistant engrossing and enrolling clerks, and to each of he doorkeepers and assistant doorkeepers of the house and enate. § 2. The secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives shall certify to the auditor of public Names to be cer -ccounts, as soon as practicable, the names of the members tified. nd officers of the seventeenth general assembly. § 3. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED January 18, 1850. AN ACT to distribute the surplus copies of the Revised Statutes. In force Jan. 23, 1851. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That so much of an act entitled "An act in relation to the state liorary," approved January twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, as authorizes the secretary Act repealed in of state to sell the surplus copies of the Revised Statutes, part. be and the same is hereby repealed. Revised Stat Surplus copies of § 2. The secretary of state is hereby authorized to disutes to be distribute to the members of this general assembly, in equal proportions, all the surplus copies of the Revised Statutes, not needed for the use of his department. tributed. Members of gen- § 3. eral assembly The volumes of said statutes, so furnished by the to distribute to secretary of state to the members of this general assembly, destitute offi- shall be by them distributed, in their respective districts, to such justices of the peace, and other legal officers, as may be destitute of them, to be by them transferred to their successors in office. vers. Sec'y of state to distribute in § 4. In case the members of the general assembly shall fail or neglect to take and distribute the copies of the statcertain cases. utes, as provided in the foregoing sections, that then the same shall be distributed by the secretary of state, at the same time and manner as the laws and journals shall be distributed. APPROVED January 23, 1851. In force April 18, 1851. Persons guilty of fined. AN ACT for the protection of state lands. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That any person who shall wilfully cut, fell, box, bore, injure, or detrespass on state stroy any tree or sapling, standing or growing upon any lands to be land which has been or may be donated, granted, or conveyed to the state of Illinois, or the people of said state, or to any corporation, or persons, for the use of the state or people, under or by virtue of any law of the United States, or resolution of congrèss to aid the state in the construction of any railroad or canal, or any levee or drain, or other work of improvement, or to be used for any such purposes, shall be liable to indictment, and, upon conviction, to be fined, in not less than five nor more than ten dollars, for every tree or sapling so cut, felled, boxed, bored, injured, or destroyed; and the judgment of the court in all cases under this act, when the fine and costs are not replevied, shall be that the defendant stand committed until the fine and costs are paid. ury. Fines to be paid § 2. Fines collected under the provisions of this act into state treas- shall be paid into the state treasury, and applied to the purposes for which the land on which the trespass was committed is or may be held. §3. This act shall be given in charge to the grand jury of each county at each term of the circuit courts of this state, and the same shall be read at large to them. APPROVED January 23, 1851. AN ACT to extend the time for collectors in counties which have adopted township In force Jan. organization to complete their duties. 24, 1851. 1 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the time for the collectors in the several counties which have Time extended adopted township organization, to complete their collections, to March 1. be and the same is hereby extended until the first day of March next: Provided, that this act shall not apply to such collector, or collectors, until he or they shall first appear before the clerk of the county court of the proper county, with his sureties, and such collector and his surety shall con- Sureties to con sent, in writing, under their hands and seals, to the said extension of time, and further consent that said extension shall not in any manner impair the obligation of the said collector and sureties upon his bond as collector. § .2 This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED January 24, 1850. sent. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act for the incorporation of institutions In force Jan. of learning." 24, 1851. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State ofIllinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the act entitled "An act for the incorporation of institutions of learning," in force April 13th, 1849, be and the same is hereby amended by the addition of the words "and associ- Words added. ates," after the word successors, in the second line of section two of said act. § 2. This act to be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED January 24, 1851. AN ACT to amend chapter 104, Revised Statutes, entitled 'Trespass.' In force May 1, 1851. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That every Penalty. person who shall knowingly and wilfully, without color of title made in good faith, cut, box, fell, bore or destroy any tree or sapling standing or growing upon the land of any person or corporation, without the license or consent of the owner of such land, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum |