For taking into the pound and discharging therefrom horses, asses, mules and meat cattle, ten cents each; sheep or lambs, three cents each; and swine, large or small, five cents each.

He may also be allowed to receive his reasonable charges for the keeping of such animals. The amount which he shall charge therefor may be regulated by the town meeting.

The officers composing the board of appointment, in case of vacancy, when they shall meet for that purpose, and the officers composing the board of town auditors, shall each be entitled to one dollar and fifty cents a day for their services.

No justice of the peace or town officer shall be entitled to any fee or compensation from any individual elected or appointed to a town office, for administering to him the oath of office.

Each town or district collector shall be allowed a commission of two per cent on all moneys collected by him, to be paid out of the respective funds collected: Provided, that in any case where the compensation so allowed shall be insufficient the town or county board may allow an additional compensation or per diem in lieu of other or greater commissions, in which case said additional compensation shall be paid out of the town or county treasury, as the case may require: And, provided, further, that all excess of commissions and fees over fifteen hundred dollars in counties of the first and second class and over three thousand dollars in counties of the third class shall be paid into the town or district treasury.

39. Supervisors and assistant supervisors when attending the sessions of the county board of supervisors or engaged in the regular committee work of such board shall receive for their services the sum of five dollars ($5.00) per day and five cents per mile for each mile necessarily traveled in going to or from the county seat or place of committee meeting, payable out of the county treasury.

Supervisors and assistant supervisors shall receive, directly or indirectly, no other allowance or emolument.

§ 2. Section 130 of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to township organization," approved and in force March 4, 1874, as amended, is repealed.

AN ACT to amend sections 12 and 13 of an Act entitled: “An Act to revise the law in relation to fences," approved March 21, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That sections 12 and 13 of an

Act entitled: "An Act to revise the law in relation to fences," approved March 21, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as amended, are amended to read as follows:

§ 12. Whenever a division fence shall be injured or destroyed by fire, floods, or other casualty, the person bound to make and repair such fence, or any part thereof, shall make or repair the same, or his just proportion thereof, within ten days after he shall be thereto required by any person interested therein such requisition to be in writing, and signed by the party making the same: Provided, that when a flood gate or that portion of a division fence which crosses a stream or natural water course is destroyed by flood, the person bound to make or repair the same shall make or repair the same or his just proportion thereof within two days after he shall be thereto required by any interested

person.

§ 13. If any such person shall neglect or refuse to make or repair his proportion of such fence or flood gate within the periods specified in section 12 of this Act, the party injured may make or repair the same. at the expense of the party so refusing or neglecting, to be recovered with costs of suit.

AN ACT relating to fire escapes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That within six (6) months after the passage of this Act, all buildings in this State which are four or more stories in height, excepting such as are used for private residences exclusively, but including flats and apartment buildings, shall be provided with one or more metallic ladder or stair or other approved fire escapes attached to the outer walls thereof and extending from, or suitably near the ground, to the uppermost story thereof, and provided with platforms of such forms and dimensions, and in such proximity to one or more hinged windows or doors of each story above the first, as to render access to such ladder or stairs from each such story easy and safe: Provided, however, that all buildings more than two stories in height, used for manufacturing purposes or for hotels, dormitories, schools, seminaries, hospitals or asylums, shall have at least one such fire escape for every fifty (50) persons for which working, sleeping or living ac

commodations are provided above the second stories of said buildings; and that all public halls, which provide seating room above the first or ground story, shall be provided with such numbers of said ladder or stair or other approved fire escapes as the officers herein named may direct.

$2. All buildings of the number of stories and used for the purposes set forth in section one (1) of this Act, which shall be hereafter erected within this State, shall upon or before their completion each be provided with fire escapes of the kind and number, and in the manner set forth in said section one (1) of this Act.

3. The notice to provide fire escapes shall be in writing and shall be served on the owner, trustees, lessee or occupant of any building not provided with fire escapes in accordance with the provisions of this Act, commanding such owner or owners, trustees, lessee or occupant, or either of them, to place or cause to be placed upon such building or buildings, such fire escape or escapes, within thirty (30) days after the

service of such notice.

4. Any such owner or owners, trustees, lessee or occupant, or either of them, so served with notice as aforesaid, who shall not within thirty (30) days after the service of such notice, upon him or them, place or cause to be placed such fire escape or escapes upon such buildings as required by this Act and the terms of such notice, shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), and to a further fine of fifty dollars ($50) for each additional week of neglect to comply with such notice.

5. All the money or moneys collected as fines under and by virtue of this Act, shall be paid into or placed to the credit of the common school fund of the counties in which they are collected.

6. Any person may at any time make complaint in writing to the authorities whose duty it is hereunder to enforce this law, that such escape or escapes are needed or are unsafe or insufficient, and it shall be the duty of such authorities to inspect such building or buildings, and escape or escapes, and cause notice to be served on the owner or owners, trustees, lessee or occupant, as provided in section three (3) of this Act, and such owner or owners, trustees, lessee or occupant shall immediately take steps to overcome the cause of complaint.

$ 7. The Department of Trade and Commerce shall have power to enforce the provisions of this Act and to require by written notice, either upon complaint by any person or without complaint, any owner or owners, trustees, lessees or occupant of buildings to place fire escapes upon same within thirty (30) days, in accordance with this Act. Provided, however, the provisions of this Act shall not apply to cities, villages and towns within the State of Illinois that have passed and adopted or may by their proper legislative authority pass or adopt. ordinances, by-laws or resolutions governing the kind, number, location, material and construction of fire escapes to be required on buildings within the corporate limits of such cities, villages and towns.

§ 8. That an Act entitled, "An Act relating to fire escapes." approved and in force April 21, 1899, and all amendments thereof be and the same are hereby repealed.

APPROVED June 28, 1919.

HOTELS, INNS AND LODGING HOUSES.

§ 1. Adds section 7a, Act of 1913.

§ 7a. Department of Trade and Commerce shall have power to enforce Act.

(SENATE BILL No. 440. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1919.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act relating to fire escapes in hotels, inns and public lodging houses, and providing that such buildings shall be equipped with appliances for the safety of guests in case of fire and providing penalties for the violation of the provisions thereof, and repealing all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict therewith," approved June 26, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, by adding thereto a section to be known as section 7a.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: An Act entitled, "An Act relating to fire escapes in hotels, inns and public lodging houses, and providing that such buildings shall be equipped with appliances for the safety of guests in case of fire and providing penalties for the violation of the provisions thereof, and repealing all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict therewith," approved June 26, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto a section to be known as section 7a, to read as follows:

7a. The Department of Trade and Commerce shall have power to enforce the provisions of this Act."

APPROVED June 28, 1919.

FOODS AND DAIRIES.

§ 1.

DESTRUCTION OF FOOD.

Wilful destruction of food declared a misdemeanor-penalty.
(HOUSE BILL No. 61. APPROVED JUNE 21, 1919.)

AN ACT to define and punish the crime of destroying food with the intent to influence the market price thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Any person who shall wilfully destroy or permit to waste any food fit for human or animal consump tion, of the original value of twenty-five dollars ($25) or more, so that such food becomes unfit for such use, with the intent to cause scarcity or to increase, control, maintain or influence the market price of such food, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) or more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jai! for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

APPROVED June 21, 1919.

AN ACT in relation to the handling and sale of eggs and the manufacture of egg products and to repeal parts of Acts therein named.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That for the purposes of this Act an egg shall be deemed unfit for human food if it be addled or moldy, a black rot, a white rot, or a blood ring; or if it has an adherent yolk, or a bloody or green white; or if it be incubated beyond the blood ring stage; or if it consist in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed or putrid substance.

It shall be unlawful for a person, firm or corporation to sell, offer for sale or have in possession with intent to sell, eggs for human food purposes which are not fit for human food within the meaning of this Act and the pure food laws as so known in this State.

Every person, firm or corporation who purchases eggs from the producer, for sale at retail or wholesale, shall candle all eggs offered to him, them or it and shall refuse to buy eggs unfit for human food as in this Act defined, and such producer so tendering for sale any egg or eggs so unfit shall be docked accordingly. Such candling shall be done in the presence of the producer if he so requests.

All eggs included by the candling or other method as unfit for human food may only be sold and used for mechanical purposes or destroyed as shall be from time to time prescribed by rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture. All licensees shall keep an accurate record of candling and dockage of eggs unfit for human food purposes subject to inspection of said Department of Agriculture.

§ 2. On and after November 1, 1919, every person, firm or corporation why [who] buy eggs from producers and sells eggs to other merchants, dealers or for storage or shipment shall first obtain a license therefor as in this Act provided, to be known as Class one (1).

On and after November 1, 1919, every person, firm or corporation dealing in, buying or selling eggs, buying in whole or in part from other merchants, dealers, hucksters or from storage, even if also buying from producers, shall first obtain a license therefor as is in this Act provided, to be known as Class two (II), provided this shall not apply to the retailer who only sells to the retail trade for consumption. and not for resale or storage; provided, however, producers shall not as such be required to procure a license.

3. The license year shall begin November 1, 1919, and each year thereafter. Al [All] licenses shall be to the end of the license