The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-03-21


! March an, 1887 and an Act 10 omend an Act
entitled ''Gp act 10 protect Canal Lands against
tepa'ses' cpprored February 26ih, 1889.
SECTION. BE il enacted 6y The Peo-
pie Of The Stale Of Illinois, represented
in The General assembly, That for the
purpose of more elleclualIy protecting the
Canal Lands agains! tres passes, the acting
| Commissioner Of the Illinois and Nlichi-
gan Canal, shall Immediately upon the
passage Of this act, appoint such agent or
agents as may be necessary to protect the
canal lands and property, who shall pos
sess all the powers, and perform all'he
duties, specified in the acts to which this
is an amendment, except as hereinafter
otherwise provided.
Sec 2. Each of said agents shall re-
ceivo as compensation for his services,
the sum of two dollars per day, for every
day he may be actually employed in per-
forming the duties Of such agent, to be
paid out Of the proceeds of the sales of
down or fallen timber. and wood, and
judgments recovered under the provisions
of this act, and the acts to which this is
an amendment, provided the aggregate
amount paid to such agents shall not cx-
coed the amount heretofore paid to the
single agent employed for that purpose.
Sec. 3. Each of the said agents before
entering upon the duties Of his Office,
shall execute bond to the state Of Hi
nois, in the penalty Of five hundred dol
Jars, with one or more securities TO be
approved by the acting commissioner Of
the Illinois and Michigan canal, condi-
tional that he will well and faithfully ex-
ecUte all the duties required of him by
law, and make full and true amount and
payment to the said acting commissioners
or such person or persons as may have
charge o. the affairs Of said canal, Of all
moneys received by him as such agent,
which said bond shall be filed, and kept
in the canal office.
Sec. 4. If any person shall cut, fell,
box, bore, injure, or destroy any tree or
sapling Of any description standing or
growing upon canal land, he or she so Of
Tending, shall pay five times the value of
every tree or sapIing so cut, felled, box
ed, bored, injured, or destroyed, to be re-
covered by action of debt, in the name Of
the state of Illinois, before any circuit
court or justice of the peace, having ju-
risdictlOn of the amount claimed; and
shall also be liable TO be indicted and pub
ished according TO the provisions of an
act entitled san act TO proven! trcspass-
ing on the canal lands Of this state" ap-
proved Feb. 9lh, 1893.
Sec. 5 If fanny person shall willfully and
knowingly receive or use any tree, tim
Der, or wood Of any description except
trees down or fallen timber or wood as
authorized to be sold under the provisions
of the laws of this state for the protection
of canal lands, he or she shall be liable
TO pay for every tree, timber, or wood,
so purchased, received, or used, five
times the value thereof, to be recovered
| by action of debt in the name of the state
Of Illinois, before any circw. court or
/ Justice Of the peace, having jurisdiction
of the amount claimed.
Sec. 6. If any person, without permits
sion from the acting commissioners or
agent OF the said canal lands, shall take
or remove from the canal lands, any rock
stone or coal, he or she, so offending
shall pay five times the value of such
rock, stone, or coal, so taken or removed
as aforesaid, to be recovered as provided
in the foregoing sections and shall more
over be liable to be indicted and punish
ed in accordance with the provisions OF
the act entitled "an act 10 proven! tres
passes on the canal lands of this state"
approved February 9th, 1885.
Sec. 7. If any person or persons shall
willully remove, injure, or destroy any
materials, furnished for the construction
Of the canal, or any machinery surrender
ed to the state, by contractors, or shall in
any manner iniure the canal or the en-
bankments. walls, or structures thereof.
he, she, or they shall be liable to pay five
times the amount of the damage occa-
stoned thereby, and shall moreover be
subject to indictment, and ON conviction,
shall be fined in any sum not more than
Two hundred dollars or imprisoned not
exceeding ninety days, or both at the dis
cre;ion Of the court.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty Of the judg-
es holding courts in the counties of Cook,
Will, Grundy, and La Sale, 10 give the
provisions of this ac! in especial charge
to the grand juries of said counties res
pec!ively; and all justices of the peace
and constabes Of said counties are here.
by required to cause this act TO be en-.
forced as far as the same lies in their