enue is now being collected and must be paid over before the first day of July next: therefore, this law shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED February 13, 1872.

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AN ACT to fix the fees of township collectors, in counties under township or- In force July 1, ganization, having a population not exceeding seventy thousand inhabitants, and to authorize the treasurer of such counties to settle with township collectors in accordance with the fees herein fixed.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That in all counties under township organization, having a population not exceeding seventy thousand inhabitants, the town collectors shall be entitled to deduct and retain as their fees, from all taxes levied for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one (1871), and collected by them, three per cent., in full for their services: Provided, that only two per cent. shall be retained by such collectors from taxes levied for school purposes.

Fees of collectors.

Where settlement has been

2. In all cases where the town collectors in such counties have made a settlement with the county treasurer for made. the taxes collected for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one (1871), before the passage of this law, the county treasurer shall pay over to such collectors such amounts of money out of the county treasury as will make the commission of such collectors the amount herein allowed. APPROVED April 9, 1872.

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AN ACT to repeal all laws in conflict with the act relative to fees and salaries, In force July 1, passed at the present session of this general assembly, or relating to the fees or salaries of the officers named in said act, except as therein specified.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all laws or parts of laws, heretofore existing, whether general, special or local, providing for the payment of any salary, fees or compensation to any of the officers mentioned or referred to in the certain act passed at the present session of this general assembly, entitled "An act to fix the salaries of state officers, of the judges of the circuit courts and superior court of Cook county, of the state's attorneys, of the judges and prosecuting attorneys of inferior courts in cities and towns, of the county officers of Cook county; to reg

ulate the fees of the secretary of state, and of the clerks of the supreme court, to classify the counties according to population, and fix the scale of fees for county officers in each class; to establish the fees of masters in chancery, notaries public, commissioners, arbitrators, jurors, witnesses, justices of the peace, constables and all town officers; to provide the mode of rendering their accounts, and to fix a penalty for exacting illegal fees," other than is therein specified, are hereby repealed; but the repeal of such prior laws shall not prejudice the right of any officer to collect the fees or salary due him for services performed prior to the time this act takes effect, nor affect any right accrued, or liability or penalty incurred under the laws hereby repealed, nor any prosecution therefor.

APPROVED April 9, 1872.

In force July 1, AN ACT to provide for and fix the salary of the judges of the supreme court.

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Repeal.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That there shall be allowed and paid to each of the judges of the supreme court, in lieu of any and all other fees, salary and compensation whatsoever, an annual salary of five thousand dollars, payable in quarterly-yearly installments, out of the state treasury, on the warrant of the auditor of public accounts, from and out of any money not otherwise appropriated. 2. Any and all laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

APPROVED March 17, 1871.

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In force July 1. AN ACT providing for the payment, by the county of Cook, of further compensation to the judges of the circuit and superior courts, and the state's attorney of said county, respectively.

Addition salaries county..

by

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the to judges of the circuit and superior courts, and the state's attorney of Cook county, shall each be paid by the said county, in addition to the salaries which may be paid to them from the state treasury, such further compensation as will make their respective salaries amount to the sum of seven thousand dollars.

To be paid quarterly,

§ 2. The said compensation shall be paid in equal quarterly installments; and it shall be the duty of the county

clerk of said county, at the end of each and every quarter of the year, to draw an order or warrant therefor in favor of each of said judges and state's attorney, respectively, on the county treasurer of said county, whose duty it shall be to pay the same on presentation properly indorsed. APPROVED April 13, 1871.

AN ACT to establish the salary of the lieutenant-governor.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the lieutenant-governor of this state shall receive a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum, said salary to commence on the eighth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and be paid to him in quarter-annual installments, on the warrant of the auditor of state, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated.

In force Dec. 22, 1871.

Salary.

§ 2. Whereas, by the constitution, no pay can be re- Emergency. ceived by him until his salary is fixed by law, and it is proper that he should receive pay at the time of the performance of his duties as such officer, whereby an emergency has arisen: therefore, this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage; and that this law continue in force until January first, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and no longer. APPROVED December 22, 1871.

FIRE COMPANIES.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act amendatory of an act, approved In force July 1, March 3, 1845, in relation to fire companies," approved February 24, 1859.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of' Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That section one of an act entitled "An act amendatory of an act approved March 3, 1845, in relation to fire companies," approved February 24, 1859, be so amended as to read as follows: "Fire companies incorporated or desiring to become incorporated under the laws of this state, shall have the names of the members thereof recorded in the recorder's office of the proper county, and also in the office of the city,

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town or village clerk, or in the office of the register of cities in which such officers exist. The corporate authorities of any town, city or village where any fire company exists, may by ordinance exempt such of the members of such company as are active members thereof, and perform the duties of firemen, from road and street labor, as well as from the payment of money in lieu thereof; and the members of such company or companies shall not be otherwise exempt.'

APPROVED March 8, 1872.

FISH.

In force July 1, AN ACT to prevent the destruction of fish in the state of Illinois, and to

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Obstructions.

Complaint.

Justice to hear

and determine.

secure the unobstructed passage of fish in all the waters of this state wherein they were once accustomed to be found.

SEOTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That no person shall place, erect or cause to be placed or erected any dam, seine, net, weir, fish-dam or other obstruction in or across any of the rivers, creeks, streams, ponds, lakes, sloughs, bayous or other water courses wholly within this state, or in that part of such stream or water course wholly within this state, in such manner as shall hinder or obstruct the free passage of fish up or down or through such waters. or water courses; and that from and after the adoption of this act it shall be unlawful for any person to use any seine or net for the purpose of catching fish, except minnows, in any of the waters of this state, the meshes of whose seine is less than one and one-half inches.

§ 2. Whenever complaint shall be made to any justice of the peace in any county of this state, that any person has violated the foregoing section, he shall inquire into the natter, and if satisfied, from the affidavit of the person making the complaint, or from other testimony, that there is reasonable cause to justify the making of such complaint, he shall issue his warrant, directed to the sheriff or any constable of such county, authorizing and commanding him forthwith to arrest and bring before him the person alleged or charged to have been guilty of a violation of the foregoing section.

3. Whenever any person shall be brought before any justice of the peace in the manner provided for in the last

preceding section, for a violation of the first section of this act, it shall be the duty of such justice of the peace to hear and determine the complaint made against such person in a summary manner.

84. Any person found guilty of a violation of said first Fine. section shall be fined by the justice before whom the complaint may be made, as provided for in the second section, in the sum of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for the first offense, and for the second or any subsequent offense such fine may be increased to an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars.

5. All suits commenced under this act shall be in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, and when any judgment is rendered against any person or persons offending against the first section of this act, execution shall issue on such judgment, and the sheriff or constable to whom the same may be directed shall pay all moneys collected on such execution to the county superintendent of schools of the county wherein such offense is committed and such judgment rendered, when the same shall form part of the common school fund of such county.

Suits

this act.

under

86. For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Executions. act it is hereby declared that any execution issued as provided for in the last preceding section, and if returned "not satisfied," the justice issuing the same, and in case of his death or absence from the place, any other nearest justice of the peace in such county, shall issue his warrant to the constable or sheriff of such county commanding him to take, carry and deliver the person or persons against whom such execution may have issued, to the jailer of such county, who shall receive such person or persons into his custody and commit him or them to the common jail of such county for a period of not less than ten nor more than sixty days, as the justice shall, in his warrant, direct, and any person so committed to jail may be discharged at any time during such confinement on his payment to the officer to whom the execution was delivered, as provided in the fifth section of this act, the amount of his fine and the costs of his arrest and detention, which money shall be paid by such constable or sheriff, in the same manner as though it had been paid before such arrest and imprisonment.

navigation.

87. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to pre- Damages for vent any person from erecting any dam, according to law, across any water course in this state, for the purpose of navigation, running mills or other machinery. APPROVED March 22, 1872.