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302. Milk Adulterants and "Swill" Defined.

SEC. 6. The addition of water or any foreign substance to milk or cream intended for sale or exchange, is hereby declared an adulteration. Any milk that is obtained from cows fed on distillery waste, usually called "swill," or upon any substance in a state of putrefaction, is hereby declared to be impure, and unwholesome. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the addition of sugar in the manufacture of condensed or preserved milk.

AN ACT to prevent the adulteration of vinegar, and to prevent fraud and imposition in the manufacture and sale of vinegar, and to protect the purchasers thereof. Approved June 14, in force July 1, 1883. Laws 1883, p. 176.

303. Cider Vinegar, Manufacture, Adulteration, Penalty.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That every person who shall manufacture for sale, or shall offer or expose for sale, as cider vinegar, any vinegar not the legitimate product of pure apple juice, known as apple cider, and not made exclusively of said apple cider, shall, for each such offense, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25), nor more than fifty dollars ($50).

304. Unwholesome Vinegar Defined, Manufacture, Penalty.

SEC. 2. Every person who shall manufacture for sale, or who shall offer or expose for sale, any vinegar found upon test to contain any preparation of lead, copper, sulphuric acid or other ingredients injurious to health, shall, for each such offense, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100).

WATER SUPPLY, GARBAGE AND SEWAGE.

AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages. Approved
April 10, in force July 1, 1872. L. 1871–2, p. 218.
305. Water Works, Etc., Construction, Borrowing Money, Water-rates, Fran-
chise Ordinance, Pollution and Waste.

Article X. SECTION 1. The city council or board of trustees shall have the power to provide for a supply of water by the boring and sinking of artesian wells, or by the construction and regulation of wells, pumps, cisterns, reservoirs or water works, and to borrow money therefor, and to authorize any person or private corporation to construct and maintain the same at such rates as may be fixed by ordinance, and for a period not exceeding thirty years; also to prevent the unnecessary waste of water; to prevent the pollution of the water, and injuries to such wells, pumps, cis terns, reservoirs or water works.

306. Territorial Limits, Condemnation, Jurisdiction.

SEC. 2. For the purpose of establishing or supplying water works, any city or village may go beyond its territorial limits, and may take, hold and acquire property by purchase or otherwise; shall have power to take and condemn all necessary lands or property therefor, in the manner provided for the taking or injuring private property for public uses; and the jurisdiction of the city or village to prevent or punish any pollution or injury to the stream or source of water, or to such water works, shall extend five miles beyond its corporate limits, or so far as such water works may extend.

307. Rules and Regulations, Water Taxes, Rates and Assessments, General Тах.

SEC. 3. The city council or board of trustees shall have power to make all needful rules and regulations concerning the use of water supplied by the water works of said city or village, and to do all acts and make such rules and regulations for the construction, completion, management or control of the water works, and for the levying and collecting of any water

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taxes, rates or assessments, as the said city council or board of trustees may deem necessary and expedient; and such water taxes, rents, rates or assessments may be levied or assessed upon any lot or parcel of ground, having a building or buildings thereon, which shall abut or join any street, avenue or alley in such city or village through which the distributing pipes of such water works (if any) of said city or village are or may be laid, which can be conveniently supplied with water from said pipes: Provided, (whether) the water shall be used on such lot or parcel of ground or not; and the same, when so levied or assessed, shall become a continuing lien or charge upon such lot or parcel of ground, building or buildings, situated thereon, and such lien or charge may be collected or enforced in such manner as the city council may, by ordinance, prescribe. And the corporate authorities may levy a general tax for the construction and maintenance of such water works, and appropriate money therefor.

AN ACT to enable cities, incorporated towns and villages to contract for a supply of water for public use, and to levy and collect a tax to pay for the water so supplied. Approved April 9, in force July 1, 1872. Laws 1871-2, p. 271. Title amended in 1885.

308. Water Supply Contracts, Limitation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That in all cities, incorporated towns and villages where water works have been or may hereafter be constructed by any person or incorporated company, the city, town or village authorities in such cities, incorporated towns and villages may contract with such person or incorporated company for a supply of water for public use for a period not exceeding thirty years. (Amended by Act approved June 30, in force July 1, 1885. Laws 1885, p. 64.)

309. Water Tax.

SEC. 2. Any such city or village so contracting may levy and collect a tax on all taxable property within such city or village, to pay for the water so supplied.

AN ACT authorizing cities, incorporated towns and villages to construct and maintain water works. Approved and in force April 15, 1873.

310. Water Works, Construction and Maintenance, Intercorporate Arrangement.

SECTION 1. That all cities, incorporated towns and villages in this State, be and are hereby authorized and shall have power to provide for a supply of water for the purposes, of fire protection, and for the use of the inhabitants of such cities, incorporated towns or villages by the erection, construction and maintaining of a system of water works or by uniting with any adjacent city, incorporated town or village, in the erection construction and maintaining of a system of water works for the joint use of such cities, incorporated towns or villages, or by procuring such supply of water from any adjacent city, incorporated town or village already having water works: Provided, that all contracts for the erection or construction of such works or any part thereof, shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder therefor, upon not less than three (3) weeks' public notice of the terms and conditions upon which the contract is to be let having been given by publication in a newspaper published in such city, town or village, or if no newspaper is published therein, then in some newspaper published in the county: And, provided, further, that no member of the city council or board of trustees or mayor shall be directly or indirectly interested in any such contract, and in all cases the council or board of trustees, as the case may be, shall have the right to reject any and all bids that may not be satisfactory to them.

Whereas, an emergency exists, therefore this Act shall be in force from and after its passage. (Amended by Act approved and in force May 14, 1879. Laws 1879, p. 64.)

802. Milk Adulterants and “Swill”" Defined.

SEC. 6. The addition of water or any for intended for sale or exchange, is hereby milk that is obtained from cows fed o "swill," or upon any substance in a state to be impure, and unwholesome. Nothi to prevent the addition of sugar in the served milk.

AN ACT to prevent the adulteration of i imposition in the manufacture and s purchasers thereof. Approved June 1883, p. 176.

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the judgment of a majority of any board of water there be no such board, then in the judgment of a Council of any city owning or operating such water essary for the public health, or for any other cause, to I water supply, or to substitute for it such better source , the interests of such city may demand, such board of rs or city council may, in addition to the powers already by Act of any General Assembly of this State, construct boring or excavation, and protect and equip the same , or may lease water privileges from private parties or g wells already or hereafter to be constructed, and may truction or lease, and for the expenses maintained in Che, out of any earnings of such water works under their ay be in their hands at the time of the taking effect of this nay accrue to them hereafter: Provided, that no money shall nder the provisions of this Act, for the purposes herein the question of the expenditure of such money for the purd shall have been submitted to a vote of the people of the Ch such water works may be situated, at any election for city ecial election called for that purpose by the city council of said ail have received a majority of the votes cast at such election: turther, that no money shall be expended under the provisions of or the purposes aforesaid, other than the surplus earnings of such

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authorizing cities, towns and villages to build, purchase or extend works systems for public and domestic use, and to provide for the thereof. Approved April 22, in force July 1, 1899. Laws 1899, p. 104. ter Works System, Construction, Purchase or Extension, Interest Bearing Certificates.

HION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, reprein the General Assembly: Every city, incorporated town and village a's State, is hereby authorized to acquire water works for supplying for public use, and for domestic use of its inhabitants by building or nasing a water works system or enlarging or extending an existing m. In payment for such building, purchase or enlargement any such ipality may issue certificates of indebtedness limited in their payment ely to the water fund hereinafter provided for; such certificates may bear rest at a rate of not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable seminually, and shall only be issued at not less than par value in payment for e building, purchase or extension of a water works system.

320. Ordinance, Referendum.

SEC. 2. Any such municipality desiring to avail itself of the provisions of this Act shall first pass an ordinance, fixing in a general way the capacity of the water works system it is proposed to acquire, and referring to the and specifications therefor, which shall be open to the inspection of the which said ordinance shall fix the rates at which water is to be all private purposes, and said rates, so fixed, shall not thereand until the certificates issued for acquiring or enlarging the nd the interest thereon, are fully paid. Which said ordinance shed in a newspaper published in such municipality, at least week for three successive weeks. And if no petition shall be

277. Sale.

SEC. 9. It shall be unlawful to sell, or to offer for sale, any article of food which has been held for a period of thirty days or over in cold storage either within or without the State, without notifying persons purchasing, or intending to purchase, the same, that it has been so held, by the display of a placard plainly and conspicuously marked, "Cold Storage Goods," on the bulk mass or articles of food; and it shall be unlawful to represent or advertise as fresh any article of food which has been held in cold storage for a period of thirty days or over.

278. Returned Goods, Etc.

SEC. 10. It shall be unlawful to return to any cold storage warehouse any article of food which has been once released from storage for the purpose of placing it on the market for sale. It shall be unlawful to transfer any article of food from one cold storage warehouse to another if such transfer is made for the purpose of avoiding any provision of this Act, and such transfer shall be unlawful unless all prior stampings, markings and taggings upon such article shall remain thereon.

279. Rules and Regulations.

SEC. 11. The Department of Agriculture may make all necessary rules and regulations to carry this Act into effect. Such rules shall be filed in the director's office, and shall not take effect until five (5) days after such filing. 280. Penalty.

SEC. 12. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be punished for the first offense by a fine not exceeding one hundred ($100) and for the second or any subsequent offense by a fine not exceeding five hundred ($500) or by imprisonment of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

281. Construction of Act.

SEC. 13. This Act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effect its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. 282. Short Title.

SEC. 14. This Act may be cited as the Uniform Cold Storage Act. 283. Repeal.

SEC. 15. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act hereby repealed.

AN ACT to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence. Approved March 27, in force July 1, 1874.

284. Bread and Candy, Adulteration, Penalty.

SEC. 7. Whoever fraudulently adulterates, for the purpose of sale, bread or any other substance intended for food, or any candy or confection, with any substance which is poisonous or injurious to health, and whoever sells or offers or keeps for sale any adulterated bread or other substance intended for food, or candy or confection, knowing the same to be so adulterated, or shall sell or offer to sell or keeps for sale any flesh of any diseased animal or other corrupt or unwholesome provision, shall be confined in the county jail not exceeding one year, or be fined not exceeding $1,000, or both, in the discretion of the court.

285. Liquor, Adulteration, Penalty.

SEC. 8. Whoever adulterates, for the purpose of sale, any liquor used or intended for drink, with cocculus-indicus, vitriol, grains of paradise, opium, alum, capsicum, copperas, laurel water, logwood, Brazil wood, cochineal, sugar of lead, or any other substance which is poisonous or injurious to health; and whoever sells or offers or keeps for sale any such liquor so adulterated, shall be confined in the county jail not exceeding one year, or fined not exceeding $1,000, or both.

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