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CRIMINAL CODE.

ANIMALS TRANSPORTATION REGULATED.

§ 1. Amends section 51, division I, Act

of 1874.

§ 51. Animals in car over 36 consecutive hours -delays-care-penalty.

(SENATE BILL No. 502. APPROVED MAY 17, 1907.)

AN ACT to amend section 51 of division 1 of an Act entitled "An Act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence," approved March 27, 1874, in force July 1, 1874.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 51 of division I of an Act entitled "An Act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence," approved March 27, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

§ 51. No railroad or other common carrier in the carrying or transportation of any cattle, sheep, swine or other animals shall allow the same to be confined in any car more than thirty-six consecutive hours, unless delayed by storm or accident, when they shall be so fed and watered as soon after the expiration of such time as may reasonably be done. When so unloaded they shall be properly fed, watered and sheltered during such rest by the owner, consignee or person in custody thereof, and in case of their default, then by the railroad company transporting them, at the expense of said owner, consignee or person in custody of the same; and such company shall have a lien upon the animals until the same is paid. A violation of this section shall subject the offender to a fine of not less than $3 nor more than $200. APPROVED May 17, 1907.

BADGES OR EMBLEMS OF G. A. R., ETC.—UNLAWFUL USE.

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AN ACT in relation to wearing the badge or emblems of the Grand Army of the Republic, the United Spanish War Veterans Associa tion, or the Army of the Philippines, to provide a penalty for a violation thereof, and to repeal a certain Act therein named.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That it shall be unlawful for any person to wear the badge or emblems of the Grand Army of the Republic, The United Spanish War Veterans Association or the Army of the Philippines, to obtain aid or assistance thereby from any person, unless he shall have been honorably discharged and be entitled to wear or use the same under the rules and regulations of the Grand Army

of the Republic, The United Spanish War Veterans Association, or the Army of the Philippines respectively.

§ 2. Any person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of section one of this Act shall be deemed by the court guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars and not more than two hundred dollars.

§ 3. An Act entitled "An Act to make it unlawful to wear the badge or emblems of the Grand Army of the Republic, or to use the same to obtain aid or assistance thereby from any person and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof," approved June 17, 1891, in force July 1, 1891, is hereby repealed.

APPROVED May 20, 1907.

CIGARETTES.

$ 1. Unlawful to manufacture, sell or give away, etc.-penalty.

§ 2.

§ 3.

Smoking in public, etc.-penalty.
Penalty for furnishing, etc.

(SENATE BILL NO. 32. APPROVED JUNE 3, 1907.)

AN ACT to regulate the manufacture, use and sale of cigarettes in the State of Illinois.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That every person who shall manufacture, sell or give away any cigarette containing any substance deleterious to health, including tobacco, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days.

§ 2. Every person under the age of eighteen (18) years and over the age of seven years, who shall smoke or use cigarettes, on any public road, street, alley or park or other lands used for public purposes, or in any public place of business or amusement, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished for each offense by a fine of not more than ten dollars ($10).

3. That every person who shall furnish any cigarettes in any form to any such person, or who shall permit any such person to frequent the premises owned by him for the purpose of indulging in the use of cigarettes, in any form, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first offense, and not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for the second and every additional offense, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days for each offense.

APPROVED June 3, 1907.

CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.

1. Crimes against children defined— § 2.

penalty.

Emergency.

(HOUSE BILL No. 805. APPROVED MAY 17, 1907.)

AN ACT to define and punish crimes against children.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That any person of the age of seventeen years and upwards who shall take, or attempt to take, any immoral, improper or indecent liberties with any child of either sex, under the age of fifteen years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to or gratifying the lust or passions or sexual desires, either of such person or of such child, or of both such person and such child, or who shall commit, or attempt to commit, any lewd or lascivious act upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of such child, with the intent of arousing, appealing to or gratifying the lust or passions or sexual desires, either of such person or of such child, or of both such person and such child, or any such person who shall take any such child or shall entice, allure or persuade any such child, to any place whatever for the purpose either of taking any such immoral, improper or indecent liberties with such child, with said intent, or of committing any such lewd or lascivious act upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of such child with said intent, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than twenty years: Provided, that this Act shall not apply to offenses constituting the crime of sodomy or other infamous crimes against nature, incest, rape or seduction.

§ 2. WHEREAS, An emergency exists, therefore this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and its approval by the Governor.

APPROVED May 17, 1907.

DRAMATIC COMPOSITION.

$ 1.

Unauthorized performance or representation-penalty.

(SENATE BILL No. 190. APPROVED JUNE 1, 1907.)

AN ACT prohibiting the unauthorized performance or representation of any unpublished or undedicated dramatic composition or dramatic musical composition and penalty for the same.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That any person who causes to be publicly performed or represented any unpublished or undedicated dramatic composition or dramatic musical composition known as an opera, without the consent of its owner or proprietor, or who, knowing that such dramatic or musical composition is unpublished or undedicated, and without the consent of its owner or proprietor, permits, aids or takes part in such a performance or representation, or who know

ingly sells a copy or a substantial copy of any unpublished, undedicated or copyrighted dramatic composition or musical or dramatic musical composition, known as an opera, without the consent of the author or proprietor of such dramatical or dramatic musical composition shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00), or imprisoned for not less than thirty (30) days or more than three (3) months, or both such fine and imprisonment.

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(SENATE BILL NO 232. APPROVED MAY 20, 1907.)

AN ACT to regulate the manufacture, sale, use or disposal of embalming fluids, containing arsenic or strychnine and providing for a penalty for the violation thereof.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That no person, firm, corporation or co-partnership shall manufacture, give away, sell, expose for sale or deliver any embalming fluid or other fluid of whatsoever name, to be used for or intended for use in the embalming of dead human bodies, which contains arsenic or strychnine, without having the words "Arsenic contained herein" or "Strychnine contained herein" (as the case may be) written or printed upon a label pasted on the bottle, cask, flask or carboy in which said fluid shall be contained.

$ 2. No undertaker or other person shall embalm with, inject into, or place upon, any dead human body, any fluid or preparation of any kind which contains arsenic or strychnine.

83. Any person, firm, corporation or co-partnership who shall violate any provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00).

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AN ACT to regulate the sale of Paris green.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That every lot or parcel of Paris green sold, or offered or exposed for sale, within the State shall have affixed thereto in a conspicuous place a printed label bearing the words, "High grade, for insecticide purposes," or the words, "Not for in

CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.

Emergency.

31. Crimes against children defined- § 2. penalty.

(HOUSE BILL No. 805. APPROVED MAY 17, 1907.)

AN ACT to define and punish crimes against children.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That any person of the age of seventeen years and upwards who shall take, or attempt to take, any immoral, improper or indecent liberties with any child of either sex, under the age of fifteen years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to or gratifying the lust or passions or sexual desires, either of such person or of such child, or of both such person and such child, or who shall commit, or attempt to commit, any lewd or lascivious act upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of such child, with the intent of arousing, appealing to or gratifying the lust or passions or sexual desires, either of such person or of such child, or of both such person and such child, or any such person who shall take any such child or shall entice, allure or persuade any such child, to any place whatever for the purpose either of taking any such immoral, improper or indecent liberties with such child. with said intent, or of committing any such lewd or lascivious act upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of such child with said intent, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than twenty years: Provided, that this Act shall not apply to offenses constituting the crime of sodomy or other infamous crimes against nature, incest, rape or seduction.

§ 2. WHEREAS, An emergency exists, therefore this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and its approval by the Governor.

APPROVED May 17, 1907.

DRAMATIC COMPOSITION.

§ 1. Unauthorized performance or representation-penalty.

(SENATE BILL No. 190. APPROVED JUNE 1, 1907.)

AN ACT prohibiting the unauthorized performance or representation of any unpublished or undedicated dramatic composition or dramatic musical composition and penalty for the same.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That any person who causes to be publicly performed or represented any unpublished or undedicated dramatic composition or dramatic musical composition known as an opera, without the consent of its owner or proprietor, or who, knowing that such dramatic or musical composition is unpublished or undedicated, and without the consent of its owner or proprietor, permits, aids or takes part in such a performance or representation, or who know

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