violating section one of this act shall, on conviction before any justice of the peace having jurisdiction, pay a fine not less than $3 nor more than $10 for each and every offense, to the common school fund of the township. Any person who is or may be the owner of land, or who has or may have control of the same, may take up any domestic animal or animals when found near to or upon such land, such animal or animals being at large in violation of section one of this act. The taker-up of such animal or animals shall, within two days from the time of the taking up, make complaint and institute a suit under the provisions of this act against the owner or owners of such animals; and if, upon the trial, judgment shall be for the people, execution shall issue immediately upon the judgment, and the animal or animals taken up shall be liable to levy and sale upon the execution, the same as in other cases, anything in the exemption laws of this state to the contrary notwithstanding." APPROVED May 2, 1873.

1. Towns to prohibit domestic animals from run- §2. Establishing and maintaining pounds.
ning at large.
In force July 1, 1873.

AN ACT to enable towns to prohibit Domestic Animals from running at large in counties where they are not prohibited by law.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That in any county in this state which has adopted township organization, or which may hereafter adopt township organization, and where domestic animals are not prohibited from running at large by law, that, on petition of not less than twenty legal voters of any town to the town clerk, it shall be the duty of the town clerk to give notice, with the notice of the annual town meeting, that the question of voting for or against domestic animals or any species of the same running at large, will be submitted to the legal voters of such town at such town meeting; which vote shall be by ballot, which ballots shall be printed or written, or partly written and partly printed, on the ballots voted for town officers; and if a majority of the votes cast at such town meeting shall be against domestic animals or any species thereof from running at large, then it shall be unlawful for such animals to run at large in such town: Provided, that if sufficient time does not elapse after this act takes effect to give the required notices for the question to be voted on at the annual town meeting in April, 1873, the town clerk of any such town shall, on a like petition, call a special town meeting for that purpose, notice of which special town meeting shall be given for the length of time and in the manner for the annual town meetings.

§ 2. In case a majority of votes at such annual or special town meeting is against domestic animals running at large, the electors may provide by a vote of the majority at such meeting, to be ascertained in some convenient manner

First-To establish and maintain a pound or pounds at such places within the town as may be deemed necessary and convenient. When any pound is erected, it shall be under the care and direction of a pound

Second-To determine the number of pound masters and prescribe their duties, and choose the same in such manner as they may determine.

Third-To authorize the distraining, impounding and sale of cattle, horses, mules, asses, swine, sheep or goats, for penalties incurred and costs of proceedings: Provided, that the sale of animals distrained or impounded shall be conducted, as nearly as may be, according to the law regulating sales of property by constables under execution: And, provided, also, the owners of such animals shall have the right to redeem the same from the purchaser thereof, at any time within three months from the date of the same, by paying the amount of the purchaser's bid, with reasonable costs for their keeping, and interest on the amount bid at the rate of ten per cent. per annum.

Fourth-To apply all penalties, when collected, in such manner as may be deemed most to the interest of the town.

APPROVED April 11, 1873.

§ 1. Amending act of January 13, 1872, by adding section 5 of this act. In force July 1, 1873. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to prohibit Domestic Animals from running at large in this State," approved January 13, 1872.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That said act be and the same is hereby amended, by adding the following section thereto, viz:

"Section 5. It shall be unlawful for domestic animals, or any species thereof, to run at large in any town, city or precinct in this state, where such animals were lawfully restrained from running at large before or at the time the act to which this is an amendment took effect, until permitted to do so by the lawful authority of such town or city, or by a majority vote of such precinct."

Whereas, in some counties in this state, many towns, cities and precincts had lawfully restrained domestic animals from running at large, previous to the passage of the act to which this is an amendment, and therefore abandoned fencing; and whereas, under the provisions of said act, the majority vote in some of such, counties was against restraining such animals from running at large, leaving many farms unprotected by fence, at the mercy of such animals, thereby creating an emergency : therefore, this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED May 1, 1873.

APPROPRIATIONS.

1. For payment of premiums. 2. Warrant of Auditor.

AGRICULTURAL BOARDS.

§ 3. Treasurer of board to report to Governor. In force July 1, 1874.

AN ACT making an appropriation for the benefit of the State Board of Agriculture, and of County Agricultural Boards.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That there be and is hereby appropriated to the State Board of Agriculture the sums following, to-wit: For the payment of premiums at the annual state fair, the sum of $3,000 for the year 1874; and for the use of the county agricultural boards, the sum of $100 each, for the year 1874.

§ 2. On the order of the president, countersigned by the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, and approved by the governor, the state auditor shall draw his warrant upon the treasurer in favor of the treasurer of the State Board of Agriculture, for the sums herein appropriated : Provided, that each warrant shall show the agricultural board for whose benefit the same is drawn, and that no warrant shall be drawn in favor of any county agricultural board, unless the order aforesaid be accompanied by a certificate of the secretary of the State Board of Agricul ture, showing that in such county there has been held, in the year preceding, a fair for the encouragement of general agriculture, at which premiums to the amount of not less than $300 were awarded and paid: Provided, further, that no part of the moneys herein appropriated shall be drawn from the treasury prior to the first day of July, 1874.

§ 3. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of the State Board of Agriculture to pay over to the proper officer of each county agricultural board the sum received for its benefit as aforesaid, and to make a biennial report to the governor of all such appropriations received and disbursed by him.

APPROVED March 27, 1874.

BLIND.

§ 1. Erection of center or main building, $75,000. In force July 1, 1873. AN ACT to provide for the erection of buildings necessary for the Education of the Blind of the State of Illinois.

WHEREAS the institution for the education of the blind, located at Jacksonville, in the state of Illinois, was burned, and since its destruction the trustees of said institution, without any appropriation therefor from the state treasury, did erect a small wing for a future edifice on the site of the old institution; and whereas, said wing is not of capacity to receive and accommodate more than about one-third of the youthful

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the sum of $75,000 is hereby appropriated out of the state treasury to erect a center or main building for the education of the blind, on the premises owned by the state at Jacksonville, in Morgan county, and state of Illinois-said sum to be paid in quarterly payments, beginning on the first day of July, A. D. 1873, and to be paid by the auditor of public accounts drawing his warrants on the treasurer for said quarterly payments, upon orders of the board of trustees of said institution, signed by the president and attested by the secretary of said board of trustees of said institution. APPROVED May 3, 1873.

§1. $17,500 per annum.

§ 2. Auditor to draw warrant.
In force July 1, 1873.

AN ACT making appropriations for the Illinois Institution for the Education of the Blind, for the years 1873 and 1874.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the sum of $17,500 per annum is hereby appropriated, payable out of the treasury, in quarterly payments, in advance, from the first of July, 1873, until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next general assembly, to defray the ordinary expenses of the Illinois Institution for the Education of the Blind.

The auditor of public accounts is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant on the treasurer for said sums, upon orders of the board of trustees of said institution, signed by the president and attested by the secretary of said board of trustees with the seal of said institution, accompanied by satisfactory vouchers, approved by the governor, for the expenditure of the last quarterly or other installment of the appropriations herein or heretofore made, for ordinary expenses. APPROVED April 24, 1873.

1. Auditor to draw his warrant.

§ 2. To furnish new building.
In force July 1, 1874.

AN ACT to empower the Auditor to draw his warrants for unexpended money heretofore appropriated to the Institution for the Education of the Blind, and for a further appropriation to said institution.

WHEREAS, the trustees of the institution for the education of the blind have not expended a portion of the former appropriation for current expenses, and the auditor has refused to order the payment of said unexpended appropriations because the same were not drawn in due time; and whereas, further appropriation is required for the heating and furnishing of the new building erected for said institution:

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the auditor be and is required to draw his warrants on the treasury for the sum of $5,000, being said unexpended appropriations, to be applied for the purpose of heating or furnishing of said institution.

§ 2. That the further sum of $10,000 is hereby appropriated out of the state treasury, to furnish the new building for the education of the blind, on the premises at Jacksonville, Illinois, to be paid out of the revenue of A. D. 1873, beginning on the first of July, A. D. 1874, upon the orders of the board of trustees of said institution, signed by the president and attested by the secretary of said board of trustees. APPROVED March 30, 1874.

1. Net proceeds appropriated.

§ 2. Treasurer to invest net earnings.

3.

DAMS AND LOCKS.

When commissioners may contract.

4. Advertise for proposals.

§ 6. Commissioners cannot obligate the state for any sum in excess of appropriation.

§ 7. Commissioners to make monthly statements to governor.

5. Estimates to be made and approved by the § 8. Commissioners to receive no portion of this governor before construction can com

mence.

appropriation for services. In force July 1, 1873.

AN ACT authorizing the Board of Canal Commissioners to construct a dam and lock at or near Copperas creek, and to make an appropriation for such improvement.

WHEREAS, in pursuance of an act approved February 25, A. D. 1869, entitled "An act to amend an act approved February 28, A. D. 1867," and an act additional thereto, approved March 7, A. D. 1872, under and by authority of which acts the improvement of the navigation of the illinois river has been commenced, by the construction of a lock and dam in the town of Henry, in Marshall county, which has been completed, and which is a part of a system of locks and dams, to the number of five, projected by engineers for the complete improvement of the navigation of the Illinois river; and whereas, no further progress can be made in the improvement of the navigation of said river without further appropriation, such appropriation being now necessary for the building of a lock and dam at or near Copperas creek, which, when completed, will add fifty-nine miles of river transportation, and thus tend to the reduction of freights to the head waters of Lake Michigan and to the Mississippi river: therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That there be and is hereby appropriated the net proceeds of the revenue derived from the Illinois and Michigan canal, and the lock at Henry, on the Illinois river, until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next regular session of the general assembly, to be expended by the canal commissioners in the construction of a lock and dam across the Illinois river at or near Copperas creek, and necessary work in connection therewith; said lock not to be less than three hundred and fifty feet in length and seventy-five feet in width.

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the state treasurer to invest the net earnings received by the state from the Illinois and Michigan canal, and the lock at Henry, on the Illinois river, in United States or other interest bearing bonds, as may be designated by the governor, which interest shall be added to the principal, or re-invested, as aforesaid, until there