For copying any record in his office and certifying to the same, eight cents for every one hundred words, to be paid by the person applying for the same. For copying by-laws for posting or publication, eight cents for each one hundred words, to be paid by the town. THE TOWN ASSESSOR shall receive for his services as assessor two and a half dollars per day. 2. THE POUND MASTER shall be allowed the following fees for his services, to-wit: For taking into the pound and discharging therefrom horses, asses, mules and neat cattle, ten cents each; sheep or lambs, three cents each; and swine, large or small, five cents each. He may also be allowed to receive his reasonable charges for the keeping of such animals. The amount which he shall charge therefor may be regulated by the town meeting. 3. The officers composing the BOARD OF APPOINTMENT in case of vacancy, when they shall meet for that purpose, and the officers composing the BOARD OF TOWN AUDITORS, shall each be entitled to one dollar and fifty cents a day for their services. 4. No justice of the peace or town officer shall be entitled to any fee or compensation from any individual elected or appointed to a town office, for adminis tering to him the oath of office. [See "Fees and Salaries," ch. 53, § 36. L. 1861, p. 233, § 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 131. EMERGENCY. § 2. Whereas the constitution requires that the day of holding the annual township meeting shall be uniform throughout the state; and whereas, in the county of Cook, the day of election, as fixed by law, is not the same as that in the majority of the counties in this state, and there is doubt whether any election can legally be held in such county for town officers, an emergency exists that this act shall take immediate effect: therefore, this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. SECTION 1. Certificate of stamp or mark filed. 2. Penalty for using or destroying. 3. Evidence-proceeding. CHAPTER 140. TRADE MARKS. SECTION 4. Search warrant. AN ACT to protect manufacturers, bottlers and dealers in ale, porter, lager beer, soda, mineral water and other beverages, from the loss of their casks, barrels, kegs, bottles and boxes. [Approved May 2, 1873. In force July 1, 1873.] 1. CERTIFICATE OF MARK OR STAMP FILED, ETC.] § 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all persons engaged in the manufacture, bottling or selling of ale, porter, lager beer, soda, mineral water or other beverages, in casks, barrels, kegs, bottles or boxes, with their names or other marks of ownership stamped or marked thereon, may file in the office of the secretary of state, and also in the office of the county clerk of the county in which such articles are manufactured, bottled or sold, a description of the names or marks so used by them, and cause the same to be printed for six successive weeks in a weekly newspaper, printed in the English language, in counties where no daily newspaper is printed or published; and in counties where a daily newspaper is printed and published, the same shall also be published in a daily newspaper of general circulation, printed in the English language. six times a week, for six successive weeks, in counties where such arti cles are manufactured, bottled or sold. 2. PENALTY FOR USING OR DESTROYING.] § 2. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person or persons, hereafter, without the written consent of the owner or owners thereof, to fill with ale, porter, lager beer, soda, mineral water or other beverage, or any other articles of merchandise, medicine, compound or preparation, for sale or to be furnished to customers, any such casks, barrels, kegs, bottles or boxes so marked or stamped, or to sell, dispose of, buy or traffic in, or wantonly destroy any such cask, barrel, keg, bottle or box so marked or stamped by the owner or owners thereof, after such owner or owners shall have complied with the provisions of the first section of this act. Any person or persons who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace or police magistrate in this state, shall be fined $5 for each and every cask, barrel, keg or box, and 50 cents for each and every bottle so by him, her or them filled, bought, sold, used, trafficked in or wantonly destroyed, or by him, her or them caused to be so filled, bought, sold, used, trafficked in or wantonly destroyed, together with the costs of suit for the first offense, and $10 for each and every cask, barrel, keg and box, and $1 for each and every bottle so filled, bought, sold, used, trafficked in or wantonly destroyed or caused to be so filled, bought, sold, used, trafficked in or wantonly destroyed, together with the costs of suit, for each subsequent offense. 3. EVIDENCE-PENALTY.] § 3. The using by any other person than the rightful owner thereof, without such written permission, of any such cask, barrel, keg, bottle or box, for the sale therein of ale, porter, lager beer, soda, mineral water or other beverage, or any other article of merchandise, medicine, compound or preparation, or to be furnished to customers, or the buying, selling or trafficking in any such barrel, cask, keg, bottle or box, by any person other than the owner, without such written permission, or the fact that any junk dealer or dealer in casks, barrels, kegs, bottles or boxes shall have in his or her possession any such cask, barrel, keg, bottle or box so marked or stamped and registered as aforesaid, without such written permission, shall and is hereby declared to be prima facie evidence that such use, buying, selling, trafficking in or possession is unlawful, within the meaning of this act; and any person or persons found guilty of any such use, buying, selling, trafficking in or having in possession any such cask, barrel, keg, box or bottle, without such written permission, shall be liable to be arrested and fined, as provided in the second section of this act; and it is hereby declared to be the duty of any justice of the peace or police magistrate within this state, upon oath having been made in writing before him by any owner, or by the agent of any owner or owners, that any person has violated any of the provisions of this act, to immediately issue his warrant and cause such person or persons so accused to be brought before him, and proceed to try such accused party, as in cases of assault and battery; and in case such accused party shall be found guilty of having violated any of the provisions of this act, shall assess the fine as provided in the second section of this act; such fine and costs to be collected as provided by law in other cases of misdemeanor. 4. SEARCH WARRANT.] § 4. In case the owner or owners of any cask, barrel, keg, bottle or box so marked, stamped and registered as aforesaid, shall, in person or by agent, make oath in writing, before any justice of the peace or police magistrate, that he has reason to believe and does believe that any manufacturer or bottler of ale, porter, lager beer, soda, mineral water or other beverage, or any other person, is using in any manner, by this act declared to be unlawful, any of the casks, barrels, kegs, bottles or boxes, of such person or his principal, or that any junk dealer or dealer in casks, barrels, kegs, bottles or boxes, or any other dealer, manufacturer or bottler has any such cask, barrel, keg, bottle or box secreted in, about or upon his, her or or their premises, the said justice of the peace or police magistrate shall issue his search warrant and cause the premises designated to be searched, as in other cases where search warrants are issued, as is now provided by law; and in case any such cask, barrel, keg, bottle or box, duly marked or stamped and registered as aforesaid, shall be found in, upon or about the premises so designated, the officer executing such search warrant shall thereupon arrest the person or persons named in such search warrant and bring him, her or them before the justice of the peace or police magistrate who issued such warrant, who shall thereupon hear and determine such case, and if the accused is found guilty, he, she or they shall be fined as provided in the second section of this act. [See "Crim. Code," ch. 38, p. 404, § 372–380. 5. COSTS-DISPOSITION OF FINES.] § 5. All costs incurred in the enforcement of the provisions of this act shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as in criminal cases, and all fines collected by virtue of this act shall be turned over by the justice of the peace or police magistrate collecting the same, in the same manner and for the same purpose as fines in cases of assault and battery are now by law disposed of. [See "Schools," ch. 122, § 82. AN ACT to provide for the sale of unclaimed property by common carriers, warehousemen and inn-keepers. [Approved March 28, 1874. In force July 1, 1874.] 1. SALE OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.] § 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That whenever any trunk, carpet-bag, valise, bundle, package or article of property transported or coming into the possession of any railroad, or express company, or any other common carrier, in the course of its or his business as common carrier, shall remain unclaimed and the legal charges thereon unpaid during the space of six months after its arrival at the point to which it shall have been directed, and the owner, or person to whom the same is consigned cannot be found, upon diligent inquiry, or, being found, and notified of the arrival of such article, shall refuse or neglect to receive the same and pay the legal charges thereon, for the space of three months, it shall be lawful for such common carrier to sell such article at public auction, after giving the owner or consignee fifteen days' notice of time and place of sale, through the post office and by advertising in a newspaper published in the county where such sale is made, and out of the proceeds of such sale to pay all legal charges on such articles, and the overplus, if any, shall be paid to the owner or consignee upon demand. 2. PERISHABLE PROPERTY.] § 2. Perishable property which has been transported to destination, and the owner, or consignee, notified of its arrival, or being notified, refuses or neglects to receive the same and pay the legal charges thereon, or if upon diligent inquiry the consignee cannot be found, such carrier may, in the exercise of a reasonable discretion, sell the same at public or private sale without advertising, and the proceeds, after deducting the freight and charges and expenses of sale, shall be paid to the owner or consignee upon demand. 3. APPLICATION OF ACT.] § 3. The provisions of this act shall apply to innkeepers and warehousemen. 4. REPEAL.] § 4. The act with above title, approved April 10, 1872, is hereby repealed. AN ACT to enable boards of underwriters incorporated by or under the laws of the state of Illinois, to establish and maintain a fire patrol. [Approved March 28, 1874. In force July 1, 1874.j 1. BOARD OF UNDERWRITERS MAY ESTABLISH PATROL-POWERS OF PATROL.] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That boards of underwriters incorporated by or under the laws of the state of Illinois, shall have power to provide suitable rooms for the accommodation of a fire patrol, and also to provide a patrol of men and a competent person to act as superintendent, to discover and prevent fires, with suitable apparatus to save and preserve property or life at and after a fire; and the better to enable them so to act with promptness and efficiency, full power is given such superintendent and such patrol to enter any building on fire, or which may be exposed to or in danger of taking fire from other burning buildings, subject to the control of the fire marshal of the city, and at once proceed to protect and endeavor to save the property therein, and to remove such property, or any part thereof, from the ruins after a fire. 2. ANNUAL MEETING OF BOARD—REPRESENTATION OF COMPANIES—ASSESSING EXPENSES OF PATROL.] § 2. In the month of July of each year, there shall be held a meeting of said board of underwriters, of which ten days' previous notice shall be inserted in at least one daily newspaper, published in the city where said board of underwriters is located, at which meeting each insurance company, corporation, association, underwriter, agent, person or persons doing a fire insurance business in the city, shall have the right to be represented_at such meeting and shall be entitled to one vote. A majority of the whole number so represented shall have power to decide upon the question of sustaining the fire patrol herein before mentioned, and of fixing a maximum amount of expenses which shall be incurred therefor during the fiscal year next to ensue, which amount shall in no case exceed two per centum on the aggregate of premiums returned as received, as provided in section 3 of this act; and the whole of such amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be assessed upon all insurance companies, organizations, corporations, associations and persons who assume risks and accept premiums for fire insurance in said city as hereinbefore mentioned, in proportion to the several amounts of premiums returned as received by each, as hereinafter provided, and such assessment shall be collectable by and in the name of said board of underwriters in any court of law in the state of Illinois having jurisdiction, in such manner and at such time or times as said board of underwriters may determine. 3. SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT OF INSURANCE COMPANIES.] §3. To provide for the payment of persons employed under the provisions of this act, and to maintain suitable rooms, and the apparatus for saving life and |