reason of any dog or dogs killing, wounding or chasing any sheep belonging to such other person or persons, and when the amount of damages does not exceed two hundred dollars the same may be recovered in an action before a justice of the peace. § 2b. If any person shall discover any dog or dogs in the act of killing, wounding or chasing sheep, or shall discover any dog or dogs under circumstances that satisfactorily show that the dog or dogs have been recently engaged in killing, wounding or chasing sheep for the purpose of killing them, such person is authorized to immediately pursue and kill such dog or dogs. Any dog or dogs trespassing on the premises where sheep are kept and not accompanied by their owner or keeper, may be killed while so trespassing, and it shall be lawful to kill unlicensed dogs after the first of June, 1918. § 2c. Every person owning or keeping sheep may, in the exercise of reasonable care and with good intentions, put out poison on the premises owned or occupied by such person where sheep are kept, to kill sheepkilling dogs. § 5. No person having sheep killed as aforesaid shall be entitled to receive any portion of the fund herein provided for unless he appear before the supervisor of the town in which the sheep are killed or injured or before a magistrate in counties not under township organization, within not less than ten nor more than forty days after the sheep are killed or injured, and make affidavit stating the number of sheep killed or injured, the amount or damages and owner or owners of dog or dogs if known. All damages shall be proven by not less than two (2) witnesses, who shall be freeholders of the county, and such supervisors or magistrates are hereby authorized to administer oaths in such cases, and shall keep a record in each case of the names of owners and the amount of damage proven and the number of sheep killed or injured. And in case the owner of the dog or dogs is insolvent, the county or town, as the case may be, shall not pay such damages out of such fund. Provided, the damages allowed in no event shall exceed fifteen dollars per head for such sheep killed or injured. 10. Any person who shall refuse or neglect to comply with any of the provisions of this Act, shall be fined in any sum not less than five dollars and not more than ten dollars. § 2. The title of said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "An Act provided for the licensing of dogs and for the payment of damages done by dogs to sheep, out of the proceeds of the license fees." FILED June 28, 1917. This bill having remained with the Governor ten days, Sundays excepted, the General Assembly being in session, it has thereby become a law. Witness my hand this twenty-eighth day of June, A. D. 1917. LOUIS L. EMMERSON, Secretary of State. SHEEP KILLED § 1. Amends section 5, Act of 1879. (HOUSE BILL No. 15. INDEMNITY TO OWNERS. § 2. As amended, increases amount of damages which may be allowed per head for sheep killed. APPROVED MARCH 28, 1917.) AN ACT to amend section 5 of an Act entitled, "An Act to indemnify the owners of sheep in cases of damage committed by dogs," approved May 29, 1879, in force July 1, 1879. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 5 of an Act entitled, "An Act to indemnify the owners of sheep in cases of damage committed by dogs," approved May 29, 1879, in force July 1, 1879, be amended to read as follows: § 5. Any person having sheep killed as aforesaid, shall not be entitled to receive any portion of the fund herein provided for, unless he appear before the supervisor of the town in which the sheep are killed or injured or before a magistrate in counties not under township organization, within forty days after the sheep are killed or injured, and make affidavit, stating the number of sheep killed or injured, the amount of damages and owner or owners of dog or dogs, if known. All damages shall be proven by not less than two (2) witnesses, who shall be freeholders of the county, and such supervisors or magistrates. are hereby authorized to administer oaths in such cases, and shall keep a record in each case of the names of owners and the amount of damages proven and the number of sheep killed or injured. In case the owner of the dog or dogs is solvent, the county or town, as the case may be, shall not pay such damages out of such fund. Provided, the damages allowed in any event shall not exceed ten ($10) dollars per head for such sheep killed or injured. APPROVED March 28, 1917. APPROPRIATION. AGRICULTURE-COUNTY FAIRS AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 1. Appropriates $110,000 per annumdistribution under Act of 1883. § 2. How drawn. (HOUSE BILL No. 610. APPROVED MAY 5, 1917.) AN ACT making an appropriation for county fairs or other agricultural societies of the State of Illinois. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the sum of one hundred ten thousand dollars ($110,000) per annum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated to county fairs or other agricultural societies of the State of Illinois, said appropriations to be divided between such county fairs or agricultural societies which have complied with the conditions prescribed by section 7 of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to the Department of Agriculture, agricultural societies and agricultural fairs, and to provide for reports of the same," approved June 23, 1883, in force July 1, 1883, and all Acts amendatory of said section. §. 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrants upon the State Treasurer for the moneys herein appropriated in favor of the several county fairs or agricultural societies of this State which shall have complied with the provisions of section of the Act referred to herein, and the certificate of the State Board of Agriculture, signed by its president and attested by its secretary and approved by the Governor shall be required by the Auditor of Public Accounts as proof of such compliance. APPROVED May 5, 1917. AGRICULTURE-STATE BOARD AND KINDRED SOCIETIES-FIREMANS' ASSOCIATION-GRAND ARMY HALL AND MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION— GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. AN ACT making an appropriation in aid of the State Board of Agriculture, the State Bee-Keepers' Association, the Illinois Dairymen's Association, the Illinois State Poultry Association, the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' Association, the Illinois State Academy of Science, the Illinois State Horticultural Society, the Illinois Firemen's Association, the Grand Army Hall and Memorial Association, the Grand Army of the Republic of the Department of Illinois, and the Illinois Farmers' Institute and County Farmers' Institutes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the following named sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the purposes hereinafter named, be and are hereby appropriated to the boards, societies, associations and organizations following, to-wit: (A) To the State Board of Agriculture the sum of one hundred, sixty-two thousand, two hundred and eighty dollars ($162,280.00) for the two years beginning July 1, 1917, and ending June 30, 1919, to be used as follows: at the State Fair, the sum of..... 10,000.00 For the maintenance, repairs and care of the Illinois State Fair Grounds and buildings and equipments thereon, the sum of.... 20,000.00 35,000.00 70,000.00 *For the expense of collecting, compiling, and publishing live stock and agricultural statistics, the sum of For office expenses, furniture, repairs, postage, expressage, freight, telephone and telegraph, the sum of.. For traveling expenses of the members and officers of the board, the sum of ..... For reconstructing the seating capacity in coliseum, the sum of...... *For additions to grand stand, the sum of *For a Lincoln Log Cabin, to house exhibits of relics, the sum of..... For insurance of State Fair buildings, the sum of..... (B) To the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for the two years beginning July 1, 1917, and ending June 30, 1919, to be used as follows: Per Annum. Printing report, notices and other bee literature. $550.00 Total. $1,100.00 Expense of meeting of Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Total $1,000.00 $2,000.00 (C) To the Illinois Dairymen's Association the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for the two years beginning July 1, 1917, and ending June 30, 1919, to be used as follows: Expense on account of annual convention, the sum of Expense on account of one day convention, the sum of 600.00 1,200.00 Total (D) To the Illinois State Poultry Association the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for the two years beginning July 1, 1917, and ending June 30, 1919, to be used as follows: $2,500.00 $5,000.00 For judges, lectures and expenses for caretakers during show, the sum of..... For printing catalogs, entry blanks and stationery, the sum of... Expense on account of show and supplies, the sum of (E) To the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' Association the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) for the two years beginning July 1, 1917, and ending June 30, 1919, to be used as follows: For stenographic work, the sum of.. $100.00 $200.00 For stenographic report of meeting, the sum of. |