In force June 1, 1835.
AN ACT to provide for the Enclosing and Guarding Salt Petre Caves in this State.
1Manufacturers of salt petre to enclose caves.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all persons working salt petre caves in this State, for the purpose of manufacturing of salt petre, shall, previous to commencing the manufacture of salt petre, enclose said cave with a good and lawful fence, and keep the same at all times in
good repair, so as to prevent cattle and other stock from gaining access thereto.
Penalty for not doing so.
Sec. 2. All persons working salt petre caves in this State, and not first complying with the first section of this act, may be fined in any
sum not exceeding fifty dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the peace of
the county in which the offence may be committed, upon complaint made by any person, in the name of the county commissioners’ court of said county, one half to the person sueing therefor, the other to the county commissioners’ court of the proper county, and shall also be liable for all damage which individuals may
sustain by reason of their stock gaining
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access to salt petre caves or manufactories. This act to be in force from and after the first day of
June next.
Approved, Feb.[February] 6, 1835.
1James Harreld introduced HB 128 in the House of Representatives on January 17, 1835. The House passed the bill on January 20. The Senate concurred on January 31. On February 6, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Ninth General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December
1, 1834 (Vandalia, Ill.: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 255, 318, 330, 337, 465; Journal of the Senate, of the Ninth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at
their First Session, Begun and Held in the Town of Vandalia, December 1, 1834 (Vandalia, Ill.: J. W. Sawyer, 1835), 288, 302, 361, 391, 437, 441, 454; Journal of the House of Representatives of the Ninth General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at their Second Session, Begun and Held in Pursuance of the Proclamation
of the Governor, in the Town of Vandalia, December 7, 1835 (Vandalia, Ill.: J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 381, 398, 411.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Ninth General Assembly, at their First Session (Vandalia, IL:
J. Y. Sawyer, 1835), 151-52, GA Session: 9-1