Sec[Section] 1^st Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That hereafter if any person, or persons, shall without legal authority go upon the Canal lands belonging to this State, and there cut, fell, boil, bore, or in any wise destroy any tree or trees, or other timber, standing or lying on said Canal lands, or carry or haul away any stone or coal from said lands, shall upon indictment, be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offence.

Sec 2^nd It shall be the duty of every Sheriff, Coroner, Constable, and Justice of the peace in the Counties of this State where the aforesaid lands lie, to take notice of, and present all and every person so offending to the next Grand Jury of their respective Counties in which the said offence or offences against the first section of this act, has been committed.

Sec 3^rd It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney in the sixth judicial Circuit of this State, to cause this act to be given in charge to the respective Grand Jurors (in the Counties in which said lands are situate, whose duty it shall be to inquire into, and make presentments of all persons who may have violated the provisions of this act: This act to be in force from and after its passage.