STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

AN ACT to reorganize the Illinois State Horticultural Society. [Approved March 24, 1874. In force July 1, 1874.]

20. Declared a public corporation. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the organization heretofore chartered and aided by appropriations, under the name of the Illinois State Horticultural Society, is hereby made and declared a public corporation of the State.

21. What State society shall embrace. § 2. The Illinois State Horticultural Society shall embrace, as hereinafter provided, three horticultural societies, to be organized in the three horticultural districts of the State, which shall be known as the Horticultural Society of Northern Illinois, now operating in the counties of Bureau, Boone, Cook, Carroll, DuPage, DeKalb, Henry, Grundy, [*134] JoDaviess, Kane, Kendall, Kankakee, Lake, Lee, LaSalle, McHenry, Ogle, Putnam, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside, Winnebago and Will (23); the Horticultural Society of Central Illinois, operating in the counties of Adams, Brown, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Fulton, Ford, Iroquois, Hancock, Henderson, Knox, Logan, Livingston, McLean, McDonough, Marshall, Mason, Mercer, Menard, Morgan, Macon, Moultrie, Peoria, Pike, Piatt, Sangamon, Shelby, Schuyler, Scott, Stark, Vermilion, Tazewell, Warren, Woodford (38); and the Horticultural Society of Southern Illinois, operating in the counties of Alexander, Bond, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Calhoun, Cumberland, Clinton, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Madison, Macoupin, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Massac, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Richland, Randolph, St. Clair, Saline, Union, Wayne, White, Washington, Williamson and Wabash (41).

22. Executive board. 3. The affairs of the Illinois State Horticultural Society shall be managed by an executive board, to consist of the president and secretary of said society and the president and one vicepresident from each of the three district horticultural societies; Provided, that the eligible officers now elect of the Illinois State and district horticultural societies shall be the first members of the executive board created by this act, and shall hold their office until their successors are elected, as herein provided for.

23. Powers of executive board – meetings-reportfunds-State not liable. §4. The executive board of the Illinois State Horticultural Society shall have the sole care and disposal of all funds that may be apportioned by the State of Illinois to sustain the Illinois State Horticultural Society, and shall expend the same in such manner as in their judgment will best promote the interests of horticulture and arboriculture in this State. They shall meet at Springfield on the second, Tuesday after the first Monday in January, 1875, and biennially thereafter. They shall render to the governor of the State, a detailed statement of all funds received from the State and all other sources, which statement shall also include all expenditures made by them, and the

specific objects in detail, for which said sums were expended. They shall make no appropriations without having funds in hand to meet the same, and if any debt is created, the members of the board shall be held severally and jointly liable for the payment of the same; and in no event shall the State of Illinois be held liable or responsible for any debt, obligation or contract made by the Illinois State Horticultural Society, or its executive board.

24. Annual meetings-election of officers — report — quorum. 5. The Illinois State and the three district horticultural societies shall hold annual meetings, at which their officers for the ensuing year shall be elected. Within one month after the annual meeting of the district societies, they shall forward to the secretary of the executive board a report of their transactions, including a list of officers elected at such meeting. The executive board shall publish annually, at the expense of said society, a report of its transactions and such other papers as they may deem of value to horticulture and arboriculture. Four members of the executive board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

25. Privileges of members of district societies. § 6. Members of the several district societies shall be entitled to all the privileges of the members of the State society, except that of voting for offi

cers.

26. By-laws and rules. 7. By-laws and rules that do not conflict with the laws of this State, may be passed and enforced by the several societies herein mentioned.

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MARKETING PRODUCTS.

AN ACT for the protection of farmers, fruit growers, vine growers and gardeners. [Approved January 13, 1872. In force July 1, 1872. Laws 1871-2, p. 416.]

27. Farmers, etc., may sell products without license. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That every farmer, fruit and vine grower, and gardener, shall have an undisputed right to sell the produce of his farm, orchard, vineyard and garden in any place or market where such articles are usually sold, and in any quantity he may think proper, without paying any State, county or city tax, or license, for doing so, any law, city or town ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding; Provided, that the corporate authorities of any such city, town or village may prohibit the obstruction of its streets, alleys and public places, for any such purpose; And, provided further, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorize the sale of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, contrary to laws which now are or hereafter may be in force prohibiting the sale thereof.

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

AN ACT to secure the collection and publication of agricultural and other statistics. [Approved and in force May 25, 1877. Laws 1877, p. 3.]

*28. Blanks and schedules. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be

the duty of the secretary of the State board of agriculture to prepare and deliver to the auditor on or before the first day of April in each year, forms of blanks and schedules similar to those used in the assessment and return of property, one or more copies of which forms the State auditor shall send by mail to the county clerks of the several counties on or before the date aforesaid for their information and guidance.

*29. How schedules to be filled and returned. § 2. It shall be the duty of the county clerk of each of the several counties to provide schedules and blanks according to the forms provided by the auditor for the use of assessors, and it shall be the duty of assessors and deputy assessors in the same manner, and at the same time as is or may be provided by law for the assessment of property, to cause such census schedules to be filled by all persons within their respective assessment districts in possession of property, concerning which information is required by this act. Such schedule shall truly and distinctly set forth the number of acres he, she or they may have had the preceding year in fall wheat, spring wheat, corn, rye, oats, barley, buckwheat, castor beans, beans, peas, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips and other root crops, and the number of bushels of each produced the preceding year; the number of acres in timothy grass, and the number of tons of hay and bushels of seed produced therefrom the preceding year; the number of acres in clover, and the number of tons of hay and the bushels of seed produced therefrom the preceding year; the number of acres planted in cotton, and the number of pounds of lint and the bushels of seed obtained therefrom the preceding year; the number of acres sown in flax, the number of pounds of fibre and the bushels of seed obtained therefrom the preceding year; the number of acres planted in tobacco, and the number of pounds produced therefrom the preceding year. And the secretary of the State board of agriculture shall have power, after the first year, to add to or omit from the foregoing schedule such items as the said State board of agriculture shall designate.

*30. Schedule by whom filled-duty of assessors. § 3. It shall be the duty of all persons owning or in possession of property concerning which information is required by this act, to make out and deliver to the assessor at the time fixed for the listing of property for taxation a schedule as aforesaid properly and correctly filled, and it shall be the duty of said assessor or deputy assessors to properly fill and add up the blanks and schedules aforesaid, and to return the same correctly footed up, to the county clerk, at the same time and in the same manner as is now or may be required for the return of assessments.

31. Returns-how and by whom made. § 4. It shall be the duty of the county clerk to revise, correct, tabulate and foot up the statistical returns made to him by the assessors or deputy assessors of organized townships in counties under township organization, and of congressional townships in counties not under township organization, and to transmit to the State auditor with his return of the assessment of the county an abstract of the agricultural statistics of the county, in the form required by the schedule and blanks furnished by the auditor; and it shall be the duty of the auditor to transfer without delay such abstracts to the secretary of the State board of agriculture, who shall revise, correct,

and compile the same, and publish the results in the annual report of the transactions of the State board of agriculture for the year or years in which the statistics were collected.

*32. Emergency. 5. It is hereby declared that an emergency exists, and therefore this act shall be in force from and after its passage. *33. To encourage the planting of trees. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the governor shall annually, in the spring, designate, by official proclamation, a day to be designated as "Arbor Day," to be observed throughout the State as a day for planting trees, shrubs and vines about the homes and along highways, and about public grounds within this State, thus contributing to the wealth, comforts and attractions of our State. [Act approved June 10, 1887. In force July 1, 1887. Laws 1887, p. 304.

AN ACT in regard to aliens, and to restrict their right to acquire and hold real and personal estate, and to provide for the disposition of the lands now owned by nonresident aliens. [Approved June 16, 1887. In force July 6, 1887. L. 1887, p. 5.

*1. Right of aliens to hold land. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That a non-resident alien, firm of aliens, or corporation incorporated under laws of any foreign country, shall not be capable of acquiring title to or taking or holding any lands or real estate in this State by descent, devise, purchase or otherwise; except that the heirs of aliens who have heretofore acquired lands in this State under the laws thereof, and the heirs of aliens who may acquire lands under the provisions of this act, may take such lands by devise or descent and hold the same for the space of three years and no longer, if such alien at the time of so acquiring such lands is of the age of twenty-one years, and if not twentyone years of age, then for the term of five years from the time of so acquiring such lands, and if at the end of the time herein limited such lands so acquired by such alien heirs have not been sold to bona fide purchasers for value, or such alien heirs have not become actual residents of this State, the same shall revert and escheat to the State of Illinois the same as the lands of other aliens under the provisions of this act: Provided, that minor aliens actually residing in the United States may acquire title to lands in this State by purchase and hold the same for a term of six years after they might, under the naturalization laws of the United States, have declared their intentions to become citizens of the United States, and if at the expiration of said term of six years said aliens have not become citizens of the United States the lands so acquired by them by purchase shall revert and escheat to the State under the provisions of this act, and it shall be the duty of the State's attorney of the county in which said lands are situated to enforce forfeitures of all lands mentioned in this section in the same manner as pointed out in this act for other forfeitures.

*2. Rights as to personal property. § 2. All aliens may acquire and hold personal property in the same manner and to the same extent as natural-born citizens of the United States, and the personal estate of an alien dying intestate shall be distributed in the same manner