TERMS OF CIRCUIT COURT. § 1. Amends section 14, Act of 1915. 14. Thirteenth circuit. (HOUSE BILL NO. 368. APPROVED JUNE 27, 1921.) AN ACT to amend section fourteen (14) of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law concerning the time of holding the terms of Circuit Court and of calling of juries in the several judicial circuits, exclusive of Cook County," approved June 23, 1915, in force July 1, 1915, as amended, Laws of 1915, pages 353 to 359, both inclusive, in so far only as said section 14 relates to the terms of Circuit Court and of the calling of juries in the county of Grundy in the thirteenth circuit, by increasing the number of the terms of court in said county from two (2) to three (3) and changing and fixing the time of holding said terms, and providing for an emergency enactment thereof. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section fourteen (14) of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law concerning the time of holding the terms of Circuit Court and of the calling of juries in the several judicial circuits, exclusive of Cook County," approved June 23, 1915, in force July 1, 1915, as amended, Laws of 1915, pages 353 to 359, both inclusive, be and the same hereby is amended so as to read as follows: §14. (Thirteenth Circuit). In the county of Bureau on the third Monday in September, the first Monday of January and the second Monday of April; in the county of LaSalle on the second Mondays of October, January, March and June; in the county of Grundy on the first Monday of January, the first Monday of June and the second Monday of September: Provided, that no grand or petit jury, in and for the county of Grundy, shall be summoned for the said June term except by special order of the judge holding said court, and no grand jury shall be summoned, in and for said county of Grundy for the said September term, except by order of the judge holding said court, which said order summoning a petit jury in Grundy County for the June term, or a grand jury in Grundy County for either the June or September term, may be entered by any judge of said Circuit Court in vacation or by the court in term time: Provided, further, all processes issued in Grundy County after the passage of this Act shall be returnable to said terms as herein fixed; and all suits, proceedings, writs and processes of every kind and nature, including bonds and recognizances, either civil or criminal, heretofore commenced or pending or issued, in, or out of, or to said Circuit Court of Grundy County, or that may be pending therein, at the time this Act takes effect, shall be cognizable and triable at the first term of said Circuit Court after this Act takes effect. § 2. Whereas, an emergency exists, therefore this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. APPROVED June 27, 1921. § 1. Penalty. CRIMINAL CODE. BRIBERY IN THE PLAYING OF BASEBALL ETC. (HOUSE BILL NO. 270. FILED JULY 13, 1921.) AN ACT to make bribery in the playing of baseball or football games or other athletic contests or events a felony, and providing the punishment therefor. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That any person who shall give, or offer to give as a bribe, to any baseball player, football player, or player in any other athletic contest or event, or employe in anywise connected with any baseball club, football club, or other organization engaged in playing, or causing to be played, games of baseball, or football, or other athletic contest or event, which the public or any part thereof are invited or permitted to witness, any money, property or other thing of value, for the purpose of inducing such player or employe to do any act or thing calculated or intended to affect the result of any game of baseball or football or other athletic contest or event played, or to be played by or for such club or organizatin, and any such employee or player connected with such club or organization, who shall accept, or offer to accept as a bribe, any money, property, or other thing of value in consideration of his promise to do, or his doing of any act or thing calculated or intended to affect the result of any game of baseball or football or other athletic contest or event played, or to be played by or for such club or organization, shall be adjudged guilty of a felony and on conviction be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than two years nor more than five years. FILED July 13, 1921. The Governor having failed to return this bill to the General Assembly during its session, the General Assembly having adjourned sine die on June 30, 1921, and he having filed the same in my office on this date without signature or objections, it has therefore become a law. Witness my hand this 13th day of July, A. D. 1921. LOUIS L. EMMERSON, Secretary of State. DEROGATORY STATEMENTS AFFECTING CORPORATIONS. § 1. Statements to affect standing of banks and trust companies-pen alty-defense. (HOUSE BILL No. 131. APPROVED MAY 21, 1921.) AN ACT to prevent derogatory statements affecting corporations doing a banking or trust business. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Any person who shall wilfully and maliciously make, circulate, or transmit to another or others, any statements, rumor or suggestion, written, printed or by word of mouth, which is directly or by inference derogatory to the financial condition, with intent to affect the solvency or financial standing of any corporation doing a banking or trust business in this State, or any building and loan association doing business in this State, or who shall counsel, aid, procure or induce another to start, transmit or circulate any such statement, rumor or suggestion, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both: Provided, that the truth of said statement, established by the maker thereof, shall be a complete defense in any prosecution under the provisions of this Act. APPROVED May 21, 1921. DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY OR INJURY ΤΟ PERSONS BY BOMB OR EXPLOSIVE. § 2. 1. Destruction or injury of buildingpenalty. Injury to any human being-penalty. (HOUSE BILL No. 508. APPROVED JUNE 21, 1921.) AN ACT to punish persons for destroying property, or inflicting injury to persons, by means of any bomb, dynamite or other explosive, or by means of any similar instrument or implement. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Whoever shall wilfully and maliciously destroy, damage, injure or deface any building used or designed for human occupancy, or shall attempt so to do, by means of any bomb dynamite or other explosive, or by means of any similar instrument or implement, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a period of not less than one year nor more than twenty years. §2. Whoever shall wilfully and maliciously destroy, damage, injure or deface any building used or designed for human occupancy, or shall attempt so to do, by means of any bomb, dynamite or other explosive, or by means of any similar instrument or implement and thereby shall injure any human being, whether such human being be an inmate of such structure or otherwise, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a period of not less than one year nor more than twenty-five years. §3. Whoever shall stand by and aid or abet, or assist, or whoever, not being present, aiding, abetting or assisting, shall advise, encourage aid or abet the perpetration of such wilful and malicious act, shall be considered as principal and shall be punished accordingly. APPROVED June 21, 1921. (SENATE BILL No. 372. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1921.) AN ACT relating to the extortion, or attempted extortion of money, or other property for the purpose of avoiding, settling or terminating demands, claims, disputes or controversies between organizations, associations or groups of workmen or workwomen or their representatives and employers, property owners or property lessees, and to fix the punishment therefor. 1. Penalty. CRIMINAL CODE. BRIBERY IN THE PLAYING OF BASEBALL ETC. (HOUSE BILL No. 270. FILED JULY 13, 1921.) AN ACT to make bribery in the playing of baseball or football games or other athletic contests or events a felony, and providing the punishment therefor. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That any person who shall give, or offer to give as a bribe, to any baseball player, football player, or player in any other athletic contest or event, or employe in anywise connected with any baseball club, football club, or other organization engaged in playing, or causing to be played, games of baseball, or football, or other athletic contest or event, which the public or any part thereof are invited or permitted to witness, any money, property or other thing of value, for the purpose of inducing such player or employe to do any act or thing calculated or intended to affect the result of any game of baseball or football or other athletic contest or event played, or to be played by or for such club or organizatin, and any such employee or player connected with such club or organization, who shall accept, or offer to accept as a bribe, any money, property, or other thing of value in consideration of his promise to do, or his doing of any act or thing calculated or intended to affect the result of any game of baseball or football or other athletic contest or event played, or to be played by or for such club or organization, shall be adjudged guilty of a felony and on conviction be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than two years nor more than five years. FILED July 13, 1921. The Governor having failed to return this bill to the General Assembly during its session, the General Assembly having adjourned sine die on June 30, 1921, and he having filed the same in my office on this date without signature or objections, it has therefore become a law. Witness my hand this 13th day of July, A. D. 1921. LOUIS L. EMMERSON, Secretary of State. 1. DEROGATORY STATEMENTS AFFECTING CORPORATIONS. (HOUSE BILL No. 131. APPROVED MAY 21, 1921.) AN ACT to prevent derogatory statements affecting corporations doing a banking or trust business. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Any person who shall wilfully and maliciously make, circulate, or transmit to another or others, any statements, rumor or suggestion, written, printed or by word of mouth, which is directly or by inference derogatory to the financial condition, with intent to affect the solvency or financial standing of any corporation doing a banking or trust business in this State, or any building and loan association doing business in this State, or who shall counsel, aid, procure or induce another to start, transmit or circulate any such statement, rumor or suggestion, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both: Provided, that the truth of said statement, established by the maker thereof, shall be a complete defense in any prosecution under the provisions of this Act. APPROVED May 21, 1921. DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY OR INJURY то PERSONS BY BOMB OR EXPLOSIVE. 1. Destruction or injury of buildingpenalty. § 2. Injury to any human being-penalty. 3. Aiding, abetting or assisting-penalty. (HOUSE BILL No. 508. APPROVED JUNE 21, 1921.) AN ACT to punish persons for destroying property, or inflicting injury to persons, by means of any bomb, dynamite or other explosive, or by means of any similar instrument or implement. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Whoever shall wilfully and maliciously destroy, damage, injure or deface any building used or designed for human occupancy, or shall attempt so to do, by means of any bomb dynamite or other explosive, or by means of any similar instrument or implement, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a period of not less than one year nor more than twenty years. § 2. Whoever shall wilfully and maliciously destroy, damage, injure or deface any building used or designed for human occupancy, or shall attempt so to do, by means of any bomb, dynamite or other explosive, or by means of any similar instrument or implement and thereby shall injure any human being, whether such human being be an inmate of such structure or otherwise, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a period of not less than one year nor more than twenty-five years. §3. Whoever shall stand by and aid or abet, or assist, or whoever, not being present, aiding, abetting or assisting, shall advise, encourage aid or abet the perpetration of such wilful and malicious act, shall be considered as principal and shall be punished accordingly. APPROVED June 21, 1921. EXTORTION RELATING TO WORKMEN AND EMPLOYERS. 1. Unlawful extortion-what consti- § 3. § 2. Unlawful to induce or compel. § 4. Prosecutions-no witness excused 5. Penalty. (SENATE BILL No. 372. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1921.) AN ACT relating to the extortion, or attempted extortion of money, or other property for the purpose of avoiding, settling or terminating demands, claims, disputes or controversies between organizations, associations or groups of workmen or workwomen or their representatives and employers, property owners or property lessees, and to fix the punishment therefor. |