1. That it shall be unlawful for any itinerant person or persons on any public highway in this State to either hitch or turn loose any stock, cows, horses or other animals for purpose of feeding same, or for purpose of temporary camping on such public highways of this State for a period to exceed twelve hours in any one Township.

2. Any person or persons so found camping on or alongside the public highways of this State, or found feeding any stock, as heretofore designated, along said public highways, shall be deemed and hereby declared a public nuisance.

3. Any legal voter or resident of this State may enter complaint before any Justice of the Peace for this State against any person or persons found violating the preceding Sections of this Act, and it shall be the duty of such Justice of the Peace to issue his warrant for the arrest of such violators and have them brought forthwith before said Justice of the Peace for examination, and if found guilty of such violation, as charged, shall be fined in a sum not less than Ten Dollars (10.00) or exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each such offense, or committed to the County Jail not exceeding thirty days, at the discretion of such Justice of the Peace.

4. Upon failure to pay such fine as may be assessed as above provided, execution may be issued and immediate levy made upon the stock of such violators and the same sold to the highest bidder at public auction, as is provided in other levies and sales under execution.

5. All funds collected under this Act shall be turned over to the Treasurer of the Commissioners of Highways of the Town or Township wherein such violation occurs, to be expended upon the roads and bridges of said Township.

Law of the Road-Offenses and Penalties.

§ 139. Certain Roads Declared Public Highways.] All roads in this State which have been laid out in pursuance of any law of this State, or of the Territory of Illinois, or which have been established by dedication or used by the public as highways for fifteen (15) years, and which have not been vacated in pursuance of law, are hereby declared to be public highways.

§ 140. The Term Carriage.] The term "carriage" as used in this Act shall be construed to include stage coaches, wagons, carts, sleighs, sleds, automobiles, motorcycles, motor vehicles. and every other carriage or vehicle used for the transportation of passengers and goods, or either of them.

§ 141. Notice Against Fast Driving Over Bridge.] The

commissioners of highways, the State Highway Commission, the State Highway Engineer, or the county superintendent of highways, when they deem it advisable, may put up and maintain in conspicuous places at each end of any bridge a notice with the following words in large characters: "Five dollars fine for riding or driving on this bridge faster than a walk. If any person shall ride or drive over any bridge, upon which such notice has been placed, faster than a walk, he shall forfeit the sum of five dollars for every such offense.

§ 142. Destroying or Defacing Guide Boards, Etc.] For destroying or defacing any guide board, post or milestone, or any notice or direction put up on any bridge or otherwise, by or with the authority of the State Highway Commission, State Highway Engineer, county superintendent of highways, or the commissioners of highways of any town or district, the offender shall forfeit a sum of no [not] less than three dollars, nor more than fifty dollars.

§ 143. Depositing in Road Weeds, Garbage, Etc.] It is hereby declared unlawful for any person to deposit in a public road weeds, trash, garbage or other offensive matter or any broken bottles, glass, boards, containing projecting nails or any other thing likely to cause punctures in the tires of automobiles or motor vehicles; and any person so offending shall be liable to a penalty of not less than three dollars nor more than ten dollars: Provided, however, that this section shall not apply to proper deposits of harmless materials made in good faith and in a proper manner to repair the roads.

§ 144. Injuring Sidewalks, Bridge, Etc.] If any person shall purposely destroy or injure any sidewalk, public bridge, culvert, or causeway, or remove any of the timber or plank thereof, or obstruct the same, he shall forfeit a sum not less than three nor more than one hundred dollars, and shall be liable for all damages occasioned thereby and all necessary costs for rebuilding or repairing the same.

$145. Turn to the Right.] That whenever any persons traveling with any carriages, shall meet on any turnpike, road or public highway in this State, the persons so meeting shall reasonably turn their carriages to the right of the beaten track, so as to permit each carriage to pass without interfering or interrupting, under the penalty of five dollars for every neglect or offense, to be recovered by the party aggrieved: Provided, this section shall not be construed to apply to á case where it is impracticable from the nature of the ground for the driver of the carriage or wagon to turn to the right of the beaten track.

§ 145a. Obstructions and Signs. (1919.)] At all grade erossings of public highways over railroads outside the corporate limits of any city or village, the highway commissioners shall remove, or cause to be removed from the highways all removable obstructions to view of such grade crossings, such as brush and shrubbery, and trim, or cause to be trimmed, all hedges and trees upon the highway for a distance of not less than three hundred (300) feet from each side of such crossings.

It shall be the duty of the highway commissioners to erect and maintain such signs as the Public Utilities Commission may prescribe alongside the roadway on the highway at a distance of three hundred (300) feet on either side from every grade crossing located in the various townships or road districts of the State, designed as "extra hazardous" by the Public Utilities Commission. Such signs shall be erected upon a substantial post or pedestal at a height of approximately five (5) feet above the level o fthe highway at the point where such sign is located. No advertising or other signs shall be placed upon the highway or upon the railroad right-of-way within fifty (50) feet of nay signs required by law to be placed at or near grade crossings.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm of corporation to place, or to cause to be placed, any sign at a public highway within a distance of three hundred (300) feet of any grade crossing, except signs or signals required by law or the Public Utilities Commission for the protection of such crossings.

Any person who unlawfully removes, throws down, injures or defaces any signs required by law to be maintained at or near any railroad crossings on the public highway, shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense.

If, in the case of any such crossing it appears that the presence of such signs is unnecessary, the Public Utilities Commission, on petition of the highway commissioners of the townshp or road district in which such crossing is stuated, may release such township or road district of the obligation of placing or maintaining such signs on the highway near such crossing.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to

place, or to cause to be placed, any sign or billboard on a public highway within fifty (50) feet of any post or guide-board, erected in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place or cause to be placed any sign or bill board or any advertising of any kind or description about or upon any Federal aid road or State aid road within the State other than such as may be directed by the Department of Public Works and Buildings. And any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this Act shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each offense.

It shall be the duty of the highway commissioners to maintain any and all sings placed or erected on any such highway by or through the order of the Public Utilities Commission of this State.

With respect to State aid roads, the duties hereby imposed on the highway commissioners shall be performed by the authorities in charge of such State aid roads.

Any official who shall fail or neglect to perform any duty created by this section shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each such offense.

§ 146. Drunken Driver-Penalty.] No person owning any carriage, running or traveling upon any road in this State for the conveyance of passengers, shall knowingly employ, or con tinue in employment, any person to drive such carriage who is addicted to drunkenness or the excessive use of spirituous liquors; and if any such owner shall violate the provisions of this section, he shall forfeit at the rate of $5.00 per day for all the time he shall keep such driver in his employment. Any person driving his own team, or the team of another, on the public highway, when intoxicated, shall be subject to a fine of not less than $3.00, nor more than $25.00 for each offense.

§ 147. Drunken Driver, Discharge Of.] If any driver, while actually employed in driving any such carriage shall be guilty of intoxication, to such a degree as to endanger the safety of the passengers in the carriage, it shall be the duty of the owner of such carriage, on receiving written notice of the fact, signed by any one of said passengers, and certified by him on oath, forthwith to discharge such driver from his employment; and

every such owner who shall retain, or have in his employ, within thirty days after the receipt of such notice, any driver who shall have been so intoxicated, shall forfeit at the rate of five dollars per day for the time during which he shall keep any such driver in his employment after receiving such notice.

§ 148. Running Horses, Etc., on Public Roads.] No person driving any carriage upon any turnpike, road or public highway within the State, with or without passengers therein, shall run his horses, or carriage or permit the same to run, upon any occasion, or for any purpose whatever, except in case of necessity; and every person who shall offend against the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding $100.00 or imprisoned not exceeding sixty days, at the discretion of the court.

§ 149. Team to Be Hitched.] It shall not be lawful for the driver of any carriage, used for the purpose of conveying passengers for hire, to leave the horses attached thereto while passengers remain therein, without making such horses fast with a sufficient halter, rope or chain, or by placing the lines in the hands of some other person, so as to prevent their running; and if any such driver shall offend against the provisions of this section, he shall forfeit the sum of $20.00 to be recovered by action, to be commenced within six months; and unless the amount of such recovery be paid forthwith, execution shall be immediately issued therefor.

§ 150. Owner Liable for Damages-Driver of Stage, Etc., Guilty of Misdemeanor.] The owner [s] of every carriage running upon any turnpike, road or public highway, for the conveyance of passengers, shall be liable, jointly or severally to the party injured, in all cases, for all injuries or damages done by any person in the employment of such owners as a driver while driving such carriage, to any person, or to the property of any person, and that whenever the act of occasioning such injury or damage be wilful, negligent or otherwise, in the same manner as such driver would be liable. Any driver of any mail stage coach, or any other vehicle for the conveyance of passengers, wilfully offending against the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding $300.00, or imprisoned not exceeding four months.

§ 151. Injuring or Obstructing Roads, Etc.] If any person shall injure or obstruct a public road by felling a tree or trees in, upon or across the same, or by placing or leaving any other obstruction thereon, or encroaching upon the same with any