§ 22A. Whoever, being hooded, robed or masked so as to conceal his identity, is guilty of an assault or an assault and battery, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1000, or imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than five years or both.

§ 25B. Whoever, being hooded, robed or masked so as to conceal his identity, is guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon, instrument or other thing, with an intent to inflict upon the person of another a bodily injury, where the circumstances of the assault show an abandoned and malignant heart, shall subject the offender to a fine not exceeding $5,000.00 nor less than $500.00 or imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period of not less than one year nor more than ten years, or both.

§ 56C. Whoever with an evil or wicked purpose, appears in any public place hooded, robed or masked so as to conceal his identity, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1000.00 or imprisoned in the county jail, not less than six months nor more than a year, or both. APPROVED June 27, 1923.

(HOUSE BILL No. 262. APPROVED JUNE 21, 1923.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence," approved March 27, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as subsequently amended, by amending section 57 thereof. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

SECTION 1. That an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence," approved March 27, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as subsequently amended, be and the same is hereby amended by amending section 57 thereof, to read as follows:

§ 57. Whoever keeps or maintains a house of ill fame or place for the practice of prostitution or lewdness, or whoever patronizes the same, or lets any house, room or other premises for any such purpose, or shall keep a common, ill governed and disorderly house, to the encouragement of idleness, gaming, drinking, fornication, or other misbehavior, shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail or house of correction for a period of not more than one year or both. When the lessee or keeper of a dwelling house or other building is convicted under this section, the lease for contract for letting the premises, shall, at the option of the lessor, become void, and the lessor may have the like remedy to recover the possession as against a tenant holding over after the expiration of his term. And whoever shall lease to another any house, room, or other premises, in whole or in part, for any of the uses or purposes punishable under this section, or knowingly permits the same to be so used or occupied, shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail or house of correction for a period

of not more than one year, or both, and the house or premises so leased, occupied or used shall be held liable for and be sold for any judgment obtained under this section, but if such building or premises belongs to a minor or other person under guardianship, then the guardian or conservator and his property shall be liable instead of such ward, and his property shall be subject to be sold for the payment of said judgment.

APPROVED June 21, 1923.

KOSHER MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS.
§ 2. Penalty.

§ 1. Regulations regarding sale, etc.

(HOUSE BILL No. 691. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1923.)

AN ACT in relation to the sale of kosher meat and meat preparations. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

SECTION 1. That a person, who, with intent to defraud, sells, or exposes for sale any meat or meat preparations and falsely represents the same to be kosher, whether such meat or meat preparations be raw or prepared for human consumption, or as having been prepared under and of a product or products sanctioned by the orthodox Hebrew religious requirements; or falsely represents any food product or the contents of any package or container to be so constituted and prepared, by having or permitting to be inscribed thereon the word "kosher" in any language; or sells or exposes for sale in the same place of business both kosher and nonkosher meat or meat preparations, either raw or prepared for human consumption, who fails to indicate on his window signs and all display advertising, in block letters at least four inches in height, "kosher and nonkosher meat sold here;" or who exposes for sale in any show window or place of business as both kosher and nonkosher or meat preparations, either raw or prepared for human consumption, who fails to display over each kind of meat or meat preparation so exposed a sign in block letters at least four inches in height reading "kosher meat" or "nonkosher meat," as the case may be, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 2. Any person convicted of violating section 1 of this Act, shall for the first offense, be punished by a fine in a sum of not less than fifteen ($15.00) dollars, and not more than one hundred ($100.00) dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, and for the second and each subsequent offense by a fine of not less than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, or more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail, not exceeding one year, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the

court.

APPROVED June 28, 1923.

§ 1.

LIMITING BUSINESS OF MAKING LOANS.

Adds section 220a to Division I, § 2. Act in effect January 1. 1924.
Act of 1874.

§ 220a.

Who may engage in

business-Penalty.

(HOUSE BILL No. 15. APPROVED JUNE 20, 1923.)

AN ACT to add section 2200 to Division I of “An Act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence," approved March 27, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as amended.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

SECTION 1. Section 220a is added to Division I of "An Act to revise the law in relation to criminal jurisprudence," approved March 27, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as amended, said section to read as follows:

§ 220a. No person, firm, copartnership, or corporation, (except corporations organized and doing business under "An Act to provide for the incorporation, management and regulation of pawners' societies and limiting the rate of compensation to be paid for advances, storage and insurance on pawns and pledges and to allow the loaning. of money upon personal property," approved March 29, 1899, in force July 1, 1899, as amended), shall use a name which contains therein the words "Pawners' Society." Any person, firm, copartnership or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00), nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), for each day such person, firm, copartnership or corporation continues to use a name which contains such words.

§ 2. This amendatory Act shall take effect January 1, 1924.
APPROVED June 20, 1923.

ORDER OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS.

§ 1. Unlawful to wear badge unless § 2. Penalty.

member of orders.

AN ACT to prohibit the wearing or using of the insignia or badge or other emblem of the Order of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States or the Women's Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States by any others than members of the orders.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to wear the badge, emblem or any other insignia of the Order of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, or of the Women's Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, or to use the same to obtain aid or assistance thereby, from any person, unless he or she be entitled to use or wear the same under the constitution, bylaws, rules or regulations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the

United States or of the Women's Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.

§ 2. Any person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of section 1 of this Act shall be deemed by the court guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in any sum not less than fifteen ($15.00) dollars and not more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars.

APPROVED June 27, 1923.

PLACES OF ENTERTAINMENT OR AMUSEMENT-SALE OF TICKETS. § 3. Right of action against seller.

§ 1. Unlawful sale defined.

§ 2. Penalty for violation.

(SENATE BILL No. 208. APPROVED JUNE 30, 1923.)

AN ACT in relation to the sale of tickets to certain places of entertainment or amusement.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

SECTION 1. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, owner, lessee, manager, trustee, or any of their employees or agents, owning, conducting, managing or operating any theater, circus, baseball park, place of public entertainment or amusement where tickets of admission are sold for any such places of amusement or public entertainment to sell or permit the sale, barter or exchange of such admission tickets at any other place than in the box office or on the premises of such theater, circus, baseball park, place of public entertainment or amusement, but nothing herein prevents such theater, circus, baseball park, place of public entertainment or amusement from placing any of its admission tickets for sale at any other place at the same price such admission tickets are sold by such theater, circus, baseball park or other place of public entertainment or amusement at its box office or on the premises of such places, at the same advertised price or printed rate thereof.

§ 2. Whoever violates any provision of this Act shall, for each offense, be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year or both, in the discretion of the court, and any owner, lessee, manager or trustee convicted under this Act shall, in addition to the penalty herein provided, forfeit the license of such theater, circus, baseball park, place of public entertainment or amusement so granted and the same shall be revoked by the authorities granting the same.

§ 3. Whoever, upon the purchase of such admission tickets as herein provided, feels himself aggrieved or injured by paying for such tickets any sum in excess of the advertised price or printed rate, or any sum in excess of the price originally charged at the box office or place where such admission tickets usually are sold by the management of any such place of entertainment or amusement, has, irrespective of the penalties herein provided, a right of action in his name against such person, firm, corporation, owner, lessee, manager, trustee, or any of their agents or employees owning, conducting, managing or oper

ating any such theater, circus, baseball park or place of public entertainment or amusement, to recover for each ticket for which an overcharge was made contrary to the provisions of this Act, a sum of $20, which may be recovered in an action of debt before any court of competent jurisdiction in this State.

APPROVED June 30, 1923.

PROBATION SYSTEM.

§ 1. Amends section 14, Act of 1911.

§ 14. Probation officers-Salary.

(SENATE BILL NO. 536.

APPROVED JUNE 27, 1923.)

AN ACT to amend section 14 of “An Act providing for a system of probation, for the appointment and compensation of probation officers, and authorizing the suspension of final judgment and the imposition of sentence upon persons found guilty of certain defined crimes and offenses, and legalizing their ultimate discharge without punishment," approved June 10, 1911, as amended.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

SECTION 1. Section 14 of "An Act providing for a system of probation, for the appointment and compensation of probation officers, and authorizing the suspension of final judgment and the imposition of sentence upon persons found guilty of certain defined crimes and offenses, and legalizing their ultimate discharge without punishment," approved June 10, 1911, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

§ 14. The amount of compensation to be paid any probation officer or chief probation officer appointed by any Circuit Court, shall be determined by the board of commissioners or supervisors of the several counties in which said officers, respectively, are appointed, and shall be paid by the county treasurer on the warrant of the county comptroller or other person authorized to issue warrants on the county treasurer; the amount of compensation to be paid to any probation. officer appointed by any Municipal or City Court shall be determined by the city council of the city in which such Municipal or City Court is situated, and shall be paid out of the city treasury on warrants drawn for that purpose; the compensation to be paid to any chief probation officer appointed jointly by the judges of the Circuit Court of any county, and the judges of any Municipal or City Court, as provided in section 9 of this Act, shall be equally apportioned between the county and the cities, the judges of whose courts made such appointment as aforesaid, and the amount thereof shall be fixed by said judges and approved by the board of county commissioners or supervisors of such county and by the city councils of the cities for which said chief probation officer is appointed as aforesaid: Provided, however, that the compensation paid any chief probation officer in counties of the third class shall not exceed six thousand dollars nor be less than five thousand dollars a year, the compensation of each of not more than three assistant probation officers in counties of said class, shall not