815 ILCS 330

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815 ILCS 330/0.01

(815 ILCS 330/0.01) (from Ch. 147, par. 44.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Cotton Duck or Canvas Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(815 ILCS 330/1) (from Ch. 147, par. 45) Sec. 1. That for the purpose of this act cotton duck or canvas shall be deemed to include all cotton duck or canvas, whether single filling, double filling, army, roll or wide duck. (Source: Laws 1917, p. 342.)

815 ILCS 330/2

(815 ILCS 330/2) (from Ch. 147, par. 46) Sec. 2. That for the purpose of this act, the equivalent of thirty-six (36) inches in length by twenty-nine (29) inches in width, or seven and one-fourth (7 1/4) square feet of cotton duck or canvas shall constitute a yard, a yard, and an ounce shall be one-sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois. (Source: Laws 1917, p. 342.)

815 ILCS 330/3

(815 ILCS 330/3) (from Ch. 147, par. 47) Sec. 3. Any person, firm or corporation who shall manufacture for sale or who may offer or expose for sale any cotton duck or canvas or any article other than clothing and wearing apparel composed or made in whole or in part of cotton duck or canvas, shall distinctly and durably stamp, brand or mark thereon the true and correct weight of such cotton duck or canvas, by ounces per yard, together with a description by name of any filler or other preparations placed in or on said cotton duck or canvas since its manufacture. (Source: Laws 1917, p. 342.)

815 ILCS 330/4

(815 ILCS 330/4) (from Ch. 147, par. 48) Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation either individually or in any representative capacity, to carry for sale, sell or endeavor to sell any cotton duck or canvas as herein defined, or any articles other than clothing and wearing apparel composed or made in whole or in part of any cotton duck or canvas without having marked thereon the true and correct weight of said canvas, or cotton duck by ounces per yard, together with a description by name of any filler or other preparations placed in or on said cotton duck or canvas since its manufacture, or to misstate, misrepresent or conceal the true weight of said canvas or cotton duck by ounces per yard, or to misstate, misrepresent or conceal the existence of any filler or other preparation placed in or on said cotton duck or canvas since its manufacture. (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

815 ILCS 330/5

(815 ILCS 330/5) (from Ch. 147, par. 49) Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation either individually or in representative capacity selling, carrying for sale or endeavoring to sell any awnings, paulins, wagon covers, tent, grain and hay covers, stable or tent tops, to misstate or misrepresent or conceal the true and correct size and dimensions thereof. (Source: Laws 1917, p. 342.)

815 ILCS 330/6

(815 ILCS 330/6) (from Ch. 147, par. 50) Sec. 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, mutilate, obscure, conceal, efface, cancel or remove any mark provided for by this act, or cause or permit the same to be done with intent to mislead, deceive or to violate any of the provisions of this act. (Source: Laws 1917, p. 342.)

815 ILCS 330/7

(815 ILCS 330/7) (from Ch. 147, par. 51) Sec. 7. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a petty offense and on conviction thereof shall for the first offense be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than fifty dollars ($50) and for each subsequent offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). (Source: P.A. 77-2459.)

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