Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 815 - BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
815 ILCS 330/ - Cotton Duck or Canvas Act.

(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) (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) (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) (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) (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) (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) (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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