East St. Louis Board of Trade v. People ex rel. McCormick

Citations

• 105 Ill. 382
• 1883 Ill. LEXIS 101

Syllabus

<p>1. Inspectors of grain— boards of trade of Fast St. Louis and Chicago—their powers. By the act of 1867, incorporating the East St. Louis Board of Trade, there were conferred upon that board all the powers and privileges, and it was subjected to all the restrictions, of the Chicago Board of Trade as then existing under its charter of 1859. Section 10, of the charter of the board of trade of Chicago, merely authorizes an inspection of grain by inspectors appointed by the board of trade, among its members, or as to any other person who may agree thereto; and such inspectors so appointed have no authority to act in any other case, or under other or different circumstances.</p> <p>2. Same—public warehouses—act of 1871 construed as not affecting boards of trade. The act of 1871, for the regulation of public warehouses, was not intended as an amendment of the charters of boards of trade. That act was intended as a complete system of itself, in no manner connected with or depending upon any other law on the subject. Under it no provision is made for the appointment of inspectors of grain for public warehouses in class “B.”</p> <p>3. Siam—effect of act not providing for inspectors. Under the act of 1871, in relation to public warehouses, it making no provision for the appointment of inspectors of grain in class “B,” the owners or proprietors of that class of warehouses could conduct their business without inspection, as before the passage of the law. This .seeming defect in the act can not be construed to invest boards of trade with the power of appointing such inspectors.</p> <p>í. Section 19, of the act of 1871, prohibits warehousemen of class “B” from receiving and mixing the grain of different owners until the same shall have been inspected, in all places where there are legally appointed inspectors of grain. Such inspectors are not such as are appointed by a board of trade, but such as might be appointed under power subsequently conferred by law. So inspectors appoin