(765 ILCS 1020/29) (from Ch. 50, par. 29)
Sec. 29.
In all cases where any vessel or water craft shall be taken
up, which shall be of a value of less than $15, the finder or taker-up
shall advertise the same, by setting up 3 advertisements in the most
public places in the neighborhood; but in such case the taker-up or
finder shall be required to keep and preserve the same in his or her
possession, and shall make restitution thereof to the owner without fee
or reward, except the same be given voluntarily, if legal application
is made for the same within 3 months from the time of such taking
up; but if no owner reclaims such property within the time
aforesaid the exclusive right to the same shall be vested in the
taker-up and the court shall enter an order to that effect.
(Source: P.A. 81-273.)
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