(605 ILCS 115/9) (from Ch. 137, par. 9)

Sec. 9. Every person or corporation who shall take or demand any greater rate of toll for the passage of any person or property over any bridge than is allowed by law, shall, for each offense, forfeit and pay to the party aggrieved the sum of $5, and such additional amount as shall have been illegally taken.

(Source: R.S. 1874, p. 1059.)