(725 ILCS 110/1) (from Ch. 60, par. 51)
Sec. 1.
Whenever any citizen of this state, or any minor child residing with its
parents or guardian in this state, shall heretofore have been, or shall
hereafter be, by fraudulent pretenses, enticed or kidnapped and taken out
of this state into any other state, and by such enticer or kidnapper or his
confederates murdered, and the relatives or parents or guardian of such
person, shall have pursued or shall pursue such criminal and procured his
arrest and conviction of such crime under the laws of such other state, the
reasonable expense incurred in procuring such arrest and conviction in such
other state, shall be paid out of the treasury of this state as follows:
Any person making claim under the provision of this act shall file a
statement of the claim with the several items thereof with the State
Comptroller, which claim shall be verified by the oath of the claimant and
by record or other satisfactory proof of the conviction of the criminal,
and by such other proof as the nature of the case will admit, and such
claim and the proofs shall be considered by the governor, Comptroller and
attorney general, who shall examine said claim and proof and may require
other proof if they judge necessary; and upon being satisfied that said
claim or any of the items thereof was incurred in the prosecution of such
criminal in such other state, and was a just and reasonable expense for
that purpose, they shall allow the same for such an amount as they judge
just and reasonable, and shall so certify to the Comptroller, who shall
thereupon draw his warrant in favor of the claimant on the treasurer for
the amount so allowed: Provided, no more than $3,500 shall be allowed in
any one case.
(Source: P.A. 78-592.)
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