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 SCHOOL LAW OF ILLINOIS 
 
 ENACTED BY THE 
 
 Forty-Sixth General Assembly 
 
 
 
 ISSUED BY 
 
 FRANCIS G. BLAIR 
 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS: 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL Co., STATE PRINTERS 
 
 1910 
 
THE 
 
 SCHOOL LAW OF ILLINOIS 
 
 ENACTED BY THE 
 
 Forty-Sixth General Assembly 
 
 ISSUED BY 
 
 FRANCIS G. BLAIR 
 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS: 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL Co., STATE PRINTERS 
 
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CIRCULAR 52, 
 
 GENERAL SCHOOL LAW. 
 AN ACT to establish and maintain a system of free schools. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, rep- 
 resented in the General Assembly: That on Tuesday next after the first 
 Monday in November, 1910, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall 
 be elected by the qualified voters of this State a Superintendent of Public 
 Instruction, who shall hold his office for four years from the second 
 Monday in January next after his election. 
 
 2. Before entering upon his duties he shall take and subscribe the 
 oath of office prescribed by the Constitution, and execute a bond in the 
 penalty of $25,000.00, payable to the People of the State of Illinois, 
 with securities to be approved .by the Governor, conditioned upon the 
 faithful discharge of his duties. Such bond and oath shall be deposited 
 with the Secretary of State. 
 
 3. The duties of the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be: 
 
 First To have his office at the seat of government, and to keep a 
 record of all matters pertaining to the business of his office. 
 
 Second To file all papers, reports and public documents transmitted 
 to him by the school officers of the several counties, for each year sepa- 
 rately; and to keep and preserve all other public documents, books and 
 papers relative to schools, coming into his hands as Superintendent of 
 Public Instruction. 
 
 Third To supervise all the common and public schools in the State. 
 
 Fourth To counsel and confer, in such manner as he may deem 
 best, with experienced and practical teachers as to the best manner of 
 conducting common schools. 
 
 Fifth To advise and assist county superintendents of schools, address- 
 ing to them, from time to time, circular letters relating to the best 
 manner of conducting schools, constructing school houses, furnishing 
 the same, and examining and procuring competent teachers, 
 
 Sixth To be ex officio a member of the board of trustees of the 
 Southern Normal University. 
 
 Seventh To make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to 
 carry into efficient and uniform effect the provisions of this Act, and of 
 all laws for establishing and maintaining free schools in the State. 
 
 Eighth To be the legal advisor of school officers, and, when requested 
 by any school officer, to give his opinion in writing upon any question 
 arising under the school laws of the State. 
 
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Ninth To hear and determine all controversies arising under the 
 school laws of the State, coming to him by appeal from a county superin- 
 tendent of schools. 
 
 Tenth To grant certificates to such teachers as may be found qualified 
 to receive them, and to suspend the operation of any State certificate for 
 immorality or other unprofessional conduct. 
 
 Eleventh To visit such of the charitable institutions of the State as 
 are educational in their character, to examine their facilities for instruc- 
 tion, and to prescribe forms for such reports as he may desire from their 
 superintendents. 
 
 Twelfth To report to the Governor, on or before the 1st of November, 
 preceding each regular session of the General Assembly, the condition 
 of the schools in the several counties of the State ; the number of schools 
 which have been taught in each county in each of the preceding years., 
 commencing on tjie 1st of July; the number taught by men and women 
 respectively; the number of pupils in attendance; the number of persons- 
 in each county under 21 years of age, and the number of persons between 
 the ages of 12 and 21 years unable to read and write; the amount of 
 township funds; the amount of interest on the State or common school 
 fund, and on the township fund, annually paid out; the amount raised 
 by an ad valorem tax; the amount annually expended for schools; the 
 number of school houses, their kind and condition; the number of 
 townships and parts of townships in each county; the number of books 
 purchased for the use of schools and the cost of the same; the value of 
 apparatus purchased; the number of district libraries; together with 
 such other information and suggestions as he may deem important in 
 relation to the schools and school laws, and the means of promoting 
 education throughout the State; which report shall be submitted to the 
 General Assembly at each regular session. 
 
 4. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall have the follow- 
 ing powers : 
 
 First To designate the particular statistics relating to public schools 
 which school officers are required to report to the county superintendent 
 of schools. 
 
 Second To authorize the county superintendent of schools to procure 
 such assistance as may be necessary to conduct teachers' institutes. 
 
 Third To require the county superintendents of schools to furnish 
 him with such information as he may desire to include in his report to 
 the General Assembly. 
 
 Fourth To require the trustees of schools of each township to 
 make, at any time, a report similar to that required of trustees of 
 schools, on or before the 15th day of July preceding each regular session 
 of the General Assembly. 
 
 Fifth To require annual reports from the authorities of townships, 
 cities or districts maintaining schools by authority of special charters. 
 
 Sixth To remit, upon the recommendation of the county superin-' 
 tendent of schools, or for other good and sufficient reasons, the forfeiture 
 of the school fund by any township which may have failed to make the 
 reports required by law. 
 
Seventh To require the Auditor of Pubic Accounts to withhold from 
 the county superintendent the amount due his county from the State 
 school fund, or the said county superintendent for Ms compensation, 
 until the report provided for in section 7 of this Act shall have been 
 furnished as therein required. 
 
 Eighth To request the president, principal or other proper officer of 
 -every organized university, college, seminary, academy or other educa- 
 tional institution, whether incorporated or unincorporated, to submit 
 such report as he may require, in order to lay before the General Assembly 
 a full exhibit of the affairs and conditions of such institutions and of 
 the educational resources of the State. 
 
 Ninth To require the county .superintendent of schools, trustees, 
 township treasurer, directors or other school officer to withhold from 
 any township, district, officer or teacher any part of the common school 
 township or other school fund, until such treasurer, officer or teacher 
 shall have made all schedules, reports and returns required of him by 
 this Act, and until .such officer shall have executed and filed all official 
 bonds and accounted for all common school, township or other school 
 funds which have come into his hands. 
 
 COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 
 
 5. On Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, 1910, 
 and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified voters 
 of every county in this State a county superintendent of schools, who 
 shall enter upon the discharge of his duties on the first Monday of 
 December after his election. 
 
 6. Before entering upon his duties he shall take and subscribe the 
 oath prescribed by the Constitution, and execute a bond payable to the 
 People of the State of Illinois, with two or more responsible freeholders 
 as security, to be approved by the county board or by the judge and 
 clerk of the county court, in a penalty of not less than $12,000.00, condi- 
 tioned upon the faithful discharge of his duties. The bond shall be in 
 the following form, to wit : 
 STATE OF ILUNOIS, ] 
 
 88, 
 
 COUNTY, j 
 
 Know All Men by These Presents: That we, A B, C D, and E F, are held 
 and firmly bound, jointly and severally, unto the people of the State of Illi- 
 nois, in the penal sum of dollars, to the payment of which we 
 
 bind ourselves, our -heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these 
 presents. 
 
 In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 
 
 day of , 1 
 
 The condition of this obligation is such that if A B, county superintendent 
 of schools of the county aforesaid, shall faithfully discharge all the duties 
 of his office, according to law; and shall deliver to his successor in office 
 all moneys, books, papers and property in his hands as such county superin- 
 tendent of schools, then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in 
 full force and virtue. 
 
 A '. B [Seal] 
 
 C D [Seal] 
 
 E P [Seal] 
 
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 This bond shall be filed in the office of the county clerk,, and action or 
 actions upon it may be maintained by any corporate body interested, for 
 the benefit of any township or fund injured by any breach of its 
 conditions. 
 
 7. On or before the 15th of August, annually, the county super- 
 intendent of schools shall present to the Superintendent of Public 
 Instruction such information relating to schools in his county as the 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction may require. 
 
 8. The county superintendent shall present under oath, or affirma- 
 tion, to the county board, at its annual meeting in September, and as 
 near quarterly thereafter as such board may have regular or special 
 meetings, a report of all his acts as county superintendent, including a 
 list of all the schools visited, with the dates of visitation. 
 
 9. The county superintendent shall report, in writing, to the 
 county board, at its regular meeting in September of each year, stating, 
 first, the balance on hand at the time of the last report, and all receipts 
 since that date, with the sources from which they were derived; second, 
 the amount distributed to each of the township treasurers in his county ; 
 third, any balance on hand. At the same time he shall present for 
 inspection his books and vouchers for all expenditures, and submit in 
 writing a statement of the condition of the institute fund and of any 
 other funds in his care, custody or control. 
 
 10. The county superintendent shall keep three books, to be known 
 and designated by the letters A, B, and C, for the following purposes: 
 In book A he shall record at length all petitions presented to him for 
 the sale of common school lands, the plats and certificates of valuation 
 made by or under the direction of the trustees of schools, and the affida- 
 vits in relation to the same. In book B he shall keep an account of all 
 sales of common school lands, including the date of sale, name of 
 purchaser, description of land sold and the selling price. In book C 
 he shall keep a regular account of all moneys received or paid out; from 
 whom received, on what account, showing whether it is principal or 
 interest, the rate of interest, and a description of the real estate taken 
 as security; if paid out, to whom, when, and on what account, and the 
 amount of the list of sales and the account of each township fund to 
 be kept separate. 
 
 11. At the regular meeting of the county board, in each year, the 
 county superintendent shall present, first, a statement showing the sales 
 of school lands made subsequent to the first regular term of the previous 
 year, which shall be a true copy of the sale book (book B) ; second, a 
 statement of the amount of money received, paid, and in hand, belonging 
 to each township or fund under his control, the statement of each fund 
 to be separate; third, a statement copied from his loan book (book C), 
 showing all the facts in regard to loans which are required to be stated 
 in the loan book. 
 
 12. In all cases in which the trustees of schools of any township 
 shall fail to prepare and forward, or cause to be prepared and forwarded, 
 to the county superintendent the information required of them by this 
 

 Act, it shall be the duty of the county superintendent to employ a com- 
 petent person to take the enumeration and furnish such information, as 
 far as practicable. The person so employed shall have access to the 
 books and papers of the township to enable him to make such statement; 
 and the township treasurer, or other officer or person in whose custody 
 such books and papers may be, shall permit such person to examine such 
 books and papers at such times and at such places as such person may 
 desire for the purposes aforesaid. For such services the county superin- 
 tendent shall pay to the person so employed by him such amount as he 
 may judge reasonable, out of any money which is or may come into 
 his hands, apportioned as the share of or belonging to such township; 
 and the county superintendent shall proceed to recover and collect the 
 amount so allowed or paid in a civil action before any justice of the 
 peace in the county, or before any court having jurisdiction, in the 
 name of the People of the State of Illinois, of and against the trustees- 
 of schools of the township in their individual capacity ; and in such suit 
 or suits the county superintendent and the township treasurer shall be 
 competent witnesses. The money so received, when collected, shall be 
 paid to the county superintendent for the benefit of the township, ta 
 replace the money taken as aforesaid. 
 
 13. Whenever the bond of any .township treasurer, approved by the 
 trustees of schools, as required by law, shall be delivered to the county 
 superintendent of schools, he shall carefully examine the same, and if 
 the instrument is found to be in all respects according to law, and the. 
 securities good and sufficient, he shall endorse his approval thereon, have 
 it recorded in the recorder's office, and file the same with the papers 
 of his office ; but if the bond is in any respect defective, or if the penalty- 
 is insufficient, he shall return it for correction. When the bond shall' 
 have been received and filed, the superintendent shall, on demand, deliver 
 to the township treasurer a written statement certifying that his bond 
 has been approved and filed, and that the township treasurer is entitled 
 to the care and custody, on demand, of all moneys, bonds, mortgages,, 
 notes and securities, and all books, papers and property of every descrip- 
 tion belonging to the township. 
 
 14. Upon receipt of the amount due the county from the State 
 school funrl, the county superintendent shall apportion the same, together 
 with other funds held for distribution, to the townships and parts of 
 townships in his county in which schools have been -maintained, as pro- 
 vided by law, according to the number of persons under 21 years of age 
 returned to him, and shall pay the distributive share belonging to each 
 township and fractional township to the respective township treasurers, 
 or other authorized persons, annually : Provided, however, that no part 
 of the State or other school fund shall be paid to any township treasurer, 
 or other person authorized to receive it, unless such treasurer shall have 
 filed his bond/or, if reflected, shall have renewed his bond and filed the 
 same as required by law. 
 
 15. It shall further be the duty of each county superintendent of 
 schools : 
 
First To execute, upon notice by the county board, a new bond., con- 
 ditioned and approved as the first bond. 
 
 Second To sell township fund lands, issue certificates of purchase, 
 report to the county board and Auditor of Public Accounts, and perform 
 all other duties pertaining thereto. 
 
 Third To register the names of all applicants for normal school and 
 university scholarships; to hold, or cause to be held, examinations for 
 the same, and to perform such other duties as pertain thereto. 
 
 Fourth To visit each public school in the county at least once a year, 
 noting the methods of instruction, the branches taught, the text books 
 used, and the discipline, government and general condition of the 
 schools; in the performance of which duty he shall spend at least half 
 his time, and more, if practicable, in visiting ungraded schools. 
 
 Fifth To give teachers and school officers such directions in the 
 science, art and methods of teaching, and in regard to courses of study, 
 as he may deem expedient, 
 
 Sixth To act as the official adviser and constant assistant of the 
 school officers and teachers of his county. In the performance of this 
 duty he shall faithfully carry out the advice of the Superintendent of 
 Public Instruction. 
 
 Seventh To conduct a teachers' institute, to aid and encourage the 
 formation of other teachers' meetings, and to assist in their management. 
 
 Eighth To labor in every practicable way to elevate the standard of 
 teaching, and improve the condition of the common schools of his 
 county. 
 
 Ninth To examine at least once each year all books, accounts and 
 vouchers of every township treasurer in his county, and, if he finds any 
 irregularities in them, to report the same at once, in writing, to the 
 trustees, whose duty it shall be to take immediately such action as the 
 case demands. 
 
 Tenth To examine all notes, bonds, mortgages, and other evidences 
 of indebtedness which the township treasurer holds officially, and if he 
 finds that the papers are not in proper form, or that the securities are 
 insufficient, he shall so state, in writing, to the board of trustees. 
 
 Eleventh To give notice of the election of trustees in such cases as 
 are specified in section 24 of this Act. 
 
 Twelfth To give notice of any regular or special election as required 
 by section 107 of this Act. 
 
 Thirteenth To investigate and determine all matters pertaining to 
 changes in the boundaries of school districts which may come to him 
 by appeal from the decision of the trustees of schools, and to inform 
 the township treasurer from whom the papers relating to the matter were 
 received of his decision. 
 
 Fourteenth To file and keep all the poll books and returns of elections 
 required to be returned to him and the reports and statements returned 
 by township treasurers and trustees of schools. 
 
 Fifteenth To hold meetings, at least quarterly, for the examination 
 of teachers. 
 
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 Sixteenth To grant certificates of qualification to teach to such per- 
 sons as may be qualified to receive them, and to keep a record of all 
 teachers to whom certificates have been granted, and of all teachers 
 employed in his county. 
 
 Seventeenth To notify the presidents of boards of trustees and the 
 clerks of school districts, on or before September 30, annually, of the 
 amount of money distributed by him to the township treasurer, with 
 the date of distribution. 
 
 Eighteenth To keep in his office a map of his county on a scale of 
 not less than two inches to the mile, and to indicate thereon the boundary 
 lines and numbers of all school districts. Districts shall be numbered 
 consecutively. In case of the formation of a new district composed of 
 parts of two or more counties, the county superintendents of such counties 
 shall agree upon a number by which such district ehall be designated, 
 which number shall not be a duplicate of any number in either of such 
 counties. 
 
 Nineteenth To furnish the township treasurers a list of the districts 
 in their .respective townships with the consecutive numbers of the same. 
 
 16. The county superintendent shall have power : 
 
 First To require the trustees of each township in his county to 
 make, at any time he may desire, the report provided for in section 36 
 of this Act. 
 
 Second To recommend to the Superintendent of Public Instruction 
 the remission of the penalty provided for a failure of the trustees of 
 schools to make the report required by law. 
 
 Third To renew teachers' certificates at their expiration by his 
 endorsement thereon. 
 
 Fourth To revoke the certificate of any teacher for immorality, 
 incompetency or other just cause. 
 
 Fifth To direct in what manner township treasurers shall keep their 
 oooks and accounts. 
 
 Sixth To bring suit against the county collector for failure to pay 
 the amount due upon the Auditor's warrant. 
 
 Seventh To remove any school director from office for wilful failure 
 to perform his official duties. 
 
 Eighth To employ, with the approval of the county board, such 
 assistant or assistants as he needs for the full discharge of his duties. 
 Such assistants shall be persons of good attainments, versed in the prin- 
 ciples and methods of education, familiar with public school work, and 
 competent to visit schools. 
 
 Ninth To demand of the trustees of schools certified copies of maps 
 and records of school districts as organized. In case of discrepancies 
 or defects in defining the boundaries of school districts the" county 
 superintendent, or, in case of a district lying in two or more counties, 
 the county superintendents of such counties acting jointly, shall be 
 authorized to define such boundaries in conformity with what may appear 
 to have been the intention of the trustees of schools wnen such boundaries 
 were established. 
 
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 17. In all controversies arising under the school law., the opinion 
 and advice of the county superintendent shall first be sought, whence 
 appeal may be taken upon a written statement of facts certified by the 
 county superintendent to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. 
 
 18. The county superintendent, upon his removal or resignation, 
 or at the expiration of his term of office, or in case of his death his 
 representatives, shall deliver to his successor in office, on demand, all 
 moneys, books, papers and personal property belonging to the office or 
 subject to the control or disposition of the county superintendent, 
 
 TRUSTEES OF SCHOOLS. 
 
 19. Each Congressional township is hereby established a township 
 for school purposes. When a fractional Congressional township contains 
 fewer than two hundred persons under 21 years of age, the trustees of 
 schools, upon petition of a majority of the adult inhabitants of such 
 fractional township, may, by written agreement with the trustees of any 
 adjacent township, consolidate the territory, school funds and other 
 property of such fractional township with such adjacent township. Such 
 territory, school funds and other property shall thereafter be managed 
 by the trustees of such adjacent and consolidated township in accordance 
 with the terms of such agreement, in the manner provided by law. The 
 agreement shall be signed by a majority of the trustees of each township, 
 and filed for record in the office of the county clerk of the county 
 in which such consolidated township, or the greater part thereof, is 
 situated. 
 
 20. The school business of the township shall be transacted by 
 three trustees, to be elected by the qualified voters of the township, as 
 hereinafter provided. Such trustees shall be a body politic and corpo- 
 rate, by the name of "trustees of schools of township No. .-. . . .1. ....... 
 
 range No. .....;.,. .," according to the number. Such corporation shall 
 
 have perpetual existence, with power to sue and be sued, and to plead 
 and be impleaded, in all courts and places where judicial proceedings 
 are had. 
 
 21. No person shall be eligible to the office of trustee of schools 
 who is not a resident of the township, and at least 21 years of age. In 
 case there are three or more school districts in a township, no two 
 trustees shall reside, when elected, in the same school district, nor shall 
 a person be eligible to the office of trustee of schools and school director 
 at the same time. 
 
 22. The election of trustees of schools shall be held, in townships 
 whose boundaries do not coincide with those of towns, on the second 
 Saturday of April, annually. In townships whose boundaries do coincide 
 with those of towns as established under the township organization 
 laws, the trustee or trustees shall be elected at the same time and in the 
 same manner as town officers. In townships in which no election for 
 school trustees has heretofore been held, or in townships in which from 
 
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 any cause there are no trustees of. schools, or in case of a vacancy or 
 vacancies, the election of trustee or trustees, of schools may be held on 
 any Saturday. 
 
 23. Notice of the election of trustees shall be given by the township 
 treasurer, upon the order of the trustees of schools, or, in case of a first 
 election, by the county clerk, by posting notices, at least ten days previous 
 to the time of such election, in not less than five of the most public 
 places in the township, which notices shall specify the time, place and 
 object of the election, and may be in the following form, to wit: 
 
 NOTICE OF ELECTION. 
 
 Notice is hereby given that on Saturday, the day of April, 1 , 
 
 an election will be held at for the purpose of electing 
 
 school trustee., for township No Range No 
 
 The polls will be opened at o'clock, m., and closed at 
 
 o'clock, ...... .m. . 
 
 By order of the trustees of schools. 
 
 Township Treasurer. 
 
 24. If the township treasurer shall fail or refuse to give notice of 
 the regular election of trustees, as required by the foregoing section, and 
 if, in case of a vacancy, the remaining trustee or trustees shall fail or 
 refuse to order an election to fill such vacancy, it shall be the duty of 
 the county superintendent to order such election. 
 
 25. If, upon, the day appointed for the election of trustees of 
 schools, the trustee or judges shall be of the opinion that, on account 
 of the small attendance of voters, the public good requires it, or if a 
 majority of the voters present shall desire it, they shall postpone the 
 election until the next Saturday, at the same place and hour, at which 
 time and meeting the voters shall proceed as if it were not a postponed 
 or adjourned meeting: Provided, however, that if notice shall not have 
 been given of such election, as required by section -23 of this Act, the 
 election may be ordered and held on any Saturday, notice thereof being 
 given. 
 
 26. The time and manner of opening, conducting and closing the 
 election, and the several liabilities appertaining to the judges, clerks 
 and voters, separately and collectively, and the manner of contesting 
 the election, shall be the same as prescribed by the general election laws 
 of this State defining the manner of electing magistrates and constables, 
 so far as applicable, subject to the provisions of this Act. 
 
 27. The trustees of schools shall act as judges and choose a clerk 
 of the election. If the trustees, or any of them, shall fail to attend, or 
 refuse to act when present, or if, from any cause, there are no trustees 
 of schools, or not a sufficient number to act as judges, the qualified 
 voters present shall choose from among themselves the number of judges 
 required to open and conduct the election. 
 
 28. In townships in which for general elections there are more 
 than two polling places, the trustees shall give notice that polls will be 
 
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 opened for such elections in at least two places; in which case at least 
 one of the trustees shall be assigned to each place, so far as practicable, 
 and additional judges shall be chosen by the qualified voters present: 
 Provided, however, that there shall be at least one polling place for each 
 800 voters in the township. 
 
 29. The judges shall return the ballots and original poll books, with 
 a certificate thereon showing the result of election in such precinct, to 
 the treasurer of the township in which the election shall be held, where- 
 upon it shall be the duty of the trustees of schools, within five days 
 after the election, to meet and canvass the returns from each precinct, to 
 make out a certificate showing the number of votes cast for each person 
 in each precinct and in the whole township, and to file the certificate 
 with the county superintendent of schools. 
 
 30. Upon the election of trustees of schools, the judges of the 
 election shall, within ten days thereafter, cause a copy of the poll book 
 of the election to be delivered to the county superintendent of schools, 
 with a certificate thereon showing the election of trustees and the names 
 of the persons elected ; which copy, with the certificate, shall be filed by 
 the county superintendent and shall be evidence of such election. 
 
 31. At the first election of trustees in a newly organized township, 
 the trustees shall, at their first meeting, cast lots for their respective 
 terms of office for one, two and three years; and thereafter one trustee 
 shall be elected annually, at the usual time for electing a trustee of 
 schools, to fill the vacancy occurring. In case of a tie vote, the election 
 shall be determined by lot, on the day of the election, by the judges. 
 
 32. At the first regular election of trustees after the passage of 
 this Act, a successor to the trustee whose term of office then expires 
 shall be elected, and thereafter one trustee shall be elected annually. 
 Such trustees shall continue in office three years. 
 
 33. Within ten days after the annual election, the trustees of 
 schools shall organize by appointing one of their number president, who 
 shall hold his office for one year. It shall be the duty of the president 
 to preside at all meetings of the board and to sign the proceedings thereof 
 when recorded. If the president be absent from any meeting, 'or refuse 
 to perform any of the duties of his office, a president pro tempore may 
 be appointed. The president may be removed by the trustees of schools 
 for good and sufficient cause. 
 
 34. It shall be the duty of the trustees of schools to hold regular 
 semi-annual meetings on the first Mondays of April and October. 
 Special meetings may be called at any time by the president or by two 
 members. Two members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 
 of business. 
 
 35. At the regular semi-annual meetings on the first Mondays of 
 April and October, the trustees shall ascertain the amount of funds 
 subject to distribution, and shall appropriate and distribute the same as 
 required by this section, and not otherwise. All valid claims shall be 
 paid before distribution, in manner following: First, the compensation 
 of the treasurer; second, the cost of publishing the annual statement; 
 
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 third, the cost of a record book, if any; fourth, the cost of dividing 
 school lands and making plats. The balance shall be apportioned and 
 distributed to the districts and parts of districts in the township in 
 which schools have been kept as required by law during the preceding 
 year ending June 30th, according to the number of persons returned 
 under 21 years of age. The funds so distributed shall be credited to the 
 respective districts and parts of districts. 
 
 36. The trustees of schools of each- township in this State shall 
 prepare, or cause to be prepared, by the township treasurer, the directors 
 of the several districts, or other person, and forward to the county super- 
 intendent of the county in which the township lies, on or before the 
 15th day of July, annually, and at such other times as may be required 
 by the county superintendent of schools, or by the Superintendent of 
 Public Instruction, a statement exhibiting the condition of the schools 
 in their respective townships for the preceding year, commencing on 
 July 1st and ending June 30th, which statement shall be in the form 
 and shall contain the information required by the Superintendent of 
 Public Instruction. Any township from which such report is not received 
 in the manner and time required by law, shall forfeit its portion of the 
 distributive fund for the next ensuing year. 
 
 37. In case a township is divided by a county line or lines, the 
 trustees of schools of such township shall make, or cause to be made, 
 separate enumerations of all statistics and other information required 
 by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and report the same sepa- 
 rately to the several county superintendents; and all parts of such 
 statistical information which cannot practicably be reported separately 
 shall be reported to the county superintendent of the county in which 
 the sixteenth section of such township is situated. 
 
 38. At each semi-annual meeting, and at such other meetings as 
 they may think proper, the trustees of schools shall examine all books, 
 notes, mortgages, securities, papers, moneys and effects of the corpora- 
 tion, and the accounts and vouchers of the township treasurer, or other 
 township school officer, and shall make such order for their security, 
 preservation, collection, correction of errors, if any, and for their proper 
 dispositions, as may be necessary. 
 
 39. The trustees of schools may receive any gift, grant, donation 
 or devise made for the use of any school or library, or for any other 
 school purpose, within their jurisdiction. They shall be and are hereby 
 invested in their corporate capacity with the title of all school buildings 
 and school sites. All conveyances of real estate made to the trustees of 
 schools shall be made to them in their corporate name, and to their 
 successors in office. 
 
 40. When a school site or building has become unnecessary or 
 unsuitable or inconvenient for a school, the trustees of schools, on petition 
 of a majority of the voters of the district, shall sell and convey the 
 same, after giving at least twenty days' notice of such sale, by posting 
 written or printed notices thereof describing the property and the terms 
 ot sale, which may be in the following form, to wit : 
 
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 NOTICE OF SALE. 
 
 Notice is hereby given that on the day of , 1 . . . , 
 
 the trustees of schools of township No , Range No , will sell 
 
 at public sale, on the premises hereinafter described, between 10:00 o'clock, 
 a. m., and 3:00 o'clock, p. m., the school house situated on the school house 
 site known as (here describe the site by its number, commonly known 
 name, or other definite description) and located in the (here describe its 
 place in the section), which sale will be made on the following terms, to-wit: 
 (Here insert as "one-third of the purchase money cash in hand, and the 
 balance in two equal payments, due in one and two years from day of sale, 
 
 with interest at the rate of . per cent per annum from date.") 
 
 A B [ Seal] 
 
 C D [Seal] 
 
 E F [Seal] 
 
 Trustees. 
 
 The -deed of conveyance shall be executed by the president and clerk, 
 and the proceeds paid to the township treasurer for the benefit of the 
 district. 
 
 41. The trustees of schools shall cause all moneys for the use of 
 the township and the districts to be paid to the township treasurer. 
 
 42. The trustees of schools shall have power to purchase real 
 estate in satisfaction of any judgment or decree in any action wherein 
 the trustees or the county superintendent of schools are parties, if, in 
 their opinion, the interests of the township fund will be promoted thereby. 
 
 43. The trustees of schools shall have power to make all settle- 
 ments with persons indebted to them in their official capacity ; to receive 
 deeds to real estate in compromise; and to cancel notes, bonds, mort- 
 gages, judgments and decrees for the benefit of the township; and their 
 action in the premises shall be valid and binding. 
 
 44. The trustees of schools shall have power to lease or sell any 
 lands that may come into their possession in the manner described in 
 either of the two preceding sections. The sale shall be made in the 
 manner provided for the sale of the sixteenth section. 
 
 45. The trustees of schools in newly organized townships shall 
 divide the township into school districts, to suit the wishes or conve- 
 nience of a majority of the inhabitants of the township, and shall 
 prepare, or cause to be prepared, a map of the township, on which the 
 district or districts shall be designated by their respective numbers. 
 
 46. When such division into districts has been made, the trustees 
 of schools may, in their discretion, at the regular meeting in April, 
 change the boundaries of districts situated wholly within the township, 
 so as: 
 
 First To divide a district into two or more districts, when petitioned 
 by a majority of the legal voters of the district. 
 
 Second To consolidate two or more districts into one district, when 
 petitioned by a majority of the legal voters of each district. 
 
 Third To detach territory from one district and add the same to an 
 adjacent district, when petitioned by a majority of the legal voters of 
 each district; or, when petitioned by two-thirds of the legal voters 
 residing within the territory described in the petition, asking that 
 such territory be detached from one district and added to an adjacent 
 district. 
 
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 Fourth To create a new district from territory belonging to two or 
 more districts, when petitioned by a majority of the legal voters of each 
 district; or, when petitioned by two-thirds of the legal voters residing 
 within the territory described in the petition, containing not fewer than 
 ten families, asking that such territory be created into a new district. 
 
 Fifth To create a new district by dividing the territory of an exist- 
 ing district, when petitioned by two-thirds of the legal voters residing 
 within the territory described in the petition, containing not fewer than 
 ten families, asking that such territory be created into a new district. 
 
 47. Changes in the boundaries of districts which lie in separate 
 townships, and of districts formed of parts of two or more townships, 
 may be made at the regular meeting of trustees in April, by the con- 
 current action of the several boards of trustees in which the district or 
 districts lie, each board being petitioned, as provided in the preceding 
 section of this Act. 
 
 48. In school districts, whether operating under this Act or under 
 a special charter, the request for a change of boundary may be submitted 
 to the trustees by vote of the people, instead of by petition. The school 
 directors, when petitioned so to do by twenty-five legal voters of the 
 district, shall submit the question of the change desired to the voters 
 of the district, at a special election called for that purpose, and held at 
 least thirty days prior to the regular April meeting of trustees. If a 
 majority of the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of the change 
 proposed, then, due return of the election having been made to the 
 township treasurer, the trustees of schools shall consider and take action 
 the same as if petitioned therefor by a majority of the legal voters of 
 such district. Such question shall not be so submitted more than once 
 in any year. 
 
 49. A majority of the legal voters of a district lying in two or 
 more townships may secure the dissolution of the district by petitioning 
 the trustees of schools of the several townships, at their regular meeting 
 in April, to add the territory belonging to the district in their township 
 to one or more adjacent districts. Upon receipt of such petition, or the 
 returns of the election, in districts containing one thousand or more 
 inhabitants, the trustees of "schools of the several townships shall make 
 such disposition of the territory of the district that lies in their township, 
 and they shall jointly make such division of the property of the district 
 between or among the districts to which its territory is attached, as 
 provided in the case of the organization of a new district from a part 
 of another district. 
 
 50. If any school district shall, for two consecutive years, fail to 
 maintain a public school as required by law, it shall be the duty of the 
 trustees of schools of the township, or townships, in which such district 
 lies, to attach the territory of such district to one or more adjoining 
 districts; and, in case the territory is added to two or more districts, to 
 divide the property of the district among the districts to which its terri- 
 tory is added, in the manner provided for the division of property in 
 case of the organization of a new district from a part of another district. 
 
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 .51. Any city, township or district in which schools are now man- 
 aged under any special Act, may, by vote of its electors, cease to control 
 its schools under such special Act, and becomes part of the school 
 township, or townships, in which it is situated. Upon petition of fifty 
 voters of such city, township or district, presented to the board having 
 the control and management of the public schools, it shall be the duty 
 of such board to cause to be submitted to the voters at the next ensuing 
 election to be held in such city, township or district, the question of 
 "organizing under the general school law." Notice shall be given by 
 posting notices in the five most public places in such city, township or 
 district, at least fifteen days before the date of holding such election, 
 which notices shall be in the following form, to wit: 
 
 NOTICE OF ELECTION. 
 
 Notice is hereby given, that on the day of , 1 . . . , 
 
 an election will be held at , for the purpose of deciding the 
 
 question of organizing under the general school law. The polls will be 
 
 opened at o'clock, ...m., and closed at o'clock, ...m. 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 If it shall appear, upon a canvass of the returns, that a majority of the 
 votes cast at such election are in favor of organizing under the general 
 school law, then the board having the control and management of schools 
 in such city, township or district shall give notice of an election to be 
 held on any Saturday thereafter, according to the provisions of this 
 Act, for the purpose of electing a board of directors or board of education, 
 as the case may require; but all subsequent elections shall be held on the 
 third Saturday of April annually. 
 
 62. No petition shall be acted upon by the trustees .of schools 
 unless such petition shall have been filed with the clerk at least twenty 
 days before the regular meeting in April, nor unless a copy of the 
 petition, with a notice in writing, signed by one or more of the peti- 
 tioners, shall be delivered by the petitioners, or one of them, at least ten 
 days before the day on which the petition is to be considered, to the 
 president or clerk of the school directors of each district whose boundaries 
 will be changed if the petition is granted. Such notice may be in the 
 following form, to wit : 
 
 NOTICE OF PETITION. 
 
 The directors in district No , in county, will 
 
 take notice that the undersigned and others have made and filed with the 
 trustees of schools their petition, a copy of which is herewith handed to you. 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 53. When a petition shall come before the trustees of schools 
 asking for a change in the boundaries of districts, it shall be the duty 
 of the trustees to ascertain whether the foregoing provisions have been 
 strictly complied with. If it shall appear that they, or either of them, 
 have not been complied with, the board shall adjourn, for not longer 
 than four weeks, in order that the foregoing provisions may be complied 
 with. There shall be but one adjournment for such purpose. 
 
 54. If it shall appear on the day of the regular meeting, or, in 
 case of adjournment, at the adjourned meeting, that such provisions have 
 
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 been complied with, the trustees shall consider the petition, hear any 
 legal voters of the district or districts affected by the proposed change 
 who may appear to oppose the petition, and shall grant or refuse the 
 prayer of the petitioners without unreasonable delay. After the trus- 
 tees of schools have considered the petition, no objection shall be raised 
 as to its form, and their action shall be prima facie evidence that all 
 requirements have been complied with. 
 
 -55. The petitioners, or the legal voters who appear to oppose the 
 change of boundaries, shall have the right of appeal to the county super- 
 intendent of schools. The appellant shall file with the clerk of the 
 trustees a written notice of appeal within ten days after final action by 
 the trustees, which notice may be in the following form, to wit: 
 
 NOTICE OF APPEAL. 
 
 To the trustees of schools of township No , Range No ., of 
 
 county, Illinois : 
 
 You are hereby notified that the undersigned will appeal from your de- 
 cision made on the day of , 1 . . . , granting 
 
 (or refusing) .the prayer of the petition in regard to (here give substance 
 of the petition concerned) to the county superintendent of schools of 
 
 county, Illinois, as provided by law. 
 
 ( Signed) 
 
 56. When an appeal is so taken the clerk shall transmit, within 
 five days after the notice of appeal has been filed, all papers in the case, 
 with a transcript of the records of the trustees showing their action 
 thereon, to the county superintendent of schools. The clerk shall take 
 no further action in the matter, except upon the order of the county 
 superintendent, who shall investigate the case, make such change or 
 changes, or refuse to make them, reversing, if need be, the action of the 
 trustees, and give the clerk immediate notice of his decision; and his 
 action shall be final and binding. If the changes askod by the petitioners 
 be made by the county superintendent, he shall notify, in writing, the 
 clerk by whom the papers in the case were transmitted to him, of his 
 action, and the clerk shall thereupon make a record of the same, and 
 shall, within ten days thereafter, make a copy of the same, and a map 
 of the township showing the districts, and an accurate list of the tax- 
 payers of the newly arranged districts, and deliver them to the county 
 clerk for filing and record by him, the same as if the changes had been 
 ordered by the trustees. 
 
 57. In all cases in which the district affected by a proposed change 
 of boundaries is divided by a county line or lines, the appeal may be 
 taken to the county superintendent of schools of any one of the counties 
 in which the district is partly located; and upon appeal being taken in 
 any such case, the county superintendent of schools to whom such 
 appeal is taken shall forthwith give notice to the county superintendent 
 or superintendents of schools of the other county or counties of the 
 pendency of such appeal, and of the time and place when and where it 
 shall be heard ; and the county superintendents of schools of the counties 
 in which the district is located shall meet at such time and place, and 
 
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 together hear and determine the appeal. In case the county superin- 
 tendents shall be unable to arrive at an agreement, the county judge 
 of the county in which such appeal is pending shall become a member 
 of the board of appeal, by which the appeal shall thereupon be heard 
 and determined. The county superintendent of schools to whom such 
 appeal is taken shall at once notify, in writing, the clerk by whom the 
 papers in the case were transmitted to him, of the action taken on such 
 appeal, as hereinafter provided. 
 
 58. When a change in boundaries is made by the trustees of 
 schools, and no appeal is taken, the clerk shall make and file with the 
 county clerk for record, within twenty days of the action of the trustees, 
 a copy of the record of such action, certified by the president and the 
 clerk, together with a map of the township showing the districts, and a 
 list of the taxpayers of the newly organized districts. 
 
 59. In case any territory shall be set off from .a district that has a 
 bonded debt, the change not being petitioned for by a majority of the 
 legal voters of the district, such original district shall remain liable for 
 the payment of such bonded debt, as if not divided. The directors of the 
 original district, and the directors of the district into which the territory- 
 taken from such original district has been incorporated, shall consti- 
 tute a joint board for the purpose of determining and certifying, and 
 they shall determine and certify, to the county clerk the amount of tax 
 required yearly for the purpose of paying the interest and principal 
 of such bonded debt, which tax shall be extended by the county clerk 
 against all property embraced within the original district as if it had not 
 been divided. 
 
 60. When the trustees of schools shall organize a new district, it 
 shall be the duty of the clerk of the trustees of schools, if no appeal is 
 taken, to order within fifteen days after the action of the trustees, an 
 election, to be held at a convenient time and place within the boundaries 
 of such newly organized district, for three school directors, notice being 
 given by the township treasurer, who shall post notices of such election 
 in at least three prominent places in the district, at 3ec.-st ten days prior 
 to the time appointed for holding such election, which notices shall 
 specify the place where such election is to be held, the time for opening 
 and closing the polls, and the object of the election, and may be in the 
 following form, to wit : 
 
 NOTICE OF ELECTION. 
 
 Notice is hereby given that on the day of , 1 . . . , 
 
 an election will be held at for the purpose of electing 
 
 three school directors for the new district known as district No 
 
 in county, Illinois. The polls will be opened at 
 
 o'clock m., and closed at o'clock, m. 
 
 By order of the trustees of schools. 
 
 ( Signed) 
 
 Township Treasurer. 
 
 61. At the time appointed for opening the polls for such election, 
 the qualified voters present, five of whom shall constitute a quorum, shall 
 appoint two of their number to act as judges and one as clerk. The 
 election, in all other respects, shall be conducted as other elections of 
 school directors. 
 
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 62. Within ten days after the election the directors shall meet at a 
 convenient time and place previously agreed upon by them, and organize 
 by appointing one of their number president and another of their number 
 clerk. At this meeting of the directors they shall cast lots for their terms 
 of office for one, two and three years, respectively. 
 
 63. In case a new district is organized by the action of the county 
 superintendent, the clerk of the trustees of schools shall, within five days 
 after he has received notice of the action of the" county superintendent on 
 the appeal, order an election of directors in the new district the same 
 as if the change had been made by the trustees, and such election shall be 
 held in the same manner as the election provided for when the trustees 
 have formed a new district. 
 
 64. When a new district has been formed by the trustees, or by the 
 county superintendent or county superintendents, from a part of a dis- 
 trict or parts of two or more districts, the trustees of the township or 
 townships concerned shall make forthwith a distribution of tax funds, 
 or other funds in the hands of the treasurer, or to which the district 
 may, at the time of such division, be entitled, so that the old and new 
 districts shall receive parts of such funds in proportion to the amount 
 of taxes collected next preceding such division from the taxable property 
 in the territory composing the several districts. If the new districts 
 be composed of parts of two or more districts, the trustees shall make 
 distribution of such funds between the new district and the old districts 
 respectively, so that the new district shall receive a distribution of the 
 funds of each of the old districts in the proportion which the amount 
 of taxes collected from the property in the territory of the new district 
 bears to the whole taxes collected next before the division in the old 
 district; and the township treasurer shall forthwith place the sum so 
 distributed to the credit of the respective districts, and shall immediately 
 place the proportion of the funds to which the new district may be 
 entitled to its credit on his books, and the funds on hand shall be subject 
 at once to the order of the directors of the new district, and those not 
 on hand, as soon as collected. 
 
 65. When a new district is created, or within thirty days there- 
 after, the trustees of the township or townships concerned shall appoint 
 three appraisers, who shall not be residents of the township or townships 
 interested. It shall be the duty of such appraisers, within thirty days 
 after their appointment, to appraise the school property, real and per- 
 sonal, of the district or districts interested, at their fair cash value. 
 Within thirty days after such appraisement, the trustees of the township 
 or townships concerned shall charge the property to the district in which 
 it may be found, and credit the other districts interested with its pro- 
 portion of. such valuation: Provided, however, that the bona fide debts 
 of the old district shall first be deducted and the balance charged and 
 credited as aforesaid ; and the trustees shall direct the treasurer to place 
 to the credit of the district not retaining such property, its proportion 
 of the value thereof, and of the funds then on hand, or subsequently to 
 accrue, belonging to the district to which such property is charged. 
 
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 66. The trustees of schools, elected as provided by this Act, shall 
 "be the successors to the trustees of schools elected in townships under 
 the provisions of "An Act to establish and maintain a system of free 
 schools/' approved May 21, 1889. All rights of property, and rights 
 and causes of action existing or vested in the trustees of schools elected, 
 as aforesaid, for the use of the inhabitants of the township, or any part 
 of them, shall vest in the trustees of schools elected under this Act, as 
 successors, in as complete a manner as was vested in the trustees of 
 schools elected as aforesaid. 
 
 TOWNSHIP TREASURER. 
 
 - 67. Within ten days after the annual election of trustees of schools 
 in 1910, and biennially thereafter, the trustees of schools shall elect a 
 treasurer who shall be ex officio 1 clerk of the board, and shall hold his 
 office for two years. The treasurer shall be a resident of the township, 
 but not a trustee or director. It shall be his duty to attend all meetings 
 and keep a record of the official proceedings of the trustees of schools. 
 Such record shall be open to the inspection of any person interested. 
 All proceedings, when recorded, shall be signed by the president and the 
 clerk. If the clerk shall be absent, or refuse to perform any of the duties 
 of his office, a clerk pro tempore may be appointed. For good and suffi- 
 cient cause "the treasurer may be removed from office by the trustees of 
 schools. In case of a vacancy the trustees of schools shall elect a treasurer 
 for the unexpired term. 
 
 68. Before entering upon his duties, the township treasurer shall 
 execute a bond with two or more freeholders, who shall not be trustees 
 as securities, payable to the trustees of schools and conditioned upon 
 the faithful discharge of his duties. The penalty of such bond shall be 
 at least twice the amount of all bonds, notes, mortgages, moneys and 
 effects of which he is to have the custody, and shall be increased from 
 time to time, as the increase of the amount of notes, bonds, mortgages 
 and effects may require, and whenever in the judgment of the trustees 
 or county superintendent the security is insufficient. Such bond shall 
 be approved by at least a majority of the trustees, be delivered by one 
 of them to the county superintendent of schools, and shall be in the 
 following form, to wit: 
 
 STATE OF ILLINOIS, ~| 
 
 Vss. 
 COUNTY. J 
 
 Know All Men ~by These Presents: That we, A B, C D and E P, are held 
 and firmly bound, jointly and severally, unto the board of trustees of town- 
 ship , Range , in said county, in the penal sum of 
 
 dollars, for the payment of which we bind ourselves, our 
 
 heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents. 
 
 In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 
 
 day of , 1 The condition of this obligation is 
 
 such that if A B, treasurer of township , Range , in the 
 
 county aforesaid, shall faithfully discharge the duties of his office, accord- 
 ing to law, and shall deliver to his successor in office, after such successor 
 shall have qualified by giving bond as provided by law, all moneys, books, 
 papers, securities and property which shall come into his hands or con- 
 
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 trol, as such township treasurer, from the date of his bond up to the time 
 that his successor shall have qualified as township treasurer, by giving 
 such bond as shall be required by law, then this obligation to be void; other- 
 wise to remain in full force and virtue. 
 
 A B [Seal] 
 
 C D [SealJ 
 
 E . . P [ Seal] 
 
 Approved and accepted by: 
 
 G :.. H 
 
 I J 
 
 K L 
 
 Trustees, 
 
 69. The township treasurer shall receive in full, for his services, 
 a compensation to be fixed, prior to his election, by the trustees of 
 schools. 
 
 70. The township treasurer shall be provided by the trustees of 
 schools with a cash book, a loan book, a district account book and a 
 journal. In the cash book he shall enter in separate accounts all moneys 
 received and moneys paid out, with the amount, date, from whom, to 
 whom, and on what account received or paid out ; or, if loaned, the date, 
 to whom, and the amount. Moneys received shall be charged to debit 
 account, and moneys paid out shall be credited as follows : First, to the 
 principal of the township fund; second, to the interest of the township 
 fund ; third, to the common school fund and other funds ; fourth, to the 
 taxes received from the county or town collector, and for what districts 
 received; fifth, donations; sixth, moneys coming from all other sources; 
 in all cases entering the date when received, and when paid out. In the 
 loan book he shall enter a record of all school funds loaned., with the 
 amount, to whom, date, time, when due, and the rate of interest, the 
 interest paid, and a description of the securities. In the district account 
 book he shall post from the cash book all receipts and expenditures on 
 account of any district, with the amount, date, from or to whom, and 
 from what sources and for what purposes. In the journal he shall record 
 at length the acts and proceedings of the trustees of ri^hools, their orders, 
 by-laws and resolutions. The township treasurer shall arrange and keep 
 his accounts in such manner as may be directed by the Superintendent 
 of Public Instruction, the county superintendent of schools or the trustees 
 of schools; and they shall be subject at all times to the inspection of 
 the trustees, the directors or other persons authorized by this Act, or of 
 any committee appointed by the voters of the township at the annual 
 election of trustees to examine the same. 
 
 71. The township treasurer, shall be the only lawful depositary 
 and custodian of all township and district school funds, and shall demand, 
 receipt for and safely keep, according to law, all bonds, mortgages, notes, 
 moneys, effects, books and papers of ever} 7 description belonging to his 
 township. 
 
 72. The township treasurer shall keep the principal of the township 
 fund loaned at interest. The rate of interest, which shall not be less 
 than 4 per cent, nor more than 7 per cent, per annum, payable annu- 
 ally, shall be determined by a majority of the trustees of schools at 
 any regular or special meeting. No loan shall be made for less than 
 
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 one year nor more than five years. All loans shall be secured by 
 mortgage on unincumbered realty situated in this State, worth at least 
 50 per cent more than the amount loaned, with d condition that in 
 case additional security shall be required at any time it shall be given, 
 to the satisfaction of the trustees of schools. In estimating the value 
 of realty mortgaged to secure the payment of money loaned^ the value 
 of improvements liable to be destroyed may be included; but in such 
 case the improvements shall be insured for their insurable value in a 
 responsible insurance company or companies, and the policy or policies 
 shall be transferred to the trustees of schools as additional security, and 
 shall be kept so insured until the loan is paid. Nothing herein shall 
 prevent the township treasurer from investing the principal of the 
 township fund in bonds issued by the State, the Sanitary District of 
 Chicago, counties, townships and cities in this State, and bonds issued 
 by school directors pursuant to section 195 of this Act. When school 
 funds are held by the treasurer of a district created by any special Act, 
 such funds shall be invested according to the provisions of this section. 
 
 73. Mortgages to secure the payment of money loaned under the 
 provisions -of this Act may be in the following form, to wit: 
 
 I, A B, of the county of , State of. . . . . , do hereby 
 
 grant, convey and transfer to the trustees of schools of township No . . . . , 
 
 range No. . . ., in the county of. ... . .. . ... .., and State of Illinois, for 
 
 the use of the inhabitants of said township, the following described real 
 estate, to wit: (Here insert premises), which real estate I declare to 
 be in mortgage for the payment of . .,. . .1. . . . ... .dollars loaned to me 
 
 and for the payment of all interest that may accrue thereon, to be 
 computed at the rate of. , ( . ... .4. .per cent per annum until paid. And 
 
 I do hereby covenant to pay the above sum of money in years 
 
 from the date hereof, and to pay the interest on the same annually, at 
 the rate aforesaid. I further covenant that I have a good and valid 
 title to said estate, and that the same is free from all incumbrance, and 
 that I will pay all taxes and assessments which may be levied on said 
 estate, and that I will give any additional security that may at any time 
 be required in writing by the board of trustees; and if said estate be 
 sold to pay said debt or any part thereof, or for any failure or refusal 
 to comply with or perform the conditions or covenants herein contained, 
 I will deliver immediate possession of the premises. And it is further 
 agreed by and between the parties, in case a bill is filed in any court to 
 foreclose this mortgage for nonpayment of either principal or interest, 
 that the mortgagor will pay a reasonable solicitor's fee, and the same 
 shall be included in the decree and be taxed as costs ; and we, A B, and 
 C, wife of A B, hereby release all right to the said premises which we 
 may have by virtue of any homestead laws of this State, and in con- 
 sideration of the premises, C, wife of A B, doth hereby release to said 
 board all her right and title of dower in the aforegranted premises for 
 the purpose aforesaid. 
 
 In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 
 
 ..... .day of. ., 1. .'. . 
 
 A...... .B .(Seal.) 
 
 C D (Seal.) 
 
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 Which mortgage shall be acknowledged and recorded as is required by 
 law for other conveyances of real estate; the mortgagor paying the 
 expenses of acknowledgment and recording. 
 
 74. If default be made in the interest due upon money loaned by 
 any township treasurer, or in the payment of the principal, interest 
 at the rate of 12 per cent per annum shall be charged upon the principal 
 and interest from the day of default, which interest shall be included in 
 the assessment of damages, or in the judgment in the suit or action 
 brought upon the obligation to enforce payment thereof, and interest 
 at the rate of 12 per cent per annum may be recovered in an action 
 brought to recover interest only. The township treasurer is hereby 
 empowered to bring appropriate actions in the name of the trustees if or 
 the recovery of the interest, when due and unpaid, without suing for 
 the principal, in whatever form secured. 
 
 75. In all cases in which the trustees of schools shall require addi- 
 tional security for the payment of money loaned, and such security shall 
 not be given, the township treasurer shall cause suit to be instituted 
 for the recovery of the principal and accrued interest to the date of 
 judgment. Proof shall be made of such requisition. 
 
 76. Bonds, mortgages, notes and other securities taken for money 
 or other property due, or to become due, to the trustees of schools for 
 the township, shall be made payable to them in their corporate name; 
 and in such name, suits, actions and complaints, and every description 
 of legal proceedings may be had for the recovery ?f money, breach of 
 contracts and for every legal liability which may at any time arise- or 
 exist, or upon which a. right of action shall accrue to the use of such 
 corporation. 
 
 77. On or before the 30th day of June, annually, the township 
 treasurer shall deliver to the county superintendent of schools a state- 
 ment, verified by his affidavit, showing the exact condition of the township 
 funds. Such statement shall contain a description of all bonds, mort- 
 gages, notes and other securities held as principal of the township 
 fund, giving names, dates, amounts, rates of interest, when due, and 
 other data necessary to a full understanding of the condition of the 
 funds. 
 
 78. On the first Mondays in April and October of each year the 
 township treasurer shall submit to the trustees of schools a statement 
 showing the amounts of interest, rents, issues and profits on township 
 lands and funds, that have accrued since their last regular meeting, 
 and also the amount of distributive funds on hand. He shall submit 
 also to the trustees for their examination all books, mortgages, bonds, 
 notes and other evidences of indebtedness held by him as treasurer of the 
 township, and shall make such other statements touching the duties of 
 his office as the trustees may require. 
 
 79. The township treasurer shall present to the trustees of schools, 
 at their meeting following the annual election, a complete exhibit of the 
 fiscal affairs of the township, and of the several districts or parts of 
 districts in the township, showing the receipts of money, the sources 
 
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 from which they have been derived, the deficit and delinquencies, if 
 there be any, and the cause of them, and also a classified statement of 
 moneys paid out, and the amount of obligations remaining unpaid, 
 
 80. The township treasurer shall, within two days after the first 
 Monday of April, and on July 15, annually, prepare for each district 
 or part of district in the township a statement or exhibit of the exact 
 condition of the account of such district or part of district, as shown by 
 his books on April 1 and June 30 of each year. Such statement or 
 exhibit shall show the balance on hand at the time of making the last 
 exhibit, the amount since received, when and from what sources; and 
 also the- amount paid out during that time, to whom paid, and for what 
 purpose, and the statement shall be balanced, and the balance shown. It 
 shall be the duty of the treasurer to comply with any lawful demand the 
 trustees may make as to the verification of any balance reported by the 
 treasurer to be on hand. The exhibit shall be subscribed and sworn to 
 by the treasurer before any officer authorized to administer an oath, and 
 shall be without delay, delivered or transmitted by mail to the clerk of 
 the proper district. 
 
 81. The township treasurer shall pay out no funds of any school 
 district except upon an order of the board of directors, signed by the 
 president and clerk, or by a majority of the board. When an order 
 issued for the wages of a teacher is presented to the treasurer and is not 
 paid for want of funds, the treasurer shall endorse it over his signature, 
 '"not paid for want of funds," with the date of presentation, and shall 
 "make and keep a record of such endorsement. Such order shall there- 
 after draw interest at the legal rate until paid, or until the treasurer 
 shall notify the clerk, in writing, that he has funds to pay such order, 
 and the treasurer shall make and keep a record of such notes, and hold 
 the funds necessary to pay such order until it is presented. Such order 
 shall draw no interest after notice is given to the clerk. 
 
 82. It shall also be the duty of the township treasurer : 
 
 First To return to the county clerk, on or before the second Monday 
 of August in each year, the certificate of tax levy made by each board of 
 school directors in his township. 
 
 Second To pay all lawful orders issued by the directors of any district 
 in his township. 
 
 Third To collect from the township and county collectors the full 
 amount of taxes levied by the directors in his township. 
 
 Fourth To examine the official records of each district in the town- 
 ship on the first Mondays in April and October of each year. 
 
 Fifth To keep a record account between districts when pupils are 
 transferred from one district to another. 
 
 Sixth -To give notice of the election of trustees, and in case of the 
 formation of a new school district, of the election of school directors. 
 
 Seventh To give notice of any regular or special district election 
 when the directors fail or refuse to do so. 
 
 Eighth To publish in some newspaper of his county an annual state- 
 ment of the finances of the township. 
 
 Ninth To file all poll books and returns of election delivered to him 
 Tinder the provisions of this Act. 
 
83. When a district is composed of parts of two or more town- 
 ships, any treasurer not authorized to receive the taxes of such district 
 shall notify the directors of the amount of funds held by him to the 
 credit of such district, and the directors shall thereupon give the proper 
 treasurer an order for such funds. 
 
 84. The township treasurer, at the expiration of his term of 
 office, or upon his removal or resignation, or in case of his death his 
 representatives shall deliver to his successor all moneys, books, mort- 
 gages, notes and securities, and all papers and documents of every de- 
 scription in which the corporation has any lawful interest. 
 
 TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOLS. 
 
 85. Upon petition of fifty or more legal voters of any school town- 
 ship, filed with the treasurer at least fifteen days preceding the regular 
 election of trustees, it shall be the duty of the treasurer to give notice 
 of an election to be held at the next regular election of trustees for the 
 purpose of voting "for" or "against" the proposition to establish a town- 
 ship high school. Notices of such election shall be posted in at least 
 ten of the most public places throughout the township, for at least ten 
 days before the day of such regular election, and may be in the follow- 
 ing form : 
 
 NOTICE OF ELECTION. 
 
 Notice is hereby given that on Saturday, the day of April, 1 , 
 
 an election will be held at for the purpose of voting 
 
 "for" or "against" the proposition to establish a township high school for 
 
 the benefit of township number ........ range number The polls 
 
 will be opened at o'clock, m., and closed at o'clock 
 
 m. 
 
 A B 
 
 Township Treasurer. 
 
 The ballots of such election shall be canvassed as in other elections, 
 and may have thereon the name of the person or persons whom the 
 voter desires for trustee or trustees of schools. 
 
 86. If a majority of the votes cast shall be in favor of establish- 
 ing a township high school, it shall be the duty of the trustees of schools 
 to call a special election on any Saturday within sixty days, for the pur- 
 pose of electing a township high school board of education, to consist 
 of five members, notice of which election shall be given for the same 
 time and in the same manner as provided in the election of trustees of 
 schools. The members elected shall determine by lot, at their first meet- 
 ing, the length of term each is to serve. Two of the members shall serve 
 for one year, two for two years, and one for three years from the second 
 Saturday of April next preceding their election. At the expiration of 
 the term of office of any member or members, a successor or successors 
 shall be elected, each of whom shall serve for three years, which sub- 
 sequent election Fhall be held on the same day and in the same manner 
 as the election of trustees of schools. In case of a vacancv, the board 
 shall call an election without delay, to be held on anv Saturday. Within 
 ten davs after their election the members of th township histfi school 
 
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 board of education shall meet and organize by electing one of their 
 number president, and by electing a secretary. It shall be the duty 
 of such high school board of education to establish, at some central 
 point most convenient to a majority of the pupils of the township, a 
 high school for the education 'of the more advanced pupils. . 
 
 87. Two or more adjoining townships, or two or more adjoining 
 school districts, whether in the same or different townships, may, upon 
 petition of at least fifty legal voters in each of the townships or school 
 districts, or if a school district contains fewer than 150 voters, then 
 by at least one-third of the legal voters of such district, and upon an 
 affirmative vote in each of such townships or districts, at an election held 
 pursuant to the provisions of section 85 of this Act, establish and main- 
 tain in the manner provided for township high schools, a high school 
 for the benefit of the inhabitants of the territory described in such 
 petition. 
 
 88. The inhabitants of any territory composed of parts of adjoin- 
 ing townships, who are now maintainiig a high school and who have 
 elected a board of education, may create such territory into a high school 
 district by a petition signed by fifty legal voters of such district and 
 an affirmative vote in such district, and may elect a board of education 
 therefor, a,s in other high school districts. When part of a township 
 has been included in a high school district pursuant to any of the pro- 
 visions of this Act, the remainder of such township not included in 
 any high school district, shall constitute a township for high school 
 purposes. 
 
 89. Any school district having a population of two thousand 
 (2,000) inhabitants or more may, in the manner herein provided for 
 establishing and maintaining a township high school, establish and 
 maintain a high school for the benefit of the inhabitants of such school 
 district, and elect a board of education therefor with the same powers 
 conferred on township high school boards of education. The territory 
 of such district when so organized for high school purposes shall con- 
 stitute a high school district for high school purposes distinct and sep- 
 arate from the common school district having the same boundaries, and 
 the high school board of education of such high school district shall have 
 the same power to levy taxes and establish and maintain high schools 
 as township high school boards of education organized under this Act 
 possess, and such taxes shall be in addition to the taxes authorized to 
 be levied by section 189 of this Act. All school districts which have 
 heretofore organized under this section, elected a high school board of 
 education, and are maintaining a high school, shall be regarded as high 
 school districts distinct and separate from the common school district 
 having the same boundaries, and the high school board of education of 
 such high school district shall have the same power of taxation as 
 township high school boards of education organized under this Act. 
 A township or part of a township in which there is no township high 
 school may be annexed to an adjacent high school district organized 
 under this section in the same manner as near as may be as is provided 
 in sections 94, 95 and 96 of this Act for the annexation of territory 
 to a township in which a high school has been established. 
 
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 90. When any city in this State having a population of not less 
 than one thousand and not exceeding one hundred thousand inhabitants 
 lies within two or more townships, that township in which a majority 
 of the inhabitants of the city reside shall, with the city, constitute under 
 this Act a school township for high school purposes. 
 
 91. For the purpose of building school houses, supporting the school 
 and paying other necessary expenses, the territory for the benefit of 
 which a high school is established under any of the provisions of this 
 Act, shall be regarded as a school district, and the board of education 
 thereof shall, in all respects, have the power and discharge the duties of 
 school directors for such district. 
 
 92. When any district desires to discontinue the high school, the 
 treasurer, upon petition of a majority of the legal voters of the district 
 filed at least fifteen days preceding the regular election of trustees of 
 schools with the treasurer of such district, shall give notice of an elec- 
 tion, to be held on the day of the regular election of trustees, for the 
 purpose of voting "for" or "against" the proposition to discontinue the 
 township high school, which notice shall' be given in the same manner 
 and for the same length of time, and in substantially the same form, as 
 the notice provided for in section 85 of this Act. The ballots for such 
 election shall be canvassed in the manner provided for in section 85 
 of this Act. If a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be in 
 favor of discontinuing the high school, the trustees of schools shall 
 surrender the assets of the high school to the district fund of the town- 
 ship or townships interested in proportion of the assessed valuation of 
 the townships or parts of townships comprising such district. 
 
 93. When any township in any county under township organization 
 shall contain two political towns divided by a navigable stream as recog- 
 nized by the United States, each of which shall contain a city of not 
 less than one thousand nor more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, 
 each town shall constitute a township under this Act for high school 
 purposes. 
 
 94. A township or part of a township in which there is no township 
 high school may be annexed, in the manner hereinafter provided, to an 
 adjacent township in which a township high school has been established. 
 Upon petition of 5 per cent of the legal voters of the territory to be 
 annexed, and of the township to which annexation is desired, filed with 
 the treasurers of the respective townships at least fifteen days preceding 
 the regular election 'of trustees of schools, the respective treasurers shall 
 give notice to the voters concerned that an election for or against 
 annexing the township, or part of a township, as the case may be, will 
 be held at the next regular election of trustees of schools in each 
 township, by posting notices of such election in at least ten of the most 
 public places in the territory to be annexed, and in the adjacent township 
 at least ten days before the date of such regular election. Such notice 
 may be in the following form, to wit: 
 
 HIGH SCHOOL ANNEXATION. 
 
 Notice is hereby given that on Saturday, the day of April, 1 , 
 
 an election will be held at for the purpose of voting "for" or 
 
 "against" the proposition to annex for township high school purposes the 
 
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 following territory, to-wit: (Here insert the number and range of the 
 township when the whole of the township is to be annexed, or when part 
 of a township is to be annexed insert the said part of said township), to 
 
 township number , range number (Township having an 
 
 established high school). 
 
 The polls will be opened at o'clock, m., and closed at 
 
 o'clock, m. 
 
 A B : 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 When less than the whole of a township is to be annexed, only the 
 voters in the territory to be annexed shall have the right to vote, and 
 the trustees of schools shall provide a voting place for that territory and 
 the judges and clerks of such election. 
 
 95. If petitions request the township treasurers, respectively, to 
 submit said questions at a special election, it shall be the duty of the 
 township treasurers to call the respective elections, as provided in the 
 foregoing sections, for some day and hour not exceeding thirty days 
 from the date of the filing of the petition ; and to give at least ten days' 
 notice of the election, in which event the polls of the election shall be 
 open in at least two polling places and for at least four consecutive 
 hours, and the polling places in the respective townships shall be desig- 
 nated and fixed by the treasurers respectively. If a majority of the 
 votes cast in the township having an established high school,, and a 
 majority of the votes cast in the territory to be annexed, shall be in favor 
 of the proposition, the township or territory, as the case may be, shall 
 be and become so annexed, and the property in such township or territory 
 shall thereafter be subject to taxation for the support and maintenance 
 of the township high school, including the payment of any bonded 
 indebtedness of such township high school, and interest thereon there- 
 after falling due, as fully and to the same extent as is provided by 
 law for the levying of taxes upon property for the support and mainte- 
 nance of township high schools. The taxes collected from such township 
 or territory annexed for the support and maintenance of a township 
 high school shall be paid by the officer collecting the same to the township 
 treasurer of the township having the established high school. 
 
 96. Such election shall be held in the manner provided by law for 
 the holding of elections for township trustees of schools, and the ballots 
 of such election shall be canvassed, and the returns thereof made as in 
 other school elections. If a majority of the votes cast shall be in favor 
 of the proposition, it shall be the duty of the township treasurer of the 
 township which is annexed, or part thereof, as the case may be, to file a 
 certificate with the county clerk of the county in which such township is 
 located, or if such township is situated in more than one county, with the 
 respective clerks of such counties, certifying to the territory so annexed 
 and giving a description thereof. 
 
 97. Upon the petition of not less than fifty roters of any high 
 school district, filed with the township treasurer at least fifteen days 
 preceding the regular election of members of the board of education for 
 such high school district, it shall be the duty of the treasurer to notify 
 the voters of such district that an election "for" or "against" the 
 establishment of a manual training department for such high school will 
 
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 be held at the next annual election of the board of education by posting 
 notices of such election in at least ten of the most public places through- 
 out the township for at least ten days before the day of such regular 
 election, which notice may be in the following form, to wit : 
 
 HIGH SCHOOL ELECTION. 
 
 Notice is hereby given that on Saturday, the day of April, 1 , 
 
 an election will be held at , for the purpose of voting "for'' 
 
 or "against" the proposition to establish a manual training department for 
 
 the high school in township No , range The polls 
 
 will be opened at o'clock, . . . .m., and closed at o'clock, . . . .m. 
 
 Township Treasurer. 
 
 The ballots for such election shall be canvassed as in other elections, 
 and may have on them the names of the persons voted for at such elec- 
 tion. If a majority of the votes cast shall be in favor of establishing 
 a manual training department for the high school in such district, it 
 shall be the duty of the board of education to establish and maintain 
 therein such department as a part of the high school. 
 
 COUNTY NORMAL SCHOOLS. 
 
 98. In each county adopting township organization, the board of 
 supervisors, and in other counties the county court, may establish a 
 county normal school for the purpose of fitting teachers for the common 
 schools. They shall be authorized to levy taxes and appropriate moneys 
 for the support of said schools, and also for the purchase of necessary 
 grounds and buildings, furniture, apparatus, etc., and to hold and 
 acquire, by gift or purchase, either from individuals or corporations, any 
 real estate, buildings or other property, for the use of said schools, said 
 taxes to be levied and collected as all other county taxes : Provided, 
 however, that in counties not under township organization, county courts 
 shall not be authorized to proceed under the provisions of this Act until 
 the subject shall have been submitted to a vote of the People, at a 
 general election, and it shall appear that a majority of all the votes 
 cast on the subject, at said election, shall be in favor of the establishment 
 of a county normal school. The ballots used in voting on this subject 
 may read : "For a county normal school/' or "against a county normal 
 school/' 
 
 99. The management and control of said school shall be in a 
 county board of education, consisting of not less than five nor more 
 than eight persons, of which board the chairman of the board of super- 
 visors, or the judge of the county court, as the case may be, and the 
 county superintendent of schools, shall be ex officio members. The 
 other members shall be chosen by the board of supervisors or county 
 court, and shall hold their offices for a term of three years. But at the 
 first election one-third shall be chosen for one year, one-third for two 
 years, and one-third for three years, and thereafter one-third shall be 
 elected annually. Said elections shall be held at the annual meeting 
 of the board of supervisors in September, or at the September term of 
 the county court, as the case may be. 
 
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 100. Said board of education shall have power to hire teachers, 
 and to make and enforce all needful rules and regulations for the man- 
 agement of said schools. A majority of the board shall constitute a 
 quorum for the transaction of business, and a meeting of the board may 
 be called at any time by the president or secretary, or by any three of 
 the members thereof. Said board shall proceed to organize within 
 twenty days after their appointment,, by electing a president, who shall 
 hold his office for one year. The county superintendent shall be &x 
 officio secretary of the board. Said board shall make to the board of 
 supervisors at their annual meeting in September, or to the county 
 court at the September term, as the case may be, a full report of the 
 condition and expenditures of said county normal school, together with 
 an estimate of the expenses of said school for the ensuing year. 
 
 101. Two or more counties may unite in establishing a. normal 
 school, in which case the per cent of tax levied for the support of said 
 school shall be the same in each county. 
 
 102. In all counties that have already established normal schools, 
 the action of the board of supervisors in so doing, and all appropria- 
 tions made by them for their support, are hereby legalized, and said 
 board of supervisors are hereby authorized and empowered to make 
 further appropriations for. the support of such school already established, 
 until such schools have been established under the previous sections of 
 this Act, 
 
 SCHOOL DIRECTORS. 
 
 103. In all school districts having a population of fewer than 
 one thousand inhabitants, and not governed by any special Act, there 
 shall be elected a board of directors to consist of three members. 
 
 104. The directors of each district shall be a body politic and cor- 
 porate, by the name of "school directors of district No county 
 
 of . . and State of Illinois/ 3 and by that name may sue 
 
 and be sued in all courts and places where judicial proceedings are had. 
 
 105. Any person not a treasurer, or a trustee of schools, who has 
 attained to the age of 21 years, who is a resident of the school district 
 and able to read and write the English language, shall be eligible to the 
 office of school director. 
 
 106. The annual election of school directors shall be on the third 
 Saturday of April. At the first regular election of directors after the 
 passage of this Act, a successor to the director whose term of office then 
 expires shall be elected, and thereafter one director shall be elected in 
 each district, annually, who shall hold his office for three years. When 
 vacancies occur by removal from the district or otherwise, the remain- 
 ing director or directors shall, without delay, order an election to fill 
 such vacancies, which election shall be held on Saturday. 
 
 107. Notice of all elections in organized districts shall be given 
 by the directors at least ten days previous to the day of election. Such 
 notice shall be posted in at least three of the most public places in the 
 district, shall specify the place where such election is to be held, the 
 time of opening and closing the polls, and the question or questions to 
 be submitted, and may be in the following form, to wit: 
 
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 NOTICE OF ELECTION. 
 
 Notice is hereby given that on Saturday, the day of April, 1 , 
 
 an election will be held at for the purpose of electing 
 
 school director for district No in 
 
 county. The polls will be opened at o'clock, m., 
 
 and closed at o'clock, m. 
 
 Dated this day of , 1 
 
 A B President, 
 
 C D Clerk. 
 
 Should the directors fail or refuse to order any regular or special 
 election, it shall be the duty of the township treasurer, or if the town- 
 ship treasurer fails to do so, of the county superintendent, to order such 
 election within ten days. 
 
 108. Two of the directors ordering an election shall act as judges, 
 and one as clerk. If the directors, or any of them, shall fail to attend 
 an election, or shall refuse to act when present, and in elections to fill 
 vacancies, the legal voters assembled shall choose such additional mem- 
 bers as may be necessary to act as judges and clerk of the election. If 
 the directors or judges- shall be of the opinion that on account of the 
 small attendance of voters the public good requires it, or if a majority 
 of the voters present desire it, they shall postpone the election until the 
 next Saturday, at the same time and place. If notice shall not have been 
 given as required, the election shall be held on any Saturday, notice 
 being given as required by law. In case of a tie, the judges shall decide 
 the vote by lot on the day of election. 
 
 109. Within ten days after the election, the judges shall cause the 
 poll book to be delivered to the township treasurer, with a certificate 
 showing the election of directors and the names of the persons elected; 
 which poll book shall be filed by the treasurer, and shall be evidence of 
 the election. In a district divided by a township line the poll books 
 shall be returned to the treasurer who receives the taxes of the district. 
 
 110. Within ten days after the annual election, the directors shall 
 meet and organize by appointing one of their number president, and 
 another of their number clerk. The clerk shall at once report to the 
 proper treasurer or treasurers the names of the president and clerk so 
 appointed. 
 
 111. The directors shall hold regular meetings at such times as 
 they may designate, and special meetings at the call of the president or 
 any two members. No official business shall be transacted by the direc- 
 tors except at a regular or a special meeting. Two directors shall con- 
 stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If the president or 
 clerk be absent from any meeting, or refuse to perform his official duties, 
 a president or a clerk pro tempore shall be appointed. 
 
 112. The clerk shall keep in a punctual, orderly and reliable 
 manner, a record of the official acts of the board which shall be signed 
 by the president and the clerk, and submitted to the township treasurer 
 for his inspection and approval on the first Mondays of April and 
 October, and at such other times as the treasurer may require. On all 
 questions involving the expenditure of money, the yeas and nays shall 
 be taken and entered on the records of the proceedings of the board. 
 
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 113. On or before the seventh day of July, annually, the clerk 
 shall report to the treasurer having the custody of the funds of his dis- 
 trict, such statistics and other information in relation to the schools of 
 his district as the treasurer is required to include in his report to the 
 county superintendent of schools. 
 
 114. The board of directors shall have the following additional 
 duties : 
 
 First To make, at the annual election of directors, to the voters 
 there present, a detailed report of receipts and expenditures, and trans- 
 mit a copy of the same within five days to the township treasurer. 
 
 Second To report to the county superintendent within ten days the 
 names of all. teachers employed, with the dates of the beginning and end 
 of their contracts. 
 
 Third To provide for the revenue necessary to maintain schools in 
 their district. 
 
 Fourth To determine, in case of a district composed of parts of two 
 or more townships, which treasurer is to receive the taxes of the district, 
 and to notify the collectors in writing accordingly. 
 
 Fifth To adopt and enforce all necessary rules and regulations for 
 the management and government of the public schools of their district. 
 
 Sixth To visit and inspect the public schools as the good of the 
 schools may require. 
 
 Seventh To appoint all teachers and fix the amount of their sal- 
 aries. 
 
 Eighth To direct what branches of study shall be taught, what text 
 books and apparatus shall be used, and to enforce uniformity of text 
 books in the public schools ; but they shall not permit books to 'be changed 
 oftener than once in four years. 
 
 Ninth To establish and keep in operation for at least six months in 
 each year, and longer if practicable, a sufficient number of free schools 
 for the accommodation of all persons in the district over the age of six 
 and under twenty-one years, and to secure for all such persons the right 
 and opportunity to an equal education in such schools. 
 
 Tenth To purchase, at the expense of the district, a sufficient num- 
 ber of text books used to supply children whose parents are unable to 
 buy them. Such text books shall be loaned only, and the directors shall 
 require the teacher to see that they are properly cared for and returned 
 at the end of each term of school. 
 
 Eleventh To deliver to the township treasurer on or before the 
 seventh day of July, annually, all teachers' schedules made and certified 
 as required by law. 
 
 Twelfth To pay no public money to any teacher unless such teacher 
 at the time of his or her employment shall have held a certificate of 
 qualification obtained under the provisions of this Act, and shallhave 
 kept and furnished schedules as required by this Act, and shall have 
 satisfactorily accounted for books, apparatus and other property of the 
 district that he may have taken in charge. 
 
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 Thirteenth To cause a copy of the township treasurer's report of 
 the financial condition of the district to be entered upon the records of 
 the district, and to post the same at the front door of the building where 
 the annual election of directors is held. 
 
 115. The board of school directors shall be clothed with the fol- 
 lowing powers : 
 
 First To purchase a suitable book for their records. 
 
 Second To allow the clerk a reasonable compensation for his ser- 
 vices, payable out of money not otherwise appropriated. 
 
 Third To dismiss a teacher for incompetency, cruelty, negligence, 
 immorality or other sufficient cause. 
 
 Fourth To assign pupils to the several schools in the district; to 
 admit non-resident pupils when it can be done without prejudice to the 
 rights of resident pupils; to fix rates of tuition, and to collect and pay 
 the same to the township treasurer for the use of the district. 
 
 Fifth To suspend or expel pupils guilty of gross disobedience or 
 mis-conduct, and no action shall lie against them for such expulsion 
 or suspension. 
 
 Sixth To provide that children under twelve years of age shall not 
 be kept in school more than four hours daily. 
 
 Seventh To appropriate school funds for the purchase of libraries 
 and apparatus, after provision has been made for the payment of all 
 necessary school expenses. 
 
 Eighth To sell at public or private sale any personal property be- 
 longing to the school district, and not needed for school purposes. 
 
 Ninth To grant special holidays whenever in their judgment such 
 action is advisable, but no deduction shall be made from the time or 
 compensation of a teacher on account of such days. 
 
 Tenth To have the control and supervision of all public school houses 
 in their district, and to grant the temporary use of them, when not occu- 
 pied by schools, for religious meetings and Sunday schools, for evening 
 schools and literary societies, and for such other meetings as the direc- 
 tors may deem proper. 
 
 Eleventh To decide when a site or building has become unnecessary, 
 unsuitable, or inconvenient for a school. 
 
 Twelfth To borrow money, and issue bonds for the purposes and in 
 the manner provided by this Act. 
 
 Thirteenth To furnish each school with a flag and staff, as provided 
 by law. 
 
 Fourteenth To establish classes having an average attendance of 
 not fewer than fifteen pupils for the instruction of crippled children 
 over the age of six and under twenty- one years. 
 
 Fifteenth To establish classes for the instruction of deaf children 
 over the age of three and under twenty-one years : Provided, however, 
 that no person shall be, employed to teach the deaf who shall not have 
 received instruction in the methods of teaching the deaf for a term of 
 not less than one year. 
 
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 Sixteenth To establish kindergartens for the instruction of children 
 between the age of four and six years,, when authorized by a majority 
 of the votes cast at an election held for that purpose under the pro- 
 visions of section 198 of this Act: Provided, however, that the tuition 
 or other expenses of such kindergartens shall be defrayed from the 
 local tax and from the special school revenue of the district : And, pro- 
 vided, -further, that no one shall be employed to teach in a kindergarten 
 who does not hold a certificate issued as provided by law certifying that 
 the holder has been examined upon kindergarten principles and is com- 
 petent to teach the same. 
 
 116. Every order issued by the school director shall state for 
 what purposes or on what account it is issued, and shall be in the fol- 
 lowing form, to wit: 
 
 $ STATE OF ILLINOIS, , 1 ... 
 
 THE TREASURER OF TOWNSHIP. 
 
 No Range No , in County, 
 
 Pay to the order of 
 
 the sum of Dollars, 
 
 100 
 
 for 
 
 By order of the Board of Directors of 
 
 District No. in said County. 
 
 President, 
 
 Order No. Clerk. 
 
 An order paid in full and properly endorsed shall be a sufficient re- 
 ceipt for the purposes of this Act. The school directors shall issue no 
 order, except for teachers' wages, unless at the time there are sufficient 
 funds in the hands of the treasurer to pay it. 
 
 117. When there is no money in the treasury to defray the or- 
 dinary and necessary expenses of the district, the directors may issue 
 warrants against and in anticipation of any taxes levied for the payment 
 of the ordinary and necessary expenses of the district, to the extent of 
 75 per cent of the total amount of the tax levied. Such warrants shall 
 show upon their face that they are payable solely from the taxes when 
 collected, and shall be received by any collector of taxes in payment of 
 the taxes against which they are issued. And such taxes shall be set 
 apart and held for their payment. 
 
 118. The directors shall pay the wages of teachers monthly. f Up- 
 on the receipt of a schedule properly certified the directors shall forth- 
 with issue and deliver to the teacher an order on the township treasurer 
 for the amount named in the schedule. Such order shall state the rate 
 and time for which the teacher is paid. It shall not be lawful for the 
 directors to issue an order until ihey have duly certified to the schedule ; 
 nor shall it be lawful for the directors,- after the date for filing schedules 
 as fixed by law, to certify any schedule not delivered to them before that 
 date, when such schedule is for time taught before the first of July pre- 
 ceding, nor to give an order in payment of a teacher's wages for the time 
 covered by such delinquent schedule. 
 
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 119. It shall not be lawful for a board of directors to purchase or 
 locate a school house site, or to purchase, build or move a school house, 
 or to levy a tax to extend schools beyond nine months, without a vote of 
 the people at an election called and conducted as required by section 198 
 of this Act. A majority of the votes cast shall be necessary to authorize 
 the directors to act. If no locality shall receive a majority of the votes, 
 the directors may select a suitable site. The site selected by either 
 method shall be the school site for such district. 
 
 120. In case the compensation for the school house site cannot be 
 agreed upon, it shall be the duty of the directors to have such compensa- 
 tion determined in the manner provided by law for the exercise of the 
 right of eminent domain : Provided, however, that no tract of land out- 
 side the limits of any incorporated city or village, and within forty rods 
 of the dwelling of the owner of the land, shall be taken for a school site 
 without the owners consent. 
 
 121. Pupils may be transferred from one district to another upon 
 the written consent of a majority of the directors of each district, which 
 written consent shall be filed with the treasurer and shall be evidence 
 of such consent. The duty of collecting the amount due on account of 
 pupils transferred shall devolve upon the directors of the district in 
 which the school was taught. 
 
 BOARDS OF EDUCATION. 
 
 123. In all school districts having a population of not fewer than 
 one thousand and not more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, 
 and not governed by special Acts, and in such other districts as may 
 hereafter be ascertained by any special or general census to have such 
 population, there shall be elected a board of education to consist of a 
 president, six members and three additional members for every additional 
 ten thousand inhabitants: Provided, however, that in no case shall 
 such board consist of more than fifteen members. When such board of 
 education is the successor of the school directors, all rights of property, 
 and all rights regarding causes of action existing or vested in such direc- 
 tors, shall vest in it as fully and completely as they were vested in the 
 school directors. 
 
 124. Incorporated cities and villages, except such as have con- 
 trol of schools by special Acts, shall remain parts of the school townships 
 in which they are situated and be subject to the provisions of this Act. 
 
 125. The president of the board of education shall be elected an- 
 nually, at the time the members of the board are elected, and shall hold 
 his office for the term of one year. He shall preside at all meetings, 
 but shall have no vote except in case of a tie. He shall perform such 
 duties as are imposed by law upon presidents of boards of directors, or 
 such as may be imposed upon him by the board of education. 
 
 126. The election of boards of education shall be governed by the 
 provisions of this. Act relating to the election of boards of directors : 
 Provided, however, that boards of education shall have power to estab- 
 lish a suitable number of voting precincts, and fix the boundaries there- 
 
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 of for the accommodation of the voters of the district in which such 
 election is held, in each of which voting precincts there shall be one poll- 
 ing place designated by the board. Whenever the board of education 
 shall establish more than one voting precinct for such election they shall 
 appoint two judges and one clerk for each polling place, assigning so 
 far as practicable at least one member of such board to each polling 
 place. When the time for the election of members of boards of educa- 
 tion or boards of inspectors is fixed by virtue of any special Act, such- 
 election may be held at the time provided for the election of school 
 directors. 
 
 127. The board of education shall have all the powers of school 
 directors, be subject to the same limitations, and, in addition thereto,, 
 they shall have the power, and it shall be their duty : 
 
 First To establish and support free schools for not less than six nor 
 more than ten months in each year. 
 
 Second To repair and improve school houses and furnish them with 
 the necessary fixtures, furniture, apparatus, libraries and fuel. 
 
 Third To examine teachers by examinations supplemental to any 
 other examinations, and to employ teachers and fix the amount of their 
 salaries. 
 
 Fourth To establish schools of different grades, to adopt regulations 
 for the admission of pupils into the same, and to assign pupils to the- 
 several schools. 
 
 Fifth To buy or lease sites for school houses with the necessary 
 grounds : Provided, however, that it shall not be lawful for such board 
 of education to purchase or locate a school house site, or to purchase, 
 build or move a school house, unless authorized by a majority of all the- 
 votes cast at an election called for such purpose in pursuance of a petition 
 signed by not fewer than five hundred legal voters of such district, or 
 by one-fifth of all the legal voters of such district : And, provided., 
 further, that if no locality shall receive a majority of all the votes cast 
 at such election, the board of education may, if, in their judgment, the 
 public interest requires it, proceed to select a suitable school house site : 
 and the site so chosen by them in such case shall be legal and valid 
 the same as if it had been determined by a majority of all the votes cast ; 
 and the site so selected shall be the school house site for such district; 
 and said district shall have the right to take the same for the purpose of 
 a school house site, either with or without the owner's consent, by con- 
 demnation or otherwise: And, provided, further, that all school hou^e 
 sites heretofore located or selected by boards of education in cases in 
 which at an election duly called and held as herein provided, no site 
 received a majority of the votes cast, are hereby legalized and made valid 
 school house sites in and for the district for which they were so located 
 and selected. 
 
 Sixth To levy a tax to extend schools beyond a period of ten months,, 
 in each year, upon a petition of a majority of the voters of the district. 
 
 Seventh To employ a competent superintendent \vho may be required 
 to act as principal or teacher in such schools. 
 
 Eighth To divide the district into sub-districts, to create new 
 and to alter or consolidate them. 
 
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 Ninth To dismiss and remove any teacher, whenever in their opinion 
 he is not qualified to teach, or whenever in their opinion the interests of 
 the school may require it. 
 
 Tenth To apportion the pupils to the several schools. 
 
 Eleventh To appoint a secretary who shall keep a faithful record of 
 all their proceedings. 
 
 Twelfth To prepare and publish annually in some newspaper, or in 
 pamphlet form, a report including the school attendance in the year 
 preceding, the program of studies, the number of persons between the 
 ages of 12 and 21 unable to read and write, and a statement of the 
 receipts and expenditures, with the balance on hand. 
 
 Thirteenth To request the trustees of schools, in writing, to convey 
 any real estate or interest therein used for school purposes, or held in 
 trust for schools. 
 
 BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN CITIES OF ONE HUNDEED THOUSAND. 
 
 128. In cities having a population exceeding 100,000 inhabitants, 
 the board of education shall consist of twenty-one members, to be 
 appointed by the mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the 
 common council, seven of whom shall be appointed for the term of one 
 year, seven for the term of two years, and seven for the term of three 
 years. At the expiration of the term of any members of said board, their 
 successors shall be appointed in like manner and shall hold their office 
 for the term of three years. Any vacancy which may occur shall be filled 
 by appointment of the mayor, with the approval of the common council, 
 for the unexpired term. 
 
 129. Any person having resided in any such <.-ity more than five 
 years next preceding his appointment shall be eligible to membership 
 of such board of education. 
 
 130. The board of education shall appoint one of its members 
 president. It shall also appoint a secretary and such other officers and 
 employes as it shall deem necessary, and shall prescribe their duties, 
 compensation and terms of office. 
 
 131. The board shall provide books in which shall be kept a faith- 
 ful record of all their proceedings. The yeas and nays shall be taken 
 and entered on the records of the proceedings of the board upon all 
 questions involving the expenditure of money. 
 
 132. The board of education shall have charge and control of the 
 public schools in such cities, and shall have power with the concurrence 
 of the city council: 
 
 First To erect or purchase buildings suitable for school houses, and 
 keep the same in repair. 
 
 Second To buy or lease sites for school houses with the necessary 
 grounds. If the board of education shall be unable to agree with the 
 owner or owners for the purchase of such site, then, with the concurrence^ 
 of the city council, it may acquire the title to such site in the manner 
 provided by law for the exercise of the right of eminent domain. Such 
 proceedings to condemn shall be in the name of the t.i*y in trust for the 
 laee of schools. 
 
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 Third To issue bonds for the purpose of building, furnishing and 
 repairing school houses, for purchasing school sites, iUid to provide for 
 the payment of such bonds; and to borrow money for school purposes 
 upon the credit of the city. 
 
 133. The said- board of education shall have power : 
 
 First To furnish schools with the necessary fixtures, furniture and 
 apparatus. 
 
 Second To maintain, support and establish schools and supply from 
 taxes the inadequacy of the school funds for the salaries of teachers. 
 
 Third To hire buildings or rooms for the use of the board or of 
 schools. 
 " Fourth To employ teachers and fix the amount of their compensation. 
 
 Fifth To prescribe the school books to be used, and the studies in the 
 different schools. 
 
 Sixth To divide the city into school districts, and to alter- them and 
 create new ones as circumstances may require, and generally to have and 
 possess all the rights, powers and authority required for the proper 
 management of schools, with power to enact such ordinances as may be 
 deemed necessary and expedient for such purpose. 
 
 Seventh To expel any pupil guilty of gross disobedience or mis- 
 conduct. 
 
 Eighth To dismiss and remove any teacher for cause in the manner 
 provided in section 161 of this Act. 
 
 Ninth To apportion the pupils to the several schools. 
 
 Tenth To lease school property and to lend moneys belonging to the 
 school fund. 
 
 Eleventh To grant the use of assembly halls and class rooms when 
 not otherwise needed, including light, heat and attendants, for public 
 lectures, concerts and other educational and social interests, free of 
 cost, but under such provisions and control as they may see fit 
 to impose. 
 
 134. It shall be the duty of the board of education : 
 
 First To superintend and control the schools in such cities. 
 
 Second To examine all persons offering themselves as candidates for 
 teachers, and, when found well qualified, to give them certificates gra- 
 tuitously. 
 
 Third To visit all the public schools as often as once a month. 
 
 Fourth To establish such by-laws, rules and regulations for the 
 establishment, maintenance and government of a proper and uniform 
 system of discipline in the several schools as may in their opinion be 
 necessary. 
 
 Fifth To determine from time to time how many and what class of 
 teachers may be employed in each of the public schools, and to employ 
 such teachers and fix their compensation. 
 
 Sixth To take charge of the school houses, furniture, grounds and 
 other property belonging to the school districts, and see that they are 
 kept in good condition and not suffered to be unnecessarily injured or 
 deteriorated. 
 
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 Seventh To provide fuel and such other necessaries for the schools 
 i\$, in their opinion, may be required in the school houses or other 
 property belonging to the said districts. 
 
 Eighth To establish and maintain vacation schools and play grounds 
 under such rules and regulations as it shall prescribe. 
 
 Ninth To inquire into the progress of pupils and the government 
 of the schools. 
 
 Tenth To prescribe the method and course of discipline and instruc- 
 tion in the respective schools, and to see that they are maintained and 
 pursued in the proper manner. 
 
 Eleventh To prescribe what studies shall be taught, and what books 
 and apparatus shall be used. 
 
 Twelfth To report to the city council, from time to time, any 
 suggestions they may deem expedient or requisite in relation to the 
 schools and the school fund, or the management thereof, and generally 
 to recommend the establishment of new schools and districts. 
 
 Thirteenth To prepare and publish an annual report, which shall 
 include the receipts and expenditures of each school, specifying the- 
 source of such receipts and the object of such expenditures. 
 
 Fourteenth To communicate to the city council, from time to time,, 
 such information as may be required. 
 
 135. None of the powers herein conferred upon the board of 
 education of such cities shall be exercised except at a regular meeting. 
 
 136.. All conveyances of real estate shall be made to the city and 
 the title of all property acquired by condemnation shall be vested in the 
 city, in trust for the use of schools, and no sale of real estate or interest 
 therein used for school purposes or held in trust for schools shall be 
 made, except by the city council upon the written request of the board 
 of education. 
 
 137. All moneys raised by taxation for school purposes or received 
 from the State common school fund, or from any other source for 
 school purposes, shall be held by the city treasurer as a special fund for 
 school purposes, subject to the order of the board of education, upon 
 warrants to be countersigned by the mayor and city comptroller, or, if 
 there be no city comptroller, by the city clerk. 
 
 138. The board of education shall not add to the expenditures 
 for school purposes anything over and above the amount that shall be 
 received from the State common school fund, the rental of school lands 
 or property, and the amount annually appropriated for such purposes. 
 If the board shall add to such expenditure, the city shall not, in any 
 ca^e, be liable therefor. And nothing herein container] shall be construed 
 so as to authorize the levy or collection of any tax upon the demand or 
 under the direction of the board of education. 
 
 139. All schools in such cities shall be governed as herein provided 
 and no power given to the board of education shall be exerciser! by the 
 oitv council of such cities. 
 
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 PARENTAL SCHOOLS. 
 
 140. In cities having a population of 100,000 inhabitants or more, 
 there shall be established, maintained and conducted, one or more 
 parental or truant schools for the purpose of affording a place of confine- 
 ment, discipline, instruction and maintenance of children of compulsory 
 school age who may be committed thereto in the manner hereinafter 
 provided. 
 
 141. For the purpose of establishing such school or 'schools, sites 
 may be purchased and buildings constructed or premises rented in the 
 same manner as is provided for in the case of public schools in such 
 cities; but no such school shall be located at or near any penal institu- 
 tion. It shall be the duty of the board of education to furnish such 
 schools with such furniture, fixtures, apparatus and provisions as may 
 be necessary for the maintenance and operation thereof. 
 
 142. The board of education may also employ a superintendent 
 and all other necessary officers, agents and teachers; and shall prescribe 
 the methods of discipline and the course of instruction; and shall exer- 
 cise the same powers and perform the same duties as are prescribed by 
 law for the management of other schools. 
 
 143. No religious instruction shall be given in such school except 
 such as allowed by law to be given in public schools; but the board of 
 -education shall make suitable regulations so that the inmates may 
 receive religious training in accordance with the belief of the parents of 
 such children, either by allowing religious services to be held in the 
 institution or by arranging for attendance at public service elsewhere. 
 
 144. It shall be the duty of the truant officer or agent of such 
 board of education to petition, and any reputable citizen of the city 
 may petition, the county or circuit court of the county to inquire into 
 the case of any child of compulsory school age who is not attending 
 school, and who has been guilty of habitual truancy, or persistent viola- 
 tion of the rules of the public school, and the petition shall also state 
 the names, if known, of the father and mother of such child, or the 
 survivor of them; and if neither father nor mother of such child is 
 living, or found in the county, or if their names cannot be ascertained, 
 then the name of the guardian, if there be one known; and if there be 
 a parent living whose name can be ascertained, or ' a guardian, the 
 petition shall show whether or not the father or mother or a guardian 
 consents to the commitment of such child to such parental .or truant 
 school. ' Such petition shall be verified by oath upon the belief of the 
 petitioner, and upon being filed the judge of the county or circuit court 
 shall have the child named in the petition brought before him for the 
 purpose of determining the application in such petition contained. But 
 no child shall be committed to such school who has ever been convicted 
 of any offense punishable by confinement in any penal institution. 
 
 145. Upon the filing of such petition the clerk of the court shall 
 issue a writ to the sheriff of the county directing him to bring such child 
 before the court, and if the court shall find that the material facts set 
 forth in the petition are true, and if, in the opinion of the court, such 
 
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 child is a fit person to be committed to such, parental or truant school, 
 an order shall be entered that such child be committed to such parental 
 or truant school, to be kept there until he or she arrives at the age of 
 fourteen years, unless sooner discharged in the manner hereinafter set 
 forth. Before such hearing notice in writing shall be given to the 
 parent or guardian of such child, if known, of the proceedings about 
 to be instituted, that he or she may appear and resist the same if either 
 of them so desire. 
 
 146. It shall be the duty of the parent or guardian of any child 
 committed to this school to provide suitable clothing upon his or her 
 entry into such school and from time to time thereafter as it may be 
 needed, upon notice in writing from the superintendent or other proper 
 officer of the school. In case any parent or guardian shall refuse or 
 neglect to furnish such clothing, the same may be provided by the board 
 of education, and such board may have an action against such parent or 
 guardian of the child to recover the cost of such clothing with 10 per 
 cent additional thereto. 
 
 147. The board of education of such city shall have power to es- 
 tablish rules and regulations under which children committed to such 
 parental or truant school may be allowed to return home upon parole, 
 but to remain while upon parole in the legal custody and under the 
 control of the officers and agents of such school, and subject at any time 
 to be taken back within the enclosure of such school by the superinten- 
 dent or an authorized officer of said school except as hereinafter pro- 
 vided ; and full power to enforce such rules and regulations to retake any 
 such child so upon parole is hereby conferred upon said board of educa- 
 tion. No child shall be released upon parole in less than four weeks 
 from the time of his commitment, nor thereafter until the superin- 
 tendent of such parental or truant school shall have become satisfied 
 from the conduct of the child that, if paroled, he or she will attend regu- 
 larly the public or private school to which he or she may be sent by 
 his or her parents or guardian and shall so certify to the board of educa- 
 tion. 
 
 148. It shall be the duty of the principal or other persons having 
 charge of the school to which such child so released upon parole may be 
 sent to report at least once each month to the superintendent of the 
 parental or truant school, stating whether or not such child attends 
 school regularly and obeys the rules and requirements of said school; 
 and if such child so released upon parole shall, be regular in his or her 
 attendance at school and his or her conduct as a pupil shall be satisfac- 
 tory for a period of one year from the date on which he or she was re- 
 leased upon parole, he or she shall then be finally discharged from the 
 parental or truant school, and shall not be recommitted thereto except on 
 petition as hereinbefore provided. 
 
 149. In case any child released from said school upon parole, as 
 hereinbefore provided, shall violate the conditions of his or her parole 
 at any time within one year thereafter, he or she shall, upon the order 
 of the board of education, as hereinbefore provided, be taken back to 
 such parental or truant school and shall not be again released upon parole 
 
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 within the period of three months from the date of such re-entering, 
 and if he or she shall violate the conditions of a second parole he or she 
 shall he recommitted to such parental or truant school and shall not be 
 released therefrom on parole until he or she shall remain in said school 
 at least one year. 
 
 150. In any case in which a child is found to be incorrigible and 
 his or her influence in such school to be detrimental to the interests of 
 the other pupils, the board of education may authorize the superinten- 
 dent or any officer of the school to represent these facts to the circuit 
 or county court by petition, and the court shall have authority to com- 
 mit said child to some juvenile reformatory. 
 
 151. Boards of education in cities having a population of over 
 25,000 and less than 100,000 may establish, maintain and operate a 
 parental or truant school for the purposes hereinbefore specified, and in 
 case of the establishment of such a school, the boards of education shall 
 have like power in their respective cities as hereinbefore expressed: 
 Provided, however, that no board of trustees or board of education under 
 this section shall put this law into effect until submitted to a vote of the 
 people and adopted by a majority vote at some general election. 
 
 TEACHER'S PENSION FUND. 
 
 152. In every city in this State having a population exceeding 
 100,000 inhabitants, there shall be elected a board of trustees to have 
 the administration and control of a public school teachers 7 pension and 
 retirement fund, to be created and maintained in the manner provided 
 by this Act. * Such board of trustees shall consist of nine members. The 
 secretary of the board of education of such city shall be ex officio a mem- 
 ber of said board of trustees; in addition thereto there shall be elected 
 annually at the first meeting of the board of education in the month of 
 October of each year two of its members to serve on said board of trus- 
 tees; and at the first election there shall be elected six members to said 
 board of trustees from the teachers' force employed in said city; two 
 for the term of one year, two for the term of two years and two for the 
 term of three years. On the date of the first meeting of said board of 
 education in the month of October of each year thereafter there shall 
 in like manner be elected two members to said board of trustees, who 
 shall hold their office for a term of three years. The election of the 
 members of said board of trustees by the board of education, shall be by 
 a majority vote in such manner as they, the board of education, shall 
 provide. The election of the members to said board of trustees by the 
 teaching forces of such city shall be by ballot at an election held by the 
 board of education, which shall conform as nearly as may be to the pro- 
 visions of the law in relation to school elections, and each person being 
 a member of the teaching force of such city, and a contributor to said 
 pension and retirement fund shall be entitled to cast at such election, one 
 vote for each trustee to be elected. Elections to fill vacancies may be 
 called by the board of education and held at the annual election : Pro- 
 
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 ridcd, however, that the board of education may fill vacancies occurring 
 in the membership of said board of trustees elected from said board of 
 education at any regular meeting of the board of education. 
 
 153. Such board of trustees shall have charge of and adminis- 
 tration of the public school teachers' pension and retirement fund of 
 such city, and shall have power to invest the same in such manner as 
 it shall deem most beneficial to said fund,, but in the same manner 
 and subject to the same terms and conditions as township trustees are 
 permitted to invest school funds under the law, and shall have power 
 to make payments from said fund of pensions or annuities granted in 
 pursuance of this Act; and shall from time to time make and establish 
 such by-laws, rules and regulations for the administration of said fund, 
 as they shall deem advisable and shall have power to employ such as- 
 sistance and service as may, in their judgment be necessary for the 
 proper enforcement of the provisions of this Act and carrying into 
 effect valid by-laws, rules and regulations enacted by them, and they 
 shall have power to fill any vacancies occurring in said board of trus- 
 tees of members elected from the teaching force of said city, until the 
 next annual election, when said vacancies shall be filled as provided by 
 this Act. 
 
 154. The public school teachers' pension and retirement fund of 
 such city shall consist of moneys paid into said fund by persons desir- 
 ing the 'benefits thereof, under the provisions of this Act; of moneys 
 received from donations, legacies, gifts, bequests or otherwise on ac- 
 count of said fund, and of moneys paid into said fund in pursuance of 
 any law now in force or hereafter to be enacted. 
 
 155. Any person who shall be employed to teach in the public 
 school of any such city, after this Act shall take effect, shall be entitled 
 to the benefits of said fund upon complying with the provisions of this 
 Act, and for the purposes of this Act such persons shall be divided into 
 the following classes: 
 
 First Those who have taught five years or less. 
 
 Second Those who have taught more than five years and not more 
 than ten years. 
 
 Third Those who have taught more than ten years and not more 
 than fifteen years. 
 
 Fourth Those who have taught more than fifteen years. 
 
 After this Act shall take effect, there shall be set apart from the 
 salaries of all persons hereafter entering for the first time the employ 
 of the board of education of such cities $5.00 per annum, while they 
 remain in the first class; $10.00 per annum while they remain in the 
 second class; $15.00 per annum while they remain in the third class, 
 and -$30.00 per annum while they remain in the fourth class, which 
 amounts shall be deducted by the board of education in equal install- 
 ments from their respective salaries at the regular times for the pay- 
 ment thereof, and be paid into and constitute a part of the public 
 school teachers' pension and retirement fund of such city. 
 
 ^ 156. Teachers employed by the board of education of any such 
 city, who shall become contributors to and beneficiaries of a public 
 school teachers' pension and retirement fund, under any provisions of 
 
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 this Act, may count past service as a part of the period of twenty-five 
 years hereinafter specified, by paying into said fund -i sum equal to that 
 which he or she would have contributed under the provisions of this Act, 
 had he or she been a regular contributor to said fund, during said 
 period of past service, together with interest thereon at the rate of 4 
 per cent per annum from the time such payments would have been made 
 to the time such person shall by making such payment become entitled 
 to the benefit of such past service. 
 
 157. Such board of trustees shall have the power and it shall be 
 its duty to pass a resolution declaring the maturity of service and right 
 to the immediate benefits of said fund in favor of persons entitled to the 
 benefits thereof in the following cases : 
 
 First When any such persons shall have taught in the public schools 
 or rendered service therein for a period of twenty-five years within the 
 meaning of this Act. 
 
 Second When any contributor to the said fund shall have taught 
 fifteen years in the public schools within the meaning of this Act and 
 shall have been declared by three competent physicians, who have made 
 a physical examination of the teacher, at the request of a majority of 
 such board of trustees, to be suffering from a permanent disability : 
 Provided, however, that neither said board of trustees nor said board of 
 education shall declare any contributor entitled to the immediate bene- 
 fits of said fund until he or she shall have taught in the public schools 
 of such city three-fifths of the term of service of twenty-five or fifteen 
 years, as the case may be; and no person shall be entitled to the benefits 
 of said fund until he or she shall have retired from service as a teacher 
 in said city. 
 
 158. Each teacher so retired or retiring after twenty-five years of 
 service shall thereafter be entitled to receive an annuity of $400.00, and 
 each teacher so retired because of permanent disability after fifteen 
 years of service shall receive as an annual pension such proportion of the 
 full annuity of $400.00 as the sum contributed by such teacher so retired 
 bears to the total contributions required for a full annuity. Said 
 pensions and annuities shall be paid monthly during the school year 
 by said board of trustees out of the fund created in accordance with the 
 provisions of this Act in the manner provided by law for the payment 
 of teachers 5 salaries. 
 
 159. The president and the secretary of said board of education 
 shall certify monthly to the city treasurer all amounts deducted from 
 the salaries of teachers, special teachers, principals and superintendents 
 of schools in accordance with the provisions of this Act, which amounts, 
 as well as all other moneys contributed to said fund, shall be set apart 
 and held by said treasurer as a special fund for the purposes hereinbefore 
 specified, subject to the order of said board of trustees herein created, 
 and shall be paid out upon warrants signed by the president and secretary 
 of said board of education, and countersigned by the president of the 
 said board of trustees. 
 
 160. The city treasurer, ex offido, shall be the custodian of -said 
 pension fund, and shall secure and safely keep the same, subject fe> $ie 
 
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 control and direction of said board of trustees, and shall keep his books 
 and accounts concerning such fund in such manner as may be prescribed 
 by said board, and said books and accounts shall always be subject to the 
 inspection of said board or any member thereof. Said city treasurer 
 shall be liable on his official bond for the proper performance of his 
 duties and the conservation of the fund created by this Act. Any legal 
 proceedings which may be necessary for the enforcement of the provi- 
 sions of this Act shall be brought by and in the name of the board of 
 education for the use of the board of trustees of the public school 
 teachers' pension fund. 
 
 161. No teacher who has been, or who shall have been, elected by 
 said board of education, shall be removed or discharged, except for cause, 
 upon written charges which shall upon the teachers' written request, be 
 investigated and determined by said board of education, whose action 
 and decision in the matter shall be final. If at any time a teacher who- 
 is willing to continue is not reemployed or is discharged before the time 
 he or she would, under the provisions of this Act, be entitled to a pen- 
 sion, then such teacher shall be paid back at once the money he or she 
 may have contributed under, this law. Any teacher who shall retire 
 voluntarily from the service, prior to entering the aforesaid fourth class, 
 shall receive a refund of one-half of the money he or she shall have 
 contributed under this law. 
 
 162. All persons who shall be employed as teachers by the board 
 of education of any such city shall, by such employment, accept the- 
 provisions of this Act, and thereupon become contributors to said 
 pension fund in accordance with the terms thereof. Ajid the provisions 
 of this Act shall become a part of and enter into any such contract of 
 employment. 
 
 163. All pensions or annuities granted under the provisions of 
 this Act and every portion thereof shall be exempt from attachment or 
 garnishment process and shall not be seized, taken, subjected to, detained 
 or levied upon 'by virtue of any execution, or any process or proceedings 
 whatsoever issued out of or by any court of this State for the payment 
 or satisfaction in whole or in part of any debt, claim, damage, demand 
 er judgment against any pensioner hereunder, and no annuitant or 
 pensioner shall have the right to transfer or assign his or her pension 
 , or annuity or any part thereof either by way of mortgage or otherwise. 
 
 164. Neither the treasurer nor any other officer having the custody 
 of public school funds of any city having a population exceeding 100,000 
 inhabitants shall be entitled to retain any interest accruing thereon or 
 any part thereof, but such interest shall accrue and inure to the benefit 
 of such school funds respectively, become a part thereof and be paid 
 into the city treasury, subject to the purposes of this Act. 
 
 165. The board of education of any such city, as to such funds 
 raised by taxation, levied by such city for school purposes, whether the 
 same be for educational purposes or for building purposes, shall annually 
 set aside all interest so added to such funds and contribute the same 
 to the public school teachers' and public school employes' pension and 
 retirement funds now created or existing, or such as may be hereafter 
 
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 created pursuant to any law. The amount of such interest so contri- 
 buted, however, shall not exceed in any year 1 per cent of the sums so 
 levied for such purposes. 
 
 NORMAL SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS. 
 
 166. There shall be awarded annually to each school townshi 
 fractional township, a scholarship which shall entitle the holder thereof 
 to gratuitous instruction in any State normal school, for a period of 
 four years: Provided, however, that any township 1 saving a population 
 exceeding one hundred thousand inhabitants, shall be entitled to five 
 scholarships. 
 
 167. The county superintendent shall receive and register the names 
 of all applicants for such scholarships, and shall hold an examination, 
 or cause an examination to be held, in each township, for the benefit 
 of graduates of the eighth grade : Provided, however, that when a 
 township is divided by a county line, the county superintendent in whose 
 county the sixteenth section is situated shall have charge of the exami- 
 nation in such township. 
 
 168. All examinations for normal school scholarships shall be 
 held on any Saturday between the first day of March and the fifteenth 
 day of May in each year, according to rules and regulations prescribed 
 by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the pupil found to 
 possess the highest qualifications shall be entitled to such scholarship : 
 Provided, however, that such pupil shall be a resident of the township 
 in which such examination is held: And, provided, further, that when 
 no application is received from any township, the county superintendent 
 shall assign the pupil found to possess the next highest qualifications to 
 that township. 
 
 169. The county superintendent shall certify the names and 
 addresses of all successful applicants, with the number and range of the 
 township to which each pupil is accredited, to the Superintendent of 
 Public Instruction, who shall issue to each pupil a certificate of scholar- 
 ship, which shall be accepted by the authorities of any State normal 
 school in lieu of any entrance examination, "and shall exempt the holder 
 thereof from the payment of tuition, or any term, matriculation, or 
 incidental fee whatsoever. 
 
 UNIVERSAL SCHOLARSHIPS. 
 
 
 170. There shall be awarded, annually, to each county, one univer- 
 sity scholarship, which shall entitle the holder thereof to gratuitous 
 instruction in the University of Illinois for a period of four years. 
 
 171. The county superintendent shall receive and register the 
 names of all applicants for such scholarships, and shall hold an exami- 
 nation on the first Saturday of June of each year, according to rules 
 and regulations prescribed by the president of the University, and the 
 student found to possess the highest qualifications shall be entitled to 
 such scholarship: Provided, however, that every applicant shall be at 
 
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 least 16 years of age, and a resident of the county in which such 
 examination is held: And, provided, further, that no student who has 
 attended the University of Illinois shall be eligible to such examination. 
 
 172. The county superintendent shall return to the president of 
 the University, within ten days after such examination, a list of the 
 names of all applicants examined, the grades obtained, together with 
 the examination papers submitted by them; and the president of the 
 University shall issue to the successful applicant a certificate of scholar- 
 ship as directed by the provisions of this Act: Provided, however ', that 
 in case no return is made from a county, the president of the University 
 may assign to that county from some other county the student found 
 to possess the next highest qualifications. 
 
 173. In addition to the scholarships provided for in section 170, 
 each member of the General Assembly is authorized to nominate and 
 appoint, annually, one person of school age and otherwise eligible, from 
 his district, who shall, by virtue of his appointment, receive a certificate 
 of scholarship in the University. Each member of the General Assembly 
 shall file with the president of the University on or before the first 
 Saturday in June, the name and address of the student nominated by 
 him to receive such scholarship. The candidate for such scholarship 
 shall present himself for nomination before the county superintendent 
 in the county where such student resides, at the time stated in section 
 171 for the competitive examination. The president of the University 
 shall prescribe the rules and regulations governing such examination: 
 Provided, however, that in case the person named fails to pass the 
 required examination for admission, the president of the University 
 shall at once notify the member making the appointment, who may 
 name another person for such scholarship : And, provided, further, that 
 if the member of the General Assembly shall so elect, the scholarship 
 under his control may be awarded by competitive examination conducted 
 under like rules as prescribed in section 171 of this Act. 
 
 174. Any University scholarship issued under the provisions of 
 this Act shall exempt the holder from the payment of tuition, or any 
 matriculation, term or incidental fee whatsoever, except for purchase of 
 laboratory supplies and similar fees for supplies and iiiaterials : Provided, 
 however, that such student shall be subject to all examinations, rules 
 and requirements of the board of trustees and faculty, except as herein 
 directed : And, provided, further, that the privileges of these scholar- 
 ships shall not be available in the professional schools and colleges of 
 the University : And, provided, further, that this Act shall not be con- 
 strued to prohibit the board of trustees from granting other scholarships. 
 
 175. Any student holding a University scholarship, who shall 
 make it appear to the satisfaction of the president of the University that 
 he requires leave of absence for the purpose of earning funds to defray 
 his expenses while in attendance, may be granted such leave of absence, 
 and may be allowed a period not to exceed six years to complete his 
 course at the University. 
 
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 TEACHERS. 
 
 176. No one shall be authorized or employed to teach in the com- 
 mon schools of this State, or shall receive, for teaching, any part of 
 any public school fund, who is not at least 18 years of age, if a man r 
 or 17 years of age, if a woman, and who does not hold at the time he 
 enters upon his duties a certificate of qualification issued by the county 
 superintendent of schools or the Superintendent of Public Instruction 1 
 Provided, however, that in any county in which a county normal school 
 is established, under the control of a county board of education, the 
 diplomas of graduates in said normal school shall, when directed by said 
 board, be taken by the county superintendent as sufficient evidence of 
 qualification to entitle the holder to a first grade certificate if presented 
 within two years from such graduation. 
 
 177. Certificates of qualification issued by the Superintendent of 
 Public Instruction shall be valid in every district in the State during 
 the good behavior of the holder. Such certificates shall be granted only 
 upon a public examination, complete in itself, under such regulations- 
 and by such examiners as the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall 
 prescribe and appoint. The holder of any State certificate, while he 
 continues to teach, shall, annually, before entering upon his duties as- 
 teacher, present his certificate to the county superintendent for registra- 
 tion. A fee of one dollar shall be charged therefor and covered into 
 the institute fund. 
 
 178. Certificates of qualification granted by the county superin- 
 tendent shall be of two grades: 
 
 A certificate of the first grade shall be valid in the county for two- 
 years and shall certify that the person to whom such certificate is issued 
 is of good character and qualified to teach orthography, reading in Eng- 
 lish, penmanship, arithmetic, English grammar, modern geography^ 
 civics, the elements of the natural sciences, the history of the United 
 States, the history of Illinois, physiology and the laws of health. 
 
 A certificate of the second grade shall be valid for one year, and shall 
 certify that the person to whom such certificate is issued is of good char- 
 acter and is qualified to teach orthography, reading in English, pen- 
 manship, arithmetic, English grammar, modern geography, civics, the 
 history of the United States and the history of Illinois. 
 
 Such certificates may be in the following form, to wit : 
 
 ILLINOIS, , 1 ... 
 
 The undersigned having examined in orthography, 
 
 reading in English, penmanship, arithmetic, English grammar, modern geog- 
 raphy, civics, the history of the United States, the history of Illinois, and 
 
 methods of teaching, and being satisfied that is of good 
 
 character, hereby certifies that qualifications in these 
 
 branches are such as to entitle to this certificate, being of the 
 
 grade, and valid in this county for year from 
 
 the date hereof, renewable at the option of the county superintendent by his 
 endorsement hereon. 
 
 Given under my hand and seal at the date aforesaid. 
 
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 Teachers of music,, drawing, penmanship, bookkeeping, 
 other special study, exclusively, shall not be required to be examined 
 except in reference to such special study, and in such cases it shall not 
 be lawful to employ such teachers to teach any branch of study except 
 such as they have been examined upon and which shall be stated in such 
 certificates. The county superintendent may, in his option, renew cer- 
 tificates at their expiration by his endorsement thereon, and may revoke 
 a certificate at any time for immorality, incompetency or other just 
 cause. 
 
 179. Every school established under the provisions of this Act shall, 
 be for instruction in the branches of education prescribed in the qualifi- 
 cations for teachers, and in such other branches, including vocal music 
 and drawing, as the directors, or the voters of the district at the annual 
 election of directors may prescribe. 
 
 180. Examinations for teachers' certificates shall be held by the 
 county superintendent quarterly, and oftener, if necessary, on such days 
 and in such places as will accommodate the greatest number of persons 
 desiring such examination. Notice of such examinations shall be pub- 
 lished a sufficient length of time in at least one newspaper of general 
 circulation. A fee of one dollar shall be charged for the examination 
 and also for the renewal of a certificate. 
 
 181. The county superintendent shall hold an annual institute, 
 not fewer than five days, for the instruction of teachers and those who 
 may desire to teach. With the concurrence of the Superintendent of 
 Public Instruction he shall employ such assistance as may be necessary 
 to conduct the institute. Two or more adjoining counties may hold an 
 institute together. At every institute instruction shall be free to holders- 
 of certificates good in the county or in any of the counties holding the 
 institute, and to those who have paid an examination fee and failed to 
 receive a certificate. All others attending shall be required to pay a 
 registration fee of one dollar. 
 
 182. All examination and registration fees, and fees for renewals, 
 shall be transmitted monthly to the county treasurer, with a list of 
 the names of the persons paying such fees. Such fund shall constitute 
 the institute fund, and shall be paid out only upon the order of the 
 county superintendent, to defray the expenses of teachers' institutes. 
 When the institute fund in any county exceeds the average annual cost 
 of the teachers' institute for the next preceding three years, such excess 
 may be drawn upon by the county superintendent of schools for the pur- 
 pose of defraying the expense of any general meeting of the teachers of 
 the county. 
 
 183. Five days in any school year, spent by a teacher, during 
 term time, in attendance upon a teachers' institute, held under the 
 direction of the county superintendent of schools, ^hall be considered 
 time lawfully expended in the service of the district, and no deduction 
 of wages shall be made for such attendance. It shall be the duty of 
 the school directors to close the schools for such institute. 
 
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 damaged or destroyed. No teacher shall be paid any part of the school 
 funds unless he shall have furnished schedules, when required by law, 
 and shall have satisfactorily accounted for all books, apparatus and other 
 property belonging to the district. 
 
 185. Teachers shall keep daily registers, which shall exhibit the 
 name, age and attendance of each pupil, the day of the week, the month 
 and the year. Registers shall be in the following form, the absence of 
 each scholar being indicated by a mark, the presence by a blank, to wit : 
 
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 Such registers shall be furnished to the teachers by the school directors, 
 and each teacher shall, at the end of his term of school, return his 
 register to the clerk of the school board of the district. No teacher shall 
 be paid any part of the school funds unless he shall have accurately kept 
 and returned the register as aforesaid. 
 
 186. In all districts controlled by a board of directors, teachers 
 shall make schedules of the names of all pupils attending school, in the 
 form prescribed by this Act, and when pupils reside in two or more 
 districts, townships or counties, separate schedules shall be kept for 
 each district, township or county. Boards of education may require 
 teachers to make schedules, or statements, certifying the number of clays' 
 attendance for each month, as shown by their registers, which shall be 
 
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 certified by the board of education, and be subject to the same require- 
 ments as schedules. Schedules shall be certified by the teacher, and shall 
 be in the following form, to wit: 
 
 Schedule of a school taught by .<,...! , in 
 
 district No. ... .. . . .,, in the county of , in the 
 
 State of Illinois. Names and ages of pupils residing in district No , 
 
 county, who have attended school during 
 
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 Sarah Danforth 16 20 
 
 Mary Newman 18 18 
 
 Grand total number of days' attendance 64 
 
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 I hereby certify that the foregoing schedule is correct, to the best of 
 my knowledge and belief. 
 
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 187. The schedule, or schedules, shall be delivered to one of the 
 directors, who shall, if requested, give the teacher a receipt for the 
 same. It shall be the duty of the director to examine carefully such 
 schedule, or schedules, with at least one other director, and correct any 
 errors, and if such schedule has been made according to law, they shall 
 certify to the same in the following form, to wit: 
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 We, the undersigned, directors of district No in 
 
 county, certify that we have carefully examined the foregoing schedule and 
 find it to be correct, and that the school was conducted according to law; 
 
 that the teacher is paid according to contract dollars per ; 
 
 the sum of dollars is now due for services for 
 
 the month ending ; that the teacher has a legal certificate 
 
 of grade, and that the property of said district 
 
 in charge of such teacher has been satisfactorily accounted for 
 
 Signed this day of , 1 ... 
 
 Directors. 
 
 188. The school month shall be the same as the calendar month. 
 But a teacher shall not be required to teach on Saturdays or legal school 
 holidays, which are the first day of January, the fourth day of July, the 
 
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 twenty-fifth day of December, and any day appointed by the President 
 or Governor as a day of fast or thanksgiving, and no deduction shall 
 be made from the time or compensation of a teacher on account of such 
 days. 
 
 REVENUE. 
 
 189. For the purpose of establishing and supporting free schools 
 for not less than six nor more than nine months in each year, and 
 defraying all the expenses of the same of every description; for the 
 purpose of repairing and improving school houses, of procuring furni- 
 ture, fuel, libraries and apparatus, and for all other necessary incidental 
 expenses in each district, village or city, the directors of such district 
 and the authorities of such village or city shall be authorized to levy 
 a tax annually upon all the taxable property of the district, village or 
 city not to exceed one and one-half per cent for educational and one 
 and one-half per cent for building purposes, the valuation to be ascer- 
 tained by the last assessment for State and county taxes: Provided, 
 that the term incidental expenses herein used shall not include any 
 sum expended or obligation incurred for the improvement, repair or 
 benefit of the school buildings and property, but all such sums and 
 obligations shall be paid from that portion of the tax levied for building 
 purposes. No election or petition shall be necessary to authorize the 
 levy of a tax for the ordinary repair and improvement of school buildings 
 or grounds or for the payment of any special tax or special assessment 
 levied upon such property. 
 
 190. The board of directors or board of education of each district 
 shall ascertain, as near as practicable, annually, how much money must 
 be raised by special tax for educational and for building purposes for 
 the next ensuing year. Such amounts shall be certified and returned 
 to the township treasurer on or before the first Tuesday in August, 
 annually. The certificate shall be signed by the president and clerk, or 
 secretary, as the case may require, and may be in the following form, 
 to wit : 
 
 CERTIFICATE OF TAX LEVY. 
 
 We hereby certify that we require the sum of dollar 
 
 to be levied as a special tax for educational purposes, and the sum of 
 
 dollars to be levied as a special tax for building purposes, on the equalized 
 assessed value of the taxable property of our district, for the year,. 1 ... 
 
 Signed this day of 1 ... 
 
 A B President, 
 
 C D Clerk. 
 
 District No , County. 
 
 The township treasurer shall return the certificate to the county clerk,, 
 on or before the second Monday of August. A failure by the school 
 board to file the certificate, or of the treasurer to return it to the county 
 clerk in the time required, shall not vitiate the assessment. 
 
 191. When a district lies partly in two or more counties the direct- 
 ors shall ascertain, as near as practicable, the amount to be raised by 
 special tax for educational and building purposes, and shall prepare a 
 certificate for each county in which such district may lie, and deliver 
 
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 the certificates to the township treasurer who receives the tax money 
 of such district, who shall return a certificate to each of the county clerks 
 of the counties in which a part of such district is situated. On the first 
 Monday of October, annually, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, 
 the county clerk of each of such counties shall ascertain the total 
 equalized valuation of all the taxable property in that part of such dis- 
 trict as shall lie in his county, and certify the amount thereof to the 
 county clerk of each of the other counties in which such district may 
 lie; and from the aggregate of such equalized valuation, and from the 
 certificate of the amount so required to be levied, such clerk shall ascer- 
 tain the rate per cent required to produce in such district the amount 
 of such levy, and at that rate shall extend the special tax to be levied foi 
 educational and building purposes in that part of such district lying 
 in his respective county. 
 
 192. It shall be the duty of assessors, when making assessments 
 of personal property, to designate the number of the school district in 
 which the person assessed resides. Such designation shall be made by 
 writing the number of the district opposite each person's assessment of 
 personal property in the assessment roll returned by the assessor to the 
 county clerk. The officers preparing blank books and notices for the 
 use of assessors shall provide columns and blanks, so that the number of 
 the school district may be designated. 
 
 193. On or before the first day of April next after the delivery 
 of the tax books containing the computation and levy of the taxes, or 
 as soon thereafter as the treasurer shall present the certificate of the 
 amount of the tax, and make a demand therefor, the collector shall pay 
 to the treasurer the full amount of the tax certified by the county clerk, 
 or in case any part remains uncollected, the collector shall, in addition 
 to the amount collected, deliver to the treasurer a statement of the 
 amount of uncollected taxes for each district of the township, taking his 
 receipt therefor, which receipt shall be evidence in favor of the col- 
 lector as against the treasurer. 
 
 194. If any collector shall fail to pay the taxes or any part there- 
 of, the treasurer, or other authorized person, may proceed against him 
 and his securities in an action of debt upon his official bond in any 
 court of competent jurisdiction. The collector so in default shall pay 
 twelve per cent on the amount due, to be assessed as damages, which shall 
 be included in the judgment rendered against him. If he can show that 
 any part of the taxes could not be collected by law, he shall not be liable 
 for such taxes until he has collected, or may be able to collect them. 
 
 BONDS. 
 
 195. For the purpose of building or repairing school houses or 
 purchasing or improving school sites, the directors of any school dis- 
 trict, when authorized by a majority of the votes cast at an election held 
 for that purpose, may borrow money; and, as evidence of such indebted- 
 ness, may issue bonds signed by at least two directors, in denominations 
 of not less than $100.00, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 
 7 per cent per annum. 
 
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 196. All bonds issued by virtue of this Act, before being issued, 
 negotiated and sold, shall be registered, numbered and countersigned by 
 the treasurer who receives the taxes of the district. Such registration 
 shall be made in a book provided for that purpose, in which shall be 
 entered the record of the election authorizing the directors to borrow 
 money, and a description of the bonds issued, including the number, 
 date, to whom issued, amount, rate of interest and when due. 
 
 197. All moneys borrowed under the authority of this Act shall 
 be paid to the treasurer of the township wherein the bonds issued there- 
 for are required to be registered. Upon receiving such moneys, the 
 treasurer shall deliver the bond or bonds issued therefor to the person 
 or persons entitled to receive them, and shall credit the funds received 
 to the district issuing the bonds. The treasurer shall record the exact 
 amount received for each and every bond issued. When any such bonds 
 are paid, the treasurer shall cancel the same and shall enter, against the 
 
 record of such bonds, the words "paid and cancelled the day 
 
 of . . 1. . ." filling the blanks with the day, month 
 
 and year corresponding to the date of such payment. 
 
 198. When it is desired to hold an election for the purpose of 
 borrowing money, the directors of the district shall give at least ten 
 days 5 notice of the election, by posting notices in at least three of the 
 most public places in the district. Such notices shall specify the place 
 where such election is to be held, the time of opening and closing the 
 polls, and the question to be voted upon, which notice may be in the 
 following form, to wit: 
 
 NOTICE OF ELECTION. 
 
 Notice is hereby given that on day of 
 
 1 , an election will be held at school district No 
 
 in . v County, Illinois, for the purpose of voting "for" of 
 
 "against" the proposition to issue bonds of district No to the 
 
 amount of dollars due (here insert the times of payment, 
 
 giving the amount falling due in each year, if the bonds mature at different 
 
 days), which bonds are to bear interest at the rate of per cent per 
 
 annum, payable annually. The polls will be opened at 
 
 o'clock, .... .m., and closed at o'clock, m. 
 
 Dated this day of , 1 
 
 A B President, 
 
 C D Clerk. 
 
 199. Two of the directors shall act as judges of the election and 
 one as clerk. In case a director shall fail to attend or to act at such 
 election, the legal voters assembled shall choose from their number, at 
 the time of opening the polls, some person to act as judge or clerk, as 
 the case may be. The judges and clerk shall take and subscribe the oath 
 required of judges and clerks of an election held for State and county 
 officers. All votes shall be by ballot, 
 
 200. Within ten days after the election the judges shall cause the 
 poll books to be returned to the township treasurer who is required to 
 register such bonds, with a certificate thereon showing the result of the 
 election, which poll book shall be filed and kept by the treasurer, and 
 shall be evidence of such election. 
 
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 201. When a school district has issued bonds, or other evidence 
 of indebtedness, for any purposes which are binding and subsisting legal 
 obligations, and remaining outstanding, the directors of such school dis- 
 trict may, upon the surrender of any such bonds or other evidences of 
 indebtedness, issue in liew thereof, to the holders or owners of the same, 
 or to other persons for money with which to pay the same, new bonds 
 or other evidences of indebtedness, according to the provisions of this 
 Act. 
 
 COUNTY CLERK. 
 
 232. Whenever the returns of an election for trustees of schools 
 are made to the county clerk, it shall be his duty to furnish to the county 
 superintendent of schools, within ten days after such returns have been 
 made, the names of the trustees so returned to him, and to specify the 
 townships in which they have been elected. 
 
 203. It shall be the duty of the county clerk to furnish the directors 
 of any school district, upon request, a certificate showing the last ascer- 
 tained equalized value of the taxable property of such district. 
 
 204. When a school district lies partly in two or more counties, it 
 shall be the duty of the county clerk of each county in which any part 
 of such district lies to furnish, upon request, to the directors of such 
 district, a certificate showing the last ascertained equalized value of the 
 taxable property in that part of such district lying in such county. 
 
 205. It shall be the duty of the county clerk, when making out 
 the tax books for the collector, to compute each taxable person's tax 
 in each school district upon the total amount of taxable property as 
 equalized by the State Board of Equalization for that year, lying and 
 being in such district, whether belonging to residents or nonresidents, 
 and also upon each and every tract of land, the larger part of which lies 
 in such district. Such compensation shall be made so as to realize the 
 amount of money required to be raised ii- such district, as shown and 
 set forth in the certificate of tax levy, made out by the directors of such 
 district, and filed with the township treasurer, as required by this Act. 
 The said county clerk shall cause each person's tax, so computed, to be 
 ?et upon the tax book to be delivered to the collector for that year, in a 
 separate column against each taxpayer's name, or parcel of taxable prop- 
 erty, as it appears in said collector's books, to be collected in the same 
 manner, and at the same time, and by the same person, as State and 
 county taxes are collected. He shall number the school districts on the 
 maps in his office to correspond with the numbers of districts as returned 
 to him by the county superintendent of schools, and in making up the 
 tax books to be delivered to the collector of taxes, the county clerk 
 shall copy into such tax books the number of the school district set 
 opposite to each person's assessment of personal property by the assessor 
 making the assessment of such person, and shall extend the school tax 
 on each person's assessment of personal property, according to the rate 
 required by the amount designated b}^ the directors of the school district 
 in which such person resides, as shown by the certificate of tax levy. The 
 computation of each person's tax and the levy made by the clerk shall 
 
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 be final and conclusive. The rate shall be uniform, and shall not 
 exceed that required by the amount certified by the board of directors. 
 The said county clerk, before delivering the tax book to the collector, 
 shall make out and send by mail to each township treasurer of the 
 county a certificate of the amount due each district or fraction of a 
 district in his township, from the tax so levied and placed upon the 
 tax books. 
 
 206. The county clerk shall record and preserve the report of the 
 county superintendent made to the county board at the first regular term 
 of such board in each year relating to the sale of school lands, the 
 amount of money received, paid, loaned out and on hand, belonging to 
 each township fund in his control, and the statement copied from the 
 loan book of such county superintendent, showing all the facts in regard 
 to loans which are required to be stated in the loan book. 
 
 'THE COUNTY BOARD. 
 
 207. It shall be the duty of the county board of each county of 
 -the State: 
 
 First To provide for the county superintendent of schools a suitable 
 office with necessary furniture and office supplies, as is done in the case 
 of other county officers. 
 
 Second To examine and approve or reject the report of the county 
 superintendents of schools made to such board. 
 
 Third To audit at the regular meeting in September, and as near 
 quarterly thereafter as such board may have regular or special meetings, 
 the itemized bills of the county superintendent of schools for the expense 
 of his office. 
 
 Fourth To authorize the county superintendent of schools to employ 
 mich assistants as he needs for the full discharge of his duties, and to 
 fix the compensation thereof, which compensation shall be paid out of 
 the county treasury. 
 
 Fifth To examine the financial statements of the county superin- 
 tendent of schools required by section 11 of this Act and compare the 
 same with vouchers, and the county board, or so many of them as may 
 be present at the meeting of the board, shall be liable individually to the 
 fund injured and to the securities of the county superintendent, in case 
 judgment be recovered of the said securities, for all damages occasioned 
 by neglect of the duties, or any of them, required of the board by this 
 section : Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be con- 
 strued to exempt the securities, but they shall remain liable to the fund 
 injured the same as if the members of the county board were not liable 
 to them for neglect of their duty. 
 
 208. The county board of each county of this State shall have 
 power : 
 
 First To approve the bond of the county superintendent of schools, 
 -and to increase the penalty of such bond if. in the judgment of the 
 county board, such penalty should be so increased. 
 
 Second To require the county superintendent' of schools, after notice 
 given, to execute a new bond, conditioned and approved as the first 
 
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 bond, whenever in the discretion of the county board such new bond is 
 necessary: Provided, however, that the execution of such new bond 
 shall not affect the old bond or the liability of the security thereof. 
 
 Third To require the county superintendent of schools to make the 
 reports to such board provided for by law, and to remove him from office 
 in case of neglect or refusal so to do, or for any palpable violation of 
 law or omission of duty. 
 
 209. When the office of county superintendent of schools shall 
 become vacant, the county board shall fill the vacancy by appointment. If 
 by reason of a tie upon the vote to fill such vacancy, or from any other 
 cause, the vacancy shall not be filled by the county board within thirty 
 days of the time it occurs, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the county 
 board to summon the county judge of the county in which the vacancy 
 exists to meet with the county board at a time and place designated by 
 the clerk, of which meeting the members of the county board shall have 
 notice; and the county board and county judges, when so notified, shall 
 meet at the time and place designated, at which meeting the county judge 
 shall preside, and in case of a tie he shall give the casting vote. The 
 clerk shall notify the person so selected of his appointment. 
 
 SCHOOL FUND. 
 
 210. The common school fund of this State shall consist, until 
 otherwise provided by law, of the proceeds of a two-mill tax levied 
 annually upon each dollar of the equalized assessed value of all the 
 property in the State ; the interest on the school fund proper, which fund 
 is 3 per cent upon the proceeds of the sales of public lands in the 
 State, one-sixth part excepted; and the interest on the surplus revenue 
 distributed by Act of Congress and made part of the common school fund 
 by Act of the Legislature, March 4, 1837. The interest on the school 
 fund proper and the surplus revenue shall be paid by the State annually 
 at the rate of 6 per cent, and shall be distributed as provided by law. 
 
 211. On the first Monday in January, annually, the Auditor of 
 .Public Accounts shall apportion to each county the common school 
 fund, in proportion to the number of persons in each county under the 
 age of 21 years, as ascertained from the next preceding State or federal 
 census, and shall issue an order upon the county collector to pay to 
 the county superintendent of schools the amount of such order out of 
 the first funds collected by him and not otherwise appropriated by law, 
 and take the county superintendent's receipt for the same. 
 
 212. The orders issued by the Auditor of Public Accounts for the 
 common school fund shall be received by the State Treasurer in payment 
 of amounts due the State from county collectors. On presentation of 
 such orders the Auditor shall issue his warrants to the treasurer on the 
 school fund for the amount of the school fund tax orders, and on the 
 revenue fund for the amount of the orders for interest on the school 
 fund proper and the surplus revenue. 
 
 213. If a collector shall fail or refuse to pay the amount of an 
 auditor's order, or any part thereof, by the first day of March, annually, 
 or as soon thereafter as it may be presented, the county superintendent 
 
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 shall begin an action for debt against the collector and his securities in 
 any court having competent jurisdiction,, and unless it shall appear to 
 the satisfaction of the court that on the first day of March,, or on the 
 day of presentation of payment thereafter,, the collector had not collected 
 funds sufficient to pay such order, interest at the rate of 12 per cent 
 per annum upon the amount due shall be assessed as damages and 
 included in the judgment against the collector. 
 
 214. On or before the 30th day of September of each year the 
 county collectors,, county superintendents of schools, township collectors,, 
 and all other persons paying money into the hands of school treasurers 
 for school purposes, shall notify in writing the presidents of school 
 trustees and the clerks of school directors of the amount paid into the 
 treasurer's hands and the date of payment, 
 
 215. The county superintendent of schools shall apportion and 
 distribute, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Superintendent 
 oi Public Instruction, the principal of the county fund to the townships 
 and parts. of townships in his county, accorumg to the number of persons 
 under 21 years of age returned to him. The principal of the county 
 fund so distributed shall be added to the principal of the township fund 
 of the townships and parts of townships in his county. The interest, 
 rents, issues and profits, arising and accruing from the principal of 
 the county fund shall be distributed to the townships and parts of 
 townships in his county, as required by the provisions of this Act. 
 
 216. All bonds, notes, mortgages, moneys and effects which have 
 accrued or may accrue from the sale of the sixteenth section of the 
 common school lands of any township, or from the sale of any real 
 estate or other property taken on any judgment or for any debt due to the 
 principal of any township fund, and all other funds of every description 
 which have been or may be carried to and made part of the principal of 
 any township fund, shall forever constitute the principal of the township 
 fund; and no part thereof shall ever be distributed or expended for 
 any purpose whatever, but shall be loaned and held to use, rent or 
 profit, as provided by law. The interest, rents, issues and profits arising 
 and accruing from the principal of any township fund shall be distrib- 
 uted in the manner and at the times provided by this Act; nor shall any 
 part of such interest, rents, issues and profits be carried to the principal 
 of any township fund, unless it shall appear on the .first Monday in 
 October in any year that there is rent, interest, issues, profits or other 
 innds not required for distribution. In such case the amount not 
 required for distribution may, in the discretion oi the trustees of schools, 
 be added to the principal of the township fund and loaned as such. 
 
 SCHOOL LANDS. 
 
 217. Section 16 in every township, and the sections and parts 
 of sections granted in lieu of all or part of such section, and also the 
 lands granted for the use of schools to the inhabitants of fractional 
 townships in which there is no section 16, or in case such section shall 
 not contain the proper proportion for the use of schools in such frac- 
 
tional townships, shall be held as common school lands; and the pro- 
 visions of this Act referring to common school lands shall be deemed 
 to apply to them. 
 
 218. All the business of a township, relating to common school 
 lands shall be transacted in the county which contains all or the greater 
 portion of such lands. 
 
 219. The trustees of schools in townships in which section sixteen, 
 or other lands granted in lieu thereof, remain unsold, or which has title 
 to any other school lands whatsoever, may rent or lease the same for an 
 annual rent to be paid in money. The contract made by the president 
 and clerk, under the direction of the trustees of schools, with the lessee 
 or lessees, for the rent or lease of such lands, shall be in writing and shall 
 be filed with the records of the board, and a copy transmitted to the 
 county superintendent. In case of default in the payment of the rent, 
 the trustees shall at once proceed to collect the same by distress, or 
 otherwise, as may be provided by law for the collection of rents by land- 
 lords. No lease taken under the provisions of this Act shall be for a 
 longer period than five years, except when such lands are leased for the 
 purpose of having permanent improvements made thereon, as in cities 
 and villages. The provisions of this section shall not apply to cities 
 having a population of over one hundred thousand inhabitants. 
 
 220. The trustees of schools of any township are hereby authorized 
 to sell and convey to any railroad company a right of way across any 
 school lands of such township, and necessary depot grounds. 
 
 221. If any person shall, without being duly authorized, cut, fell, 
 box, bore, destroy or carry away any tree, sapling or log standing or 
 being upon any school lands, such person shall forfeit and pay, for every 
 tree, sapling or log so felled, boxed, bored, destroyed or carried away, 
 the sum of eight dollars, which penalty shall be recovered with costs of 
 suit, by action of debt or assumpsit, before any justice of the peace, 
 or in the county or circuit court, either in the corporate name of the 
 board of trustees of the township to which the land belongs, or by qui 
 tarn action in the name of any person who will first sue for the same. 
 One-half of the judgment secured in such action shall go to the person 
 suing and the other half to the township. When two or more persons 
 shall be concerned in the same trespass, they shall be jointly and sever- 
 ally liable for the penalty herein 'imposed. 
 
 222. Every trespasser upon common school lands shall be liable 
 to indictment, and, upon conviction, shall be fined three times the 
 amount of the injury occasioned by the trespass, and shall stand com- 
 mitted as in other cases of misdemeanor. 
 
 223. All penalties and fines collected under the provisions of the 
 two preceding sections shall be paid to the township treasurer and be 
 added to the principal of the township fund. 
 
 224. When the inhabitants of any township shall desire the sale 
 of the common school lands of such township, they shall present to the 
 county superintendent of the county in which the school lands of the 
 township or the greater part thereof lie, a petition for their sale. Such 
 petition shall be signed by at least two-thirds of the legal voters of the 
 
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 township. The petition must be signed in the presence of at least two 
 adult citizens of the township, after the true meaning and purpose there- 
 of have been explained; and an affidavit must be affixed thereto by the 
 two citizens witnessing the signing, which affidavit shall state the num- 
 ber of inhabitants in the township 21 years of age and over, and the 
 petition so verified shall be delivered to the county superintendent for 
 his action thereon. In townships having a population of more than 
 10,000 inhabitants, such petition shall be signed by at least one-tenth 
 of the legal voters of the township, and delivered to the county superin- 
 tendent at least fifteen days preceding the regular election of trustees, 
 or the date of a special election which may be called for such purpose; 
 and thereupon it shall be the duty of the county superintendent to notify 
 the voters of such township that an election for or against the proposi- 
 tion to sell common school lands of the township, or a portion thereof, 
 will be held at the next regular election of trustees, or at a special elec- 
 tion called for that purpose, by posting notices of such election in at 
 least ten of the most public places throughout such township, for at 
 least ten days before the date of such regular or special election, which 
 notice may be in the following form, to wit : 
 
 ELECTION FOB SALE OF COMMON SCHOOL LANDS. 
 
 Notice is hereby given that on the day of 
 
 1. . ., an election will be held at for the purpose of 
 
 voting "for" or "against" the proposition to sell common school lands of 
 the township, to-wit: (here insert description of the lands). The polls will 
 
 be opened at o'clock, ....m., and closed at o'clock, ...,m. 
 
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 County Superintendent. 
 
 The ballots of such election shall be received and canvassed as in 
 other elections provided for in this Act, and returns of the results thereof 
 made to the county superintendent, and if two-thirds ol the vote upon 
 such proposition shall have been cast in favor of the sale, the county 
 superintendent shall act thereon. No section shall be sold in any town- 
 ship containing fewer than 200 inhabitants; and common school lands 
 in fractional townships may be sold when the number of inhabitants 
 and the number of acres are in, or above, a ratio of 200 to 640, but not 
 before. 
 
 225. Any fractional township not having the requisite number of 
 inhabitants to petition for the sale of school lands, which has not hereto- 
 fore been united with any township for school purposes, and which does 
 not contain a sufficient number of inhabitants to maintain a free school, 
 is hereby attached for school purposes, to the adjacent congressional 
 township having the longest territorial line bordering on such fractional 
 township, and all the provisions of this Act shall apply to such united 
 townships the same as though they were one and the same township. 
 
 226. When the petition and affidavits are delivered to the county 
 superintendent, he shall notify the trustees of the township, who shall 
 immediately divide the land into tracts or lots, of such form and quan- 
 tity as will produce the largest sum of money, and cause a plat of the 
 same to be made with each lot numbered and defined so that its bound- 
 aries mav be forever ascertained. 
 
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 227. In subdividing common school lands, no lot shall contain 
 more than eighty acres, and the division may be into town or village 
 lots, with roads, streets or alleys between them and through the same; 
 and all such divisions are hereby declared legal and all such roads, 
 streets and alleys, public highways. 
 
 228. After the school lands have been subdivided and platted, 
 the trustees of schools shall fix the value of each lot, certify to the cor- 
 rectness of the plat, stating in the certificate the value of each lot, and 
 describing it so that it may be identified ; which plat and certificate shall 
 be delivered to the county superintendent, and shall govern him in ad- 
 vertising and selling such lands. 
 
 229. Upon receipt of the plat and certificate of valuation the 
 county superintendent shall advertise the sale of such land in lots, as 
 divided and platted, by posting notice thereof in at least six public 
 places in the county forty days before the day of sale, describing the 
 land and stating the time, place and terms of sale. Such notice shall 
 also be printed each week for four weeks before the day of sale in a 
 newspaper published in the county, and shall be in the following form, 
 to wit: 
 
 NOTICE OF SALE. 
 
 Notice is hereby given that on the day of , Ivy is 
 
 between the hours of 10:00 o'clock, a. m., and 6:00, p. m., the undersigned, 
 
 superintendent of schools of county, will sell at public sale 
 
 to the highest bidder, at the door of the court house in 
 
 (or on the premises), the following described real estate, 
 
 the same being a part of the school lands of township No , range No. 
 
 , as divided, and platted by the trustees of schools of said township, to- 
 
 wit: (Here insert full and complete description of said premises.) Said 1 
 lands will be sold for cash in hand, with the privilege to any purchaser of 
 borrowing from the undersigned the whole or part of the payment of his bid, 
 for not less than one nor more than five years, upon his paying interest and" 
 giving security, as required in case of a loan obtained from the township fund. 
 
 Dated this day of , 1. . . 
 
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 County Superintendent. 
 
 230. Upon the day of sale, the county superintendent shall pro- 
 ceed to make sales as follows: He shall begin at the lowest numbered 
 lot and proceed regularly to the highest numbered, until they are all 
 sold or offered. No lot shall be sold for less than its valuation. The 
 sale may continue from day to day. Each lot shall be sold separately, 
 and offered long enough to enable any person present to bid who may 
 desire to do so. 
 
 231. At the close of each day's sale the purchasers shall each 
 pay or secure the payment of the purchase money. In case of a failure 
 to do so by 10:00 o'clock the succeeding day, the lot purchased shall 
 again be offered at public sale, on the same terms as before. If the sale 
 is or is not made the former purchaser shall be required to pay the 
 difference between his bid and the valuation of the lot, and in case of 
 his failure to make such payment, the county superintendent may forth- 
 with institute an action of debt or assumpsit in his name, as superin- 
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 lies, -for the required sum; and upon making proof, shall be entitled to 
 judgment, with costs of suit which, when collected, shall be added to 
 the principal of the township fund. 
 
 232. All lands not sold at public sale, as herein provided for, 
 shall be subject to sale at any time hereafter, at the valuation; and 
 the county superintendents are authorized and required, when in their 
 power, to sell all such lands at private sale, upon the terms at which 
 they were offered at public sale. 
 
 233. In all cases in which common school lands have been valued 
 and have remained unsold for two years after having been offered for 
 sale in conformity to this Act, the trustees of schools where such lands 
 are situated may vacate the valuation thereof by an order to be entered 
 in book A of the county superintendent, and cause a new valuation to 
 be made, if in their opinion, the interests of the township will be pro- 
 moted thereby. They shall make the second valuation in the same man- 
 ner as the first, and shall deliver to the county superintendent a plat 
 of the land at such second valuation, with the order of vacation, to be 
 entered, as aforesaid; whereupon the county superintendent shall offer 
 the land for sale, as if no former valuation had been made. The second 
 valuation may be made by the trustees of schools without a petition. 
 
 ' 234. Upon the completion of every sale the county superintendent 
 shall deliver to the purchaser a certificate of purchase including the 
 name and residence of the purchaser and the price and description of 
 the land. 
 
 235. Every purchaser of common school lands shall be entitled to 
 a patent from the State, conveying and assuring the title. Patents 
 shall be issued by the Auditor of Public Accounts from returns made to 
 him by the county superintendent. They shall contain a description of 
 the land granted, and shall be in the name of and signed by the Gover- 
 nor, countersigned by the Auditor, with the great seal of State affixed 
 thereto by the Secretary of State, and shall operate to vest in the pur- 
 chaser a perfect title in fee simple. When patents are executed as herein 
 required, the Auditor shall note on the list of sales the date of each 
 patent, in such manner as to perpetuate the evidence of its date and 
 deliverjr, and thereupon transmit the same to the county superintendent 
 of the proper county, to be by him delivered to the patentee, his heirs 
 or assigns, upon the return of the original certificate of purchase, which 
 certificate, when returned, shall be filed and preserved by the county 
 superintendent; and all such patents so issued by the State for school 
 lands, or duly certified copies thereof from any record legally made, 
 shall, after a lapse of ten years from the date of such patent, and such 
 sale having been ecquiesced in for ten years by the inhabitants of the 
 township in which the land so conveyed may be situated, be conclusive 
 evidence as to the legality of the sale, and that the title to such land 
 was, at the date of the patent, legally vested in the patentee. 
 
 236. Purchasers of common school lands, and their heirs or as- 
 signs, may obtain certified copies of certificates of purchase and patents, 
 upon filing affidavit with the county superintendent in respect to certifi- 
 
cates, and with the auditor in respect to patents, proving the loss or de- 
 struction of the originals ; and such copies shall have the force and effect 
 of originals. 
 
 237. The trustees of schools are hereby authorized to dedicate to 
 public use, for street and highway purposes, as much of the unimproved 
 common school lands as may be necessary to open or extend any street 
 or highway which may be ordered by the municipal authorities to be 
 opened or extended, if they shall be of the opinion that the benefit to 
 accrue from the opening or extending of such street or highway will 
 compensate for the strip so dedicated. It shall not be lawful for any 
 street or other railroad to lay tracks on any strip of the common school 
 lands so dedicated, or use the same or any part thereof for railroad or 
 street railroad purposes, except upon the purchase or lease of the land 
 from the proper authorities, or upon payment to the school fund of the 
 township of the value of such use or land, the same as if no street or 
 highway had been laid out thereon, to be determined by condemnation 
 proceedings. This section shall not in any way affect existing leases 
 or contracts for the lease or purchase of common school lands. 
 
 FINES, FORFEITURES AND PENALTIES. 
 
 238. All fines, forfeitures and penalties imposed or incurred in 
 any of the courts of record, or before any justice of the peace of the 
 State, except fines, forfeitures and penalties incurred or imposed in in- 
 corporated towns or cities for the violation of the by-laws or ordinances 
 thereof, shall, when collected, be paid to the county superintendent of 
 schools of the county wherein such fines, forfeitures or penalties have 
 been imposed or incurred, and the county superintendent of schools 
 shall give his receipt therefor to the person from whom such fine, for- 
 feiture Or penalty was received. 
 
 23,9. It shall be the duty of the State's attorneys ot the several 
 counties to enforce the collection of all fines, forfeitures and penalties 
 imposed or incurred in the courts of record of their respective counties, 
 and to pay the same to the county superintendent of the county wherein 
 the same have been imposed or incurred, retaining therefrom the fees 
 and commissions allowed them by law. 
 
 240. It shall be the duty of the justices of the peace to enforce 
 the collection of all fines, forfeitures and penalties imposed by them; 
 and to pay the same to the county superiitendent of the county in which 
 the same were imposed. 
 
 241. Clerks of courts of record, State's attorneys and all justices 
 of the peace shall report, under oath, to the county court of their respec- 
 tive counties, by the first of March, annually, the amount of such fines, 
 forfeitures and penalties imposed or incurred in their respective courts, 
 and the amount of such fines, forfeitures and penalties collected by 
 them, giving each item separately; and if any such officer has collected 
 no such fines, forfeitures or penalties he shall make affidavit to such 
 fact, and file the same with the county superintendent. The judges of 
 the county court shall inspect the said reports, and may hear evidence 
 thereon, and if found correct and truthful, shall enter an order approv- 
 
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 ing such, report, and directing that any moneys in the hands of such 
 officers so reporting shall be paid over to the superintendent of schools. 
 If the court shall not approve such report, he may order another one 
 to be made, and upon a failure to comply with the order of the court, 
 or to make a satisfactory report, the court may state an account and 
 enter an order to pay over, as herein provided. The court, for all pur- 
 poses for carrying out the provisions of this section, shall have power to 
 examine books and papers as provided in section 240 of this Act, and 
 shall have power to issue subpcenas for both books and persons. No- 
 report shall be approved until the court shall have given the superin- 
 tendent five days 7 notice of the same, and the superintendent shall be 
 allowed to inspect the report, and may be heard by the court concerning 
 the same. The officers charged with the collection of fines, forfeitures 
 and penalties, the said clerks, State's attorneys and justices of the peace, 
 for a failure to make such report, shall be liable to a fine of twenty-five 
 dollars for each offense, such fine to be recovered in a civil action, before 
 any court, at the suit of the county superintendent of schools of the 
 proper county. 
 
 242. For a failure to pay any fine, forfeiture or penalty, on. demand, 
 to the person who is by law authorized to receive the same, the officer 
 or person having collected the same, or having the same in his possession 
 or control, shall forfeit and' pay double the amount of such fine, forfeiture 
 or penalty, to be recovered before any court having jurisdiction thereof, in 
 a qui tarn action, one-half to be paid to the informer and one-half to the 
 distributive fund of the proper county. 
 
 243. In case any clerk of a court of record, State's attorney or 
 justice of- the peace shall fail to make the report provided for in section 
 238 of this Act, the county court shall have power, and it is hereby made 
 the duty of the judge of said court, to examine all records pertaining to 
 the office of such delinquent officer and enforce the payment of whatever 
 sum may be found due the school fund from such delinquent officer. For 
 the purpose of making such examination, the county court shall -have 
 the right to call for any paper or papers, docket, fee book or other 
 record belonging to the office of such delinquent officer, and in case such 
 delinquent officer fails or refuses to furnish such paper, docket, fee book 
 or other record for the inspection or use of such county court, he shall 
 forfeit the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered in an action jf 
 debt or assumpsit, before any court of this State having jurisdiction 
 of the actions of debt and assumpsit, and such penalty, when collected, 
 shall be paid into the distributive fund of the proper county. 
 
 LIABILITY OF SCHOOL OFFICERS. 
 
 244. When the county superintendent of schools of any county 
 shall notify the trustees of schools of a township, in writing, that the 
 notes, bonds, mortgages or other evidences of indebtedness which have 
 been taken officially by the township treasurer, are not in proper form, 
 or that the securities which he has taken are insufficient, it shall be the 
 duty of the trustees to take at once such action as may be necessary to 
 protect the property or fund of the township and the district. For a 
 
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 failure or rerusal to take such action within twenty (lays after such 
 notice, the trustees of schools, each in his individual capacity, shall be 
 liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred 
 dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the peace, or information 
 in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, provided such insuffi- 
 ciency is proven, and, when collected, such fine shall be paid to the 
 county superintendent of the proper county for the use of the schools. 
 The payment of this fine shall not relieve the board of trustees from 
 any civil liability they may have incurred from such neglect of duty. 
 
 245. When a change shall be made in the boundaries of a school 
 district, and a written statement of such change shall be delivered to 
 the county clerk, it shall be the duty of the county clerk to file such 
 statement and all papers relating thereto and record them. And in case 
 of a neglect or failure to do so the said county clerk shall be liable to 
 a penalty of twenty-five dollars, to be recovered by an action of debt, 
 before any justice of the peace, at the suit of the county superintendent, 
 for the benefit of the school fund of the county. 
 
 246. Trustees of schools shall be liable, jointly and severally, for 
 the sufficiency of securities taken from township treasurers; and in case 
 of judgment against any treasurer and his securities for or on account 
 of any default of such treasurer, on which the money shall not be made 
 for want of sufficient property whereon to levy execution, action on the 
 case may be maintained against the trustees, jointly and severally, and 
 the amount not collected on the judgment shall be recovered with costs 
 of suit from such trustees. If the trustees can show, satisfactorily, that 
 the security taken from the treasurer, was, at the time it was taken, good 
 and sufficient, they shall not be liable. 
 
 247. If the trustees of schools shall fail to observe the provisions 
 of this Act in reference to the distribution of funds and property when 
 a new district is formed, they shall be individually and jointly liable 
 to the district interested, in an action on the case, to the full amount 
 of the damages sustained by the district aggrieved. When trustees have 
 heretofore failed to make the distribution of property to districts, as 
 provided by this Act, the district interested in such distribution may, 
 by its directors, request the trustees in writing to make such distribu- 
 tion; and the trustees shall make it in the manner prescribed, and shall 
 be liable, as herein stated, for the neglect or failure to do so. 
 
 248. The clerk of any board of trustees who shall fail, neglect or 
 refuse to perform the duties imposed upon him by this Act, within the 
 time or in the manner prescribed, shall, for each offense, forfeit not 
 less than ten dollars, nor more than twenty-five dollars, of his pay as 
 clerk of the trustees of schools and township treasurer, which forfeiture 
 shall be enforced by the trustees. 
 
 249. For a failure on the part of the treasurer, clerk of any board 
 of directors, or any director, to comply with any of the requirements of 
 this Act, he shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $5.00 nor 
 more than $50.00, to be recovered before any justice of the peace of 
 the county in which the offense is committed. 
 
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 250. For any failure or refusal to perform all the duties required 
 of the township treasurer by law, he shall be liable to the trustees of 
 schools, upon his official bond, for all damages sustained, to be recovered 
 by action of debt by the trustees for the use of the township, before any 
 court having jurisdiction of the amount of damages claimed; but if the 
 treasurer, in any failure or refusal, acted under and in conformity to a 
 requisition or order of the trustees of schools, or a majority of them, 
 entered upon their journal and subscribed by their president and clerk, 
 then, and in that case, the trustees of schools or those voting for such 
 requisition or order, and not the treasurer, shall be liable, jointly and 
 severally, to the inhabitants of the township for such damages, to be 
 recovered by an action of assumpsit in the official name of the county 
 superintendent of schools, for the use of the townships : Provided, how- 
 ever, that the township treasurer shall be liable for any part of the 
 judgment obtained against the trustees of schools which cannot be col- 
 lected on account of their insolvency. 
 
 251. If judgment shall be obtained against any trustee of schools 
 or directors, the party entitled to the benefit of such judgment may have 
 execution therefor as follows: The court in which such judgment shall 
 be obtained, or to which such judgment may be removed by transcript 
 or appeal from a justice of the peace, or other court, shall issue a writ 
 commanding the directors, trustees and treasurer of such township to 
 cause the amount thereof, with interest and costs, to be paid to the party 
 entitled to the benefit of such judgment, out of any moneys of such 
 township or district unappropriated, or if there be no such moneys, out 
 of the first moneys applicable to the payment of the kind of services 
 or indebtedness for which such judgment shall be obtained, which shall 
 be received for the use of such township or district, and to enforce 
 obedience to such writ by attachment, or by mandamus, requiring such 
 board to levy a tax for the payment of such judgment; and all legal 
 processes, as well as writs to enforce payment, shall be served either on 
 the president or the clerk of the board. 
 
 252. Trustees of schools, or either of them, failing or refusing to 
 make returns of children in their township according to the provisions 
 of this Act, or if either of them shall knowingly make a false return, 
 the party so offending shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $10.00 
 nor more than $100.00, to be recovered by an action of assumpsit before 
 any justice of the peace of the county; which penalty, when collected, 
 shall be added to the distributive fund of the township in which the 
 trustees reside. 
 
 253, If the judges of a school election called for any legal pur- 
 pose snail fail or neglect to deliver a copy of the poll book of any such 
 election, with a certificate thereon showing the results of such election, 
 to the officer to whom such return shall be made, within ten days after 
 such election, they shall be severally liable to a penalty of not less than 
 $25.00 nor more than $100.00, to be recovered in the name of the 
 People of the State of Illinois, by an action of debt before any justice 
 of the peace of the county. The penalty, when collected, shall be added 
 to the distributive fund of the township. 
 
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 254. If the school directors of any district in this State shall fail 
 to examine and deliver to the township treasurer on or before the seventh 
 day of July, annually, all teachers' schedules made and certified as 
 required by law, and covering the time taught during the school year 
 ending June 30, they shall be personally liable to the district for any 
 and all loss sustained by it through their failure to do so. 
 
 255. Any director who shall be interested in a contract made by 
 the board of which he is a member shall be liable to indictment, and 
 upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not less than $25.00 and not 
 more than $500.00, and may be imprisoned in the county jail not less 
 than one nor more than twelve months, at the discretion of the court. 
 
 256. For any failure to comply with the requisitions of section 97 
 of this Act, the treasurer or other person neglecting or refusing shall 
 be liable to a penalty of not less than ten nor more than one hundred 
 dollars, at the discretion of the court before which judgment may be 
 obtained, to be recovered in an action of debt before any justice of the 
 peace, for the benefit of the distributive fund of such township: Pro- 
 vided, however., that the obtaining or payment of such judgment shall 
 in no wise discharge or diminish the obligations of the persons signing 
 the official bond of such township treasurer. 
 
 257. If any county superintendent, trustee of schools, township 
 treasurer, director or any other person entrusted with the care, control, 
 management or disposition of any school, college, seminary or township 
 fund for the use of any county, township, district or school, shall con- 
 vert such funds, or any part thereof, to his own use, he shall be liable 
 to indictment, and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not less 
 than double the amount of money converted to. his own use, and impris- 
 oned in the county jail not less than one nor more than twelve months, 
 at the discretion of the court. 
 
 258. The real estate of county superintendents, of township treas- 
 urers, and all other school officers, and of the securities of each of 
 them, shall be bound for the satisfaction and payment of all claims and 
 demands against such superintendents, treasurers and other school officers 
 as such from the date of issuing process against them, in actions or suits 
 brought to recover such claims or demands until satisfaction thereof be 
 obtained; and no sale or alienation of real estate, by any superintendent, 
 treasurer or other officer or security, shall defeat the lien created by this 
 section, but all and singular such real estate held, owned or claimed, 
 shall be liable to be sold in satisfaction of any judgment which may be 
 obtained in such actions or suits. 
 
 259. If any county superintendent, trustee, director, or other offi- 
 cer whose duty it is, shall negligently or wilfully fail or refuse to make, 
 furnish or communicate statistics and information, or shall fail to 
 discharge the duties enjoined upon them, or either of them, at the time 
 and in the manner required by the provisions of this Act, he shall be 
 liable to a fine of not less than $25.00, to be recovered before any 
 justice of the peace at the suit of any person, on information in the 
 name of the People of the State of Illinois, and when collected, the fine 
 shall be paid to the county superintendent of schools. 
 
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 260. No State, county, township or district school officer or teacher 
 shall be interested in the sale, proceeds or profits of any book, apparatus 
 or furniture used or to be used in any school in this State with which 
 such officer or teacher may be connected; and for offending against the 
 provisions of this section such State, county, township or district school 
 officer or teacher shall be liable to indictment, and upon conviction shall 
 be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars, 
 and may be imprisoned in the county jail not less than one nor more 
 than twelve months, at the discretion of the court. 
 
 261. Any school officer or officers, or any other person, who shall 
 exclude or aid in excluding from the public schools, on account of color, 
 any child who is entitled to the benefits of such school, shall be fined, 
 upon conviction, not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 262. Any person who shall, by threats, menace or intimidation, 
 prevent any colored child entitled to attend a public school in this 
 State from attending such school shall, upon conviction, be fined not 
 exceeding $25.00. 
 
 263. No county, city, town, township, school district or other 
 public corporation shall make any appropriation, or pay from any school 
 fund whatever, anything in aid of any church or sectarian purpose, or 
 to support or sustain any school, academy, seminary, college, university 
 or other literary or scientific institution controlled by any church or 
 sectarian denomination whatever; nor shall any grant or donation of 
 money, or other personal property, be made by any such corporation to 
 any church or for any sectarian purpose. Any officer, or other person 
 having under his charge or direction school funds or property, who shall 
 pervert the same in the manner forbidden in this section shall be liable 
 to indictment, and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not less than 
 double the value of the property so perverted, and imprisoned in the 
 county jail not less than one nor more than twelve months, at the 
 discretion of the court. 
 
 264. County superintendents, trustees of schools, township treas- 
 urers and directors, or either of them, or any other officer having charge 
 of school funds or property, shall be pecuniarily responsible for all losses 
 sustained by any county or township fund, by reason of any failure on 
 his or their part to perform the duties required of him or them by the 
 provisions of this Act, or by any rule or regulation authorized to be made 
 by the provisions of this Act, and each and every one of the officers 
 aforesaid shall be liable for any such loss sustained as aforesaid, and 
 the amount of such loss may be recovered in a civil action brought in 
 any court having jurisdiction thereof, at the suit of the State of Illinois, 
 for the use of the county, township or fund injured ; the amount of the 
 judgment obtained in such suit shall, when collected, be paid to the 
 proper officer for the benefit of the county, township or fund injured. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 265. All school officers elected in pursuance of any general law 
 now in force shall hold their respective offices until their successors are 
 elected and qualified under the provisions of this Act. 
 
266. Trustees of schools, school directors or other school officers 
 performing like duties, shall receive no pecuniary compensation, but 
 they shall be exempt from road labor and military duty during their 
 term of office. 
 
 267. No justice of the peace, constable, clerk of any court, sheriff 
 or coroner shall charge any costs in any suit in which any school officer, 
 school corporation or any agent of any school fund, suing for the recovery 
 of the same, or any interest due thereon, is plaintiff and shall be unsuc- 
 cessful in such suit; nor in case the costs -cannot be recovered from 
 the defendant by reason of the insolvency of such defendant. 
 
 268. No person shall vote at any school election held under the 
 provisions of this Act who does not possess the qualifications of a voter 
 at a general election. 
 
 269. Any woman who has attained the age of 21 years, and who 
 possesses the qualifications prescribed, shall be eligible to any office under 
 the general or special school laws of this State. 
 
 270. Any woman who is a citizen and has attained the age of 
 21 years, who shall have resided in the State one year, in the county 
 ninety days and in the election district thirty days preceding any 
 election held for the purpose of choosing any school officer under the 
 general or special school laws- of this State, shall be entitled to vote at 
 such election, when registered in the manner provided by law. If the 
 election of school officers shall occur at the time other public officers are 
 elected, the ballot offered by any woman shall contain only the names 
 of candidates for school officers. Such ballots shall be deposited in a 
 separate ballot box, but canvassed with other ballots cast for school 
 officers at such election. 
 
 271. The Governor shall, annually, in the spring, designate by 
 official proclamation, a day or days to be known as "Arbor and Bird day," 
 to be observed throughout the State as a day for planting trees, shrubs 
 and vines about the homes and along highways, and about public grounds 
 within this State, and as a day on which to hold appropriate exercises 
 in the public schools and elsewhere, tending to show the value of trees 
 and birds and the necessity for their protection. 
 
 272. The proceedings of the State Teachers' Association, when 
 approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall be printed 
 and bound by the Secretary of State, on the same terms as the proceed- 
 ings of State boards, and the Auditor of Public Accounts shall draw 
 his warrant therefor on the State Treasurer to be paid out of the appro- 
 priation for printing, upon a voucher properly certified by the Board 
 of Commissioners of State Contracts. 
 
 273. The nature of alcoholic drinks and other narcotics and their 
 effects on the human system .shall be taught in connection with the 
 various divisions of physiology and hygiene, as thoroughly a.s are other 
 branches, in all schools under State control, or supported wholly or in 
 part by public money, and also in all schools connected with reformatory 
 institutions. All pupils- in the above mentioned schools, below the 
 ?econd year of the high school and above the third year of school work, 
 computing from the beginning of the lowest primary year, or in cor- 
 
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 responding classes of ungraded schools, shall be taught and shall study 
 this subject every year from suitable text books in the hands of all 
 pupils, for not less than four lessons a week for ten or more weeks of 
 each year, and must pass the same tests in this as in other studies. In 
 all schools above mentioned all pupils in the lowest three primary school 
 3 r ears, or in corresponding classes in ungraded schools, shall each year be 
 instructed in this subject orally for not less than three lessons a week 
 for ten weeks in each year, by teachers using text books adapted for such 
 oral instruction as a guide and standard. The local school authorities 
 shall provide needed facilities and definite time and place for this branch 
 in the regular courses of study. The text books in the pupils' hands shall 
 be graded to the capacity of the fourth year, intermediate, grammar and 
 high school pupils, or to corresponding classes as found in ungraded 
 schools. For students below high school grade such text books shall give 
 at least one-fifth their space, and for students of high school grade shall 
 give not less than twenty pages, to the nature and effects of alcoholic 
 drinks and other narcotics. The pages on th'is subject, in a separate 
 chapter at the end of the book, shall not be counted in determining the 
 minimum. In all normal schools, teachers' training classes and teachers' 
 institutes, adequate time and attention shall be given to instruction in 
 the best method of teaching this branch, and no teacher shall be 
 licensed who has not passed a satisfactory examination in this subject 
 and the best methods . of teaching it. Any school officer or officers who 
 shall neglect or fail to comply with the provisions of this section shall 
 forfeit and pay for each offense the sum of not less than five dollars nor 
 more than twenty-five dollars. 
 
 274. Every person having control of any child between the ages 
 of seven and sixteen years, shall annually cause such child to attend some 
 public or private school for the entire time during which the school at- 
 tended is in session, which shall not be less than six months of actual 
 teaching: Provided, Tiowever, that this Act shall not apply in case the 
 child has been or is being instructed for a like period in each and every 
 year in the elementary branches of education by a person or persons 
 competent to give such instruction, or in case the child's physical or 
 mental condition renders his or her attendance impracticable or inex- 
 pedient, or in case the child is excused for temporary absence for cause 
 by the principal or teacher of the school which said child attends, or 
 in case the child is between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years and is 
 necessarily and lawfully employed during the hours when the public 
 school is in session. For every neglect of the duty prescribed by this 
 section, the person so offending shall forfeit to the use of the public 
 schools of the city, town or district, in which such child resides, a sum 
 not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars and costs of suit, 
 and shall stand committed until such fine and costs of suit are paid. 
 
 275. The board of education or the board of school directors, as 
 the case may be, shall appoint at the time of election of teachers one or 
 more truant officers whose duty it shall be to report all violations of the 
 preceding section to the board of education or board of directors and to 
 
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 enter complaint against and prosecute all persons who shall appear to 
 be guilty of such violation. It shall also be the duty of the truant officer 
 to arrest any child of school going age that habitually haunts public 
 places and has no lawful occupation, and also any truant child who 
 absents himself or herself from school, and to place him or her in charge 
 of the teacher having charge of any school which said child is by law 
 entitled to attend, and which school shall be designated to said officer by 
 the parent, guardian or person having control of said child. In case such 
 parent, guardian or person shall designate a school without making or 
 having made arrangements for the reception of said child in the school 
 so designated, or in case he refuses or fails to designate any school, 
 then such truant officer shall place such child in charge of the teacher 
 of the public school. And it shall be the duty of said teacher to assign 
 said child to the proper class and to instruct him or her in such studies 
 as he or she is fitted to pursue. The truant officer so appointed shall 
 be entitled to such compensation for services rendered under this Act 
 as shall be determined by the board appointing him, which compensation 
 shall be paid from the distributive fund of the district: Provided, 
 however, that nothing herein shall prevent the parent, guardian or per- 
 son having charge of such truant child, which has been placed in any 
 school by the truant officer, to send said child to any other school which 
 said child is by law entitled to attend. Any person having control of a 
 child, who, with intent to evade the provisions of this section, shall make 
 a false statement concerning the age or the employment of such child 
 or the time such child has attended school, shall for such offense forfeit 
 a sum of not less than three dollars nor more than twenty dollars for 
 the use of the public schools of the district. 
 
 276. This Act shall not be construed so as to repeal or change, in 
 any respect, any special Act in relation to schools in cities having a 
 population of fewer than 100,000 inhabitants, or cities, townships or 
 districts, except that in every such city, township or district the limit 
 of taxation for educational and building purposes shall be the same as 
 that fixed in section 189 of this Act; and except that it shall be the duty 
 of the several boards of education or other officers of any city, township 
 or district, having in charge schools under the provisions of any special 
 Act or Acts, on or before the 15th day of July preceding each session 
 of the General Assembly of this State, or annually, if required so to do 
 by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to report statistics and 
 other information relating to schools, and the enumeration of persons 
 as required of trustees of schools or directors, under the provisions of 
 this Act, or so much thereof as may be applicable to such city, township 
 or district, to the county superintendent of the county in which such 
 city, township or district is situated; nor shall it be lawful for the 
 county superintendent, or any other officer or person, to pay over any 
 portion of the common school fund to any local treasurer, school agent, 
 clerk, board of education or other officer or person of any city, town- 
 ship or district, unless a report of the number of persons, and other sta- 
 tistics relating to schools, arid such other information as may be required 
 
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 by the trustees of schools or school directors, and other school officers 
 and teachers, under the provisions of this Act, shall have. been filed with 
 the superintendent of the proper county. 
 
 227. An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools, 
 approved May 21, 1889, as amended, is hereby repealed. 
 
 278. WHEREAS, An emergency exists, this Act shall take effect, 
 from and after its passage. 
 
 APPROVED June 12, 1909. 
 
FEES AND SALARIES. 
 
 AN ACT concerning fees and salaries, and to classify the several coun- 
 ties of this State with reference thereto. 
 
 27. County superintendents elected hereafter shall receive for their 
 services in counties which, according to the census of 1900, contained 
 a population not exceeding 12,000, $1,250 per annum; in counties which, 
 according to the census of 1900, contained a population of more than 
 12,000 and not exceeding 20,000, $1,500 per annum; in counties which, 
 according to the census of 1900, contained a population of more than 
 20,000 and not exceeding 28,000, $1,800 per annum; in counties which, 
 according to the census of 1900, contained a population of more than 
 28,000 and not exceeding 36,000, $2,000 per annum; in counties which, 
 according to the census of 1900, contained a population of more than 
 -36,000 and not exceeding 50,000, $2,250 per annum; in counties which, 
 according to the census of 1900, contained a population of more than 
 50,000 and not exceeding 75,000, $2,500 per annum; in counties which, 
 according to the census of 1900, contained a population of more than 
 75,000 and not exceeding 100,000, $2,750 per annum, and in counties 
 which, according to the census of 1900, contained a population of more 
 than 100,000, $7,500 per annum, payable quarterly from the State 
 School Fund : Provided, however, that the board of supervisors or board 
 of county commissioners may allow additional compensation for such 
 services, payable quarterly from the county treasury. The Auditor in 
 making his warrant to any county for the amount due it from the State 
 School Fund, shall deduct from it, the several amounts for which war- 
 rants have been issued to the county superintendent of said county, since 
 the preceding apportionment of the State School Fund. 
 APPROVED June 12,, 1909. 
 
 HUMANE INSTRUCTION. 
 
 AN ACT to provide for moral and humane education in the public schools 
 
 and to prohibit certain practices inimical thereto. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted ~by the People of the State of Illinois rep- 
 resented in the General Assembly: That it shall be the duty of every 
 teacher of a public school in this State to teach to all the pupils thereof 
 honesty, kindness, justice and moral courage for the purpose of lessen- 
 ing crime and raising the standard of good citizenship. 
 
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 2. In every public school within this State not less than one-half 
 hour of each week, during the whole of each term of school, shall be de- 
 voted to teaching the pupils thereof kindness and justice to and humane 
 treatment and protection of birds and animals, and the important part 
 they fulfill in the economy of nature. It shall be optional with each 
 teacher whether it shall be a consecutive half-hour or a few minutes 
 daily, or whether such teaching shall be through humane reading, daily 
 incidents, stories, personal example or in connection with nature-story. 
 
 3. No experiment upon any living creature for the purpose of 
 demonstration in any study shall be made in any public school of this 
 State. No animal provided by, nor killed in the presence of any pupil 
 of a public school, shall be used for dissection in such school, and in 
 no case shall dogs or cats be killed for such purposes. Dissection of 
 dead animals, or any parts thereof, shall be confined to the class room 
 and shall not be practiced in the presence of any pupil not engaged in 
 the study to be illustrated thereby. 
 
 4. The Superintendent of Public Instruction of this State and the 
 committee in charge of preparing the program for each annual meeting 
 of the Illinois State Teachers' Association shall include therein moral 
 and humane education. The superintendent of schools of each county 
 and of each city shall include once each year moral and humane educa- 
 tion in the program of the teachers' institute which is held under his or 
 her supervision. 
 
 5. The principal or teacher of each public school shall state briefly 
 in each of his or her monthly reports whether the provisions of this Act 
 have been complied with in the school under his or her control. No 
 teacher who knowingly violates any provision of sections 1, 2 or 3 of 
 this Act shall be entitled to receive more than 95 per cent of the public 
 school moneys that would otherwise be due for services for the month 
 in which such provision shall be violated. This Act shall apply to com- 
 mon schools only and shall not be construed as requiring religious or 
 sectarian teaching. 
 
 APPROVED June 14, 1909. 
 
 SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS. 
 
 AN ACT in relation to the adoption, use and price of public school text 
 
 books in the free public schools of this State. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois rep- 
 resented in the General Assembly: That the publisher of any text 
 book who desires to offer the same for sale for use in the public schools 
 of this State shall file two official sample copies of said text book in the 
 office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, together ( /ith the list 
 price and the wholesale and retail prices at which the said text book is 
 to be offered for sale in this State. The said publisher shall also file 
 with the Superintendent of Public Instruction a written agreement to 
 furnish said text book at the wholesale price so filed to the directors of 
 any public school district, or to any board of education, or to any mer- 
 
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 chant, or dealer, and at the retail price so filed to any patron of the 
 public schools; the said written agreement shall contain the further 
 guarantee that all books offered for sale and sold in this State shall 
 correspond to the official sample copies deposited with the Superintend- 
 ent of Public Instruction, and shall be equal in quality to said official 
 sample copies as regards text, paper, binding, printing, illustration and 
 all other points affecting the educational and commercial value of said 
 text books. For every text book deposited with the Superintendent of 
 Public Instruction, the publisher shall pay to the State treasury a fee 
 of $10.00, to constitute a fund to be used by the Superintendent of Pub- 
 lic Instruction to defray the expenses of printing and distributing lists 
 of accredited text books and information relating thereto, and for other 
 expenses incident to the filing and listing of text books, and the licens- 
 ing of publishers, as hereinafter provided: Provided, always, that the 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction shall not in any case license any 
 publisher, and no directors of any school district or any board of educa- 
 tion shall contract with any publisher or publishers for the furnishing 
 of any public school text book or text books which shall be sold at retail 
 prices to patrons, for use in the public schools in this State, at a price 
 or prices above, or in excess of, the following prices, which shall include 
 all charges whatsoever: 
 
 Primer fifteen (15) cents 
 
 First reader fifteen (15) cents 
 
 Second reader twenty (20) cents 
 
 Third reader twenty-five (25) cents 
 
 Fourth reader thirty (30) cents 
 
 Fifth reader thirty-five (35) cents 
 
 Spelling book fifteen (15) cents 
 
 Elementary arithmetic thirty (30) cents 
 
 Complete arithmetic forty-five (45) cents 
 
 Elementary geography thirty-five (35) cents 
 
 Elementary English grammar twenty-five (25) cents 
 
 Slementary English grammar twenty-five (25) cents 
 
 Complete English grammar forty (40) cents 
 
 Complete physiology fifty (50) cents 
 
 Elementary United States history forty (40) cents 
 
 Complete United States history seventy (70) cents 
 
 Physical geography eighty (80) cents 
 
 Copy book five (5) cents 
 
 Civics book fifty (50) cents 
 
 2. At the time of the filing by the publisher of the official sample 
 copies, prices, agreements and statements provided for in the preceding 
 section, the said publisher shall file at the office of the Superintendent 
 of Public Instruction a sworn statement to the effect that he has no 
 understanding, agreement or arrangement of any kind whatsoever with 
 any other publisher, . or any interest in the business of any other pub- 
 lisher, with the effect, design, or intent to control the prices of school 
 text books or to restrict competition in the adoption or sale thereof in 
 this State. Before having the authority to sell text books in this State 
 the publishers thereof shall file at the office of the Superintendent of 
 Public Instruction a sworn statement showing the ownership of said 
 publishing house, with the interest, names and addresses of all owners 
 
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 or persons interested therein, and specifically stating whether said pub- 
 lisher, or the owner of any interest or share or the recipient of any of 
 the profits of such publishing house is the owner of any interest or share 
 in or the recipient of any profits of any other publishing house, and if 
 so, giving the name and address thereof. 
 
 3. When any school text book has been deposited with the Super- 
 intendent of Public Instruction, the fee paid, the agreement made, and 
 the, other provisions of this Act complied with, said publisher shall file 
 with the Superintendent of Public Instruction a bond in the penal sum 
 of five thousand dollars ($5,000), guaranteeing a compliance with the 
 agreement filed with said text book, and the payment of any damages 
 which may accrue on the violation thereof, and the Superintendent of 
 Public Instruction shall thereupon cause the said text book to be entered 
 upon the list of school text books permitted to be used in the pub- 
 lic schools of the State, and the Superintendent of Public Instruc- 
 tion shall further issue a license to the said publisher to sell said text 
 book for use in the public schools of this State. If in any case the said 
 publisher shall violate in any particular the agreement so filed with 
 the said text book, or shall furnish books inferior in quality to the sam- 
 ple deposited with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or shall 
 demand, charge or accept higher prices than the prices agreed upon, said 
 publisher shall be liable for each such act to a penalty in the sum of 
 $2,000, to be recovered in a suit on said bond brought by the Attorney 
 General in the name of the State. 
 
 4. If at any time any publisher of school text books shall enter into 
 any pool, understanding, agreement or combination to control the prices, 
 or restrict competition in the adoption or sale of public school text books 
 in this State, or if the statements required of and made by said publisher 
 are untrue in any matter, or if said publisher, or his agent, or 'represen- 
 tative shall give, or offer to give directly or indirectly, to any public 
 school officer, or teacher, any money, gift, property, position, remunera- 
 tive work, or favor of any kind whatsoever to induce the adoption or 
 purchase of the public school text books of said publisher, or to bring 
 about the rejection of the school text books of another publisher, then 
 his license shall be revoked by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 
 and his school text books omitted from the list of licensed school text 
 books, and all contracts with said publisher may be nullified at the option 
 of the other parties thereto. 
 
 5. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall during the 
 month of February each year furnish each county superintendent of 
 schools and each board of school directors and board of education in the 
 State a list of the publishers who have conformed to the requirements 
 of this Act, with a list and description of the school text books which 
 have been accredited, with the list prices, and the wholesale and retail 
 prices of said books. Before entering into any contract with any board 
 of education or board of directors, the publishers shall furnish the 
 county superintendent of schools and the secretary of the board of edu- 
 cation or board of directors in whose jurisdiction the contract is sought 
 with a duplicate printed list of the school text books filed by him with 
 the Superintendent of Public Instruction, together with the list of prices 
 
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 and the lowest wholesale and retail prices shown on the statement filed 
 therewith, with samples of the school text books in said list referred to 
 and said lists and samples shall be preserved as a part of the records of 
 the secretary of the said board of education or board of directors, together 
 with the bid of the publisher, to be delivered by the secretary to his 
 successor, and shall be kept in such safe and convenient manner as to be 
 at all times open to the inspection of school officers, school teachers, and 
 school patrons who may desire to examine the same, or to compare them 
 with others. The board of education or board of directors may require 
 any person or persons with whom they may contract for furnishing text 
 books to enter into a good and sufficient bond, in such sum and under 
 such conditions and sureties as may be required by such board, for the 
 faithful performance of any such contract. 
 
 6. Before adopting for use in the public schools under their respec- 
 tive jurisdictions any school text books under the provisions of this 
 Act, it shall be the duty of each board of education or board of directors 
 to advertise for bids by publishing a notice once a week for three con- 
 secutive weeks in one or more newspapers of general circulation published 
 in the city or district; said notice shall state the time up to which said 
 bids will be received, the time at which they will be opened, which must 
 be at an open meeting of the board of education or board of directors; 
 said notice shall also state the classes and grades for which the text 
 books are to be bought, and the approximate quantity needed; and the 
 said board shall award the contract for said text books to any respon- 
 sible bidder or bidders offering suitable licensed text books at the lowest 
 prices, taking into consideration the quality of the material used, illus- 
 trations, binding, printing, authorship, and all other things that go to 
 make up a desirable text book : Provided, that the said board may reject 
 any and all bids, or any part thereof, and re-advertise therefor, as above 
 provided. 
 
 7. It shall be a part of the terms and conditions of every contract 
 made in pursuance of this Act that the State of Illinois, or any board of 
 education or directors, shall not be liable to any contractor hereunder 
 for any sum whatever; but all such contractors shall receive their com- 
 pensation solely and exclusively from the proceeds of the sale of the 
 books, as provided by this Act. 
 
 8. Any publisher, merchant, dealer or other person or persons who 
 shall directly or indirectly demand or receive any money for any school 
 text book or books in excess of the prices for such book or books filed 
 with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, as hereinbefore provided, 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof 
 shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five nor more than five 
 hundred dollars, to which may be added imprisonment in the county 
 jail for a term not exceeding sixty days. 
 
 9. Text books shall not be changed more often than once in five 
 years. Text books shall not be changed in the middle of a school year, 
 but all changes shall go into effect at the beginning of the first term 
 of school after the summer vacation. 
 
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 10. In the adoption of school text books, it shall be the duty 
 of the .board of education or the board of directors to take into consider- 
 ation the text books then in use in the public schools in their respective 
 districts, and in making contracts for a change of books they shall 
 require publishers or contractors to take up in part exchange the books 
 then in use for at least fifty per cent of the original price paid by the 
 pupil for the books. 
 
 FILED June 16, 1909. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 ACCOUNTS Page. Sec. 
 
 Of superintendents 6 10 
 
 Of township treasurers - 21 70 
 
 Examined by county superintendents 8 15 
 
 Statement of : 24 82 
 
 Subject to inspection 21 70 
 
 With school districts 23 79 
 
 ACTIONS, CIVIL 
 
 Against collectors of taxes 53 194 
 
 County board 56 207 
 
 Purchaser of school lands 61 231 
 
 Township treasurer 66 250 
 
 Township trustees 6 12 
 
 To recover interest. . / 23 74 
 
 ACTIONS, CRIMINAL 
 
 Against school officers 67 257 
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 Sale of school houses 13 40 
 
 Lands 61 229 
 
 Sites 13 40 
 
 AGE 
 
 Compulsory school 70 274 
 
 Kindergarten school 34 115 
 
 School 32 114 
 
 APPARATUS 
 
 May be purchased, when 33 115 
 
 APPEALS 
 
 From county superintendent 10 17 
 
 From trustees of schools 17 55 
 
 APPORTIONMENT 
 
 By auditor 57 211 
 
 By county superintendent 7 14 
 
 By trustees of schools . 12 35 
 
 APPRAISERS 
 
 Appointed, when 19 65 
 
 ASSESSOR 
 
 To designate number of district 53 192 
 
 ASSISTANT 
 
 Appointment of 9 16 
 
 Compensation of 56 207 
 
 ASSOCIATION, STATE TEACHERS' 
 
 Proceedings of . 69 272 
 
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 Page. Sec, 
 AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS 
 
 To apportion funds 57 211 
 
 To issue patent 62 23& 
 
 To issue warrants 57 212 
 
 To withold funds, when 5 4 
 
 BOARD OF EDUCATION 
 
 Conveyances made on written lequest 37 127 
 
 Duties of 36 127 
 
 Election of 35 123 
 
 How conducted 35 126 
 
 When held 30 106 
 
 Notice of election 30 107 
 
 Failure to give 31 107 
 
 Powers of 36 127 
 
 When exercised 31 111 
 
 Yeas and nays, when necessary 31 112 
 
 BOARD OF EDUCATION, CHICAGO 
 
 Appointment of 37 12$ 
 
 Duties of 38 134 
 
 Eligibility 37 129 
 
 Powers of 38 133 
 
 Powers of, the council concurring 37 132 
 
 President of, appointed 37 130 
 
 Secretary of, appointed 37 130 
 
 BOARD OF EDUCATION, TOWNSHIP 
 
 Election of 25 86 
 
 Organization of 25 86 
 
 Powers of 27 91 
 
 Vacancy in 25 86 
 
 BONDS, OFFICIAL 
 
 Superintendent's, county 5 6 
 
 Approval of 5 6 
 
 Custodian of 6 6 
 
 Form of 5 6 
 
 Superintendent's, State 3 2 
 
 Approval of 
 
 Custodian of 3 2 
 
 Treasurer's, township 20 68 
 
 Approval of 20 6S 
 
 Custodian of 20 68 
 
 Form of 20 68 
 
 BONDS. SCHOOL 
 
 Election for 54 19* 
 
 How conducted 54 199 
 
 Notice of election 54 198 
 
 Form of 54 198 
 
 Poll-book 54 200 
 
 Return of 54 200 
 
 Refunding 55 201 
 
 Registration 54 196 
 
 BOUNDARIES, DISTRICT 
 
 How changed 14 
 
 In certain districts 15 4S 
 
 BRANCHES OF STUDY 
 
 Prescribed by directors 32 
 
 Required by statute 49 17 ^ 
 
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 CENSUS, SCHOOL Pag6 ' SeC ' 
 
 By directors 13 35 
 
 By county superintendent 6 12 
 
 By trustees of schools 13 35 
 
 CERTIFICATES, COUNTY 
 
 Age of applicant 43 176 
 
 Essential, when 48 176 
 
 Examination for, when held 49 igo 
 
 Fee for examination 49 igo 
 
 Transmitted to county treasurer 49 132 
 
 Form of 48 178 
 
 Record of 9 15 
 
 Renewal of 49 173 
 
 Revocation of 49 173 
 
 CERTIFICATES, STATE 
 
 Examination for 48 177 
 
 Registration fee 48 177 
 
 Suspension of 4 3 
 
 Valid when and where 48 177 
 
 CERTIFICATE OF LEVY 
 
 Form of 52 190 
 
 Return of 52 190 
 
 CHARTER DISTRICTS. SPECIAL 
 
 Annual reports of 71 276 
 
 Boundaries changed, how 15 48 
 
 Discontinued, how 15 51 
 
 Elections in, when held o 12b 
 
 Funds of, how invested 22 72 
 
 Referred to 30 103 
 
 Referred to 35 124 
 
 Reports of 71 276 
 
 Revenues of 71 276 
 
 CHILDREN 
 
 Crippled, classes for 33 115 
 
 Deaf, classes for 33 115 
 
 CLERK, DISTRICT 
 
 Appointed 1 31 110 
 
 Compensation 33 115 
 
 Duties 31 112 
 
 Report of 32 113 
 
 COLLECTOR, COUNTY 
 
 Duty to notify directors 58 214 
 
 To pay auditor's order 57 211 
 
 COLLECTOR, TOWN 
 
 Duty to pay taxes, when 53 193 
 
 Liability . 53 194 
 
 COLLEGES 
 
 Duty to make report 5 4 
 
 COLORED CHILDREN 
 
 Exclusion of, penalty for 68 261 
 
 Intimidation of, penalty for 68 262 
 
 COMPENSATION 
 
 Assistant superintendent 56 207 
 
 County superintendent : 73 27 
 
 District clerk 33 115 
 
 Other officers 69 266 
 
 Township treasurer 21 69 
 
 -6 S L 
 
Page. Sec. 
 COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE LAW 
 
 Age of child subject to 70 274 
 
 Exemptions 70 274 
 
 Truant officer appointed 70 275 
 
 Duties of 71 2715 
 
 Penalty for violation of 70 274 
 
 CONDEMNATION 
 
 Lands for sites 35 120 
 
 By board of education 35 120 
 
 By board of education 36 127 
 
 CONTRACTS 
 
 Penalty for interest in 67 255 
 
 COSTS 
 
 Generally 69 267 
 
 COUNTY BOARD 
 
 Duties of 56 207 
 
 Liability of 56 207 
 
 Powers of 56 208 
 
 Vacancy filled by 57 209 
 
 COUNTY CLERK 
 
 Duties of 55 202 
 
 First election of trustees, notice of 11 23 
 
 COUNTY FUND 
 
 Final distribution of 58 215 
 
 COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT 
 
 Appeals from decisions of trustees 17 55 
 
 Apportionment of funds 7 14 
 
 Approval of treasurer's bond 7 13 
 
 Bond of 5 6 
 
 Compensation of 73 27 
 
 Correction in defects in boundaries by 9 16 
 
 Duties of 7 15 
 
 Election of 5 5 
 
 Liability of 67 257 
 
 Opinions in controversies 10 17 
 
 Powers of ', 9 16 
 
 Removal of 57 208 
 
 Report, annual 6 7 
 
 Vacancy in office of 57 209 
 
 CRIPPLED CHILDREN 
 
 Classes for 33 115 
 
 DEAF CHILDREN 
 
 Classes for 33 115 
 
 DEBT, BONDED 
 
 Apportioned, how 18 59 
 
 DIRECTORS, SCHOOL 
 
 A body corporate 30 104 
 
 Annual report 32 113 
 
 Apparatus, may purchase, when 33 115 
 
 Donations for sectarian purposes 68 263 
 
 Duties of 32 11 4 
 
 Election of ." 30 106 
 
 Eligibility 30 105 
 
 Meetings, regular and special 31 111 
 
 Liability of 67 255 
 
 Official business transacted, when 31 111 
 
 Orders . 34 116 
 
83 
 
 Page. Sec. 
 DIRECTORS, SCHOOL Concluded. 
 
 For wages of teacher 34 ng 
 
 Not paid for want of funds 24 81 
 
 Organization of 31 no 
 
 Powers of 33 115 
 
 Quorum of '. . . 31 111 
 
 Rules and regulations of 32 114 
 
 Vacancy 30 106 
 
 Yeas and nays necessary, when 31 112 
 
 DISTRICT, SCHOOL 
 
 Boundaries, how changed 14 40 
 
 Corrected, by county superintendent 9 16 
 
 In certain cases ' 15 45 
 
 Dissolved, how and when . 15 49 
 
 Funds of 14 41 
 
 List of taxpayers of 18 58 
 
 Map of 18 58 
 
 Numbered by county superintendent 9 15 
 
 By county clerk 55 205 
 
 DISTRICTS, SPECIAL CHARTER 
 
 Annual reports of 71 276 
 
 Boundaries changed, how 15 48 
 
 Discontinued, how 15 51 
 
 Elections in, when held 36 126 
 
 Funds of, how invested 22 72 
 
 Referred to 30 103 
 
 Referred to 35 124 
 
 Reports of 71 276 
 
 Revenue of 71 276 
 
 DONATIONS 
 
 For school purposes 13 39 
 
 For sectarian purposes 68 263 
 
 EMINENT DOMAIN 
 
 By school directors 35 120 
 
 By board of education 36 127 
 
 EXECUTIONS 
 
 Generally 66 25 
 
 EXPULSION OF PUPILS 
 
 By board of directors 33 115 
 
 By board of education 33 115 
 
 FINES AND FORFEITURES 
 
 Collection of 63 240 
 
 Distributed annually 7 14 
 
 Paid to county superintendent 63 238 
 
 Penalty for failure to pay 64 242 
 
 Report of .... 63 241 
 
 Penalty for failure to report 64 243 
 
 FLAGS, UNITED STATES 
 
 Furnished by school directors 33 115 
 
 FORMS 
 
 Of bond of county superintendent 5 6 
 
 Of bond of township treasurer 20 68 
 
 Of mortgage 22 73 
 
 Of register 50 185 
 
 Of schedule 51 186 
 
 Of school orders , 34 116 
 
 Of tax levy certificate 52 190 
 
 Of teacher's certificate 48 178 
 
84 
 
 Page. Sec. 
 FUNDS, SCHOOL 
 
 Apportionment of by auditor 57 211 
 
 By county superintendent 7 14 
 
 By trustees of schools 12 35 
 
 Common, consists of what. , 57 210 
 
 District, custodian of 21 71 
 
 Permanent, consists of what 58 216 
 
 FURNITURE 
 
 May purchase 36 127 
 
 Revenue for 52 189 
 
 GRADUATES 
 
 Of county normal schools 48 176 
 
 Of the eighth grade 46 167 
 
 HIGH SCHOOL, TOWNSHIP 
 
 Board of education of 25 86 
 
 Discontinued, how 27 92 
 
 Established, how 25 86 
 
 Petition for 25 85 
 
 HOLIDAYS, SCHOOL 
 
 Legal school 51 188 
 
 Special, may be granted 33 115 
 
 INSTITUTE 
 
 Annual 49 181 
 
 Free, to whom : 49 181 
 
 Funds transmitted to county treasurer 49 182 
 
 Registration fee '. 49 181 
 
 Teachers entitled to attend 49 183 
 
 INSURANCE 
 
 In making loans 22 72 
 
 INTEREST 
 
 Order draws, when 24 81 
 
 Rate of loans 21 72 
 
 JUDGES OF ELECTION 
 
 Of school directors 31 108 
 
 Of trustees of schools 11 27 
 
 JUDGMENTS 
 
 Against school officers 66 251 
 
 KINDERGARTENS 
 
 Established, how -. . . . 34 115 
 
 LANDS, SCHOOL 
 
 Common, what are 58 217 
 
 Leased, how 59 219 
 
 Sale of 59 221 
 
 Sale of other lands 14 44 
 
 LIABILITY OF SCHOOL OFFICERS 
 
 For conversion of funds 67 257 
 
 For interest in contracts 67 255 
 
 For interest in sales 68 260 
 
 For loss of funds 68 264 
 
 LIBRARIES 
 
 May be purchased, when 33 115 
 
 LOANS 
 
 Of township fund 21 72 
 
 MANUAL TRAINING 
 
 May be established 28 97 
 
85 
 
 
 MEETINGS 
 
 In school houses 
 
 Regular and special 3 , 
 
 Semi-annual 12 
 
 MONTH, SCHOOL 
 
 Same as calendar 51 188 
 
 MORTGAGE 
 
 Form of 22 73 
 
 NORMAL, SCHOOLS, COUNTY 
 
 Established, how 29 98 
 
 Graduate of 48 17G 
 
 NOTICE OF ELECTION 
 
 In districts 30 107 
 
 In townships 11 23 
 
 ORDERS, SCHOOL 
 
 Draw interest, when 24 81 
 
 Form of 34 116 
 
 Teachers' 34 118 
 
 ORGANIZATION 
 
 Of high school board of education 25 86 
 
 Of school directors 31 110 
 
 Of trustees of schools 12 33 
 
 PARENTAL SCHOOLS 
 
 In certain cities 40 140 
 
 PENSIONS 
 
 Teachers' 42 152 
 
 PETITION 
 
 For change- of boundaries . 14 46 
 
 For dissolution of district 15 49 
 
 For organization under general law 15 51 
 
 For sale of school house 13 40 
 
 For sale of school lands 59 ' 224 
 
 For township high school 25 85 
 
 PHYSIOLOGY AND .HYGIENE 
 
 Instruction in 69 273 
 
 PUPILS 
 
 Age of 32 114 
 
 Expulsion of 33 115 
 
 Suspension of 33 115 
 
 Transfer permit 35 121 
 
 QUALIFICATIONS 
 
 Of assistant superintendent 9 16 
 
 Of school director , . 30 105 
 
 Of teachers 48 176 
 
 Of township treasurer 20 67 
 
 Of trustee of schools 10 21 
 
 Of voters 69 268 
 
 QUORUM 
 
 Of school directors 31 m 
 
 Of trustees of schools 12 34 
 
 REGISTER 
 
 Form of 50 185 
 
 Return of 50 185 
 
86 
 
 REMOVAL FROM OFFICE 
 
 Of county superintendent 57 208 
 
 Of president of board of trustees 12 33 
 
 Of school director 9 IQ 
 
 Of teacher 33 115 
 
 By board of education 37 127 
 
 Of township treasurer 20 67 
 
 REPORT 
 
 Of county superintendent, annual 6 7 
 
 Of directors to treasurer 32 113 
 
 Of fines and forfeitures 63 241 
 
 Of institutions of learning 5 4 
 
 Of superintendent of public instruction 4 3 
 
 Of township treasurer 13 36 
 
 REVENUE 
 
 Assessment not vitiated, when 52 190 
 
 Certificate of levy 52 190 
 
 Form of 52 190 
 
 Return of 52 190 
 
 Collector of 53 193 
 
 Penalty for refusal to pay over -. 53 194 
 
 Computation of 55 205 
 
 Rates 52 189 
 
 SCHOLARSHIPS 
 
 Normal school 46 166 
 
 University 46 170 
 
 SECTARIAN PURPOSE 
 
 Appropriations for, prohibited 68 263 
 
 SITE, SCHOOL HOUSE 
 
 School directors may select, when .' 35 119 
 
 Sold, when 13 40 
 
 Unsuitable, when 33 115 
 
 . Vote of people necessary to select 35 119 
 
 When selected by board of education 36 .127 
 
 SPECIAL ACTS 
 
 Abrogated, how 15 51 
 
 Referred to 30 103 
 
 Referred to 35 123 
 
 Referred to 69 269 
 
 Repeals of 71 276 
 
 SPECIAL CHARTER DISTRICTS 
 
 Annual reports of 71 276 
 
 Boundaries changed, how 15 48 
 
 Discontinued, how 15 51 
 
 Elections in, when held 36 126 
 
 Funds of, how invested , 22 72 
 
 Revenues of 71 276 
 
 SUFFRAGE, EQUAL 
 
 Qualifications for 69 270 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 
 
 Advice of 8 15 
 
 Appeal to 10 17 
 
 Certificates issued by 48 177 
 
 Concurrence of 49 181 
 
 Duties of 3 3 
 
 Election of . . 3 1 
 
87 
 
 Page. Sec. 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Concluded. 
 
 Funds withheld by '. 5 4 
 
 Information required by 6 7 
 
 Liability of 68 260 
 
 May require report 71 276 
 
 Powers of 4 4 
 
 Report of 3 4 
 
 Reference to 9 16 
 
 Reference to 13 36 
 
 Reference to 13 37 
 
 Reference to 21 70 
 
 Reference to 48 176 
 
 Reference to 69 272 
 
 Reference to 74 4 
 
 Text books filed with 74 1 
 
 TEACHERS 
 
 Age of 48 176 
 
 Certificate, when necessary 48 176 
 
 Employment of 48 176 
 
 Examinations 49 180 
 
 Institutes 49 181 
 
 Attendance at 49 183 
 
 Orders, draw interest, when 24 81 
 
 Responsible for property 50 184 
 
 Register, duty to keep 50 185 
 
 Schedules, duty to make 50 186 
 
 Wages, when due and payable 34 118 
 
 TEXT-BOOKS, SCHOOL 
 
 Adoption of 77 6 
 
 Changes of 77 9 
 
 For children of indigent parents 32 114 
 
 Prescribed by school directors 32 114 
 
 Publisher of 74 1 
 
 Uniformity of 32 114 
 
 TOWNSHIP, SCHOOL 
 
 Congressional 10 19 
 
 Elections in . 10 22 
 
 Fractional 10 19 
 
 Referred to 60 225 
 
 TRANSFER, PERMIT OF 
 
 For pupils 35 121 
 
 Tuition on account of 35 121 
 
 TREASURER, TOWNSHIP 
 
 Accounts of ' 21 70 
 
 Bond of 20 68 
 
 Clerk of board of trustees.' 20 67 
 
 Compensation 21 69 
 
 Custodian of funds 21 71 
 
 Duties of 24 82 
 
 Election of 20 67 
 
 Eligibility of 20 67 
 
 Liable in Civil Action 
 
 For failure to perform duties 65 248 
 
 For failure to perform duties 65 249 
 
 For failure to perform duties 66 250 
 
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 Page Sec 
 TREASURER, TOWNSHIP Concluded. 
 
 Liable in Criminal Action 
 
 For conversion of funds 67 257 
 
 For failure to report statistics 65 248 
 
 For interest in sales 68 260 
 
 For perversion of funds 68 263 
 
 Map, made and filed by 18 58 
 
 Removal of 20 67 
 
 Resignation of 25 84 
 
 Statement of, annual. 24 82 
 
 Term of office 20 67 
 
 TRUANT OFFICER 
 
 Appointed, when 70 275 
 
 Duties of 70 275 
 
 TUITION 
 
 For non-resident pupils 33 115 
 
 For pupils transferred 35 121 
 
 Paid to township treasurer 33 115 
 
 TRUSTEES OF SCHOOLS 
 
 A body politic 10 20 
 
 Accounts of treasuFer examined by 13 38 
 
 Adjournment of rv .'. 16 53 
 
 Appeal from 17 55 
 
 Apportionment of funds 12 35 
 
 Appraisers appointed by 19 65 
 
 Clerk appointed by 20 67 
 
 Election of 10 22 
 
 Eligibility 10 21 
 
 Judges of election 11 27 
 
 Liability of 64 244 
 
 Meetings, concurrent 15 47 
 
 Semi-annual . . 12 34 
 
 Special " 12 34 
 
 Organization of 12 33 
 
 Quorum 12 34 
 
 UNION DISTRICTS 
 
 Dissolved, how 15 49 
 
 Funds of 32 114 
 
 Funds of 25 83 
 
 VACANCIES IN OFFICE 
 
 Of county superintendent 57 209 
 
 Of school director <* 30 106 
 
 Of township treasurer 20 67 
 
 Of trustee of schools 11 24 
 
 WAGES, TEACHERS 
 
 Payable monthly 34 118 
 
 WARRANTS 
 
 Against and in anticipation of taxes 34 117 
 
 WOMEN 
 
 Eligible to school offices 69 269 
 
 YEAR, SCHOOL 4 3 
 
THE 
 
 SCHOOL LAW OF ILLINOIS 
 
 ENACTED BY THE 
 
 Forty-Seventh General Assembly 
 
 CIRCULAR 59 
 
 
 ISSUED BY 
 
 FRANCIS G. BLAIR 
 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS: 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL Co,, STATB PRINTERS 
 
 1911 
 
THE 
 
 SCHOOL LAW OF ILLINOIS 
 
 ENACTED BY THE 
 
 Forty-Seventh General Assembly 
 
 CIRCULAR 59 
 
 ISSUED BY 
 
 FRANCIS G. BLAIR 
 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS: 
 ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL Co., STATE PRINTERS 
 
CIRCULAR 59. 
 
 FOR THE STATE SCHOOL FUND. 
 
 AN ACT to provide for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the 
 State government until the expiration of the 'first fiscal quarter after 
 the adjournment of the next regular session of the General Assembly. 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, repre- 
 sented in the General Assembly: That the following named sums, or so 
 much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the purposes herein- 
 after named, be, and are hereby, appropriated to meet the ordinary and 
 contingent expenses of the State government, until the expiration of 
 the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next General 
 
 Assembly : 
 
 # * * * * * * 
 
 Twenty-seventh To the Auditor of Public Accounts, the sum of 
 $2,000,000, annually, out of the State School Fund, to pay the amount 
 of the Auditor's orders for the distribution of said fund to the several 
 counties, and for the payment of the salary of county superintendents 
 of schools as now provided by law. The Auditor shall issue his warrants 
 to the State Treasurer on the proper evidence that the amount distributed 
 has been paid to the county superintendents. 
 
 APPROVED June 10, 1911. 
 
 TRANSFERS AND TRANSPORTATION. 
 
 AN ACT to amend section 121 of "An Act to establish and maintain a 
 system of free schools," approved June 12, 1909. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, repre- 
 sented in the General Assembly: That section 121 of "An Act to estab- 
 lish and maintain a system of free schools," approved June 12, 1909, be 
 amended to read as follows : 
 
 121. Pupils may be transferred from one district to another upon 
 the written consent of a majority of the directors of each district, which 
 written consent shall be filed with the treasurer and shall be evidence 
 of such consent. The duty of collecting the amount due on account of 
 pupils transferred shall devolve upon the directors of the district in 
 which the school was taught. Whenever the number of children between 
 the ages of 6 and 16 years in any district school shall be fewer than six, 
 it shall be lawful for the directors of such district to arrange for the 
 
transfer of pupils and, when necessary, provide free transportation for 
 them to a neighboring school. Such transfer and free transportation 
 shall be held to be a compliance with paragraph 9 of section 114 of this 
 Act, entitling the said district to receive its share of the funds distributed 
 in accordance with section 35 of this Act. 
 APPROVED June 2, 1911. 
 
 PUBLIC DRINKING CUPS. 
 
 AN ACT to prohibit the use of a common drinking cup, glass or other 
 utensil used for public drinking purposes in public and private schools. 
 State educational institutions * * * and in other public places 
 in the State of Illinois. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, repre- 
 sented in the General Assembly: That it shall be unlawful for any 
 person, firm or corporation, directly or indirectly, connected in any 
 public or private school or in any State educational institution 
 to use or permit for use a common drinking cup, glass or other utensil 
 
 used for public drinking purposes. 
 
 * * ***** 
 
 3. No person, firm or corporation in charge of or in control of any 
 public or private school, or any State educational institution * * * 
 shall furnish any drinking cup, glass or other utensil used for public 
 drinking purposes for public use, nor shall such person or corporation 
 or institution use or have for use in or upon its premises any such 
 common drinking cup. 
 
 4. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the 
 provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction, be fined for each offense 
 the sum of not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars. 
 
 APPROVED June 5, 1911. 
 
 TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIONS. 
 
 AN ACT to amend sections 85 and 86 of an Act entitled, "An Act to 
 
 establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved and in force 
 
 June 12, 1909. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, repre- 
 sented in the General Assembly: That sections 85 and 86 of an Act 
 entitled, "An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," 
 approved and in force June 12, 1909, be and the same are hereby 
 amended so as to read as follows: 
 
 85. Upon the receipt of a petition signed by at least 50 legal 
 voters of any school township, it shall be the duty of the treasurer to 
 give notice of an election to be held at the next regular election of 
 trustees for the purpose of voting "for" or "against" the proposition to 
 establish a township high school. Notice of such election shall be posted 
 
in at least ten of the most public places throughout the township for 
 at least ten days before the day of such regular election, and may be 
 in the following form: 
 
 NOTICE OF ELECTION. 
 
 Notice is hereby given that on Saturday, the day of April, 
 
 19 . . . ., an election will be held at for the purpose 
 
 of voting "for" or "against" the proposition to establish a township high 
 
 school for the benefit of township number , range number '. 
 
 The polls will be opened at o'clock .... m., and closed at 
 
 o'clock m. 
 
 A .....B :.. 
 
 Township Treasurer. 
 
 The trustees of schools shall conduct the election, canvass and declare 
 the result. The ballots shall be in substantially the following form, 
 to-wit : 
 
 Tor the establishment of a township high school. 
 
 
 Against the establishment of a township high school. 
 
 
 
 The voter shall make an X or cross mark in the square following and 
 opposite the proposition favored, and the ballot shall be so counted. 
 
 86. If a majority of the votes cast shall be in favor of establishing 
 a township high school it shall be the duty of the treasurer to call a 
 special election on any Saturday within sixty days for the purpose of 
 electing a township high school board of education, to consist of five 
 members, notice of which election shall be given for the same time and 
 in the same. manner as provided in the election of trustees of schools. 
 The members elected shall determine by lot, at their first meeting, the 
 length of term each is to serve. Two of the members shall serve for one 
 year, two for two years- and one for three years from the second Satur- 
 day of April next preceding their election. At the expiration of the 
 term of office of any member or members, a successor or successors shall 
 be elected, each of whom shall serve for three years, which subsequent 
 election shall be held on the second Saturday in April. In case of a 
 vacancy the board of education shall call an election without delay, to 
 be held on any Saturday. Within ten days after their election the 
 members of the township high school board of education shall meet and 
 organize by electing one of their number president, and by electing a 
 secretary. It shall be the duty of such high school board of education 
 to establish, at some central point most convenient to a majority of the 
 pupils of the township, a high school for the education of the more 
 advanced pupils. 
 
 APPROVED June 6, 1911. 
 
The annual election for the purpose of selecting members of township 
 high school boards of education must be held, hereafter, on the second 
 Saturday in April, and be conducted by the township high school board 
 of education. Elections to fill vacancies may be held on any Saturday. 
 
 TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOLS. 
 
 'Ax ACT to amend section 88 of an Act entitled, "An Act to establish 
 
 and maintain a system- of free schools/' approved and in force June 
 
 12, 1909. 
 
 -SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, repre- 
 sented in the General Assembly: That section 88 of an Act entitled, 
 "An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved 
 and in force June 12, 1909, be and the same is hereby amended so as 
 to read as follows : 
 
 88. The inhabitants of any territory composed of parts of adjoin- 
 ing townships may create such territory into a high school district by a 
 petition signed by at least 50 legal voters and >an affirmative vote- in 
 such territory, and may elect a board of education therefor, as in other 
 high school districts. When part of a township has been included in 
 any high school district pursuant to any of the provisions of this Act, 
 the remainder of such township, not included in any high school dis- 
 trict, shall constitute a township for high school purposes. 
 
 APPROVED June 5, 1911. 
 
 TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
 
 AN ACT to authorize the organization of high school districts. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, repre- 
 sented in the General Assembly: That any school township that con- 
 tains a school district having a population of 1,000 or more and not 
 exceeding 100,000 inhabitants, whether operating under the general 
 school law or governed by virtue of a special Act, may be organized into 
 a high school district by submitting the proposition to a vote of the 
 people at a general or special election. 
 
 2. Upon receipt of a petition signed by 50 or more legal voters 
 the county superintendent of schools of the county in which the town- 
 ship or the greater part of the territory described in the petition is sit- 
 uated, shall forthwith order an election to be held for the purpose of 
 voting "for" or "against" the proposition to establish a township hi<rh 
 school, by posting notices for at least 10 days in 10 of the most public 
 places throughout the township or territory, which notices may be sub- 
 stantially as follows: 
 
 NOTICE OF ELECTION. 
 
 Notice is hereby given that on the 
 
 day of , 1 , an election will be held at 
 
 for the purpose of voting "for" or 
 
"against" the proposition to establish a township high school for the 
 
 benefit of the inhabitants of township (or territory) 
 
 The polls will be opened at o'clock m., and closed at 
 
 o'clock m. 
 
 A B 
 
 County Superintendent 
 
 In townships divided equally by county lines, the elections shall be in 
 charge of the superintendent of schools of the county in which the 
 16th section is situate. 
 
 3. The elections required by this Act shall be conducted by the 
 trustees of schools, boards of education or boards of directors, designated 
 by the county superintendent of schools, to whom all returns shall be 
 made within 5 days. The ballots shall be in substantially the following 
 form, to-wit: 
 
 For the establishment of a township high school 
 
 
 Against the establishment of a township high school 
 
 
 The voter shall make an X or cross-mark in the square following and 
 opposite the proposition favored, and the ballot shall be so counted. 
 
 4. If a majority of the votes cast shall be in favor of establishing 
 a township high school, the county superintendent of schools shall forth- 
 with order an election to be held within 30 days, for the purpose of 
 selecting a township high school board of education to consist of a pres- 
 ident and 6 members, by posting notices for at least 10 days in 10 of the 
 most public places throughout the township or territory, which notice* 
 may be substantially as follows: 
 
 NOTICE OF ELECTION. 
 
 Notice is hereby given that on , the day 
 
 of , an election will be held at 
 
 for the purpose of electing a township high school board of education, 
 to consist of a president and 6 members. The polls will be opened at 
 o'clock m., and closed at o'clock m. 
 
 A B : 
 
 County Superintendent. 
 
 Two of the members shall be elected for one year, two for two years, 
 and two for three years, and each year thereafter two members shall be 
 elected to serve for three years. The president shall be elected annually. 
 Ail subsequent elections shall be held on the second Saturday of April, 
 annually. 
 
 5. For the purpose of supporting a high school, the township or 
 territory for the benefit of which a high school is established under the 
 provisions of this Act, shall be regarded as a school district, and the 
 
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 board of education thereof shall, in all respects, have the powers and 
 discharge the duties of boards of education elected under the general 
 school law. 
 
 6. The inhabitants of any contiguous and compact territory, 
 whether in the same or different townships, upon a petition signed by at 
 least 50 legal voters and an affirmative vote in such territory, may estab- 
 lish, in the manner provided by this Act, a township high school for the 
 benefit of the inhabitants of the territory described in the petition. 
 
 7. A school district or any part thereof, adjoining a high school 
 district organized pursuant to this Act, may be annexed to such high 
 gchool district and become a part thereof, by a concurrent resolution 
 adopted by the boards in each district. Before the resolution shall take 
 effect, however, the proposition shall be submitted, under the provisions 
 of this Act, to a vote of the people of the territory desiring annexation, 
 and a majority of the votes cast shall be required in order to adopt such 
 resolution. 
 
 APPROVED June 6, 1911. 
 
 TEACHERS' PENSION FUND. 
 
 Aisr ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to establish a system of free 
 schools" approved and in force June 12, 1909, by adding thereto 
 fourteen sections, to be known as sections 127a, 1211, 127c, 127d, 
 127e, 127f, 127g, 127h, 127i, 127 j, 187k, 1271, 127m and 127n. 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of .Illinois, repre- 
 sented in the General Assembly: That "An Act to establish and main- 
 tain a system of free schools," approved and in force June 12, 1909, be 
 and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto fourteen sections, to 
 be known as sections 127a, 127b, 127c, 127d, 127e, 127f, 127g, 127h, 
 127i, 127j, 127k, 1271, 127m and 127n, which shall read as follows: 
 
 127a. The board of education may establish and maintain a 
 teachers' pension and retirement fund. Said board of education of 
 said district .shall cause to be elected a board of management for the 
 purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. Said board of man- 
 agement shall consist of either three or nine members, as said board of 
 education shall determine. Two-thirds of the membership of said board 
 of management shall consist of members of the active teaching force of 
 said district, who are contributors to said pension and retirement fund 
 and they shall be elected by the members of the active teaching force of 
 said district who are contributors to said pension and retirement fund, 
 in such manner and for such terms, as said board of education shall 
 determine. One-third of the membership of said board of management 
 shall consist of members of the board of education, to be selected by 
 such board of education for such terms as said board may determine. 
 
 127b. The teachers' pension and retirement fund shall consist of 
 moneys contributed . by teachers desiring its benefits under the provi- 
 sions of this Act; of moneys received from donations, legacies, gifts, 
 bequests and otherwise, and of moneys paid into said fund in pursuance 
 of any law now in force or hereafter enacted. 
 
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 127c. The board of education shall have charge of such fund an< 
 shall invest the same in the manner prescribed by section 72 of this 
 Act, and shall have power to make payments from such fund of pensions 
 and annuities granted in pursuance of this Act; and shall adopt such 
 by-laws, rules and regulations for administering the fund as it shall 
 deem advisable. 
 
 127d. Any person who shall be employed to teach in the public 
 schools of the district after this Act shall take effect shall be entitled 
 to the benefits of the fund upon complying with the provisions of this 
 Act, and for the purpose of this Act such persons shall be divided into 
 the following classes : 
 
 First Those who Rave taught five years or fewer than five years. 
 
 Second Those who have taught more than five years and not more 
 than ten years. 
 
 Third Those who have taught more than ten years and not more 
 than fifteen years. 
 
 Fourth Those who have taught more than fifteen years. 
 
 After this Act shall .take effect, there shall be set apart from the 
 salaries of all persons in the employ of the board of education as teachers, 
 $5.00 per annum while they remain in the first class; $10.00 per annum 
 while they remain in the second class; $15.00 per annum while they 
 remain in the third class, and $30.00 per annum while they remain in 
 the fourth class, which amounts shall be deducted by the board of educa- 
 tion in equal installments from their respective ^alaries at the regular 
 times for the payment thereof, and be paid into and constitute a part 
 of the teachers 7 pension and retirement fund of the district. 
 
 127e. Teachers who become contributors to and beneficiaries of the 
 pension and retirement fund, under any provisions of this Act, may 
 count past services as a part of the. period of twenty-five years herein- 
 after specified, by paying into the fund a sum equal to that which he 
 or she would have contributed under the provisions of this Act, had he 
 or she been a regular contributor to said fund during said period of 
 past service, together with interest thereon at the rate of 4 per centum 
 per annum from the time such payments would have been made to the 
 time such person shall, by making such payment, become entitled to 
 the benefits of such past service. 
 
 127f. The board of management slia-ll adopt a resolution declaring 
 the maturity of service and right to the immediate benefits of the fund 
 in favor of persons entitled to the benefits thereof in the following 
 cases : 
 
 First When any such persons shall have taught in the public schools 
 for a period of twenty-five years within the meaning of this Act. 
 
 Second When any contributor to the fund shall have taught fifteen 
 years in the public schools within the meaning of this Act and shall 
 have been declared by three competent physician?, who have made a 
 physical examination of the teacher, at the request of the board of man- 
 agement, to be suffering from a permanent disability: Provided, how- 
 ever., that the board of management shall not declare any contributor 
 entitled to the immediate benefits of the fund until he or she shall have 
 
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 taught in the public schools of the district three-fifths of the term of 
 service of twenty-five or fifteen years, as the case may be: And, pro- 
 vided, further, that no person shall be entitled to the benefits of the 
 fund* until he or she shall have retired from service as a teacher. 
 
 127g. Each teacher so retired or retiring after twenty-five years of 
 service shall be entitled thereafter to receive an annuity, of not to exceed 
 $400.00, and each teacher so retired because of permanent disability 
 after fifteen years of service shall receive as an annual pension such 
 proportion of the full annuity of $400.00 as the sum contributed by 
 such teacher so retired bears to the total contributions required for a 
 full annuity. Pensions and annuities shall be paid monthly during the 
 school year out of the fund created in accordance with the provisions 
 of this Act, in the manner provided by law for the payment of the 
 salaries of teachers. 
 
 127h. The president and secretary of the board of education shall 
 certify monthly to the treasurer all amounts deducted from the salaries 
 of teachers, special teachers, principals and superintendents, in accord- 
 ance with the provisions of this Act, which amounts, together with all 
 other moneys contributed to the fund, shall be set apart and held by 
 the treasurer of the district as a special fund for the purposes herein 
 specified, and shall be paid out on recommendation of the board of 
 management upon warrants signed by the president and secretary of the 
 board of education. 
 
 1271. The treasurer of the district shall be ex officio the custodian 
 of the pension and retirement fund and shall hold the same subject to 
 the control and direction of the board of education, in accordance with 
 the provisions of this Act. The treasurer shall keep his books and 
 accounts concerning such fund in the manner prescribed by the board 
 of education and his books and accounts shall be subject to the inspec- 
 tion of the board or any member thereof. The treasurer shallbe liable 
 on his official bond for the proper performance of his duties and the 
 conservation of the fund created by this Act. Any legal proceedings 
 which may be necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this 
 Act shall be brought by and in the name of the board of education for 
 the use of the pension and retirement fund. 
 
 127 j. If, at any time, a teacher who is willing to continue is not 
 reemployed or is discharged before the time he or she would be entitled 
 to a pension under the provisions of this Act, then such teacher shall 
 be refunded the money he or she may have contributed. Any teacher 
 who shall retire voluntarily from the service prior to entering the fourth 
 class shall receive a refund of one-half the money he or she will have 
 contributed. 
 
 127k. All persons who shall be employed as teachers by the board 
 of education shall accept the provisions of this Act by such employment, 
 and thereupon become contributors to the pension and retirement fund 
 in accordance with the terms thereof. And the provisions of this Act 
 shnll become a part of and enter into any such contract of employment. 
 
 1271. All pensions or annuities granted under the provisions of this 
 Act, and every portion thereof, shall be exempt from attachment or 
 
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 garnishment process, and shall not be seized, taken, subjected to, detained 
 or levied upon by virtue of any execution, or any process or proceedings 
 whatsoever issued out of or by any court in this State for the payment 
 of satisfaction in whole or in part of any debt, claim, damage, demand 
 or judgment against any pensioner hereunder, and no annuitant or pen- 
 sioner shall have the right to transfer or assign his or her pension or 
 annuity, or any part thereof, either by way of mortgage or otherwise. 
 
 127m. The treasurer shall not be entitled to retain any interest 
 accruing from the pension and retirement fund, but such interest shall 
 be covered into such fund, become a part thereof and be subject to the 
 purposes of this Act. The treasurer shall also set aside annually all 
 interest accruing from the district funds of the district, whether levied 
 for educational or building purposes, and shall add such interest to th 
 pension and retirement fund. 
 
 127n. In any school district where there is not sufficient revenue 
 to maintain a teachers' pension fund under the foregoing sections, such 
 school district may, by a majority vote, ' establish a fund for the retire- 
 ment of teachers who are over 50 years old and who have faithfully 
 served such district for twenty-five years. The fund shall be derived 
 from such revenues as may be devoted to the purpose by the directors 
 of a district or by direct appropriation by a town. The amount of the 
 annual pension allowed to any person under the provisions of this section 
 shall not exceed one-half the annual compensation received by such 
 person at the time of retirement and in no case shall exceed four hun- 
 dred dollars ($400.00). 
 
 APPROVED June 6, 1911. 
 
 TEACHERS PENSION FUND. 
 
 AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, f( An Act to establish and maintain 
 a system of free schools," approved and in force June 12, 1909, by 
 adding thereto two sections to be known respectively as sections 156a 
 and 1561. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, repre- 
 sented in the General Assembly: That an Act entitled, "An Act to 
 establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved and in force 
 June 12, 1909, be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto 
 two additional sections to be known as sections 156a and 156b, to read 
 as follows: 
 
 156a. All persons who have heretofore been contributors to a 
 public school teachers' pension and retirement fund of cities having a 
 population exceeding 100,000 inhabitants, under any law now in force 
 but who have withdrawn from such participation, may, if they shall 
 exercise the option on or before the first day of July in the year of our 
 Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve, renew their right to par- 
 ticipation in a fund to be created in said city under the provisions of 
 this Act, by paying into said fund the full amount of any moneys they 
 may have withdrawn from such previous fund and the full amount they 
 
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 would have contributed had they not withdrawn therefrom together with 
 interest thereon at the rate of 4 per cent per annum from the time such 
 moneys were withdrawn and from the time such payments would have 
 become due to the date of their acceptance of the provisions of this sec- 
 tion; and thereafter such persons shall contribute to said fund upon the 
 same terms as teachers who shall hereafter be employed and become 
 contributors to and beneficiaries of said fund: Provided, however, that 
 such persons who shall be re-employed by said board of education as 
 such teachers on or after July 1, 1911, may, if they shall exercise such 
 option within one year after such re-employment, renew their right to 
 participation in such fund upon the same terms and conditions afore- 
 said. 
 
 l)6b. All teachers who are now in the service of the board of 
 education of any such city, other than those described in the previous 
 section, may, if they shall exercise the option on or before the first day 
 of July in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve, 
 become contributors to and beneficiaries of the public school teachers' 
 pension and retirement fund created under the provisions of this Act, 
 upon the same terms as teachers who shall hereafter be employed and 
 become contributors to and beneficiaries of said fund under section 
 156a of this Act. 
 
 APPROVED June 6, 1911. 
 
 AN ACT to provide for the contribution from public moneys to the public 
 school teachers' pension and retirement fund in cities having a popu- 
 lation exceeding 100,000 inhabitants. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, repre- 
 sented in the General Assembly: That the board of education of any 
 city having a population exceeding 100,000 inhabitants shall have power 
 to annually set aside and contribute to the public school teachers' pension 
 and retirement fund in such city now created or existing, or such as 
 may be hereafter created pursuant to any law, a sum of public money, 
 so that the same when taken together with the moneys added to such 
 pension fund for that year from interest on school funds raised by 
 taxation shall equal in amount the aggregate of the sums set apart for 
 that year and contributed to such pension fund from the salaries of 
 the teachers in the employ of the board of education. 
 APPROVED June 5, 1911. 
 
 ONE MILL TAX. 
 
 AN ACT to provide by Slate tax for a fund for the support and mainte- 
 nance of the University of Illinois. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, repre- 
 sented in the General Assembly: That there shall be levied and collected 
 for the year 1912, and annually thereafter, at the same time and in the 
 same manner that State taxes are 'collected, a one mill tax for each 
 
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 dollar of the assessed valuation of the taxable property of this State, to 
 be paid into the treasury of the State and set apart as a fund for the 
 use and maintenance of the University of Illinois. 
 
 2. Such fund, when so collected, paid in and set apart, shall 
 remain in the treasury of the State until appropriated to the use of the 
 said University of Illinois by act of the General Assembly, in accordance 
 with section 18, article 4, of the Constitution of this State. 
 
 APPROVED June 10, 1911. 
 
 BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS. 
 
 AN ACT to amend section 1 of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for 
 
 the election of boards of education in certain districts," approved May 
 
 15, 1903, in force July 1, 1903. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it enacted ~by the People of the State of Illinois, repre- 
 sented in the General Assembly: That section one (1) of an Act en- 
 titled "An Act to provide for the election of boards of education in cer- 
 tain districts," approved May 15, 1903, in force July 1, 1903, be and 
 the same is hereby amended to read as follows : 
 
 1. That in all school districts in this State, having a population 
 of over 35,000 by the last Federal census, existing by virtue of any special 
 charter, where the board of directors or board of education is elected or 
 appointed by the common council of the city, of which school district such 
 city may form the whole or a part, and where there are no provisions in 
 the special charter creating such school district, for the election of- a 
 board of directors or board of education, there shall be elected hereafter 
 in each of said school districts, in lieu of the present governing body, a 
 board of education, to consist of seven members to be elected nt the same 
 time and in the same manner, as provided by the general school law for 
 the election of boards of education in school districts having a population 
 of not less than 1,000 and not more than 100,000 inhabitants. Such 
 board of education when elected and qualified, shall have all the powers 
 of trustees of schools in school townships. It shall also have all the 
 powers of boards of directors, and in addition thereto, all the powers 
 of boards of education elected by virtue of the general school law of this 
 State: Provided, however, that where any such school district shall lie 
 wholly within or partly within and partly without any such city, village or 
 incorporated town and said city, village or incorporated town, has adopted 
 or may adopt an Act entitled, "An Act regulating the holding of elec- 
 tions and declaring the result thereof in cities, villages, and incorporated 
 towns in this State," approved June 19, 1885, and in force July 1, 1885, 
 and acts amendatory thereof, then the board of directors or board of 
 education of such school district shall locate the polling place or places, 
 appoint the judges and clerks and otherwise conduct the election in that 
 portion or part of the school district that lies without such city, village 
 or incorporated town,, in the manner now provided by law, except as 
 hereinafter provided, but no one residing without such city, village or 
 
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 incorporated town shall vote at any polling place within, nor shall any 
 one residing within vote at any polling place without, and the votes cast 
 at the polling place or places without such city, village or incorporated 
 town, shall be returned, certified and canvassed as is now provided by 
 law in such cases, and in addition thereto a complete abstract of the vote 
 cast and canvassed shall be made, certified and returned to the board of 
 election commissioners of such city, village or incorporated town: 
 And, provided, .further, that in all that part or portion of such school 
 district that lies within such city, village or incorporated town, and in 
 such school district, when the same lies wholly within any such city, vil- 
 lage or incorporated town, the election for such board of directors or 
 board of education shall be conducted by the board of election commis- 
 sioners of such city, village or incorporated town and in accordance with 
 the provisions of the said Act of June 19, 1885, and the amendments there- 
 to : And, provided, further, when such school district lies partly within 
 and partly without any such city, village or incorporated town, the said 
 board of election commissioners shall certify the returns received by them 
 from the polling place or places without such city, village or incorporated 
 town, to the proper officer or officers; and all the returns so certified and 
 returned by the said board of election commissioners shall be canvassed, 
 together with the returns certified from the polling places within such 
 city, village or incorporated town, by the same canvassing board and the 
 results thereof declared, and certificates of election shall be issued thereon 
 the same as if all such votes had been cast in, certified and returned from 
 such city, village or incorporated town: And, provided, further, that 
 the regular election for the members of such board of education in any 
 such school district lying -wholly within or partly within and partly 
 without any such city, village or incorporated town, which city, village 
 or incorporated town has adopted or may adopt said Act of June 19, 
 1885, and Acts amendatory thereof, shali be held on the first Tuesday 
 of the month of April of each and every year after the passage 
 of this Act: And, provided, further, that nominations of candi- 
 dates for the office of member of said board of education to be voted 
 for at all elections provided for in this Act shall be made only by 
 petition in like manner as is provided for nominations of candidates by 
 petition for town offices in counties under township organization by 
 an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the printing and distribution 
 of ballots at public expense, and for the nominations of candidates for 
 public offices, to regulate the manner of holding elections, and to enforce 
 the secrecy of the ballot," approved June 22, 1891, 'in force July 1, 
 1891, and Acts amendatory thereof; such petitions to be addressed to 
 and filed in the office of the said board of education of such city, village 
 or incorporated town, which board may certify to the said board of elec- 
 tion, commissioners the petitions so filed; except, however, that such peti- 
 tions for nominations at the election which may be held on the fourth 
 day of April, 1911, may be filed on or before five days before such elec- 
 
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 tion; the said elections in other respects to be held under the provisions 
 of the said Act of June 22, 1891, and Acts amendatory thereof, so far 
 as the same may apply and may not be inconsistent with the provisions 
 of this Act. 
 
 2. WHEREAS, An emergency exists, therefore, this Act shall take 
 effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 APPROVED March 29, 1911. 
 
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