uting to said fund and three of whom shall be appointed in such manner as the city council, may, by ordinance, direct.

ARTICLE VII.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.] The term "local authorities" as used in this Act, shall be construed as broad enough to include all officials and all officials and governing bodies of any town, township, park, park district, or other local government or authority, as the case may be, which is by this Act consolidated with the city of Chicago.

The term[s] "corporations," "municipal corporations" and "quasimunicipal corporations," as used in this Act, shall be construed as broad enough to include towns, townships, parks, park districts and any other local governments and authorities, as the case may be, which are consolidated by this Act.

The term "parks" in the sense of the land devoted to park purposes, means and includes all lands, whether situated within or outside the city, improved as parks or held or set apart for future improvement as parks or forest preserves, city squares or commons, structures placed in or on the boundary lines of the parks or erected for their protection, such as walls, and break-waters, all waters, beaches, playgrounds, ways and boulevards under park government and control and all other open public places used for purposes of recreation, amusement or pleasure of the public, with all appurtenances thereto belonging, unless established for the use of some other city department and paid for out of the funds appropriated for such department.

In order to effectuate the intent and purposes of this Act the foregoing definitions in this section and the terms and provisions in this Act contained shall be construed in the broadest, most comprehensive and inclusive sense.

§ 2. CONSTRUCTION OF ACT.] So far as the provisions of this Act are the same in terms or in substance and effect as the provisions of the laws which this Act supersedes, they shall be construed as continuations of such provisions and not as new enactments.

§ 3. ACT NOT TO BE AFFECTED BY ANY SUBSEQUENT GENERAL LAW RELATING TO CITIES.] Any act of the General Assembly that shall be passed after this Act goes into effect, relative to the government of the affairs of the cities of this State in general or of cities containing a stated number of inhabitants or over or allowing the formation of new municipal corporations in any part of the State, shall, in the absence of an express declaration of a legislative intent to the contrary, be construed as not repealing, amending or altering any of the provisions of this Act.

§ 4. ACT A PUBLIC ACT.] This Act shall be deemed a public Act, and all courts shall take judicial notice of it.

§ 5. ACTS IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ACT NOT TO APPLY TO CITY OF CHICAGO.] All Acts, or parts of Acts, in conflict with the provisions of this Act, shall be inoperative within and in regard to the city of Chicago.

§ 6. ACT DEEMED ENACTED AT TIME OF ADOPTION BY VOTERS.] For the purpose of determining the relation of this Act to other Acts of the

General Assembly, it shall be deemed to have been enacted at the time it shall be consented to by the majority of voters of the city of Chicago.

§ 7. ACT NOT TO BE AFFECTED BY INVALIDITY OF ANY PART.] If any article, section, subdivision, sentence or clause of this Act is for any reason held invalid or to be unconstitutional, such decision or holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Act which can be given effect without such invalid part.

ARTICLE VIII.

SUBMISSION OF ACT TO LEGAL VOTERS.

SECTION 1. ACT TO BE SUBMITTED TO LEGAL VOTERS.] Before the foregoing provisions shall be in force and effect, this Act shall be submitted for adoption, respectively, to the legal voters of the city of Chicago and the legal voters of the several towns or townships, parks or park districts, or other local governments and authorities hereby sought to be consolidated.

The city council of the city of Chicago may by ordinance direct that the question of the adoption of this Act shall be submitted to such legal voters at any general, municipal or special election in and for the entire city to be held not less than thirty days from and after the passage of such ordinance. The city clerk of the city of Chicago shall promptly certify the passage of such ordinance to the board of election commissioners and it shall thereupon be the duty of such board of election commissioners to submit the question of the adoption of this Act to such legal voters. The question of the adoption of this Act may also be submitted to such legal voters in the following manner. A petition signed by such legal voters of the city equal in number to at least 5 per cent, of such legal voters of the city voting at the last preceding election for mayor, praying for the submission of the question of adopting this Act, may be filed with the board of election commissioners of the city of Chicago, and it shall thereupon be the duty of the said board of election commissioners to submit the question of the adoption of this Act to such legal voters at the next general, municipal or special election in and for the entire city to be held not less than forty days from and after the filing of such petition. The said board of election commissioners shall give notice of such election by publishing a notice thereof, not less than thirty days prior to such election, in at least one newspaper of general circulation published in the city of Chicago.

The ballot to be used at such election in voting upon this Act shall be substantially in the following form:

For the adoption of an Act entitled, "An Act to consolidate in the government of the city of Chicago the powers and functions now vested in local governments and authorities within the territory of said city and to make provisions concerning the same."

Yes

No

In case any election precinct of the city is or shall be intersected by the boundary line of any town or township, park or park district, or other local government and authority, sought to be consolidated by this Act, the judges of election shall procure, and the board of election commissioners shall furnish, two or more ballot boxes so as to allow the votes of the legal voters of such town or township, park or park district, or other local government and authority voting in such precinct, to be received separately from the votes of the legal voters of such precinct residing outside of such town or township, park or park district, or other local government and authority, and the same shall be received and returned separately, and the board of election commissioners or canvassers (or other proper legal authority) shall duly canvass, certify and report the result of such election in the city of Chicago and in each of the said towns or townships, parks or park districts, or other local governments and authorities, voting thereon, and such results so canvassed, certified and reported shall be declared entered and established according to law.

If a majority of such legal voters of the city of Chicago voting thereon and a majority of such legal voters voting thereon of any two or more, severally and respectively, of said towns or townships, park or park district, or other local governments and authorities, shall vote for the adoption of this Act, it shall thereby and thereupon be adopted by and be in force and effect in the city of Chicago and in such towns or townships, parks or park districts, or other local governments and authorities thus voting for the adoption of this Act.

If this Act shall fail to. be adopted, at any time at which it is submitted under the requirements of this section, by a majority of such legal voters of the city of Chicago voting thereon and a majority of such legal voters within the jurisdiction of at least two of the respective towns or townships, park or park districts, or other local governments and authorities, having jurisdiction confined to and within the territory of the city of Chicago, or any part thereof, sought to be consolidated by this Act, voting thereon, then it may be resubmitted from time to time, if such resubmission shall be directed by an ordinance of the city council of the city of Chicago or demanded by a petition signed by such legal voters of the city equal in number to at least 5 per cent of the legal voters of the city of Chicago voting at the last preceding election for mayor, the procedure for such resubmission to be in all other respects the same as when first submitted.

If this Act shall be adopted at any election at which it is submitted under the requirements of this section, by a majority of such legal voters of the city of Chicago voting thereon and a majority of such legal voters, voting thereon, within the jurisdiction of at least two, but not all, of the respective towns or townships, parks or park districts, or other local governments and authorities having jurisdiction confined to and within the territory of the city of Chicago or any part thereof, sought to be consolidated by this Act, then it may be resubmitted, from time to time, to such legal voters of the respective towns or townships, parks or park districts, or other local governments and authorities failing to adopt this Act. Such resubmission may be directed by an ordinance of the city council of the city of Chicago or demanded by

a petition signed by such legal voters within the jurisdiction of the respective towns or townships, parks or park districts, or other local governments and authorities failing to adopt this Act, equal in number to at least 5 per cent, of such legal voters within the jurisdiction of said respective towns or townships, parks or park districts, or other local governments and authorities voting at the last preceding election for mayor of the city of Chicago, the procedure for such resubmission to be in all other respects the same as when first submitted.

If a majority of such legal voters, voting thereon, of any such town or township, park or park district, or other local government and authority, shall vote for the adoption of this Act it shall thereby and thereupon be adopted by and be in force and effect in such town or township, park or park district, or other local government and authority, thus voting for the adoption of this Act.

If this section, or any subdivision, sentence or clause thereof, is for any reason held invalid or to be unconstitutional, such decision or holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Act or the remaining portions of this section which can be given effect without such invalid part.

APPROVED June 29th, 1915.

CIVIL SERVICE-SALARIES OF COMMISSIONERS AND CHIEF EXAMINER. § 1. Amends section 18, Act of 1895.

18. As amended, fixes salaries of commissioners and chief examiner and amount of expenses which may be incurred-how commissioners appointed in cities having commission form of government-appropriations for commission authorized and approved.

(HOUSE BILL No. 937. APPROVED JUNE 22, 1915.)

AN ACT to amend section 18 of an Act entitled, "An Act to regulate the civil service of cities," approved and in force March 20, 1895, as amended by an Act approved June 13, 1895, and in force July 1, 1895.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 18 of an Act entitled, "An Act to regulate the civil service of cities," approved and in force. March 20, 1895, as amended by an Act approved June 13, 1895 and in force July 1, 1895, be amended to read as follows:

§ 18. In cities having a population of one hundred thousand inhabitants or more, each of said commissioners and the chief examiner of said commission, shall receive a salary of three thousand dollars a year: Provided, however, that the president of any such commission may receive such additional compensation as the city council of the city wherein said. commission exists may appropriate. Any person not at the time in the official service of the city, serving as a member of the board of examiners or of a trial board, shall receive compensation for every day actually and necessarily spent in the discharge of his duty as an examiner or a member of the trial board at the rate of five dollars per day, and said commission may, in such city, also incur expenses not exceeding the amount appropriated therefor by the city council of the city wherein said commission exists. In cities having a population of fifty thousand inhabitants and less than one hundred thousand, such commissioners shall receive an

annual salary of one thousand dollars each, the chief examiner shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars. Any person not at the time in the official service of the city, serving as a member of the board of examiners or of a trial board shall receive compensation for every day actually and necessarily spent in the discharge of his duty as an examiner or member of the trial board at the rate of three dollars per day, and said commission may, in such city, also incur expenses not exceeding two thousand dollars a year for clerk hire, printing, stationery and other incidental matters: Provided, that in cities having the commission form of government the appointment of Civil Service Commissioners shall be made by the city council. In cities having a population of twenty-five thousand and less than fifty thousand inhabitants such commissioners shall receive an annual salary of one hundred dollars each, and the chief examiner shall receive an annual salary of five hundred dollars.

In cities having a population of less than twenty-five thousand inhabitants such commissioners shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by the city council of such cities, not to exceed fifty dollars each; the chief examiner shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by the city. council of such cities not to exceed one hundred dollars. In cities having a population of less than fifty thousand inhabitants any person not at the time in the official service of the city, serving as a member of the board of examiners or of a trial board shall receive compensation for every day actually and necessarily spent in the discharge of his duty as an examiner or member of the trial board at the rate of two dollars per day, and said commission may, in such city, also incur expenses not exceeding two hundred dollars per year, for clerk hire, printing, stationery and other incidental matters.

Any appropriation heretofore made for the current fiscal year by the city council of any city for expenses of any civil service commission existing in such city is hereby authorized, ratified, confirmed and approved.

APPROVED June 22nd, 1915.

COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERMENT-ABANDONMENT.

§ 1. Amends section 49 of Act of 1872 and all amendatory Acts.

49. As amended, provides, after three years, upon filing of petition with city clerk, the city council shall submit the proposition of abandonment at a special election to be held within sixty days-proposition must not be submitted oftener than once in two yearselection of officers.

(HOUSE BILL No 900. APPROVED JUNE 23, 1915.)

AN ACT to amend section 49 of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, and all Acts amendatory thereto by adding thereto article XIII. As amended by Acts approved April 17, 1911, and May 12, 1911.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April