§ 7. It shall be the duty of the State's Attorney for the proper district to prosecute for all misdemeanors as herein prescribed.

§ 8. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars, in the discretion of the court.

9. An Act for the prevention of blindness, approved June 21, 1895, in force July 1, 1895, is hereby repealed.

APPROVED June 24th, 1915.

(HOUSE BILL No. 296. APPROVED JUNE 23, 1915.)

AN ACT to define and punish the crime of contributing to the dependency and neglect of children.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: For the purposes of this Act a dependent and neglected child shall mean any male who while under the age of 17 years or any female who while under the age of 18 years, for any reason is destitute, homeless or abandoned; or dependent upon the public for support; or has not proper parental care or guardianship; or habitually begs or receives alms; or is found living in any house of ill fame or with any vicious or disreputable person; or has a home which by reason of neglect, cruelty or depravity on the part of its parents, guardian or any other person in whose care it may be is an unfit place for such child; and any child who while under the age of ten years is found begging, peddling or selling any articles or singing or playing any musical instrument for gain upon the street or giving any public entertainments or accompanies or is used in aid of any person so doing.

§ 2. Any parent, legal guardian or person having the custody of a male under the age of 17 years or of a female under the age of 18 years, who shall knowingly or wilfully cause, aid or encourage such person to be or to become a dependent and neglected child as defined in section 1, or who shall knowingly or wilfully do acts which directly tend to render any such child so dependent and neglected, or who shall knowingly or wilfully fail to do that which will directly tend to prevent such state of dependency and neglect shall be deemed guilty of the crime of contributing to the dependency and neglect of children and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $200.00 or by imprisonment in the county jail, house of correction or workhouse for not more than one year or both by such fine and imprisonment: Provided, that instead of imposing the punishment hereinbefore provided, the court shall have the power to release the defendant from custody on probation for the space of one year upon his or her entering into recognizance with or without surety in such sum as the court may direct. The conditions of the recognizance shall be such that if the defendant shall make his or her personal appearance in court whenever ordered to do so within the year and shall provide and care for such neglected and

dependent child in such manner as to prevent a continuance or a repetition of such state of dependency and neglect or as otherwise may be directed by the court then the recognizance shall be void, otherwise it shall be of full force and effect. If the court be satisfied by information and due proof under oath that at any time during the year the defendant has violated the terms of such order it may forthwith revoke the order and sentence him or her under the original conviction. Unless so sentenced, the defendant shall at the end of the year be discharged. In case of forfeiture on the recognizance the sum recovered thereon may in the discretion of the court be paid in whole or in part to someone designated by the court for the support of such dependent and neglected child.

§ 3. The husband or wife of the defendant shall be a competent witness to testify in any case brought under this Act and to any and all matters relevant thereto.

§ 4. "An Act to provide for the punishment of persons responsible for or directly promoting or contributing to the conditions that render a child dependent, neglected or delinquent and to provide for suspension of sentence and release on probation in such cases," approved May 13, 1905, in force July 1, 1905, is hereby repealed.

§ 5. WHEREAS an emergency exists this Act shall be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED June 23d, 1915.

CONTRIBUTING TO DELINQUENCY OF CHILDREN.

1. Delinquent child defined.

§ 2. Penalty for contributing to delinquency of children.

§ 3. Husband or wife competent witness.

§ 4. Repeal.

5. Emergency..

(HOUSE BILL No. 317. APPROVED JUNE 25, 1915.)

AN ACT to define and punish the crime of contributing to the delinquency of children.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That for the purposes of this Act a delinquent child is any male who while under the age of seventeen (17) years, or any female who while under the age of eighteen (18) years violates any law of this State; or is incorrigible, or knowingly associates with thieves, vicious or immoral persons; or without just cause and without the consent of its parents, guardian or custodian. absents itself from its home or place of abode, or is growing up in idleness or crime; or knowingly frequents a house of ill repute; or knowingly frequents any policy shop or place where any gambling device is operated; or frequents any saloon or dram-shop where intoxicating liquors are sold; or patronizes or visits any public pool room or bucket shop; or wanders about the streets in the night time without being on any lawful business or lawful occupation; or habitually wanders about any railroad yards or tracks or jumps or attempts to jump onto any moving train; or enters any car or engine without lawful authority; or uses vile, obscene, vulgar, profane or indecent language in any public

place or about any school house; or is guilty of indecent or lascivious conduct.

§ 2. Any person who shall knowingly or wilfully cause, aid or encourage any male under the age of seventeen (17) years or any female under the age of eighteen (18) years to be or to become a delinquent child as defined in section one (1), or who shall knowingly or wilfully do acts which directly tend to render any such child so delinquent and who when able to do so, shall wilfully neglect to do that which will directly tend to prevent such state of delinquency shall be deemed guilty of the crime of contributing to the delinquency of children and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred (200) dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail, house of correction or workhouse not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

§ 3. The husband or wife of the defendant shall be a competent witness to testify in any case brought under the provisions of this Act and to any and all matters relevant thereto.

§ 4. That an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the punishment of persons responsible for or directly promoting, or contributing to the conditions that render a child dependent, neglected or delinquent, and to provide for suspension of sentence and release on probation in such cases," approved May 13, 1905, in force July 1, 1905, be and the same is hereby repealed.

§ 5. WHEREAS, an emergency exists this Act shall be in force from and after its passage and approval.

APPROVED June 25th, 1915.

EXPLOSIVES-MANUFACTURE AND SALE.

§ 1. Amends section 4, Act of 1874, as amended in 1913.

§ 4. As amended, adds clause relative to city or village created subsequent to location and construction of explosive manufactory.

(SENATE BILL No. 51. APProved June 25, 1915.)

AN ACT to amend section 4 of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, entitled, "An Act to regulate the manufacture, transportation, use and sale of explosives, and to punish an improper use of the same," approved June 16, 1887, in force July 1, 1887, and amended by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, approved May 28, 1889, and in force July 1, 1889, and amended by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, approved May 15, 1903, in force July 1, 1903.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 4 of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, entitled, "An Act to regulate the manufacture, transportation, use and sale of explosives, and to punish an improper use of the same," approved June 16, 1887, in force. July 1, 1887, as amended by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, approved May 28, 1889, and in force July 1, 1889, as amended by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, approved May 15, 1903, and in force July 1, 1903, so that the same shall read as follows:

§ 4. That no person, firm, company or corporation shall make, manufacture or compound, within the limits of this State, any dynamite, nitrochlorate or other explosive compound within one-half (2) mile of any inhabited dwelling, without first having obtained the consent in writing of a majority of the legal voters residing within a radius of one-half (2) mile of such place of making, manufacturing or compounding: Provided, that nothing in this section shall authorize the manufacture or compounding of any dynamite, nitrochlorate or other explosive within any incorporated city or village, unless the incorporated city or village is created and organized since the location and construction of such explosive manufactory; and no person, firm, company or corporation shall make, manufacture or compound any dynamite, nitrochlorate or any other explosive compound without a permit for such purpose signed by the county clerk of the county in which said manufacturing or compound is desired to be done, duly attested with the seal of such official, and said county clerk shall issue such permit when the consent in writing is presented, of a majority of the legal voters residing within a radius of one-half (2) mile of such place of making and manufacturing, and filed with him, and the official issuing said permit shall keep a record of said permit and contents and of the names and residences of the persons to whom such writ or permit is issued. The officer authorized by this Act, shall not issue such permit unless the purpose for which such explosive or compound is to be manufactured is a lawful one. Any person, firm, company or corporation making any such compound without such permit shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine and imprisonment in the county jail of not to exceed one year, or both in the discretion of the court, such fine to be not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and for a second offense shall be deemed guilty of a felony and be subject to imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than five years, and a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars.'

APPROVED June 25th, 1915.

HOUSES OF ASSIGNATION OR PROSTITUTION—ABATEMENT AND INJUNCTION § 1. House of assignation or prostitution public nuisance.

§ 2. Injunction to abate-lessee party defendant. §3. Proceedings as in chancery-evidence-dismissal costs.

§ 4. Complainant may file interrogatories-failure to answer-use of evidence.

§ 5. Decree of court-order of abatement-sale of property sheriff's fees-when no injunction shall issue.

6. Disposition of proceeds of sale or property.

§ 7. Violation of injunction.

§ 8. When court shall vacate decree.

§ 9. Fine and costs lien on property.

§ 10. Leased premises-when contract void
§ 11. Validity.

(SENATE BILL No. 362. APPROVED JUNE 22, 1915.)

AN ACT regarding places used for purposes of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, to declare the same to be public nuisances, and to provide for the more effectual suppression thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That all buildings and apart

ments, and all places, and the fixtures and movable contents thereof, used for purposes of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, are hereby declared to be public nuisances, and may be abated as hereinafter provided. The owners, agents, and occupants of any such building or apartment, or of any such place shall be deemed guilty of maintaining a public nuisance, and may be enjoined as hereinafter provided.

§ 2. The State's attorney or any citizen of the county in which such a nuisance exists, may maintain a bill in equity, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, perpetually to enjoin all persons from maintaining or permitting such nuisance, and to abate the same, and to enjoin the use of such building or apartment, or such place for any purpose, for a period of one year. Upon the filing of a verified petition therefor, in any court of competent jurisdiction, the court in term time, or a judge in vacation, if satisfied that the nuisance complained of exists, shall allow a temporary writ of injunction, with bond unless the petition is filed by the State's attorney, in such amount as the court may determine, enjoining the defendant from maintaining any such nuisance within the jurisdiction of the court issuing such writ: Provided, that no such injunction shall issue, except on behalf of an owner or agent, unless it be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court that the owner or agent of such building or apartment or of such place, knew or had been personally served with a notice signed by the petitioner: And, provided, that such notice has been served upon such owner or such agent of such building or apartment or place at least five days prior thereto, that such building or apartment or such place, specifically describing the same, was being so used, naming the date or dates of its being so used, and that such owner or agent had failed to abate such nuisance, or that upon diligent inquiry such owner or agent could not be found within the United States for the service of such preliminary notice. The lessee, if any, of the building or apartment, or of the place shall be made a party defendant to such petition.

§ 3. The defendant shall be held to answer the allegations of the bill of complaint as in other chancery proceedings. At all hearings upon. the merits, evidence of the general reputation of such building or apartment or of such place, of the inmates thereof, and of those resorting thereto, shall be admissible for the purpose of proving the existence of such nuisance. If the bill is filed upon the relation of a citizen, the proceeding shall not be dismissed for want of prosecution, nor upon. motion of such relator, unless there is filed with such motion a sworn statement made by such relator and his attorney, setting forth the reasons therefor, and unless such dismissal is approved by the State's attorney in writing or in open court. If the court is of the opinion that such proceeding ought not to be dismissed it may overrule such motion and may enter an order directing the State's attorney to prosecute such cause to final determination. The cause shall be heard immediately upon issue being joined, and if the hearing is continued beyond the next term, the court in term time, or a judge in vacation, may permit any citizen of the county consenting thereto to be substituted for the original relator. If any such bill is filed upon the relation of a citizen, and the court find that there was no reasonable ground or cause for filing the same, the costs may be taxed against such relator.