authority of the said county board a uniform system of books of account, forms, reports and records to be used in the offices of every county officer of Cook county which said system of books of account, forms, reports and records so formulated under the direction of the said county board and installed and regulated shall be used by said county officers for the purpose of keeping an accurate statement of monies received by them and all the financial and business transactions of their respective offices; and said Auditor shall audit or cause to be audited from day to day the receipts of the said several offices and the reports of the said offices of the business transactions of their respective offices and certify to their correctness or incorrectness to the county board. Said Auditor shall report monthly to the county board a summarized and classified statement of the official transactions of each of the said offices of each officer of Cook county for each day of said month; and the said auditor shall further make a semi-annual report to the county board containing a recapitulation of the receipts of the several offices for the preceding six months, such report to include the period covered by the semi-annual report of the several officers of the county of Cook to the county board where a semi-annual report is required by law from said officers.

That for the purpose aforesaid the said county board or any one authorized by it in addition to the power and authority vested in them by sections 51 and 52 of an Act entitled, "An Act concerning fees and salaries and to classify the several counties of the State with reference thereto," approved March 29th, 1872, in force July 1st, 1872, as amended by Act approved March 28th, 1874, in force July 1st 1874, and all Acts amendatory thereto, are hereby vested with power and authority to enter the office of any county officer of Cook county at all times and to have free and unrestricted access to all the books, papers, forms, reports, accounts and memoranda used by said officers for the transaction of the business of their respective offices for the purpose of auditing, checking or correcting the reports when reports to the county board are required from said offices by law, or compiling the records provided herein to be made to the county board, or auditing the general business of the offices. Said auditor may under the direction of the county board prescribe new forms, reports, accounts or records to be used by said officers in the transaction of the said business of their several respective offices, or change, alter or amend the same from time to time. The said auditor may with the authority of the president of the county board employ assistants, the number and compensation of whom shall be fixed by the county board.

APPROVED May 24, 1907.

COURTS.

CIRCUIT COURTS-CONCURRENT JURISDICTION WITH COUNTY COURTS. $1. Circuit courts given concurrent jurisdiction with county courts in farm drainage matters. (HOUSE BILL NO. 866. APPROVED MAY 24, 1907.)

AN ACT entitled "An Act to give circuit courts, in term time, and judges thereof in vacation, concurrent jurisdiction with the county courts, in all matters pertaining to the organization of farm drainage districts, and farm drainage and levee districts and the operation thereof.'

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That circuit courts in term time and the judges thereof in vacation be, and the same are hereby given concurrent jurisdiction with county courts, in all matters pertaining to the organization of farm drainage districts and farm drainage and levee districts and the operation thereof, and when proceedings under this Act are pending in the circuit court such court shall have power either in term time or vacation, to make all necessary orders affecting the district or its officers as fully as is now vested in county courts, and the clerk of the circuit court shall, when the proceeding is pending in the circuit court, do and perform in the premises each and all duty or duties required by the clerk of the county court in drainage and levee matters when such proceedings are pending therein, and all reports, complaints, oaths, affirmations, confirmations and returns in such matters required to be made to the county court shall be made in the circuit court when the proceeding is pending therein.

APPROVED May 24, 1907.

AN ACT to create one additional term of the circuit court in the county of Williamson, and to fix the time of holding the same.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That there be and is hereby created one additional term of the circuit court in the county of Williamson. § 2. That said additional term of said court shall be held on the second Monday in the month of July of each year.

3. That all suits, writs and processes of every kind and nature, either civil or criminal, heretofore commenced, or pending in the said circuit court, or that may be pending therein at the time this Act

takes effect, shall be cognizable and triable at the first term after this Act takes effect.

§ 4. Provided, that no grand jury shall be summoned at the July term hereby created, unless so ordered by the court.

§ 5. WHEREAS, An emergency exists, therefore this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED April 19, 1907.

AN ACT to create two additional terms of the circuit court in the county of Franklin, and to fix the time of holding the same.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That there be and are hereby created two additional terms of the circuit court in the county of Franklin.

§ 2. That said additional terms of said court shall be held on the first Monday in the month of February and on the second Monday in the month of September of each year.

3. That all suits, writs and processes of every kind and nature, either civil or criminal, heretofore commenced, or pending in the said cirucit court, or that may be pending therein at the time this Act takes effect, shall be cognizable and triable at the first term after this Act takes effect.

§ 4. Provided, that no grand jury, or traverse jury, shall be summoned at either the February or September terms hereby created, unless so ordered by the court.

85. WHEREAS, An emergency exists, therefore this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED January 31, 1907.

AN ACT to amend section six (6) of an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act concerning circuit courts and to fix the time for holding the same in the several counties in the judicial circuits of the State of Illinois, exclusive of the county of Cook," approved May 24, 1879, in force July 1, 1879, as amended by Act approved June 11, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, as amended by Act approved May 14, 1903, in force July 1, 1903.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section six (6) of an Act entitled, "An Act to amend an Act concerning circuit courts and to fix the time for holding the same in the several counties in the judicial circuits of the State of Illinois, exclusive of the county of Cook," approved May 24, 1879, in force July 1, 1879, as amended by Act approved June 11, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, as amended by Act approved May 14, 1903, in force July 1, 1903, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 6. In the county of Vermilion on the third Monday of January, the third Monday of May, the first Monday of October; in the county of Edgar on the second Monday of February, the first Monday of June and second Monday in November; in the county of Clark on the first Monday in March, the first Monday in June, and the first Monday in September; in the county of Cumberland on the first Monday of June and fourth Monday of November; in the county of Coles on the third Monday of April, the second Monday of October and second Monday of January: Provided, no grand jury shall be summoned for the January term of Coles county unless ordered by the court: Provided, further, that no grand jury or petit jury shall be summoned for the February term of Edgar county, unless ordered by the judge assigned to hold such term of court: And, provided, further, that no grand or petit jury shall be summoned for the June term of Clark county unless ordered by the judge assigned to hold such term of court, in writing, at least thirty days prior to the first day of such June term of court.

$1.

APPROVED April 22, 1907.

CITY COURTS-ADDITIONAL JUDGES.
Amends sections 21 and 23, Act of
1901.

§ 21. How established and

23. Salary of judges-classification.

abolished judges.

additional

AN ACT to amend section 21 and section 23 of an Act entitled, "An Act in relation to courts of record in cities," approved May 10, 1901, in force July 1, 1901.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 21 and section 23 of an Act entitled, "An Act in relation to courts of record in cities," approved May 10, 1901, in force July 1, 1901, be amended so as to read as follows:

COURTS HOW ESTABLISHED AND ABOLISHED.] A city court consisting of one or more judges, not exceeding five, and not exceeding one judge for every fifty thousand inhabitants, or fraction of fifty thousand and not less than three thousand, may be organized and established under this Act, in any city which contains at least three thousand in

habitants, whenever the common or city council shall adopt an ordinance or resolution to submit the question whether such court shall be established consisting of one or more judges, not exceeding five, as may be specified in such ordinance or resolution, to the qualified voters of such city and two-thirds of the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of the establishment of such court. Where such court is established with more than one judge, each judge may hold a separate branch thereof at the same time, and when holding such separate branch, each judge may exercise all the powers vested in such court. Such election shall be held and conducted, the returns thereof made and canvassed, and the result declared in the same manner as other city elections. To discontinue and disestablish any such court, precisely the same mode of procedure shall be requisite and necessary, and be resorted to, as for the organization of such court. Save that the discontinuance and disestablishment shall not take effect until at the expiration of the term of office of the then judge of said court. In the event of the discontinuance and disestablishment of any such court the clerk thereof shall transfer and deliver to the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which such city court is situated, all records, judgments and processes in possession of himself or any other officer of said court, and the circuit court shall thereupon acquire and be vested with jurisdiction in the matters to which said records, judgments, or process relate and may be dealt with as original records of such circuit court: Provided, it shall be lawful for the city council in any city where a city court has been established under this Act, and there is no judge or clerk of such court, residing within such city, and such court has ceased to do business for two years or more, to pass an ordinance or resolution abolishing such court, and authorize the city clerk of such city to transfer and deliver the records, judgments, and processes of such court to the circuit court of the county in which such court is situated in like manner and with like effect, as if such had been transferred by the clerk of such city court: And, provided, further, that in any city where a city court has been established with one judge, under this or any prior Act, that now has, or may hereafter have, a population exceeding fifty-three thousand (53,000) inhabitants, as ascertained by a census taken by authority of the city council, the city council may by ordinance or resolution provide for the election of an additional judge of such city court, and fix the time when such election shall be held: Provided, there shall not be more than two judges for said city court until the population of said city shall equal one hundred and three thousand inhabitants.

§ 23. The judges of said court shall be allowed and receive as an annual salary, in lieu of all other fees, perquisites, or benefits whatsoever, in cities having a population not exceeding five thousand (5,000) inhabitants, the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00), to be paid out of the city treasury; and in cities having more than five thousand (5,000) and less than eight thousand (8,000) inhabitants, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500); and in cities having more than eight thousand (8,000) and less than twenty-five thousand (25,000) inhabitants, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000); and in cities having