ELECTIONS.

ELECTION COMMISSIONERS AND CLERKS.

§ 1. Amends section 1, article 7, Act of 1885.

§ 1. Commissioners and clerks -fees and salaries counties divided into classes expenses.

(SENATE BILL No. 104. APPROVED MAY 25, 1907.)

AN ACT to amend section of article VII of an Act entitled "An Act regulating the holding of elections and declaring the results thereof in cities, villages and incorporated towns in this State," approved June 19, 1885, in force July 1, 1885; as amended by an Act approved June 18, 1891, in force July 1, 1891,; as amended by an Act approved April 24, 1899, in force July 1, 1899; as amended by Act approved April 24, 1899, in force July 1, 1899, as amended by Act approved June 17, 1895, in force July 1, 1895; as amended by Act approved June 9, 1897, in force July 1, 1897; as amended by Act approved May ir, 1901, in force July 1, 1901.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 1 of article VII of Act entitled "An Act regulating the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof in cities, villages, and incorporated towns in this State," approved June 19, 1885, in force July 1, 1885; as amended by an Act approved June 18, 1891, in force July 1, 1891; approved April 24, 1899, in force July 1, 1899; as amended by an Act approved April 24, 1899, in force July 1, 1899; as amended by Act approved June 17, 1895, in force July 1, 1895; as amended by Act approved June 9, 1897, in force July 1, 1897; as amended by Act approved May 11, 1901, in force July 1, 1901; be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as tollows:

§ 1. Such election commissioners and the chief clerk of the board of election commissioners shall be paid by the county, and for the purpose of fixing their fees and compensation, the several counties of this State are divided into three (3) classes, as they are now classified by law, as to fees and salaries. In counties of the first class said election commissioners shall receive a salary of five hundred dollars $(500), and said chief clerk a salary of four hundred dollars ($400) per annum. In counties of the second class said election commissioners shall receive a salary of seven hundred dollars ($700), and such chief clerk a salary of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) per annum. In counties of the third class, to-wit: In Cook county, such election commissioners. shall receive a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), and such chief clerk a salary of four thousand dollars ($4,000) per annum; and also in counties of the third class, to-wit: In Cook county, there may be employed one assistant chief clerk who shall receive a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per annum. All expenses incurred by such board of election commissioners shall be paid by such city. Such salaries and expenditures are to be audited by the county judges, and such salaries shall be paid by the county treasurer

upon the warrant of such county judge, out of any money in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated, and such expenditures shall be paid by the city treasurer, upon the warrant of such county judge, out of any money in the city treasury not otherwise appropriated. It shall also be the duty of the governing authority of such counties and cities respectively to make provision for the prompt payment of such salaries and expenses as the case may be.

AN ACT providing for the reporting, compiling and publishing of information concerning accidents to and deaths by accidents of employés.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That it shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation employing laborers, artisans, mechanics, miners, clerks or any other servants or employés of any character, to make a report to the State Bureau of Labor Statistics of every serious injury entailing a loss of thirty or more days' time, injury or death of every employé caused by accident while in the performance of any duty or service for such employer within thirty (30) days from the date of such injury or death. Such report shall give the name of the employer, character of business of such employer, where located, date of injury or death, name of person killed or injured, character of employment of service, and cause of such injury or death, and when injury alone, ther the character and extent of such injury, residence, nativity and age of the person injured or killed, whether married or single, and, if known, how many persons are dependent upon such employé.

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics to cause such reports to be made and to enforce the provisions of this Act and shall cause all of such accidents or deaths by accidents to be classified into trades or kinds of employment, and shall cause the same to be published at least once each year on or before January 1st.

§ 3. Any person, firm or corporation failing or refusing to make the reports as provided in section I of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00).

APPROVED May 24, 1907.

AN ACT relating to the manufacture of butterine and ice cream. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That all buildings or rooms occupied by butterine and ice cream manufacturers shall be drained and plumbed in a manner conducive to the proper and healthful sanitary condition thereof, and shall be constructed with air shafts, windows and ventilating pipes sufficient to insure ventilation. The factory inspector shall direct the proper drainage, plumbing and ventilation of such rooms or buildings. No cellar or basement now used for the manufacture of butterine or ice cream shall be so occupied or used unless the proprietor shall comply with the sanitary provisions of this Act.

§ 2. Every room used for the manufacture of butterine and ice cream shall be at least eight feet in height, and shall have, if deemed necessary by the factory inspector, an impermeable floor, constructed of cement, or of tiles laid in cement, or an additional flooring of wood, properly saturated with linseed oil. The side walls of such room shall be plastered and wainscoted. The factory inspector may require the side walls and ceiling to be whitewashed at least once in three months. He may also require the woodwork of such walls to be painted. The furniture and utensils shall be so arranged as to be readily cleansed, and not prevent the proper cleaning of any part of the room. The manufactured butterine and ice cream shall be kept in dry and airy rooms, so arranged that the floors, shelves and all other facilities for storing the same can be properly cleaned. No domestic animal shall be allowed to remain in a room where butterine or ice cream is manufactured or stored, and no water closets or ash pit shall be within or connected with the rooms used in the manufacture of butterine or ice

cream.

3. The State factory inspector shall cause such manufactories to be inspected. If it be found, upon such inspection, that the manufactories so inspected are constructed and conducted in compliance with the provisions of this Act, the factory inspector shall issue a certificate to the persons owning or conducting such manufactories.

4. If, in the opinion of the State factory inspector, alterations are required in or upon premises occupied and used as butterine and ice cream manufactories, in order to comply with the provisions of this Act, a written notice shall be served by him upon the owner, agent or lessee of suh premises, either personally or by mail, requiring such alterations to be made within sixty days after such service, and such alterations shall be made accordingly.

$5. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Act, or refuses to comply with any of the requirements as provided herein, of the factory inspector or his deputy, who are hereby charged with the

enforcement of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the second offense, or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, and for a third offense by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than sixty (60) days imprisonment, or both.

APPROVED June 3, 1907.

AN ACT to provide for the establishment of a department of factory inspection, providing for the appointment of factory inspectors, and an attorney for the department, and prescribing their duties, and to repeal all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict therewith.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That there is hereby created and established a separate and distinct department of the State Government to be known as the "Illinois Department of Factory Inspection."

§ 2. The Governor shall, upon the taking effect of this Act, appoint a chief State factory inspector, whose duty it shall be to exercise general supervision over the department of factory inspection, and secure the enforcement of all laws now in force or hereafter enacted, relating to the inspection of factories, mercantile establishments, mills, workshops and commercial institutions in this State, and to perform such other duties as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by law, to be performed by the factory inspector. The salary of such chief State factory inspector shall be three thousand dollars ($3000.00) per annum and his term of office shall be four years. The Governor shall also appoint upon the taking effect of this Act, an assistant chief factory inspector at a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) per annum, and twenty-five deputy factory inspectors at a salary of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00) per annum, and at attorney for said department at a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) per annum. The duties of the assistant chief factory inspector and the deputy factory inspectors shall be the same as those now or hereafter imposed by laws upon the chief State factory inspector, the assistant chief factory inspector, and the deputy factory inspectors. Said chief State factory inspector, assistant chief factory inspector and deputy factory inspectors shall visit and inspect at all reasonable hours, as often as practicable, the factories, mercantile

establishments, mills and workshops, and commercial institutions in this State, where goods, wares or merchandise are manufactured, stored, purchased or sold, at wholesale or retail. And the chief State factory inspector shall report in writing to the Governor on the 15th day of December annually, the result of his inspections and investigations, together with such other information and recommendations as he may deem proper. And said inspectors shall make a special investigation into the conditions of labor in this State, or into any alleged abuses in connection therewith, whenever the Governor shall direct, and report the results of the same to the Governor. It shall be the duty of said inspectors to enforce the provisions of this Act, and perform such other duties as now are or shall hereafter be prescribed by law, and to prosecute all violations of law relating to the inspection of factories, mercantile establishments, mills, workshops and commercial institutions in this State before any magistrate or any court of competent jurisdiction in this State. And it shall be the duty of the State's attorney of the proper county, upon request of the chief State factory inspector or his deputies, to prosecute any violation of law which it is made the duty of the factory inspectors to enforce. And it shall be the duty of the attorney for such department to prosecute, when required by the chief State factory inspector, any infractions or violations of law which is now or may be hereafter made the duty of the factory inspectors to enforce. Said chief State factory inspector shall, by written order filed with the Governor, divide the State into inspection districts, due regard being had to the number of factories and the amount of work required to be performed in each district. And he shall assign to each district a deputy inspector, who shall have charge of the inspection in the district to which he is assigned, under the supervision of the chief State factory inspector. The chief State factory inspector may at any time, when in his discretion the good of the service requires, change a deputy inspector from one district to another, or re-assign the districts of the State among the several deputy inspectors under his charge. He may at any time, when the conditions are changed or in his discretion the good of the service requires, by a like order filed with the Governor, re-divide the State into inspection districts, changing the territory embraced within the several districts, as to him may seem advisable.

3. Section nine (9) of an Act entitled, "An Act to regulate the manufacture of clothing, wearing apparel and other articles in this State, and to provide for the appointment of State inspectors to enforce the same, and to make an appropriation therefor," approved June 17, 1893, in force July 1, 1893, as amended by an Act approved May 15, 1903, in force July 1, 1903, being in conflict herewith, is hereby repealed. APPROVED June 3, 1907.