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Such receiver shall file with the Auditor a copy of each report which he makes to the court appointing him, in order that the said Auditor may have at his command a complete record of all State institutions whose business has been so liquidated.

At any time, whenever a majority in number and amount of the creditors of any such bank or association, after any such receiver shall have been appointed, shall petition the court for the appointment of any person nominated by them as receiver, who is a reputable person and elector of the county in which such bank or association is located, it shall be the duty of the court to make such appointment, and all the rights and duties of his predecessors shall at once devolve upon such appointee.

2. This Act shall be submitted to a vote of the people for their ratification, according to article XI, section 5, of the constitution of this State, at the next general election, and the question shall be "For the amendment of sections 4, 5, 10 and II of the General Banking Law" or "Against the amendment of sections 4, 5, 10 and II of the General Banking Law," and it shall be the duty of the officials now required by law to print and distribute ballots for use in elections to prepare and distribute ballots for such submission, such ballots to be prepared, printed and distributed in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the printing and distribution of ballots at public expense, and for the nomination 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 all amendments thereto; and to do all such other acts as are required by law; and if approved by a majority of all the votes cast at such election for or against such law, the Governor shall thereupon issue his proclamation that this Act is then in force. APPROVED June 3, 1907.

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AN ACT to amend sections one and three of an Act entitled, "An Act concerning bastardy," approved April 3, 1872, and in force July I, 1872.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That sections one (1) and three (3) of an Act entitled, "An Act concerning bastardy," approved April 3, 1872, and in force July 1, 1872, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows:

81. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That when an unmarried woman who shall be pregnant or delivered of a child which by law would be deemed a bastard, shall make complaint to a justice of the peace or judge of a municipal court in the county where she may be so pregnant or delivered, or the person accused may be found, and shall accuse, under oath or affirmation, a person with being the father of such child, it shall be the duty of such justice or judge to issue a warrant against the person so accused and cause him to be brought forthwith before him, or in his absence, any other justice of the peace or judge in such county.

83. Upon his appearance, it shall be the duty of said justice or judge to examine the woman, upon oath or affirmation, in the presence of the man alleged to be the father of the child, touching the charge against him. The defendant shall have the right to controvert such charge, and evidence may be heard as in cases of trial before the county court. If the justice or judge shall be of the opinion that sufficient cause appears, it shall be his duty to bind the person so accused in bond, with sufficient security, to appear at the next county court to be holden in such county, to answer such charge, to which court said warrant and bond shall be returned, except that in the county of Cook, where said warrant and bond shall be returned to the criminal court of Cook county. On neglect or refusal to give bond and security, the justice or judge shall cause such person to be committed to the jail of the county, there to be held to answer the complaint.

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

APPROVED Feb. 11, 1907.

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AN ACT to amend section one of an Act entitled, "An Act in relation to the control of public graveyards," approved May 29, 1879, in force July 1, 1879.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section one of an Act entitled, "An Act in relation to the control of public graveyards," approved May 29, 1879, in force July 1, 1879, be amended so as to read as follows:

§ 1. That public graveyards in this State, not under the control of any corporation, sole organization or society, and located within the limits of cities, villages, town, townships or counties not under

township organization, shall and may be controlled or vacated by the corporate authorities of such city, village, town, township or county, in such manner as such authorities may deem proper, and in the case of towns, such control may be vested in three trustees. Said trustees shall be elected by the voters of such town at the next annual town meeting therein, and their term of office shall be one, two and three years, respectively. Immediately after their election, said trustees shall determine by lot which of them shall hold the one year term of office, which the two year term and which the three year term. At each annual town meeting succeeding the next annual town meeting in such town, there shall be elected one cemetery trustee, whose term of office shall be for three years, or until his successor is elected and qualified.

§ 2. WHEREAS, An emergency exists, this Act shall take effect from and after its passage.

APPROVED March 22, 1907.

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AN ACT to amend sections 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of an Act entitled, “An Act to provide for the location, erection, organization and management of an asylum for the incurable insane, and making an appropriation for the construction of necessary buildings," approved June 21, 1895, in force July 1, 1895.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That sections 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the location, erection, organization and management of an asylum for the incurable insane, and making an appropriation for the construction of necessary buildings," approved June 21, 1895, in force July 1, 1895, be amended so as to read as follows:

§ I. 1. That there be and is hereby created and established hospital for the proper care and custody of the incurable insane of the State, to be known as the "Illinois General Hospital for the Insane." The said hospital shall be located upon grounds hereafter to be selected and located by a commission of three citizens of the State, to be appointed by the Governor. It shall be the duty of said commission to locate said buildings in the most favorable situation in the State, having in view the best interests of the State.

§ 4. When the hospital shall be ready for occupancy the commissioners shall appoint a medical superintendent of the hospital, who shall be

a well educated physician, experienced in the treatment of the insane, whose duties shall be the same as in the several hospitals for the insane in this State, as provided by law.

§ 5. The said hospital shall be subject to the inspection of the State Board of Commissioners of Public Charities, in the same manner as now provided by law for their inspection of the several charitable institutions of this State, and their powers and duties with relation to such hospital shall be the same.

§ 6. When the Illinois General Hospital for the Insane is opened for the reception of patients, the medical superintendents of the Northern Hospital for the Insane at Elgin, the Illinois Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Kankakee, the Illinois Central Hospital for the Insane at Jacksonville and the Illinois Southern Hospital for the Insane at Anna shall, with the consent of the board of trustees or board of commissioners of their respective institutions, proceed to transfer to said Illinois General Hospital for the Insane all incurable insane who may be in their respective institutions.

87. At any time after the Illinois General Hospital for the Insane is opened for the reception of patients, it shall be the duty of the chairman of the board of supervisors in counties under township organization, and the chairman of the board of commissioners in counties not under township organization, to order transferred all incurable insane patients confined in their almshouses in their respective counties: Provided, first, that all said patients shall have been discharged from either of the insane hospitals of the State of Illinois as incurable insane. § 8. The expenses of the transfer of any incurable insane persons from either of the insane institutions of the State shall be paid out of any funds in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated. The expenses of transferring incurable insane persons from either the county almshouses located in any of the counties of the State shall be paid by the respective counties sending such incurable insane patients to said Illinois General Hospital for the Insane.

APPROVED June 3, 1907.

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AN ACT to authorize county authorities to establish and maintain a Detention Home for the temporary care and custody of dependent, delinquent or truant children, and to levy and collect a tax to pay the cost of its establishment and maintenance.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the board of county commis

sioners, or the board of supervisors, as the case may be, in any county in this State, shall have the power and authority to locate, purchase, erect, lease or otherwise provide and establish, and also to support and maintain, a Detention Home for the temporary care and custody of dependent, delinquent or truant children, and to levy and collect a tax to pay the cost of its establishment and maintenance in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Act: Provided, this Act be adopted by the legal voters of such county, as hereinafter provided.

§ 2. Such Detention Home shall be so arranged, furnished and conducted that, as near as practicable for their safe custody, the inmates thereof shall be cared for as in a family home and public school. To this end the employés provided for and selected to control and manage such home shall consist of a discreet woman of good moral character, or a man and woman of good moral character, who shall be respectively designated as "superintendent" and "matron" of the Detention Home, and shall reside therein, and at least one of whom shall be competent to teach and instruct children in branches of education similar to those embraced in the curriculum of the public schools of the county up to and including the eighth grade, and such help or assistance as in the opinion of the county commissioners, or board of supervisors, as the case may be, shall deem necessary to the proper care and maintenance of such home. Such home shall be supplied with all necessary and convenient facilities for the care of the inmates as herein provided.

83. The superintendent and matron shall be designated and appointed by the county judge, to serve during his pleasure, and shall receive such salary, payable in monthly installments, as the board of supervisors, or board of commissioners, as the case may [be], shall provide and fix such appointments to be approved by a majority vote of the county board of [or] county commissioners, as the case may be, at the next meeting after such appointment; and if such appointment be not confirmed, the appointees shall receive no compensation from the county for services rendered after his or her appointment is disapproved. All other necessary employés for the conduct, care and maintenance of said home shall be selected, named, appointed and confirmed in like manner, upon such salaries as shall be fixed and approved by the county commissioners, or board of supervisors of the county, as the case may be. The supplies or repairs necessary to maintain, operate and conduct said home, shall be furnished upon the requisition of its superintendent to the chairman of such committee as may be designated by the county commissioners, or board of supervisors of the county, as the case may be, and the bills therefor shall be audited, passed upon and paid as other bills for supplies furnished for county institutions.

4. It shall be the duty of the superintendent or matron to receive and detain temporarily all children who are committed to the home by the court, until further order of the court of said home, to keep a complete record of all children committed thereto, which record shall contain the name, residence, address and age of each child and the

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