shall be lawful for the court in which such judgment shall be obtained, or to which such judgment may be removed by transcript or appeal from a justice of the peace, or other court, to issue thence a writ commanding the directors, trustees and treasurer of such township to cause the amount thereof, with interest and costs, to be paid to the party entitled to the benefit of such judgment, out of any moneys unappropriated of said township or district, or if there be no such moneys, out of the first moneys applicable to the payment of the kind of services or indebtedness for which such judgment shall be obtained, which shall be received for the use of such township or district, and to enforce obedience to such writ by attachment, or by mandamus, requiring such board to levy a tax for the payment of such judgment; and all legal processes, as well as writs to enforce payment, shall be served either on the president or clerk of the board.

§ 10. Trustees of schools, school directors, members of boards of education, or other school officers performing like duties, shall receive no pecuniary compensation, but they shall be exempt from road labor and military duty during their term of office.

§ 11. All school officers elected in pursuance of any general law now in force shall hold their respective offices until their successors are elected and qualified under the provisions of this act.

§ 12. "An act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved April 1, 1872; "An act to protect colored children in their rights to attend public schools," approved March 24, 1874; “An act to amend section fifty (50) of an act entitled, 'An act to establish and maintain a system of free schools,' approved April 1, 1872, approved March 30, 1874;" "An act to amend sections 24 and 33 of an act entitled, 'An act to establish and maintain a system of free schools,' approved April 1, 1872, approved May 23, 1877;" "An act to amend section 47 of 'An act to establish and maintain a system of free schools,' approved April 1, 1872, approved May 11, 1877;” "An act regulating the renting and sale of school lands," approved May 25, 1877; "An act to amend section 33 of an act entitled, ‘An act to amend sections 24 and 33 of an act entitled, 'An act to establish and maintain a system of free schools,' approved April 1, 1872, approved May 23, 1877, in force July 1, 1877,' approved May 31, 1879:" "An act to amend an act entitled, 'An act to establish and maintain a system of free schools,' approved April 1, 1872, and section fortyseven (47) of said act as amended by an act approved May 11, 1877, approved June 3, 1879;" "An act to amend sections eleven (11), twenty-seven (27), thirty-three (33), thirty-four (34), forty-eight (48), fifty-three (53), fifty-four (54) and fifty-seven (57) of an act entitled, An act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved April 1, 1872. and in force July 1, 1872, and amended by an act approved June 3, 1879, and in force July 1, 1879, approved May 31, 1881;" "An act to amend section fifty-one (51) of an act entitled, 'An act to establish and maintain a system of free schools,' approved April 1, 1872, in force July 1. 1872, and amended by an act ap proved June 3, 1879, in force July 1, 1879, approved June 23, 1883;" An act regulating the loaning of school funds," approved and in

force March 20, 1883; "An act to amend sections thirteen (13), twenty (20) and seventy-one (71) of an act entitled, 'An act to establish and maintain a system of free schools,' approved April 1, 1872, and in force July 1, 1872, and amended by an act approved June 3, 1879, approved June 26, 1885;" "An act to amend sections fifty-seven (57) and fifty-eight (58) of an act entitled, 'An act to establish and maintain a system of free schools,' approved April 1, 1872, and amended by an act approved April 1, 1872, and amended by an act approved June 3, 1879, and in force July 1, 1879, and further amended by an act approved May 31, 1881, and in force July 1, 1881, approved June 30, 1885;" "An act to amend section one (1) of an act entitled, 'An act regulating the renting and sale of school lands,' approved May 25, 1877, in force July 1, 1877,' approved June 29, 1885;" "An act to amend section thirty-three (33) of an act entitled, 'An act to establish and maintain a system of free schools,' approved April 1, 1872, in force July 1, 1872. as amended by an act approved May 23, 1877, in force July 1, 1877, as amended by an act approved June 3, 1879, in force July 1, 1879, as amended by an act approved May 31, 1881, in force July 1, 1881,' approved June 4, 1877;" "An act to provide for the election of presidents of boards of education in school dis tricts," approved June 17, 1887; "An act to empower trustees of schools to lay out and dedicate common school lands for street and highway purposes," approved June 3, 1887; "An act to regulate the attendance of teachers upon teachers' institutes," approved June 14, 1887; "An act to empower township trustees to sell and convey right of way and depot grounds for the use of railroads crossing school lands," approved April 13, 1875; “An act to regulate the payment of moneys into the hands of township school treasurers," approved May 30, 1881; and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, and all general school laws in this State, are hereby repealed.

§ 13. WHEREAS, An emergency exists, requiring this act to take immediate effect, therefore be it enacted that this act shall take effect from and after its passage.

APPROVED May 21, 1889.

ADDITIONAL ACTS PERTAINING TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TO SCHOOL OFFICERS.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPOINTED.

AN ACT to provide for the appointment of School Directors and members of the Board of Education, in certain cases, 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 in all cases whereby [where, by] the provisions of any general or special law of this State heretofore passed, the members of the common council of any city have been made ex officio school directors, or members of the board of education in and for the school district of which the said city shall constitute the whole or a part, the said school directors or members of the board of education shall hereafter be appointed as hereinafter provided.

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the mayor of said city, at the first regular meeting of the city council after each annual municipal election, and after his installation into office, to nominate and place before the council, for confirmation as school directors or members of the board of education, as the case may be, one person from each ward of said city to serve for two years, and one person from the city at large to serve for one year, and if the persons so appointed shall be confirmed by a majority vote of the city council, to be entered of record, the persons so appointed, together with such persons theretofore appointed under the provisions of the act, to which this is an amendment, whose terms of service will not expire within one year, shall constitute the board of education or school directors for such district: Provided, that the person appointed from the city at large for one year shall be president of said board of education or school directors, but shall have no vote in such board excepting in case of a tie: And, provided further, that the term of office of all persons heretofore appointed under the provisions of the act to which this is an amendment, whose term of office expires within one year, shall terminate at the first regular meeting of the city council after the annual meeting, and upon the appointment and confirmation of their successors. [As amended by act approved and in force May 28, 1889.

§ 3. The said persons shall, as soon as practicable after their ap pointment, organize by electing one of their number secretary, who

shall hold his office for one year. All rights, powers and duties heretofore exercised by and devolved upon the members of the city council, as ex officio members of the board of education, or school directors, shall devolve upon and be exercised by the members of the board of education and school directors appointed under the provisions of this act. [As amended by act approved and in force May 28, 1889.

§ 4. In all school districts to which this act shall apply the boards of education or school directors shall annually, before the first day of August, certify to the city council, under the hands and seals of the president and sectary of the board, the amount of money required to be raised by taxation for school purposes in said district for the ensuing year, and the said city council shall thereupon cause the said amount to be levied and collected in the same manner now provided by law for the levy and collection of taxes for school purposes in such district, but the amount to be so levied and collected shall not exceed the amount now allowed to be collected for school purposes by the general school laws of this State; and when such taxes have been collected and paid over to the treasurer of such city or school district, as may be provided by the terms of the act under which such district has been organized, such funds shall be paid out only on the order of the board of education or school directors, signed by the president and secretary of such board.

APPROVED May 29, 1879.

REQUIRING AND REGULATING THE STUDY OF PHYSIOLOGY AND

HYGIENE.

21. Teaching effects of alcoholic drinks, 22. Instruction to be given in normal schools, institutes, etc.

etc.

AN ACT to amend "An act relating to the study of physiology and hygiene in the public schools," approved June 1, 1889, in force July 1, 1889. Approved June 9, 1897, in force July 1, 1897.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That "An act relating to the study of physiology and hygiene in the public schools," approved June 1, 1889, in force July 1, 1889, be amended so as to read. as follows:

That the nature of alcoholic drinks and other narcotics and their effects on the human system shall be taught in connection with the various divisions of physiology and hygiene as thoroughly as are other branches in all schools under State control, or supported wholly or in part by public money, and also in all schools connected with reformatory institutions.

All pupils in the above mentioned schools below the second year of the high schools and above the third year of school work, computing from the beginning of the lowest primary year, or in corresponding classes of ungraded schools, shall be taught and shall study this

subject every year from suitable text-books in the hands of all pupils, for not less than four lessons a week for ten or more weeks of each year, and must pass the same tests in this as in other studies.

In all schools above mentioned all pupils in the lowest three primary school years, or in corresponding classes in ungraded schools, shall each year be instructed in this subject orally for not less than three lessons a week for ten weeks in each year, by teachers using text-books adapted for such oral instruction as a guide and standard.

The local school authorities shall provide needed facilities and definite time and place for this branch in the regular course of study.

The text-books in the pupils' hands shall be graded to the capacities of the fourth year, intermediate, grammar and high school pupils, or to corresponding classes as found in ungraded schools.

For students below high school grade such text-books shall give at least one-fifth their space, and for students of high school grade shall give not less than twenty pages to the nature and effects of alcoholic drinks and other narcotics. The pages on this subject, in a separate chapter at the end of the book, shall not be counted in determining the minimum.

§ 2. In all normal schools, teachers' training classes and teachers' instiutes, adequate time and attention shall be given to instruction in the best methods of teaching this branch, and no teacher shall be licensed who has not passed a satisfactory examination in this subject and the best methods of teaching it.

Any school officer or officers who shall neglect or fail to comply with the provisions of this act shall forfeit and pay for each offense the sum of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars.

COMPENSATION OF JUDGES AND CLERKS OF ELECTION IN CERTAIN CASES.*

AN ACT to provide for the compensation of judges and clerks of election at elections at which trustees of schools and school directors are elected under the provisions of an act entitled “An act to regulate the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof in cities, villages and incorporated towns in this State," approved June 19, 1885.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That at all elections held under the provisions of an act entitled "An act to regulate the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof in cities, villages and incorporated towns in this State," approved June 19, 1885, and

*This relates to the judges and clerks of elections appointed by the board of election commissioners, and not to the officers of school elections generally