those amendatory and supplemental thereto, at which any trustee of school may have been heretofore or shall hereafter be elected, the expenses of such election shall be paid out of the treasury of such city, village and incorporated town. § 2. That all elections held under the provisions of said acts, at which a school director is elected, the expenses of such election shall be paid out of any funds belonging or appertaining to the district. for which such director is elected. § 3. The corporate authorities of cities, villages, incorporated towns and school districts are hereby authorized and empowered to levy taxes for the purpose of paying election expenses. APPROVED, June 3, 1889. ELECTION OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN CERTAIN CASES. 1. Cities, towns and townships. in which schools are managed under special acts, may elect boards of education. 22. Question to be submitted to vote, upon petition of 50 voters. 23. Repeals all acts in conflict. AN ACT to give cities, incorporated towns, townships and districts, in which free schools are now managed under special acts, authority to elect boards of education having the same powers as boards of education now elected under the general free school laws of this State. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That any city, incorporated town, township or district having a population of not less than one thousand and not over twenty thousand inhabitants, in which free schools are now managed under any special act, may, by vote of its electors, determine to elect, instead of the directc rs or other governing or managing board, now provided for by such special act, a board of education which shall be elected at the time and in the manner and have the powers now conferred by law upon boards of education of districts not governed by any special act. § 2. Upon petition of fifty voters of such city, town, township or district, presented to the board having the control and management of school in such city, town, township or district, it shall be the duty of such board, at the next ensuing election to be held in such city, town, township or district, to cause to be submitted to the voters thereof, giving not less than fifteen days' notice thereof, by posting not less than five notices in the most public places in such city, town, township or district, the question of "electing a board of education having the powers conferred upon such boards in districts organized under the free school laws," which notice may be in the following: form, to-wit: Public notice is hereby given that on the... .day of... A. D. an election will be held at.. between the hours of M. and............... M. of said day, for the purpose of deciding the question of "electing a board of education having the powers conferred upon such boards in districts organized under the free school law." If it shall appear, upon a canvass of the returns of such election, that a majority of the votes cast at such election are "for electing a board of education having the powers conferred upon such boards in districts organized under the free school law," then at the time of the next regular election for boards of education under the free school law, there shall be elected a board of education for such district; and should there not be sufficient time to give the notice required by law for such election, then such election may be held on any Saturday thereafter, but all subsequent elections shall be held at the time provided by the free school law. § 3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. § 4. WHEREAS, An emergency exists requiring this act to take immediate effect, therefore be it enacted that this shall be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED June 2, 1891. CHILD LABOR. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE PROHIBITED. 21. Prohibits any person, firm or corpora tion from employing any child under 2. Certificate of the school board authoriz- 23. No certificate shall be issued unless the child has attended school at least 8 weeks in the current school year. AN ACT to prevent child labor. 24. No child shall be employed for more than one day without such certificate. 25. Penalties for violation of this act. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to employ or hire any child under thirteen years of age except as hereinafter provided. § 2. In case it shall be made to appear to the board of education or of school directors that the labor or services of any child constitutes and is the means of support of an aged or infirm relative, and that such relative is, in whole or in part, dependent upon such child, then the board of education or school directors shall issue to such child a certificate authorizing the employment of such child; such certificate shall state the name, residence and age of such child, and a record thereof shall be kept by the board of education or school directors in a book kept for that purpose. § 3. No such certificate shall be granted to any child unless it shall be shown to the board of education or school directors [of the district in which such child resides, that such child has attended some public or private day school for at least eight (8) weeks in the current school year § 4. No person, firm or corporation shall employ any child under the age of thirteen years in any store, shop, factory or manufacturing establishment, by the day, or any period of time greater than one day, unless such certificate be furnished, nor shall he permit any such child to work in his employ without such certificate. He.or they shall be authorized to retain the certificate of any such child employed by him, which shall be evidence admissible in any court. $5. Any person, firm or corporation who violates the provisions of this act, and any father, guardian or person having control of any child under the age of thirteen years who willingly permits or consents to the employment of such child without such certificate as is prescribed by section three of this act, shall, for every offense, be fined in a sum not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, for the use of public schools of the city or district in which such child resides. And every day of the employment of any such child shall be deemed a separate offense. APPROVED June 17, 1891. WOMEN MAY VOTE AT SCHOOL ELECTIONS. 1. Confers the right of suffrage upon ? 2. Shall be permitted to vote for school women 21 years of age and over who may vote at elections for school offi- officers at any election. Ballots, at general elections, to be put into separate boxes. AN ACT to entitle women to vote at any election held for the purpose of choosing any officer under the general or special school laws of this State. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Any woman of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, belonging to either of the classes mentioned in article 7 of the Constitution of the State of Illinois, who shall have resided in this State one year, in the county ninety days, and in the election district thirty days preceding any election held for the purpose of choosing any officer of schools under the general or special school laws of this State, shall be entitled to vote at such election in the school district of which she shall at the time have been for thirty days a resident: Provided, any woman so desirous of voting at any such election shall have been registered in the same manner as is provided for the registration of male voters. § 2. Whenever the election of public school officers shall occur at the same election at which other public officers are elected, the ballot offered by any woman entitled to vote under this act shall not contain the name of any person to be voted for at such elections, except such officers of public schools, and such ballots shall all be deposited in a separate ballot box, but canvassed with other ballots cast for school officers at such election. APPROVED June 19, 1891. EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS. 21. Authorizes the directors of any school district, created by special act, the limits of which are co-extensive with a city, to assume and pay any existing indebtedness. AN ACT to allow directors of schools under special laws to assume and provide for indebtedness heretofore created by the authorities of a city for school purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That whenever any city in this State is by special law made a school district, or whenever any school district created by special law shall be co-terminus with any city, the directors of such district shall have the power, at the request of the city council, to assume and provide for, by borrowing and taxation, any indebtedness now existing, created by the authorities of the city for school purposes. APPROVED June 22, 1891. RELATING TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND THE APPOINTMENT OF TRUANT OFFICERS. 1. Requires that children between the ages 23. Appointment of truant officers. Hearof 7 and 14 years shall attend school at least 16 weeks in each year unless exempt. 2. Penalties for violation of this act. ing of charges for non-attendance. 24. Penalties for evasion of this act. 25. Recovery of fines and penalties. AN ACT to promote attendance of children in schools and to prevent truancy. [Approved June 11, 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 every person having control of any child between the ages of seven (7) and fourteen (14) years shall annually cause such child to attend for at least sixteen (16) weeks, twelve (12) weeks of which attendance shall be consecutive, some public or private school, which time, for pupils under ten (10) years of age, shall commence with the beginning of the first term of the school year of such school, and not later than December 1 of said school year for pupils above the age of ten (10) years, or as soon thereafter as due notice shall be served upon the person having such control of his duty under this act: Provided, that this act shall not apply in any case when the child has been or is being otherwise instructed, for a like period of time in each and every year, the elementary branches of education by a person or persons competent to give such instruction; or whose physical or mental condition renders his or her attendance impracticable or inexpedient, or who is excused for sufficient reason by any competent court of record. § 2. For every willful neglect of such duty as prescribed by section one (1) of this act the person so offending shall forfeit to the use of the public school of the city, town or district in which such child resides, a sum not less than one (1) dollar nor more than five (5) dollars and costs of suit, and shall stand committed until such fine and costs of suit are fully paid. § 3. The board of education in cities, towns, villages and school districts, and the board of school directors in school districts, shall appoint, at the time of appointment or election of teachers each year one or more truant officers, whose duty it shall be to report all violations of this act to said board of education or board of directors and to enter complaint against and prosecute all persons who shall appear to be guilty of such violation. It shall also be the duty of said truant officer so appointed to arrest any child of school-going age that habitually haunts public places and has no lawful occupation, and also any truant child who absents himself or herself from school, and to place him or her in charge of the teacher having charge of any school which said child is by law entitled to attend, and which school shall be designated to said officer by the parent, guardian or person having control of said child. In case such parent, guardian or person shall designate a school without making or having made arrangements for the reception of said child in the school so designated, or in case he refuses or fails to designate any school, then such truant officer shall place such child in charge of the teacher of the public school. And it shall be the duty of said teacher to assign said child to the proper class and to instruct him or her in such studies as he or she is fitted to pursue. The truant officer so appointed shall be entitled to such compensation for services rendered under this act as shall be determined by the boards appointing them, and which compensation shall be paid out of the distributable school fund: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the parent, guardian or person having charge of such truant child, which has been placed in any school by the truant officer, to thereafter send said child to any other school which said child is by law entitled to attend. § 4. Any person having control of a child who, with intent to evade the provisions of this act, shall make a willfully false statement concerning the age of such child, or the time such child has attended school, shall for such offense forfeit a sum of not less than three (3) dollars nor more than twenty (20) dollars for the use of the public schools of such city, town, village or district. |