§ 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 22. Shall be permitted to vote for school women 21 years of age and over who

may vote at elections for school offi-
cers. Registration.

officers at any election. Ballots, at general elections, to be put into separate boxes.

AN AOT 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.

21. Requires that children between the ages 23. Appointment of truant officers.

Hear

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 where 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 wilfully 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.

§ 5. Any fine and penalty mentioned in this act may be sued for and recovered before any court of record or justice of the peace of the proper county, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois for the use of the public schools of the city, town, village or district in which said child resides.

§ 6. An act entitled "An act concerning the education of children," approved June 19, 1893, in force July 1, 1893, is hereby repealed.

SCHOOL INSPECTORS ELECTED UNDER CERTAIN SPECIAL ACTS.

21. Certain districts, containing over 20,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants, hav. ing special charters, though divided for the election of school inspectors, are made undivided districts with added powers for the control and management of schools.

22. Moneys raised by taxation, how drawn and applied.

? 3. Record of the proceedings of boards of inspectors.

24. Emergency.

AN AOT to amend section one of "An act extending the powers of Boards of School Inspectors elected under special acts," approved June 19, 1893. Approved and in force June 11, 1897.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section one of "An act extending the powers of boards of school inspectors elected under special acts," approved June 19, 1893, be amended so as to read as follows:

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly: That in all cities in the State having over 20,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants, whose schools are now operated under special law, and where, by such law, territory outside of the city limits is added to the territory within the city for school purposes, and where such school district or districts is not co extensive with the township in which such city is situated, and where by such special law, boards of school inspectors, consisting of six members (three in each of two districts), are elected, the provisions of any such special law dividing such territory into two districts shall be held to be only for the purpose of electing menbers of the board of school inspectors, and for all other purposes the territory in two such districts shall be held to be included in one school organization, and the board of school inspectors, in addition to the other powers given by such special law, and the general school laws, shall have power to employ teachers, janitors and other employés as such board shall deem necessary, and to fix the amount of their compensation, to buy or lease sites for school houses, with the necessary grounds; to build, erect, lease or purchase buildings suitable for school houses, to repair and to improve school houses, and to furnish them with the necessary supplies, fixtures, apparatus, libraries and fuel, and it shall be the duty of such board to take the entire supervision and control of the schools in such district or districts.

§ 2. [ACT OF 1897.] WHEREAS, An emergency exists, therefore this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. § 2. [ORIGINAL ACT.] All moneys necessary for the purposes mentioned in section one of this act shall be raised as now provided by law, not to exceed the amount by law limited, and shall be held by the treasurer as a special fund for school purposes, subject to the order of school inspectors, upon warrants to be countersigned by the mayor and city clerk.

§ 3. The said board shall provide well-bound books at the expense of the school tax fund, in which shall be kept a faithful

record of all its proceedings.

The yeas and nays shall be taken and entered on the record of the proceedings of the board upon all questions involving the expenditure of money.

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

APPROVED June 19, 1893.

SCHOOL INSPECTORS.

22. Emergency,

1. Increasing number of school inspectors,

elected under special acts, from six
to seven members.

AN ACT increasing the number of school inspectors, elected under special acts, from six to seven members.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That in all cities in this State having over 10,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants, whose schools are now operated under special law, and where, by such special law, boards of school inspectors consisting of six members (three in each of two districts) are elected, such board shall hereafter consist of seven members; and at the time other members of such boards are elected in April, 1895, and each three years thereafter, such additional member shall be elected for a term of three years, by all the voters entitled to vote at school elections of the entire school territory embraced in said two districts; and whenever such additional member is to be elected, he shall be designated and voted for as "member of board of school inspectors at large."

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

APPROVED March 6, 1895.

ELECTION OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS.

1. Election of boards of education in lieu 22. Emergency.

of school directors-Term of office-
powers.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled, "An act to provide for the election of boards of education, and the defining of the powers of such boards of education, in school districts organized under special acts of the Legislature of this State, where such school districts are maintained under the general school laws of this State, and where there is no provision in such special acts for the election of boards of education."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 1 of an act entitled, "An act to provide for the election of boards of education in school districts organized under special acts of the Legislature of this State, where such school districts are maintained under the general school law of this State, and where there is no provision in such special acts for the election of boards of education," approved June 10, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: