The school law of Illinois, enacted by the Forty-sixth General Assembly online

upon the same terms as teachers who shall hereafter be employed and
become contributors to and beneficiaries of said fund under section
156a of this Act.

APPROVED June 6, 1911.



AN ACT to provide for the contribution from public moneys to the public
school teachers' pension and retirement fund in cities having a popu-
lation exceeding 100,000 inhabitants.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, repre-
sented in the General Assembly: That the board of education of any
city having a population exceeding 100,000 inhabitants shall have power
to annually set aside and contribute to the public school teachers' pension
and retirement fund in such city now created or existing, or such as
may be hereafter created pursuant to any law, a sum of public money,
so that the same when taken together with the moneys added to such
pension fund for that year from interest on school funds raised by
taxation shall equal in amount the aggregate of the sums set apart for
that year and contributed to such pension fund from the salaries of
the teachers in the employ of the board of education.
APPROVED June 5, 1911.



ONE MILL TAX.

AN ACT to provide by Slate tax for a fund for the support and mainte-
nance of the University of Illinois.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, repre-
sented in the General Assembly: That there shall be levied and collected
for the year 1912, and annually thereafter, at the same time and in the
same manner that State taxes are 'collected, a one mill tax for each



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dollar of the assessed valuation of the taxable property of this State, to
be paid into the treasury of the State and set apart as a fund for the
use and maintenance of the University of Illinois.

2. Such fund, when so collected, paid in and set apart, shall
remain in the treasury of the State until appropriated to the use of the
said University of Illinois by act of the General Assembly, in accordance
with section 18, article 4, of the Constitution of this State.

APPROVED June 10, 1911.



BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS.

AN ACT to amend section 1 of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for

the election of boards of education in certain districts," approved May

15, 1903, in force July 1, 1903.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted ~by the People of the State of Illinois, repre-
sented in the General Assembly: That section one (1) of an Act en-
titled "An Act to provide for the election of boards of education in cer-
tain districts," approved May 15, 1903, in force July 1, 1903, be and
the same is hereby amended to read as follows :

1. That in all school districts in this State, having a population
of over 35,000 by the last Federal census, existing by virtue of any special
charter, where the board of directors or board of education is elected or
appointed by the common council of the city, of which school district such
city may form the whole or a part, and where there are no provisions in
the special charter creating such school district, for the election of- a
board of directors or board of education, there shall be elected hereafter
in each of said school districts, in lieu of the present governing body, a
board of education, to consist of seven members to be elected nt the same
time and in the same manner, as provided by the general school law for
the election of boards of education in school districts having a population
of not less than 1,000 and not more than 100,000 inhabitants. Such
board of education when elected and qualified, shall have all the powers
of trustees of schools in school townships. It shall also have all the
powers of boards of directors, and in addition thereto, all the powers
of boards of education elected by virtue of the general school law of this
State: Provided, however, that where any such school district shall lie
wholly within or partly within and partly without any such city, village or
incorporated town and said city, village or incorporated town, has adopted
or may adopt an Act entitled, "An Act regulating the holding of elec-
tions and declaring the result thereof in cities, villages, and incorporated
towns in this State," approved June 19, 1885, and in force July 1, 1885,
and acts amendatory thereof, then the board of directors or board of
education of such school district shall locate the polling place or places,
appoint the judges and clerks and otherwise conduct the election in that
portion or part of the school district that lies without such city, village
or incorporated town,, in the manner now provided by law, except as
hereinafter provided, but no one residing without such city, village or



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incorporated town shall vote at any polling place within, nor shall any
one residing within vote at any polling place without, and the votes cast
at the polling place or places without such city, village or incorporated
town, shall be returned, certified and canvassed as is now provided by
law in such cases, and in addition thereto a complete abstract of the vote
cast and canvassed shall be made, certified and returned to the board of
election commissioners of such city, village or incorporated town:
And, provided, .further, that in all that part or portion of such school
district that lies within such city, village or incorporated town, and in
such school district, when the same lies wholly within any such city, vil-
lage or incorporated town, the election for such board of directors or
board of education shall be conducted by the board of election commis-
sioners of such city, village or incorporated town and in accordance with
the provisions of the said Act of June 19, 1885, and the amendments there-
to : And, provided, further, when such school district lies partly within
and partly without any such city, village or incorporated town, the said
board of election commissioners shall certify the returns received by them
from the polling place or places without such city, village or incorporated
town, to the proper officer or officers; and all the returns so certified and
returned by the said board of election commissioners shall be canvassed,
together with the returns certified from the polling places within such
city, village or incorporated town, by the same canvassing board and the
results thereof declared, and certificates of election shall be issued thereon
the same as if all such votes had been cast in, certified and returned from
such city, village or incorporated town: And, provided, further, that
the regular election for the members of such board of education in any
such school district lying -wholly within or partly within and partly
without any such city, village or incorporated town, which city, village
or incorporated town has adopted or may adopt said Act of June 19,
1885, and Acts amendatory thereof, shali be held on the first Tuesday
of the month of April of each and every year after the passage
of this Act: And, provided, further, that nominations of candi-
dates for the office of member of said board of education to be voted
for at all elections provided for in this Act shall be made only by
petition in like manner as is provided for nominations of candidates by
petition for town offices in counties under township organization by
an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the printing and distribution
of ballots at public expense, and for the nominations 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 Acts amendatory thereof; such petitions to be addressed to
and filed in the office of the said board of education of such city, village
or incorporated town, which board may certify to the said board of elec-
tion, commissioners the petitions so filed; except, however, that such peti-
tions for nominations at the election which may be held on the fourth
day of April, 1911, may be filed on or before five days before such elec-



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tion; the said elections in other respects to be held under the provisions
of the said Act of June 22, 1891, and Acts amendatory thereof, so far
as the same may apply and may not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act.

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

APPROVED March 29, 1911.



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