9. To advance opportunities for profitable employment;

10. To collect, collate, assort, systematize and report statistical details relating to all departments of labor, especially in its relation to commercial, industrial, social, educational and sanitary conditions, and to the permanent prosperity of the manufacturing and productive industries;

11. To collect, collate, assort, systematize and report statistical details of the manufacturing industries and commerce of the State; 12. To acquire and diffuse useful information on subjects connected with labor in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word; 13. To acquire and diffuse among the people useful information concerning the means of promoting the material, social, intellectual and moral prosperity of laboring men and women;

14. To acquire information and report upon the general condition, so far as production is concerned, of the leading industries of the State; 15. To acquire and diffuse information as to the conditions of employment, and such other facts as may be deemed of value to the industrial interests of the State;

16. To acquire and diffuse information in relation to the prevention of accidents, occupational diseases and other related subjects.

§ 44. The Department of Labor shall exercise and discharge the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the industrial board under an Act entitled, "An Act to promote the general welfare of the people of this State by providing compensation for accidental injuries or death suffered in the course of employment in this State; providing for the enforcement and administering thereof, and a penalty for its violation, and repealing an Act entitled, 'An Act to promote the general welfare of the people of this State by providing compensation for accidental injuries or death suffered in the course of employment,' approved June 10, 1911, in force May 1, 1912," approved June 28, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, or any future amendments thereto or modifications thereof.

Said Act and all amendments thereto and modifications thereof, if any, shall be administered by the industrial commission created by this Act, and in its name, without any direction, supervision, or control by the Director of Labor.

The Industrial Commission shall also, in its name and without any direction, supervision or control by the director, administer the arbitration and conciliation Act.

THE DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERALS.

§ 45. The Department of Mines and Minerals shall have power: 1. To exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the State mining board, its officers and employees;

2. To exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the State mine inspectors;

3. To exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the miners' examining commission, its officers and employees;

4. To exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the mine fire fighting and rescue station commission, superintendents and

assistant superintendents, other officers and employees of the several mine rescue stations;

5. To acquire and diffuse information concerning the nature, causes and prevention of mine accidents;

6. To acquire and diffuse information concerning the improvement of methods, conditions and equipment of mines, with special reference to health, safety and conservation of mineral resources;

7. To make inquiries into the economic conditions affecting the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, clay, oil and other mineral industries;

8. To promote the technical efficiency of all persons working in and about the mines of the State, and to assist them better to overcome the increasing difficulties of mining, and for that purpose to provide bulletins, traveling libraries, lectures, correspondence work, classes for systematic instruction, or meetings for the reading and discussion of papers, and to that end to cooperate with the University of Illinois.

§ 46. The mining board, in the Department of Mines and Minerals, shall:

1. Hold such meetings, from time to time, as may be necessary for the proper discharge of its duties;

2. Conduct the examination and pass upon the practical and technological qualifications and personal fitness of all persons employed. in the department of mines and minerals as inspectors of mines;

3. Conduct examinations and pass upon the practical and technological qualifications and personal fitness of persons seeking certificates of competency as mine managers, mine examiners and hoisting engineers;

4. Conduct examinations, at the capitol, on the second Tuesday in September of each year and at such other times as may be necessary, of candidates for employment as inspectors of mines;

5. Conduct examinations of persons seeking certificates of competency as mine managers, mine examiners and hoisting engineers, at such times and places within the State as shall, in the judgment of the board, afford the best facilities to the greatest number of candidates;

6. Give public notice, through the public press, or otherwise, not less than ten days in advance, announcing the time and place at which any examination is to be held;

7. Prescribe uniform rules, conditions and regulations for the examination of persons seeking employment as inspectors of mines and of those seeking certificates of competency as mine managers, mine examiners and hoisting engineers;

8. Report in writing to the Director of Mines and Minerals the names of persons qualified to be employed by the department of mines. and minerals as inspectors of mines, and of those authorized to receive certificates of competency as mine managers, mine examiners and hoisting engineers;

9. Supervise, control and direct the State mine inspection service; 10. Have power to remove any inspector of mines or to cancel the certificate of any mine manager, mine examiner or hoisting engineer, as provided in paragraphs (h) and (i) of section 3 of an Act entitled,

"An Act to revise the laws in relation to coal mines and subjects relating thereto, and providing for the health and safety of persons employed therein," approved June 6, 1911, in force July 1, 1911, and all amendments thereto, past or future, or modifications thereof;

11. Preserve and keep on file, for not less than one year, all written examination papers and all other papers of any applicant, and to permit the inspection thereof by any applicant interested, at all reasonable times, and to give to any applicant a certified copy of any or all of his

papers.

§ 47. The Director of Mines and Minerals shall be the executive officer of the mining board and shall execute the orders, rules and regulations made and promulgated by the mining board, and shall issue, in the name of the department of mines and minerals, certificates of qualification and competency to persons certified to him by the mining board, and to no other persons.

§ 48. The Department of Mines and Minerals shall exercise and discharge the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the miners' examining commissioners, constituting the miners' examining board for the State of Illinois, under an act entitled, "An Act to provide for the safety to persons employed in and about coal mines, and to provide for the examination of persons seeking employment therein, in order that only competent persons may be employed as miners, and to create a board of examiners for this purpose, and to provide a penalty for the violation of the same, and to repeal an Act entitled, 'An Act to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the safety of persons employed in and about coal mines and to provide for the examination of persons seeking employment as coal miners, and providing penalties for the violation of the same," approved June 1, 1908, in force July 1, 1908,' approved June 5, 1909, in force July 1, 1909," approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, and all amendments thereto, past or future, or modifications thereof.

Said Act and all amendments thereto and modifications thereof, if any, shall be administered by the miners' examining board created by this Act, and in its name, without any direction, supervision or control by the Director of Mines and Minerals, or by the mining board.

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS.

§ 49. The Department of Public Works and Buildings shall have power:

1. To exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the State highway department, the State highway commission, the chief State highway engineer, the assistant State highway engineer, and other officers and employees of the State highway service;

2. To exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in "The Canal Commissioners," their officers and employees;

3. To exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the rivers and lakes commission of Illinois, its officers and employees;

4. To exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the Illinois waterway commission, its secretary, chief engineers, its other officers and employees;

5. To exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the Illinois park commission, its officers and employees;

6. To exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the Fort Massac trustees, their officers and employees;

7. To exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the Lincoln homestead trustees, their officers and employees;

8. To exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the board of commissioners of and for the Lincoln monument grounds, its officers and employees;

9. To exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the superintendent of printing, his officers and employees;

10. To make contracts for and superintend the telegraph and telephone service for the several departments;

11. To purchase and supply all fuel, light, water and other like office and building services for the several departments except where the same are now supplied by the Secretary of State;

12. To procure and supply all furniture, general office equipment and general office supplies (other than stationery and office supplies distributed through the office of the Secretary of State) needed by the several departments;

13. To procure and supply all clothing, instruments and apparatus, subsistence and provisions for the charitable, penal and reformatory institutions;

14. To procure and supply all cots, beds, bedding, general room and cell equipment, table, kitchen and laundry equipment, agricultural implements, harness, stable and garage supplies, household supplies, periodicals, machinery and tools, medicines and medical supplies, plumbing, light and engine supplies, wagons and other vehicles and workshop supplies needed by the several departments;

14a. To purchase and supply all necessary tools, machinery, supplies and materials to be used by the State in or about constructing or maintaining State highways;

15. To prepare, or cause to be prepared, general plans, preliminary sketches and estimates for the public buildings to be erected for any department;

16. To have general supervision over the erection and construction. of public buildings erected for any department, and over the inspection of all materials previous to their incorporation into such buildings or work;

17. To make contracts for, and supervise the construction and repair of buildings under the control of any department;

18. To prepare and suggest comprehensive plans for the development of grounds and buildings under the control of any department; 19. To make and provide all drawings, plans, specifications and models for the construction and perfection of all systems of sewerage,

drainage and plumbing for the State in connection with the buildings and grounds under the control of any department;

20. To erect, supervise and maintain all public monuments and memorials erected by the State except where the supervision and maintenance thereof is otherwise provided by law;

21. To lease, for a term not exceeding two years, storage accommodations for the several departments;

22. To lease, for a term not exceeding two years, unproductive and unused lands or other property under the control of any department, unless longer leases thereof are expressly authorized by some law enforced by the department;

23. To lease, for a term not exceeding two years, office space in buildings for the use of the several departments;

24. To have general supervision and care of storerooms and offices leased for the use of the departments.

§ 50. The advisory and non-executive boards in the department of public works shall discharge the following advisory powers and functions:

The board of art advisors shall advise relative to the artistic character of State buildings, works and monuments, now or hereafter constructed, and to any work of a permanent character intended for decoration or commemoration;

The board of water resource advisors shall advise relative to riparian rights of the State, and the conservation, use and development of water

resources;

The board of highway advisors shall advise relative to the construc'tion, improvement and maintenance of State highways;

The board of parks and buildings advisors shall advise relative to the construction, improvement and maintenance of State parks, buildings and monuments.

§ 51. The Director of Public Works is authorized, with the consent in writing of the Governor, to acquire, by private purchase or by condemnation under the eminent domain Act, the necessary lands for the public buildings and grounds for the departments.

§ 52. All moneys received by the Director of Public Works from rents, leases, sale of property or from any other source in connection with the management of the Illinois and Michigan Canal shall be covered into the State treasury, and shall be placed by the State Treasurer to the credit of a special fund to be known as the "Illinois and Michigan. Canal fund."

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE.

§ 53. The Department of Public Welfare shall have power:

1. To exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the board of administration, the fiscal supervisor, and other officers and employees of the board of administration;

2. To exercise the rights, powers and duties vested by law in the State deportation agent, his assistants, other officers and employees;