§ 13. The provisions of this Act shall not prohibit or abridge the right of any school district, comprised of a city having a population exceeding one hundred thousand inhabitants, to print, publish, distribute or sell its own textbooks.

§ 14. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.

APPROVED June 27, 1917.

TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOLS-ELECTIONS LEGALIZED.

§ 1. Elections legalized.

(SENATE BILL NO. 428. APPROVED JUNE 22, 1917.)

AN ACT to legalize certain elections held under and by virtue of an Act entitled: "An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved and in force June 12, 1909, as subsequently amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That all elections for the purpose of organizing high school districts held since June 12, 1909, under and by virtue of an Act entitled: "An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved and in force June 12, 1909, as subsequently amended, pursuant to election notices which failed to state the exact location of the voting or polling places, are hereby declared and made legal, valid and binding. All high school districts organized pursuant to such elections, if otherwise legally organized, are hereby declared to be legally organized. All officers elected pursuant to such elections, if otherwise legally elected, are hereby declared to be duly and legally elected, and all proceedings and acts had in pursuance of such elections, if otherwise legally had and performed, are hereby declared and made legal, valid, binding and of full force and effect.

AN ACT to amend section 173 of an Act entitled, "An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved and in force June 12th, 1909, and as subsequently amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 173 of an Act entitled, "An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved

and in force June 12th[,] 1909, and as subsequently amended, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

§ 173. In addition to the scholarships provided for in section 171 each member of the General Assembly is authorized to nominate and appoint annually, one person of school age and otherwise eligible, from his district, who shall by virtue of his appointment receive a certificate of scholarship in the University. Each member of the General Assembly shall file with the president of the University on or before the first Saturday in June, the name and address of the student nominated by him to receive such scholarship. The candidate for such scholarship so nominated, if a graduate of a school accredited by the University, shall be admitted to the University on the same conditions as to educational qualifications as are graduates of such accredited schools not so appointed to scholarships, and if any such candidate is not a graduate of a school accredited by the University, he shall present himself or herself for examination before the county superintendent of the county where such student resides, at the time stated in section 171 for the competitive examination. The president of the University shall prescribe the rules and regulations governing such examination: Provided, however, that in case the person named, not being a graduate of a school accredited by the University, fails to pass the required examination for admission, the president of the University shall at once notify the member making the appointment, who may name another person for such scholarship: And, provided further, that no nomination shall be made later than the first day of the fall registration. And, provided, further, that, if the member of the General Assembly shall so elect, the scholarship under his control may be awarded by competitive examination conducted under like rules as prescribed in section 171 of this Act, even though one or more of the applicants for said scholarship be graduates of schools accredited by the University.

§ 2. WHEREAS, the nominations for scholarships to the University by the members of the General Assembly for the next school year must be made prior to July 1st[,] 1917, therefore an emergency exists and this Act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.

AN ACT to amend section one hundred seventeen (117) of an Act entitled, "An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved and in force June 12, 1909, as subsequently amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section one hundred seventeen (117) of an Act entitled, "An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved and in force June 12, 1909, as subsequently amended, be amended so that said section shall read as follows:

§ 117. When there is no money in the treasury of any school district of this State whether governed by either or both the General School Law or any special charter to defray the necessary expenses of the district, the directors, board of education or board of school inspectors, as the case may be, may issue warrants against and in anticipation of any taxes levied for the payment of the necessary expenses of the district, either for educational or for building purposes, as the case may be, to the extent of seventy-five per cent of the total amount of the tax so levied. Such warrants shall show upon their face that they are payable solely from such taxes when collected, and shall be received by any collector of taxes in payment of the taxes against which they are issued, and such taxes shall be set apart and held for their payment.

Every warrant issued under the provisions of this section shall bear interest payable only out of the taxes against which it is drawn, at the rate of five per cent (5%) per annum, from the date of its issuance until paid or until notice shall be given by publication in a newspaper or otherwise that the money for its payment is available and that it will be paid on presentation, unless a lower rate of interest shall be specified therein, in which case the interest shall be computed and paid at said lower rate.

APPROVED June 28, 1917.

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH-REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS. § 1. Amends section 18, Act of 1915. § 18. Duties of local registrars.

(HOUSE BILL No. 361. FILED JUNE 28, 1917.)

AN ACT to amend section 18 of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the registration of all births, stillbirths, and deaths in the State of Illinois, and to repeal an Act entitled, 'An Act requiring reports of! births and deaths, and the recording of the same, and prescribing a penalty for non-compliance with the provisions thereof, and repealing certain Acts therein named," approved May 6, 1903, in force July 1, 1903, as amended by an Act approved June 22, 1915, in force July

1, 1915.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 18 of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the registration of all births, stillbirths, and deaths in the State of Illinois and to repeal an Act entitled, 'An Act requiring reports of births and deaths, and the recording of the same, and prescribing a penalty for non-compliance with the provisions thereof, and repealing certain Acts therein named,'' approved May 6, 1903, in force July 1, 1903, as amended by an Act approved June 22, 1915, in force July 1, 1915, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 18. That it shall be the duty of the local registrars to supply blank forms of certificates to such persons as require them. Each local registrar or sub-registrars shall carefully examine each certificate of

birth, stillbirth or death when presented for record, to see that it has been made out in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the instructions of the State Board of Health, and if any certificate of death or stillbirth is incomplete or unsatisfactory, it shall be the duty of the local registrar to call attention to the defects in the return and at his discretion he may withhold issuing the burial or removal permit until such defects are corrected. If the certificate of death or stillbirth is properly executed and is complete, as far as is practicable, he shall then issue a burial or removal permit to the undertaker: Provided, that in case the death occurred from any disease that is communicable and dangerous to the public health, the permit for the removal or other disposition of the body shall be granted by the local or sub-registrar, under such rules as may be prescribed by the State Board of Health, or under local rules or ordinances not in conflict with the rules of the State Board of Health. If a certificate of birth is incomplete, the local registrar shall immediately notify the person making such report and require him or her to supply the missing items if they can be obtained. The local registrar shall number consecutively the certificates of births, stillbirths and deaths in three separate series, beginning with No. 1 for the first birth, stillbirth or death in each calendar year, and sign his name as local registrar in the attest of the date of filing in this office. He shall also make a complete and accurate copy or copies of each birth, stillbirth and death certificate registered by him on blank certificates of births, stillbirths and deaths, or in, a record book of approved form prescribed by the State Board of Health. Local registrars shall deposit with the county clerks of their respective counties on the tenth day of each month, one complete set of the records, births, stillbirths and deaths registered with them during the preceding months, and the county clerks are charged with the binding and indexing, or recording, and safe keeping of such records. Provided, however, that the local registrar shall obtain the given name of the child before reporting a birth to the county clerk. Each local registrar shall, on the tenth day of each month, transmit to the State Board of Health all original certificates registered by him, including those received from his sub-registrars, during the preceding month. Provided, that any city, incorporated town or village which is a registration district for the purposes of this Act, may cause to be made extra copies of any or all birth, stillbirth and death certificates filed with the local registrar, such extra copies to be in addition to those copies which are required to be made for and turned over to the county clerk, as provided for in this Act, and such extra copies may be retained by any city, incorporated town or village as its permanent record.

If no birth, stillbirth or death occurred in any month, the local registrar shall on the tenth day of the following month, report that fact to the State Board of Health and the county clerk, on a card provided for that purpose.

FILED June 28, 1917.

This bill having remained with the Governor ten days, Sundays excepted, the General Assembly being in session, it has thereby become a law. Witness my hand this twenty-eighth day of June, A. D. 1917. LOUIS L. EMMERSON, Secretary of State.

AN ACT to amend sections 1 and 2 of an Act entitled, "An Act providing for the regulation of the embalming and disposal of dead bodies, for a system of examination, registration, and licensing of embalmers, and imposing penalties for the violation of any of its provisions," approved May 13, 1905, in force July 1, 1905, as amended, and to add thereto three new sections to be known as sections 1a, 1b and 1c.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That sections 1 and 2 of an Act entitled, "An Act providing for the regulation of the embalming and disposal of dead bodies, for a system of examination, registration, and licensing of embalmers, and imposing penalties for the violation of any of its provisions," approved May 13, 1905, in force July 1, 1905, as amended, be amended, and that there be added to said Act three new sections to be known as sections 1a, 1b and 1c, which said sections as amended and which new sections shall read as follows:

§ 1. That no person shall embalm, or prepare for transportation, any body dead of a contagious or infectious disease, or embalm any dead body, or hold himself out as practicing the art of embalming without a license.

No person shall hereafter be licensed to practice the art of embalming unless he shall pass a satisfactory examination conducted by the Department of Registration and Education pursuant to the provisions of an Act entitled, "An Act in relation to the civil administration of the State Government, and to repeal certain Acts therein named," approved March 7, 1917, in force July 1, 1917.

Each applicant for examination shall:

1. Make application for examination on blank forms prepared and furnished by the Department of Registration and Education;

2. Pay in advance to the Department of Registration and Education an examination fee of five dollars;

3. Make proof that he is of good moral character, and that he has attained the age of twenty-one years;

4. Make proof of preliminary education, training and experience required by this Act.

§ 2. The Department of Registration and Education shall hold examinations for embalmers at least twice yearly. Notices of such examinations shall be published at least twice in at least one journal devoted to the interests of embalming, two daily newspapers, and one medical journal published in the State of Illinois. The Department of Registration and Education shall notify each applicant to appear for examination at the time and place specified in the notice.

§ 1a. From and after January 1, 1918, each applicant for examination must be a graduate of a school of embalming which is deemed to be