plete record of all operations and expenditures and an invoice of all supplies on hand. The commission shall provide that at each station some representative shall be on duty or within call at all hours of day and night for each day of the year. § 8. Whenever the superintendent of any station shall be notified by any responsible person that an explosion or accident requiring his services has occurred at any mine in the State, he shall proceed immediately with suitable equipment and on arrival at the said mine shall superintend the work of the rescue corps in saving life and property; and he shall co-operate with the State Mine Inspector and the management of the mine in rescue work to such extent as is necessary for the protection of human life in the mine, during such time as members of the rescue corps are under ground and while there is a reasonable expectation that men entombed in the mine may be alive. APPROVED June 23d, 1915. MORTGAGES. MORTGAGES OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY-ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 1. Amends section 2, Act of 1874. § 2. As amended, provides mortgages may be acknowledged by attorney-infact and prescribes form of acknowledgment. (SENATE BILL No. 391. APPROVED JUNE 29, 1915.) AN ACT to amend section 2 of an Act entitled, “An Act to revise the law in relation to mortgages of real and personal property," approved March 26th, 1874, in force July 1st, 1874, as amended by an Act approved May 13th, 1905, in force July 1st, 1905. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 2 of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to mortgages of real and personal property," approved March 26th, 1874, in force July 1st, 1874, as amended by the Act approved May 13th, 1905, in force July 1st, 1905, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 2. ACKNOWLEDGMENT.] Such instruments shall be acknowledged before a justice of the peace or the county judge where the mortgagor resides or before the clerk or any deputy clerk of the municipal court of the city of Chicago, or if the mortgagor is not a resident of the State at the time of making the acknowledgment, then before any officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds: Provided, however, that in counties having a population of more than two hundred thousand, such instrument, if the mortgagor is a resident of the State at the time of making the acknowledgment, shall be acknowledged before a justice of the peace of the town or precinct where the mortgagor resides, or if there be no justice of the peace of the town, or precinct where the mortgagor resides, or if there be no justice of the peace in such town or precinct, such instrument shall be acknowledged before the clerk or any deputy clerk of the municipal court in the district in which the mortgagor resides, or if there be no such clerk or deputy clerk, before the county judge of the county in which the mortgagor resides: Provided, further, that such acknowledgment may be made either by the mortgagor or a person duly authorized by said mortgagor to act as his attorney in fact. The instrument authorizing such acknowledgment shall be substantially in the following form: I, ... and appoint the mortgagor, do hereby make, constitute (Name of Attorney in Fact) my attorney in fact, to appear for.. behalf before ..and in. (Here give name of officer and official title before whom the acknowledgment is to made) and acknowledge the execution of the within instrument in my name and for me for all purposes as I might do, with the same force and effect. Given under A. D. 19.... hand and seal this ......day of.... . (SEAL) Mortgagor. The certificate of acknowledgment if made by the mortgagor in person shall be in the following form: This (name of instrument) was acknowledged before me by (name of grantor) (when acknowledgment is made of a resident insert the words "and entered by me") this. Witness my hand and seal. 19.... ....day of... ..(SEAL) Name of Officer. If the acknowledgment is made by an attorney in fact, the certificate of acknowledgment shall be substantially in the following form: This (name of instrument) was acknowledged before me by the within named .by (Name of attorney) h.........attorney in fact for all purposes named in said instrument, and entered by me this ....day 19.... . (SEAL) Name of Officer. Said instrument, authorizing the acknowledgment by attorney in fact as herein specified, shall be signed by the mortgagor and shall be acknowledged before any officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds. APPROVED June 29th, 1915. SALES UNDER CHATTEL MORTGAGE-ACT OF 1895 AMENDED. § 1. Amends section 2, Act of 1895. § 2. As amended, provides no sale under chattel mortgage shall be valid as against creditors of mortgagor, unless such mortgage is recorded five days prior to taking possession of the goods. (HOUSE BILL No. 72. APPROVED JUNE 23, 1915.) AN ACT to amend "An Act to regulate the assignment of notes secured by chattel mortgage and to regulate the sale of property under the power of sale contained in chattel mortgages," approved June 21, 1895, in force July 1, 1895, by amending section 2, of said Act which section as amended shall read as follows: SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That an Act to regulate the assignment of notes secured by chattel mortgage and to regulate the sale of property under the power of sale contained in chattel mortgages, approved June 21, 1895, in force July 1, 1895, be amended by amending section 2 of said Act, which section as amended shall read as follows: § 2. That all sales of personal property under the power of sale contained in any chattel mortgage, shall be made in the county where the mortgagor resides, or where the property is situated when mortgaged. If there are more than one mortgagor, then in the county where the mortgagor in possession of the property resides at the time of taking possession by the mortgagee, and in every case where the mortgagor can be found or his or her postoffice address can be ascertained, notice of the time and place of said sale shall be given to one or more of the mortgagors three days prior to said sale and by posting a copy of said notice at the place where said goods secured by said mortgage are located at least three days prior to said sale, and upon the making of said sale the mortgagee shall make out a statement showing the items of personal property sold, the names of each purchaser and the amount for which each article sold, and also an itemized statement of the necessary reasonable expenses incurred in taking, keeping and selling said property, and shall deliver the same to the mortgagor or some one of them in person or by mail, and if he fails so to do within ten days after said sale, the owner of said property may sue for and recover one-third of the value of the property so sold, from the mortgagee or person making said sale as assignee of said mortgage: Provided, that nothing in this Act shall apply to the sale of furniture by regular dealers on the socalled installment plan: Provided, also, that no sale made as hereinabove provided shall be valid as against the creditors of the mortgagor, unless such mortgage shall be recorded at least five days prior to the taking of possession of the goods and chattels in said mortgage described, and any such sale made within five days of the recording of said mortgage shall be fraudulent and void as against the creditors of the mortgagor. APPROVED June 23d, 1915. OIL INSPECTION. § 1. Appointment of inspectors-term of officefees-salary. § 2. Oath-bond-suit on. § 3. Inspector to test. ACT OF 1874 REVISED. § 4. Test-casks marked-inspector not to trade in oil. § 5. Record kept and open to examination. etc. § 8. Oil shipped within State-inspections at receiving point. § 9. Fines, how recovered and disposed of. § 10. Repeal. (SENATE BILL NO. 442. APPROVED JUNE 29, 1915.) AN ACT in relation to oil inspection. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the mayor of any city, with the approval of the city council, the president of the board of trustees of any village or incorporated town, with the approval of such board of trustees, may appoint one or more inspectors for the inspection of coal oil, petroleum, naphtha, gasoline, benzine, mineral seal, signal and other mineral oils or fluids, fix the compensation of such inspectors and prescribe the fees to be paid by those for whom such inspectors render services. The county judge of any county may appoint such inspectors for territory not within city limits, village, or incorporated town, fix their compensation and fees. Every such inspector shall hold office for one year, and until his successor is qualified, and with the approval of the power appointing him, may appoint deputies, for whom he shall be responsible, who shall take the same oath and be liable to the same penalties as the inspector. All fees collected by such inspector or deputy shall be paid by him into the county, city, village or town treasury and be the property of such county, city, village or town. The salary of such inspector shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per year: Provided, that any city having a population of less than one hundred thousand (100,000), or any village or town may by ordinance provide that such inspector or deputy shall receive in lieu of salary the fees collected by him. § 2. Every such inspector, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe the following oath: I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be), that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution. of the State of Illinois, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of oil inspector according to the best of my ability. He shall also execute a bond payable to the People of the State, in such sum as shall be required by the county judge, city council or board of trustees, with one or more sureties to be approved by the county judge, mayor, or president of the board of trustees, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. Any person aggrieved by the misconduct or neglect of such inspector may maintain (suit) thereon for his own use. § 3. Upon the arrival of any such oil or fluid, such inspector shall test the same with all reasonable dispatch by applying the fire test, as indicated and determined by J. Tagliabue's pyrometer, or some other instrument or means equally accurate, with which he shall have provided himself at his own expense. § 4. If the oils or fluids so tested will not ignite or explode at a temperature less than one hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit, the inspector shall mark, plainly and indelibly, on each cask, barrel or package, "Approved, fire test being.... ;" but if said oils or fluids will ignite at a temperature less than one hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit, as aforesaid, then the inspector shall mark on each cask, barrel or package, "Condemned for illuminating purposes; fire test being..... Said inspector, while in office, shall not buy, sell, bargain or trade, directly or indirectly, in any of the said oils or fluids, or be an employee of any refinery or firm dealing in the products herein mentioned. § 5. He shall also, within twenty-four hours after making any inspection, make a full and fair entry thereof in a record book to be kept for that purpose, which shall be open to all persons wishing to examine the same. § 6. Any such inspector or deputy who shall falsely brand any package, cask or barrel, or be guilty of any fraud, deceit, misconduct or culpable negligence in the performance of any of his official duties, shall be fined not exceeding $200, and be liable to the party injured. for all damages occasioned thereby. § 7. Any refiner or producer or any dealer in, or manufacturer, person, firm or corporation using, directly or in the manufacture of their product, coal oil, naptha, gasoline, benzine, mineral seal, signal or other mineral oil or fluid, the product of petroleum, in any city, village or town in which such inspector is appointed, who shall neglect to give notice to such inspector, of any such oil or fluid in his possession, within two days after the same is made or refined by him or received into his possession, or shall offer any such oil or fluid for sale before the same has been so inspected, or shall sell or attempt to sell to any person, for illuminating purposes, any such oil which is below the approved standard-that is, having igniting point less than one hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit, as indicated and determined in the manner herein provided, or shall use any package, cask, barrel or other thing having the inspection brand thereon, the oil or fluid therein not having been inspected, or shall counterfeit any brand, shall be fined not exceeding $200 and be liable to the party injured for all damages occasioned thereby, and all the casks, barrels or packages so falsely used, and their contents, shall be forfeited, and may be seized and sold. § 8. All coal oil, naptha, gasoline, benzine, or mineral seal, signal or other mineral oil or fluid, the product of petroleum, shipped by any refiner or producer within the State must be inspected by the inspector at the receiving point. § 9. The fines herein provided may be recovered in the name of the People of the State of Illinois before any justice of the peace of the county where the offense is committed, and if the offense is committed in the City of Chicago then before the Municipal Court of Chicago, and when collected, one-half shall be paid to the informer, and the other half and the proceeds of the sale of all casks, barrels and packages, and |