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Said school treasurer shall annually, between the first and tenth of April, make out and file with the business manager of the board of education a full and detailed account of all receipts and expendi tures and of all his transactions as such treasurer during the preceding fiscal year, and shall show in such account the state of the school treasury at the close of the fiscal year, which account shall immediately be published in the proceedings of said board of education.

The said school treasurer shall be liable on his official bond as city treasurer for the proper performance of his duties and the conservation of all moneys held by him under the provisions of this Act. It is hereby made the duty of the city council in fixing the amount the penalty and conditions of said official bond to do so in such manner as will be adequate and sufficient to save the board of education from any loss. Nothing in this section contained shall be construed to alter or change the right of the city council to designate the bank deposi tories of school moneys in the manner prescribed in section 5 of Part Two of "An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages,' approved April 10, 1872, as amended by subsequent Acts," approved May 18, 1905.

$136. The board of education shall exercise general supervision and management of the public education and the public school system of the city, and shall have power to make suitable provision for the establishment and maintenance throughout the year, or for such portion of the year as it may direct, not less than nine months in time, of schools of all grades and kinds, including normal schools, high schools, night schools, schools for defectives and delinquents, parental or truant schools, schools for the blind, the deaf and the crippled, schools or classes in manual training, constructural and vocational teaching, domestic arts and physical culture, vacation and extension schools and lecture courses, and all other educational courses and facilities, including playground maintenance. It shall have the power to cooperate with the Juvenile Court, to make arrangements with the public or quasi-public libraries and museums [for the purpose of extending the privilege of such libraries and museums] to teachers and pupils of the public schools. The board may grant the use of assembly halls and class rooms when not otherwise needed, including light, heat and attendants, for free public lectures, concerts and other educational and social interests, free of charge, but under such provisions and control as the board may see fit. The board shall have continuing power to divide the city into subdistricts and apportion the pupils to the several schools, but no pupils shall be excluded from or segregated in any such school on account of his or her color, race or nationality.

137. The board of education shall, subject to the limitations contained in this Act, have the power to prescribe the courses and methods of study in the various schools and to employ teachers and other educa tional employees and fix their compensation.

§ 138. A board of three examiners is hereby constituted, whose duty it shall be to examine all applicants who are required to hold cer tificates to teach and the board of education shall issue gratuitously to those who pass a required test of character, scholarship and general

fitness, such certificates to teach as they are found entitled to receive. Such board of examiners shall consist of the superintendent of schools together with two persons approved and appointed by the board of education upon the nomination of the superintendent of schools. The board of examiners shall hold such examinations as the board of education may prescribe, upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools and shall prepare all necessary eligible lists, which shall be kept in the office of the superintendent of schools and be open to public inspection. Members of said board of examiners shall hold office for a term of two years. Appointments and promotions of teachers, principals and other educational employees shall be made for merit only, and after satisfactory service for a probationary period of three years, (during which period the board may dismiss or discharge any such probationary employee upon the recommendation, accompanied by the written reasons therefor, of the superintendent of schools), appointments of teachers and principals shall become permanent, subject to the rules of the board concerning conduct and efficiency, and subject to removal for cause in the manner provided by section 161 of this Act: Provided, however, that in determining the duration of the probationary period of employment in this section specified, there shall be included the time of past service of all teachers and principals and other educational employees who are in the schools at the time, or who have been therein within five years immediately preceding the time this Act goes into effect: And further provided, that when any teacher or principal, who has been promoted to the position of assistant or district superintendent or a member of the board of examiners, is relieved of the duties of such position, such person shall be reinstated in the position from which he was promoted. The words "teachers and principals" shall be construed to include all members of the teaching force except the superintendent of schools, assistant and district superintendents and members of the board of examiners.

§ 139. The specifications of the powers herein granted are not to be construed as exclusive, but the board of education shall exercise all the powers that may be requisite or proper for the maintenance and the fullest development of an efficient public school system, not inconsistent with these [those] general provisions of the school law of the State which apply to all school districts.

§ 161. No teacher or principal who has been or shall be appointed by said board of education shall (after serving the probationary period of three years specified in section 138 of this Act) be removed except for cause, and then only by a vote of not less than a majority of all members of the board, upon written charges presented by the superintendent of schools, to be heard by the board, or a duly authorized committee of the same, after thirty days' notice, with copy of the charges, is served upon the person against whom they are preferred, who shall have the privilege of being present, together with counsel, offering evidence and making defense thereto. At the request of any party such hearing shall be public. The action and decision of the board in the matter shall be final. Pending the hearing of such charges, the person charged may be suspended as by the rules of the board may be prescribed:

Provided, however, that in the event of acquittal, such person shall not suffer any loss of salary by reason of the suspension. If at any time any member of the teaching force who is willing to continue is dismissed or discharged before the time he or she would under the provisions of this Act be entitled to a pension, then such member shall be paid back at once the money he or she may have contributed under this law. Any member of the teaching force who shall retire voluntarily from the service, prior to entering upon the period of service during which he or she might become entitled to a pension or benefit for or on account of disability, as provided by law, shall receive a refund of one-half of the money he or she shall have contributed under this law.

§ 2. WHEREAS, an emergency exists, this Act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.

APPROVED April 20, 1917.

COMMITMENT TO PARENTAL OR TRUANT SCHOOL.

§ 1. Amends section 145, Act of 1909.

145. Order committing child to such parental or truant school to be kept there until sixteen years of age.

(HOUSE BILL No. 462. FILED JUNE 29, 1917.)

AN ACT to amend section 145 of an Act entitled, “An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved and in force June 12, 1909, as thereafter amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Asembly: That section 145 of an Act entitled. "An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved and in force June 12, 1909, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

§ 145. ORDER COMMITTING CHILD TO SUCH PARENTAL OR TRUANT SCHOOL TO BE KEPT THERE UNTIL SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE.) Upon the filing of such petition the clerk of the court shall issue a writ to the sheriff of the county directing him to bring such child before the court, and if the court shall find that the material facts set forth in the petition are true, and if, in the opinion of the court, such child is a fit person to be committed to such parental or truant school, an order shall be entered that such child be committed to such parental or truant school, to be kept there until he or she arrives at the age of sixteen years, unless sooner discharged in the manner hereinafter set forth. Before such hearing, notice in writing shall be given to the parent or guardian of such child, if known, of the proceedings about to be instituted, that he or she may appear and resist the same if either of them so desire. FILED June 29, 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-ninth day of June. A. D. 1917. LOUIS L. EMMERSON, Secretary of State.

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(SENATE BILL NO. 199. FILED JUNE 28, 1917.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved and in force June 12, 1909, as subsequently amended, by adding thereto a new section to be known as section 121a.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That 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 and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to be known as section 121a which new section shall read as follows:

§ 121a. (a) Any two or more school districts may be consolidated and all the pupils of the school districts so consolidated, may attend the consolidated school in accordance with the terms hereof.

(b) When it is proposed to consolidate two or more school districts, a joint meeting of the directors of the schools it is proposed to consolidate shall be called by not less than two directors representing each district by giving not less than five days' notice by mail, of the time and place of such meeting to each of the directors of all the districts proposed to be consolidated. By action of the meeting so called, the question of consolidation may be submitted to the voters of each district in which a majority of the directors shall favor consolidation. The call for such election shall state the time of the election and fix the place at the school house in each district included and shall be advertised in the same manner as is or may be provided for advertising the election of directors. Such call shall also state the place or site of the proposed consolidated school.

(c) Upon such election, if in each school district the majority of the votes upon the proposition shall be in favor of the consolidation, such districts shall be consolidated according to the terms of the proposal. If in any one school district the majority shall be against the consolidation, the election shall be of no effect.

(d) Additional districts may thereafter be added to the consolidated school by a majority vote of both the consolidated districts and the districts seeking to be included therein, upon such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the consolidated district or may be mutually agreed upon.

(e) The board of directors of such consolidated school, at any time after a consolidation has been effected, shall provide free transportation. for pupils residing at a distance from such consolidated school site.

(f) Such consolidation and free transportation shall be held to be a compliance with paragraph 9 of section 114 of this Act entitling school districts to receive a share of the funds distributed in accordance with section 35 of this Act.

(g) The ballot for use in voting upon consolidation under this section shall be in substantially the following form:

For the consolidation of the schools of districts No.

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Against the consolidation of the schools of districts No.

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The electors shall mark their ballots with a cross in the square opposite and to the right of the proposition they favor.

(h) If two or more districts shall vote to consolidate, the directors of such district shall, within ten days after the election, meet and call an election for directors of such consolidated district. At such election there shall be elected five directors, two to serve for one year, two to serve for two years, and one to serve for three years; directors thereafter elected to serve three years.

(i) The board of directors so elected shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers conferred upon board of school directors, in connection with such consolidated school, and to all intents and purposes, such consolidated district shall be and become a single school district.

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.

EDUCATION OF DEAF AND BLIND CHILDREN.

1. Duty of parent or guardian. § 2. Expense.

§ 3. Neglect-penalty.

FILED JUNE 28, 1917.)

(HOUSE BILL NO. 392.

AN ACT to make provision for the education of deaf and blind children. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: It shall be the duty of every parent. guardian or other person, having the control or charge of any child in this State between the ages of eight and eighteen years, who is deaf or blind, or whose hearing or vision is so defective as to make it imprac ticable to have such child educated in the ordinary public schools of this State, to send such child to some school under private or public supervision, where special provision is made for the education of the deaf or blind; if there be such a school within the county where such child resides, then such child may be sent thereto, but if not, then to some other convenient school of that character, within the State or to the Illinois School for the Deaf, or to the Illinois School for the Blind, at Jacksonville. Provided that nothing herein shall require a child not physically or mentally competent to be educated, to be so sent.

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