he will file with the office of the State Superintndnt of Public Instruction a sworn statement of such reductions made elsewhere, so that at no time shall any book so filed and listed by him be sold in the State of Illinois at higher net prices than is received for such book elsewhere in the United States. (c) That all textbooks offered for sale, adoption or exchange in the State of Illinois shall be equal in quality to those deposited in the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as regards paper, binding, print, illustrations, subject matter, and all other particulars that may affect the value of such textbooks; (d) In case he shall prepare any supplementary or abridged or special editions of any of the books so listed by him and shall sell such editions elsewhere at a lower net wholesale price than the net wholesale price scheduled with the State Superintendent, he shall file copies of any and all such editions, together with the net prices therefor, as above stated, with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction; (e) He shall not enter into any understanding, agreement or combination to control the prices or to restrict competition in the sale of school textbooks. § 2. Such bond shall be approved by the Attorney General and shall continue in force for the period of five years after its filing, at or before the expiration of which period a new bond shall be given, or the right to continue business within the State shall be forfeited. § 3. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, within thirty days after the filing of any list and bond, send a copy of the list to the school authorities in each district in the State, and he shall annually publish and send to each school district in the State a copy of any additional lists then in force in his office. § 4. It shall be the duty of the board of education, or the board. of directors, of each district of this State wherein the textbooks listed under the provisions of this Act have been adopted to notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction of any violation of any of the conditions contained in said bond. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall thereupon notify the person guilty of such violation and if the person so notified shall disregard the notification and fail to comply with the requirements of the contract, then the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall institute legal proceedings for the forfeiture of the bond of said person. § 5. No person shall secure or attempt to secure the sale of any school textbook in any school district in this State by rewarding or promising to reward any teacher in any school in the State or by securing for him any position in any other school. No person shall offer or give any emolument, money or other valuable thing, promise of work or any other inducement to any teacher or school officer in any school district for any vote or promise of vote or for use of his influence for any school textbook to be used in this State. Provided: That nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any person from submitting, or any school officer or teacher from receiving a reasonable number of copies of school textbooks for examina tion with a view of obtaining information as to the book or series of books for which such officer shall give his vote. § 6. Boards of education or boards of school directors are empow ered, and it shall be their duty to adopt such textbooks listed under the provisions of this Act, needful for use in said schools, and, thereupon, shall make a record thereof in its proceedings and within thirty days thereafter shall file a copy of such record in the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and textbooks once adopted by any board under the provisions of this Act shall not be changed within five years and said books shall be used exclusively in all public high schools and elementary schools of the State for which they have been adopted, except that supplementary or abridged or special editions of such books may be used when necessary. § 7. It shall be unlawful for any retail dealer in textbooks to sel any books listed with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as hereinbefore provided at a price to exceed fifteen per cent advance on the net prices as so listed. Any dealer violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than one hundred dollars. § 8. School district are hereby authorized to purchase textbooks from the publishers at the prices listed with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as hereinbefore provided and to sell said books to the pupils at said listed prices or at such prices as will include the cost [of] transportation and the cost of handling. 9. School districts are hereby authorized to purchase out of the contingent funds of the district, school textbooks from the publishers at the prices listed with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as hereinbefore provided and to designate a retail dealer or dealers to act as the agent of the district in selling textbooks to pupils. The said dealer or dealers shall at stated times make settlement with the district for such books as have been sold up to the stated time. Said dealer or dealers shall not sell textbooks at prices which shall exceed a ten per cent advance on the net prices as listed with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Any dealer violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than one hundred dollars. 10. The word "person" as used in this Act shall include firms, associations and corporations. § 11. When a family removes from one school district to another within the State, the clerk of the district may purchase, out of the contingent fund, the textbooks in actual use by the children of the family at a fair price, based on the condition of the book; the said books to be resold, when necessary, to other pupils moving into said district. § 12. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Act, except as provided in section 7 and section 9, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court. § 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. APPROVED June 22, 1917. UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS. § 1. Amends section 173, Act of 1909. § 173. As amended, provides that candidates for scholar- § 2. Emergency. (HOUSE BILL No. 78. APPROVED JUNE 11, 1917.) 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. APPROVED June 11, 1917. WARRANTS IN ANTICIPATION OF TAXES. § 1. Amends section 117, Act of 1909. § 117. School directors may Issue warrants in anticipation of taxes-rate of interest-notice. (HOUSE BILL No. 656. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1917.) 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 r any special charter to defray the necessary expenses of the district, he directors, board of education or board of school inspectors, as the ase may be, may issue warrants against and in anticipation of any taxes evied for the payment of the necessary expenses of the district, either or 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 n payment of the taxes against which they are issued, and such taxes hall 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 |