board, upon the approval of which the board shall send to the employer written notice of its approval thereof: And provided, further, that demand shall not be made upon the employer by the board oftener than once in any calendar year.

(b) If no sworn statement or no security, indemnity or bond, or no insurance, is filed, furnished or carried, or other provisions made by the employer within ten (10) days of receipt by the employer of the written demand provided for in paragraph (a), or if the statement, security, indemnity, bond or amount of insurance filed, furnished or carried, or other provision made by the employer, as provided in paragraph (a), shall not be approved by the board, and written notice of such non-approval shall be given to the employer and the employer shall not comply with one of the alternatives of paragraph (a) of this section within ten (10) days after the receipt by the employer of such written notice of non-approval, then the employer shall shall be liable for compensation to any injured employee, or his personal representative, according to the terms of this Act, or for damages in the same manner as if the employer had elected not to accept this Act, at the option of such employee, or his personal representative: Provided, such option is exercised and written notice thereof is given to the employer within thirty (30) days after the accident to such employee; otherwise the employer shall be liable only for the compensation payable according to the provisions of this Act: And, provided, further, that if at any time thereafter the employer shall comply with any of the alternatives of paragraph (a), then as to all accidents occurring after the said compliance, the employer shall only be liable for compensation according to the terms of this Act: And provided, further, that, upon the failure of any employer to comply with the provisions of this section, the Industrial Board may, for the purpose of furnishing notice to the employees of such employer, publish the fact of such failure by such employer in any newspaper having a general circulation in the county where such employer does business.

§ 332. This Act may be cited as the Workmen's Compensation Act. APPROVED June 28th, 1915.

EMPLOYMENT OFFICES AND AGENCIES-ACT OF 1903 AMENDED.

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act relating to employment offices and agencies," approved and in force May 11, 1903, as amended by subsequent Acts, by amending sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 13 respectively thereof; by adding new sections thereto to be known as sections 1a, 1b, 1c and 4a; and to repeal section 6 thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly: That an Act entitled, "An Act relating to employment offices and agencies," approved and in force. May 11, 1903, as subsequently amended, be and the same is hereby amended by amending sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 13 respectively thereof, and by adding new sections thereto to be known as sections 1a, 1b, 1c, and 4a; which amended sections and new sections shall read as follows:

SECTION 1. That free employment offices are hereby created as follows: One in each city of not less than fifty thousand population; one in two or more contiguous cities or towns having an aggregate or combined population of not less than fifty thousand population, and in each city containing a population of one million or over, one central office with as many departments as would be practical to handle the various classes of labor and such branch offices not to exceed three at any one time, the location of branch offices to be approved by the Governor, for the purpose of receiving applications of persons seeking employment and applications of persons seeking to employ labor, such offices shall be designated and known as Illinois Free Employment offices.

§ 1a. There shall be established in connection with the Illinois Free Employment offices a General Advisory Board to consist of five members to be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, of whom two shall be representatives of employers, two shall be representatives of organized labor, and these four appointees shall be authorized to submit to the Governor a list of persons acceptable to them from among whom he may select the fifth member. Said members shall hold their offices for a term of five years, except that, of the members first appointed, one shall hold office for the

term of one year, one for the term of two years, one for the term of three years, one for the term of four years, one for the term of five years, and all appointments thereafter shall be made for terms of five years. Said members of the board of managers shall serve without compensation, but each shall be allowed, for actual traveling expenses and other necessary expenses incident to their duties, not to exceed two hundred dollars per year, itemized accounts for which shall be submitted to and approved by the Auditor of Public Accounts before payment. A majority of their number shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of official business. They shall keep a record of their proceedings. Said General Advisory Board shall advise and co-operate with the secretary of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and with the general superintendent in Chicago in promoting the efficiency of the said Illinois Free Employment offices and in the investigation of the extent and causes of unemployment and the remedies therefor and devise and adopt the most effectual means within their power to provide employment and to prevent distress and involuntary idleness, and for that purpose they shall have power to co-operate with similar bureaus and commissions of other states, with the Federal employment office in the Department of Labor and with such municipal employment bureaus and exchanges as are now in operation or may hereafter be created.

§ 1b. The said General Advisory Board in co-operation with the said secretary of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shall organize in connection with each office and branch office, a local advisory board of not more than five (5) members, one of whom shall represent the general public and the others in equal numbers shall represent employers and organized labor, these four to elect the fifth member of the board. The members of said local advisory boards shall serve without compensation and their functions shall be determined by rules of said General Advisory Board in co-operation with the said secretary of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

§ 1c. The said General Advisory Board in co-operation with the secretary of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the local advisory boards shall place themselves in communication with large employers of labor, including municipal and other public authorities, and attempt to bring about such co-operation and co-ordination between them by the dovetailing of industries, by long time contracts, or otherwise, as will most effectually distribute and utilize the available supply of labor and keep it employed with the greatest possible constancy and regularity. They shall devise plans of operation with this object in view and shall seek to induce the organization of concerted movements in this direction. They shall also endeavor to enlist the aid of the Federal Government in extending these movements beyond the State.

§ 2. Within sixty days after this Act shall have been in force, the State Board of Commissioners of Labor shall recommend, and the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a superintendent and assistant superintendent and a clerk for each of the offices created by section 1 of this Act, located in cities of less than one million population, who shall devote their entire time to the duties of their respective offices. The assistant superintendent or the clerk shall in each case be a woman. The tenure of such appointment shall

be two years, unless sooner removed for cause. The salary of each superintendent shall be fifteen hundred ($1500) dollars per annum, the salary of each assistant superintendent shall be one thousand two hundred ($1200) dollars per annum. The salary of each clerk shall be one thousand ($1,000) dollars per annum. In each city containing a population of one million or over, within sixty days after this Act shall take effect, the State Board of Commissioners of Labor shall recommend and the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate shall appoint a general superintendent of the central office; three department superintendents, three assistant department superintendents, and three clerks who shall devote their entire time to the duties of their respective offices. Three of these appointments shall be women. The tenure of such appointments shall be two years unless sooner removed for cause. The salary of the general superintendent shall be one thousand, eight hundred ($1,800) dollars per annum; the salary of each department superintendent shall be one thousand, five hundred ($1,500) dollars per annum; the salary of each assistant department superintendent shall be one thousand two hundred ($1,200) dollars per annum; and the salary of each clerk shall be one thousand ($1,000) dollars per annum, together with proper amounts for defraying the necessary costs of equipping and maintaining the respective offices.

§ 3. The general superintendent of the central office in each city containing a population of one million or over, and, the superintendent of each free employment office in each city containing a population of less than one million, shall, within sixty days after appointment, open an office in such locality as shall have been agreed upon between such general superintendent or superintendent and the secretary of the Bureau of Labor Statistics as being most appropriate for the purpose intended; such office to be provided with a sufficient number of rooms and apartments to enable him to provide and he shall so provide, a separate room or apartment for the use of women registering for situations or help. Upon the outside of each such office, in position and manner to secure the fullest public attention, shall be placed a sign which shall read in the English language, Illinois Free Employment Office, and the same shall appear either upon the outside windows or upon signs in such other languages as the location of each such office shall render advisable. The general superintendent or superintendent of each such free employment office shall receive and register the names of all persons applying for employment or help, designating opposite the names and addresses of each applicant, the character of employment or help desired upon blank forms furnished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, together with such other facts as may be required by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to be used by said bureau: Provided, that no record shall be open to public inspection at any time, and that such statistical and sociological data as the Bureau of Labor may require. shall be held in confidence by said bureau, and so published as not to reveal the identity of any one: And, provided, further, that any applicant who shall decline to furnish answers as to the questions contained in application blanks shall not thereby forfeit any rights to any employment the office might secure.

§ 4. Each general superintendent or superintendent shall make to the secretary of the Bureau of Labor Statistics such reports of application for labor or employment, and other details of the work of each office and the expenses of maintaining the same, and shall perform such other duties in the collection of statistics of labor as the secretary of the Bureau of Labor Statistics may require.

§ 4a. The secretary of the Bureau of Labor Statistics shall cause to be published an annual report concerning the work of the various offices for the year ending September 30, together with a statement of the expenses of same.

§ 5. It shall be the duty of each such superintendent and general superintendent of a free employment office to immediately put himself in communication with the principal manufacturers, merchants and other employers of labor, and to use all diligence in securing the co-operation of the said employers of labor, with the purposes and objects of said employment offices. To this end it shall be competent for such superintendents and general superintendents to advertise in the columns of newspapers, or other mediums, for such situations as he has applicants to fill, and he may advertise in a general way for the co-operation of large contractors and employers in such trade journals or special publications as reach such employers, whether such trade or special journals are published within the State of Illinois or not.

Full information shall be given to applicants regarding the existence of any strike or lockout in the establishment of any employer seeking workers through the Illinois Free Employment offices.

§ 7. No fee or compensation shall be charged or received directly or indirectly, from persons applying for employment or help through said free employment offices, and any superintendent, general superintendent, department superintendent, assistant department superintendent, assistant superintendent or clerk, who shall accept, directly or indirectly, any fee or compensation from any applicant or from his or her representative shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars and imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty days.

§ 13. All printing, blanks, blank books, stationery and such other supplies as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the offices herein created shall be furnished by the State Board of Contracts upon requisition for the same made by the superintendents or general superintendent of the several offices.

§ 2. That section six (6) of an Act entitled, "An Act relating to employment offices and agencies," approved and in force May 11, 1903, as amended by subsequent Acts, be and the same is hereby repealed. APPROVED June 24th, 1915.