At all elections held for the purpose of electing a member of a park board or school board, or for purpose of voting upon a proposition or propositions submitted by such board and for no other purpose, such board shall pay the expenses of such election. § 6. Said board of election commissioners shall audit all claims of judges and clerks of election and shall draw a warrant therefor upon such city, county, township, school board or park board treasury, as the case may be. § 2. Sections 19, 20, 22, 23 and 24 of article III of an Act entitled, "An Act to regulate the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof in cities, villages and incorporated towns of this State," approved June 19, 1885, in force July 1, 1885, as subsequently amended, are hereby repealed. 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. CITIES, VILLAGES AND TOWNS. § 1. Amends section 20, Article II, Act of 1885. (HOUSE BILL No. 800. § 20. Rules, regulations-registration. FILED JUNE 28, 1917.) AN ACT to amend an Act entitled: "An Act regulating the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof in cities, villages and incorporated towns in this State," approved June 19, 1885, in force July 1. 1885, as subsequently amended, by amending section twenty (20) of Article two (II) 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 regulating the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof in cities, villages and incorporated towns in this State," approved June 19, 1885, in force July 1, 1885, as subsequently amended, be and the same is hereby amended by amending section twenty (20) of Article two (II) thereof to read as follows: § 20. Said board of commissioners shall make all necessary rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, with reference to the registration of voters and the conduct of elections and they shall have charge of and make provisions for all elections general, special, local, municipal, State and county, and all others of every description, to be held in such city or any part thereof, at any time, or in such village or incorporated town, as the case may be: Provided, that in cities, villages or towns having a population of less than thirty-five thousand, school elections shall be conducted as provided in sections 123 to 126a, both inclusive, of an Act entitled: "An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved and in force June 12, 1909, as amended. 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. CITIES, VILLAGES AND TOWNS. § 1. Amends section 1, of Article IV, Act of 1872. § 1. Article IV provides for holding of election on first Tuesday in April. (HOUSE BILL No. 340. APPROVED JUNE 27, 1917.) AN ACT to amend section 1. of article IV of an Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages (approved April 10. 1872, in force July 1. 1872.) as subsequently amended. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 1. of Article IV of an Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages (approved April 10. 1872, in force July 1, 1872, as subsequently amended, be amended so as to read as follows: ARTICLE IV. § 1. A general election for city officers shall be held on the third Tuesday of April, of each year: Provided, that in cities which include wholly within their corporate limits a town or town, such elections shall be held on the first Tuesday of April: Provided, further, that in cities which are located in counties under township organization, and which have adopted an Act to amend an Act entitled, "An Act regulating the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof in cities, villages, and incorporated towns in this State," (approved June 19. 1885, in force July 1, 1885,) as amended, such election shall be held on the first Tuesday in April. APPROVED June 27, 1917. JUDGES AND CLERKS COMPENSATION. § 1. Amends section 63, Act of 1872. § 63. As amended, fixes compen- § 2. Emergency. (HOUSE BILL NO. 41. APPROVED FEBRUARY 27, 1917.) AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act in regard to elections and to provide for filling vacancies in elective offices," approved April 3, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, as subsequently amended, by amending section sixty-three (63) 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 in regard to elections and to provide for filling vacancies in elective offices," approved April 3, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, as subsequently amended, be and the same is hereby amended by amending section sixty-three (63), so that the said section when amended, shall read as follows: § 63. All judges and clerks of election in counties of the first and second class shall be allowed the sum of three ($3.00) dollars per day for their services, provided that in all cities in such counties under the jurisdiction of a board of election commissioners, the judges and clerks of election shall be allowed for their services as such, five ($5.00) dollars per day, and judges and clerks of election in counties of the third class, shall be allowed the sum of five ($5.00) dollars per day for their services, provided, that all judges and clerks of election in cities having a population of five hundred thousand inhabitants or over, shall be allowed the sum of seven ($7.00) dollars for their services for each regular election and for each primary, and five ($5.00) dollars for each registration and revision. § 2. WHEREAS an emergency exists therefore this Act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval. APPROVED February 27, 1917. NOMINATIONS OF JUDGES OF SUPERIOR COURT OF COOK COUNTY, AND CIRCUIT JUDGES. AN ACT to provide for the nomination by political parties of judges of the Superior Court of Cook County and of all circuit judges. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That candidates of any political party as defined in section two of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the holding of primary elections by political parties," approved March 9, 1910, in force July 1, 1910, for the office of judge of the Circuit Court in any county of the State of Illinois, and for the office of judge of the Superior Court of Cook County, shall be nominated at a convention of the members of such party's county convention as created by section 10 of said Act as amended by an Act approved June 30, 1913, in force July 1, 1913. If any judge or judges of the Circuit Court are to be elected in any circuit comprising more than one county, such convention shall be composed of the members of each of the county conventions of the counties. in such circuit. § 2. Such conventions shall be convened at the county seat of the county, when such circuit is included in one county. If such circuit includes more than one county, it shall meet at the county seat of the county having the largest population but a majority of the delegates constituting such convention may designate the place within such circuit that such convention shall be held. § 3. At least 75 days prior to the time such judges are to be elected, the chairman of the county central committee respectively of each political party (or in case a circuit comprises more than one county then the chairmen of the county central committees of such counties comprised within said circuit, or a majority thereof) shall file in the office. of the Secretary of State a call for the conventions of their respective parties for nominating such judicial candidates to be voted for at such election. Said call shall state, among other things, the time and place, (designating the building and hall) for holding such convention. The time designated for holding such convention shall be not more than 60 days nor less than thirty-one days before said election. Should any county chairman fail to make the call herein provided or should the chairmen of the county central committees (in the event that any such circuit comprises more than one county) fail to agree upon a place for such convention or to make a call therefor as herein provided, at least seventy-five days before said election, then the Secretary of State shall immediately upon such failure himself make the call as herein provided. § 4. Each of the delegates to such convention shall have one vote, and one additional vote for each fifty (50) votes, or major fraction thereof, of his party, cast in his precinct or political subdivision for Governor at the last general election. § 5. All such nominations made by such conventions shall be duly certified to the Secretary of State by the presiding officer thereof, and when certified shall be placed upon the official ballot to be voted for at said election. Not less than fifteen days before said election the Secretary of State shall certify to the county clerk of each county within which the electors may by law vote for such candidates as may be nominated here under the name of the person or persons nominated for such office as shown by the certificate of such presiding officer on file in his office. § 6. All laws, and parts of laws, inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. AN ACT in relation to promises or pledges by candidates for elective offices. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That it shall be unlawful for any candidate, in any primary or general election, for any elective office in this State, to promise, pledge, offer to pledge or agree with any person, corporation, association or other organization, directly or indirectly, that, for and in consideration of a vote or votes, or the influence or support or assistance, financial or otherwise, of any such person, corporation, association or other organization, he will, if elected, perform or refrain from performing, as the case may be, any official act to or for the the benefit or advantage of such person, corporation, association or other organization, or support or oppose, as the case may be, directly or indirectly, any bill or measure pending before or to be presented to the General Assembly of this State, or the nomination, confirmation or election of any candidate for any office necessary to perfect the organization of the General Assembly of this State; Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any candidate from mak ing orally or in writing, in private or public a statement as to his view, belief, opinion or position with respect to any public question or issue. § 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, association or other organization to request, solicit, induce or otherwise secure or attempt to secure, directly or indirectly, from any candidate, in any primary or general election, for any elective office in this State, for and in consideration of a vote or votes or influence or support or assistance of any kind or character, any promise, pledge or agreement that such candidate, if elected, will perform or refrain from performing, as the case may be, any official act to or for the benefit or advantage of such person, corporation, association or other organization, or support or oppose, as the case may be, directly or indirectly, any bill or measure pending before or to be presented to the General Assembly of this State, or the nomination, confirmation or election of any candidate for any office necessary to perfect the organization of the General Assembly of this State: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any person, corporation, association or other organization from making any statement, private or public, announcing his, its or their choice of candidates for any such elective office. § 3. Any violation of any provision of this Act shall be punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding sixty (60) days, or both, in the discretion of the court. Any candidate for any elective office in this State who shall violate any provision of this Act, if elected to such office, shall, in addition to any other penalty or penalties imposed for the violation of any provision of this Act, forfeit all right and claim to hold such office, and such office shall be declared vacant by the court. FILED June 26, 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-sixth day of June, A. D. 1917. LOUIS L. EMMERSON, Secretary of State. PUBLICATION OF ELECTION LITERATURE. § 1. Publication of anonymous printed matter relative to the candidacy of any person for nomination or election forbidden-names of individuals to appear. § 2. Unlawful to affix name of any organization to printed matter other than as provided in this Act. (HOUSE BILL No. 789. § 3. Act not to apply to newspapers, magazines, or journals, or official publications. § 4. Penalties. § 5. Acts in conflict repealed. APPROVED JUNE 26, 1917,) AN ACT to prohibit the publication and distribution of anonymous printed matter relative to the candidacy of any person or persons seeking nomination or election to any public office, prohibiting the circulation of such matter in the name of leagues, societies, organizations and associations, prescribing the manner in which printed matter relative to the candidacy of any person or persons seeking nomination or election to any public office may be published and distributed, and providing a penalty for the violation of its provisions. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly: That it shall hereafter be unlawful |