AN ACT to amend sections sixty-one (61), one hundred and eight (108), one hundred and nine (109), one hundred and twelve (112), one hundred and twenty-six (126), and one hundred and twenty-seven (127) of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, as subsequently amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That sections sixty-one (61), one hundred and eight (108), one hundred and nine (109), one hundred and twelve (112), one hundred and twenty-six (126), and one hundred and twenty-seven (127) of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1st, 1913, as amended, be amended so as to read as follows:

§ 61. When the highway commissioners desire to expend on any bridge or bridges, or approaches thereto in any district a greater sum of money than is available to them by other means, the said commissioners may call a special town or district election to vote on the proposition. Upon determining to call such election the highway commissioners shall order the town or district clerk, by an instrument in writing to be signed by them, to post up in ten of the most public places in said town or district notices of such special town or district election, which notice shall state the object, time and place of the election, the maximum sum to be borrowed and the manner in which the vote is to be had, which shall invariably be by ballot, and shall be:

"For borrowing money to (here define the purpose" or "against borrowing money to (here define the purpose"). Such special town or district election shall be held at the place of the last annual town or district meeting by said clerk giving at least ten days notice and the returns thereof shall be made in the same manner as other special town or district elections are now or may hereafter be provided by law; and if it shall appear that a majority of the legal voters voting at said election shall be in favor of said proposition, the said commissioners of highways, or town or district clerk, as the case may be, shall issue from time to time as the work progresses a sufficient amount in the aggregate of bonds of said town or district for the purpose of building said bridge or bridges and approaches, thereto, said bonds to be of such denominations, bear such rate of interest (not exceeding six per cent) upon such

time, and be disposed of as the necessities and conveniences of said town. or district officers require: Provided, that said bonds shall not be sold or disposed of for less than their par value and such town or district shall provide for the payment of such bonds by appropriate taxation. Each town or district shall for the purposes of the special town or district election mentioned in this section constitute an election precinct.

A register of all issues of said bonds shall be kept in the office of the county clerk of the county in which said township or district is located, showing the date, amount, rate of interest, maturity, and the purpose for which said bonds were issued, which information shall be furnished to the county clerk in writing, by the town or district clerk, and it shall be the duty of such county clerk to extend annually against the property in said township or road district, a tax sufficient to pay the interest of said bonds in each year and to discharge the principal thereof within the period for which such bonds have been issued.

§ 108. PETITION FOR ROAD-NOTICE-ELECTION-VOTE-RATE PER CENT.] On the petition of twenty-five per cent of the land owners who are legal voters of any township to the town clerk thereof in counties under township organization or road districts in counties not under township organization, to the district clerk he shall, when giving notice of the time and place for holding the next annual town meeting or road district election, also give notice that a vote will be taken at said election or meeting for or against an annual tax not to exceed one dollar on each one hundred dollars assessed valuation of all the taxable property, including railroads, in the township or road district, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining gravel, rock macadam, or other hard roads, or for improving, maintaining or repairing earth roads by draining, grading oil-treating or dragging. Said petition shall state the location and route of the proposed road or roads, and shall also state the annual rate per cent not exceeding one dollar on each one hundred dollars and the number of years not exceeding five, for which said tax shall be levied. If in any such petition a special election shall be requested for such purposes it shall be called in the manner provided for calling special elections in section 112 of this Act.

§ 109. BALLOTS.] The ballots at said election shall be substan

tially in the following form:

Shall a special tax for road purposes be levied?

Yes

No

112. On the petition of the single commissioner of highways or of the commissioners of highways, in his or their official capacity, and of one hundred of the free holders of any town or district (or where there may be less than two hundred such free holders, then a majority of them,) to the town or district clerk requesting him, when giving notice of the time and place for holding the next annual town or road district

election, to give notice also that a vote will be taken at said election on the question, "Shall bonds for road purposes be issued to the amount of $.... ?" such clerk shall, when giving notice of the time and place for holding the next annual town or road district election, alse give notice that a vote will be taken at said election on said question. "Shall bonds for road purposes be issued to the amount of $......

If in any such petition a special election shall be requested for such purpose, it shall be called as follows:

Upon the filing of such petition the town or district clerk shall cal such special town or district election, by posting up in ten of the most public places in said town or district, at least ten days prior to the day fixed for said special town or district election, notices of such specia. town or district election, which notices shall state the filing of said petition, the time and place of said special election, and that a vote will be taken at said election on the question, "Shall bonds for road purposes be issued to the amount of $....

Such special election shall be held at the place of the last annual town or district election and shall be conducted and returns thereof be made in the same manner as regular annual town or road district elections.

The vote at such regular or special election shall invariably be by a separate ballot and shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall bonds for road purposes be issued to the amount of $.....

?

Yes

No

And if it shall appear that a majority of the legal voters voting at said election on said question voted in favor of said proposition, the commissioners of highways and the town or district clerk, as the case may be, shall issue (from time to time as the work progresses) a sufficient amount, in the aggregate, of the bonds of said town or district for the purpose of building or maintaining roads, or for the purpose of constructing or repairing any bridge or bridges, or for the purpose of constructing or repairing any other distinctive work on the road, as the case may be, in accordance with the prayer of said petition. Said bonds shall be of such denominations, upon such time and bear such rate of interest, not exceeding five per cent, and be disposed of, as the neces sities and convenience of said town or district may require: Provided, that said bonds shall not be sold nor disposed of, either by sale or by payment to contractors for labor or materials, for less than their par value, and that such bonds shall be issued in not more than ten annual series, the first series of which shall mature not more than five years from the date thereof, and each succeding series in succeeding years thereafter. A register of all issues of said bonds shall be kept in the office of the county clerk of the county in which said town or district is located, showing the date, amount, rate of interest, maturity, and the

purpose for which said bonds were issued, which information shall be furnished to the county clerk, in writing, by the town or district clerk, and it shall be the duty of such county clerk to extend annually against the property in said town or road district, a tax sufficient to pay the interest of said bonds in each year prior to the maturity of such first series, and thereafter he shall extend a tax in each year sufficient to pay each series as it matures, together with interest thereon and with the interest upon the unmatured bonds outstanding. Such bonds may be lithographed and the interst for each year evidenced by interest coupons thereto attached, which coupons shall be signed with original or fac-simile signatures by the same officers who executed the bonds: Provided, however, that the amount, including the principal and interest to be voted upon, shall not exceed the amount which can be raised during a period of five years by a levy of one dollar per year on each one hundred dollars of taxable property, as taken for assessment purposes in such town or district; the proceeds of said bonds to be paid to the treasurer of such funds and to be disbursed by him upon the order of the commissioners of highways.

§ 126. The several county boards of counties in this State are hereby vested with the same powers for constructing, repairing and maintaining roads in their respective counties, as the commissioners of highways, acting severally or together, or with the several county superintendents of highways, according to the provisions of this Act. The county board of any county may also assist any town or road district in such county in the construction of roads, under the provisions of this Act, to the extent of twenty-five per cent of the cost thereof: Provided, however, that the question of raising a special road tax or of issuing bonds for the purposes set forth in this Act shall first be submitted to the legal voters of the county, at any regular election for county officers, or at a special election which the county board is hereby authorized to call for such purpose, on the petition of one hundred land owners who are legal voters in said county, to the county clerk, previous to time for posting the notices of a regular or of a special election; said petition and notices, if for a special road tax, shall designate the road or roads to be improved, or the town or towns or the road district or road districts to be assisted, the annual rate per cent not exceeding fifty cents on each one hundred dollars assessed value, the number of years, not exceeding five, for which such tax shall be levied, and said petition and notices, if for the issue of bonds, shall designate the amount of bonds to be issued, the rate of interest thereon and the number of annual series thereof not less than five nor more than twenty from the date of issue.

All elections hereunder shall be called and held and returns made in substantially the manner provided for under the general election laws of this State.

§ 127. The ballots to be used at elections provided for in the preceing section, if for a special road tax, shall be in substantially the following form:

Yes

Shall a special tax for road purposes be levied?

Νο

And if for the issue of bonds the ballots shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall county bonds for road purposes be issued
to the amount of $.....

?

Yes

No

If a majority of all ballots cast on the first proposition mentioned in this section at any such election shall be in favor of such proposition, it shall be the duty of the county board to direct the county clerk to extend such tax against all the taxable property, including railroads, in said county, in accordance with the prayer of the petition therefor; if a majority of all ballots cast on the second proposition mentioned in this section at any such election shall be in favor of such proposition, it shall be the duty of the county board to issue the amount of bonds voted for; and then in either case it shall be the duty of such county board to carry out the purposes for which said tax or bonds were voted, in the same manner as provided for the guidance of commissioners of highways in their respective towns or districts.

AN ACT to amend section 15d, approved June 28, 1915, in force July 1, 1915, of Article IV. of an Act entitled, 'An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, and all amendments thereto.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 15d, approved June 28, 1915, in force July 1, 1915, of Article IV. of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June