compact and contiguous territory comparatively easy of access to all the pupils of the district, and to the end that justice shall be done.

The ex officio board vested with power to change the boundaries of any township or community high school district shall, after the Sing of any petition as provided above, give thirty days public notice, by posting in at least five public places in each district whose boundaries are to be affected, of a public hearing upon such petition, and at such hearing the ex officio board shall hear objections if any against such proposed change.

Within ten days after a high school district has been established under the provisions of this Act or after any change is made in the boundaries of any district or districts the county superintendent of schools shall make and file with the county clerk a map of the high school district or districts established or involved in any change of boundaries.

Within thirty days of the election of the board of education of a high school district as contemplated by this Act, the county superintendent of schools shall file in the office of the county clerk a transcript certified to by him showing all the steps taken and proceedings had in the organization of said high school district.

If any high school district organized under any of the provisions of this Act, or organized under any statute in force at the time of its organization or legalized by any statute, shall for one year fail to maintain a recognized high school it shall be the duty of the ex officio board of the county in which the larger part of the district lies to dissolve said high school district and attach the territory of the district to other high school districts, or to non-high school districts, or in part to both. All funds or property of such district shall be distributed by the county superintendent of schools as provided in section 92 of this Act.

The necessary travelling expenses of the ex officio board shall be paid by the county.

$91. For the purpose of building school houses, conducting and supporting the high school and paying all necessary expenses, the territory for the benefit of which a high school is established under any of the provisions of this Act, and all high school districts organized under any statute in force at the time of their organization, and all high school districts legalized by statute, shall be regarded as school districts, and the board of education of each of said high school districts shall in all respects have the powers and discharge the duties of boards of education elected under the general school law: Provided, however, that in all elections held under the provisions of this Act the board of education shall have the power to establish a suitable number of voting precincts for the accommodation of voters of the district in which said election is held, and shall fix the boundaries of said precincts, and designate one poling place in each, which precincts shall be composed of contiguous territory in as compact form as may be for the convenience of the electors voting therein. Said board shall appoint two judges and one clerk for each polling place, assigning so far as practicable at least one member of such board to each polling place. Notice of all such elections shall be

n the form now prescribed by law and be posted by the said board of ducation in at least ten of the most public places in each of said voting recincts at least ten days previous to the day of election.

§ 92. When the inhabitants of any township or community high chool district desire to have said district discontinued, the county superntendent of schools of the county in which said district or the larger ortion thereof is situated, upon receipt of a petition signed by fifty egal voters of said district, shall forthwith order an election to be held. n the manner provided in section 89 of this Act for the purpose of oting "for" or "against" the proposition of discontinuing the high chool named in said petition. If two-thirds of the ballots cast at said lection shall be in favor of discontinuing the high school, the county superintendent of school [schools] shall direct the high school board of education to discharge all outstanding obligations, to distribute the emainder of the assets of the high school district to the underlying school districts and parts of districts in proportion to the assessed valuation of all the property of such school districts and parts of disricts: Provided, that the election called to vote upon the proposition of discontinuing a high school shall not be called within the period of two years from the establishment of such high school district, nor within a period of two years following any such election called to vote upon the proposition of discontinuing such high school. When a high school hall be discontinued by order of any court of competent jurisdiction the assets of said high school district shall be distributed in the manner provided by this section.

$93. In each county of the State, all the territory of the county not included in a township high school district, or a community high school district, or a district maintaining a recognized four year high school, shall be organized into a non-high school district for the purpose of levying a tax to pay the tuition of all eighth grade graduates residing in such non-high school district, including pupils attending a recognized two or three year high school conducted by a local school district. The board of education for said non-high school district shall be constituted. as follows: The county superintendent of schools shall be an ex-officio member of said board and secretary thereof; but he shall have no vote. The remaining members of the non-high school district board shall be elected as follows: On or before August 1, 1917, the county superintendent of schools shall call an election for the purpose of electing three members of the board of education of said non-high school district, and shall designate a sufficient number of precincts and polling places and select the judges and clerks for such election. At the first meeting of said board the length of the term of each of the said three elected members shall be determined by lot. One of said members shall serve for one year, one for two years, one for three years from the third Saturday of April next preceding their election. At the expiration of the term of office of any elected member or members a successor or successors shall be elected who shall serve for three years. Each subsequent election shall be held on the third Saturday in April. In case of a vacancy in the said board of education the remaining members shall fill the vacancy by appointment until the next annual election. Within ten days after

the election the members of said board of education shall meet an organize by electing one of their number president. The nominations of candidates for members of the board of education for the non-high school district shall be made only by petition. All nominating petitions she be filed with the county superintendent of schools at least fifteen days before the date of election. All petitions shall be signed by at least fifty legal voters of the district. The names of the candidates shall be printed on the ballot in the order in which the petitions are filed wit the county superintendent of schools. The first election for members of the board of education for the non-high school district shall be held the polling places of the districts comprising the non-high school terrtory and the judges and clerks of the district election boards shall receive and canvass the ballots and seal and mail them to the county superintendent of schools. The county superintendent of schools shall file the results of said election with the county clerk. The ballots to be used at the election held for the selection of members of the board of education of the non-high school district shall be furnished by the county, an shall be in the form prescribed by the county superintendent of schools. Voters shall make a cross mark in the square preceding the name or the names of the candidates of his choice and the ballots shall be so counted. At all subsequent elections in the non-high school districts the vote shall be canvassed by the non-high school board and the results filed with the county clerk. The polling place for subsequent elections in the non-high school district shall be designated by the board of education of the nonhigh school district. The manner of holding elections shall be governed by sections 126 and 126a of the General School Law, except where otherwise specifically directed herein.

None of the provisions of this Act regarding the establishment of non-high school districts shall be construed to prevent the organization of any territory of such non-high school districts, into township or community high school, school districts.

$94. The board of education of a non-high school district shal have the following powers and it shall be its duty:

First. To levy a tax annually upon all the taxable property of such non-high school district, not to exceed one per cent upon the valuation to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county purposes, for the purpose of paying the tuition of all eighth-grade graduates residing within such non-high school district, attending any two, three or four year recognized high school. Such tax levy shall be certified and returned to the county clerk on or before the first Tuesday in October. The certificate shall be signed by the president and secretary of the board and may be in the following form, to-wit:

CERTIFICATE OF TAX LEVY.

We hereby certify that we require the sum of....

. dollars

to be levied as a special tax to pay the tuition of graduates of the eighth grade residing in the non-high school district of..

county, on the equalized assessed valuation of the taxable property of our non-high school district.

A failure to certify and return the certificate of tax levy to the county clerk in the time required shall not vitiate the assessment.

Second. To issue orders on the county treasurer on or before the first Tuesday of May of each year for the payment of the tuition of eighth grade graduates residing within such non-high school district. attending a recognized high school, provided such attendance shall be certified to said board by the board of education of the high school attended. Such orders shall be payable out of any funds belonging to said non-high school district.

Third. To make such reports as may be required by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and by the county superintendent of schools.

Fourth. To pay election expenses and other necessary incidental expenses out of the funds of the non-high school district.

$95. The county treasurer shall be the treasurer of the non-high school district of the county. He shall receive and hold all moneys belonging to said district and shall pay out the same upon lawful orders issued by the board of education of said non-high school district. He shall report to the secretary of the board of education of the non-high school district on or before the thirtieth day of June annually the receipts and expenditures of funds belonging to said district and the balance on hand. He shall make annually a complete report to the county superintendent of schools, including therein whatever statistics may be required by the county superintendent and shall perform such other duties in connection with the non-high school district as are performed, by the township treasurers for school districts as required by the General School Law.

96. Upon the approval of the county superintendent of schools. any high school pupil may attend a recognized high school more convenient in some district other than the high school district in which he resides and the board of education of the high school district in which said pupil resides shall pay the tuition of such pupil, provided, said tuition shall not exceed the per capita cost of maintaining the high school attended. Any eighth grade graduate residing in a non-high school district may attend any recognized two, three or four year high school, and his tuition shall be paid by the board of education of the non-high school district in which he resides.

An eighth grade graduate in the meaning of this Act is any person of school age who gives satisfactory evidence of having completed the first eight grades of school work by presenting a certificate of promotion issued by the home school board, or by passing an examination given by the county superintendent of schools or by passing an examination given. by the school attended.

A recognized high school in the meaning of this Act is any public high school providing a course of two or more years of work approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

The tuition paid shall in no case exceed the per capita cost of maintaining the high school attended, excluding therefrom interest paid on bonded indebtedness which shall be computed by dividing the total cost of conducting and maintaining said high school by the average number of pupils enrolled, including tuition pupils [.]

§ 2. An Act entitled, "An Act to provide high school priveleges [privileges] for graduates of the eighth grade," approved June 26, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, and all other Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this amending Act, are hereby repealed.

APPROVED June 22, 1917.

LEGALIZING ORGANIZATION OF HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

§ 1. Elections called for the purpose of organizing high school districts, and electing boards of education made legal and valid.

§ 2. Act and proceedings of

districts

and boards of education de-
clared legal.

(HOUSE BILL No. 101.

§ 3. Over-lapping districts.

§ 4. Pending actions abated.

§ 5. Validity.

§ 6. Emergency.

APPROVED JUNE 14, 1917.)

AN ACT entitled, "An Act to legalize the organization of certain high

school districts.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, rep resented in the General Assembly: That in all cases where a majority of the inhabitants of any contiguous and compact territory voting on the proposition, having voted at any election called for the purpose by a county superintendent of schools in favor of the organization of such territory into a high school district, and when at a subsequent election similarly called and held a board of education has been chosen for such district, each such election is hereby made legal and valid and such territory is hereby declared legally and validly organized and establishe as a high school district, and a valid and existing school district and body politic and corporate of this State for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a high school. The board of education acting for each such district is hereby declared to be the duly constituted corporate authority thereof, and each such board shall hereafter consist of a presi dent and six members, and shall be elected and organized in the same manner and have the powers and discharge the duties of boards of edu cation of school districts as provided by sections 123, 125, 126, 126 and 127 of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois entitled, "An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools.” approved June 12, 1909, as said sections now exist or may from time to time be amended.

§ 2. All Acts and proceedings heretofore done, had or performed by each such district and the persons from time to time elected and act ing as the board of education thereof, such as are authorized to be done. had or performed by school districts or boards of education thereof by