keep an account in a book provided by the commissioner of all moneys received, and all moneys paid out, showing in detail to whom and on what account the same is so paid.

(1) The supervisor or clerk, as the case may be, before becoming entitled to act as treasurer, and within ten days after his election, shall execute a bond in double the amount of moneys likely to come into his hands by virtue of this Act, conditioned that he will faithfully discharge his duties as such treasurer, that he will honestly and faithfully account for and pay over, upon the proper orders, all moneys coming into his hands as treasurer, and the balance, if any, to his successor in office. Such bond shall be payable to the town or district, and shall be in such sum as the commissioner of highways shall determine. Said bond shall be approved by the commissioner of highways, and shall be filed in the office of the county clerk with such approval endorsed thereon: Provided, that if from any cause the commissioner of highways shall deem the bond so given insufficient, they may require a new bond: And, provided, further, that the commissioner shall have the right to fix any other sum to be required in any new bond so given. The commissioner of highways shall have power to bring suit upon such bond for any loss or damage accruing to the town or district by reason of any nonperformance of duty, or defalcation on the part of the said treasurer.

(2) The treasurer shall also present annually on the first Tuesday in April to the highway commissioner an itemized statement of receipts and disbursements which shall be sworn to.

AN ACT to amend section 11, Article IV of "An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, as amended.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

SECTION 1. Section 11, Article IV, of "An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

§ 11. Such highways shall not include any portion of a public highway within the corporate limits of any city or village, except as in section 9 of this Act provided: Nor shall the total mileage of such highway in any county exceed, in counties of the first class, more than twenty per centum of the total public road mileage of that county, nor exceed twenty-five per centum of the public road mileage in counties of the second class, and shall not exceed fifty per centum of the public road mileage in counties of the third class. By public roads it is understood to mean all public roads within the State except those within the limits of such incorporated cities and villages as are by section 9 of this

Act excluded; the public road mileage of the counties to be that as determined and published by the State highway commission.

APPROVED July 8, 1927.

(Smith-Hurd, p. 2183)

STATE-WIDE SYSTEM-SURVEY OF LINE A, ROUTE 23 LEGALIZED.

§ 1. All acts relating thereto legalized. § 2.

Emergency.

(HOUSE BILL No. 756. APPROVED JUNE 16, 1927.)

AN ACT to legalize and validate the survey, laying out, and letting contracts for the construction of hard-surfaced road over and along "Line A" of "Route No. 23", being one of the "Routes" prescribed and designated in and by the terms of "An Act in relation to the construction by the State of Illinois of a State-wide system of durable hard-surfaced roads upon public highways of the State and the provision of means for the payment of the cost thereof by an issue of bonds of the State of Illinois," approved June 22, 1917.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

SECTION 1. Where, heretofore and prior to June first, A. D. 1927, the State of Illinois, acting by and through the Department of Public Works and Buildings of the State of Illinois, and any officers or dcpartments authorized by law to represent the State in such matters, caused to be surveyed and laid out a certain part of "Route No. 23", one of the designated and described "Routes" set forth in and by the terms of "An Act in relation to the construction by the State of Illinois of a State-wide system of durable hard-surfaced roads upon public. highways of the State and the provision of means for the payment of the cost thereof by an issue of bonds of the State of Illinois." Approved June 22, 1917; said survey and laying out being designated in and by said survey as "Line A", and being more particularly described as follows:-"Line A begins at Stations (37+67.47) (39+10.42), points near the N. W. Corner of the S. W. 4 of Sec. 16 T. 36 N. R. 3 E. of the 3rd P. M. and extends in a southeasterly direction to Station 864+00, a total distance of 90,804.53 feet;" and where thereafter, and prior to June first, A. D. 1927, said State of Illinois, through its said agents, representatives and instrumentalities aforesaid, advertised for and received bids for the construction of said hard-surfaced road over said route, and thereafter accepted certain of said bids, and awarded contracts for said work to said accepted successful bidder or bidders; said survey and laying out of said described part of said "Route No. 23", the awarding of contracts or contract for the construction of the hard-surfaced road over said part of said "Route No. 23", and all of the said acts of the State done in connection therewith or relation thereto, are hereby declared legal, valid and binding; and this notwithstanding the fact that said "Line A" of said "Route No. 23" begins at the south margin of "Route No. 18", another designated and described route under said "Act" aforesaid, and extends thence in a southerly and a trifle easterly direction to its junction with "Route No. 7", another designated and described route under the terms of said. “Act” aforesaid; and notwithstanding further, that the junction of said

"Route No. 23" with "Route No. 18", on the north border thereof, in its extension to the north, is approximately ten miles to the east of the said junction of the said "Line A" with said "Route No. 18", and thereby uses and takes in approximately ten miles of said "Route No. 18" as part and parcel of said "Route No. 23".

§ 2. All proceedings, of every kind and nature, now pending in any of the courts of this State, based upon the alleged illegality of the survey, laying out and letting contracts for construction over, said "Line A" on said "Route No. 23", are hereby declared void and of no validity, and the full legality of all of the said acts of the State with regard to said "Line A" and said part of said "Route No. 23", are hereby declared, in every particular, to be and exist.

§ 3. WHEREAS it is deemed vital to the interests of all concerned that this matter be determined at once, therefore an emergency exists. APPROVED June 16, 1927.

AN ACT to amend sections 2, 7, 104, 102, 1034 and 16 of "An Act in relation to State highways, approved June 24, 1921, in force July I, 1921," as amended.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

SECTION 1. That sections 2, 7, 104, 102, 1034 and 16 of “An Act in relation to State highways, approved June 24, 1921, in force July 1, 1921," as amended, be amended so as to read as follows:

§ 2. The system of State highways shall comprise the following roads:

(1) All State aid roads as defined in paragraph b, section 1 of Article I of "An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913.

(2) All highways heretofore designated, under Article IV of "An Act in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, as highways which may be laid out, improved or constructed at the joint expense of the State and any county within the State, or by any county of the State.

(3) All highways authorized to be constructed under "An Act in relation to the construction by the State of Illinois of a Statewide system of durable hard-surfaced roads upon public highways of the State and the provision of means for the payment of the cost thereof by an issue of bonds of the State of Illinois," approved June 22, 1917, adopted by vote of the people November 5, 1918, and all highways authorized to be constructed under "An Act in relation to the con

struction by the State of Illinois, of durable hard-surfaced roads upon public highways of the State along designated routes, and the provision of means for the payment of the cost thereof by an issue of bonds of the State of Illinois," approved June 29, 1923, adopted by vote of the people November 4, 1924;

(4) All highways constructed, or authorized to be constructed, by the State and Federal governments, and known as "Federal Aid roads ;" and

(5) All highways authorized to be constructed under "An Act in relation to the construction of durable hard-surfaced roads in cities, villages and towns and making an appropriation therefor," approved June 11, 1925.

(6) All highways for which refunds have been made under the provisions of "An Act providing for refunds to certain cities, towns and villages, on account of durable hard-surfaced pavement constructed within the corporate limits by such municipalities to complete or connect State Bond Issue Roads," approved June 11, 1925.

(7) All highways hereafter added to and included within such system pursuant to this Act.

Such highways shall be known as "State highways."

§ 7. The highways designated in this Act as State highways shall be taken over from the several towns and road districts, and from the several cities, villages and incorporated towns, by the Department of Public Works and Buildings, as provided in said Acts, and those parts of said State highways on which no durable hard-surfaced improvements have been started or completed under the provisions of the Acts designated in this Act may be taken over by the Department of Public Works and Buildings, in its discretion, as rapidly as the appropriations made for repair, improvement and maintenance thereof permit, provided the department shall first take over the State Bond Issue Roads. Before any highway, or part thereof, on which no durable hard-surfaced improvements have been started or completed under the provisions of the Acts designated in this Act, forming a portion of the State highway system, is taken over the Department of Public Works and Buildings shall notify in writing the commissioner of highways of the town or road district, the county superintendent of highways, or the mayor of the city, or president of the village, as the case may be, of its intention so to do, and of the date when it will assume the maintenance and care thereof. Whenever any part or portion of any highway which is a part of the State highway system and lies and is situated within the limits of any city, village or incorporated town is taken over, the Department of Public Works and Buildings shall have exclusive jurisdiction and control over only that part of such highway which the State has constructed, or which the local authority has constructed and which has been taken over by the State, and for the maintenance of which the State is responsible, including the hard-surfaced slab, shoulders and drainage ditches. Whenever any city or village shall construct with a durable hard surface the remaining portion of a street, a part of which has been improved with a durable hard surface by the State, or taken over by

it, then in that case the State shall have jurisdiction and control over only that portion of said street over which it did construct the durable hard surface or that part which it took over from the city or village, except as otherwise provided in sections ten and one-fourth (10), ten and one-half (10%), and sixteen (16).

§ 104. The Department of Public Works and Buildings is empowered to select and designate streets or other public thoroughfares within the corporate limits of any city, village or town, so as to connect with the State highways or temporary detours on the same leading into said city, village or town and is empowered to erect and maintain on such streets or other public thoroughfares standard guide and warning signs and distance boards. No other traffic signs shall be placed upon such streets so designated or upon any of the streets of any city, town or village that comprise a part of the State highway system, under the jurisdiction and control of the Department of Public Works and Buildings, or for the maintenance of which the State of Illinois is responsible, and no standard guide or route signs adopted by the Department of Public Works and Buildings shall be placed upon any street or other public thoroughfare not so designated or not being a part of said State highway system. The violation of any provision of this section is punishable by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00).

$102. The erection of any traffic signals or stop signs and the parking of any vehicles upon any portion of any streets for the entire width thereof within the corporate limits of any city, town or village upon which the State has constructed durable hard-surfaced roads, or which were constructed by a city, town or village and taken over by the State, is hereby expressly prohibited, except as may be authorized by the Department of Public Works and Buildings. Any such authorization by the said department shall be based on the facts relative to the width of said streets and the traffic conditions thereon. Any traffic ordinance of a city, town or village shall be deemed void in so far as the same may be in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this section. Any person who shall erect or cause to be erected any traffic signals or stop signs in violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day such person shall suffer such traffic signals and stop signs to remain on such streets. The violation of any provision of this section is punishable by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00). The Department of Public Works and Buildings may remove any such traffic signals and stop signs that have been placed on such streets in violation of the provisions of this section.

§ 1034. No person shall wilfully cut, excavate or otherwise damage any improved State highway on that portion of same under the jurisdiction and control of the Department of Public Works and Buildings or for the maintenance of which the State of Illinois is responsible, including the hard-surfaced slab, shoulders and drainage. ditches, either within or without the corporate limits of a city, village or town without a permit so to do from the Department of Public Works and Buildings. The department shall issue its permit when