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An Act entitled "An Act in relation to verdicts of juries in civil cases," in force July 1, 1887.

An Act entitled "An Act to expedite the trial of certain suits at law in courts of record," approved June 1, 1889, in force July 1, 1889. An Act entitled "An Act in regard to the serving of processes on trustees operating, managing or controlling railroads," approved and in force March 2, 1893.

An Act entitled "An Act concerning the jurisdiction of circuit courts in cases instituted against life and fire insurance companies," approved April 3, 1873, in force July 1, 1873, and the Act amendatory thereof, approved June 21, 1895, in force July 1, 1895. APPROVED June 3, 1907.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS-QUALIFICATIONS.

§ 1. Amends section 1, Act of 1903.

§ 1.

Who may become certified public accountant-educational requirementsuse of title.

(SENATE BILL No. 191. APPROVED MAY 25, 1907.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to regulate the profession of public accountants," approved May 15, 1903, in force July 1, 1903.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section one of an Act entitled, "An Act to regulate the profession of public accountants," approved May 15, 1903, in force July 1, 1903, be amended to read as follows:

§ I. That any citizen of the United States, or person who has duly declared his intention of becoming such citizen, residing in or having a place for the regular transaction of business as a professional accountant in the State of Illinois, being over the age of twenty-one years, of good moral character, being a graduate of a high school with a four years' course, or having an equivalent education, and who shall have received from the University of Illinois a certificate of his qualifications to practice as a public expert accountant as hereinafter provided, shall be styled and known as a "certified public accountant" and no other person shall assume such title or use the abbreviation "C. P. A." or any other words or letters to indicate that the person using the same is a certified public accountant.

Provided, that the annual examinations in the months of May 1908, and May 1909, as fixed by the rules of the university shall be opened to all applicants without regard to preliminary educational require

ments.

APPROVED May 25, 1907.

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Certain agreements ratified, ap-
proved and confirmed.

§ 4.

(HOUSE BILL No. 777.

corporate

Copy of resolution filed with Secretary of State. APPROVED MAY 27, 1907.)

AN ACT to ratify consolidations and mergers between two or more railroad companies organized under the laws of this State and to confirm in the company or companies formed by such consolidation or merger, as the case may be, during the term of their, or its corporate existence, and of any extension thereof, all the corporate rights, property, franchises, privileges and immunities, consolidated or merged or belonging or pertaining to the constituent companies, and to define the term of the corporate existence of such merged or consolidated companies and to authorize them to renew their corporate existence.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That every agreement, whether in form of deed or sale, articles of consolidation, merger or otherwise, made and entered into between the first day of January, the year Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two and the first day of January, the year Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, by and between two or more railroad companies organized under the laws of this State, providing or purporting to provide for the consolidation or merger, of the capital stocks, corporate and other franchises, privileges and property of the respective companies parties thereto, and under which the consolidated company thereby created or attempted to be created, or its successor or lessee, now owns, controls or operates, or is in possession of the several railway lines of the respective companies parties to such agreement, be, and the same is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed; and all the corporate rights, franchises, privileges and immunities of the several and respective companies parties to every such agreement, are hereby granted, vested and confirmed in the consolidated company thereby created or attempted to be created for and during the term of its corporate existence and of any renewal thereof.

§ 2. That every agreement between two or more railroad companies organized under the laws of this State made between the first day of January, in the year Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two and the first day of January, [in] the year Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, providing or attempting to provide for the consolidation or merger, by purchase or otherwise, of the capital stock, corporate and other franchises, privileges and property of the respective companies parties thereto, under which agreement possession has been had of the railroads sought to be conveyed thereby, and every indebtedness heretofore created, and

every act and contract, otherwise lawful, heretofore done or entered into in the name of such consolidated company, by any persons or corporations acting as or on behalf of such consolidated company, are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed.

§ 3. That the consolidated company or the company to and with which any two or more railroad companies organized under the laws of this State may have been merged or consolidated, as mentioned in the foregoing sections, shall be held and deemed to have a corporate existence for the term of fifty years from and after the date of such consolidation or merger; and the consolidated company, or the company with which the merger was affected and made, shall be and is hereby authorized to renew its corporate existence from time to time in such manner as shall be provided for by law for periods not longer than fifty years and the said consolidated company or the company with which the merger was effected and made shall be subject to the general laws of this State, now in force, or which may hereafter be passed regulating railroad corporations.

4. Any such consolidated corporation, desiring to avail itself of the provisions of this Act, shall file with the Secretary of State, a certified copy of a resolution of its stockholders accepting and agreeing to be bound by such provision.

APPROVED May 27, 1907.

RAILROAD CROSSINGS-INTERLOCKING DEVICES.

§ 1. Amends section 3, Act of 1891.

(SENATE BILL No. 288.

§ 3. Hearing on petition-distribution of cost, ete.

APPROVED MAY 25. 1907.)

AN ACT to amend section 3 of an Act entitled, "An Act to protect persons and property from danger at the crossings and junctions of railroads by providing a method to compel the protection of the same," approved June 2, 1891, in force July 1, 1891.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 3 of an Act entitled, "An Act to protect persons and property from danger at the crossings and junctions of railroads by providing a method to compel the protection of the same," approved June 2, 1891, in force July 1, 1891, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

§ 3. At the time and place named for hearing under any petition filed in pursuance of section one of this Act, or in any citation issued in pursuance of section two thereof, unless the hearing is for good cause continued, said railroad and warehouse commission shall proceed to try the question whether or not the crossing shall be protected by interlocking or otherwise, and shall give to all companies and parties interested an opportunity to be fully heard and said commission shall after such hearing, enter an order upon the record book or docket to be kept for the purpose, denying the petition or discharging the citation if the protection of such crossing as proposed is deemed

unnecessary or if said commission shall be of opinion, from the evidence and facts produced, that the public good requires that such crossing be protected, then the commission shall enter an order prescribing an interlocking device or equipment for such crossing, in case the companies interested can not agree upon a device, in which order shall be specified the kind of machine to be used, the switches, signals and other devices or appliances to be put in, and the location. thereof, and all other matters which may be deemed proper for the efficient protection of such crossing and said commission shall further designate in such order, the proportion of the cost of the construction of such plant, and of the expense of maintaining and operating the same, which each of the companies or persons concerned shall pay. APPROVED May 25, 1907.

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(SENATE BILL NO. 290. APPROVED MAY 25, 1907.)

AN ACT to amend sections one (1) and two (2) of an Act entitled, "An Act in relation to the crossing of one railway by another and to prevent danger to life and property from grade crossings," approved May 27, 1889, in force July 1, 1889.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That sections one (1) and two (2) of an Act entitled. "An Act in relation to the crossing of one railway by another, and to prevent danger to life and property from grade crossings," approved May 27, 1889, in force July 1, 1889, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 1. That hereafter any railroad company desiring to cross with its track or tracks the main track of another railroad company, shall, before constructing any such crossing, apply to the railroad and warehouse commission for permission to make such crossing, and it shall thereupon be the duty of such commission to view the ground, and give all parties interested an opportunity to be heard. After full investigation, and with due regard to safety of life and property, said commission shall give a decision prescribing the place where and the manner in which said crossing shall be made, but in all cases the compensation to be paid for property actually required for the crossing and all damages resulting therefrom, shall be determined in the manner provided by law in case the parties fail to agree: Provided, that said commission shall only grant permission to construct such crossing at such place and in such manner as will not unnecessarily impede or endanger the travel or transportation upon the railroad to be crossed.

§ 2. The railroad company seeking the crossing shall, in all cases pay the costs and expenses of the commission incurred in the investigation and if permission for a grade crossing is given, shall bear the entire expense of the construction thereof, together with the cost of installing such interlocking or other safety appliance as shall be required and the cost of the maintenance thereof. If a separation of grades is required at such crossing, then such commission shall decide and include in the order authorizing such crossing the proportion of the expense thereof to be paid by the railroads interested in said crossing, respectively, but not more than one-third of such expense shall be charged against the senior road. Interurban electric railroad and street railroads are hereby declared to be railroads and within the meaning of this Act.

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AN ACT to establish and regulate the maximum rate of charges for the transportation of passengers by corporations or companies operating or controlling railroads in part or in whole in this State, and to provide penalties for the violation of the provisions thereof, and repealing all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict herewith.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That it shall hereafter be unlawful for any corporation or company engaged in the carriage of passengers upon any railroad or railroads between points in this State, to charge in excess of two cents (2c) per mile for the carriage of adult passengers where any passenger has purchased a ticket entitling him to carriage, or in excess of one cent (1c) per mile for the carriage of a passenger under twelve (12) years of age where such passenger has purchased a ticket entitling him to carriage: Provided, that the charge in no case shall be less than five cents (5c), and in determining the charge, fractions of less than one-half (2) mile shall be disregarded and all other fractions counted as one (1) mile. If any passenger shall have failed to purchase a ticket entitling him to carriage, a rate of three (3) cents per mile may be charged and collected.

§ 2. For any violation of the provisions of this Act by any such corporation or company, its agents or employé, such corporation or company shall forfeit and pay to the State of Illinois a penalty of not less than twenty-five (25), nor more than one hundred (100) dollars for every such violation, to be recovered by suit brought in the name of the State of Illinois by the Attorney General of the State in any court of compenent [competent] jurisdiction in any county into or through which said corporation or company runs or passes, or by the

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