by a majority of all the votes cast at an election for that purpose, such election to be called and held in accordance with the provisions of article 9 of an act entitled, "An act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved and in force May 21, 1889, to establish in connection with the public schools of such district, a kindergarten or kindergartens for the instruction of children between the ages of four and six years, to be paid for in the same manner as other grades and departments now established and maintained in the public schools of such district. No money accruing to such district from the school tax fund of the State shall be used to defray the tuition or other expenses of such kindergarten, but the same shall be defrayed from the local tax and the special school revenue of said district.

§ 2. All teachers in kindergartens established under this act shall hold a certificate issued as provided by law, certifying that the holder thereof has been examined upon kindergarten principles, and is competent to teach the same.

APPROVED April 17, 1895.

MANUAL TRAINING IN HIGH SCHOOLS.

AN ACT to provide for the establishment and maintenance of manual training departments for high schools.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois. represented in the General Assembly: That upon the petition of not less than fifty voters of any high school district, filed with the township treasurer at least fifteen days preceding the regular election of members of the board of education for said high school district, it shall be the duty of said treasurer to notify the voters of said district that an election "For" or "Against" the establishment of a manual training department for said high school will be held at the next annual election of the board of education by posting notices of such election in at least ten of the most public places throughout the township for at least ten days before the day of such regular election, which notice may be in the following form:

.......

HIGH SCHOOL ELECTION.

.day of April, .for the purpose of

Notice is hereby given that on Saturday, the.. A. D. an election will be held at. voting "For" or "Against" the proposition to establish a manual training department for the high school in township No.... range No.... polls of said election will be opened at......o'clock and close at......o'clock of said day.

The

Township Treasurer.

§ 2. The ballots for such election shall be received and canvassed as in other elections, and may have on them the names of the board of education voted for at such election.

§ 3. If a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of establishing a manual training department for the high school in said district, it shall be the duty of the board of education to establish and maintain therein such department as a part of the high school.

APPROVED June 3, 1897.

NUMBERING SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AN ACT to provide for numbering consecutively all school districts in each county in the State, and for numbering school districts which lie in two or more counties.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That all school districts shall be numbered consecutively in each county, beginning with number one, and each shall be designated as school district number...... county of..... ..and State of Illinois, and such designation shall be for all purposes for which school districts are now designated by number, township and range, or otherwise; and when any district lies in two or more townships or ranges, or in two or more counties, such district, as a whole, shall have only one number in the consecutive list.

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the county superintendent of schools to prepare a map of his county on a scale of not less than two inches to the mile, and to clearly indicate thereon the boundary lines of all school districts, as established, and to plainly number such districts in consecutive order; and in case of districts composed of parts of two or more counties, the county snperintendents of such counties shall agree upon the number to be given such districts, which shall not be a duplicate of any number in either of such counties.

§ 3. The county superintendent shall furnish to township school treasurers a list of districts in his township, giving the former number of the respective districts and the consecutive number thereof, as made upon the map of the county, and the county superintendent shall be authorized to demand of the board of trustees of townships, certified copies of maps and records of school districts, as organized; and in case of discrepancies or defects in defining the boundaries of school districts, the county superintendent or superintendents of two or more counties, in case of districts in two or more counties, acting jointly, shall be authorized to define such boundaries to conform to what may appear to have been the intention of the trustees when such boundaries were established; and when so defined by the county superintendent or superintendents, acting jointly for two or more counties, such boundaries, so defined, shall stand until changed, as provided by law.

§ 4. The county clerk of each county shall number the school districts on the maps in his office to correspond with the numbers of districts as established by this act, and shall use such numbers in computing and reporting school taxes, as required by law. Assessors shall return their assessments of each person's assessment of personal property by such consecutive numbers.

§ 5. All acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

APPROVED May 10, 1901.

PARENTAL SCHOOLS.

AN ACT to enable boards of educationor boards of school trustees to establish and maintain parental or truant schools.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That in cities having a population of 100,000 inhabitants or more, there shall be established, maintained and conducted, within two years from the date of taking effect of this act, one or more parental or truant schools for the purpose of affording a place of confinement, discipline, instruction and maintenance of children of compulsory school age who may be committed thereto in the manner hereinafter provided.

§ 2. For the purpose of establishing such school or schools, sites may be purchased and buildings constructed or premises rented in the same manner as is provided for in the case of public schools in such cities; but no such school shall be located at or near any penal institution. And it shall be the duty of the board of education to furnish such schools with such furniture, fixtures, apparatus and provisions as may be necessary for the maintenance and operation thereof.

§ 3. The board of education may also employ a superintendent and all other necessary officers, agents and teachers; and shall prescribe the methods of discipline and the course of instruction; and shall exercise the same powers and perform the same duties as is prescribed by law for the management of other schools.

§ 4. No religious instruction shall be given in said school except such as is allowed by law to be given in public schools; that the board of education shall make suitable regulations so that the inmates may receive religious training in accordance with the belief of the parents of such children, either by allowing religious services to be held in the institution or by arranging for attendance at public service elsewhere.

§ 5. It shall be the duty of the truant officer or agent of such board of education to petition, and any reputable citizen of the city may petition, the county or circuit court of the county, to inquire into the case of any child of compulsory school age who is not attending school, and who has been guilty of habitual truancy, or of persistent violation of the rules of the public school and the petition shall also state the names, if known, of the father and mother of such child, or the survivor of them; and if neither father nor mother of such child is living, or can not be found in the county, or if their names can not be ascertained, then the name of the guardian, if there be one known; and if there be a parent living whose name can be ascertained, or a guardian, the petition shall show whether or not the father or mother or guardian consents to the commitment of such child to such parental or truant school. Such petition shall be verified by oath upon the belief of the petitioner, and upon being filed the judge of the county or circuit court shall have such child named in the petition brought before him for the purpose of determining

the application in said petition contained. But no child shall be committed to such school who has ever been convicted of any offense punishable by confinement in any penal institution.

§ 6. Upon the filing of such petition the clerk of the court shall issue a writ to the sheriff of the county directing him to bring such child before the court, and if the court shall find that the material facts set forth in the petition are true, and if, in the opinion of the court, such child is a fit person to be committed to such parental or truant school, an order shall be entered that such child be committed to such parental or truant school, to be kept there until he or she arrives at the age of fourteen years unless sooner discharged in the manner hereinafter set forth. Before the hearing aforesaid notice in writing shall be given to the parent or guardian of such child, if known, of the proceedings about to be instituted, that he or she may appear and resist the same if they so desire.

§ 7. It shall be the duty of the parent or guardian of any child committed to this school to provide suitable clothing upon his or her entry into such school and from time to time thereafter as it may be needed, upon notice in writing from the superintendent or other proper officer of the school. In case any parent or guardian shall refuse or neglect to furnish such clothing, the same may be provided by the board of education, and such board may have an action against such parent or guardian of said child to recover the cost of such clothing with 10 per cent additional thereto.

§ 8. The board of education of such city shall have power to establish rules and regulations under which children committed to such parental or truant school may be allowed to return home upon parole, but to remain while upon parole in the legal custody and under the control of the officers and agents of such school, and subject at any time to be taken back within the enclosure of such school by the superintendent or any authorized officer of said school except as hereinafter provided; and full power to enforce such rules and regulations to retake any such child so upon parole is hereby conferred upon said board of education. No child shall be released upon parole in less than four weeks from the time of his or her commitment, nor thereafter until the superintendent of such parental or truant school shall have become satisfied from the conduct of the child that, if paroled, he or she will attend regularly the public or private school to which he or she may be sent by his or her parents or guardian and shall so certify to the board of education.

§ 9. It shall be the duty of the principal or other persons having charge of the school to which such child so released on parole may be sent to report at least once each month to the superintendent of the parental or truant school, stating whether or not such child attends school regularly and obeys the rules and requirements of said school; and if such child so released upon parole shall be regular in his or her attendance at school and his or her conduct as a pupil shall be satisfactory for a period of one year from the date which he

or she was released upon parole, he or she shall then be finally discharged from the parental or truant school, and shall not be recommitted thereto except on petition as herein before provided.

§ 10. In case any child released from said school upon parole, as herein before provided, shall violate the conditions of his or her parole at any time within one year thereafter, he or she shall, upon the order of the board of education, as herein before provided be taken back to such parental or truant school and shall not be again released upon parole within the period of three months from the date of such re-entering; and if he or she shall violate the conditions of a second parole he or she shall be recommitted to such parental or truant school and shall not be released therefrom on parole until he or she shall remain in said school at least one year.

§ 11. In any case where a child is found to be incorrigible and his or her influence in such school to be detrimental to the interests of the other pupils, the board of education may authorize the superintendent or any officer of the school to represent these facts to the circuit or county court by petition, and the court shall have authority to commit said child to some juvenile reformatory.

§ 12. Boards of education in cities having a population of over 25,000 and less than 100,000 may establish, maintain and operate a parental or truant school for the purposes hereinafter specified, and in case of the establishment of such a school, the boards of education shall have like power in their respective cities as herebefore [hereinbefore] expressed: Provided, that no board of trustees or board or education under this section shall put this law into effect until submitted to a vote of the people and adopted by a majority vote at some general election.

APPROVED April 24, 1899.

PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.

AN ACT relating to the study of physiology and hygiene in the public schools.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the nature of alcoholic drinks and other narcotics and their effects on the human system shall be taught in connection with the various divisions of physiology and hygiene as thoroughly as are other branches in all schools under State control, or supported wholly or in part by public money, and also in all schools connected with reformatory institutions. All pupils in the above mentioned schools, below the second year of the high schools and above the third year of school work, computing from the beginning of the lowest primary year, or in corresponding classes of ungraded schools, shall be taught and shall study this subject every year from suitable text books in the hands of all pupils, for not less than four lessons a week for ten or more weeks of each year, and must pass the same tests in this as in other studies. In all schools above