its members, official agents and employés. Provided, such by-laws shall not conflict with the Constitution of the United States or of this State.

§ 2. The object of the said Western Illinois State Normal School shall be to qualifiy teachers for the common schools of this State by imparting instruction in the art of teaching in all branches of study which pertain to a common school education, and such other studies as the board of trustees may from time to time prescribe.

§3. The powers of the said corporation shall be vested in, and its duties performed by, a board of trustees not exceeding five in number, to be appointed as hereinafter provided.

§ 4. Upon the passage of this act the Governor shall nominate, and by and with the advice of the Senate appoint, five citizens of the State as trustees of said institution, two of whom shall serve for two years, and three for four years, and until their successors are appointed and enter on duty; and successors in each class shall be appointed in like manner for four years: Provided, however, that in case of a vacancy by death or otherwise, the Governor shall appoint a successor for the remainder of the term vacated: And, provided, further, that no two members of said board of trustees shall be residents of any one county. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be a trustee of said school, ex officio.

$ 5. The board of trustees shall hold their first meeting at.... within one month from the time this act goes into effect, at which meeting they shall elect one of their body president, another secretary, and cause a regular record to be made and kept of all their proceedings. The board of trustees shall also appoint a treasurer, not a member of said board, who shall give bonds to the People of the State of Illinois in double the amount of the largest sum likely to come into his hands, the penalty to be fixed by the board of trustees, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as treasurer, with two or more persons as securities.

§ 6. The treasurer shall keep an accurate account of all moneys received and paid out; the account for articles and supplies of every kind purchased shall be kept and reported, so as to show the kind, quantity and cost thereof.

§ 7. No member, officer, or agent of the board of trustees shall be a party to or interested in any contract for materials and supplies.

§ 8. Accounts of this institution shall be stated and settled annually with the Auditor of Public Accounts. The board of trustees shall, ten days previous to each regular session of the General Assembly, submit to the Governor a report of all their actions and proceedings in the execution of their trust, with a statement of all accounts connected therewith, to be by the Governor laid before the General Assembly.

§ 9. The board of trustees shall meet quarterly at such place or places as may be agreed on, and, until the building is completed, as much oftener as may be necessary, but thereafter the meetings shall be at the school.

§ 10. The board of trustees shall, as soon as practicable after their appointment, arrange to receive from the localities desiring to secure the location of said school, proposals for donation of a suitable site and other valuable considerations, and shall locate the same in the place offering the most advantageous conditions, all things considered, as nearly central as possible in that portion of the State lying west of the fourth principal meridian, in what is known as the Military Tract, with a view to obtaining a good water supply and other conveniences for the use of said institution.

§ 11. Upon the selection and securing of the land aforesaid the board of trustees shall proceed to secure plans and to contract for the erection of a building in which to furnish educational facilities for such number of students as hereinafter provided for; also for the improvement of the land, so as to make it available for the use of the institution. The building shall be constructed upon the most approved plans for use, and shall be of sufficient capacity to accomodate not fewer than 500 students, with the officers and necessary attendants. The outside walls to be of stone or brick, partition walls of brick, and the entire building made fire-resisting and so constructed as to be warmed in the most healthful and economical manner, with ample ventilation in all its parts. Said plans shall be accompanied by specifications and an itemized statement of the amount required for the erection and completion of the building in accordance therewith; but no plans or specifications shall be adopted by the board of trustees until the same shall have been submitted to and approved by the Governor.

The board of trustees shall appoint a competent and trustworthy superintendent of the building and approvements aforesaid, whose duty it shall be to be present during the progress of the work and to see that every brick, stone and piece of timber used is sound and properly placed, and whose right it shall be to require contractors and their employés to confirm to his directions in executing their contracts: Provided. however, that said board of trustees shall not appoint any one of its number such superintendent: And, provided, further, that the building aforesaid may be erected and the improvements made under the direction of the board of trustees and superintendent without letting the same to contractors.

$ 12. The board of trustees shall appoint instructors and such officers as may be required in said school, fix their respective salaries, prescribe their several duties, and shall have power to remove any of them for proper cause. It shall prescribe the text books, apparatus and furniture to be used in said school, and provide the same, and shall make all rules and regulations necessary for its management.

§ 14. To enable the board of trustees to erect said building, to supply the necessary furniture for the same, to improve said land and for the first year's instruction, the sum of $75,000 is hereby appropriated out of the State treasury, payable on the orders of said board of trustees as required for use, in sums not to exceed $10,000 per month, the first payment to be made on the first day of July,

1900, and subsequent payments shall be accompanied by an account sustained by vouchers, showing to the satisfaction of the Auditor, and with the approval of the Governor, the expenditure of the previous payment.

§ 15. The expense of the building, improving, repairing and supplying fuel and furniture, the necessary apparatus for conducting said school, the salaries or compensation of the trustees, superintendents, assistants, agents and employés shall be a charge upon the State treasury; all other expenses shall be chargeable against the pupils of said school, and the board of trustees shall regulate the charges accordingly.

§ 16. The trustees of said school shall receive only their personal and traveling expenses, and the Auditor is hereby authorized to issue warrants quarterly, upon presentation of itemized statements of such accounts by said trustees, verified by affidavits, as to their actual personal and traveling expenses.

APPROVED April 24, 1899.

NORMAL SCHOLARSHIPS.

AN ACT to provide for scholarships for graduates of the eighth grade. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That in order to equalize the advantages of the State normal schools, there shall be awarded annually to each school township, or fractional township, a scholarship which shall entitle the holder thereof to gratuitous instruction in any State normal school, for a period of four years: Provided, that any township having a population exceeding one hundred thousand inhabitants, shall be entitled to five scholarships.

§ 2. The county superintendent shall receive and register the names of all applicants for such scholarships, and shall hold an examination, or cause an examination to be held, in each township, for the benefit of graduates of the eighth grade: Provided, that where a township is divided by county lines, the county superintendent in whose county the sixteenth section is situate shall have charge of the examination in such township.

§ 3. All examinations shall be held on the second Saturday of May in each year, according to rules and regulations prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the pupil found to possess the highest qualifications shall be entitled to such scholarship: Provided, however, that such pupil shall be a resident of the township in which such examination is held: And, provided, further, that where no application is received from any township, the county superintendent shall assign the pupil found to possess the next highest qualifications to that township.

§ 4. The county superintendent shall certify the names and addresses of all successful applicants, with the number (and range) of the township to which each pupil is accredited to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall issue to each pupil a certificate of

scholarship which shall be accepted by the authorities of any State normal school in lieu of any entrance examination, and shall exempt the holder thereof from the payment of tuition, or any term, matriculation, or incidental fee whatsoever.

§ 5. Section 7 of an act for the establishment and maintenance of a normal university as amended; section 13 of an act to establish and maintain the Southern Illinois Normal University; section 13 of an act to establish and maintain the Northern Illinois State Normal School; section 13 of an act to establish and maintain the Eastern Illinois State Normal School; and section 13 of an act to establish and maintain the Western Illinois State Normal School, are hereby repealed.

APPROVED May 12, 1905.

COUNTY NORMAL SCHOOLS.

AN ACT to enable counties to establish county normal schools.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That in each county adopting township organization, the board of supervisors, and in other counties the county court, may establish a county normal school for the purpose of fitting teachers for the common schools. That they shall be authorized to levy taxes and appropriate moneys for the support of said schools, and also for the purchase of necessary grounds and buildings, furniture, apparatus, etc., and to hold and acquire, by gift or purchase. either from individuals or corporations, any real estate, buildings or other property, for the use of said schools, said taxes to be levied and collected as all other county taxes: Provided, that in counties not under township organization, county courts shall not be authorized to proceed under the provisions of this act until the subject shall have been submitted to a vote of the people, at a general election, and it shall appear that a majority of all the votes cast on the subject, at said election, shall be in favor of the establishment of a county normal school. The ballots used in voting on this subject may read: "For a county normal school" or "Against a county normal school."

§ 2. The management and control of said school shall be in a county board of education, consisting of not less than five or more than eight persons, of which board the chairman of the board of supervisors, or the judge of the county court, as the case may be, and the county superintendent of schools, shall be ex officio members. The other members shall be chosen by the board of supervisors or county court, and shall hold their offices for a term of three years. But at the first election one third shall be chosen for one year, onethird for two years, and one-third for three years, and thereafter onethird shall be elected annually. Said elections shall be held at the annual meeting of the board of supervisors in September, or at the September term of the county court, as the case may be.

§ 3. Said board of education shall have power to hire teachers, and to make and enforce all needful rules and regulations for the

management of said schools. A majority of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and a meeting of said board may be called at any time by the president or secretary, or by any three of the members thereof. Said board shall proceed to organize within 20 days after their appointment, by electing a president, who shall hold his office for one year, and until his successor shall be appointed. The county superintendent shall be, ex officio, secretary of the board. Said board shall make to the board of supervisors at their annual meeting in September, or to the county court at the September term, as the case may be, a full report of the condition and expenditures of said county normal school, together with an estimate of the expenses of said school for the ensuing year.

§ 4. Two or more counties may unite in establishing a normal school, in which case the per cent of tax levied for the support of said school shall be the same in each county.

§ 5 In all counties that have already established normal schools, the action of the board of supervisors in so doing, and all appropriations made by them for their support, are hereby legalized, and said board of supervisors are hereby authorized and empowered to make further appropriations for the support of such school already established, until such schools have been established under the previous sections of this act.

§ 6. No member of the aforesaid county board of education shall be entitled to compensation for services rendered as a member of such board.

§ 7. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED March 15, 1869.