this act, as are or may be by law vested in them of, and concerning the parks, boulevards or driveways under their control.

§ 4. [REVERSION TO CORPORATE AUTHORITIES WHEN.] In case any such streets or parts thereof, shall pass from the control of any such park board, the power and authority over the same, granted or authorized by this act shall revert to the proper corporate authorities of such city, town or village, respectively as aforesaid.

§ 5. [CITY, ETC., MAY ACQUIRE CONTROL OF PARK COMMISSIONERS.] Any city, town or village in this State, shall have full power and authority to invest any of such park boards with the right to control, improve and maintain any of the streets of such city, town or village, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act.

§6. [EMERGENCY.] WHEREAS, There is a necessity for the immediate construction of the improvements contemplated in this act, therefore an emergency exists and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED April 9th, 1879.

PARK PURPOSES PROPERTY FOR.

§ 1. Park commissioners may take by de- § 2. Emergency. vise, etc., property for park pur

poses.

AN ACT to authorize park commissioners to take by grant, devise, bequest or conveyance, property for park, driveway and other purposes therewith connected. Approved and in force May 31, 1879.

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SECTION 1. [PARK COMMISSIONERS MAY TAKE BY DEVISE, ETC., PROPERTY FOR PARK PURPOSES.] Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That in all where the commissioners of any park have been named in the act establishing the same, and their successors have since been appointed by the Governor of this State, real and personal property may be granted, bequeathed, devised or conveyed to such Commissioners for the purposes of the establishment of any driveway connected or proposed to be connected, either directly or by means of a public highway or street, with such park, or for the extension, improvement or ornamentation of such park or driveway, or for the establishment and maintenance within the limits of such park, of museums, zoological or other gardens, collections of natural history, observatories or works of art, upon such trusts and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the grantors or donors thereof, and agreed to by the said Board of Park Commissioners, and all property so devised, granted, bequeathed or conveyed, and the rents, issues, profits and income there

of, shall be subject to the exclusive management, direction and con trol of the Commissioners of the Park, and when any real property shall be so acquired, it shall form a part of such park, and be managed and governed as a part thereof.

2. [EMERGENCY.] WHEREAS, in some towns, villages and cities park driveways ought to be selected and improved forthwith, and other purposes and objects of this bill ought to be made immediately possible, therefore an emergency exists, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

AN ACT to regulate the manner of applying for pardons, reprieves and commutations. Approved May 31, 1879. In force July 1, 1879.

SECTION 1. [APPLICATION FOR PARDON-HOW MADE.] Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That hereafter all applications for reprieves, commutations and pardons shall be made by petition in writing to the Governor, signed by the party under conviction, or other persons in his behalf, which petition shall contain a brief history of the case and the reasons why such pardon should be granted; and shall also be accompanied by a statement in writing made by the judge and prosecuting attorney of the court in which the conviction was had; stating the opinion of said judge and prosecuting attorney in regard to the same, or satisfactory reasons shall be given to the Governor, why such statements of the judge and prosecuting attorney, or either of them, do not accompany such petition; and it shall be the duty of such judge and prosecuting attorney to give such opinion, whenever such petition shall be presented to them.

§2. [NOTICE.] Notice of the proposed application shall be given by publication for three weeks prior thereto, in a newspaper published in the county where the conviction was had, a duly certified copy of which notice shall accompany said petition: Provided, the Governor may dispense with publication of notice, when in his judgment justice or humanity requires it.

APPROVED May 31st, 1879.

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AN ACT for the regulation of Pawnbrokers. Approved June 4, 1879. In force July 1, 1879.

SECTION 1. [PAWNBROKERS DEFINED.] Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That every person or company engaged in the business of receiving property in pledge, or as security for money or other thing advanced to the pawner or pledger, shall be held and is hereby declared and defined to be a pawnbroker.

§ 2. [RATES OF PERCENTAGE ALLOWED.] It shall be unlawful for any pawnbroker, as herein provided, to charge or collect a greater benefit or percentage upon money advanced, and for the use and forbearance thereof, than the rate of three per cent, per month: Provided, that nothing herein shall be construed SO as to conflict with the law pertaining to usury; and the person receiving money so advanced shall not be held to pay any storage, insurance or other charges other than such interest as herein provided.

$3. [PENALTY FOR VIOLATION.] Every pawnbroker who shall be found guilty of a violation of the provisions of this act, shall, for the first offense, be fined a sum not less than twenty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and for each subsequent offense not less than fifty dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or either or both, in the discretion of the court: Provided, that this act shall not be so construed as to, in anywise, impair the power of cities or villages in this State to license, tax, regulate, suppress and prohibit pawnbrokers as now provided by law.

APPROVED June 4th, 1879.

PENITENTIARY.

PENITENTIARY-SOUTHERN.

§ 1. Defines jurisdiction-Governor may § 2. Emergency.

change.

AN ACT to amend section eleven of an act entitled "An act to locate, construct and carry on the Southern Illinois Penitentiary," approved May 24, 1877. Approved and in force April 5, 1879.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That section eleven (11) of an

act entitled "An act to locate, construct and carry on the Southern Illinois Penitentiary," approved May 24, 1877, be amended SO as to read as follows:

§ 11. [JURISDICTION-GOVERNOR MAY CHANGE.] Whenever the said penitentiary is ready for the accommodation and safe keeping of convicts, the said commissioners or a majority of them shall certify that fact to the Secretary of State, and thereupon the Secretary of State shall notify all the judges of the Circuit Courts and other courts having criminal jurisdiction, in the counties lying south of the following tier of counties, to wit: Iroquois, Ford, McLean, Tazewell, Peoria, Knox, Warren and Henderson, and after such notice, all convicts sentenced to the penitentiary in the counties aforesaid, shall be committed to the penitentiary provided for by this act: Provided, that the authorities in charge of the Southern Illinois Penitentiary and the one at Joliet may, with the approval of the Governor, make such exchange of prisoners from one building to the other as good discipline and the interest of the State may require; And, provided, further, that the Governor may, from time to time, change the boundaries of the penitentiary districts in such manner as to make the size of the districts bear due proportion to the capacity of the prisons therein. When he deems such change to be necessary he shall certify the same to the Secretary of State, designating the counties which are to be changed from one district to the other, and thereupon the Secretary of State shall notify the judges and clerks of all courts having criminal jurisdiction in the counties affected by the change; and after such notice all convicts sentenced to the penitentiary in such counties shall be committed to the prison of the district in which the county has been placed.

§ 2. [EMERGENCY.] WHEREAS, an emergency exists, therefore, this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED April 5th, 1879.

PENITENTIARY-AT JOLIET.

§ 1. Commissioners-term of office-vacancy.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act in relation to the Penitentiary at Joliet, to be entitled "An act to provide for the management of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet," approved June 16, 1871, in force July 1st, 1871. Approved May 31, 1879. In force July 1, 1879.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That section four (4) of an act entitled "An Act in relation to the Penitentiary at Joliet, to be entitled "An Act to provide for the management of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet," approved June 16th, 1871, in force July 1st, 1871, be so amended as to read as follows:

§ 4. [COMMISSIONERS-TERM OF OFFICE-VACANCIES.] The commissioners shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and be subject to removal by the Governor at his discretion; which removal and the cause thereof shall be reported by the Governor, to the next General Assembly. Those now in office shall continue to hold such offices during the terms for which they were respectively appointed, unless sooner removed by the Governor, at the expiration of the terms of office for which the present commissioners have been appointed, and biennially thereafter there shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with, the advice and consent of the Senate, one penitentiary commissioner, who shall hold his office for the term of six years, unless sooner removed by the Governor. In case of any vacancy occasioned by the removal from the State by any person so appointed, or death, or resignation, or non-acceptance of the office, or removal from office by the Governor, of any such person so appointed, the Governor shall immediately appoint a person to fill such vacancy for the residue only of such term. And all appointments made by the Governor when the Senate is not in session, shall be valid until acted upon at the next session of the Senate.

APPROVED May 31st, 1879.

PRACTICE.

WHEN RECORD TO BE FILED.

§ 72. When record to be filed.

AN ACT to amend section 72 of an act entitled "An act in regard to practice in courts of record," approved February 22, 1872, as amended by an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled an act in regard to practice in courts of record," approved June 2, 1877. Approved May 24, 1879. In force July 1, 1879.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That section seventy-two (72) of an act entitled "An act in regard to practice in courts of record," approved February 22, 1872, as amended by an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled an act in regard to practice in courts of record," approved June 2, 1877, be amended so as to read as follows: § 72. [WHEN RECORD то BE FILED.] Authenticated copies of records of judgments, orders and decrees appealed from, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the supreme court, or of the appellate court, as the case may be, on or before the second day of the succeeding term of said courts: Provided, twenty (20) days shall have intervened between the last day of the term at which the judgment, order or decree appealed from shall have been entered and the sitting