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NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM-SALARY OF CURATOR.

§ 1. Amends section 4, Act of 1877.

§ 4. Appointment of curatorsalary.

(HOUSE BILL No. 472. APPROVED MAY 29, 1911.)

AN ACT to amend section 4 of an Act entitled, "An Act to establish a State Historical Library and Natural History Museum, to provide for its care and maintenance and to appropriate money therefor," approved May 25, 1877, in force July 1, 1877.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 4 of an Act entitled, "An Act to establish a State Historical Library and Natural History Museum, to provide for its care and maintenance and to appropriate money therefor," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

§ 4. It shall be the duty of said trustees to appoint a curator, who shall be a person of competent scientific attainments, and who shall possess a practical knowledge of the science of geology. Such curator shall receive a salary of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments on the warrant of the Auditor of Public Accounts out of any moneys in the State treasury appropriated for the payment of the salaries of the officers of the State government. APPROVED May 29, 1911.

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AN ACT providing for the sale and conveyance of all the right, title and interest of the State of Illinois in and to the building and lands now owned by the State of Illinois, and used for an armory by the Second Regiment, Illinois National Guard.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the Governor and the Adjutant General are hereby constituted a commission for the purpose of selling and conveying all the right, title and interest of the State of Illinois in and to the building and lands now owned by the State of Illinois, and used for an armory by the Second Regiment, Illinois National Guard, situated in the city of Chicago, county of Cook and State of Illinois, and more particularly described as follows: Lots ten (10), thirteen (13), fourteen (14), fifteen (15), and the west half of lot sixteen (16) in block forty-two (42), in Carpenter's addition to Chicago, in the west

one-half of the southeast quarter of section eight (8), township thirtynine (39) north, range fourteen (14) east of the third (3d) principal meridian.

§ 2. The said commission is hereby vested with power and authority to sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at public sale, all the right, title and interest of the State of Illinois, in and to the building and land described in section 1 of this Act. Said commission may, if they deem it to the best interest of the State, offer for sale the building separately and the land separately. Said commission shall have the power to reject any and all bids, and again offer such building and land for public sale.

§ 3. Upon the sale of the lands described in section 1 of this Act, and upon the payment of the consideration bid therefor, the commissioners provided for herein shall make, execute, acknowledge and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof a deed of conveyance which shall be good and sufficient to vest in such purchaser or purchasers all the right, title and interest of the State of Illinois in and to the lands described in section 1 of this Act.

§ 4. Said commission shall cover into the State treasury, to be credited to the general revenue fund, the money received from the sale of the building and land described in section 1 of this Act.

APPROVED June 9, 1911.

CONVEYANCE TO CITY OF EVANSTON.

§ 1.

Conveys certain lands to city of § 2. Terms of conveyance.
Evanston for park and boule-

vard purposes.

(SENATE BILL No. 157.

APPROVED MAY 22, 1911.)

AN ACT granting certain lands in the city of Evanston, and the title of certain submerged lands adjoining said city, to the city of Evanston for park and boulevard purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That all lands now owned, and which hereafter may be owned, by the State of Illinois, situated in the city of Evanston, south of University Place, produced east in said city and north of Greenleaf street produced east, adjacent to and fronting on the shore of Lake Michigan, and all right, title and interest of the State of Illinois, and in and to the submerged lands, covered by the waters of Lake Michigan, adjoining said city of Evanston, south of and between University Place, produced east and Greenleaf street, projected east (which lie between the shore lines of said lake and the line of commercial navigability of said lake) be, and the same are hereby, granted and conveyed to the city of Evanston to be held for the use and benefit of the public park and boulevard purposes and for no other purposes whatever. § 2. As the sole consideration for such conveyance of the rights of the State of Illinois, and as an irrevocable condition precedent, it is hereby provided that the city of Evanston in so taking title to the lands and submerged lands hereby conveyed and granted, does so solely and only for a public purpose, and that such lands and no part of the same

shall ever be used in any other way whatsoever, than for a place of public resort and pleasure grounds, nor shall the city of Evanston have any right to sell, lease, incumber, convey or transfer the same, or any part of the same, at any time hereafter; and it is hereby provided that if by reason of the conveyance of the lands and submerged lands herein specified, and any filling or work done in connection therewith, that any land shall be formed or made other than the lands so granted or conveyed, that such land shall not be regarded as an accretion to the city of Evanston, but that the same shall be owned by the people of the State of Illinois.

If the said city of Evanston shall at any time sell, or attempt to sell, lease or attempt to lease, transfer, or attempt to transfer, convey, or attempt to convey, by deed, ordinance, grant, permit or in any other way whatsoever, any of the lands herein and hereby conveyed and granted, all of the lands hereby granted and conveyed shall thereupon revert to the State of Illinois, and all rights of the said city of Evanston shall thereupon cease and come to an end. And upon the city of Evanston accepting the conveyance herein provided for, it shall be deemed and held, to have accepted all of the provisions of this Act, and the same shall be and constitute an irrevocable contract between the State of Illinois and the said city of Evanston subject only to the city of Evanston being divested of its title upon the contingency herein provided for.

APPROVED May 22, 1911.

CONVEYANCE TO WILMETTE PARK DISTRICT.

§ 1. Conveys certain lands to Wilmette Park District for park purposes.

§ 2. Terms of conveyance.

(SENATE BILL No. 223. APPROVED MAY 25, 1911.)

AN ACT conveying certain lands to Wilmette Park District for the purpose of establishing a public park or pleasure ground thereon. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That all that parcel of land made by the Sanitary District of Chicago by filling in the bed of Lake Michigan, bounded on the southwest by the. northeasterly line of block seven in Inverness, a subdivision of blocks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12 and 13 of Westerfield's Addition to Wilmette, and by the northeasterly line of lot one in Furness' resubdivision of blocks 9 and 10 in Westerfield's Addition to Wilmette, and by the northeasterly line of that piece of land lying between said block seven in Inverness and said lot one in Furness' resubdivision aforesaid, and having for its other boundary lines the breakwater, inclosing said made land, heretofore constructed by said. Sanitary District of Chicago, all in Cook county and State of Illinois, be and the same is hereby granted to the Wilmette Park District, to be held, managed and controlled by said Wilmette Park District, for park purposes.

§ 2. As the sole consideration for the rights hereby conferred upon. the Wilmette Park District, and as an irrevocable condition precedent,

it is hereby provided that the Wilmette Park District in so taking possession of the lands and submerged lands hereinbefore mentioned, does so solely and only for a public purpose, and that such land and no part of the same shall ever be used in any other way whatsoever, than for a place of public resort and pleasure grounds, nor shall the Wilmette Park District have any right to sell, lease, incumber, convey or transfer the same, or any part of the same, at any time hereafter; and it is hereby provided that if by reason of anything in this Act granted, or any filling or work done in connection therewith by the Wilmette Park District, or from natural causes, any land shall be formed or made, that such land shall not be regarded as an accretion of the Wilmette Park District, but that the same shall be owned by the people of the State of Illinois.

If the said Wilmette Park District shall at any time sell, or attempt to sell, lease, transfer, or attempt to transfer, convey, or attempt to convey, by deed, ordinance, grant, permit, or in any other way whatsoever, any of the lands herein mentioned, the possession of all of said lands shall thereupon revert to the State of Illinois, and all rights of the said Wilmette Park District in and to the same, or to any improvements thereon, shall thereupon cease and end. Upon the Wilmette Park District accepting the provisions of this Act, it shall be deemed and held to have accepted all of the provisions and restrictions contained in this Act, and the same shall be and constitute an irrevocable contract between the State of Illinois and the said Wilmette Park District, subject to the Wilmette Park District being divested of its possession and rights thereon, upon the contingency herein provided for. APPROVED May 25, 1911.

STATE MILITIA.

MILITARY AND NAVAL CODE-ADJUTANT GENERAL AND ASSISTANTS. Amends section 6, article 3, Act of 1909.

§ 1.

§ 6.

Qualifications of Adjutant General and assistants. (SENATE BILL No. 255. APPROVED JUNE 2, 1911.)

AN ACT to amend section 6, article III of an Act entitled, "An Act to establish a military and naval code for the State of Illinois," and to repeal all Acts in conflict herewith, approved June 10, 1909, in force July 1, 1909.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 6, article III, of an Act entitled, "An Act to establish a military and naval code for the State of Illinois, and to repeal all Acts in conflict herewith," approved June 10, 1909, in force July 1, 1909, be amended so as to read as follows:

§ 6. The Adjutant General and his assistants shall be men of military training and experience and each shall have had service as an officer of not less than five years, at least three of which shall have been in the line.

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AN ACT to amend section 2 of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the permanent survey of lands," approved May 10, 1901, in force July 1, 1901.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 2 of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the permanent survey of lands," approved May 10, 1901, in force July 1, 1901, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 2. Whenever one or more proprietors of lands in this State, the corners and boundaries of whose lands are lost, destroyed, or are in dispute, or who are desirous of having said corners and boundaries permanently reestablished, and who will not enter into an agreement as provided by section first of this Act, it shall be lawful for said proprietor or proprietors that they shall cause a notice, in writing, to be served on the owner or owners of adjacent tract or tracts, if known, and residing in this State; or if not known or not residing in this State, by publishing in a public newspaper published in such county, and if no newspaper shall be published, then by posting up in four different public places in said county a written or printed notice to the effect that, on a day named therein, he, she or they will make application to the circuit court of the county in which said lands are situated, at its next succeeding term, for the appointment of a commission of surveyors to make survey of and to permanently establish said corners and boundaries, which notice shall be posted up at least four weeks before the time appointed for said application, and one of said notices shall be in the precinct or township in which said corners and boundaries are situated. If personal service is had on the owner or owners of adjacent lands the same shall be made at least ten days prior to the first day of the term of the circuit court to which such application is made, and if notice is given by publication in a newspaper the same shall be published there

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