powers and duties thereafter shall be the same as prescribed by other districts, and they shall commence acting at the point reached at the aforesaid agreement: Provided, that the said agreement may include the selection of three drainage commissioners from their own number or from others, and their terms of office shall be until the first Monday of September thereafter, or for this term and for one year in addition, as may be agreed at the time of their appointment, and at the annual meeting thereafter the majority of the land owners may choose, by ballot, three commissioners to serve, one for one year, one for two years and one for three years from the date of appointment, and on the first Monday of each year thereafter the land owners may elect one commissioner of said district who shall hold his office for three years and until his successor is chosen and qualified. The powers and duties of the commissioners of a district by mutual agreement, and the mode and effect of special assessments, shall be the same as provided for other districts organized under this Act, and all the powers, rights and benefits of every kind given to drainage districts organized by petition to the county court shall be had by drainage districts organized by mutual agreement, and districts organized by mutual agreement may do as fully all work mutually agreed upon, as though surveys, plats and profiles, etc., were made and filed in said matter, and contracts for work to be done in said district may be let in parts, or the whole of said work may be let in one contract as is provided in this Act, as seems to be for the best interest of the parties concerned.

[§ 2.] § 76. And be it further enacted, that section 25 of said Act be and the same is hereby repealed; saving and reserving, however, any rights that may have heretofore accrued thereunder.

[§ 3-1 8 77. WHEREAS, Owing to the uncertain condition of the law of this State, on the subject of assessing benefits and damages, either by jury or by the commissioners, an emergency exists, therefore this Act shall be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED May 20, 1907.

INTEREST ON INSTALLMENTS.

§ 1. Amends section 31, Act of 1879.

31. Interest on installmentsuse for construction or maintenance authorized.

(HOUSE BILL No. 460.

APPROVED MAY 25, 1907.)

AN ACT to amend section 31 of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the construction, reparation and protection of drains, ditches and levees across the lands of others, for agricultural, sanitary and mining purposes and to provide for the organization of drainage districts," approved and in force May 29,1879; as said section 31 was amended by an Act approved June 30, 1885, and in force July 1, 1885, entitled, "An Act to revise and amend an Act and certain sections thereof for the construction, reparation and protection of drains, ditches and levees across the lands of others for agricultural, sanitary and mining purposes, and to provide for the organization of drainage districts," approved and in force May 29, 1879.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 31 of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the construction, reparation and protection of drains, ditches and levees across the lands of others, for agricultural, sanitary and mining purposes and to provide for the organization of drainage districts," approved and in force May 29, 1879, as said section 31 was amended by an Act approved June 30, 1885, and in force July 1, 1885, entitled, "An Act to revise and amend an Act and certain sections thereof for the construction, reparation and protection of drains, ditches and levees across the lands of others for agricultural, sanitary and mining purposes, and to provide for the organization of drainage districts," approved and in force May 29, 1879, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 31. In case the assessments for benefits shall be payable in installments, such installments shall draw interest at six per cent per annum, payable annually, from the time of confirmation of the assessment roll until they are paid, and such interest may be collected and enforced as part of the assessment: Provided, that in any district where no bonds or interest-bearing obligations, at the time of such collection of interest shall have been issued or are outstanding against such installments of assessment upon which said interest shall be collected, the commissioners of such district may, under the direction of the county court, use the money, so collected as interest, for the construction or maintenance of any ditches, drains or levees or other work or any necessary expenses of said district or any indebtedness of said district.

APPROVED May 25, 1907.

PUMPING PLANTS.

§ 1. Amends section 1, Act of 1905.

§ 1.

Assessment of 60 cents per acre annually allowed for maintenance and repairs.

(HOUSE BILL No. 23. APPROVED MAY 20, 1907.)

AN ACT to amend section one of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the erection, maintenance and operation of pumping plants in certain drainage and levee districts and to legalize and validate former proceedings, bond issues, indebtedness and expenditures in regard to, on account of, or with a view to erection, maintenance and operation of such pumping plants," approved and in force May 13, 1905. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section one (1) of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the erection, maintenance and operation of pumping plants in certain drainage and levee districts and to legalize and validate former proceedings, Fissues, indebtedness and expenditures in regard to, on account of, or with a view to erection, maintenance and operation of such pumping plants," approved and in force May 13, 1905, be amended to read as follows:

§ I. That whenever the drainage commissioners of any drainage and levee districts hereto fore or hereafter organized under an Act entitled," An Act to revise and amend an Act and certain sections thereof, entitled, 'An Act to provide for the construction, reparation and protection of drains, ditches and levees, across the lands of others, for agricultural, sanitary and mining purposes, and to provide for the organization of drainage districts,' approved and in force May 29, 1899, as amended by certain Acts herein entitled, to repeal certain laws therein named, approved June 30, 1885, in force July 1, 1885, shall deem it necessary for the disposidion [disposition] of the surface water, seepage or rainfall in such districts, that one or more pumping plants be erected, maintained and operated, they may, with the approval thereof by the county court of the county in which the district or any part of the district is located, out of the funds raised, or to be raised, by special assessments on the lands of such district, and as a part of the drainage and levee work of the district, erect, maintain and operate one or more such pumping plants in such district, and for the purpose of maintaining and operating such plants, together with the necessary repairs of the drains, ditches and levee of the district, as shown by the report of the commissioners made each year to the July term of the court as now provided by law, the court may approve and order such amount thereof as may be shown to be necessary to be coiiected as an assessment upon the lands of the district for the current year, which amount shall not require a rate of more than 6oc upon each acre of all the lands of the district for such year.

(HOUSE BILL No. 245. APPROVED MAY 25, 1907.)

AN ACT to amend sections four (4), eight (8), nine (9), eleven (11), (12) and nineteen (19) of "An Act to create sanitary districts and to remove obstructions in the Des Plaines and Illinois rivers," approved May 29, 1889, in force July 1, 1889; as amended by an Act approved May 13, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, as amended by an Act approved May 10, 1901, in force July 1, 1901, as amended by an Act approved May 11, 1905, in force July 1, 1905; and adding section 19a thereto. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section four (4), section eight (8). section (9), section (II), section twelve (12) and section nineteen (19) of an Act entitled, "An Act to create sanitary districts

and remove obstructions in the Des Plaines and Illinois rivers," approved May 29, 1889, in force July 1, 1889, as amended by An Act approved May 10, 1901, in force July 1, 1901, as amended by an Act approved May 11, 1905, in force July 1, 1905, be amended so as to read as hereinafter set forth, and that section 19a be added thereto.

§ 4. The trustees elected in pursuance of the foregoing provisions of this Act shall constitute a board of trustees for the district by which they are elected, which board of trustees is hereby declared to be the corporate authorities of such sanitary district, and shall exercise all the powers and manage and control all the affairs and property of such district. Said board of trustees shall have the right to elect a clerk, treasurer, chief engineer and attorney for such municipality, who shall hold their respective offices during the pleasure of the board, who shall give bond as may be required by said board. Said board may prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of all the officers and employés of said sanitary district: Provided, however, that the salary of the president of said board of trustees shall in no case exceed the sum of four thousand dollars per annum and the salary of the other members of the board shall not exceed three thousand dollars per annum. Said board of trustees shall have full power to pass all necessary ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and regulations for the proper management and conduct of the business of said board of trustees and of said corporation and for carrying into effect the object for which such sanitary district is formed. All ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and regulations passed by said board of trustees shall, before they take effect, be approved by the president of said board of trustees, and if he shall approve thereof, he shall sign the same, and such as he shall not approve he shall return to the board of trustees with his objections thereto in writing at the next regular meeting of said board of trustees occurring after the passage thereof. Such veto may extend to any one or more items or appropriations contained in any ordinance making an appropriation, or to the entire ordinance; and in case the veto extends to a part of such ordinance, the residue thereof shall take effect and be in force, but in case the president of such board of trustees shall fail to return any ordinance, order, rule, resolution or regulation with his objections thereto by the time aforesaid, he shall be deemed to have approved the same, and the same shall take effect accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance, order, rule, resolution or regulation by the president, the vote by which the same was passed shall be reconsidered by the board of trustees, and if upon such reconsideration two-thirds of all the members elect shall agree by yeas and nays to pass the same it shall go into effect notwithstanding the president may refuse to approve thereof.

§ 8. Such sanitary district may acquire by purchase, condemnation or otherwise any and all real and personal property, right of way and privilege, either within or without its corporate limits, that may be required for its corporate purposes: Provided, all moneys for the purchase and condemnation of any property shall be paid before possession is taken, or any work done on the premises damaged by the construction of such channel or outlet, and in case of an appeal from the court in which such condemnation proceedings shall be pending, taken

by either party, whereby the amount of damages is not finally determined, the amount of the judgment in such court shall be deposited with the county treasurer of the county in which such judgment shall be rendered subject to the payment of such damages on orders signed by such judge whenever the amount of damages is finally determined; and when not longer required for such purposes, to sell, convey, vacate and release the same, subject to the reservation contained in section 7 relating to water-power and docks.

§ 9. The corporation may borrow money for corporate purposes, and may issue bonds therefor, but shall not become indebted in any manner, or for any purpose, to an amount in the aggregate to exceed five (5) per centum of the valuation of taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.

§ 11. All contracts for work to be done by such municipality, the expense of which will exceed five hundred dollars, shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder therefor upon not less than ten days' public notice of the terms and conditions upon which the contract is to be let having been given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in said district, and the said board shall have the power and authority to reject any and all bids and readvertise: Provided, no person shall be employed on said work unless he be a citizen of the United States, or has in good faith declared his intention to become such citizen. In all cases where an alien, after filing his declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, shall for the space of three months after he could lawfully do so, fail to take out his final papers and complete his citizenship, such failure shall be prima facie evidence that his declaration of intentions was not made in good faith. And that eight hours shall constitute a day's work.

§ 12. The board of trustees may levy and collect taxes for corporate purposes upon property within the territorial limits of such sanitary district, the aggregate amount of which in any one year shall not exceed one per centum of the value of the taxable property within the corporate limits as the same shall be assessed and equalized for the county taxes for the year in which the levy is made. Said board shall cause the amount to be raised by taxation in each year, to be certified to the county clerk on or before the second Tuesday in August as provided in section one hundred and twenty-two of the general revenue law. All taxes so levied and certified shall be collected and enforced in the same manner and by the same officers as State and county taxes, and shall be paid over by the officer collecting the same to the treasurer of the sanitary district, in the manner and at the time provided by the general revenue law: Provided, that no part of the taxes hereby authorized shall be used by such drainage district for the construction of permanent, fixed, immovable bridges across any channel constructed under the provisions of this Act: And, provided, further, that all bridges built across such channel shall not necessarily interfere with or obstruct the navigation of such channel, when the same becomes a navigable stream, as provided in section 24 of this Act, but such bridges shall be so constructed that they can be raised, swung, or moved out of the way