75,000 and not exceeding 100,000, $2,750 per annum, and in counties which, according to the census of 1900, contained a population of more than 100,000, $7,500 per annum, payable quarterly from the State school fund: Provided, however, that the board of supervisors or board of county commissioners may allow additional compensation for such services, payable quarterly from the county treasury. The Auditor in making his warrant to any county for the amount due it from the State school fund, shall deduct from it the several amounts for which warrants have been issued to the county superintendent of said county since the preceding apportionment of the State school fund.

APPROVED June 12, 1909.

HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS

AN ACT to authorize the organization of high school districts.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That any school township that contains a school district having. a population of 1,000 or more and not exceeding 100,000 inhabitants, whether operating under the general school law or governed by virtue of a special Act, may be organized into a high school district by submitting the proposition to a vote of the people at a general or special election.

§ 2. Upon the receipt of a petition signed by fifty or more legal voters, the county superintendent of schools of the county in which the township or the greater part of the territory described in the petition is situated, shall forthwith order an election to be held for the purpose of voting "for" or "against" the proposition to establish a township high school, by posting notices for at least ten days in ten of the most public places throughout the township or territory, which notices may be substantially as follows:

NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that on.. day of....

.......the... ......., 1...., an election will be held at .for the purpose of voting "for" or "against" the proposition to establish a township high school for the benefit of the inhabitants of township (or territory) The polls will be opened at.......o'clock......m., and closed at.......... o'clock.....m.

In townships divided equally by county lines, the elections shall be in charge of the superintendent of schools of the county in which the sixteenth section is situate.

§ 3. The elections required by this Act shall be conducted by the trustees of schools, boards of education or boards of directors, designated by the county superintendent of schools, to whom all returns shall be made within five days. The ballots shall be in substantially the following form, to-wit:

For the establishment of a township high school

Against the establishment of a township high school

The voter shall make an X or cross-mark in the square following and opposite the proposition favored, and the ballot shall be so counted.

§ 4. If a majority of the votes cast shall be in favor of establishing a township high school, the county superintendent of schools shall forthwith order an election to be held within thirty days, for the purpose of selecting a township high school board of education, to consist of a president and six members, by posting notices for at least ten days in ten of the most public places throughout the township or territory, which notices may be substantially as follows:

NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that on...

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an election will be held at....

the.............day of.... for the purpose of electing a township high school board of education, to consist of a president and six members. The polls will be opened at......o'clock .....m., and closed at.........o'clock.....m.

Two of the members shall be elected for one year, two for two years, and two for three years, and each year thereafter two members shall be elected to serve for three years. The president shall be elected annually. All subsequent elections shall be held on the second Saturday of April, annually.

§ 5. For the purpose of supporting a high school, the township or territory for the benefit of which a high school is established under the provisions of this Act, shall be regarded as a school district, and the board of education thereof shall, in all respects, have the powers and discharge the duties of boards of education elected under the general school law.

§ 6. The inhabitants of any contiguous and compact territory, whether in the same or different townships, upon a petition signed by at least fifty legal voters and an affirmative vote in such territory, may establish, in the manner provided by this Act, a township high school for the benefit of the inhabitants of the territory described in the petition.

§ 7. A school district or any part thereof, adjoining a high school district organized pursuant to this Act, may be annexed to such high school district and become a part thereof, by a concurrent resolution adopted by the boards in each district. Before the resolution shall take effect, however, the proposition shall be submitted, under the provisions of this Act, to a vote of the people of the territory desiring annexation, and a majority of the votes cast shall be required in order to adopt such resolution.

APPROVED June 5, 1911.

HIGH SCHOOL PRIVILEGES

AN ACT to provide high school privileges 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 graduates of the eighth grade residing in a school district in which no public high school is maintained, shall be admitted, upon the payment of tuition, to any public high school, with the consent of the school board of the district in which such high school is situated. The tutition of such pupils shall be paid by the district in which they reside, from any funds not otherwise appropriated, but in no case shall the tuition per pupil exceed the per capita cost of maintaining the high school selected. The parent, or guardian, shall select the high school to be attended, subject to the approval of the school directors of the home district: Provided, however, that the high school selected offers a program of studies extending through four school years. The application of this Act shall not relate to districts that provide work in the ninth and tenth grades, except to pupils that have completed the work of such grades.

APPROVED June 26, 1913.

HUMANE INSTRUCTION

AN ACT to provide for moral and humane education in the public schools and to prohibit certain practices inimical thereto.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That it shall be the duty of every teacher of a public school in this State to teach to all the pupils thereof honesty, kindness, justice and moral courage for the purpose of lessening crime and raising the standard of good citizenship.

§ 2. In every public school within this State not less than onehalf hour of each week, during the whole of each term of school, shall be devoted to teaching the pupils thereof kindness and justice to and humane treatment and protection of birds and animals, and the important part they fulfill in the economy of nature. It shall be optional with each teacher whether it shall be a consecutive half-hour or a few minutes daily, or whether such teaching shall be through, humane reading, daily incidents, stories, personal example or in connection with nature-story.

§ 3. No experiment upon any living creature for the purpose of demonstration in any study shall be made in any public school of this State. No animal provided by, nor killed in the presence of any pupil of a public school, shall be used for dissection in such school, and in no case shall dogs or cats be killed for such purposes. Dissection of dead animals, or any parts thereof, shall be confined to the class room and shall not be practiced in the presence of any pupil not engaged in the study to be illustrated thereby.

§ 4. The Superintendent of Public Instruction of this State and the committee in charge of preparing the program for each annual meeting of the Illinois State Teachers' Association shall include therein moral and humane education. The superintendent of schools of each county and of each city shall include once each year moral and humane education in the program of the teacher' institute which is held under his or her supervision.

§ 5. The principal or teacher of each public school shall state briefly in each of his or her monthly reports whether the provisions of this Act have been complied with in the school under his or her control. No teacher who knowingly violates any provision of sections 1, 2 or 3 of this Act shall be entitled to receive more than 95 per cent of the public school moneys that would otherwise be due for services for the month in which such provision shall be violated. This Act shall apply to common schools only and shall not be construed as requiring religious or sectarian teaching.

APPROVED June 14, 1909.

JUVENILE COURTS

AN ACT relating to children who are now or may hereafter become dependent, neglected or delinquent, to define these terms, and to provide for the treatment, control, maintenance, adoption and guardianship of the person of such children.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That all persons under the age of 21 years shall, for the purpose of this Act only, be considered wards of this State, and their persons shall be subject to the care, guardianship and control of the court as hereinafter provided.

For the purpose of this Act, the words "dependent child" and "neglected child" shall mean any male child who, while under the age of 17 years, or any female child who, while under the age of 18 years, for any reason, is destitute, homeless or abandoned, or dependent upon the public for support; or has not proper parental care or guardianship; or habitually begs or receives alms; or is found living in any house of ill-fame or with any vicious or disreputable person; or has a home which, by reason of neglect, cruelty or depravity on the part of its parents, guardian or any other person in whose care it may be, is an unfit place for such a child; and any child who, while under the age of 10 years, is found begging, peddling or selling any articles or singing or playing any musical instrument for gain upon the street or giving any public entertainments or accompanies or is used in aid of any person so doing.

The words "delinquent child" shall mean any male child who, while under the age of 17 years, or any female child who, while under the age of 18 years, violates any law of this State; or is incorrigible, or knowingly associates with thieves, vicious or immoral persons; or without just cause and without the consent of its parents, guardian or custodian absents itself from its home or place of abode, or is growing up in idleness or crime; or knowingly frequents a house of ill-repute; or knowingly frequents any policy shop or place where any gaming device is operated; or frequents any saloon or dram shop where intoxicating liquors are sold; or patronizes or visits any public pool room or bucket shop; or wanders about the streets in the night time without being on any lawful business or lawful occupation; or habitually wanders about any railroad yards or tracks or jumps or attempts to jump on any moving train; or enters any car or engine without lawful authority; or uses vile, obscene, vulgar, profane or indecent language in any public place or about any school house; or is guilty of indecent or lascivious conduct, any child committing any of these acts herein mentioned shall be deemed a delinquent child and shall be cared for as such in the manner hereinafter provided.

A disposition of any child under this Act or any evidence given in such cause shall not, in any civil, criminal or other cause or proceeding whatever in any court, be lawful or proper evidence against such child for any purpose whatever, except in subsequent cases against the same child, under this Act. The word "child" or "children" may be held to mean one or more children, and the word parent or parents may be held to mean one or both parents, when consistent with the intent of this Act. The word "association" shall include any association, institution or corporation which include in their purposes the care or disposition of children coming within the meaning of this Act. (As amended by an Act approved June 4, 1907.)

§ 2. The circuit and county courts of the several counties in this State shall have original jurisdiction in all cases coming within the terms of this Act. In all trials under this Act any person interested therein may demand a jury of six, or the judge of his own motion may order a jury of the same number, to try the case.

§ 3. In counties having over 500,000 population the judges of the circuit court shall, at such times as they shall determine, designate one or more of their number whose duty it shall be to hear all cases coming under this Act. A special court room, to be designated as the juvenile court room, shall be provided for the hearing of such cases, and the findings of the court shall be entered in a book or books to be kept for that purpose and known as the "Juvenile Record," and the court may, for convenience, be called the "Juvenile Court."

§ 4. Any reputable person, being a resident of the county, may file with the clerk of the court having jurisdiction of the matter, a petition in writing, setting forth that a certain child, naming it, within his county, not now or hereafter an inmate of a State institution incorporated under the laws of this State, except as provided in section 12 and 18 hereof, is either dependent, neglected or delinquent as defined in section 1 hereof; and that it is for the interest of the child and this State that the child be taken from its parent, parents, custodian, or guardian and placed under the guardianship of some suitable person to be appointed by the court; and that the parent, parents, custodian or guardian of such child, are unfit or improper guardians, or are unable or unwilling to care for, protect, train, educate, control or discipline such child, or that the parent, parents, guardian or custodian consent that such child be taken from them.

The petition shall also set forth, either the name, or that the name is unknown to petitioner (a) of the person having the custody of such