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cared for, educated and disciplined. The provisions of section 17 of this Act shall not apply to any person committed under the provisions of this section.

APPROVED June 11, 1919.

HOME FOR JUVENILE FEMALE OFFENDERS.

§ 1. Amends section 16, Act of 1893.

§ 16.

Girls between ages of ten and eighteen may be sentenced and committed.

(HOUSE BILL No. 650. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1919.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for a State home for juvenile female offenders," approved June 22, 1893, in force July 1, 1893, as subsequently amended, be amended by amending section sixteen (16) thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for a State home for juvenile female offenders," approved June 22, 1893, in force July 1, 1893, as subsequently amended, be amended by amending section sixteen (16) thereof to read as follows:

§ 16. Any girl between the ages of ten and eighteen years may be sentenced and committed, under an Act entitled, “An Act to revise the law in relation to the sentence and commitment of persons convicted of crime or offenses and providing for a system of parole and to repeal certain Acts and parts of Acts therein named," approved June 25, 1917, in force July 1, 1917, as the same has been or may be amended, to the "State Training School for Girls" the same being the "State Home for Juvenile Female Offenders," for any and all crimes or offenses instead of the penitentiary, county jail, or house of correction, in the discretion. of the court, subject to all the terms of said Act.

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(SENATE BILL NO. 241. APPROVED JUNE 24, 1919.)

AN ACT to amend section 7 of an Act entitled, "An Act providing for the creating, locating, constructing and administering of a State colony for the care and treatment of epileptics," approved May 27, 1913, in force July 1, 1913.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 7 of an Act entitled, "An Act providing for the creating, locating, constructing and administering of a State colony for the care and treatment of epileptics," approved May 27, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, is amended to read as follows:

$ 7. Applicants, residents of Illinois, may be admitted to said. colony by either of the following methods: 1. Upon voluntary application to the superintendent, substantiated by proof that said applicant is in need of care and treatment of said colony, such proof to consist of certificates from two physicians setting forth that said applicant for

mission is an epileptic. Such certificates shall be under oath and rade within thirty days next preceding the filing of such application. Physicians making such certificates shall be duly licensed to practice medicine or surgery in the State of Illinois, and shall have been in the actual practice of their profession. The application, certificate and ther forms relating to the admission shall be in accordance with the rules and forms prescribed by the Board of Administration. 2. Any parent, relative, conservator, guardian or reputable citizen may file a petition in any court of record of the county where the alleged epileptic resides, setting forth that the person is suffering from epilepsy, and is a proper subject for the care and custody of said colony. Such court all make an inquiry in term time or vacation into the mental and Tervous condition of such person to determine whether he is or is not in epileptic; and if it is found upon the evidence of two or more reyutable physicians that such person is an epileptic, said court may order the admission of such a person, and it shall be the duty of the superinendent to receive him or her and record him or her among the inmates said colony, provided, that in case there is no room in said colony, the said person shall wait his or her turn. County quotas of inmates said colony shall be based upon population to be determined by the Board of Administration.

If upon further examination at the said colony it shall appear that such person is not suffering from epilepsy, then it shall be the duty of the superintendent to recommend to the Board of Administration, and the Board of Administration to direct the return to the party or parties sponsible for his or her admission, and all charges for expenses of Such return shall be collected from the party or parties responsible for a's or her admission, and all charges for expenses of such return shall collected from the party or parties responsible for his or her admisSon: Provided, that it shall be shown to the satisfaction of said court at the time of the inquiry that the said person, his or her parents and relatives, are not able to bear such expenses; then such expenses shall paid out of the county funds: Provided, also, that the terms of sec23 of "An Act revising the laws relating to charities," approved June 11, 1912, and in force July 1, 1912, shall be applied by the Board of Administration to the inmates of this colony and their friends and relatives.

APPROVED June 24, 1919.

STATE SANATORIUM FOR WOMEN.

1. Authorizes institution to be established.

12 Who may be committed-by whom transportation paid.

3. Department of Public Welfare to select site.

§ 4. To establish rules and regulations. Plans or specifications to be prepared.

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(SENATE BILL No. 225. APPROVED JUNE 21, 1919.)

AN ACT to establish a State sanatorium for women.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That an institution for the cor

rection of female offenders above the age of eighteen years, whose offense is punishable by confinement in the county jail or workhouse, to be known as the Illinois State Sanatorium for Women, is hereby authorized to be established.

§ 2. Said sanatorium shall receive and provide proper work, care and treatment for all such female offenders above the age of eighteen years, including those sentenced or committed for the violation of municipal ordinances, whose sentence shall consist of confinement in any county jail or workhouse for sixty days or more, as may be committed to such sanatorium. In all cases in which a court is now or may hereafter be authorized by law to sentence such female offenders or commit such offenders to work out fine and costs to a county jail or workhouse, such court is hereby authorized in its discretion to commit or sentence to the Illinois State Sanatorium for Women. The transportation charges for conveying any such offenders to said sanatorium shall be paid by the city or county from which such offenders are committed.

§ 3. The Department of Public Welfare shall select and purchase, lease or receive in donation, a site for such sanatorium, having regard in such selection to the natural advantages of the location and the purposes and use of such sanatorium.

§ 4. Said Department shall establish all rules and regulations necessary for the management of such sanatorium.

§ 5. Said Department shall cause plans or specifications for the necessary buildings and improvements for such sanatorium to be prepared, and such buildings shall be erected or constructed in accordance with the provisions of sections 28 and 49 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.

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AN ACT to amend sections 1, 4, 5 and 7 of an Act entitled: “An Act to establish a surgical institution for children," approved June 6, 1911, in force July 1, 1911, and to repeal sections 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Sections 1, 4, 5 and 7 of an Act entitled: "An Act to establish a surgical institution for children," approved June 6, 1911, in force July 1, 1911, are amended

to read as follows:

$ 1. There is hereby authorized to be established a surgical institute in and for the State of Illinois for the surgical treatment of children under the age of sixteen years, suffering from physical de

formities or injuries of a nature which will likely yield to surgical skill and treatment and which unless so treated will probably make such children, in whole or in part, in after life, public charges.

$4. The management and control of said institution shall be vested in the Department of Public Welfare.

§ 5. Any child under the age of sixteen years whose parents, or natural guardian, may be unable to furnish proper surgical treatment and who may be in need of the same, may be admitted to such institute, upon an order to that effect made by the county judge of the county in which said child may have had a legal residence for one year last past. The county treasurer of the county in which said child may have so resided shall, upon the order of said county judge, furnish said child with transportation from the place where said child may so reside to the place of said institution and return. The order admitting such child shall, when made, be filed with the superintendent of said institute, and said child shall be admitted thereto in the regular order of filing as soon thereafter as said institute can provide room, care and attendance therefor. Said child, if deemed feasible, shall be treated, nursed in said institute, until a recovery is effected, or it becomes apparent that further treatment will be of no avail, whereupon it shall be discharged and returned to its former place of residence.

$7. All buildings for the use of the Illinois surgical institute for children shall be erected or constructed in accordance with the provisions of sections 28 and 49 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.

§ 2. Sections 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 of said Act are repealed.

APPROVED June 28, 1919.

CHILDREN.

ABANDONMENT.

1. Amends section 1, Act of 1887.

§ 1. Defines guilt and provides penalties.

(HOUSH BILL No. 623. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1919.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to prevent the abandonment of children and to provide a penalty therefor," approved June 16, 1887, in force July 1, 1887, by amending section one (1) thereof. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That an Act entitled, "An Act to prevent the abandonment of children and to provide a penalty therefor," approved June 16, 1887, in force July 1, 1887, be and is hereby amended by amending section one (1) thereof to read as follows:

1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That when any child under the age of one year shall be abandoned by its parents, guardian or any other person having legal control or custody thereof, such person or persons shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $300, or more than $1,000, or by im

prisonment in the penitentiary for a term not less than one year and not exceeding three years, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

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AN ACT to define and regulate boarding homes for children.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois. represented in the General Assembly: That after the first day of October, 1919, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to conduct a boarding home for children under sixteen years of age without a license issued as herein provided.

§ 2. This Act, however, shall not apply to any institution operated and maintained by the State of Illinois, nor to any association or corporation licensed or accredited pursuant to the provisions of, nor shall this Act in anywise be construed as amending, modifying or repealing any of the terms of "An Act relating to children who are now or may hereafter become dependent, neglected or delinquent, to define these terms, and provide for the treatment, control, maintenance, adoption and guardianship of the person of such children," approved April 21, 1899, in force July 1, 1899, as amended.

§ 3. A person, firm, association or corporation shall be deemed to be the keeper of a boarding home for children if, for hire, directly or indirectly, he or it,

(1) Advertises or holds himself or itself out as conducting a boarding place for children under sixteen years of age, or

(2) Has in his or its custody or control two or more children under sixteen years of age unattended by parents or guardians, for the purpose of providing such children with care, food or lodging.

This section shall not apply to homes in which children are living who are related by blood or marriage to the family in which they live, or, have been legally adopted by the family in which they live, and shall not apply to a home in which children have been placed by the parents or parent or legal guardian of said children or child or any organization or association certified or accredited as provided by law, which home or institution maintains the standard required in section six of this Act.

§ 4. The Department of Public Welfare shall grant a license to any person, firm, association or corporation conducting or maintaining a boarding home for children, as herein defined, upon the compliance by such person, firm, association or corporation, with the standards set forth in this Act. Each license issued by the Department of Public

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