Twenty-first-REMOVALS AND REDUCTIONS.] Removals from the classified service, or reduction in grade of compensation, or both, may be made in any department of the service by the head of such department, for any cause which will promote the efficiency of the service; but only on written specifications by the officer making the removal or reduction; and the person sought to be removed or reduced shall have notice and shall be served with a copy of the specifications and be allowed reasonable time for answering the same in writing; and a copy of the notice, specifications, answer and of the order of removal or reduction shall be filed with the civil service commission. The said commission shall investigate any removal or reduction which it has reason to believe has not been made in accordance with the provisions of this section; and it may in any case investigate any removal or reduction, and then in accordance with its findings, approve or disprove [disapprove] the same. The finding and decision of the said commission shall in every case be final, and shall be certified to the appointing officer, and shall be forthwith enforced by such officer. A copy of said papers in each case shall be made a part of the record of the division of the service in which the removal or reduction is made. Nothing in this Act shall limit the power of any officer to suspend a subordinate, without pay, for cause assigned in writing, for a reasonable period, not exceeding thirty days. In the course of an investigation of charges, each member of the civil service commission shall have the power to administer oaths, and shall have the power to secure by its subpoena, both the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the production of books and papers relevant to such investigation.

Twenty-second-REPORT TO COMMISION.] Immediate notice in writing shall be given by the appointing power to said commission of ali appointments, permanent or temporary, made in such classified civil service, and of all transfers, promotions, resignations or vacancies from any cause in such service and of the date thereof; and a record of the same shall be kept by said commission. When any office or place of employment is created or abolished, or the compensation attached thereto altered, the officer or board making such change shall immediately. report it in writing to said commission.

Twenty-third-INVESTIGATIONS.] The commission shall investigate the enforcement of this Act and its rules, and the action of examiners herein provided for and the conduct and action of the appointees on the classified civil service of said county. In the course of such investigation each commissioner shall have power to administer oaths, and said commission shall have power to secure by its subpoena both the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers relevant to such investigations.

Twenty-fourth-REPORT OF COMMISSION.] Said commission shall on or before the first Monday of September of each year make to the president for transmission to the board of commissioners a report showing its own action, the rules in force, the practical effects thereof, and any suggestions it may approve for the more effectual accomplishment of the purposes of this Act. The president may require a report from said commission at any time.

Twenty-fifth-The civil service commission shall select one of their own number to act as chairman and one as secretary. The secretary shall keep the minutes of its proceedings, preserve all reports made to it, keep a record of all examinations held under its direction and perform such other duties as the commission shall require.

Twenty-sixth-OFFICERS TO AID-ROOMS.] All officers of said county shall aid said commission in all proper ways in carrying out the provisions of this Act, and at any place where examinations are to be held shall allow the reasonable use of public buildings for holding such examinations. The board of county commissioners shall cause suitable rooms to be provided for said commission at the expense of said county.

Twenty-seventh-SALARIES AND EXPENSES.] Each of said civil service commissioners shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred dollars. a year, and said commission may also incur expenses not exceeding five hundred dollars a year for printing, stationery and other incidental

matters.

Twenty-eighth-APPROPRIATIONS.] A sufficient sum of money shall be appropriated each year by said board to carry out the provisions of this Act in said county. If the board shall have already made the annual appropriation for county purposes for the current fiscal year, the board is authorized and required to pay the salaries and expenses of the civil service commission for such fiscal year out of the moneys appropriated for contingent purposes by said board.

Twenty-ninth-FRAUDS PROHIBITED.] No person or officer shall wilfully or corruptly, by himself or co-operation with any one or more other persons, defeat, deceive or obstruct any person in respect to his or her right of examination, or corruptly or falsely mark, grade, estimate or report upon the examination or proper standing of any person examined hereunder, or aid in so doing, or wilfully or corruptly make any false representation concerning the same or concerning the person examined, or wilfully or corruptly furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of improving or injuring the prospects or chances of any person so examined, or to be examined, being employed or promoted.

Thirtieth-NO OFFICER TO SOLICIT OR RECEIVE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.] No officer or employe in the classified civil service of said county, or named in the twentieth paragraph of this section, shall solicit. orally or by letter, or receive or pay, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting, receiving or paying any assessments, subscriptions or contributions for any party or political purposes whatever.

Thirty-first-NO PERSON TO SOLICIT POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OFFICERS OR EMPLOYES.] No person shall solicit orally or by letter, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting any assessment, contribution or payment, for any party or for any political purpose whatever, from any officer or employe in the classified civil service of said county, or named in the twentieth paragraph of this section.

Thirty-second-ASSESSMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS IN PUBLIC OF FICES FORBIDDEN.] No person shall in any room or building occupied for the discharge of official duties by any officer or employe in the

classified civil service of said county, or named in the twentieth paragraph of this section, solicit, orally or by written communication, deliver therein or in any other manner, or receive any contribution of money or other thing of value, for any party or political purpose whatever. No officer, agent, clerk or employe in the classified civil service of said county, or named in the twentieth paragraph of this section, who may have charge or control of any building, office or room occupied for any purpose of said government, shall permit any person to enter the same for the purpose of therein soliciting or delivering written solicitations for, or receiving or giving notice of any political

assessments.

Thirty-third-PAYMENTS OF POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS TO PUBLIC OFFICERS PROHIBITED.] No officer or employe in the classified civil service of said county, or named in the twentieth paragraph of this section, shall, directly or indirectly, give or hand over to any officer or employe, or to any senator or representative or alderman, councilman, or commissioner, any money or other valuable thing on account of or to be applied to the promotion of any party or political object whatever.

Thirty-fourth-ABUSE OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE PROHIBITED.] No officer or employe in said classified service, or named in the twentieth paragraph of this section, shall discharge or degrade, or promote, or in any manner change the official rank or compensation of any other officer or employe, or promise or threaten to do so, for giving or withholding or neglecting to make any contribution of money, or other valuable thing, for any party or political purpose, or for refusal or neglect to render any party or political service.

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Thirty-fifth-PAYMENT FOR PLACE PROHIBITED.] No applicant for appointment in said classified civil service, or to a position named in the twentieth paragraph in this section, either directly or indirectly, pay, or promise to pay any money or other valuable thing to any person whatever for or on account of his appointment, or proposed appointment, and no officer or employe in said civil service or named directly, any person any money or other valuable thing whatever for or on account of his promotion.

Thirty-sixth-RECOMMENDATION IN CONSIDERATION OF POLITICAL SERVICE PROHIBITED.] No applicant for appointment or promotion in classified civil service shall ask for or receive a recommendation for assistance from any officer or employe in said service, or of any person upon the consideration of any political service to be rendered to or for such person or for the promotion of such person to any office or employment.

Thirty-seventh-AUDITING OFFICER.] No acocunting or auditing officer shall allow the claim of any public officer for services of any deputy or other person employed in the public service in violation of the provisions of this Act.

Thirty-eighth-APPOINTMENTS AND REMOVALS TO BE CERTIFIED TO THE COMPTROLLER.] The commission shall certify to the county clerk or other auditing officers, all appointments to offices and places in the classified civil service, and all vacancies occurring therein, whether by dismissal, resignation or death, and all findings made or approved by the commission under the provisions of the twenty-first paragraph of this section, that a person shall be discharged from the classified service.

Thirty-ninth-COMPTROLLER TO PAY SALARIES, ONLY AFTER CERTIFICATION.] No county clerk, comptroller or other auditing officer of said county shall approve the payment of, or be in any manner concerned in paying any salary or wages to any person for services as an officer or employe of said county unless such person is occupying an office or place of employment according to the provisions of law and is entitled to payment therefor.

Fortieth-COMPELLING TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES-PRODUCTION OF BOOKS AND PAPERS.] Any person who shall be served with a subpoena to appear and testify, or to produce books and papers, issued by the commission or by any commissioners, or by any board or person acting under the orders of the commission in the course of an investigation conducted either under the provisions of the twenty-first or twenty-third paragraph of this section, and who shall refuse or neglect to appear or testify, or to produce books and papers relevant to said investigation as commanded in such subpoena, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be punished as provided in the forty-first paragraph of this section. The fees of witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the same as the fees of witnesses before the Circuit Courts, and shall be paid from the appropriation for the expense of the commis sion. And any Circuit Court or any judge thereof, either in term time or vacation, upon application of any such commissioner or officer or board may, in his discretion, compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books and papers, and giving of testimony before the commission, or before any such commissioner, investigating board or officer by attachment for contempt or otherwise in the same manner as the production of evidence may be compelled before said court. Every person who, having taken an oath or made affirmation before a commissioner or officer appointed by the commission authorized to administer oaths, shall swear or affirm wilfully, corruntly and falsely, shall be guilty of perjury, and upon conviction shall be punished accordingly.

Forty-first-PENALTIES.] Any person who shall wilfully, or through culpable negligence violate any of the provisions of this Act or any rule promulgated in accordance with the provisions thereof shall be, guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, on conviction thereof, be p ished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars and not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

Forty-second-PENALTIES, DISQUALIFICATION TO HOLD OFFICE.] If any person shall be convicted under the next preceding section, any public office or place of public employment, which such person may hold shall, by force of such conviction, be rendered vacant, and such person shall be incapable of holding any office or place of public employment for the period of five years from the date of such conviction.

Forty-third-WHAT OFFICERS TO PROSECUTE.] Prosecutions icr violations of this Act may be instituted either by the Attorney General, the State's attorney for the county in which the offense is alleged to have been committed, or by the commission acting through special counsel. Such suits shall be conducted and controlled by the prosecuting officers who institute them, unless they request the aid of other prosecuting officers.

AN ACT to amend section 10 of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to coroners," approved February 6, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as subsequently amended.

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 revise the law in relation to coroners," approved February 6, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as subsequently amended, be and the same is hereby amended by amending section 10 thereof to read as follows:

§ 10. TO TAKE CHARGE OF BODY-JURY.] Every coroner, whenever, and as soon as he knows or is informed that the dead body of any person is found, or lying within his county, supposed to have come to his or her death by violence, casualty or any undue means, he shall repair to the place where the dead body is, and take charge of the same and forthwith summon a jury of six good and lawful men of the neighborhood where the body is found or lying, to assemble at the place where the body is at such time as he shall direct, and upon view of the body to inquire into the cause and manner of the death. Where, however, after said jury has viewed said body and the inquest has been continued by the coroner to a future date, and some of said jurors not exceeding three, fail to appear at said inquest because of death, moving from State, or other sufficient reasons, it shall be lawful for the coroner in such case to fill said vacancy or vacancies with good and lawful men of the same neighborhood. It shall not be necessary in such case to exhume the body in order that it may be viewed by said substitute jurors. In any case where a person is supposed to have come to his or her death by violence of a criminal character as aforesaid, and in cases where the cause of death is not known, and concerning which the circumstances evidence violence of a criminal character, or death from criminal means, or where said cause of death is unaseertainable otherwise than by an autopsy, the coroner may, in his discre