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tion, either before or after the jury is summoned or sworn, call a physician to examine the body of the deceased, and if from examination, or from a preliminary investigation by the coroner, the cause of death cannot be definitely ascertained by the coroner, he may, in his discretion, or the jury, after being summoned and sworn, may, in its discretion, order and direct an autopsy to be held upon the body to ascertain the cause of death. If from such examination, preliminary investigation, or autopsy, the death is found to be due to natural causes, and there is no evidence of any injury to the body, the coroner may, in his discretion, issue a death certificate without conducting a further inquest. In all cases where the coroner has reasonable ground to believe or suspect, or where there is any evidence, that death resulted through criminal means or agencies, it shall be his duty to conduct a postmortem examination, upon the body. Provided, however, that there shall be no autopsy ordered, directed or held except as heretofore in this section expressly provided.

APPROVED June 28, 1919.

RECORDERS.

§ 1. Amends section 9 of Act of 1874.

§ 9. Provides for recording of

certificates of honorably
discharged members of
the military, aviation
and naval forces.

(SENATE BILL NO. 231.

§ 2. Emergency.

APPROVED MARCH 27, 1919.)

AN ACT to amend section 9 of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to recorders", approved March 9, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 9 of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to recorders," approved March 9, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, is amended to read as follows:

§ 9. Every recorder shall, as soon as practicable after the filing of any instrument in writing in his office, entitled to be recorded, record the same at length, in the order of time of its reception, in well bound books to be provided for that purpose: Provided, that seperate [separate] books may be kept for the recording of different classes of instruments.

Certificates of discharge of honorably discharged members of thi military, aviation and naval forces of the United States shall be recorded by each recorder, free of charge, in a seperate [separate] book which shall be kept for the purpose.

Every recorder shall keep his office at the court house of the county for which he is recorder, and shall keep his office open and attend to the duties thereof from eight o'clock in the forenoon to five o'clock in the afternoon of each working day, excepting such days and half days as under any law are or may be legal holidays or half holidays, in any part of his said county, as regards the presenting for payment, acceptance, maturity, protesting, or giving notice of the dishonor of

bills of exchange, bank checks, promissory notes, or other negotiable or commercial paper or instruments.

The recorder of deeds elected as provided for in this Act, shall receive such fees as are or may be provided for him by law, in case of provision therefor; otherwise he shall receive the same fees as are or may be provided by law to be paid to the circuit clerk and ex officio recorder for like services.

§ 2. Because of an emergency, this Act shall take effect upon its passage.

APPROVED March 27, 1919.

SOIL AND CROP IMPROVEMENTS.

§ 2. Amends title of Act.

1. Amends section 1, Act of 1913.

§ 1.

Authorizes fund for soil
and crop improvement.

(SENATE BILL No. 379. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1919.)

AN ACT to amend the title and section 1 of an Act entitled: "An Act to enable the county boards to appropriate funds for the use of soil and crop improvement associations of their several counties,' approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1, 1913.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 1 of an Act entitled: "An Act to enable the county boards to appropriate funds for the use of soil and crop improvement associations of their several counties," approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, is amended to read as follows:

§ 1. That the county boards of the several counties of this State are hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate to and for the use of county soil and crop improvement associations and home improvement associations, or any other like associations organized for the improvement of general agricultural or home conditions, a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum, which is hereby declared to be for county purposes, and to be paid to the treasurer of such association as soon as the annual taxes shall have been collected in like manner as all other expenditures are authorized and expended by said boards.

§ 2. The title of said Act is amended to read as follows:

"An Act to enable the county boards to appropriate funds for the use of soil and crop improvement and home improvement associations. of their several counties."

APPROVED June 28, 1919.

COURTS.

APPELLATE COURTS-REPORTS.

§ 1. Amends section 11, Act of 1913.

(SENATE BILL NO. 68.

§ 11. Distribution of reports. APPROVED JUNE 24, 1919.)

AN ACT to amend section 11 of an Act entitled: "An Act to provide for and regulate the publication and distribution of the decisions of the Appellate courts of this State, and to make them official," approved June 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 11 of an Act entitled: "An Act to provide for and regulate the publication and distribution of the decisions of the Appellate Courts of this State, and to make them official," approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, is amended to read as follows:

§ 11. Upon publication of each volume of said reports, the Secretary of State shall secure from any official publisher for free distribution by him as follows, viz: Five copies to the Library of Congress, one copy to the President of the United States, one copy to each state and territorial library, one copy to each judge of a court of record of this State, one copy to each State officer required to reside at the scat of government, five copies to be deposited in the library of the Supreme Court, and one copy shall be deposited in the State Library. The Secretary of State is also hereby authorized to purchase as aforesaid single volumes to replace lost or destroyed volumes in the State or Supreme Court Library. For the purpose of carrying into effect the foregoing provisions, the Secretary of State is hereby authorized and required to purchase a sufficient number of copies of said official Illinois Appellate Court Reports, issued since July 1, 1913 and of each and every volume from time to time as the same may be hereafter published at a price not to exceed one dollar and fifty cents per volume for the purposes provided as aforesaid. Said books shall be paid for when certified by the Secretary of State upon warrant of the Auditor of Public Accounts.

APPROVED June 24, 1919.

§ 1.

CLERKS OF COURTS.
Amends section 6, Act of 1874.
Office hours.
(HOUSE BILL NO. 550. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1919.)

$ 6.

AN ACT to amend section 6 of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to clerks of courts," approved March 25, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois. represented in the General Assembly: That section 6 of an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to clerks of courts," approved March 25, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

6. The clerks of the Circuit Courts, and of the Superior and Criminal Courts of Cook County, and the clerks of the County and

Probate Courts shall keep their offices at the court house of their respective counties, and shall keep their offices open and attend to the duties thereof from 8 o'clock a. m. to 5 o'clock p. m. of each working day, except legal holidays: Provided, that in counties of seventy thousand population or over the clerks of the courts herein named shall keep their offices open and attend to the duties thereof during such hours on each day, and on such days as may be ordered by the rule of the court in such county, which rule may be changed from time to time as the judge or judges of said court may see fit.

APPROVED June 28, 1919.

FORM AND COST OF PUBLICATIONS.

1. Publications defined-rate.

(HOUSE BILL No. 462.

§ 2. Repeals Act of 1877. APPROVED JUNE 23, 1919.)

AN ACT in relation to the form and cost of publications required by law, or by order or rule of court, and to repeal an Act entitled, "An Act fixing the rate of advertising by the State and providing for the payment of the same," approved May 21, 1877, in force July 1, 1877.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by he People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That when any notice, advertisement, proclamation, statement, proposal, ordinance or proceedings of an official body or board or any other matter or material is required by law or by the order or rule of any court to be published in any newspaper, the face of type in which such publication shall be made shall be the same as the body type used in the classified advertising in the newspaper in which such publication is made. The minimum reasonable rate shall be ten cents per line for each insertion. A standard measure of thirteen ems pica shall constitute a line.

§ 2. An Act entitled, "An Act fixing the rate of advertising by the State, and providing for the payment of the same," approved May 21, 1877, in force July 1, 1877, is hereby repealed.

APPROVED June 23, 1919.

JURY COMMISSIONERS.

§ 6.

Compensation number of assistants.

1. Amends sections 4 and 6. Act of
1887.

§ 4. Selecting names for
jurors.

(HOUSE BILL No. 216. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1919.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to authorize judges of courts of record to appoint jury commissioners and prescribing their powers and duties," approved June 15, 1887, in force July 1, 1887, as amended by an Act approved June 9, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, and as further amended by an Act approved and in force April 24, 1899, by amending sections four (4) and six (6).

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 authorize judges of courts of record to appoint jury commissioners

and prescribing their powers and duties," approved June 5, 1887, and in force July 1, 1887, as amended by an Act approved June 9, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, and as further amended by an Act approved and in force April 24, 1899, be and the same is hereby amended by amending sections four (4) and six (6) so that they shall be read as follows, to-wit:

§ 4. SELECTING NAMES FOR JURORS.] The said jury commissioners shall from time to time select from said jury list the requisite number of names, which shall each be written on a separate ticket, with the age, place of residence and occupation of each, if known, the whole to be put into a box to be kept for that purpose and to be known as the jury box. In like manner they shall select the necessary number of names from said jury list, which names shall each be written on a separate ticket, with the age, place of residence and occupation of each, if known, and put the whole into another box to be kept for that purpose and known as the grand jury box. The jurors so selected shall, as near as may be, be residents of different parts of the county, and of different occupations; and one or more of the judges of said court shall certify to the clerk of the court the number of jurors required at each term. The said clerk shall then repair to the office of the jury commissioners, and in the presence of at least two of said commissioners, or one of said commissioners and a judge of a court of record of said county, and also in the presence of the clerk of said commissioners, if there be one, proceed to draw at random from said jury box, after the same shall have been well shaken, the necessary number of names, and shall certify the same to the sheriff to be by him summoned according to law. If more jurors are needed during said term the court shall so certify; and they shall be drawn and summoned as provided forthwith: Provided, that it shall be the duty of said jury commissioners to have and maintain at all times in said jury box not less than fifteen thousand (15,000) names, and in said grand jury box not less than one thousand (1,000) names.

§ 6. COMPENSATION-NUMBER OF ASSISTANTS.] The said jury commissioners, deputy jury commissioners, clerk and assistants, shall be paid for their services by the county treasurer of the several counties, such compensation as shall be fixed by the county board, upon warrants drawn by the clerk of the county board. The said jury commissioners shall be allowed a reasonable sum every year for stationery and office expenses other than salaries, which shall be paid in like manner: Provided that the said judges, or a majority of them, shall prescribe the number of assistants to be employed by said jury commissioners.

Whereas, emergency exists, this Act shall take effect and be in full force after its passage and approval by the Governor.

APPROVED June 28, 1919.

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