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which a water supply may be obtained by any city, town or village within said district, and shall have the right and power to appoint and support a sufficient police force, the members of which may have and exercise police powers over the territory within such drainage district, and over the territory included within a radius of fifteen miles from the intake of any such water supply in any such waters, for the purpose of preventing the pollution of said waters, and any interference with any of the property of such sanitary district; but such police officers when acting within the limits of any such city, town or village, shall act in aid of the regular police force thereof, and shall then be subject to the direction of its chief of police, city or village marshals or other head thereof; provided, that in so doing, they shall not be prevented or hindered from executing the orders and authority of said board of trustees of such sanitary district: Provided, further, that before compelling a change in any method of disposal of sewage so as to prevent the said pollution of any water, the board of trustees of such district shall first have provided means to prevent the pollution of said water from sewage or refuse originating from their own sanitary district.

§ 2. That the Act entitled, 'An Act to create sanitary districts and to provide for sewage disposal,' approved June 22, 1917, in force July 1, 1917, be amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 3a, which shall read as follows, to-wit:

§ 3a. Whenever a vacancy in said board of trustees shall occur, either from death, resignation, refusal to qualify, or for any other reason, the county judge shall have power to fill such vacancy by appointment; and such person so appointed shall qualify for office in the manner hereinbefore stated and shall thereupon assume the duties of the office for the unexpired term to which such person was appointed." APPROVED June 28, 1919.

SANITARY DISTRICTS.

§ 1.

Organization legalized.

§ 3.

Emergency.

§ 2. Authorized acts and proceedings declared legal.

(HOUSE BILL NO. 307. APPROVED JUNE 10, 1919.)

AN ACT to legalize the organization of sanitary districts where such districts have been organized in pursuance of "An Act to create sanitary districts and to provide for sewage disposal", approved June 22. 1917, in force July 1, 1917.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That whenever the inhabitants of any area of contiguous territory shall have proceeded to organize as a sanitary district under and by virtue of "An Act to create sanitary districts and to provide for sewage disposal", approved June 22, 1917, in force July 1, 1917, and a meeting of the board of commissioners has been held for the purpose of fixing and determining the limits and boundaries of such proposed district, without giving the notice of such meeting, by publication thereof the required number of times prior to

said meeting, as provided by law, and in all cases where a majority of the inhabitants of such territory voting on the proposition having voted at any election called for the purpose of organizing said district, as provided by said Act, and due publication of said notice of said election and the posting of said notices in the respective voting districts therein have not been had as provided by law, each such meeting of the board of commissioners to fix and determine the limits and boundaries of such proposed district and each such election so held, as set forth herein, are hereby made legal and valid, and such territory is hereby declared legally and validly organized and established as a sanitary district and body politic and corporate of this State for the purpose of providing for sewage disposal.

§ 2. All acts and proceedings heretofore done, had or performed by each such district and the persons from time to time appointed and acting as trustees thereof, such as are authorized to be done, are hereby declared to be legal and valid in all respects.

§ 3. Whereas an emergency exists, therefore this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.

APPROVED June 10, 1919.

§ 1.

SANITARY DISTRICTS-DESPLAINES AND ILLINOIS RIVERS.
Amends section 17, Act of 1889.

$ 17.

May acquire right of way-requirements for bridges-when street becomes part of public highway.

(HOUSE BILL No. 665. APPROVED JUNE 28. 1919.)

AN ACT to amend section seventeen of an Act entitled: "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.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section seventeen of an Act entitled: "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 is amended to read as follows:

17. When it shall be necessary in making any improvements which any district is authorized by this Act to make, to enter upon any public property or property held for public use, such district shall have the power so to do and may acquire the necessary right of way over such property held for public use in the same manner as is above provided for acquiring private property, and may enter upon, use, widen, deepen and improve any navigable or other waters, waterways, canal or lake: Provided, the public use thereof shall not be unnecessarily interrupted or interfered with, and that the same shall be restored to its former usefulness as soon as practicable.

Every such district may build suitable bridges with suitable approaches thereto, with roadways and sidewalks thereon for public travel

across its main drainage channel on the line of Crawford Avenue, sometimes called 40th Avenue, in the City of Chicago, as extended across the said main channel; and also on the line of California Avenue in the City of Chicago as extended across said main drainage channel; also on the line of Cicero Avenue, sometimes called 48th Avenue, which lies partly in the City of Chicago and partly in the township of Stickney, as extended across said main drainage channel; and on the line of Harlem Avenue, sometimes called 72nd Avenue, as extended across said main drainage channel, all in the county of Cook. Provided, that such bridges shall be without center piers and shall otherwise conform to the requirements of the Federal government with regard to the width of the channel, clearance and other regulations designed to prevent interference with commerce. Said bridges with approaches, roadways and sidewalks thereon shall be thereafter maintained in good order for public travel by any such district as a corporate expense, and no compensation shall be demanded or required to be paid any such district for its land necessarily taken to form part of a street or highway to afford access to any such bridge or as compensation for such bridges and their appurtenances as aforesaid: Provided, however, that if any such bridges with approaches, roadways and sidewalks thereon shall lie wholly within the territorial limits of any one municipality, then any such bridges and appurtenances shall on completion be turned over to the corporate authorities of any such municipality free of cost, and shall thereupon become the property of such municipality, and be maintained in good order for public travel by such municipality: And provided, further, however, that if any lands of such district is necessarily taken to form part of a street or roadway leading to any such bridge, which land lies wholly within such municipality, or if such district shall enter into a contract with any such municipality for the dedication of the right of way for a street across or over any lands of such district adjoining such main channel for an approach or roadway leading to any such bridge lying wholly within any such municipality, then such street shall become a part of the public highways of such municipality, and such municipality shall thereafter maintain such street and all parts and portions thereof and shall place any and all improvements that such municipality may deem necessary in such street without any cost or charge of any kind to said district.

APPROVED June 28, 1919.

SANITARY DISTRICTS-TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN HIGHWAYS.

§ 1. Adds section 10a, Act of 1889.

$ 10a.

Districts to build and maintain highways.

(HOUSE BILL No. 260. APPROVED JUNE 21, 1919.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "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 adding thereto a section to be known as section 10a.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: An Act entitled, "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, is amended, by adding thereto a section to be known as section 10a, to read as follows:

§ 10a. Any district organized under this Act shall have power to build and maintain highways along or near any canal or channel built by the district, upon land owned by said district, and to repair and maintain public highways near or along any such canal or channel, whenever such highways so constructed, or so repaired or maintained, are necessary, in the discretion of the board of trustees, to make accessible and available for convenient use dock property owned by the district.

APPROVED June 21, 1919.

SKILLET FORK RIVER DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

1. Repeals Act of 1917.

(SENATE BILL No. 356.

§ 2. All proceedings abated. APPROVED JUNE 11, 1919.)

AN ACT to repeal an Act entitled: "An Act to provide for the organization of Skillet Fork River Drainage District and for the improvement of the channel of Skillet Fork River and its tributaries by special assessments on the property benefitted [benefited] thereby," approved and in force April 11, 1917, as amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: An Act entitled: "An Act to provide for the organization of Skillet Fork River Drainage District and for the improvement of the channel of Skillet Fork River and its tributaries by special assessment on the property benefitted [benefited] thereby," approved and in force April 11, 1917, as amended, is hereby repealed.

§ 2. All proceedings heretofore taken by virtue of the said Act. in any of the courts of this State shall be abated upon the taking affect of this Act.

APPROVED June 11, 1919.

SPECIAL DISTRICTS ORGANIZED.

1. Amends section 53, Act of 1885.

§ 53.

When special drainage district organized-fifteen or more land owners-election-no

tice-voting place.

(HOUSE BILL No. 52. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1919.)

AN ACT to amend section 53 of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for drainage for agricultural and sanitary purposes and to repeat certain acts therein named," approved June 27, 1885, in force July 1, 1885, as amended by an Act approved June 25, 1915, in force July 1, 1915.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 53 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for drainage for agricultural and sanitary purposes and to repeal certain Acts therein named", approved June

27, 1885, in force July 1, 1885, as amended by an Act approved June 25, 1915, in force July 1, 1915, be amended to read as follows:

§ 53. As soon as a special drainage district has been organized, containing fifteen (15) or more landowners, it shall be the duty of the county clerk of the county in which the proceedings are instituted, who shall be ex officio clerk of the commissioners of said district, to give notice by posting written or printed notices in at least five public places in said district, and that on a day and place therein named, and at an hour not later than two (2) o'clock p. m., and not less than ten (10) days from the date of notice, an election will be held, for the purpose of electing three (3) drainage commissioners for said district, and the meetings of said commissioners shall be held at the office of said county clerk or at some place within such drainage district; provided that meetings of the commissioners, except those of which notice is required to be given to the landowners, may be held beyond the boundaries of the district, but within the county in which the district is organized, at some place designated by an order duly made and entered in the records of the district as the regular meeting place of the commissioners and the adoption of which meeting place a notice shall be published for three successive weeks in at least one newspaper in each county in which such special drainage district or a part thereof may be situated; and provided further that elections in special drainage districts shall be held within the boundaries of the districts. However, upon a petition signed by a majority of the adult landowners in any such district petitioning for the establishment of a voting place outside of such district and specifically describing the location of such proposed voting place, being filed in the court where such district was organized, the court may, if it finds it will be for the convenience of the landowners, enter an order establishing the voting place petitioned for, notice of the hearing on such petition to be given for such length of time and in such manner as the court may direct.

APPROVED June 28, 1919.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.

VALIDATION.

§ 1. Requirements to take examination for license relating to practice of professions, etc.

(HOUSE BILL No. 484. APPROVED JUNE 23, 1919.)

AN ACT to validate the educational qualifications of applicants for licenses and certificates of registration under the laws of this State relating to the regulation of the practice of professions, trades and occupations.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That any person who, during the school year 1917-1918, graduated from a school which, at the time of graduation, was deemed by the appropriate administrative agency of this State not to be a reputable school in good standing shall, nevertheless, if he has the other qualifications required by law, be eligible to take an examination conducted by the appropriate administrative agency of this State to determine his fitness to receive a license or a certificate of registration under the laws of this State relating to the

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