regulation of the practice of professions, trades and occupations, upon the following conditions: (a) That he takes the examination prior to the 30th day of June, 1920; (b) That, during the first three years of his course of study he attended a professional school deemed by the appropriate administrative agency of this State to be a reputable school in good standing; (c) That, the appropriate administrative agency of this State, during the interval between the completion of the third year and the beginning of the fourth year of his course of study, deemed the school from which he graduated to be no longer a reputable school in good standing; (d) That, although the school was notified of this action, neither the administrative agency nor the school furnished him with notice thereof either in person or by publication, and (e) That, he entered in good faith upon the fourth year of his course of study in that school, without any actual notice of the fact that the school was deemed by the appropriate administrative agency of this State to be no longer a reputable school in good standing. Any such person who has the other qualifications required by law and who passes the examination shall be entitled to a license or a certificate of registration, the same as if he had graduated from a professional school which at the time of graduation was deemed by the appropriate administrative agency of this State to be a reputable school in good standing, under the laws of this State relating to the regulation of the practice of professions, trades and occupations. APPROVED June 23, 1919. (SENATE BILL NO. 141. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1919.) AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to provide a method of voting at any special, general or primary election by electors expecting in the course of their business or duty to be absent from the county in which they are electors," approved June 22, 1917, in force July 1, 1917, and by amending sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 13 of said Act. 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 a method of voting at any special, general or primary election by electors expecting in the course of their business or duty to be absent from the county in which they are electors," approved June 22, 1917, in force July 1, 1917, be and the same is hereby amended by amending sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 13 to read as follows: § 1. That any qualified elector of the State of Illinois having duly registered where such registration is required, who expects in the course of his business or duties to be absent from the county in which he is a qualified elector on the day of holding any special, general or primary election at which any presidential preference is indicated or any candidates are chosen or elected, for any congressional, State, district, county, town, city, village, precinct or judicial offices, or at which questions of public policy are submitted, may vote at such election as hereinafter provided. § 2. APPLICATION FOR BALLOT. Any elector as defined in the foregoing section expecting to be absent from the county of his residence on the day of such election may, not more than thirty nor less than ten days prior to the date of such election make application to the county clerk or, where existing, to the board of election commissioners, or other officer or officers charged with the duty of furnishing ballots for such election in his voting precinct, for an official ballot for said precinct to be voted at such election. § 3. FORM OF APPLICATION. Application for such ballot shall be made on a blank to be furnished by the county clerk or the board of election commissioners or other officer or officers charged with the duty of furnishing ballots as aforesaid, as the case may be, and shall be substantially in the following form: residing at. address for.... .election in the.... .ward in the city or town of and State of Illinois. do solemnly swear that I am .precinct of the town of..... ward in the city of..... vote in such precinct at a..... in the city of..... ... in said city or town in the county of . and State of Illinois; that I have lived at said. for .street and that in the course of my business or duties I expect to be absent from the said county of my residence at the city of.... ... State of....... on the date of holding such election, and that I will have no opportunity to vote in person on that day. I hereby make appliation for an official ballot or ballots to be voted by me at such election if I am absent from the said county of my residence, and I agree that I shall return said ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same in sufficient time for such official to deliver said ballot or ballots to the proper polling place prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the election. Post office address to which ballot is mailed: Subscribed and sworn to by. personally known to me, before me this.......day of. A. D..... who is Official Capacity. (Penalty clause set out in full) Provided, that if application be made for a primary election ballot, such application shall designate the name of the political party with which the applicant is affiliated. § 4. OFFICIAL TO DELIVER OR MAIL BALLOT. Immediately upon the receipt of such application either by mail or by personal delivery by the applicant, not more than thirty (30) nor less than five (5) days prior to such election, at the office of such county clerk or board of election commissioners or the officer or officers charged with the duty of furnishing ballots as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of such board of election commissioners, if any, to examine the records to ascertain whether or not such applicant is lawfully entitled to vote as requested, and if found so to be, to post immediately thereafter the name, street address, ward and precinct number by such applicant given on a list to be kept by such officer or officers for such purpose in a conspicuous place accessible to the public at the entrance of the office of such officer or officers, and immediately thereafter to mail, postage prepaid, or deliver in person an official ballot or ballots if more than one are to be voted at said election. § 5. ENVELOPE FOR BALLOT. It shall be the duty of said county clerk or board of election commissioners or other officer or officers as aforesaid to fold the ballot or ballots in the manner specified by the statute for folding ballots prior to their deposit in the ballot box, and he shall enclose such ballot or ballots in an envelope unsealed to be furnished by him, which envelope shall bear upon the face thereof the name, official title and post office address of such officer or officers, and upon the other side a printed affidavit in substantially the following form: STATE OF..... COUNTY OF. ·I, .. am a resident of the. or of the.. residing at address for. SS. do solemnly swear that I precinct of the town of.. ward in the city of.... ... in said city or town in the county of and State of Illinois, that I have lived at said .months last past; that I am lawfully entitled of and State of.... ...street in the city of... and that in the course of my business or duties I expect to be absent from the said county of my residence, and at the city of.... Idate of said election. ....and state of.... I further swear that I marked the enclosed ballot in secret. on the Subscribed and sworn to before me, an officer duly authorized under the laws of this State to administer oaths, this.... ...day of A. D. ..... .., and I hereby certify that the affiant exhibited the enclosed ballot to me unmarked, and that he then in my presence and in the presence of no other person and in such manner that I could not see his vote, marked such ballot and enclosed and sealed the same in this envelope without my seeing or knowing his vote, and that the affiant was not solicited or advised by me to vote for or against any candidate or proposition. Official. Capacity. with Provided, that if the ballot enclosed is to be voted at a primary election, the affidavit shall designate the name of the political party which the voter is affiliated. In addition to the above, the said officer or officers shall provide printed slips giving full instructions regarding the manner of marking and returning the ballot in order that the same may be counted, and shall furnish one of said printed slips to each of said applicants at the same time the ballot is delivered to him. § 6. AFFIDAVITS, MARKING AND RETURNING BALLOT. Such absent voter shall make and subscribe to the affidavits provided for in the application and on the return envelope for said ballot before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths and such voter shall exhibit the ballot to such officer unmarked, and shall thereupon in the presence of such officer and of no other person mark such ballot or ballots, but in such manner that such officer can not see or know how such ballot is marked, and such ballot or ballots shall then in the presence of such officer be refolded by such voter in the manner required to be folded before depositing the same in the ballot box, and be in the presence of such officer deposited in such envelope and the envelope securely sealed. Such officer shall then endorse his certificate upon the back of said envelope and said envelope shall be mailed by such voter, postage prepaid, to the officer issuing the ballot or, if more convenient, it may be delivered in person, but in any event it must be returned into the hands of the officer in sufficient time for said ballot or ballots to be delivered by such officer to the proper polling place before the closing of the polls, on the day of the election. § 9. OPENING ENVELOPE AND VOTING BALLOT. At the close of the regular balloting and at the close of the polls the judges of election of each voting precinct shall proceed to cast the absent voters' ballots separately, and as each absent voter's ballot is taken shall open the outer or carrier envelope, announce the absent voter's name, and compare the signature upon the application with the signature upon the affidavit on the ballot envelope. In case the judges find the affidavits properly executed, that the signatures correspond, that the applicant is a duly qualified elector in the precinct, and the applicant has not been present and voted within the county where he represents himself to be a qualified elector on such election day, they shall open the envelope containing the absent voter's ballot in such manner as not to deface or destroy the affidavit thereon, or mark or tear the ballots therein, and take out the ballot or ballots therein contained without unfolding or permitting the same to be unfolded or examined, and having endorsed the ballot in like manner as other ballots are required to be endorsed, shall deposit the same in the proper ballot box or boxes and enter the absent voter's name in the poll book the same as if he had been present and voted in person. In case such affidavit or the certificate of the officer before whom the same is taken is found to be insufficient or that the signatures do not correspond, or that the applicant is not a duly qualified elector in such precinct or that the ballot envelope is open or has been opened and resealed, or that said voter is present and has voted within the county where he represents himself to be a qualified elector on the day of such election at such election, such previously cast vote shall not be allowed, but without opening the absent voter's envelope the judge of such election shall mark across the face thereof, "Rejected", giving the reason therefor. In case the ballot envelope contains more than one ballot of any kind, said ballots shall not be counted, but shall be marked "Rejected", giving the reason therefor. The absent voters' envelopes and affidavits and the absent voters' envelope with its contents unopened, when such absent vote is rejected shall be retained and preserved in the manner as now provided for the retention and preservation of official ballots rejected at such election. 13. PENALTY CLAUSE. If any person shall wilfully swear falsely to any such affidavit, he shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of perjury and shall be punished as in such case is by law provided. If any person who, having procured an official ballot or ballots as heretofore provided, shall wilfully neglect or refuse to cast or return same in the manner heretofore provided, or shall wilfully violate any provision of this Act, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned in the county jail not less than sixty days nor to exceed one year, or both. If any county clerk or member or clerk of the board of election commissioners or any other election officer or officers shall refuse or neglect to perform any of the duties prescribed by this Act, or shall violate any of the provisions thereof, he shall upon conviction be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed ninety days. APPROVED June 28, 1919. |