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COMPENSATION.

§ 1. Amends section 63, Act of 1872.

§ 63.

Compensation of judges and clerks.

(HOUSE BILL No. 407. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1919.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, “An Act in regard to elections, and to provide for filling vacancies in elective offices," approved April 3, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, as amended, by amending section sixtythree (63) 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 in regard to elections and to provide for filling vacancies in elective office," approved April 3, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended by amending section sixty-three (63) thereof so as to read as follows:

§ 63. All judges and clerks of election in counties of the first and second class shall be allowed the sum of six ($6.00) dollars per day for their services, including all cities in such counties under the jurisdiction of a board of election commissioners, and for the day of election or for each primary judge or clerk of election shall only be credited with one day's service each; and judges and clerks of election in counties of the third class, shall be allowed the sum of six ($6.00) dollars per day for their services, provided, that all judges and clerks of election in cities having a population of five hundred thousand inhabitants or over, shall be allowed the sum of seven ($7.00) dollars for their services for each regular election and for each primary, and five ($5.00) dollars for each registration and revision.

APPROVED June 28, 1919.

HOLIDAYS.

§ 21. Legal holidays declared-exceptions.

§ 1. Amends section 21 of Article II, Act of 1885.

(SENATE BILL NO. 230. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1919.)

AN ACT to amend section 21 of Article II of an Act entitled, “An Act to regulate the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof in cities, villages and incorporated towns in this State," approved June 19, 1885, in force July 1, 1885, as subsequently amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That "An Act regulating the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof in cities, villages and incorporated towns in this State," approved June 19, 1885, in force July 1, 1885, as amended by subsequent Acts, be and the same is hereby amended by amending section 21 of Article II thereof to read as follows:

§ 21. The days upon which the general elections for members of the House of Representatives of this State shall hereafter be held in such city, village or incorporated town, shall be holidays, and shall for all purposes whatever as regards the presenting for payment or acceptance and of protesting and giving notice of the dishonor of bills of exchange, bank checks and promissory notes and as regards days

of grace upon commercial paper, be treated and considered as is the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday; provided, that no other election day shall be treated and considered as a holiday.

APPROVED June 28, 1919.

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AN ACT in relation to the nomination of candidates for public offices by political parties.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: The nomination of candidates. by political parties as defined by section 2 of this Act, for the following elective offices, shall be made at a primary election held under the provisions of this Act, and not otherwise: All elective State offices (except trustees of the University of Illinois); representatives in Congress from each congressional district; county judge; probate judge; county clerk; probate clerk; clerk of the Circuit Court; clerk of the Superior Court of Cook County; recorder of deeds; county auditor; county treasurer; sheriff, trustees of sanitary districts; coroner; State's attorney; county superintendent of schools; county surveyor; county commissioners in counties of the first and second class not under township organization: members of the board of assessors; members of the board of review; presidents of boards of trustees of sanitary districts; county commissioners of

Cook County; president of the county board of Cook County; clerk of the Criminal Court of Cook County; city officers in cities having a population of five thousand or more, as determined by the then last preceding Federal census; township officers in townships co-extensive with cities and incorporated towns or villages having a population of 5,000 or more.

The nomination of all other candidates for State, congressional, judicial, county, city and district offices by political parties, as defined in section 2 of this Act, shall be made by conventions of delegates as provided in this Act, and not otherwise. Each political party as defined in section 2 shall elect district, ward or precinct committeemen in the manner provided by this Act. Delegates and alternate delegates from Congressional districts to national nominating convention shall be elected by the voters of the respective parties in the respective Congressional districts at the primary election to be held on the second Tuesday of April in any year in which a President of the United States is to be elected.

§ 2. A political party which at the general election for State and county officers then next preceding a primary polled more than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast in the State, is hereby declared to be a political party within the State, and shall nominate all candidates provided for in this Act under the provisions hereof.

A political party which at the general election for State and county officers then next preceding a primary cast more than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast within any Congressional district, is hereby declared to be a political party within the meaning of this Act, within such Congressional district, and shall nominate its candidates for Representatives in Congress and for members of the State Board of Equalization within said district under the provisions hereof.

A political party which at the general election for State and county officers then next preceding a primary cast more than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast in any county, is hereby declared to be a political party within the meaning of this Act within said county, and shall nominate all county officers in said county under the provisions hereof.

A political party which at the general election for city and village officers then next preceding a primary cast more than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast in any city or village, is hereby declared to be a political party within the meaning of this Act within said city or village, and shall nominate all city or village officers in said city or village provided for in this Act under the provisions hereof.

A political party which at the general election for town officers then next preceding a primary cast more than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast in said town, is hereby declared to be a political party within the meaning of this Act within said town, and shall nominate all town officers in said town provided for in this Act under the provisions hereof.

A political party which at the general election in any other municipality or political subdivision, except townships and school districts, for municipal or other officers therein, then next preceding a primary, cast more than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast in such municipality or political subdivision, is hereby declared to be a political party within the meaning of this Act within said municipality or political subdivi

sion, and shall nominate all municipal or other officers therein under the provisions hereof, except candidates for the offices of members of the General Assembly.

§ 3. In determining the total vote of a political party, whenever required by this Act, the test shall be the total vote cast by such political party for its candidate who received the greatest number of votes.

§ 4. The following words and phrases in this Act shall, unless the same be inconsistent with the context, be construed as follows: (1) The word "primary," the primary election provided for in this Act;

(2) The word "election," a general election, as distinguished from a special election or a primary election;

(3) The word "precinct," a voting district heretofore or hereafter established by law within which all qualified electors vote at one polling place;

(4) The words "State office," or "State officer," an office to be filled, or an officer to be voted for, by qualified electors of the entire State, including United State Senator and Congressman at large;

(5) The words "Congressional office," or "Congressional officer," one elector of President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress;

(6) The words "judicial office" or "judicial officer," judges of the Supreme and Circuit Courts and judges of the Superior Court of Cook County;

(7) The words "county office" or "county officer," an office to be filled or an officer to be voted for, by the qualified electors of the entire county, members of the board of assessors and county commissioners of Cook County:

(8) The words "city office" and "village office," or "city officer" and "village officer," an office to be filled or an officer to be voted for by the qualified electors of the entire city or village, as the case may be, including aldermen;

(9) The word "ward," a division for which aldermen are elected. 5. The primary herein provided for shall be held at the regular polling places now established, or which may hereafter be established, for the purposes of a general election.

6. Primary elections shall be held as follows: (1)

On the first Wednesday after the second Tuesday in September, A. D. 1920, and every two years thereafter for the nomination of candidates as provided for in this Act to be voted for at the November election next ensuing, which shall be known as the September primary:

(2) On the last Tuesday of February, A. D. 1921, and every two years thereafter, for the nomination of candidates to be voted for at the city election then next ensuing in cities having a population of 5,000 or more;

(3) On the second Tuesday in April in any year in which a President of the United States to be elected, for the purpose of electing ward or precinct committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates from Congressional districts to national nominating conventions and for the purpose of securing an expression of the sentiment and will of the

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