(b) Who is of good moral character and temperate habits;

(c) Who has graduated from the eighth grade of a common school, approved by the Department of Registration and Education; or who has completed an equivalent course of study, as determined by an examination conducted by the Department of Registration and Education;

(d) Who has graduated from a school of embalming which requires as a prerequisite to graduation the completion of a course of study of at least six months' duration, approved by the Department of Registration and Education;

(e) Who has studied embalming in this State under a registered embalmer for at least one year. However, no credit shall be given for the study of embalming in this State under a registered embalmer after the first day of July 1920, unless the applicant, during the period of study was a registered apprentice. The time spent in the study of embalming under an embalmer, registered or licensed under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or of a foreign country or province, may be credited on the period of study required by the provisions of this paragraph; and

(f) Who has passed an examination conducted by the Department of Registration and Education to determine his fitness to receive a certificate of registration as a registered embalmer.

A person is qualified to receive a certificate of registration as a registered apprentice:

(a) Who is at least eighteen years of age;

(b) Who is of good moral character and temperate habits; (c) Who has graduated from the eighth grade of a

school, approved by the Department of Registration and Education, or who has completed an equivalent course of study, as determined by an examination conducted by the Department of Registration and Education; and

(d) Who has entered upon the study of embalming under a registered embalmer, or who has indicated his intention of doing so.

§ 5. Every person who desires to obtain a certificate of registration shall apply therefor to the Department of Registration and Education, in writing, upon blanks prepared and furnished by the Department of Registration and Education. Each application shall contain proof of the particular qualifications required of the applicant, shall be verified by the applicant under oath, and shall be accompanied by the required fee.

6. The Department of Registration and Education shall hold examinations of applicants for certificates of registration as registered embalmers at such times and places as it may determine.

The examination of applicants for certificates of registration as registered embalmers may include both practical demonstrations and written and oral tests, and shall embrace the subjects of anatomy, sanitary science, and the care, preservation, embalming, transportation and burial of dead human bodies. The Department of Registration and Education may, by rule, prescribe additional subjects for examination.

§ 7. Whenever the provisions of this Act have been complied with, the Department of Registration and Education shall issue a certificate of registration as a registered embalmer, or a certificate of registration as a registered apprentice, as the case may be. Any license or certificate of registration heretofore issued under the laws of this State, authorizing its holder to practice embalming, shall, during the unexpired period for which it was issued, serve the same purpose as the certificate of registration as a registered embalmer, provided for by this Act.

§ 8. Every holder of a certificate of registration shall display it in a conspicuous place in his principal office, place of business or employment.

§ 9. Every registered embalmer and every registered apprentice who continues in active practice or service, shall, annually, on or before the first day of January, renew his certificate of registration and pay the required renewal fee. Every certificate of registration which has not been renewed during the month of January in any year shall expire on the first day of February in that year. A registered embalmer or a registered apprentice whose certificate of registration has expired may have his certificate of registration restored only upon payment of the required restoration fee.

Any registered embalmer who retires from the practice of embalming for not more than five years may renew his certificate of registration upon payment of all lapsed renewal fees. However, if any registered embalmer who has retired from the practice of embalming for more than five years, has been practicing embalming under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or of a foreign country or province, he may renew his certificate of registration upon the payment of ten dollars ($10.00).

§ 10. The Department of Registration and Education may either refuse to issue, or may refuse to renew, or may suspend, or may revoke any certificate of registration for any one, or any combination, of the following causes :

(a) Conviction of a felony, as shown by a certified copy of the record of the court of conviction;

(b) The obtaining of or an attempt to obtain, a certificate of registration, or practice in the profession, or money, or any other thing of value, by fraudulent representation;

(c) Continued practice by a person knowingly having an infectious or contagious disease;

(d) Habitual drunkenness, or habitual addiction to the use of morphine, cocaine or other habit-forming drugs.

The Department of Registration and Education may neither refuse to issue, nor refuse to renew, nor suspend, nor revoke, any certificate of registration, however, for any of these causes, unless the person accused has been given at least twenty days' notice, in writing, of the charge against him and a public hearing by the Department of Registration and Education.

Upon the hearing of any such proceeding, the Director of Registration and Education, the Assistant Director of Registration and Educa

tion and the Superintendent of Registration may administer oaths and the Department of Registration and Education may procure, by its subpoena, the attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant books and papers.

Any Circuit Court or any judge of a Circuit Court, either in term time or in vacation, upon application either of the accused or of the Department of Registration and Education, may, by order duly entered, require the attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant books and papers before the Department of Registration and Education in any hearing relating to the refusal, suspension or revocation of certificates of registration. Upon refusal or neglect to obey the order of the court or judge, the court or judge may compel, by proceedings for contempt of court, obedience of its or his order.

§ 11. Upon payment of the required fee, an applicant who is an embalmer, registered or licensed under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or of a foreign country or province, may, without examination, be granted a certificate of registration as a registered embalmer by the Department of Registration and Education, in its discretion, upon the following conditions:

(a) That the applicant is at least twenty-one years of age, of good moral character and temperate habits; and

(b) That the requirements for the registration of licensing of embalmers in the particular state, territory, country or province, were, at the date of the license, substantially equal to the requirements then in force in this State.

$ 12. The fee to be paid by an applicant for an examination to determine his fitness to receive a certificate of registration as a registered embalmer is five dollars ($5.00).

The fee to be paid by an applicant for a certificate of registration as a registered apprentice is one dollar ($1.00).

The fee to be paid by an applicant for an examination to determine his preliminary education is two dollars ($2.00).

The fee to be paid by an applicant for a certificate of registration. as a registered embalmer who is an embalmer, registered or licensed under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or of a foreign country or province is ten dollars ($10.00).

The fee to be paid upon the renewal of a certificate of registration is one dollar ($1.00).

The fee to be paid for the restoration of an expired certificate of registration is two dollars ($2.00).

§ 13. The Department of Registration and Education may adopt reasonable rules and regulations relating to the enforcement of the provisions of this Act.

§14. Each of the following Acts constitutes a misdemeanor, punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars. ($25.00), nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00):

(a) The practice of embalming or an attempt to practice embalming, without a certificate of registration as a registered embalmer;

(b) Service as an apprentice under a registered embalmer or an attempt to serve as an apprentice under a registered embalmer without a certificate of registration as an apprentice;

(c) Permitting any person in one's employ, supervision or control, to practice embalming, unless that person has a certificate of registration as a registered embalmer;

(d) Permitting any person in one's employ, supervision or control, to serve as an apprentice under a registered embalmer unless that person has a certificate of registration as a registered apprentice;

(e) The obtaining of, or an attempt to obtain, a certificate of registration, or practice in the profession, or money, or any other thing of value, by fraudulent representation;

(f) The making of any wilfully false oath or affirmation whenever an oath or affirmation is required by this Act;

(g) The violation of the provisions of section 8 of this Act. All fines and penalties shall inure to the Department of Registration and Education.

§ 15. The Department of Registration and Education shall keep a record, which shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times, of its proceedings relating to the issuance, refusal, renewal, suspension and revocation of certificates of registration. This record shall, also, contain the name, known place of business and residence, and the date and number of the certificate of registration of every registered embalmer and registered apprentice in this State.

§ 16. "An Act providing for the regulation of the embalming and disposal of dead bodies, for a system of examination, registration and licensing of embalmers, and imposing penalties for the violation of any of its provisions," approved May 13, 1905, in force July 1, 1905, as amended, is repealed.

§ 17. This Act may be known and cited as "The Illinois Embalming Act".

AN ACT to amend section 1 of an Act entitled: “An Act relating to employment offices and agencies," approved and in force May 11, 1903, as amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Ilinois. represented in the General Assembly: That section 1 of an Act entitled: "An Act relating to employment offices and agencies," approved and in force May 11, 1903, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 1. That free employment offices are hereby created as follows: One in each city of not less than fifty thousand population; one in two or more contiguous cities or towns having an aggregate or combined population of not less than fifty thousand population, and in each city containing a population of one million or over, one central office with as many departments as would be practical to handle the various classes of labor and such branch offices not to exceed four at any one time, the location of branch offices to be approved by the Governor, for the purpose of receiving applications of persons seeking employment and applications of persons seeking to employ labor. Such offices shall be designated and known as Illinois Free Employment Offices.

APPROVED June 11, 1919.

REHABILITATION IN INDUSTRY OF DISCHARGED SAILORS AND SOLDIERS. § 4. Penalty for failing to furnish information.

1. Employer to file statement with Director of Labor.

AN ACT to authorize the Director of Labor to secure information for statistical purposes and to promote the rehabilitation in industry of discharged sailors and soldiers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That every employer of labor, employing five or more employees shall annually between the 1st day of January, and the 15th day thereof, or, upon the request of the Director of Labor in case of an emergency, or where employment is in an occupation seasonal in character, file with the Director of Labor a statement on a blank to be furnished by the Department of Labor, which statement shall set forth facts substantially, as follows:

1. Name of employer....

2.

3.

Nature of business.

Is ownership individual, corporate or partnership?.

4. Name of manager or acting executive officer..