7. No. of employees who left your employment to enter naval or military service of the U. S., between April 25, 1917 and November 12, 1918 ..

8. No of such former employees who have been re-employed...

§ 2. The Director of Labor is hereby authorized and directed to investigate the matter of re-employment of soldiers and sailors honorably discharged from the military or naval service of the United States, in order to bring about and to promote their speedy restoration to the industrial status formerly occupied by them. To that end he shall make use of all available information disclosed by records and statistics of his office, and he shall wherever and whenever possible and practicable advise with, and mediate between, employers and such discharged soldiers and sailors and he shall co-operate with patriotic organizations in efforts to bring about a prompt rehabilitation in industry of such discharged soldiers and sailors; he shall from time to time make such recommendations to employers as shall be deemed fit and reasonable in order to advance and promote such, replacements in industry as shall be most advantageous to soldiers and sailors discharged from naval or military service of the United States.

§ 3. It shall be the duty of the State Department of Labor to enforce the provisions of this Act and to classify the information thereby received, for statistical purposes and for such other purposes as are authorized by this Act: Provided that in no case shall the statistics be so arranged, or information so used as to reveal the affairs of any single employer.

§ 4. Any employer failing or refusing to furnish the information as provided herein shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum not less than $5.00 nor more than $25.00.

§ 5. This Act shall become effective upon its passage and approval.

APPROVED June 21, 1919.

AN ACT in relation to the rehabilitation of physically handicapped

persons.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: It shall be the duty of the Department of Public Welfare to direct, as hereinafter provided, the rehabilitation of every physically handicapped person, sixteen (16) years of age or over, residing in the State of Illinois.

"A physical handicapped person" shall mean any person who, by reason of a physical defect or infirmity, whether congential or acquired by accident, injury or disease, is, or may be expected to be, incapitated for remunerative occupation.

"Rehabilitation" shall mean the rendering of a person physically handicapped, fit to engage in a remunerative occupation.

"Person residing in the State of Illinois" shall mean any person who is and has been domiciled within the State for one year or more.

This Act, however, shall not be construed to apply to aged or helpless persons requiring permanent custodial care, or to blind persons under the care of the State, or to deaf persons under the care of the State, or to any epileptic or feeble-minded person or to any person who may, in the judgment of the Department of Public Welfare, not be susceptible of such rehabilitation.

§ 2. The Department of Public Welfare shall have power, and it shall be its duty:

(a) To establish relations with all public and private hospitals to receive prompt and complete reports of any persons under treatment in such hospitals for any injury or disease that may permanently impair their earning capacity. The persons thus reported shall be visited by representatives of the Department of Public Welfare who shall make records of their condition and report to the Department of Public Welfare. The Department of Public Welfare shall then determine whether the person is susceptible of rehabilitation. Such per sons as may be found so susceptible shall be acquainted by the Department of Public Welfare with the rehabilitation facilities offered by the State and the benefits of entering upon remunerative work at an early date. Any person who chooses to take advantage of these rehabilitation facilities shall be registered with the Department of Public Welfare, and a record shall be kept of every such person and the measures taken for his or her rehabilitation. The Department of Publie Welfare shall offer to any such person counsel regarding the selection of a suitable occupation and of an appropriate course of training, and shall initiate definite plans for beginning rehabilitation as soon as the physical condition of the person permits.

(b) To arrange with the Department of Labor to receive reports of all cases of injuries received by emploves in the course of employment which may result in permanent disability. The persons thus known to be injured shall be visited, examined, registered and advised in the same manner and for the same purposes as specified in Clause (a) of this section.

(c) To receive applications of any physically handicapped persons residing within the State for advice and assistance regarding their rehabilitation. The persons thus known to be physically handicapped shall be visited, examined and advised in the same manner and for the same purposes as specified in Clause (a) of this section.

(d) To make a survey to ascertain the number and condition of physically handicapped persons within the State. The persons thus known to be physically handicapped shall be visited, examined, registered, and advised in the same manner and for the same purposes as specified in Clause (a) of this section.

(e) To arrange for such therapeutic treatment as may be necessary for the rehabilitation of any physically handicapped person registered with the Department of Public Welfare.

(f) To procure and furnish at cost to physically handicapped persons registered with the Department of Public Welfare, artificial limbs and other orthopedic and prosthetic appliances, to be paid for in easy installments.

(g) To establish, equip, maintain and operate in one of the large cities in the State, a School of Rehabilitation, and to establish, equip, maintain and operate branches of the school at such other places as may in the judgment of the Department of Public Welfare be necessary. There shall be provided at the school and its branches courses of training in selected occupation for physically handicapped persons registered with the Department of Public Welfare whose physical condition may, in the judgment of the Department of Public Welfare, require special courses of training to render them fit to engage in remunerative employment and who are assigned by the Department of Public Welfare to the school or to any of its branches for the purpose of such special training.

The Department of Public Welfare shall make the necessary rules for the proper conduct and management of the school and its branches; shall have control and care of the building and grounds used by the State for the school and its branches, and shall prescribe the course and methods of training to be given at the school and its branches.

(h) To arrange with the State and local school authorities for training courses in the public schools of the State in selected occupations for physically handicapped persons registered with the Department of Public Welfare.

(i) To arrange with any educational institution for training courses in selected occupations for physically handicapped persons registered with the Department of Public Welfare.

(j) To arrange with any public or private organization or commercial, industrial or agricultural establishment for training courses in selected occupations for physically handicapped persons registered with the Department of Public Welfare.

(k) To provide for the maintenance, during the prescribed period of training, of physically handicapped persons registered with the Department of Public Welfare: Provided, that the cost of such maintenance shall not exceed ten dollars ($10.00) per week for twenty weeks, unless an extension of time is granted by the Department of Public Welfare.

(1) To arrange for social service to and for the visiting of physically handicapped persons registered with the Department or Public Welfare and their families in their homes during the period of treatment and training and after its completion, and to give advice. regarding any matter that may effect rehabilitation.

(m) To co-operate with the Department of Labor in the placement in remunerative employment of physically handicapped persons registered with the Department of Public Welfare.

(n) To conduct investigations and surveys of the several industries located in the State to ascertain the occupations within each industry in which physically handicapped persons can enter upon remunerative employment under favorable conditions and work with

normal effectiveness and to determine what practicable changes and adjustments in industrial operations and practices may facilitate such employment.

(0) To make such studies and reports as may be helpful for the operation of this Act.

(p) To keep the people of the State informed regarding the operation of this Act.

(q) To co-operate with any department of the Federal or State government or with any private agency in the operation of this Act.

(r) Provided, however, that no person shall be subject to this Act or to any of its provisions, and shall not be examined, registered, or advised unless such person first elects to take advantage of the privileges afforded by this Act and to come under its terms and conditions.

3. The Department of Public Welfare, subject to the provisions of civil service law which is now or which hereafter may be in force in this State, shall employ such persons as may be necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this Act, and shall prescribe their duties, compensation and terms. of employment.

$ 4. The Department of Public Welfare shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations relating to the enforcement of the provisions of this Act.

AN ACT to amend section 2 of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for wash rooms in certain employments to protect the health of employes and secure public comfort," approved June 26, 1913, in force July

1, 1913.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 2 of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for wash rooms in certain employments to protect the health of employes and secure public comfort," approved June 26, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, is amended to read as follows:

§ 2. Such wash rooms shall be so arranged that employees may change their clothing therein, and shall be sufficient for the number of employees engaged regularly in such employment; shall be provided with lockers or hangers in which employees may keep their clothing; shall be provided with hot and cold water and with sufficient and suitable places and means for using the same; and during cold weather, shall be sufficiently heated.

APPROVED June 28, 1919.

AN ACT to amend sections three (3), seven (7), eight (8), fourteen (14), nineteen (19), twenty-one (21), twenty-four (24), twenty-siz (26), twenty-eight (28) and thirty-one (31) of an Act entitled: "An Act to promote the general welfare of the people of this State by providing compensation for accidental injuries or death suffered in the course of employment within this State; providing for the enforcement and administering thereof, and a penalty for its violation, and repealing an Act entitled, 'An Act to promote the general welfare of the people of this State by providing compensation for accidental injuries or death suffered in the course of employment,' approved June 10, 1911, in force May 1, 1912," as subsequently amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That sections three (3), seven (7), eight (8), fourteen (14), nineteen (19), twenty-one (21), twenty-four (24), twenty-six (26), twenty-eight (28) and thirty-one (31) of an Act entitled: "An Act to promote the general welfare of the people of this State by providing compensation for accidental injuries or death suffered in the course of employment within this State; providing for the enforcement and administering thereof, and a penalty for its violation, and repealing an Act entitled, 'An Act to promote the general welfare of the people of this State by providing compensation for accidental injuries or death suffered in the course of employment,' approved