LAWS

OF THE

STATE OF ILLINOIS,

PASSED BY THE

THIRTY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

AT THE REGULAR BIENNIAL SESSION WHICH

Convened at the Capitol, in Springfield, on the 7th day of
January, A. D., 1891, and adjourned sine die on the
12th day of June, A. D., 1891.

Printed by Authority of the General Assembly
of the State of Illinois.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.:

H. W. ROKKER, STATE PRINTER AND BINDER.

1891.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES:

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An act to amend section 18 of an act entitled "An act in regard to administration of

estates," approved April 1, 1872.

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An act to amend section 95 of an act in regard to the administration of estates, ap-

proved April 1, 1872

2

An act empowering county and probate courts to authorize executors and adminis-

trators in certain cases to pay taxes on real estate.

2

ALIENS:

An act to amend section 3 of an act entitled "An act in regard to aliens, and to restrict

their rights to acquire and hold real and personal estate, and to provide for the dis-

position of the lands now owned by non-resident aliens," approved June 16, 1887......

ANIMALS:

An act to amend sections 2 of an act entitled "An act to indemnify the owners of sheep

in case of damage committed by dogs," approved May 29, 1879.

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An act to prevent animals from running at large within the corporate limits of incor-

porated cities, villages and towns.

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APPROPRIATIONS:

An act making appropriations for the State Board of Agriculture and county and

other agricultural fairs..

5

An act making an appropriation in aid of the Illinois Bee Keepers' Association....

An act making an appropriation of forty dollars to George R. Berriman, for ser-

vices rendered at the special session of the 36th General Assembly.....

An act making appropriations for the Illinois Institution for the Education of the

Blind at Jacksonville....

An act to appropriate the sum of two hundred and sixty-three dollars to pay

Charles T. Bouillon for work and services rendered to the State during the thirty-

fourth General Assembly, A. D. 1885, and also for services rendered to the State

from January 7, 1891, to April 2, 1891..

An act making an appropriation to renew gates in and improvements on the Henry

and Copperas creek locks.

9

An act making appropriations for the ordinary and other expenses of the State In-

stitutions herein named..

10

An act making an appropriation in aid of the Illinois Dairymen's Association...... 13

An act making appropriations for the Illinois Institution for the Education of the

Deaf and Dumb

13

An act making appropriations for the Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, at

Chicago.
14

An act to assist farmers in holding Farmers' County Institutes for educational pur-

poses, and for developing the agricultural resources of the State, and for appro-

priating moneys therefor.....

14

An act making appropriations for the Illinois Asylum for the Feeble Minded Chil-

dren, at Lincoln...

15

An act to appropriate the sum of five hundred and forty-eight dollars to pay Patrick

Ferron, and others, for services rendered during the sitting of the Thirty-seventh

General Assembly, 1891

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An act to make an appropriation for the payment of the expenses of the committees

of the Thirty-seventh General Assembly.

17

An act to make an appropriation for the payment of the expenses of the committees

of the Thirty-seventh General Assembly

17

An agt making an appropriation to defray the expenses of a joint committee to visit

and investigate the prisons of this and other states..

18

An act making an appropriation for the payment of the employés of the Thirty-

seventh General Assembly...

An act making an appropriation for the payment of the employés of the Thirty-

seventh General Assembly....

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19

An act to provide for the incidental expenses of the Thirty-seventh General Assembly

of the State of Illinois, and for the care and custody of the state house and grounds. 19

An act to provide for the payment of certain amounts found due and owing by the

Commission of Claims from the State of Illinois to certain persons herein named..... 20

An act making an appropriation in aid of the Illinois Horticultural Society....

An act making further provision for the in ane of the State, now unprovided for, by

increasing the capacity of the Illinois Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Kankakee. 21

An act making appropriations for the Illinois Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Kan-

kakee....

An act making appropriations to the Illinois Central Hospital for the Insane, for elec-

tric light, root cellar and for painting..

An act making an appropriation for the Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane, at

Elgin.....

An act making appropriations for the Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane, at

Elgin...

An act making appropriations to the Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane, at

Elgin.....

An act making an appropriation for the Illinois Southern Hospital for the Insane, at

Anna...

An act making an appropriation for the ordinary expenses of the State Laboratory of

Natural History, for the improvement of the library thereof, and for the expenses of

the State Entomologist's office..

An act making an appropriation to the National Lincoln Monument Association,

and providing for the care of the Lincoln Monument..

An act to provide for the expenses of the Illinois National Guard, and for repair, im-

provement and purchase of ground for rifle ranges..

An act to provide for the expenses of the Illinois State Penitentiary, at Joliet, and to

keep the prisoners therein emp oyed.....

An act making appropriations for repairs and improvements in the Illinois State

Penitentiary, at Joliet....

An act making an appropriation for the ordinary expenses of the Southern Illinois

Penitentiary.....

An act naking an appropriation to keep employed the convicts in the Southern Illi-
nois Penitentiary..

An act to make an appropriation to purchase the Illinois Supreme Court reports, for

the Probate Court of Peoria county

An act to make an appropriation for the Reform School..

An act making an appropriation for the removal of the dead buried in the cemeteries

of Kaskaskia..

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34

An act to appropriate money to pay for services rendered to the State of Illinois in

cases pending before the Commission of Claims.

35

An act for the relief of Jacob Schmidt..

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37

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38

An act making a propriations for the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home..

An act making an appropriation to the Illinois Soldiers' Orphans' Home.

An act to provide for the necessary expenses of the State government, for the public
binding until July 1, 1891

An act making an appropriation for the payment of the officers and members of the

next General Assembly, and for the salaries of the officers of the State government 39

An act to provide for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State government.. 40

An act to provide for the necessary expenses of the State government, for the public
printing, until July 1, 1891.

An act to establish the Illinois State Reformatory, and making an appropriation

therefor

An act to provide for a deficiency in the ordinary and contingent expenses of the de-

partment of public instruction.

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An act making an appropriation for the University of Illinois.

An act making an appropriation for the ordinary expenses of the State Normal Uni-

versity at Normal..

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61

An act to make an appropriation for a training school building for the practice de-

partment of the State Normal University..

62

An act to make an appropriation for the ordinary expenses of the Southern Normal

University..

An act to provide for the payment of certain claims allowed by the Commission of

Claims..

62

63

An act to provide for the participation of the State of Illinois in the World's Columbian

Exposition and making an appropriation therefor....

64

CANALS:

An act to amend section 8 of "An act to revise the law in relation to the Illinois and

Michigan Canal," approved March 27, 1874.

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CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES:

An act to amend an act and the title thereto, entitled "An act to enable cities and vil-

lages to build, acquire and maintain bridges and ferries outside of their corporate

limits, and to control the same," approved and in fore May 5, 1879....

An act to provide for the division of towns..

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74

An act to define the jurisdiction of cities and incorporated towns and villages lying in

different counties...

79

An act to amend section 1 of article 11 of "An act to provide for the incorporation of

cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872....

79

An act to amend section 53, article 9, of "An act to provide for the incorporation of

cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872...

80

An act to amend sections 55 and 63, article 9, of an act entitled "An act to provide for

the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872....

An act to amend section 1, article 8 of "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities

and villages," approved April 10, 1872.....

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83

An act to enable cities, towns and villages to fix the rates for the supply of water fur-

nished by private parties....

85

CIVIL RIGHTS:

An act to amend an act entitled, "An act to protect all citizens in their civil and legal

rights," approved June 10, 1885...

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CEMETERIES:

An act in relation to cemeteries...

CHILD LABOR:

An act to prevent child labor.

CORPORATIONS:

An act to revise sections 8 and of "An act to enable associations of persons to become

a body corporate to raise funds to be loane only among the members thereof," in

force July 1,1879

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An act to amend "An act to enable associations of persons to become a body corporate

to raise funds to be loaned only among the members," by adding thereto certain

sections...

9

COURTS, CIRCUIT:

An act to amend sections 2 and 6 of "An act concerning circuit courts and to fix the

time of holding the same," approved May 21, 1879.