Governor, a full and detailed report of all their transactions and doings for the two years ending on the thirtieth day of June immediately preceding, showing for the two years, and for each of them separately, the number of inmates admitted and discharged since their last report, the number then remaining in the institution, the average annual attendance, the receipts, disbursements and expenditures of moneys and other funds, the valuation of property in the hands of the trustees, the amount of each appropriation or fund under their control, and the balance thereof remaining unexpended in their hands or in the treasury of the State. The reports required by this section shall be accompanied with a cash statement made by the treasurer of the institution, and with such other information, financial, statistical or otherwise, in such tabulated form as the commissioners of public charities may prescribe and require: Provided, that the said commissioners shall prescribe forms of statements as nearly uniform as may be practicable for all the institutions, to the end that their accounts may be compared and consolidated for the information of the General Assembly: And, provided, further, that the said commissioners may call for and require special reports when, in their judgment, the public interest shall demand the same."

§ 1. Amends section 3, act of 1885, by making a two years' residence in the State necessary before admission to the Home.

AN ACT to amend section three of an act entitled "An act to establish and maintain a Soldiers and Sailors' Home in the State of Illinois," and provide for the maintenance thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section three of "An act to establish a Soldiers and Sailors' Home," approved June 26, 1885, in force July 1, 1885, be amended to read as follows:

"Section 3. The object of the Soldiers and Sailors Home shall be to provide a home and subsistence for honorably discharged exsoldiers and sailors who served in the war of the rebellion and the Mexican war, who are now and shall be prior to the time they may apply, bona fide residents of the State for two years, and who are not now inmates of National Soldiers and Sailors' Homes claiming residence in this State, who may have become disabled through the exigencies of such service, or who by reason of old age or other disabilities are disqualified from earning a livelihood: Provided, that soldiers who are in the poorhouses of this State shall be admitted to the Home in the first instance."

Therefore an emergency exists, and this act shall take effect from and after its passage.

APPROVED June 15, 1887.

CHILDREN.

ABANDONMENT.

§ 1. Children under 1 year old, penalty for abandonment.

AN ACT to prevent the abandonment of children and to provide a penalty therefor.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That when any child under the age of one year shall be abandoned by its parents, guardian or any other person having legal control or custody thereof, such person or persons shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars, or more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding three years, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

APPROVED June 16, 1897.

CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES.

ALDERMEN.

§ 1. Amends section 2, article 3, of the act of 1872, for the incorporation of cities and villages by fixing the number of aldermen to be elected, when not elected on the minority plan.

AN ACT to amend section two (2), of article three (3), of an act entitled "An Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, 1872.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section two (2), of article three (3), of an act entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

"Section 2. The number of aldermen, when not elected by the minority representation plan, shall be as follows: In cities not exceeding three thousand inhabitants, six aldermen; exceeding three thousand but not exceeding five thousand, eight aldermen; exceeding five thousand and not exceeding ten thousand, ten aldermen ; exceeding ten thousand and not exceeding thirty thousand, fourteen aldermen; and two additional aldermen for every twenty thousand inhabitants over thirty thousand: Provided, however, that in cities of over 350,000 inhabitants, there shall be elected forty-eight aldermen and no more, unless additional territory shall be annexed to

such city after such city shall have been divided into wards on the basis of forty-eight aldermen; in which case, and as often as new territory shall be annexed to such city as aforesaid, containing, or which shall afterwards contain, fifteen thousand inhabitants or more, the city council of such city may authorize the legal voters of such newly annexed territory to elect two aldermen, who shall be additional to said forty-eight aldermen, and who shall possess all the qualifications of and be elected at the time and in the manner provided in the said act of which this is an amendment, and may designate said new territory as a ward of said city, and if any such annexed territory has less than ten thousand inhabitants, then the common council shall annex it to any ward or wards which it adjoins: Provided, further, that whenever, after such new territory shall have been annexed as aforesaid, said city shall be re-districted, the number of wards at the time said city is re-districted shall be preserved and the city council thereof may, in its discretion, change the boundary between such new ward and the original territory of the city, and make said new ward larger or smaller to comply with the requirements of said act as to compactness and equality of inhabitants: And provided, further, if it shall appear, from any census heretofore or hereafter taken, that any city has the requisite number of inhabitants to authorize it to increase the number of aldermen, it shall be the duty of the city council thereof to proceed without delay and re-district such city in accordance with the provisions hereof and to call and hold its next city election in accordance with such new re-districting: Provided, that at such election, the aldermen who hold over shall be considered aldermen for the new wards respectively in which their residence shall be."

APPROVED May 20, 1897.

PETITION TO INCORPORATE.

§ 1. Amends section 1 of the act of 1872, by providing that the question of incorporation upon proper petition may be submitted at the next municipal election, or at a special election.

AN ACT to amend section one (1) of an act entitled " 'An act to revise the law in relation to the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, 1872.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section one (1) of an act entitled "An act to revise the law in relation to the incorporation. of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Section 1. That any city now existing in this State may become incorporated under this act in the manner following: Whenever one-eighth of the legal voters of such city, voting at the last pre

ceding municipal election, shall petition the mayor and council thereof to submit the question, as to whether such city shall become incorporated under this act, to a vote of the electors in such city, it shall be the duty of such mayor and council to submit such question to a vote of the electors of said city at the next ensuing municipal election of said city or at a special election, and to give the notice required by law."

APPROVED June 17, 1887.

POLICE DISTRICTS.

§ 1. Provides that the territory embraced within the limits of adjoining cities, towns and villages in the same county shall constitute a police district.

§ 2. Authorizes the police force to operate in any part of the district.

§ 3. Emergency.

AN ACT to define police districts, and the powers and the duties of the police therein.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the territory which is embraced within the limits of adjoining cities, villages and incorporated towns, within any county in this State, shall be a police district.

§ 2. It shall be lawful for the police of any city, village or incorporated town in such district, to go into any part of such district to suppress riot, to preserve the peace and protect the lives, rights and property of citizens, and for such purposes it shall be the duty of the mayor of any city, the president or the president and board of trustees of any village, or incorporated town in such district, and the chiefs of police therein, to use the police forces under their control anywhere in such district.

§ 3. Whereas an emergency exists, this act shall be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED May 13, 1887.

SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.

§ 1. Amends article 9 of the act of 1872, for the incorporation of cities and villages by authorizing that the payment of special assessments for local improvements may be paid in installments.

AN ACT to amend article nine of an act entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, by adding thereto the following sections:

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That article nine of an act entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and vil

lages," approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, same is hereby amended by adding thereto the viz.:

1872, be and the following sections,

"Section 55. That the amount of any special assessment for any local improvement in any city, incorporated town or village may be divided into installments, when so provided by the ordinance providing for the said improvement, the first of which shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five per cent. of the total of said assessment, and which shall be due and payable from and after confirmation of said assessment. The remaining portion of said assessment, after deducting the said first installment, shall be divided into four equal annual installments, which said installments shall be payable annually thereafter, and collected in the same manner that other assessments are now collected. Each of said four last named installments shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum from and after the first day of July next succeeding the confirmation of said assessment: Provided, that when said confirmation shall not be had before the first day of March in any year, that said four last named installments shall not bear interest until the first day of July in the following year after the said confirmation : Provided, that in cities containing a population of fifty thousand or more, this and the following sections shall not apply except in cases where any such special assessments shall exceed in the aggregate the sum of fifteen thousand dollars.

"Section 56. That any installment or installments which may be assessed against any tract, lot, block or piece of land may be paid at any time before maturity, in which case interest shall be charged only to the time of payment, and upon such payment the property for which said payment is made shall be discharged from the lien to the extent of such payment.

"Section 57. Whenever any city, incorporated town or village desires to make the collection of any special assessment, as aforesaid, by installments, under the provision of this act, the ordinance providing for said improvement shall also state that the same shall be collected by installments, and fix the amount of the first installment.

"Section 58. Upon the assessment roll to be returned by the commissioners shall be designated, in appropriate columns, first the amount of each installment, second the total amount of the assessment, which said items shall be carried out and set opposite each tract, lot or piece of property so assessed.

"Section 59. The notice to be given by the collector as now provided for by law when the assessment is under the provisions of this act, in addition to what is now required shall contain the amount of each installment, the rate of interest deferred installments bear, the date of payment, and that the whole of said assessment, or any installment thereof, may be paid at any time at the option of the owner or owners of said lot, block, piece or tract.

"Section 60. The order of confirmation that shall be entered upon the return of any such assessment roll shall apply to all of the installments thereof, and may be entered in one order.