. 15, 1887, in force July 1, 1887; as amended by Act approved June 1, 1889, in force July 1, 1889; as amended by Act approved May 7, 1897, in force July 1, 1897; as amended by Act approved and in force April 24, 1899; as amended by Act approved June 29, 1915, in force July 1, 1915; as amended by Act Approved June 28, 1919, in force July 1, 1919; and further amended by Act approved June 25, 1921, in force July 1, 1921, is amended to read as follows: § 9. Statement to be filed with auditor. Such companies shall file with the said auditor, during the month of January of each year, a statement under oath, of the condition of such company on the thirtyfirst day of December next preceding. The said report shall be in such form and contain such statements, returns and information, as to the affairs, business conditions, and resources of the corporation, as the said Auditor of State may, from time to time, prescribe or require. APPROVED June 30, 1923. COUNTIES. BIENNIAL AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS. § 1. Appointment of auditor-Duties Compensation. (HOUSE BILL No. 608. APPROVED JUNE 27, 1923.) AN ACT in relation to the accounts of county officers. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the county board of each county where there is no elective county auditor, to cause the books, records and accounts of each county officer who receives money on behalf of the county, to be audited at the expiration of the first two years of his term, and again at the expiration of his term of office. For the purpose of making this audit, the county board in counties where there is no elective county auditor, shall appoint a competent auditor, shall fix his compensation and pay the same out of the general fund in the county treasury. It shall be the duty of the auditor so appointed to make a report to the county board as to the condition of each office examined as soon as his audit of such such office is completed. § 1. APPROVED June 27, 1923. COUNTY BOARDS-POWERS. Amends section 25, Act of 1874. § 25. Powers of county boards. (HOUSE BILL No. 367. APPROVED JUNE 5, 1923.) AN ACT to amend section 25 of an Act entitled "An Act to revise the law in relation to counties," approved and in force March 31, 1874, as amended. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: SECTION 1. That section 25 of an Act entitled "An Act to revise the law in relation to counties," approved and in force March 31, 1874, as amended, be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows: § 25. The county boards of the several counties shall have powerFirst to take and have the care and custody of all the real and personal estate owned by the county. Second-To manage the county funds and county business, except as otherwise specifically provided. Third-To examine and settle all acounts against the county, and all accounts concerning the receipts and expenditures of the county. Fourth-To cause to be erected, or otherwise provided, a suitable workshop, in which persons convicted of offenses punishable by imprisonment in the county jail may be confined and employed, and to make rules and regulations for the management thereof. They may contract for the use of the city workhouse when the same can satisfactorily be done. Fifth-To cause to be erected, or otherwise provided, suitable buildings for, and maintain a county insane asylum, and provide for the management of the same. Sixth-To cause to be annually levied and collected, taxes for county purposes, including all purposes for which money may be raised by the county by taxation, not exceeding 50 cents on the one hundred dollars' valuation, except for the payment of indebtedness existing at the adoption of the present State Constitution, and except taxes authorized as additional by vote of the people of the county, and except county highway taxes as authorized by section 14 of an Act entitled "An Act in relation to State highways," approved June 24, 1921, in force July 1, 1921. Seventh-To authorize the vacation of any town plat when the same is not within any incorporated town, village or city, on the petition of two-thirds of the owners thereof. Eighth-To change the name of any town plat on the petition of a majority of the legal voters residing therein when the inhabitants thereof have not become a body corporate. Ninth-To cause to be erected, or otherwise provided and maintained, all suitable buildings for a sanitarium for the care and treatment of all persons suffering from tuberculosis who may be admitted to sanitarium by, or under, the direction of said board, and to provide for the maintenance and management of the same. Tenth-To provide, by resolution, that any map, plat or subdivision of any block, lot or sub-lot, or any part thereof, or any piece or parcel of land, not being within any city, village or incorporated town, shall be submitted to the county board or to some officer to be designated by such county board for their or his approval; and in such cases, no such map, plat or subdivision shall be entitled to record in the proper county or have any validity until it shall have been so approved. APPROVED June 5, 1923. COUNTY PENSION FUND. § 1. Adds section 13 to Act of 1915. § 13. To whom Act applies. (HOUSE BILL No. 639. APPROVED JUNE 30, 1923.) AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the formation and disbursement of a pension fund in counties having a population of 150,000 or more inhabitants, for the benefit of officers and employees in the service of such counties," approved June 29, 1915; in force July 1st, 1915, as amended. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: SECTION 1. That an Act to provide for the formation and disbursement of a pension fund in counties having a population of 150,000 or more inhabitants, for the benefit of officers and employees in the service of such counties, approved June 29, 1915; in force July 1, 1915, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended by adding a new section thereto, to be known as section 13, to read as follows: § 13. The provisions of this Act shall apply to all employees in the offices of the clerks of all the courts of record, the county treasurer, sheriff, coroner, recorder of deeds, registrar, State's attorney and county clerk, upon application being made to the board of trustees, provided for herein, authorized to carry out the provisions of this Act, and upon written authorization by such employee, or employees to the comptroller of such counties to deduct from his or their salaries, each month, the required contribution to said pension fund. AN ACT to add section 13 to and to amend the title of, "An Act to authorize county authorities to establish and maintain a county tuberculosis sanitarium and branches, dispensaries and other auxiliary institutions connected with the same, and to levy and collect a tax to pay the cost of their establishment and maintenance," approved June 28, 1915, as amended. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: SECTION 1. Section 13 is added to "An Act to authorize county authorities to establish and maintain a county tuberculosis sanitarium, and branches, dispensaries and other auxiliary institutions connected with the same, and to levy and collect a tax to pay the cost of their establishment and maintenance," approved June 28, 1915, as amended, to read as follows: § 13. Any county which has adopted the provisions of this Act may discontinue it by a referendum initiated by a petition in the same manner provided in section 2 for its adoption. The proposition shall be stated "For the discontinuance of the tax for the county tuberculosis sanitarium" and "Against the discontinuance of the tax for the county tuberculosis sanitarium." If three-fifths of the votes cast upon the proposition are for the discontinuance, the board of directors shall proceed at once to close up the affairs of the county tuberculosis sanitarium. After the payment of all obligations the moneys in the tuberculosis sanitarium fund shall become a part of the general funds in the county treasury and the county board shall take over all property and equipment in the custody and under the control of the board of directors. The county board may sell such property or make such other disposition as is for the best interests of the county. The terms of the board of directors shall terminate when their duties in connection with closing up the affairs of the tuberculosis sanitarium have ended. § 2. The title of said Act is amended to read as follows: "An Act relating to county tuberculosis sanitaria." APPROVED June 21, 1923. COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUMS. § 1. County board may estab- § 7. Sanitarium to be freeRegulations. (SENATE BILL No. 251. APPROVED JUNE 26, 1923.) AN ACT to amend sections one and seven of an Act entitled, “An Act to authorize county authorities to establish and maintain a county tuberculosis sanitarium, and branches, dispensaries and other auxiliary institutions connected with the same, and to levy and collect a tax to pay the cost of their establishment and maintenance," approved June 28, 1915, in force July 1, 1915, by amending said sections to read as follows: SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the county board of each county of this State shall have the power, in the manner hereinafter provided, to establish and maintain a county tuberculosis sanitarium, and branches, dispensaries, and other auxiliary institutions connected with the same, within the limits of such county, for the use and benefit of the inhabitants thereof, for the treatment and care of persons afflicted with tuberculosis, and shall have the power to levy a tax not to exceed two mills on the dollar annually on all taxable property of such county, such tax to be levied and collected in like manner with the general taxes of such county, and to form, when collected, a fund to be known as the "Tuberculosis Sanitarium Fund," which said tax shall be in addition to all other taxes which such county is now, or hereafter may be, authorized to levy on the aggregate valuation of all property within such county, and the county clerk, in reducing tax levies under the provisions of section 2 of an Act, entitled, "An Act to amend section 2 of an Act entitled, 'An Act concerning the levy and extension of taxes,' approved May 9, 1901, in force July 1, 1901, as amended by an Act approved March 29, 1905, in force July 1, 1905," approved June 14, 1909, in force July 1, 1909, shall not consider the tax for said tuberculosis sanitarium fund, authorized by this Act, as a part of the general tax levy for county purposes, and shall not include the same in the limitation, of two (2) per cent of the assessed valuation upon which taxes are required to be extended: "Provided, that in order to secure greater working efficiency any county maintaining a tuberculosis sanitarium may convey the property acquired for such purpose, or any part thereof, or any interest therein. to any other county or counties adjacent thereto upon such terms and conditions as the respective county boards thereof shall agree on by a majority vote of all the members of each of said county boards." 7. Every sanitarium established under this Act shall be free for the benefit of such of the inhabitants of such county as may be afflicted with tuberculosis, and they shall be entitled to occupancy, nursing, care, medicines and attendance, according to the rules and regulations prescribed by said board of directors. Such sanitarium shall always be subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as said board of directors may adopt in order to render the use of said sanitarium of the greatest benefit to the greatest number, and said board of directors may exclude from the use of said sanitarium any and all persons who shall wilfully violate such rules or regulations: Provided, however, that no person so afflicted shall be compelled to enter such sanitarium, or any of its branches, dispensaries, or other auxiliary institutions without his consent in writing first having been obtained, or, in case of a minor or one under a disability, the consent in writing of the parent or the parents, guardian or conservator, as the case may be. Said board of directors shall, upon request or by consent of the person afflicated, or of the parent or parents, guardian or conservator thereof, have the power to extend the benefits and privileges of such institution, under proper rules and regulations, into the homes of persons afflicted with tuberculosis, and to furnish nurses, instruction, medicines, attendance, and all other aid necessary to effect. a cure, and to do all things in and about the treatment and care of persons so afflicted, which will have a tendency to effect a cure of the person or persons afflicted therewith and to stamp out tuberculosis in such county. And said board of directors may extend the privileges and use of such sanitarium and treatment to persons so afflicted, residing, outside of such county, in this State, upon such terms and conditions as said board of directors may from time to time by its rules and regulations prescribe. Boards of directors in counties without public tuberculosis sanitarium facilities may use funds secured under provisions of this Act in providing sanitarium care of tuberculosis patients in private or public sanitariums of the State. APPROVED June 26, 1923. |