of the General Assembly and the election of senatorial committeemen," approved March 9, 1910, as amended, is amended to read as follows: § 5. There shall be constituted a senatorial committee for each senatorial district: Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent a political party from electing or appointing in accordance with its practice any other committees. The senatorial committee of each political party shall be elected as follows: (a) In senatorial districts comprised of three or more counties, the senatorial committee shall be composed of one member elected from each county of such senatorial district. At the April primary held in the year A. D. 1922, and at the April primary held every two years thereafter, each primary elector may vote for one candidate of his party residing in his county for member of the senatorial committee of his party. (b) In Senatorial districts comprised of two counties, the senatorial committee shall be composed of three members, two of whom shall be elected from the county in which such political party at the general election for State and county officers then next preceding a primary polled the larger number of votes in such senatorial district, and one of whom shall be elected from the other county of such senatorial district. At the April primary held in the year A. D. 1922, and the April primary held every two years thereafter, each primary elector, residing in a county in which such political party at the general election for State and county officers then next preceding a primary polled the larger number of votes in such senatorial district, may vote for two candidates of his party, residing in his county, for members of the senatorial committee of his party (and at such primary in the other county of such Senatorial district, each primary elector may vote for one candidate of his party) residing in his county for member of the senatorial committee of his party. (c) In senatorial districts composed of one county and in senatorial districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county, or partly within the territorial limits of one county and partly within the territorial limits of another county, the senatorial committee shall be composed of three members elected from such senatorial district. At the April primary held in the year A. D. 1922, and at the April primary held every two years thereafter, each primary elector may vote for three candidates of his party, residing in such senatorial district, for members of the senatorial committee of his party. Within thirty days after its election, the senatorial committee shall meet and proceed to organize by electing from among its own number a chairman, and either from its own number or otherwise, such other officers as said committee may deem necessary or expedient. Immediately upon completion of organization, the chairman shall forward to the Secretary of State, the names and addresses of the chairman and secretary of the committee. The outgoing chairman of the senatorial committee of the party shall notify the mem bers elected of the time and place (which shall be in the limits of such senatorial district) of such meeting. APPROVED June 27, 1923. SPECIAL ELECTIONS—NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES. § 1. Amends section 60, Act of 1910. § 60. County candidates, nomi- § 2. Emergency. (SENATE BILL No. 48. APPROVED FEBRUARY 21, 1923.) AN ACT to amend section 60 of "An Act to provide for the holding of primary elections by political parties," approved March 9, 1910, as amended. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: SECTION 1. Section 60 of "An Act to provide for the holding of primary elections by political parties," approved March 9, 1910, as amended, is amended to read as follows: § 60. Whenever a special election is necessary, the provisions of this Act are applicable to the nomination of candidates to be voted for at such special election, with the exception of candidates for county offices, which candidates shall be nominated by the managing committee of the respective political parties of the county wherein such special election is to be held: The officer or board or commission whose duty it is under the general election laws of this State, to call an election, shall fix a date for the primary for the nomination of candidates to be voted for at such special election. At least fifteen (15) days notice shall be given of such primary. In case a candidate who has been nominated under the provisions of this Act shall die before election, or decline the nomination, or should the nomination for any other reason become vacant, the managing committee of the respective political parties for the territorial area in which such vacancy occurs, shall nominate a candidate or candidates of the respective parties to fill such vacancies on the ticket. § 2. Because of an emergency, this Act shall take effect upon its passage. APPROVED February 21, 1923. VOTING BY ABSENT ELECTORS. § 1. Amends section 2, Act of 1917. § 2. Application for ballot. (SENATE BILL No. 83. APPROVED JUNE 21, 1923.) AN ACT to amend section 2 of “An Act to provide a method of voting at any special, general or primary election by electors expecting in the course of their business or duties to be absent from the county in which they are electors", approved June 22, 1917, as amended. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: SECTION 1. Section 2 of "An Act to provide a method of voting at any special, general or primary election by electors expecting in the course of their business or duties to be absent from the county in which they are electors," approved June 22, 1917, as amended, is amended to read as follows: § 2. Any elector as defined in the foregoing section expecting to be absent from the county of his residence on the day of such election may, not more than thirty nor less than five days prior to the date of such election make application to the county clerk or, where existing, to the board of election commissioners, or other officer or officers charged with the duty of furnishing ballots for such election in his voting precinct, for an official ballot for said. precinct to be voted at such election. AN ACT to amend section 15 of "An Act to promote the public health by protecting certain employees in this State from the dangers of occupational diseases, and providing for the enforcement thereof," approved May 26, 1911, in force July 1, 1911, as amended. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: SECTION 1. Section 15 of "An Act to promote the public health by protecting certain employees in this State from the dangers of occupational diseases, and providing for the enforcement thereof," approved May 26, 1911, in force July 1, 1911, as amended, is amended to read as follows: §15. (a) For any injury to the health of any employee proximately caused by any wilful violation of section 1 of this Act, or wilful failure to comply with any of the provisions of section 1 of this Act, a right of action shall accrue to the party whose health has been so in jured, for any direct damages sustained thereby; and in case of the loss of life by reason of such wilful violation or wilful failure as aforesaid, a right of action shall accrue to the widow of such deceased person, his lineal heirs or adopted children, or to any other person or persons who were, before such loss of life, dependent for support upon such deceased person, for a like recovery of damages for the injury sustained by reason of such loss of life not to exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars: Provided, that every such action for damages in case of death shall be commenced within one year after the death of such employee. (b) 1. If an employee is disabled or dies, and his disability or death is caused by an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his employment in one or more of the occupations referred to in section 2 of this Act, he or his dependents, as the case may be, shall be entitled to compensation, in the same manner and subject to the same terms, conditions and limitations as are now or may hereafter be provided by the Workmen's Compensation Act for accidental injuries sustained by employees arising out of and in the course of their employment; and for this purpose the disablement of an employee by reason of an occupational disease, arising out of and in the course of his employment in one or more of the occupations referred to in section 2 of this Act, shall be treated as the happening of an accidental injury. 2. As used in this subdivision (b) of this section, the word "disability" means the state of being disabled from earning full wages at the work at which the employee was last employed by the employer from whom he claims compensation; the word "disablement" means the act of becoming disabled from earning full wages at the work at which the employee was last employed by the employer from whom he claims compensation; the words "occupational disease" mean a disease peculiar to and due to the nature of an employment in one or more of the occupations referred to in section 2 of this Act; and the word "occupations" means and includes each and every process, manufacture, employment, and process of manufacture or labor referred to in section 2 of this Act. 3. The industrial commission shall have jurisdiction over the operation and administration of this subdivision (b) of this section; and it shall have, exercise, perform and discharge the same rights, powers and duties with reference to this subdivision (b) of this section as it shall have, exercise, perform and discharge with reference to the Workmen's Compensation Act, or any amendments thereto or modifications thereof. Notice of the disablement shall be given to the employer, and claim for compensation shall be made, in the same manner and within the same periods of time, respectively, as are now or may hereafter be provided in the Workmen's Compensation Act concerning accidental injuries sustained by employees arising out of and in the course of their employment. Proceedings for compensation hereunder shall be had and maintained in the same manner as is now or may hereafter be provided by the Workmen's Compensation Act with ref erence to proceedings for compensation for accidental injuries. The procedure and practice provided in the Workmen's Compensation Act, and all amendments thereto and modifications thereof, shall apply to all proceedings hereunder. 4. This subdivision (b) of this section shall apply automatically and without election to all employees and employers engaged in the occupations referred to in section 2 of this Act. No common law or statutory right to recover damages for injury or death sustained by any employee by reason of an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his employment in one or more of the occupations referred to in section 2 of this Act, other than the compensation herein provided, shall be available to any employee who is covered by the provisions of this subdivision (b) of this section, to any one wholly or partially dependent upon him, the legal representatives of his estate, or any one otherwise entitled to recover damages for such injury. The compensation herein provided, together with the provisions of this subdivision (b) of this section, shall be the full, complete and only measure of responsibility of any employer engaged in any of the occupations referred to in section 2 of this Act. 5. Any common law or statutory right of action to recover damages for injury to the health or death sustained by an employe in this State from an occupational disease prior to the taking effect hereof shall not be affected by this Act and every such existing right of action is continued and nothing in this Act shall be construed as limiting the right of such action so accrued before the taking effect of this Act. APPROVED June 21, 1923. REHABILITATION IN INDUSTRY OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. § 1. Repeals Act of 1919. (HOUSE BILL No. 291. APPROVED JUNE 25, 1923.) AN ACT to repeal "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," approved June 21, 1919. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: SECTION 1. "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," approved June 21, 1919, is hereby repealed. APPROVED June 25, 1923. -23 L |