*281. Emergency. § 3. Whereas, in some of the cities and vil· lages in this State, there is no authority for the imprisonment of offenders in work-houses, or houses of correction, and requiring such offenders to work, therefore, an emergency is declared to exist, and this act shall be in force from and after its passage.

ISSUING WARRANTS ON COUNTY TREASURER, ETC.

AN ACT to provide for the manner of issuing warrants upon the treasurer of any county, township, city, school district or other municipal corporation, and jurors' certificates. [Approved May 31, 1879. In force July 1, 1879. L. 1879, p. 78.] *282. When warrants may be drawn on county treasurer, etc. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That warrants payable on demand shall hereafter be drawn and issued upon the treasurer of this State or of any county, township, city, school district or other municipal corporation, or against any fund in his hands, only when at the time of the drawing any issuing of such warrants, there shall be sufficient money in the appro priate fund in the treasury to pay said warrants.

*283. May be issued in anticipation of taxes. $ 2. That whenever there is no money in the treasury of any county, township, city, school district or other municipal corporation to meet and defray the ordinary and necessary expenses thereof, it shall be lawful for the proper authorities of any county, township, city, school district or other municipal corporation, to provide that warrants may be drawn and issued, against and in anticipation of the collection of any taxes, already levied by said authorities for the payment of the ordinary and necessary expenses of any such municipal corporation, to the extent of seventy-five per centum of the total amount of any said tax levy; Provided, that warrants drawn and issued under the provisions of this section shall show upon their face that they are payable solely from said taxes when collected, and not otherwise, and shall be received by any collector of taxes in payment of the taxes against which they are issued, and which taxes, against which said warrants are drawn, shall be set apart and held for their payment.

*284. Jurors' certificates.

3. All jurors' certificates shall

hereafter be issued in conformity with the provisions of this act.

REORGANIZATION OF CITIES

AN ACT to repeal an act, entitled "An act to provide for the reorganization of Cities" approved April 8, 1875. [Approved May 31, 1879. In force July 1, 1879. L. 1879, p. 79.)

*285. Repeal. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That an act entitled An Act to provide for the reorganization of Cities," approved April 8, 1875, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

TENEMENTS AND LODGING HOUSES.

AN ACT for the regulation and inspection of tenement and lodging-houses, or other places of habitation. [Approved and in force May 30, 1881. L. 1881, p. 155.

*286. Architect.-plans. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be the duty of any architect or architects, builder or builders of or other person or persons interested in any projected tenement, lodging-house or other places of habitation in any incorporated city of fifty thousand inhabitants, to submit plans and specifications of any such building or buildings to the health commissioner or commissioners of such incorporated city, that the said health commissioner or commissioners may examine the said plans and specifications, for his or their approval or rejection as to the proposed plans for the ventilation of rooms, light and air shafts, windows, ventilation of water-closets, drainage and plumbing.

*287. Duty of plumber. 2. It shall be the duty of any plumber or other person or persons interested in the contract for the plumbing work of such building or buildings, to receive a written certificate of instruction from the health commissioner or commissioners before commencing work on the said building or buildings, and to proceed according to the plans, specifications and instructions, as approved by the health commissioner or commissioners of said city.

*288. Health commissioner-notice. § 3. It shall be the duty of any plumber, or other person or persons interested in the plumbing work, after the completion of said plumbing work, and before any of the said plumbing work is covered up in any building or buildings, or on the premises connected with said building or buildings, to notify in writing the health commissioner or commissioners, that said building or buildings, or other premises, are now ready for inspection, and it shall be unlawful for any plumber or other person or persons to cover up or in any way conceal such plumbing work in or about such building or buildings, until the health commissioner or commissioners approve of the same.

*289. Architect — penalty. § 4. If any architect or architects, builder or builders, violate the provisions of this act, he or they shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars for each offense.

*290. Penalty - plumber. § 5. If any plumber or other person or persons interested in the plumbing work, violate any of the provisions of this act, he or they shall be fined in the sum not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars for the first offense, and the further penalty of ten dollars for each and every day such plumbers or other interested person or persons shall, after first conviction, neglect or refuse to comply with any provisions of this act or the written instruc tions of the health commissioner or commissioners, and for the second offense, a like penalty and a forfeiture of his or their license to do busi. ness in said city for one year after conviction.

*291. Emergency. § 6. (Omitted.)

OPERATING WATER-WORKS.

AN ACT to aid cities owning or operating water-works to secure an additional or better supply of pure water. [Approved and in force May 27, 1881. L. 1881, p. 157. *292. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Ilinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all cities owning or operating water-works under any charter granted by act of any general assembly of this State, or under the general incorporation laws of this State, whether by boards of water commissioners or by offi cers appointed for that purpose, are hereby granted the following powers and privi leges for the purpose of increasing or bettering the source of supply from which such water is obtained.

*293. Powers of board may raise money -- vote. §2. Whenever, in the judgment of a majority of any board of water commissioners, or it there be no such board, then in the judgment of a majority of the city council of any city owning or operating such water-works, it shall be necessary for the public health, or for any other cause, to increase the source of water supply, or to substitute for it such better source as in their judgment the interests of such city may demand, such board of water commissioners or city council may, in addition to the powers already conferred upon them by act of any general assembly of this State, construct wells either by boring or excavation and protect and equip the same after construction, or may lease water privileges from private parties or corporations owning wells already or hereafter to be constructed, and may pay for such construction or lease and for the expenses maintained in operating the same out of any earnings of such water-works under their control which may be in their hands at the time of the taking effect of this act, or which may accrue to them hereafter; Frovided, that no money shall be expended under the provisions of this act for the purposes herein specified until the question of the expenditure of such money for the purposes aforesaid shall have been submitted to a vote of the people of the city in which such water-works may be situated, at any election for city officers or special election called for that purpose by the city council of said city, and shall have received a majority of the votes cast at such election: Provided further, that no mo ney shall be expended under the provisions of this act for the purposes aforesaid other than the surplus earnings of such water-works. *294. Emergency. §3. (Omitted.)

RATE OF TAXATION.

AN ACT in relation to the rate of taxation in cities, villages and incorporated towns. [Approved and in force May 30, 1881. L. 1881, p. 60.

*295. Rate of taxation. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all cities, villages and incorporated towns in this State not now having, by their respective charters, the power to levy and collect as high a rate of taxation as is herein authorized and provided for, shall hereafter have power to assess, levy and collect annually upon the taxable property within their respective limits, for all corporate purposes, in addition to all taxes which any such city, town or village may now or hereafter be authorized by law to levy and collect to support and maintain schools, erect school buildings and for all other school purposes, and to pay interest on its registered bonded indebtedness, such an amount as their respective corporate authorities may prescribe, not exceeding in any year the rate of one per cent of the assessed valuation of such taxable property as equalized by the State board of equalization for the preceding year. And the said rate authorized by this act shall be in lieu of all rates and items of taxation now provided and authorized in such charters for all purposes other than for schools, the erection of school buildings, and all other school purposes, and for paying interest on the registered bonded indebtedness of such city, town or village.

*296. Legalization — levy. §2. Every tax levy made for lawful corporate purposes by any city, village or incorporated town within this State, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty, up to the rate of taxation above authorized, is hereby ratified, authorized, legalized and confirmed to the same effect in all respects as though such levy had been made subsequent to the going into effect of this act. *297. Emergency. § 3. (Omitted.)

PROTECTION OF SITES AGAINST INUNDATION AND OVERFLOW AND CONTROL PRIVATE LEVEES.

AN ACT to authorize cities, towns and villages to protect the site thereof from overflow and inundation, and to regulate and control private levees, private wharves and landing places, or embankments, and to compel the repairs and improvement of such levees or embankments, and to cause low lots, blocks or parcels of land within the corporate limits to be filled so as to prevent standing water thereon, and to authorize cities, towns and villages to purchase or condemn lands, sand banks, gravel pits, and rock quarries, for any of the purposes above named. [Approved and in force May 19, 1883. L. 1883, p. 63.]

*298. Power to protect from overflow and inundation by levees, etc. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all cities, towns and vil lages in this State, whether incorporated under the general incorporation act for cities, towns and villages, or under any special charter, that are subject to overflow or inundation shall have power to protect the site of such city, town or village from overflow or inundation by levees, dykes, or embankments of such height and dimensions as the corporate authorities of such city, town or village may deem proper.

*299. May purchase or condemn lands. § 2. Such city, town or village may purchase or enter upon and condemn lands for the location and construction of any such levee, or for the repairs of any levee, or dyke now built, or surrounding any such city, town or village, in the same manner that lands and right of way is now condemned for railroad purposes.

*300. Notice to owner of levees, etc., to repair. § 3. In all instances where any city, town or village in this State is now or shall hereafter be surrounded in whole or in part by any levee, dyke, embankment or other structure, which is used or permitted to be used as a protection to any such city, town or village from overflow and inundation, and which is owned or claimed, in whole or in part, by any individual, private corporation or trust company, and whose duty it is in law or equity to keep up and maintain such levee, dyke, embankment or other structure, and the same shall be found to be insufficient in width or height, or too steep of grade, or which shall become impaired by wash or abrasion of the rivers, by caving banks, by impairment of the base or surface of the slope, or any other injury that may happen to any such levee, dyke, embankment or other structure, that, in the judgment of the city council, or board of trustees, or other municipal authorities of any such city, town or village, shall become unsafe or insecure for the purpose for which it was erected or used, and the party whose duty it is in law or equity to protect, maintain, and keep in repair such levees, embankments or dykes, shall not repair, enlarge, or heighten the same, as the case shall demand, it shall be the duty of the city council, or board of trustees of any such city, town or village, to cause notice to be served upon the owner or person in charge of any such levee, dyke, embankment or structure, or any agent of any such owner or person in charge thereof, of the condition, impairment or insufficiency of any such levee, dyke, embankment or other structure, and that the same must be repaired or improved as directed in said notice.

*301. When may be repaired by city, etc. § 4. If the owner, or agent, or person in possession of any levee, dyke, embankment or other structure, shall not, within ten days, from the date of service of any such notice, in good faith commence the work so to be done, and continue the same with all reasonable diligence until it is completed, any such city, town or village may declare such levee a nuisance, and proceed to repair or improve the same so as to make such levee, dyke or embankment secure and sufficient for the purposes for which it was intended or used.

*302. City, etc., may enter on lands, etc., to repair. $5. For the purpose of making any such repairs or improvement, any such city, town or village may enter upon any of the adjacent lands of the owner of any such levee, dyke or embankment and take therefrom any earth, sand, stone or other material for the purpose of making such improvement or repairs, without being liable for trespass or the value thereof.

*303. Work charged to party liable; to be a lien. § 6. All such work done upon any such levee, dyke or embankment, by any city, town or village, shall be charged up to the party liable therefor, and shall be a lien upon any such levee, dyke, or embankment, and any connecting levee, dyke or embankment, which forms a part of the system of levee protection intended for such city, town or village, belonging to the party so liable, notwithstanding the lines of levees may be disconnected by intervening ownerships.

*304. How lien enforced. § 7. If the expense incurred by any such city, town or village, is not paid by such owner or person liable, within twenty days of the presentation of the bill therefor by the city, town or village clerk, when directed by the city council or board of trustees, then such city, town or village may enforce the lien hereby created in any court of competent jurisdiction, in the same manner as mechanics' liens are now enforced under the statute of this State, provided the sale under the decree for sale of any such levee, dyke or embankment shall be absolute and without redemption.

*305. Who may purchase at sale. § 8. Any such city, town or village, may become purchaser at any such sale, and when so purchased, the city, town or village may take immediate possession thereof, and use, own and contract as to the same in the same manner as if it had been originally built by the city, but if purchased by any other person or corporation, then such levee or embankment shall be subject to this statute in the same manner as it was in the hands of the original

owner.

*306. Emergency — repairs-payment -- lien-defense. $9. Where any city, town or village, has heretofore built or repaired any part of any levee, dyke or embankment, when the original levee or embankment had been destroyed, or become insecure by the wash or abrasion of the rivers or the caving in of the banks, and the part so built or repaired formed a part of a system of levees surrounding any such city, town or village for the purposes mentioned in this act, and the same is, or was, owned and controlled by any person, or corporation, or trustee, and such system of levees, dykes or embankments was originally in