education or other corporate authority of such university, college, township high school, or other educational institution so needing such lot or parcel of land for such site, then such trustees, board of education or other corporate authority of such university, college, township high school or other educational institution shall have the power and it shall be their duty to proceed to have such compensation determined in the matter which may be at the time provided by law for the exercise of the right of eminent domain.

APPROVED May 20, 1907.

EMPLOYEES' PENSION FUND

AN ACT to provide for the formation and disbursement of a public school employees pension fund in cities having a population exceeding 100,000 inhabitants.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the board of education in cities having a population exceeding 100,000 inhabitants shall have the power, and it shall be their duty, to create a public school employees' pension fund, which shall consist of amounts retained from the salaries or wages of employees, as hereinafter provided, which amounts shall be deducted in equal monthly installments from such salaries or wages, at the regular time or times of the payment thereof, and all moneys derived from any and all other sources whatever.

§ 2. The term "employee" under this Act shall include only engineers, janitors and office employees in the employ of said board of education, earning over $49.00 per month, and this Act shall apply only to those employees who voluntarily accept and agree to comply with its provisions. Any employee, a part of whose salary may be set apart hereafter to provide for the fund created by this Act, may be released from the necessity of making further payments to said fund, by filing a written notice of his or her desire to withdraw from complying with the provisions of this Act, with the board of trustees hereinafter mentioned, which said resignation shall operate and go into effect immediately upon its receipt by said board of trustees..

§ 3. The city treasurer, subject to the control and direction of the board of trustees hereinafter mentioned, shall be the custodian of said pension fund, and shall secure and safely keep the same, as well as all funds in his possession heretofore contributed under the provisions of any law relating to the retirement or pensioning of public school employees, and shall keep books and accounts concerning said fund, in such manner as may be prescribed by said board of trustees, which said books and accounts shall always be subject to the inspection of said board of trustees, or of any member thereof. The city treasurer shall, within ten days after his election or appointment, execute a bond to the city, with good and sufficient sureties, in which penal sum as the said board of trustees shall direct, which said bond shall be approved by the said board of trustees, and shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of said office, and that he will safely keep and well and truly account for all moneys belonging to said pension fund,

and all interest thereon, which may come into his hands as such treasurer, and that upon the expiration of his term of office, or upon his retirement there from for any cause, he will surrender and deliver over to his successor, all unexpended moneys, with such interest as he may have received thereon; and all property which may have come into his hands as treasurer of said pension fund. Such bond shall be filed in the office of the clerk of said city, and in case of a breach of the same, or the conditions thereof, suit may be brought on the same in the name of the said city for the use of said board of trustees, or of any person or persons injured by such breach.

4. The board of education shall, in the month of September immediately following the passage of this Act, arrange for the election. of a board of trustees of said pension fund, composed of six members, to be chosen as hereinafter provided, which election shall be held not later than October 30, of the same year. Said board of trustees shall have power, and it shall be its duty, to administer said fund and to carry out the provisions of this Act, and for the purpose of enabling such board of trustees to perform the duties imposed and exercise the powers granted by this Act, the board of trustees shall be, and is hereby declared to be, a body politic and corporate.

§ 5. The said board of trustees shall consist of the president and secretary of the board of education and four employees contributing to said fund. The president and secretary of the board of education shall be ex officio members of said board of trustees; and the other members shall be elected by ballot by the employees contributing to said fund, at the time and for the terms respectively as follows, to-wit: At the first election the contributors of said fund shall elect two of their number to serve for the term of one year, and two to serve for the term of two years, and annually thereafter said contributors shall elect two of their number to hold office for the term of two years.

§ 6. Whenever any elective member of the board of trustees shall cease to be in the employ of said board of education his or her membership in said board of trustees shall cease. Said board of trustees shall have power and it shall be its duty:

(1) To determine the amount which shall be deducted from the salaries or wages paid to employees for the benefit of said pension fund: Provided, the amount of such deduction shall not be less than twelve dollars nor more than forty-eight dollars per year, for each employee: And, provided, further, that no deduction shall be made from the salary or wages of any employee who received less than forty-nine dollars. per month, nor shall any one who receives a salary of not less than forty-nine dollars per month participate in said fund.

(2) To make all payments from said pension fund, pursuant to the provisions of this Act.

(3) To administer and invest in their discretion any part of the said pension fund remaining in the hands of said treasurer.

(4) To pay all necessary expenses in connection with the administration of said fund and carrying out the provisions of this Act for which provision is not otherwise made.

(5)

To determine the amount to be paid as benefits or annuities under this Act and to increase or reduce the same in their discretion: Provided, that no benefit or annuity shall exceed six hundred dollars per year.

(6) To take by gift, grant or bequest, or otherwise any money or property of any kind, and hold the same for the benefit of said fund. (7) To purchase, hold, sell or assign and transfer any of the securities in which said fund, or any part thereof, may be invested.

(8) To exempt any of said employees from the operation of this Act, whenever in their judgment, the interest of said fund shall render such exemption necessary and advisable.

(9) To fill any vacancy or vacancies in said board of trustees until the next annual election, as hereinbefore provided.

(10) To make and establish all such rules for the transaction of their business, and such other rules, regulations and by-laws as may be necessary for the proper administration of said fund committed to their charge, and the performance of the duties imposed upon them.

(11) They shall keep a full and complete record of their meetings and of the receipts and disbursements on account of such fund, and also complete lists of all contributors to said fund, and of all annuitants receiving benefits therefrom, and such other records as in their judgment shall seem necessary, and shall make and publish annually a full and complete statement of their financial transactions.

(12) Said board shall hear and determine all applications for benefits under this Act, and shall have power to suspend any annuity whenever, in their judgment, the disability of such beneficiary has ceased, or for other good cause.

(13) To compromise, settle or liquidate any claim against said fund, by surrendering the contribution or contributions of any individual or individuals, and make the necessary rules, prescribing the terms under which such settlements may be made, providing there shall be no rule allowing restitution of deductions from salaries after the contributor shall have become eligible to an annuity under this Act.

§ 7. Any contributor to said fund who shall have attained the age of fifty-five years, and shall have been in the service of said board of education for a period of ten years, and shall have contributed to said fund for the same period, shall have the right to retire and become a beneficiary under this Act and to receive such benefit or annuity from said fund as shall be determined by said board of trustees, which said benefit or annuity shall be proportionate to the amount of the contributions of such employees.

§ 8. Upon the death of any contributor, who is not nor has been a beneficiary under this Act, the said board of trustees may pay an amount not exceeding one year's benefits to the widow, if any, of such deceased contributor, and if there be no widow said board of trustees may expend said amount for the benefit of the minor children, if any, of such deceased contributor .

§ 9. Any employee who has heretofore retired from service, pursuant to the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the formation and disbursement of a public school teachers' and public school employees' pension and retirement fund in cities having a population

exceeding one hundred thousand inhabitants," approved May 31, 1895, in force July 1, 1895, and has contributed to the fund created by said last mentioned Act, shall be entitled to such portion of the full annuity provided for under this Act as the board of trustees may determine.

§ 10. All sums heretofore contributed by employees under the provisions of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the formation and disbursement of a public school teachers' and public school employees' pension and retirement fund in cities having a population exceeding one hundred thousand inhabitants," approved May 31, 1895, in force July 1, 1895, shall be set apart and held by said city treasurer as a part of the fund created by this Act, and subject to the provisions of this Act.

§ 11. Any person who has been an employee of said board of education for a period of twenty years or more, and is a contributor to said fund, may retire from the service of said board of education upon sixty days' notice, to be given to said board of trustees (unless such notice is waived by said board of trustees) and become an annuitant under this Act.

§ 12. Any person who has contributed to said fund for a period of ten years or more may retire from the service of said board of education on account of serious disability, rendering him or her unable to properly discharge his or her duties, upon one year's notice, to be given to said board of trustees (unless such notice is waived by said board of trustees) and may become an annuitant under this Act, and shall thereupon be entitled to receive for a period of two years (which may be extended upon proof of continued disability), such part of the annuity then allowed under the rules of said trustees, as said trustees may determine.

§ 13. Any employee who has been contributing to said fund for less than ten years, and who shall be dismissed or resign from the service of said board of education, may, upon application made within three months after the date of such dismissal or resignation, receive one-half of the total amount paid into said fund by such person so dismissed.

§ 14. The president and secretary of the board of education shall certify monthly to the treasurer of all amounts deducted in accordance. with the provisions of this Act from the salaries paid by the board of education, which amounts, as well as all other sums contributed to said. fund under the provisions of this Act, shall be set apart and held by said treasurer for the purpose herein before specified, subject to the order of said board of trustees, and shall be paid out upon warrants signed by the president and secretary of said board of trustees.

§ 15. All annuities granted under the provisions of this Act shall be exempt from attachment and garnishment process, and no annuitant shall have the right to transfer or assign his or her annuity, either by way of mortgage or otherwise.

§ 16. All elections or appointments of employees by said board of education shall be made pursuant to the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the civil service of cities," approved and in force March 20, 1895, such election or appointment to be permanent during efficiency and good behavior, and no employee who has contributed to said fund shall be removed or discharged, except for cause, upon written charges, which shall be investigated and determined by the board of education, whose action and decision in the matter shall be final.

§ 17. Any person who shall, directly or indirectly, avoid or seek to avoid any or all of the provisions of this Act, or who shall, directly or indirectly, interfere with or obstruct the enforcement of any of the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars. and not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six months, or both such fine or imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

§ 18. All laws and parts of laws which are inconsistent with this Act, or any provisions thereof, are hereby repealed. APPROVED May 15, 1903.

EMPLOYEES' PENSION FUND

AN ACT to provide for the contribution from public moneys to the public school employees' pension fund in cities having a population exceeding one hundred thousand inhabitants.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the Board of Education of any city having a population exceeding one hundred thousand inhabitants, shall have power to annually set aside and appropriate and pay into the Public School Employees' Pension Fund in such city now existing or hereafter created pursuant to any law, a sum of public moneys so that the same when taken with the moneys added to such pension fund for that year from interest on school funds raised by taxation, as provided for by law, shall equal in amount not to exceed double the aggregate of the sums set apart for that year and contributed to such pension fund from the salaries of persons in the employ of said board of education, who are contributors to such pension fund.

APPROVED June 27, 1913.

FEES AND SALARIES

AN ACT concerning fees and salaries, and to classify the several counties of this State with reference thereto.

§ 27. County superintendents elected hereafter shall receive for their services in counties which, according to the census of 1900, contained a population not exceeding 12,000, $1,250 per annum; in counties which, according to the census of 1900, contained a population of more than 12,000 and not exceeding 20,000, $1,500 per annum; in counties which, according to the census of 1900, contained a population of more than 20,000 and not exceeding 28,000, $1,800 per annum; in counties which, according to the census of 1900, contained a population of more than 28,000 and not exceeding 36,000, $2,000 per annum; in counties which, according to the census of 1900, contained a population of more than 36,000 and not exceeding 50,000, $2,250 per annum; in counties which, according to the census of 1900, contained a population of more than 50,000 and not exceeding 75,000, $2,500 per annum; in counties which, according to the census of 1900, contained a population of more than