to said commissioners, they shall not be required to give the bond required of other contractors.

*63. Appropriation. § 9. There is hereby appropriated the sum of two hundred thousand dollars for the purchase of such lands as may be selected and deemed necessary by said commissioners for said penitentiary, and for the erection of said penitentiary buildings which amount shall be paid to said commissioners out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, on the warrant of the auditor of public accounts, in sums not exceeding ten thousand dollars at any one time. The auditor of public accounts is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the treasurer for the money hereby appropriated, on receiving a certificate of said commissioners or a majority of them, approved by the governor that such moneys are necessary for the purpose contemplated by this act, in sums not exceeding ten thousand dollars at one time: Provided, that after said commissioners shall have drawn any amount of money by virtue of this act, they shall not be entitled to draw or receive any more money by virtue hereof, while there shall remain in their hands unexpended the amount of over one thousand dollars, and they shall produce to the auditor of public accounts proper vouchers showing the expenditure of such money.

*64. Convict labor on buildings. § ro. That the convicts committed to the said penitentiary, be required to labor on or about any buildings necessary therefor, in getting out materials for building such penitentiary or buildings connected therewith, whenever in the opinion of said commissioners or any two of them, it may be deemed proper to so employ them.

*65. Payment for convict labor. § 10. The said commissioners shall contract, with the contractors for the building said penitentiary for the employing of convict labor thereon, as hereinbefore provided, upon terms to be agreed upon between said commissioners and said contractors, subject to the approval of the governor, and it shall be the duty of said commissioners, upon each periodical settlement with said contractors, to retain in the funds herein appropriated, the amount of the contract price of the labor performed by convicts prior to such settlement: Provided, that for whatever labor is done by convicts while in the custody and control of the warden of the penitentiary, at Joliet, payment shall be made to said warden.

*66. Notice of completion of penitentiary. 11. Whenever the said penitentiary is ready for the accommodation and safe keeping of convicts, the said commissioners or a majority of them shall certify that fact to the secretary of State, and thereupon the secretary of State shall notify all the judges of the circuit courts and other courts having criminal jurisdiction, in the counties lying south of the following tier of counties, to wit: Iroquois, Ford, Livingston, Woodford, Peoria, Knox, Warren and Henderson, and after such notice, all convicts sentenced to the penitentiary in the counties aforesaid, shall be committed to the penitentiary provided for by this act : Provided, that the authorities in charge of the Southern Illinois Penitentiary and the one at Joliet may, with the approval of the governor, make such exchange of prisoners from one

building to the other as good discipline and the interest of the State may require.

*67. Removal of convicts. 12. Upon the removal of convicts from Joliet to said penitentiary, as provided for by this act, the said commissioners shall appoint a warden, chaplain and physician, as is now provided for by law, for the management of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet," and all laws, rules and regulations now in force for the government and conducting of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet," so far as they will apply, shall be applicable to the government and conducting of the penitentiary hereby created.

*68. Term of office - - vacancy - salary. 13. The said

commissioners shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, and their term of office shall be six years: Provided, that the terms of office of the three first appointed shall be so arranged by lot that the term of one shall expire on the 30th day of December, A. D. 1878, and biennially thereafter the term of one of said commissioners shall expire. All vacancies created, as well as all vacancies occurring otherwise, shall be filled by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, but all appointments to fill vacancies occasioned by death, resignation or removal from office, shall be made for the residue only of such term or terms: And provided, also, that appointments made when the senate is not in session may be confirmed at its next session. The commissioners appointed under this act shall be subject to removal by the governor at his discretion, and the cause of such removal shall be reported by him to the next general assembly. The salary of said commissioners shall be fifteen hundred dollars per annum and

no more.

*69. Uniformity in regulations. § 14. In order that uniformity may prevail in the penitentiary system of this State, all laws and regula tions now in force, for the government and management of the penitentiary at Joliet, shall hereby, so far as practicable, apply to the government and management of said "Illinois Southern Penitentiary.'

*69a. Jurisdiction of crimes committed within. § 15. The several courts of Randolph county, having criminal jurisdiction, shall take cognizance of all crimes committed within the Southern Illinois Penitentiary by the convicts therein confined, and said courts shall try and punish all such convicts charged with such crimes, in the same manner and subject to the same rules and limitations as are now established by law in relation to other persons charged with crimes in said county, but in case of conviction the sentence of said convict shall not commence to run until the expiration of the sentence under which he is then held in confinement in said penitentiary: Provided, that in case such convict shall be sentenced to punishment by death, such sentence shall be executed at such time as the court shall fix without regard to the sentence under which such convict may be held in said penitentiary: Provided, further, that all fees and costs arising from the prosecution of convicts for crimes committed in said penitentiary, which the county is now required to pay in like cases, shall be paid by the State. [Added by act approved June 29, 1885. In force July 1, 1885. L. 1885, p.

SEC. I.

AN ACT to give to the authorities of penitentiaries, in the State of Illinois, police powers on grounds owned or leased by the State in connection with said penitentiaries. [Approved May 30, 1881. In force July 1, 1881. L. 1881, p. 119. *70. Police powers conferred on wardens, etc. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the wardens and their assistants, the guards and keepers of the penitentiaries of the State of Illinois, shall be conservators of the peace, and all officers created conservators of the peace by this act shall have power to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, upon any grounds owned or leased by the State of Illinois and used by either of said penitentiaries, all persons who shall break the peace or be found upon said grounds violating any criminal law of this State, and take such persons before a magistrate for trial.

AN ACT to authorize the commissioners of Joliet penitentiary to sell and convey certain real estate. [Approved June 21, 1883. In force July 1, 1883. L. 1883, p. 123. *71. Penitentiary commissioners authorized to sell a lot. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the commissioners of the Joliet penitentiary are authorized and empowered to sell and convey lot number four in block number one hundred and four, in the original survey and recorded plat of Nebraska city, Otoe county, State of Nebraska.

AN ACT to regulate the practice of pharmacy in the State of Illinois. [Approved May 30, 1881. In force July 1, 1881. L. 1881, p. 120.

*1. None but registered pharmacist to dispense, etc. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall not be lawful for any person, other than a registered pharmacist, to retail, compound or dispense drugs, medicines or poisons, or to open or conduct any pharmacy or store for retailing, compounding or dispensing drugs, medicines or poisons, unless such person shall be, or shall employ and place in charge of said pharmacy or store, a registered pharmacist, within the meaning of this act, except as hereinafter provided.

*2. Who may be registered. § 2. Any person, in order to be registered within the meaning of this act, must be either a graduate in pharmacy, a graduate in medicine, or shall, at the time this act takes effect, be engaged in the business of a dispensing pharmacist on his own account, in the State of Illinois, in the preparation of physicians' prescriptions and in the vending and compounding of drugs, medicines and poisons; or shall be a licentiate in pharmacy.

*3. Who may be graduates. 3. Graduates in pharmacy must be such persons as have had four years' practical experience in drug stores where the prescriptions of medical practitioners are com pounded and have obtained a satisfactory diploma or credentials of their attainments from a regularly incorporated college or school of pharmacy. *4. Who may be licentiates. § 4. Licentiates in pharmacy must be such persons as have had two years' practical experience in drug

stores where the prescriptions of medical practitioners are compounded, and have passed a satisfactory examination before the State board of pharmacy hereinafter mentioned. The said board may grant certificates of registration, without further examination, to the licentiates of such other boards of pharmacy as it may deem proper.

*5. Board of pharmacy—appointment — duties. § 5. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint five persons, from among such competent pharmacists in the State, as have had ten years' practical experience in the dispensing of physicians' prescriptions, who shall constitute the board of pharmacy. The persons so appointed shall hold their offices for five years: Provided, that the term of office of the five first appointed shall be so arranged that the term of one shall expire on the thirtieth day of December of each year; and the vacancies so created, as well as all vacancies otherwise occurring, shall be filled by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate: And provided also, that appointments made when the senate is not in session may be confirmed at its next ensuing session. The Illinois Pharmaceutical Association shall annually report directly to the governor, recommending, the first year, the names of at least ten persons, whom said association shall deem best qualified to serve as members of the board of pharmacy, and the names of at least three persons each year thereafter to fill any vacancies which shall occur in said board.

*6. Organization of board. § 6. The said board shall, within thirty days after its appointment, meet and organize by the election of a president and secretary from its own members, who shall be elected for the term of one year and shall perform the duties prescribed by the board. It shall be the duty of the board to examine all applications for registration submitted in proper form; to grant certificates of registration to such persons as may be entitled to the same, under the provisions of this act; to cause the prosecution of all persons violating its provisions; to report annually to the governor and to the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association upon the condition of pharmacy in the State, which said report shall also furnish a record of the proceedings of the said board for the year, and also the names of all pharmacists duly registered under this act; the board shall hold meetings for the examination of applicants for registration and the transaction of such other business as shall pertain to its duties, at least once in three months: Provided, that said board shall hold meetings once in every year in the city of Chicago and in the city of Springfield, and it shall give thirty days' public notice of the time and

place of such meetings; shall have power to make by-laws for the proper fulfillment of its duties under this act, and shall keep a book of registration, in which shall be entered the names and places of business of all persons registered under this act, which book shall also specify such facts as said persons shall claim to justify their registration. Three members of said board shall constitute a quorum.

*7. Certificate of registration—who entitled to. SEC. 7. Licentiates in pharmacy shall, at the time of passing their examination, be registered by the secretary of the State board of pharmacy, as registered pharmacists. Registered assistant pharmacists holding valid certificates as such may become registered as registered pharmacists upon making application to the board of pharmacy and paying a fee of two dollars therefor. No person shall hereafter be registered as a registered pharmacist except registered assistant pharmacists and registered pharmacists holding valid certificates as such, in force at the time this amendment takes effect, and licentiates in pharmacy. [As amended by act of June 15, 1887. In force July 1, 1887. L. 1887, p. 250.

*8. Certificate as “registered assistant." SEC. 8. Any assistant or clerk in pharmacy, who shall not have the qualification of a registered pharmacist within the meaning of this act, not less than eighteen years of age, who, at the time this act takes effect, shall have been employed or engaged two years or more in drug stores where the prescriptions of medical practitioners are compounded, and shall furnish satisfactory evidence to that effect to the State board of pharmacy, shall, upon making application for registration, and upon the payment to the secretary of the said board of a fee of one dollar, within sixty days after this act takes effect, be entitled to a certificate as a “registered assistant," which said certificate shall entitle him to continue in such duties as clerk or assistant; but such certificate shall not entitle him to engage in business on his own account unless he shall have had at least five years' experience in pharmacy at the time of the passage of this act. Annually thereafter during the time he shall continue in such duties, he shall pay to the said secretary a sum not exceeding fifty cents, for which he shall receive a renewal of his certificate.

*9. Certificate of registration-fees. SEC. 9. Every person applying for registration as a registered pharmacist under section seven of this act shall, before a certificate is granted, pay to the secretary of the board the sum of two dollars, and a like sum shall be paid to said secretary by graduates in pharmacy, graduates of medicine, and by licen