are necessary for the transaction of the business of the general assembly.

*20. Clerks of committees. § 4. The senate and the house of representatives each by resolution, or as may, otherwise be deemed expedient and determined by a majority vote, of either house, appoint or cause to be appointed such number of committee clerks as the public service may require, not to exceed ten in the senate and thirteen in the house of representatives. *21. Policemen pages. 5. The senate and house of representatives each may appoint by resolution, or otherwise, policemen and pages, not to exceed three policemen, and seven pages in the senate, and four policemen, and ten pages in the house of representatives. One of said policemen in the senate, by direction of the president of the senate and one of said policemen in the house, by direction of the speaker of the house, shall in addition to other duties, have charge of and be responsible for the transmission of the mail matter for either branch of the general assembly to and from the post-office of the city, and the State house.

*22. Private secretary. § 6. The president of the senate and the speaker of the house by consent of a majority of the members of the branch over which they respectively preside, may appoint a person to act during the session as private secretary for such presiding officer.

*23. Pay of officers. § 7. The per diem to be paid to the officers and employees designated in this act shall be as follows, viz.: The secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives shall each be paid six dollars per day, the enrolling and engrossing clerks of the senate and the house, and the sergeant-at-arms of the senate and the doorkeeper of the house, shall each be paid five dollars per day. The postmaster of the senate and the postmaster of the house, the assistant secretaries of the senate and assistant clerks of the house, and the assistant enrolling and engrossing clerks of the senate and of the house, shall each be paid four dollars per day, the assistant postmaster of the senate, the assistant postmaster of the house, the assistant sergeants of the senate and the assistant doorkeepers of the house, and the clerks of the various committees of the senate and house shall each be paid three dollars per day. The private secretaries of the president of the senate and speaker of the house, shall be paid the same sum per diem as the committee clerks. The policemen employed by either branch of the general assembly shall be paid three dollars per day. The pages employed by either branch of the general assembly, shall be paid the sum of one dollar and one-half ($1.50) per day. The janitors employed in the senate and house of representatives, and the extra janitors employed in and around the State house shall be paid not to exceed two dollars per day.

*24. How drawn. § 8. The auditor of public accounts is hereby authorized and directed to issue his warrant to the officers and employees designated in this act, upon a statement of the term of service, to be certified as follows, viz. All officers or employees elected or appointed by the house of representatives upon the certificate of the speaker of the house. All officers or employees elected or appointed by the senate, up

On the certificate of the president of the senate, and all employees appointed by the secretary of State, upon the certificate of the secretary of

State.

$25. Removal of officers. § 9. Any of the employees designated in this act, for inefficiency or neglect of duty, may be removed or discharged from the service of the State, by the same authority or power that appointed them.

#26. Not to receive pay - when. § 10. No officer or person, elected or appointed, by either branch of the general assembly shall receive pay for services in excess of the number of days for which members of the general assembly are paid : Provided, however, that the secretary of the senate and his first assistant, and the clerk of the house and his first assistant, may by resolution of that branch of the general assembly of which he is an officer, be allowed pay for not exceeding ten days after the adjournment of the session, to finish up the work appertaining to their offices.

*27. No additional officers to be employed. § 11. No other officer or employee, not designated in this act, shall be employed by either branch of the general assembly, except by two-thirds vote of that branch of the general assembly desiring such additional officers or employees.

*28. Are officers of assembly. § 12. All persons designated in this act to be elected or appointed by either branch of the general assembly, or by the secretary of State, shall be considered as officers and employees of the general assembly, and shall be paid out of the appropriation hereafter made for the pay of the members, officers and employ. ees of the general assembly of this State.

*29. Repeal. § 13. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

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AN ACT in regard to guardians and wards. [Approved April 10, 1872. In force July

1, 1872.]

1. Who are minors. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That males of the age of twenty-one, and females of the age of eighteen years shall be considered of full age for all purposes; and until these ages are attained they shall be considered minors.

[Harrer v. Wallner, 80 Ill. 197; Stevenson v. Westfall, 18 Ill. 209; Kester v. Stark, 19 Ill. 328; Young v. Lorain, 11 Ill. 624.

2. Appointment - jurisdiction. § 2. The county courts in their respective counties may, when it shall appear necessary or convenient, appoint guardians to minors, inhabitants of or residents in the same county, and to such as reside out of this State and have an estate within the same, in the county where the real estate or some part thereof may lie; or if he has no real estate, then in any county where he may have personal property. [R. S. 1845, p. 265, § 3.

3. Nomination. § 3. If a minor is under the age of fourteen years, the county court may nominate and appoint his guardian. If he is above that age he may nominate his own guardian, who, if approved by the court, shall be appointed accordingly; if not approved by the court, or if the minor resides out of the State, or if, after being cited, he neglects to nominate a suitable person, the court may nominate and appoint his guardian in the same manner as if he was under the age of fourteen years: Provided, that in all cases when a guardian has been appointed by the court while the minor was under the age of fourteen years, such minor, on attaining the age of fourteen years, may at his election nominate his own guardian, who shall be appointed by the court if deemed a suitable person, and the new guardian so appointed shall supersede the former one, whose functions shall thenceforth cease and determine; and it shall be the duty of the former guardian to deliver up to his successor all the goods, chattels, moneys, title papers and other effects belonging to such minor in like manner and subject to the same penalties as are provided in the fortieth (40th) section [*559]

of this act, upon the removal, death or resignation of a guardian. [As amended by act approved March 23, 1874. R. S. 1845, p. 265, 1, 2. *4. Custody, etc. -estate. § 4. The guardian of a mine shall have, under the direction of the court, the custody, nurture and tuition of his ward, and the care and management of his estate. But the father of the minor, if living, and in the case of his death the mother, they being respectively competent to transact their own business, and fit persons, shall be entitled to the custody of the person of the minor and the care of his education. In case the father and mother shall live apart, the court may, for good reason, award the custody and education of the minor to the mother or other proper person. Provided, that whenever any person or persons shall make any settlement upon or provision for the support and education of any minor child, it shall be competent for the court, in case either the father or mother of such child be dead, to make such order in relation to the visitation of such minor child by such person or persons so making such settlement or provision, as shall to the court seem meet and proper. As amended by act approved June 25, 1883. In force July 1, 1883. L 1883, p. 100.

[Meyer v. Temme, 72 Ill. 574; Cowls v. Cowls, 3 Gilm, 435; Miner v. Miner, 1 Ill. 43; In re Smith, 13 Ill. 138; Wilcox v. Wilcox, 14 N. Y 575; Wickiser v. Cook, &5 Ill. 68; Noble v. Runyan, 85 Ill. 618.

5. Testamentary guardian. 5. The father, being of sound mind and memory, of a child likely to be born, or of any living child, being a minor and unmarried, may, by his last will, dispose of the custody and tuition of such child, to continue during its minority, or for a less time: Provided, no such will shall take effect to deprive the mother, during her life, of the custody and tuition of the child, without her consent, if she be a fit and competent person to have such custody and tuition. The mother, being of sound mind and memory, and being sole, or surviving the father of her child, may, in like manner, dispose of the custody and tuition of such child.

[R. S. 1845. P. 268, § 17; Furman v. Sise, 56 N. Y. 435; Magee v. Magee, 65 Ill. 236; Mowbry v. Mowbry, 64 Ill. 387; Scott v. White, 71 Ill. 288; Meyer v. Temme, 72 Ill. 574; Paulin v. Howser, 63 III. 312.

6. Estate-custody. 6. The guardianship of the infant's es tate may be appointed to one, and the custody and tuition of the minor to another.

7. Bond. § 7. The county court shall take of the guardian appointed by it, a bond, payable to the People of the State of Illinois, with

at least two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the court in a reasonable amount, which shall in no case be less than double the amount of the minor's personal estate, and six times the amount of the gross annual income of the minor's real estate: Provided, however, that if such real estate is improved or is covered in whole or in part with timber, or is improved in part and in part covered with timber, the penal sum in said bond shall be increased by an amount at least double the value of the said improvements, or of said timber, or both as the case may be; and said bond shall be conditioned substantially as follows:

The condition of this obligation is such, that if the above bounden (name of guardian), who has been appointed guardian of (name of infant), shall faithfully discharge the office and trust of such guardian according to law, and shall make a true inven. tory of all the real and personal estate of the ward, that shall come to his possession or knowledge, and return the same unto the county court of county, at the time required by law, and manage and dispose of all such estate according to law, and for the best interest of said ward, and faithfully discharge his trust in relation thereto, and to the custody, nurture and education of said ward, and render an account, on oath, of the property in his hands and of the management and disposition of all such estate, within one year after his appointment, and at such other times as shall be required by law or directed by the court; and upon removal from office, or at the expiration of his trust, settle his accounts in said court, or with the ward or his legal representatives, and pay over and deliver all the estate, title papers and effects remaining in his hands, or due from him on such settlement, to the person or persons lawfully entitled thereto, then this obligation shall be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

[As amended by act approved May 21, 1877. In force July 1, 1877. L. 1877, p. 114; R. S. 1845, P. 265, 85; Scheel v. Eidman, 77 Ill. 301.

8. Powers and duties of testamentary guardian. §8. A testamentary guardian shall have the same powers and perform the same duties within the scope of his appointment, as a guardian appointed by the county court. [R. S. 1845, p. 268, §§ 18, 19.

9. Testamentary guardian — commission — bond. § 9. A testamentary guardian, except for the custody and tuition of the minor, shall, before he can act, be commissioned by the county court of the proper county and give the bond prescribed in section 7 of this actexcept, that when the testator has requested in his will that a bond be not required, it shall not be required unless, from a change in the situation or circumstances of the guardian, or for other sufficient cause, the court shall deem it necessary to require it.

10. Appointment-hearing-bond. § 10. Upon application being made for the appointment of a guardian, unless the proper persons are before it, the court shall assign a day for the hearing thereof, and shall direct such notice of the hearing to be given to the relatives of the minor, residing in the county, as he shall, on due inquiry, think reasonable. When any person shall at the same time be appointed guardian for several minors, the court may, if the estate shall be so situated as to make it more convenient or advantageous to the interest of the ward, include all in one bond. [R. S. 1845, p. 267, § 15.

11. Suit on bond. § 11. Bonds may be put in suit in the name of the [*560] People of the State of Illinois, to the use of any person entitled to recover on a breach thereof, and damages assessed and proceedings had thereon, as in other cases of penal bonds.

[R. S. 1845, p. 265, § 5; Scheel v. Eidman, 68 Ill. 193; Ammon v. People, 11 Ill. 7; Wann v. People, 57 Ill. 203; Attridge v. Billings, 57 Ill. 489; Strifling v. Prettyman,