conditions, all things considered, as nearly central as possible in that portion of the State lying north of the main line of the C. R. I. & P R. R., with a view of obtaining a good water supply and other conveniences for the use of the institution.

§ 11. Upon the selection and securing of the land aforesaid, the trustees shall proceed to secure plans and to contract for the erection of buildings in which to furnish educational facilities for such number of students as hereinafter provided for, together with the outhouses required for use, also for the improvement of the land so as to make it available for the use of the institution. The building shall not be more than two stories in height, and be constructed upon the most approved plan for use, and shall be of sufficient capacity to accommodate not less than one thousand students, with the officers and necessary attendants. The outside walls to be of hewn stone or brick; partition walls of brick, or equally good fire-proof material; roof of slate, and the whole buildings made fire-resisting, and so constructed as to be warmed in the most healthful and economical manner, with ample ventilation in all its parts. The out-houses shall be so placed and constructed as to avoid all danger to the main buildings from fire originating in any one of them. The board shall appoint a trustworthy and competent superintendent of the buildings and improvements aforesaid, whose duty it shall be to be always present during the progress of the work and see that every brick, stone and piece of timber used is sound and properly placed, and whose right it shall be to require contractors and their employés to conform to his directions in executing their contracts: Provided, however, that said board of trustees shall not appoint any one of their number such superintendent: And, provided, further, that the buildings aforesaid may be erected and improvements made under the direction of the board and superintendent without letting the same

to contractors.

§ 12. The said board of trustees shall appoint instructors, together with such other officers as may be required in the said normal schools, fix their respective salaries and prescribe their several duties. They shall also have power to remove any of them for proper cause, after having given ten days' notice of any charge which may be duly presented, and reasonable opportunity of defense. They shall also prescribe the text books, apparatus and furniture to be used in the school and provide the same, and shall make all regulations necessary for this management.

§ 14. To enable the board of trustees to erect the building and make the improvements preparatory to the reception of pupils in said institution, to supply the necessary furniture for the same, and for the first year's instruction, the sum of $50,000 is hereby appropriated out of the State treasury, payable on the orders of said board, as required for use, in sums not exceeding $10,000 per month, the first payment to be made on the first day of July, 1896, and subsequent

payments shall be accompanied by an account, sustained by vouchers, showing to the satisfaction of the Auditor the expenditure of the previous payment, and approved by the Governor.

§ 15. The expense of the building, improving, repairing and supplying fuel and furniture, and the necessary appliances and apparatus for conducting said school, and the salaries or compensation of the trustees, superintendent, assistants, agents and employés shall be a charge upon the State treasury; all other expenses shall be chargeable against pupils, and the trustees shall regulate the charges accordingly.

§ 16. If the buildings and improvements herein provided for shall be ready for the reception of pupils before the next regular session of the General Assembly, the Governor is authorized to make orders on the Auditor, directing him to issue warrants at the end of each quarter of the fiscal year for amounts sufficient to pay expenses chargeable against the State out of the above named appropriation of $50,000, and the Auditor shall issue warrants accordingly, which shall be paid by the treasurer.

§ 17. The trustees of this institution shall receive their personal and traveling expenses, and the Auditor is hereby authorized to issue warrants quarterly, upon taking the affidavit of the trustees as to the actual time employed, and their personal and traveling expenses. APPROVED May 22, 1895.

EASTERN ILLINOIS STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

AN ACT to establish and maintain the Eastern Illinois State Normal School.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That a body politic and corporate is hereby created, by the name of the Eastern Illinois State Normal School, to have perpetual succession with power to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to receive by any legal mode or transfer or conveyance property of any description, and to have and hold and enjoy the same; also to make and use a corporate seal with power to break or change the same, and adopt by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of its members, official agents and employés: Provided, such by-laws shall not conflict with the Constitution of the United States or of this State.

§ 2. The object of the said Eastern Illinois State Normal School shall be to qualify teachers for the common schools of this State by imparting instruction in the art of teaching in all branches of study which pertain to a common school education; in the elements of the natural and of the physical sciences; in the fundamental laws of the United States and of the State of Illinois, in regard to the rights and duties of citizens.

§ 3. The powers of the said corporation shall be vested in, and its duties performed by, a board of trustees, not exceeding five in number, to be appointed as hereinafter provided.

§ 4. Upon the passage of this act, the Governor shall nominate and, by and with the advice of the Senate, shall appoint five citizens who shall be residents of the State of Illinois, as trustees of said institution, two of whom shall serve for two years and three for four years, and until their successors are appointed and enter on duty; and successors in each class shall be appointed in a like manner for four years: Provided, that in case of a vacancy by death or otherwise, the Governor shall appoint a successor for the remainder of the term vacated: Provided, that no two members of said board shall be residents of any one county. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be a trustee of said school, ex officio. (As amended by act approved Feb. 18, 1897.)

1.

The appointment of normal school trustees by the Governor is not invalid if made before the act creating the office goes into effect, but after it has been approved and signed, where the Constitution provides that on such approval and signing, the act shall thereupon become a law. People v. Inglis, 161-256.

2. A statute making the Superintendent of Public Instruction ex officio a trustee of a normal school, merely enlarges the duties of his office, and does not violate section 5, article 5 of the Constitution, making him ineligible to any other office. Ibid.

3. The proviso that no two members of the board of trustees of a normal school shall be residents of any one county, does not have any application to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who is an ex officio member of said board. Ibid.

§ 5. The said trustees shall hold their first meeting at. within one month from the time this act goes into effect, at which meeting they shall elect one of their body as president and another as secretary, and cause a regular record to be made and kept of all their proceedings. The said board shall also, whenever his services shall be required, appoint a treasurer, not a member of the board, who shall give bonds to the People of the State of Illinois in double the amount of the largest sum likely to come into his hands, the penalty to be fixed by the board, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as treasurer, with two or more securities; the treasurer may also be required to execute bonds from time to time as the board may direct.

§ 6. The treasurer shall keep an accurate account of all moneys received and paid out; the account for articles and supplies of every kind purchased shall be kept and reported, so as to show the kind, quantity and cost thereof.

§ 7. No member, officer, agent or employé of the board shall be a party to, or interested in, any contract for materials or supplies.

§ 8. Accounts of this institution shall be stated and settled annually with the Auditor of Public Accounts, or with such person or persons as may be designated by law for that purpose. And the trustees shall, ten days previous to each regular session of the General Assembly, submit to the Governor a report of all their actions. and proceedings in the execution of their trust, with a statement of all accounts connected therewith to be by the Governor laid before the General Assembly.

§ 9. The said board shall meet quarterly at such place or places as may be agreed on and, until the buildings are completed, as much oftener as may be necessary, and thereafter the meetings shall be at the school.

§ 10. The trustees shall, as soon as practicable after their appointment. arrange to receive from the localities desiring to secure the location of said school, proposals for donation of site, of not less than forty acres of ground, and other valuable considerations, and shall locate the same in the place offering the most advantageous conditions, all things considered, in that portion of the State lying north of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railroad, and south of the Wabash railway, and east of the main line of the Illinois Central railroad, and the counties through which said roads run, with a view of obtaining a good water supply and other conveniences for the use of the institution.

§ 11. Upon the selection and securing of the land aforesaid, the trustees shall proceed to secure plans, and to contract for the erec tion of buildings in which to furnish educational facilities for such number of students as hereinafter provided for, together with the outhouses required for use; also for the improvement of the land so as to make it available for the use of the institution. The buildings shall not be more than two stories in height, and be constructed upon the most approved plans for use, and shall be of sufficient capacity to accommodate not less than 1,000 students with officers and necessary attendants. The outside walls to be hewn stone or brick, partition walls of brick, or equally good fire-proof material; roof of slate, and the whole building made fire-resisting, and so constructed as to be warmed in the most healthful' and economical manner, with ample ventilation in all its parts. The out houses shall be so placed and constructed as to avoid all danger to the main buildings from fire originating in any one of them. The board shall appoint a trustworthy and competent superintendent of the buildings and improvements aforesaid, whose duty it shall be to be always present during the progress of the work, and see that every brick, stone or piece of timber used is sound and properly placed, and whose right it shall be to require contractors and their employés to conform to his directions in executing their contracts: Provided, however, that said board of trustees shall not appoint any one of their number such superintendent: And, provided, further, that the buildings aforesaid may be erected and improvements made under the direction of the board and superintendent, without letting the same to contractors.

§ 12. The said board of trustees shall appoint instructors, together with such other officers as may be required in the said normal schools, fix their respective salaries and prescribe their several duties. They shall also have power to remove any of them for proper cause after having given ten days' notice of any charge which may be duly presented, and reasonable opportunity of defense They shall also pre

scribe the text-books, apparatus and furniture to be used in the school, and provide the same, and shall make all regulations necessary for this management.

§ 14. To enable the board of trustees to erect the buildings and make the improvements preparatory to the reception of pupils in said institution, to supply the necessary furniture for the same, and for the first year's instruction, the sum of $50,000 is hereby appro priated out of the State treasury, payable on the orders of said board, as required for use, in sums not exceeding $10,000 per month; the first payment to be made on the first day of July, 1896, and subsequent payments shall be accompanied by an account, sustained by vouchers, showing to the satisfaction of the Auditor and with the approval of the Governor, the expenditure of the previous payment.

§ 15. The expense of the building, improving, repairing and supplying fuel and furniture, and the necessary appliances and apparatus for conducting said school, and the salaries or compensation of the trustees, superintendent, assistants, agents and employés, shall be a charge upon the State treasury; all other expenses shall be chargeable against pupils and the trustees shall regulate the charges accordingly.

§ 16. If the buildings and improvements herein provided for shall be ready for the reception of pupils before the next regular session of the General Assembly, the Governor is authorized to make orders on the Auditor, directing him to issue warrants at the end of each quarter of the fiscal year for amounts sufficient to pay expenses chargeable against the State out of the above named appropriation of $50,000, and the Auditor shall issue warrants accordingly, which shall be paid by the Treasurer.

§ 17. The trustees of the institution shall receive their personal and traveling expenses, and the Auditor is hereby authorized to issue warrants quarterly upon taking the affidavit of the trustees as to the actual time employed, and their personal and traveling expenses. APPROVED May 22, 1895.

WESTERN ILLINOIS STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

AN ACT to establish and maintain the Western Illinois State Normal School.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That a body politic and corporate is hereby created, by the name of the Western Illinois State Normal School, to have perpetual succession, with power to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded. to receive by any legal mode of transfer or conveyance, property of any description, and to have and hold and enjoy the same; also, to make and use a corporate seal, with power to break or change the same; to adopt by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of