Including Additional Acts Relative to Schools and School Officers, with an
Appendix Containing Acts Establishing State Normal Schools, and Pro-
viding for County Normal Schools, and some Interpretations of
Illinois School Law in Accordance with the Decis-

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EXTRACTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION .....

ACT OF 1889.

Article I, State Superintendent of Public Instruction..

Article II, County Superintendents..,

Article III, Township Trustees of Schools..

Article IV, Township Treasurer..

Article V, Board of Directors..

Article vi. Board of Education...

Article VII, Teachers...

Article VIII, Revenue-Taxation..

Article IX, Bonds.

Article X, County Clerk.

Article XI. County Board.

Article XII, School Fund..

Article XIII, School Lands..

Article XIV, Fines and Forfeitures.

Article XV, Liability of School Officers,..

Article XVI, Miscellaneous......

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ADDITIONAL ACTS PERTAINING TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TO

SCHOOL OFFICERS.

Members of the Board of Education Appointed..

Study of Physiology and Hygiene...

Compensation of Judges and Clerks of Election in certain cases...

Election of Boards of Education in certain cases..

No child under 13 years of age to be hired without certificate from the School Board

Women may vote at School Elections.....

Directors allowed to assume indebtedness created for their districts..

Compulsory Attendance...

Inspectors elected under certain special acts....

Increasing the number of School Inspectors..

Election of Boards of Education in certain cases.

Kindergarten Schools...

Pension and Retirement Fund in certain cities.

U. S. Flags

Classes for Deaf Children

Establishment of Manual Training Department of High Schools.

Parental Schools....

Government of Schools in annexed territory.

Election of presiding officers, of boards of trustees, etc., of educational institutions

Authority to confer degrees.

Numbering School Districts.

The State Teachers' Association..

Issuance of Bonds...

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APPENDIX.

Act Establishing Illinois State Normal University, Normal..

Act Establishing Southern Normal University, Carbondale.

Act Establishing Eastern Normal School, Charleston.

Act Establishing Northern Normal School, DeKalb..

Act Establishing Western Normal School, Macomb.

Act for the Establishment of County Normal Schools...

State Scholarships in Illinois University..

Some Interpretations of the Illinois School Law..

Calendar of School Elections and Duties of School Officers.

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