said trustees shall be conducted, and the canvass, statement, and return of the votes cast for said trustees shall be made in the same manner, and by the same officers, and shall be governed in every particular by the laws of this state governing a general election. The term of office to be held severally by the trustees so elected, and by their successors, shall be six years from the second Tuesday of March next succeeding the dates of their sev. eral elections, and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified: Provided, in case of vacancy in said board, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor until the next general election. Said board of trustees may appoint an executive committee of three chosen out of their own number, which committee, when said board is not in session, shall have the management and control of the University, and of its affairs, and for that purpose shall have, and exercise, all the powers which are necessary and proper for such object, except in so far as the board may reserve such powers to itself, and any powers granted at any time by said board to such executive committee, the board may at any time revoke. This bill having remained with the Governor ten days, Sundays excepted, the General Assembly being in session, it has thereby become a law. Witness my hand this 15th day of June, A. D. 1887. [Sess. L., Ill., 1887, p. 306.] Secretary of State. *LEGISLATIVE ASSENT TO THE MORRILL COLLEGE AID ACT AN ACT giving legislative assent to the purpose of the grants made in the act of congress approved August 30, 1890, entitled "An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more perfect endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an act of congress approved July 2, 1862," and appropriating to the University of Illinois the moneys granted in said act. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the assent of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois be and the same is hereby given *See p. 10. to the purpose of the act of the Congress of the United States approved August 30, 1890, entitled "An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more perfect endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an act of congress," approved July 2, 1862. ? 2. The sum or sums of money which may have accrued, or may hereafter, before the first day of July, 1893, accrue to the State of Illinois, under the provisions of the act of congress aforesaid, are hereby appropriated to the University of Illinois, and whenever any portion of said money shall be received by the state Treasurer it shall immediately be due and payable into the treasury of the said University. 3. The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the treasurer for the sums hereby appropriated, upon the order of the president of the Board of Trustees of the said University, countersigned by its secretary, and with the corporate seal of the said University. ? 4. Whereas, an emergency exists, this act shall go intc effect immediately after its passage. APPROVED, March 20, 1891. [Sess. L., Ill., 1891, p. 211.] ANNUAL INSPECTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AN ACT to provide for the annual inspection of the several departments of the universities, colleges, academies and other educational institutions organized under the laws of the State of Illinois. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That whenever any university, college, academy, or other educational institution, regularly incorporated under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Illinois, wherein military science and instruction are made a part of the courses of study, and are regularly taught in said institution, and wherein there is detailed by the War Department, at Washington, D. C., an officer from the U. S. Army as professor of military science and tactics, the Governor of Illinois is hereby authorized, on the application of the said university, college, academy or other educational institution, signed by the chancel lor, president, superintendent, or other presiding officer, under the seal of the said institution, to declare the said institution a post of the Illinois National Guard. 2. The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to appoint and commission as staff officers of the Illinois National Guard, the officers of the said university, college, academy or other educational institution, as follows: The chancellor, president, superintendent, or other presiding officer, as colonel; the vice-president, principal or other officer second in authority, lieutenant-colonel; the commandant, or officer in charge of the military department, as major; the quartermaster as major; the surgeon as major; the adjutant as captain; the assistant surgeon as captain, and the male professors, members of the faculty, as captains. 3. The Governor shall annually appoint a committee of three members, one of whom shall be appointed on the recommendation of the Adjutant General, one on the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and one on the recommendation of the president of the State Board of Health, with a view to their proficiency in the several departments indicated, and the said committee shall during the school year, and while the said institutions are in session, visit all of the said educational institutions so declared posts of the Illinois National Guard, and make a thorough inspection of their military departments, their discipline, courses of study and educational department, and their sanitary condition, and report to the Governor the result of said inspection. 4. The graduates of the said university, college, academy or other educational institution, shall be eligible to appointment as brevet second lieutenants in the Illinois National Guard, and may be commissioned as such and assigned to companies at the discretion of the Governor, upon the recommendation of the inspecting officers and of the commanding officer of the company to which any graduate may be assigned, not exceeding one to each company. This bill, having remained with the Governor for a period of ten days (Sundays excepted) after the adjournment of the General Assembly, and he not having filed it with his objections thereto in the office of the Secretary of State, it becomes a law in like manner as if he had signed it. Witness my hand this 26th day of June, A. D., 1895. [Sess. L., Ill., 1895, p. 324.] Secretary of State. *STATE SCHOLARSHIPS IN UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AN ACT to provide for state scholarships in the University of Illinois, and the manner of awarding the same. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That to equalize the advantages of the University of Illinois to all parts of the state, there shall be awarded annually, as hereinafter provided, to each county of the state one state scholarship, which shall entitle the holder thereof, who shall be a resident of the senatorial dis. trict to which he is accredited, to instruction in any or all departments of said University of Illinois for a term of four years, free from any charge for tuition or any incidental charge, unless such incidental charges shall have been made for materials used or for damages needlessly done to property of the university: . Provided, that in counties having two or more senatorial districts there shall be awarded annually one additional scholarship for each of said senatorial districts. 8 2. A competitive examination under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be held at the county court house in each county of the state upon the first Saturday of June in each and every year by the county superintendent of schools, upon such branches of study as said Superintendent of Public Instruction and the president of said University may deem best. 8 3. Questions for such examinations shall be prepared and furnished by the president of the university to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall attend to the printing and distribution thereof to the several county superintendents of schools prior to such examinations. ? 4. In case any candidate who shall be awarded a scholarship shall fail to pass the entrance examination to the university, or shall fail to claim the privileges of such scholarship, or, having claimed the privileges, shall be expelled, or for any reason shall abandon his right to or vacate such scholarship, either before or after entering thereupon, then the candidate certified *See repealing act p. 57. to be next entitled in the same county shall become entitled to the same. In case any scholarship belonging to any county shall not be claimed by any candidate resident in that county, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may fill the same by appointing some candidate first entitled to vacancy in some other county, after notice has been served upon the county superintendent of said first mentioned county. 5. The county superintendents will, within ten days after such examination, make and file in the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction certificates, in which they will name all the candidates examined and specify the order of their excellence, and such candidates will, in the order of their excellence, become entitled to the scholarships belonging to their respective counties. The examination papers handed in by each candidate will also be filed with the certificate of examination. ? 6. Candidates, to be eligible to said scholarship, shall be at least sixteen years of age, and shall have been bona fide residents of their respective counties for at least one year immediately preceding the examination. ? 7. Any student holding a state scholarship, and who shall make it appear to the satisfaction of the president of the university that he requires leave of absence for the purpose of earning funds to defray his expenses while in attendance, may, in the discretion of the president, be granted such a leave of absence, and may be allowed a period not exceeding six years from the commencement thereof for the completion of his course at said university. ? 8. Notices of the time and place of the examination shall be given in all the schools having pupils eligible thereto, prior to the first day of January in each year. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall attend to the giving of the notices hereinbefore provided for. He may, in his discretion, direct that the examination in any county may be held at some other time and place than that herein before specified. He shall keep full records in his department of the reports of the different examiners, showing the age, postoffice address and standing of each candidate, and shall notify candidates of their rights under this act. He is hereby charged with the general supervision and direction of all matters in connection with the filling of |