3. The University of Illinois may, in their discretion, under regulations provided by their rules, waive all or any part of the examination of any applicant possessing the qualifications mentioned in section 1, who shall have had five successive years' previous experience as a public accountant previous to the date of application, who shall apply in writing within one year after the passage of this act, and who shall have been practicing in this State as a public accountant, on his own account, for a period of not less than one year next prior to the passage of this act; also to any person who shall have been actively in practice as a public accountant for not less than five years next prior to the passage of this act, outside of the State of Illinois, who shall have passed an examination equivalent, in the opinion of the University of Illinois, to the examination to be held under the provisions of this act.

4. (a) The University shall charge for the examination and certificate a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) to meet the expenses of such examinations. This fee shall be payable by the applicant at the time of filing his application.

(b) The examiners appointed by the University of Illinois shall be paid for the purposes of this act for the time actually expended in pursuance of the duties imposed upon them by this act, an amount not exceeding ten dollars ($10) per day, and they shall be further entitled to their necessary traveling expenses. All expenses provided for by this act must be paid from the receipts under this act, and no expense incurred under this act shall be a charge against the funds of the University.

(c) From the fees collected under section 4, the University of Illinois shall pay all the expenses incident to the examinations held under this act, the expenses of issuing certificates, the traveling expenses of the examiners, and their compensation while performing their duties under this act.

5. The University may revoke any certificate issued under the provisions of this act, for unprofessional conduct or other sufficient cause, Provided, that written notice shall have been previously mailed to the holder of such certificate twenty days before any hearing thereon, stating the cause for such contemplated action, and appointing a date for a full hearing thereof by the University: And, provided, further, that no certificate shall be revoked until a hearing shall have been had.

? 6. If any person shall represent himself to the public as having received a certificate as provided in this act, or shall assume to practice as a certified public accountant, or use the abbreviation C. P. A., or any similar words or letters to indicate that the person using the same is a certified public accountant, without having received such certificate; or if any per. son having received a certificate as provided in this act, and having thereafter lost such certificate by revocation as herein provided, shall continue to practice as a certified public accountant, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) for each offense: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall operate to prevent a certified public accountant who is the lawful holder of a certificate issued in compliance with the laws of another state, from practicing as such within this State, and styling himself a certified public accountant. APPROVED, May 15, 1903. [Sess. L., Ill., 1903, p. 281.]

COUNTY AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY SCHOLARSHIPS AN ACT to provide for scholarships in the University of Illinois.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That in order to equalize the advantages of the University of Illinois, there shall be awarded, annually, to each county, one scholarship, which shall entitle the holder thereof to gratuitous instruction in the University of Illinois, for a period of four years.

? 2. The county superintendent shall receive and register the names of all applicants for such scholarships, and shall hold an examination on the first Saturday in June of each year, according to rules and regulations prescribed by the President of the University, and the student found to possess the highest qualifications shall be entitled to such scholarship: Provided, however, that every applicant shall be at least sixteen years of age, and a resident of the county in which such examination is held: And, provided further, that no student who has attended the University of Illinois shall be eligible to such examination. 3. The county superintendent shall return to the President of the University within ten days after such examination a list

of the names of all applicants examined, the grades obtained, together with the examination papers submitted by them; and the President of the University shall issue to the successful applicant a certificate of scholarship as directed by the provisions of this act: Provided, however, that where no return is made from any county, the President of the University may assign to that county from some other county the student found to possess the next highest qualifications.

4. In addition to the scholarships provided for in section one, each member of the General Assembly is authorized to nominate and appoint, annually, one person of school age and otherwise eligible, from his district, who shall by virtue of this appointment, receive a certificate of scholarship in the University. Each member of the General Assembly shall file with the President of the University on or before the first Saturday in June, the name and address of the student nominated by him to receive such scholarship. The candidate for such scholarship shall present himself for examination before the county superintendent in the county where such student resides, at the time stated in section two for the competitive examination. The President of the University shall prescribe the rules and regulations governing such examination: Provided, that in case the person named fails to pass the required examination for admission, then the President of said University shall at once notify the member making the appointment, who may name another person for such scholarship: Provided, further, that if the member of the General Assembly shall so elect, the scholarship under his control may be awarded by competitive examination conducted under like rules as prescribed in section two of this act.

5. Any scholarship issued under the provisions of this act shall exempt the holder from the payment of tuition, or any matriculation, term, or incidental fee whatsoever except for purchase of laboratory supplies and similar fees for supplies and materials: Provided, however, that such student shall be subject to all examinations, rules, and requirements of the board of trustees and faculty, except as herein directed: Provided, further, that the privileges of these scholarships shall not be available in the professional schools and colleges of the University: And provided, further, that this act shall not be construed to prohibit the Board of Trustees from granting other scholarships.

6. Any student holding a scholarship, 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 be granted such leave of absence, and may be allowed a period not to exceed six years to complete his course at the University.

? 7. *An act to provide for State scholarships in the University of Illinois, and the manner of awarding the same, approved June 24, 1895, is hereby repealed.

APPROVED, May 12, 1905. [Sess. L., Ill., 1905, p. 380.]

SUPPLIES FROM THE BOARD OF PRISON INDUSTRIES AN ACT to amend * * * * an act entitled, "An act to regulate the employment of convicts and prisoners in the penal and reformatory institutions of the State of Illinois, and providing for the disposition of the products of their skill and industry.

11. The labor of convicts in penitentiaries and reformatories in this state after the necessary labor for the manufacture of all needed supplies for said institutions shall be primarily devoted to the state and the public institutions and buildings thereof, and the manufacture of supplies for the state and the public institutions thereof, and secondly to the school and road districts of the state and the public institutions thereof.

? 14. The Board of Prison Industries of Illinois and the superintendents of reformatories and wardens of penitentiaries respectively are authorized and directed to cause to be manufactured by the convicts in the penitentiaries and reformatories such articles as are needed and used therein, and also such as are required by the state, and in the buildings, offices and public institutions owned or managed and controlled by the state, including articles and materials to be used in the erection of the buildings. All such articles manufactured in the penitentiaries and reformatories and not required for use therein may be furnished to the state or for, or to any public institution owned or managed and controlled by the state at and for such prices as shall be fixed and determined as hereinafter provided, upon the requisition of the proper official, trustee or managers thereof. *See p. 49.

No articles so manufactured shall be purchased from any other source for the state or public institutions of the state unless said Board of Prison Industries of Illinois shall certify that the same cannot be furnished upon such requisition, and no claim therefor shall be audited or paid without such certificate.

APPROVED, May 18, 1905. [Sess. Laws, 1905, p. 345.]

*LEGISLATIVE ASSENT TO THE ADAMS ACT

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 32.

WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States has passed an Act approved by the President March 16, 1906, entitled, "An Act to provide for an increased annual appropriation for agri cultural experiment stations, and regulating the expenditure thereof;" and,

WHEREAS, It is provided in section two of said Act "that the grants of moneys authorized by this Act are made subject to the legislative assent of the several states and territories to the purposes of said grants;" therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representives concurring herein, That the assent of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois be and is hereby given to the purposes of the grants made in this Act, and that the Trustees of the University of Illinois be and are hereby authorized and empowered so to conduct the agricultural college of said University of Illinois as to comply with the terms and conditions expressed in the Act of Congress aforesaid.

Adopted January 14, 1908, by both houses of the General Assembly.

REPORTS OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

REVISED STATUTES OF ILLINOIS (Hurd, 1905,) CH. 102.

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*See p. 14.