An Act to amend section 5 of "An Act to provide for the incorporation
of associations that may be organized for the purpose of constructing
railways, maintaining and operating the same; for prescribing and de-
fining the duties and limiting the powers of such corporations when
so organized; and authorizing the same and all railroad companies of
this State to own and hold the stock and securites of railroad com-
panies of other states owning connecting lines, as amended by Act
approved June 2, 1891, in force July 1, 1891," by providing for the
extension of the term thereof
An Act to amend sections 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 112, 13, 16, 17, 18 and 19
of an Act entitled, "An Act to establish a Board of Railroad and Ware-
house Commissioners, and prescribe ther powers and duties," approved
April 13, 1871, in force July 1, 1871, and also by adding to said Act
new sections numbered 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,
33, 34, 35 and 36
An Act giving the authority of the General Assembly of the State of Illi-
nois for the construction of a drawbridge across the Illinois river.
An Act giving the consent of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois
for the use and appropriation by the St. Louis, Peoria and North-
western Railway Company of a railroad right-of-way over certain
lands heretofore conveyed to the State of Illinois for the use of the
General Hospital for the Insane, a benevolent institution of the State,
at South Bartonville
An Act to provide for the necessary revenue for State purposes...
An Act to provide by State tax for a fund for the support and main-
tenance of the University of Illinois
An Act to amend section one hundred and fifty-five (155) of an Act
entitled, "An Act for the assessment of property, and for the levy and
collection of taxes," approved March 30, 1872, in force July 1, 1872;
as amended by Act approved May 3, 1873, in force July 1, 1873.
An Act to amend section 216 of an Act entitled, "An Act for the assess-
ment of property and for the levy and collection of taxes," approved
March 30, 1872, and in force July 1, 1872..
An Act defining motor vehicles and providing for the registration of
the same and of motor bicycles, and uniform rules regulating the use
and speed thereof; prohibiting the use of motor vehicles without the
consent of the owner and the offer or acceptance of any bonus or dis-
count or other consideration for the purchase of supplies or parts for
any such motor vehicle or for work or repairs done thereon by others,
and defining chauffeurs and providing for the examination and licensing
thereof, and to repeal certain Acts therein named.
An Act to amend section 14 of an Act entitled, "An Act in regard to roads
and bridges in counties under township organization, and to repeal an
Act and parts of Acts therein named," approved June 23, 1883, in force
July 1, 1883, and as amended by Act approved June 14, 1909, in
force July 1, 1909
An Act to protect turnpike, gravel or macadam roads, and to provide a
penalty for its violation
An Act to take territory from the Kickapoo Union School District as or-
ganized under an Act entitled, "An Act to establish and form the
Kickapoo Union School District," approved March 31, 1869, in force
April 1, 1869, by reducing the corporate limits of said district by amend-
ing section one of said Act
An Act to amend section 45 of an Act entitled, 'An Act to establish
and maintain a system of free schools," approved and in force June
12, 1909
An Act to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to establish and maintain a
system of free schools." approved and in force June 12, 1909, by
adding thereto two sections to be known respectively as sections 156a
and 156b
An Act to provide for the contribution from public moneys to the public
school teachers' pension and retirement fund in cities having a popula-
tion exceeding 100,000 inhabitants
An Act to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to establish a system of free
schools," approved and in force June 12, 1909, by adding thereto four-
teen sections to be known as sections 127a, 127b, 127c, 127d, 127e, 127f,
127g, 127h, 1271, 127j, 127k, 1271, 127m, and 127n..
An Act to amend section 121 of "An Act to establish and maintain a
system of free schools," approved June 12. 1909
An Act to amend section 12 of an Act entitled, "An Act to establish and
create at the University of Illinois, a bureau to be known as the
State Geological Survey, defining its duties and providing for the prep-
aration and publication of its reports and maps to illustrate the
natural resources of the State, and making appropriation therefor,"
approved May 12, 1905, in force July 1, 1905
An Act to amend sections 1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 20. 21 and 40 of an Act
entitled, "An Act to prevent fraud in the sale of dairy products, their
imitation or substitutes, to prohibit and prevent the manufacture and
sale of unhealthful, adulterated or misbranded food, liquors or dairy
products, to provide for the appointment of a State food commissioner
and his assistants, to define their powers and duties and to repeal all
Acts relating to the production, manufacture and sale of dairy and
food products and liquors in conflict herewith," approved May 14,
1907, and in force July 1. 1907. and to add thereto two new sections
to be known as sections 20a and 39a
An Act to amend sections 1 and 2 of an Act entitled, "An Act to regulate
the sale and analysis of concentrated feeding stuffs," approved May 18,
1905, in force July 1, 1905
An Act to prevent the preparation, manufacture, packing, storing, or
distributing of food intended for sale, or sale of food, under insanitary,
unhealthful, or unclean conditions or surroundings, to create a sanitary
inspection, to declare that such conditions shall constitute a nuisance,
and to provide for the enforcement thereof
STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY AND NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM:
An Act to amend "An Act to establish the Illinois Historical Library
and to provide for its care and maintenance and to make an appro-
priation therefor," approved May 25, 1889, in force July 1, 1889.
An Act to amend section 4 of an Act entitled, "An Act to establish a
State Historical Library and Natural History Museum, to provide for
its care and maintenance and to appropriate money therefor," approved
May 25, 1877, in force July 1, 1877
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AN ACT to amend sections 20 and 21 of an Act entitled, "An Act in regard to the administration of estates," approved April 1, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, as amended, and to add to said Act two new sections, one to be known as section twenty A (204) and the other as section seventy-eight.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That sections 20 and 21 of an Act entitled, "An Act in regard to the administration of estates," approved April 1, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, as amended, be amended, and that two new sections, to be known as section twenty A (20A) and the other as section seventy-eight, said section seventy-eight being in lieu of section 78 thereof and heretofore repealed, so that said sections 20 and 21 as now amended and sections 20A and 78 as added shall read as follows: § 20. Before letters of administration shall hereafter be issued, the person applying for the same, or some other credible person, shall make and file an affidavit with the proper clerk, setting forth as near as may be, the date of death of the deceased, or facts and circumstances raising the legal presumption of such death intestate, the probable amount or value of the personal estate, and the names of the heirs and widow, or surviving husband, if known.
§ 20A. When letters are sought on the presumption of death, the court shall set the application for hearing and the clerk shall cause to be published, in a newspaper as defined by law, for at least four successive weeks, a notice of such application and of the time and place of the hearing thereof. The first publication of such notice shall be at least thirty
days prior to the date fixed for the hearing and a copy of the notice shall, within ten days after the first publication of the same, be mailed by the clerk, addressed to the person by the application or affidavit. At the hearing, the allegations shall be established by competent proof, and any person interested or any person in possession or control of the property sought to be administered, or any part thereof, may appear and resist the application.
§ 21. The form of letters of administration hereafter to be issued in this State shall, as near as may be, be as follows, to-wit:
The People of the State of Illinois, to all to whom these presents shall
Know ye, that whereas, A B, of the county of and State of Illinois, died intestate, as it is said (or "as it is presumed," when the letters are issued upon the presumption), on or about the ...day of.... A. D. 19..., having at the time of his decease, personal property in this State which may be lost, destroyed or diminished in value, if speedy care be not taken of the same; to the end, therefore, that said property may be collected and preserved for those who shall appear to have a legal right or interest therein, we do hereby appoint C D, of the county of and State of Illinois, administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of the said A B at the time of his decease, with full power and authority to secure and collect the said property and debts. wheresoever the same may be found in this State, and in general, to do and perform all other acts which now are or hereafter may be required of him by law.
Witness: E F, clerk of the county court in and for the said county of... and the seal of said court, this...
(L. S.) E F, Clerk. And in all cases where letters of administration with the will annexed. letters of administration, de bonis non, or letters of administration to any public administrator are issued, the same shall be in conformity with the foregoing form, as nearly as may be, taking care to make the necessary variations, additions or omissions to suit each particular case.
§ 78. The costs, expenses, award and just claims against the estate. of a person presumed in law to be dead shall be adjusted, allowed and paid in due course as in other estates, but before distribution to heirs of such person, under the presumption of death and intestacy, each distributee, or some one for and on behalf of such distributee, shall enter into bond payable to the People of the State of Illinois, in a penalty double the value of the distributive share of such distributee, with security thereon to the acceptance and approval of the court, conditioned to refund and pay, on demand, to such presumed decedent, if alive.
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