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(SENATE BILL No. 234. APPROVED MAY 26, 1911.)

AN ACT to amend sections two (2), four (4) and ten (10) of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the licensing of architects and regulating the practice of architecture as a profession," approved June 3, 1897, and in force July 1, 1897, as amended by an Act approved April 19, 1899, in force July 1, 1899.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That sections two (2), four (4) and ten (10) of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the licensing of architects and regulating the practice of architecture as a profession," approved June 3, 1897, and in force July 1, 1897; as amended by an Act approved April 19, 1899, in force July 1, 1899, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows:

§ 2. The members of the State Board of Examiners of Architects shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, make and file with the Secretary of State the constitutional oath of office. They shall, as soon as organized, and annually thereafter in the month of January, elect from their number a president and secretary, who shall also be the treasurer. The treasurer, before entering upon his duties, shall file a bond with the Secretary of State for such sum as shall be required of him by said Secretary of State, and in such form and with such securities as may be approved by the Governor of the State. The board shall adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with this Act to govern its proceedings, and also a seal; and the secretary shall have the care and custody thereof; and he shall keep a record of all the proceedings of the board, which shall be open at all times to public scrutiny, and the board shall cause the prosecution of all persons violating any of the provisions of this Act, and may incur necessary expense in that behalf. The secretary of the board shall receive a salary which shall be fixed by the board. He shall receive his traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of his official duties. The other member [s] of the board shall receive the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) for each day actually engaged in this service, and all legitimate and necessary expenses incurred in attending the meetings of said board.

§ 4. Provision shall be made by the board hereby constituted for holding examinations at least twice in each year of applicants for license to practice architecture, and any person over twenty-one years of age,

upon payment of a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) to the secretary of the board, shall be entitled to an examination for determining his or her qualifications. All examinations shall be made directly by said board, or a committee of two members delegated by the board, and due notice of the time and place of the holding of such examinations shall be published, as in the case provided for the publication of the rules and regulations thereof. The examination shall have special reference to the construction of buildings, and a test of the knowledge of the candidate of the strength of materials and of his or her ability to make practical application of such knowledge in the ordinary professional work of an architect, and in the duties of a supervisor of mechanical work on buildings, and should also seek to determine his or her knowledge of the laws of sanitation as applied to buildings. If the result of the examination of any applicant shall be satisfactory to a majority of the board, under its rules, the secretary shall, upon an order of the board, issue to the applicant a certificate to that effect, and upon payment to the secretary of the board by the candidate of a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), he shall thereupon issue to the person therein named a license to practice architecture in the State, in accordance with the provision of this Act, which license shall contain the full name, birthplace and age of the applicant, and be signed by the president and secretary, and sealed with the seal of the board. All papers received by the secretary in relation to applications for license shall be kept on file in his office, and a proper index and record thereof shall be kept by him.

§ 10. Architects' license issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall remain in full force until revoked for cause, as hereinafter provided. Any license so granted may be revoked by unanimous vote of the State Board of Examiners of Architects for gross incompetency or recklessness in the construction of buildings, or for dishonest practices on the part of the holder thereof, but before any license shall be revoked such holder shall be entitled to at least twenty days' notice of the charge against him, and of the time and place of the meeting of the board for the hearing and determining of such charge. And on the cancellation of such license it shall be the duty of the secretary of the board to give notice of such cancellation to the county clerk of each county in the State in which the license has been recorded, whereupon the clerks of the counties shall mark the license recorded in his office canceled. After the expiration of six months from the revocation of a license, the person whose license was revoked may have a new license issued to him by the secretary upon certificate of the Board of Examiners, issued by them upon satisfactory evidence of proper reasons for his reinstatement and upon payment to the secretary of the fee of five dollars ($5.00).

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act relating to the revocation of licenses, the board and each member thereof shall have the power to administer oaths, and said board shall have the power

to secure by its subpoena both the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the production of books and papers, relevant to any investigations by the board for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, relating to the revocation of licenses. Witnesses shall be entitled to the same fees as witnesses in a court of record to be paid in like manner. The accused shall be entitled to the subpoena of the board for his witnesses, and to be heard in person or by counsel in open public trial. Any circuit court of this State or any judge thereof, either in term time or vacation, upon application of such board, may in its discretion by order duly entered by such court or judge thereof, require the attendance of witnesses, the production of books and papers and giving of testimony before such board, and upon refusal or neglect to so appear and testify and produce such books and papers as commanded by such order of court or of any judge thereof, may compel, by an attachment for contempt of court or otherwise, the attendance of such witnesses, the production of such books and papers and the giving of such testimony before such board, in the same manner as production of evidence may be compelled before said court. Every person, who, having taken an oath or made affirmation before said board, shall wilfully swear of [or] affirm falsely, shall be guilty of perjury and upon conviction shall be punished accordingly.

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AN ACT creating a rivers and lakes commission for the State of Illinois, and defining the duties and powers thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the Governor of the State of

Illinois shall forthwith after the taking effect of this Act, appoint a Rivers and Lakes Commission in and for the State of Illinois, whose powers and duties shall be as specified herein, and the Governor shall at the time of the appointment of said commission, as herein provided, designate one member thereof, who shall be the chairman of said commission, and shall thereafter name the successor of the said chairman as the vacancy occurs.

§ 2. The members of said Rivers and Lakes Commission shall consist of three members, not more than two of whom shall be of the same political party. This commission shall consist of one civil engineer of recognized standing in his profession, one lawyer of active practice and of large experience in his profession, and one person who shall be neither a lawyer nor a civil engineer, who is intimately acquainted with the rivers and lakes of Illinois.

§ 3. One of said members shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years, and as the terms of the respective members expire, their successors shall be appointed for periods of three years each, and shall serve for such time, unless sooner removed by the Governor of this State for good cause, which may satisfy him that it is not desirable that said member shall no longer continue to serve upon said commission.

4. The salary of the chairman of the commission shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per annum, of each of the other members of said commission shall be $3,500.00 per annum, and each of said members shall devote his entire time to the duties of said commission.

In addition to the salary hereinbefore specified, each of [the] members of said commission shall receive his actual traveling and individual expenses while engaged in the performance of the duties of said com

mission.

§ 5. Said Rivers and Lakes Commission shall upon behalf of the State of Illinois, have jurisdiction and supervision over all of the rivers and lakes of the State of Illinois, wherein the State of Illinois or the People of the State of Illinois have any rights or interests, and it shall be the duty of said commission to make a list by counties of all the waters of Illinois, showing the waters, both navigable and non-navigable, that are found in each and every county of the State of Illinois, and if the same are lakes, the extent of the shore lines and the amount, extent and area of the water surface; and in a like way, if the same are rivers, and specifying whether the same are navigable or non-navigable, and whether the same, or any of the same have or have not been meandered. § 6. It shall be the duty of the said Rivers and Lakes Commission to obtain all possible data with reference to all of the waters of the State of Illinois, including original surveys, meander notes, maps, plats, river gauges, high and low water marks, and all and every source of information which will tend to disclose or establish the rights of the

People of the State of Illinois with reference to each body of water in the State of Illinois, and shall from time to time make public report of their findings.

§ 7. It shall be the duty of said commission to have a general supervision of every body of water within the State of Illinois, wherein the State or the People of the State have any rights or interests, whether the same be lakes or rivers, and at all times to exercise a vigilant care to see that none of said bodies of water are encroached upon, or wrongfully seized or used by any private interest in any way, and from time to time for that purpose, to make accurate surveys of the shores of said lakes and rivers, and to jealously guard the same in order that the true and natural conditions thereof may not be wrongfully and improperly changed to the detriment and injury of the State of Illinois and its citizens.

Each and every encroachment upon the shores or waters of any stream or lake of the State of Illinois shall be inquired into by this commission, and wherever they are of the opinion that any stream or lake or other body of water in which the State of Illinois has an interest, is being encroached upon or wrongfully invaded, it shall be their duty in the name, and by the authority of and upon the behalf of the State of Illinois, to take such acts or actions and to commence such suit or suits as may be calculated to protect the interests of the State of Illinois and its citizens, and for that purpose, they are fully authorized upon behalf of the State of Illinois, to carry on all necessary suits or actions to accomplish such purpose, and are hereby invested fully with all the powers of the State of Illinois in that behalf, and to that end.

§ 8. It shall be the duty of the Rivers and Lakes Commission of Illinois to receive from any citizen, complaints as to any invasion of or encroachment upon any rights of the State of Illinois, or of any citizen of the State of Illinois, with reference to any of the public bodies of water of the State of Illinois, or as to any interference with the right or claim of any citizen to use or enjoy any public water of this State, and upon being requested so to do, the said Rivers and Lakes Commission shall hold a public hearing for the purpose of taking evidence with reference to the subject matter of said complaint, and of hearing all persons who may appear upon behalf of, or in opposition to said petition, and at the conclusion of such hearing, they shall render an opinion setting forth the views of said Rivers and Lakes Commission with reference to the subject matter thereof. Said opinion shall not be considered or regarded as a judgment or order having the force or effect of any judgment, but shall be held and taken to be the opinion of said Rivers and Lakes Commission with reference to the rights so involved, and shall be for the guidance of parties who may be concerned. therein, and for the information of the public with reference thereto.

9. It shall be the duty of the Rivers and Lakes Commission to carefully investigate any and all complaints that may be made that any person, company or corporation is attempting to interfere with the free

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