vantage to the educational interests of the State, or, if deemed advisable, the whole or part of such material may be placed on permanent exhibition in the State Museum of Natural History at Springfield, or in the museums of the University of Illinois.

SEC. 9. The sum of twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars per annum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to provide for the payment of actual expenses incurred by the said commissions [commissioners] in the performance of their official duties hereunder, and for other expenses or obligations authorized by them, and for the payment of the salary of the director appointed by said commissioners, and for the payment of the salaries or other compensation of the assistants and employés that may be appointed hereunder; and the Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized and instructed to draw his warrant on the treasury for the allowance of said expenses and salaries upon the presentation of proper vouchers approved by the Governor.

SEC. 10. The said commissioners are hereby authoried to arrange with the director or the representative of the United States Geological Survey in regard to cooperation between the said United States Geological Survey and the said State Geological Commission in the preparation and completion of a contour topographic survey and map or maps of this State and said commission may accept or reject the work of said United States Geological Survey.

SEC. 11. In order to carry out the provisions of this Act it shall be lawful for any person or persons employed hereunder to enter and cross all lands within this State: Provided, that in so doing no damage is done to private property.

Sic. 12. The Commission may expend in the prosecution of such cooperative work a sum equal to that which shall be expended thereon by the United States Geological Survey: Provided, that not more than ten thousand (10,000) dollars be expended in this work in any one year. (Amended.)

SEC. 13. That it shall be the duty of the University of Illinois to give thorough and reliable instruction in the geology of clay-working materials, their origin, classification, physical and chemical properties, and their behavior under such influences as are met during the processes of manufacture, and to provide for this purpose such instructors, laboratories, apparatus and all illustrative material as may be necessary to make this instruction practical; and to carry out the provisions of this section there is hereby appropriated the sum of five thou sand (5,000) dollars annually and the auditor of public accounts is hereby authorized to draw his warrants on the State Treasurer for the sum appropriated in this section upon order of the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, countersigned by the secretary and with the corporate seal of the university.

SEC. 14. All previous enactments which conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

(Repealed.)

GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION-APPROPRIATION.

LAWS 1907-8, 17, P. 29 (ADJOURNED SESS.).

JUNE 4, 1907.

AN ACT to provide for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State government, etc.

Sixty-fifth. State Geological Commission, $25,000 per annum. For making survey of overflowed lands, $15,000.

AMENDATORY ACT.

LAWS 1911, P. 517.

MAY 25, 1911.

AN ACT to amend section 12 of an Act entitled "An Act, etc." (Same as in section 1.) SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That 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 preparation and publication of its reports and maps to illustrate the natural resources of the State, and making appropriation therefor," approved May 12, 1905, în force July 1, 1905, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC 12. The commission may expend in the prosecution of such cooperative work a sum equal to that which shall be expended thereon by the United States Geological Survey.

STATE GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION-APPROPRIATION.

LAWS 1911, 90, P. 107.

JUNE 10, 1911.

AN ACT to provide for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State government, etc. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the following named sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary respectively for the purposes hereinafter named be and are hereby appropriated to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State government.

Sixty-fifth. To the State Geological Commission for the support of and extension of the geological survey of the State, the sum of $25,000 per annum. For making a survey of the overflowed lands in Illinois $7,500. For study of the coal mining industry, accidents and wastes in cooperation with the United States Bureau of Mines and the University of Illinois, the sum of $4,500 annually. (Preliminary arrangements already made.)

For preparing and engraving illustrations and maps and for binding and printing such reports of the survey, all printing contracts to be approved by the printer expert, the sum of $2,500 per annum.

For maintenance and equipment for the School of Ceramics at the University of Illinois, $15,000 per annum.

LAWS 1911-12, 20, P. 37.

AMENDMENT.

JUNE 6, 1912.

AN ACT to amend section one (1) of an Act entitled, "An Act, etc. (same as in section 1).

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That section one (1) of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State government, etc.," approved June 10, 1911. in force July 1, 1911, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 1. That the following named sums, he and are hereby appropriated to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State government.

Sixty-fifth. To the State Geological Commission, $25,000 per annum.
For making survey of overflowed lands $7,500.

STATE GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION.

LAWS 1913, 95, P. 112.

JUNE 30, 1913.

AN ACT to provide for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State government, etc.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the following sums be, and are hereby. appropriated to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State government, etc:

Sixty-fifth. To the State Geological Commission, $25,000.

For making a survey of overflowed lands, $7,500.

MINE FIRE FIGHTING AND RESCUE STATION.

FIRE FIGHTING AND RESCUE STATIONS.

See Mine fire fighting equipment, page 33.

LAWS 1909-10, P. 2 (SPECIAL SESSION).

MARCH 4, 1910.

AN ACT to establish and maintain in the coal fields of Illinois mine fire fighting and rescue stations, and to make appropriation therefor.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That for the purpose of providing prompt and efficient means of fighting mine fires and of saving lives and property jeopardized by fires, explosions or other accidents in coal mines in Illinois, there shall be constructed, equipped and maintained at public expense three rescue stations to serve the northern, the central and the southern coal fields of the State.

SEC. 2. The Governor shall appoint a commission consisting of seven members, including two coal mine operators, two coal miners, one State mine inspector, one representative of the department of mining at the University of Illinois, and one representative of the federal organization for the investigation of mine accidents. Said commission shall, within ten days after their appointment, meet and organize by electing one of their number chairman and another secretary of said commission, who shall hold their respective offices for a period of one year from the date of their election and until their successors are elected and qualified. Members of the said commission not otherwise in the employ of the State or federal government shall receive ten dollars ($10.00) per day for services rendered, not to exceed twenty-five (25) days during any one year, and all members of said commission shall be reimbursed for actual expenses while engaged in official work, approved by the commission; which commission shall be responsible for the proper carrying out of the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 3. The said commission shall provide or purchase or accept as a gift, suitably located sites for the stations, temporary and permanent quarters and suitable equipment and materials for the work: Provided, however, that the total cost of the equipment and maintenance of the service to July 1, 1911, shall not exceed seventy-five thousand ($75,000) dollars. The said commission shall further arrange for coöperation in the work with mine owners, miners and State and federal organizations so as to render the service of the utmost efficiency.

SEC. 4. The State Architect shall, as provided by law, furnish plans and specifications for suitable buildings as required by said commission.

SEC. 5. The said commission shall appoint as manager of the three stations and of their work, a man experienced in mining and mine engineering. The manager shall, with the advice and consent of the said commission, appoint for each station a superintendent and an assistant. Each appointee shall serve for a term of two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner discharged by the said commission. Each appointee before entering upon the duties of his office shall take and subscribe to the oath of office as provided by law.

SEC. 6. The manager shall receive two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) per month; each station superintendent one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125)

per month; and each appointee shall receive his necessary and actual traveling expenses while engaged in official duties.

SEC. 7.. The manager shall, subject to approval of said commission, supervise the work at each of the three stations, shall purchase necessary supplies and shall file with the said commission, at the end of each quarter, a complete report of all operations and expenditures and an invoice of all supplies on hand. He shall provide that at each station some representative shall be on duty or within call at all hours of day and night for each day of the year.

SEC. 8. Whenever the manager or the superintendent of any station shall be notified by any responsible person than (that) an explosion or accident requir ing his services has occurred at any mine in the State, he shall proceed immediately with suitable equipment and on arrival at the said mine shall superintend the work of the rescue corps in saving life and property; and he shall cooperate with the management of the mine in rescue work, the said manager shall have authority over and may assume control of the mining property to such extent as is necessary for the protection of human life in the mine, during such time as members of the rescue corps are under ground, and while there is a reasonable expectation that men entombed in the mine may be alive.

SEC. 9. The commission shall prepare an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly with necessary illustrations showing the work performed and mouey expended by the mine rescue service; and the State Board of Contracts is hereby directed to print and bind said reports promptly out of the appropriations for such board of contracts.

SEC. 10. To carry into effect the provisions of this Act, there is hereby appropriated the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) of any money in the hands of the State Treasurer not otherwise appropriated; and the Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby directed to draw his warrants on the Treasurer on receipt of vouchers, properly certified by the chairman and secretary of said commission and approved by the Governor.

LAWS 1911, P. 424.

FIRST AMENDATORY ACT, 1911.

JUNE 5, 1911.

AN ACT to amend sections 2, 5 and 9 of an Act entitled, "An Act, etc. (same as in section 1).

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That sections 2, 5 and 9 of an Act entitled, "An Act to establish and maintain in the coal fields of Illinois, mine fire fighting and rescue stations, and to make an appropriation therefor," approved March 4, 1910, in force July 1, 1910, and the title thereto be and the same are hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 2. The Governor shall appoint a commission, consisting of seven members, including two coal mine operators, two coal miners, one State Mine Inspector, one representative of the department of mining at the University of Illinois, and one representative of the Federal Bureau of Mines. Said commission shall, within ten days after their appointment, meet and organize by selecting one of their number chairman and another secretary of said commission, who shall hold their respective offices for a period of one year from the date of their election and until their successors are elected and qualified. Members of the said commission shall receive ten dollars ($10.00) per day for services rendered, not to exceed twenty-five (25) days during any one year, and all members of said commission shall be reimbursed for actual expenses while engaged in official work, approved by the commission; which commission shall be responsible for the proper carrying out of the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 5. The said commission shall appoint as manager of three stations and of their work, a man experienced in mining and mine engineering. The manager