swear by the ever-living God, and shall not be compelled to lay the hand on or kiss the gospels. [R. S. 1845, P. 393, § 1; Gill v. Caldwell, Breese, 53; McKinney v. People, 2 Gilm. 541; Noble v. People, Breese, 54; C. M. T. R. R. Co. v. Rockafellow, 17 Ill. 541. 4. Affirmation, etc. § 4. Whenever any person required to take or subscribe an oath, as aforesaid, and in all cases where an oath is upon any lawful occasion to be administered, and such person shall have conscientious scruples against taking an oath, he shall be admitted, instead of taking an oath, to make his solemn affirmation or declaration in the following form, to wit: You do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm. Which solemn affirmation or declaration shall be equallyvalid as if such person had taken an oath in the usual form; and every person guilty of falsely and corruptly declaring, as aforesaid, shall incur and suffer the like pains and penalties as are or shall be inflicted on persons convicted of willful and corrupt perjury. [R. S. 1845, P. 393, § 2. 5. Perjury. $5. All oaths, affirmations, affidavits and depositions administered or taken as provided in this act, shall subject any person who shall so swear or affirm willfully and falsely, in matter material to any issue or point in question, to the like pains and penalties as [*726] are inflicted by law on persons convicted of willful and co rupt perjury. [See "Criminal Code," ch. 38, 225. R. S. 1845, p. 394 $56. Oaths out of State-evidence. 6. When any oath authorized or required by law to be made is made out of the State, it may be administered by any officer authorized by the laws of the State in which it is so administered, and if such officer have a seal, his certit.cate under his official seal shall be received as prima facie evidence without further proof of his authority to administer oaths. I [L. 1861, p. 179, § 1; Mineral Pt. R. R. Co. v. Keep, 22 Ill. 17; Keefer v. Mason 36 Ill. 408; Smith v. Lyons, 80 Ill. 600. AN ACT to prevent fraudulent and corrupt practices in the making or accepting of official appointments and contracts by public officers. [Approved April 9, 1872. In force July 1, 1872. L. 1871-2, p. 612 ] 1. Supervisor-county commissioner. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be and is hereby declared unlawful for any supervisor or county commissioner, during the term of office for which he is elected, to be appointed to, accept or hold any office, by appointment or election of the board of which he may be a member; and any and all appointments and elections by the board of supervisors or county commissioners, whereby any member or members of said board, or either of them, may be selected to fill any official position, shall be absolutely null and void. [Pace v. People, 50 Ill. 432. 2. Aldermen of cities-trustees of villages. § 2. That it shall be and is hereby declared unlawful for any alderman of any city, or member of the board of trustees of any village of this State, during the term of office for which he is elected, to accept or be appointed to or hold any office, by the appointment of the mayor or president of the board of trustees thereof and any and all such election or appointment shall be absolutely null and void. [See "Cities," etc., ch. 24, 80. 3. Not to be interested in contracts-not to act as attorney to procure-bribery. 3. It shall not be lawful for any person, now or hereafter holding any office, either by election or appointment, under the constitution of this State, to become in any manner interested, either directly or indirectly, in his own name or in the name of any other person or corporation, in any contract, or the performance of any work in the making or letting of which such officer may be called upon to act or vote. And it shall not be lawful for any such officer to represent, either as agent or otherwise, any person, company or corporation, in respect of any application or bid for any contract or work in regard to which such officer may be called upon to vote. Nor shall any such officer take or receive, or offer to take or receive, either directly or indirectly, any money or other thing of value, as a gift or bribe, or a means of influencing his vote or action in his official character; and any and all contracts made and procured in violation hereof, shall be null and void. [See Criminal Code," ch. 38, § 31, 208, 211; "Cities, etc.," ch. 24, 3, 4. 4. Penalty. S 4. Any alderman, member of a board of trustees, supervisor or county commissioner, or person now or hereafter holding any office, either by election or appointment under the constitution of this State, or any law now or hereafter in force in this State, who shall violate any of the provisions of the preceding sections, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof may be punished by confinement in the penitentiary for a term not less than one year nor more than five years, or fined in a sum not less than $200 nor more than $1,000, or both, in the discretion of the court before which such conviction shall be had; and in addition thereto, any office or official position held by any person or persons so convicted shall, by the fact of such conviction, become vacant, and shall be so declared as part of the judgment of court; and the person or persons so convicted shall be disqualified from holding any office or position of trust and confidence in this State for the period of two years from and after the date of such conviction. REPORTS TO THE GOVERNOR-THE FISCAL YEAR. AN ACT to change the fiscal year of the State and designate the time reports shall be made to the governor by the secretary of State, auditor of public accounts, State treasurer, adjutant general, State entomologist, commissioners of the penitentiary, trustees of the industrial university, the trustees of the normal universities, the State board of agriculture, the trustees of the reform school, the board of public charities, and the trustees of the State charitable institutions. [Approved March 29, 1875. In force July 1, 1875. L. 1875, p. 80.] *5. Fiscal year. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the fiscal year of this State shall commence on the first day of October, and close on the thirtieth day of September. *6. Officers, etc., to report to the governor biennially. §2. The secretary of State, auditor of public accounts, State treasurer, adjutant-general, State entomologist, commissioners of the penitentiary, trustees of the industrial university, the trustees of the normal universities, the State board of agriculture, the trustees of the reform school, the board of public charities and the trustees of the State charitable institutions shall, on or before the first day of November in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and biennially thereafter, make and deliver to the governor such reports as they are now required by law or the constitution to make of their acts and doings respectively, closing with the fiscal year preceding each regular session of the general assembly, and no other annual or biennial report shall be made by such officers, except the insurance report of the auditor of public accounts, which shall be made annually. As amended by act approved and in force May 25, 1877. L. 1877, p. 108; p. 156. See § 9, et seq *7. Reports to be arranged. § 3. The commissioners of the penitentiary, the trustees of the normal universities, the trustees of the industrial university, the State board of agriculture, the trustees of the reform school and the trus tees of the State charitable institutions, shall arrange their reports required by the second section of this act so as to show the acts and doings of each fiscal year separately. *8. Account to be kept. 4. An account shall be kept by the officers of the executive department, and of all the public institutions of the State of all moneys received or disbursed by them, severally, from all sources and for every service performed, and a semi-annual report thereof be made to the governor under oath. AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL REPORTS. AN ACT in relation to the State board of agriculture. [Approved and in force May 25, 1877. L. 1877, P. 2. *9. Board to report. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the State board of agriculture shall, immediately after their annual meeting in January in each year, make and deliver to the governor a report of their acts and doings as required by law, and no other annual report shall be made by such board. *10. Report limited. 2. Said State board of agriculture may append to and publish with their said report, the annual report of the State entomologist and any such essay or essays, connected with agriculture, horticulture, manufac tures and the domestic arts that in the judgment of the executive committee of said board the interests of the State require; said report and appended essays not to exceed seven hundred printed pages. *11. Repeal. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, so far as the same relate to the State board of agriculture, are hereby repealed. *12. Emergency. 4. It is hereby declared that an emergency exists, and therefore this act shall be in force from and after its passage. AN ACT to require officers having in their custody public funds, to prepare and publish an annual statement of the receipt and disbursement of such funds. [Approved May 30, 1881. In force July 1, 1881. L. 1881, p. 124. *13. County and township officers to publish annual statements. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That each and every public officer elected or appointed, of each and every county and township in this State, who shall, by virtue of his or her office, have the custody of public funds, shall, at the expiration of each fiscal year, prepare a statement of the amount of public funds received and expenced by him or her during the fiscal year just closed; which statement shall show the amount of public funds, if any, on hand at the commencement of said fiscal year, the amount of public funds received, and from what sources received, the amount of public funds expended and for what purpose expended; and the officer making such statement shall subscribe and swear to the same before some person authorized to administer oaths; and such officer shall cause such statement to be published in some newspaper published in the county in which such officer holds his or her office, for one week, and if no newspaper be published in such county, then such officer shall make three written copies of such statement, and post them in three of the most public places nearest to the location of his or her office: Provided, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to sheriffs, circuit clerks, county clerks, county recorders, county superintendents of schools, county treasurers county collectors and township collectors in counties under township organization: nd provided further, that the cost for the publication of said statement shall not exceed the sum of one dollar per one hundred words, to be paid out of the funds in the hands of the officer making such statement; And provided further, that said public officer shall not be required to have said statement published if he shall be unable to procure such publication at the price allowed by this act *14. Penalty. 2. Any public officer of any county or township in this State, who, by virtue of his or her office, shall have the custody of public funds, and who shall refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of the first section of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, at the discretion of the court, which fine shall be paid into the treasury of the county or township in which the officer convicted of said misdemeanor shall hold his or her office; and it shall be the duty of the State's attorney for the county in which said misdemeanor is committed, to bring suit against any public officer charged with the violation of the provisions of this act in any court having jurisdiction AN ACT to revise the law in relation to official bonds. [Approved March 13, 1874. In force July 1, 1874.] 1. When additional or new bonds may be required. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all official bonds required by law to be given by any public officer, or public employe, including executors, administrators, guardians and conservators, in this State, shall be signed and sealed by any said officer, employe, executor, administrator, guardian or conservator and his securities, and acknowledged before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of instruments under seal, which said acknowledgments shall be substantially in the following form: STATE OF I. ;}ss.: who are each personally known to me to be the same persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that they signed, sealed and delivered said instrument as their free and voluntary act for the uses and purposes therein set forth. day of Which acknowledgment shall be deemed and taken as prima facie evidence that the instrument was signed, sealed and acknowledged in the manner therein set forth, and such acknowledgments shall have the same force and effect as evidence in all legal proceedings, as that given to acknowledgments of deeds of conveyance of real estate. That all public officers or employes who are compelled to give official bonds may be required by the court, officer, or board whose duty it is to take or approve such bonds, to give additional surety or new bonds whenever the security of the original bond has become insufficient by the subsequent insolvency, death or removal of the sureties or any of them, or when for any cause any such bond shall be deemed insufficient. Any officer or employe failing to give bond when required, pursuant to this |