by this act authorized to elect a police magistrate, will occur before the first day of July next, after the adjournment of this general assembly; therefore an emergency exists requiring this act to take effect immediately, therefore this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage: Provided, that the election for police magistrates in cities that have one or more police magistrates, elected under a former organization as a town or city, shall not be held until the term for which said police magistrate or magistrates were elected has expired. POLICE DISTRICTS.

AN ACT to define police districts, and the powers and the duties of the police therein. [Approved May 13, 1887. In force May 13, 1887. L. 1887, p. 104.] 232a. District described. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the territory which is embraced within the limits of adjoining cities, villages and incorporated towns, within any county in this State, shall be a police district.

232b. Police may act in any part of such district to suppress riot, etc. § 2. It shall be lawful for the police of any city, village or incorporated town in such district to go into any part of such district to suppress riot, to preserve the peace and protect the lives, rights and property of citizens, and for such purposes it shall be the duty of the mayor of any city, the president or the president and board of trustees of any village or incorporated town in such district, and the chiefs of police therein, to use the police forces under their control anywhere in such district.

232c. Emergency declared. § 3. Whereas, an emergency exists this act shall be in force from and after its passage.

POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND.

AN ACT to amend "An act for the relief of disabled members of the police and fire departments in cities and villages," approved May 24, 1877. In force July 1, 1877. [Approved May 10, 1879. In force July 1, 1879. L. 1879, p. 72.] *233. How fund created. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That section one of an act entitled "An act for the relief of disabled members of the police and fire departments in cities and villages," approved May twenty-four, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, in force July one, eighteen hundred and seventyseven, as amended by act approved May ten, eighteen hundred and seventynine, in force July one, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

That one-half of all the rates, taxes and license fees which are, or may be hereafter required by law, to be paid by corporations, companies or associations not incorporated under the laws of this State, engaged in any village or city in this State effecting fire insurance, and one-fourth of all moneys collected as a tax on dogs, where such city or village contains a population of ten thousand or more, has a regularly organized fire department, by such city or village, and all moneys received from fines inflicted upon members of the police and fire departments for a violation of the rules and regulations of the service, and all fines recovered for violation of the fire ordinances and all moneys accruing from the sale of unclaimed stolen property, shall be set apart by the treasurer of the city or village to whom the same shall be paid, as a fund for the relief of disabled members of the police and fire departments of such city or village. [As amended by act approved June 23, 1883 In force July 1, 1883. L. 1883, p. 59.

*234. Mayor, etc., trustees of fund. §2. The mayor or

president of the board of trustees, the superintendent or chief officer of the police department, the fire marshal or chief officer of the fire department, and the chairman of the committee on police and fire and water, of the city council or board of trustees of the city or village, with the comptroller (if there be one) or city clerk and treasurer, shall constitute and be a board by the name of the trustees of the police and firemen's relief fund, and the treasurer of the city or village shall be custodian of the funds of said police and firemen's relief fund, and the treasurer of the city or village shall be custodian of the funds of said police and firemen's relief fund. The said board shall select from their number a president and secretary.

*235. Board to control fund. §3. The said board shall have the exclusive control and management of the fund mentioned in the first section of this act, and of all money douated, paid, or assessed for the relief of disabled policemen or firemen, and shall have the power to assess each and every member of the police and fire department of such city or village, including all such persons who, having become entitled to the benefits of this fund while such members of said police and fire departments, have not forfeited their rights to share in such benefits after leaving such departments as hereinafter provided, not to exceed the sum of five dollars ($5) per annum, which shall be received and held by the treasurer of said relief fund, in like manner as the other moneys herein provided, to be paid to him; and any person who, having become entitled to the benefits of this fund, shall not within one month after notice in writing to him from said board of the assessment against him, pay the same, shall not be entitled to, or receive any benefits secured to him under the provisions of this act, unless he shall make written application to the trustees of the fund to become a member thereof, and shall have by a majority vote of said trustees been admitted to membership in said organization, and upon his making payment of all delinquent assessments due by him accruing during his membership in such police or fire department. The said board may make all needful rules and regulations for its government in the discharge of its duties, and shall hear and decide all applications for relief under this act, and its decisions on such applications shall be final and conclusive, and not subject to review or reversal except by the board; Provided, that nothing herein contained shall render the payment of any sum of money or annuity which may be awarded by the board, obligatory on the board, or chargeable against it as a legal right; but the board may, at any time in its discretion, order that such sums of money or annuity shall be reduced, or that payment of the same shall not be made. The board shall cause to be kept a record of all its meetings and proceedings.

*236. Treasurer to give bond for fund. $4. The treasurer of the board shall be the custodian of the fund in the first section of this. act mentioned, and of all moneys donated, paid, or assessed toward or on account of the relief fund hereby created, and shall secure and safely keep the same, subject to the control and direction of the board, and shall keep his books and accounts in such a manner as may be prescribed by the board, and the same shall always be subject to the inspection of the board, or any member thereof. The treasurer shall, within ten days after his election or appointment, execute a bond to the city or village, as the case may be, with good and sufficient securities, in such penal sum as the board may direct, to be approved by the board, conditional for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and that he will safely keep and well and truly account for all moneys and property which may come to his hands as such treasurer, and that, on the expiration of his term of office, he will surrender and deliver over to his successor all unexpended moneys and all property which may have come to his hands as such treasurer. Such bond shall be filed in the office of the clerk of such city or village, and in case of a breach of the same, or the conditions thereof, suit may be brought on the same, in the name of such city or village, for the use of said board, or of any person or persons injured by such breach.

*237. Warrants drawn on treasurer. § 5. It shall be the duty of the mayor, and clerk, or the comptroller if there be one, and the officer or officers of such city or village, who are or may be authorized by law to draw warrants upon the treasurer of such city or village, upon request made in writing by said board, to draw warrants upon the treasurer of such city or village, payable to the treasurer of said board, for the

fund set apart by such city or village treasurer, as prescribed by the first (1) section hereof.

[Prinderville v. Jackson, 79 Hl. 337.

*238. Permanent disability-death-annuity. §6. When, in the judgment of the board, a sufficient amount shall have accumulated in said fund to justify the application thereof to the use for which the same is hereby created, if any member of the police or fire departments, while in the actual performance of duty or other person entitled to the benefits of this fund as hereinafter provided, shall become permanently disabled, so as to render proper his retirement from membership, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars ($600) per annum, or such less sum as, in the judgment of the board, the fund will justify, shall be paid to such member out of said fund; or if any member, while in the actual discharge of duty, shall be killed, or shall die from the immediate effects of an injury received by him while in such discharge of duty, or shall die after ten years' service in the police or fire departments, and shall leave a widow, or if no widow, any child or children under the age of sixteen (16) years, a sum not exceeding six hundred ($600) dollars per annum, or such less sum as, in the judgment of the board, the condition of the fund will justify, shall be paid to such widow so long as she shall remain unmarried, or to such child or children while under the age of sixteen years.

*239. Who entitled to benefits. § 7. Any person who shall have served in either the police or fire departments of said city or village for the full term of ten (10) years, and shall have paid into the fund hereby provided for all assessments regularly made upon him by the board of trustees as required by this act, and the regulations of the said board of trustees passed in pursuance of this act, and shall have complied with all the rules and regulations lawfully established by the board of trustees in the same manner, as if such person was an active member in said police or fire department, may continue his membership in this organization, and be entitled to the benefits of this fund after he shall have ceased to be a member in either said police or fire department, by complying with all the provisions of this act, relative to the payment of assessments, etc., the same as prior to his ceasing to be a member of said departments, and the widow or children of such person shall be entitled to all benefits hereby secured to other members of this organization.

*240. How money paid out. § 8. All moneys ordered to be paid from said relief fund to any person or persons shall be paid by the treasurer of said board only upon warrants signed by the president of the board and countersigned by the secretary, and no warrant shall be drawn except by order of the board, duly entered in the record of the proceedings of the board. In case the said relief fund, or any part thereof, shall by order of the said board, or otherwise, be deposited in any bank, or loaned, all interest on money which may be paid or agreed to be paid, on account of any such loan or deposit, shall belong to and constitute a part of said fund; Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as authorizing the said treasurer to loan the said fund, or any part thereof, unless so authorized by said board.

*241. Repeal. § 9. All acts or parts of acts, or amendments thereto, heretofore enacted, and in any manner conflicting with the provisions of this act, are hereby expressly repealed.

POLICE PENSION FUND.

AN ACT to provide for the setting apart, formation and disbursement of a police pension fund, in cities, villages and incorporated towns. [Approved April 29, 1887. In force July 1, 1887. L. 1887, p. 122.]

241a. Pension fund-how created. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That in each city, village, or incorporated town in this State, having a population of fifty thousand inhabitants or more, there shall be paid to the treasurer thereof, and by him to the comptroller (if there be one), set apart, the following moneys, to constitute a police pension fund, viz.: First-Two per centum of all moneys received from licenses for the keeping of saloons or dram shops.

Second-Three-fourths of all moneys received for taxes or from licenses upon dogs.

Third - All moneys received from fines imposed upon members of the police force of said city, village, or town, for violation of the rules and regulations of the police department.

Fourth

- All proceeds of sales of unclaimed stolen property.

Fifth - One-fourth of all moneys received from licenses granted to pawnbrokers, second-hand dealers and junk stores.

Sixth- All moneys received as fees and from fines for carrying concealed weapons.

Seventh- One-half of all costs collected in money for violation of city ordinances.

Eighth All rewards given or paid to members of such police force, except such as shall be excepted by the chief officer of police.

Ninth One per centum per month, which shall be paid by, or deducted from the salary of each and every member of the police force of such city, village or town; Provided, no such member shall be compelled to pay more than two dollars per month from his salary.

241b. Fund commissioners. § 2. The president of the board of trustees, the comptroller, the city, village or town clerk, the superintendent or chief officer, or in his absence or inability to act, then the -officer next in authority to him of the police department, the city, village or town treasurer, and the city, village or town attorney of any

such city, village or town, shall ex officio be and constitute a board of commissioners, to provide for the disbursement of said fund or funds, and designate the beneficiaries thereof as herein directed, which board shall be known as the board of police pension fund commissioners of such city, village or town.

241c. Who to be pensioned-twenty years' service, etc. 3. Whenever any person, at the time of the taking effect of this act or thereafter, shall have been duly appointed and sworn, and have served for the period of twenty years or more, upon the regularly constituted police force of any such city, village or town of this State, which now is, or hereafter may be, subject to the provisions of this act, said board shall order and direct that such person shall, after becoming fifty years of age, and his service upon such police force shall have ceased, be paid from such fund a yearly pension equal to one-half the amount of the salary attached to the rank which he may have held on said police force for one year next preceding the expiration of said term of twenty years.

241d. Physical disability – retiring from service. § 4. Whenever any person, while serving as a policeman in any such city, village or town, shall become physically disabled while in, and in consequence of, the performance of his duty as such policeman, said board shall, upon his written request, or without such request, if it deem it for the good of said police force, retire such person from active service, and order and direct that he be paid from said fund a yearly pension, not exceeding one-half the amount of the salary attached to the rank which he may have held on said police force for one year next preced. ing such retirement: Provided, that whenever such disability shall cease such pension shall cease.

241e. Certificate of disability. § 5. No person shall be retired as provided in the next preceding section, or receive any benefit from said fund, unless there shall be filed with said board certificates of his disability, which certificates shall be subscribed and sworn to by said person, and by the police surgeon (if there be one) and two prac. ticing physicians of such city, village or town, and such board may require other evidence of disability before ordering such retirement and payment as aforesaid.

241f. Death in performance of duty or in service. § 6. Whenever any member of the police force of such city, village or town