4. Bond and oath.

11.

5.

appoint special master.

money.

What report shall contain.

When master interested court may 12. Duty of court in relation to the

6. Powers of masters.

7. Masters may grant writs of certio

rari.

13.

Failure to report and obey order of court--cause of removal-proceedings for removal.

AN ACT concerning masters in chancery. [Approved April 4, 1872. In force July 1, 1872. L. 1871-2, p. 562.]

1. Who may appoint-residence. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the several circuit courts may appoint in the respective counties in their circuits a master in chancery; the circuit court in Cook county, and the superior court of Cook county, may appoint for their respective courts as many masters in chancery as there are judges thereof. Masters in chancery shall be resident of the county for which they are appointed. [R. S. 1845, P. 99, § 48; People v. Beach, 77 Ill. 52.

2. Term of office-removal. § 2. The tenure of office of masters in chancery shall be two years, but they may be removed from office by the court for which they are appointed, for good cause shown. [L. 1845, p. 571, § 1.

3. Vacancy. § 3. When a vacancy occurs in the office of master in chancery, the court shall fill the vacancy by appointment as soon there. after as conveniently may be. [L. 1845, p. 571, § 2.

4. Bond - oath. 4. Every master in chancery, before entering on the duties of his appointment, shall give bond, with security to be approved by the court, and take and subscribe an oath of office; which bond and oath shall be filed with the clerk of the court making the appointment, and spread upon the records thereof.

[R. S. 1845, p. 99, § 49; McLain v. People, 85 Ill. 205.

5. Master interested special master. § 5. Whenever it shall happen that there is no master in chancery in any county, or when such master shall be of counsel or of kin to either party interested, or otherwise disqualified or unable to act in any suit or matter, the court may appoint a special master to perform the duties of the office in all things concerning such suit or matter.

[R. S. 1845, p. 99, § 51; Lubliner v. Yeomans, 65 Ill. 305.

6. Powers of masters. § 6. Masters in chancery, in their respective counties, shall have authority to take depositions, both in law

and equity, to administer oaths, to compel the attendance of witnesses, take acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments in writing, and, in the absence from the county of the judge, to order the issuing of the writs of habeas corpus, ne exeat and injunction, and perform all other duties which, according to the laws of this State and the practice of the courts of chancery, appertain to the office.

[R. S. 1845, P. 99, § 50: Burnham v. Lamar Ins. Co., 79 Ill. 160; Hards v. Burton, 79 Ill. 504; Craig v. McKinney, 72 Ill. 305; Burke v. Weaver, 71 Ill 359; DeLeuw v Neely, 71 Ill. 473; Benneson v. Bill, 62 III. 408; Bassett v. Bratton, 86 111 153: Pennell v. Lamar Ins. Co., 73 Ill. 303; Foster v. Clark, 79 II. 225; Brush v. Blanchard, 19 Ill. 31; Gillesple v. Smith, 29 Ill. 481; Preston v. Hodgen, 50 Ill. 56; Hess v. Voss, 52 Ill. 473; McClay v. Norris, 4 Glim. 370 Whiteside v. Pulliam, 25 Ill. 285; Sutphen v. Cushman, Ill. 202; Laswell v. Robbins, 39 Ill. 210; Campbell v. Harmon, 43 Ill. 19 Moore v. Titman, 33 Ill. 359; Strang v. Allen, 44 Ill. 429; Rankin v. Rankin, 36 111. 293; Reigard v. McNeil, 38 Ill. 401; Dow v. Seely, 29 Ill. 497; Crumpton v. Baldwin, 42 Ill. 166 ; In re Harvey, 16 Ill. 127; Tibbs v. Allen, 29 Ill. 546; Mooers v. Dixon, 35 Ill. 221; Welch v. Louis, 31 Ill. 446.

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7. May grant writs of certiorari. § 7. Hereafter masters in chancery in their respective counties, upon application in manner [*698] as now is provided by law, to be made to the proper judge, shall have power to grant and order the issuing of writs of certiorari, to remove causes from before justices of the peace into the proper court. [L. 1845, p. 572, § 1.

8. Successor may finish business. § 8. When any master in chancery shall die, resign his office or be removed therefrom, or remove from the county, and shall leave any business pertaining to his office unfinished, it shall be lawful for his successor in office to do any act or acts coming within the duties of the master, which may be neces sary to the final completion of such unfinished business.

[L. 1845, P. 571, § 1; McLain v. People, 85 III. 207.

9. Fees. $ 9. Masters in chancery shall receive for their services, such compensation as shall be allowed by law, to be taxed as other costs. [See "Fees and Salaries," ch. 53, § 20. R. S. 1845, p. 99, $52.

AN ACT to further define the discharge of such duties. 10. Report money not paid over. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That hereafter it shall be the duty of each master in chancery in this State, on or before the third day of any regular term of the court by which he may have been appointed, to report in writing, verified by his affidavit, to such court all moneys which may have come to his hands by virtue of his office, from any source whatever, and which have not been paid out by the order or decree of said court.

duties of masters in chancery and to secure the prompt [Approved April 29, 1873. In force July 1, 1873.]

11. What report shall contain. § 2. Such report shall contain a statement in detail showing the title of each cause of proceeding in said court, in consequence of which such money has come to the hands of such master in chancery; the amount derived from each cause or proceeding; what reason, if any exists, why an order or decree may not be made at the term when such report is submitted without jeopard izing the rights of parties to such cause or proceeding for the payment of

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the whole or a part of such money to the party or parties entitled thereto, and if a part only, how much and to whom; and if at the same or any term subsequent to the submission of such report, an order or decree shall be made as hereinafter provided for the payment or other disposition of said money or any part thereof, then and in that case the report to be submitted at the term of court next succeeding such order or decree shall show in what manner such order or decree has been executed, or if the same remains unexecuted in whole or in part, the reason therefor.

12. Duty of court. § 3. It shall be the duty of the court upon the submission of such report, or so soon thereafter as may be practicable, to make such interlocutory or final orders or decrees in relation to the payment or other disposition of the moneys embraced therein, or any portion of the same, as may appear to be consistent with and not to jeopardize any rights of any party or parties in interest.

13. Removal from office. § 4. The failure of any master in chancery to submit a report as herein required, or to comply with any order or decree of the court in relation to the whole or any part of the moneys embraced therein, without a sufficient reason for such failure, to be determined by the court, shall be deemed and taken as a good and sufficient cause for his removal from office; and any person aggrieved, his agent or attorney, may submit to such court a motion requiring such master in chancery to show cause why he should not be so removed; which motion shall be heard and determined by said court, and such action taken thereon as in the judgment of said court may be deemed proper.

SECTION

Chapter 91.

MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

SECTION

[*699]

1. Delivery of bodies for scientific 10. Register of practitioners.

2. How body to be used

3. Officer refusing to deliver body,
etc.-penalty.

4. Duty to bury body, etc.

5. Qualifications to practice - admis-
sion to practice.

study.

11.

Examination fees.

bond

12.

penalty.

13.

Character of examination. Refusal or revocation of certiflcates.

15.

14. Definition-practicing physician. Itinerant vendor of drugs, etc.

license.

16.

Practicing without certificate

6. State board of health-organiza-
tion, duties, etc.

using another's diploma - ten

7. Verification of diploma.

17.

8. Examination by board.

9. Record of certificate.

years' practice-penalties. Conviction - judgment-appeal. 18. Repeal.

AN ACT to promote the science of medicine and surgery in the State of Illinois. [Approved June 26, 1885. In force July 1, 1885. L. 1885, p. 211.)

*1. Delivery of bodies for scientific study, etc. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That superintendents of penitentiaries, houses of correction and bridewells, wardens of hospitals, insane asylums and poor houses, coroners, sheriffs, jailers, city and county undertakers, and all other State, county, town and city officers, in whose custody the body of any deceased person required to be buried at public expense shall be, shall give permission to any physician or surgeon (a licentiate of the State board of health), or to any medical college or school, public or private, of any city, town or county, upon his or their request therefor to receive and remove free of charge or expense, after having given proper notice to relatives or guardians of the deceased, the bodies of such deceased persons to be buried at public expense, to be by him or them used within the State, for advancement of medical science; preference being given to medical colleges or schools, public or private; said bodies to be distributed to and among the same, equitably; the number assigned to each being in proportion to the students of each college or school: Provided, however, that if any person claiming to be and satisfying the proper authorities that he is of kindred of the deceased, shall ask to have the body for burial, it shall be surrendered for interment: And provided further, that any medical college or school, public and private, or any officers of the same, that shall receive the bodies of deceased persons for the purposes of scientific study under the provis ions of this act, shall furnish the same to students of medicine and surgery, who may be under their instruction, at a price not exceeding the sum of five dollars for each and every such deceased body so furnished. *2. How body to be used bond penalty. § 2. Any physician or surgeon (a licentiate of the Illinois State board of health), or any medical college or school, public or private, before receiving any dead body or bodies, shall give to the proper authority, surrendering the same to him or them, a sufficient bond that said body or bodies shall be used only for the promotion of medical science within this State; and whoever shall use said body or bodies for any other purpose, or shall remove the same beyond the limits of this State; and whosoever shall sell or buy any such body or bodies or shall traffic in the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum of not less than one hundred dollars, and be imprisoned in the county jail for a term of not less than thirty days nor more than one

year; the fine accruing from such conviction to be paid into the school fund of the county where the offense shall have been committed.

*3. Officer refusing to deliver body, etc. — penalty. § 3. Any officer refusing to deliver the remains or body of any deceased person when demanded in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall pay a penalty of not less than fifty dollars or more than one hundred dollars for the first offense, and for the second offense a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars; and for a third offense or any offense thereafter, the penalty of not less than five hundred dollars, or to be imprisoned in the county jail not less than six nor more than twelve months, or both at the discretion of the court; such penalties to be sued for by the health department, as the case may be.

*4. Duty to bury body, etc. § 4. It shall be the duty of preceptors, professors and teachers, and all officers of medical colleges or schools, public or private, who shall receive any dead body or bodies, in pursuance of the provisions of this act, decently to bury in some public cemetery, or to cremate the same in a furnace properly constructed for that purpose, the remains of all bodies after they shall have answered the purposes of study aforesaid, and for any neglect or violation of the provisions of this act, the party or parties so neglecting, shall, on conviction, forfeit or pay a penalty of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one bundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than six nor more than twelve months, or both, at the discretion of the court; such penalties to be sued for by school officers, or any person interested therein, for the benefit of the school fund of the county in which the offense shall have been committed.

4a. Repeal. § 5. An act entitled "An act to promote the science of medicine and surgery in the State of Illinois," approved February sixteen, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, in force July one, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, is hereby repealed.

PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.

AN ACT to regulate the practice of medicine in the State of Illinois. [Approved June 16, 1887. In force July 1, 1887. L 1887, p. 225.]

5. Qualifications to practice — admission to practice. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That no person shall practice medicine in any