TENEMENTS AND LODGING HOUSES.

AN ACT for the regulation and inspection of tenement and lodging-houses, or other places of habitation. [Approved and in force May 30, 1881. L. 1881, p. 155.

*286. Architect-plans. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That it shall be the duty of any architect or architects, builder or builders of or other person or persons interested in any projected tenement, lodging house or other places. of habitation in any incorporated city of fifty thousand inhabitants, to submit plans and specifications of any such building or buildings to the health commissioner or commissioners of such incorporated city, that the said health commissioner or commissioners may examine the said plans and specifications, for his or their approval or rejection as to the proposed plans for the ventilation of rooms, light and air shafts, windows, ventilation of water-closets, drainage and plumbing.

*287. Duty of plumber. 2. It shall be the duty of any plumber or other person or persons interested in the contract for the plumbing work of such building or buildings, to receive a written certificate of instruction from the health commissioner or commissioners before commencing work on the said building or buildings, and to proceed according to the plans, specifications and instructions, as approved by the health commissioner or commissioners of said city.

*288. Health commissioner — notice. 3. It shall be the duty of any plumber, or other person or persons interested in the plumbing work, after the completion of said plumbing work, and before any of the said plumbing work is covered up in any building or buildings, or on the premises connected with said building or buildings, to notify in writing the health commissioner or commissioners, that said building or buildings, or other premises, are now ready for inspection, and it shall be unlawful for any plumber or other person or persons to cover up or in any way conceal such plumbing work in or about such building or buildings, until the health commissioner or commissioners approve of the same.

*289. Architect - penalty. § 4. If any architect or architects, builder or builders, violate the provisions of this act, he or they shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars for each offense.

*290. Penalty -- plumber. § 5. If any plumber or other person or persons interested in the plumbing work, violate any of the provisions of this act, he or they shall be fined in the sum not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars for the first offense, and the further penalty of ten dollars for each and every day such plumbers or other interested person or persons shall, after first conviction, neglect or refuse to comply with any provisions of this act or the written instructions of the health commissioner or commissioners, and for the second offense, a like penalty and a forfeiture of his or their license to do business in said city for one year after conviction.

*291. Emergency. § 6. (Omitted.)

OPERATING WATER-WORKS.

AN ACT to aid cities owning or operating water-works to secure an additional or better supply of pure water. [Approved and in force May 27, 1881. L. 1881. p. 157. *292. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assemby, That all cities owning or operating water-works under any charter granted by act of any general assembly of this State, or under the general incorporation laws of this State, whether by boards of water commissioners or by officers appointed for that purpose, are hereby granted the following powers and privi leges for the purpose of increasing or bettering the source of supply from which such water is obtained.

*293. Powers of board - may raise money-vote. 2. Whenever, in the judgment of a majority of any board of water commissioners, or it there be no such board, then in the judgment of a majority of the city council of any city owning or operating such water-works, it shall be necessary for the public health, or for any other cause, to increase the source of water supply, or to substitute for it such better source as in their judgment the interests of such city may demand, such board of water commissioners or city council may, in addition to the powers already conferred upon them by act of any general assembly of this State, construct wells either by boring or excavation and protect and equip the same after construction, or may lease water privileges from private parties or corporations owning wells already or hereafter to be constructed, and may pay for such construction or lease and for the expenses maintained in operating the same out of any earnings of such water-works under their control which may be in their hands at the time of the taking effect of this act, or which may accrue to them hereafter: Provided, that no money shall be expended under the provisions of this act for the purposes herein specified until the question of the expenditure of such money for the purposes aforesaid shall have been submitted to a vote of the people of the city in which such water-works may be ituated, at any election for city officers or special election called for that purpose by the city council of said city, and shall have received a majority of the votes cast at such election: Provided further, that no mo ney shall be expended under the provisions of this act for the purposes aforesaid other than the surplus earnings of such water-works. *294. Emergency. § 3. (Omitted.)

RATE OF TAXATION.

AN ACT in relation to the rate of taxation in cities, villages and incorporated towns. [Approved and in torce May 30, 1881. L. 1881, p. 60.

*295. Rate of taxation. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all cities, villages and incorporated towns in this State not now having, by their respective charters, the power to levy and collect as high a rate of taxation as is herein authorized and provided for, shall hereafter have power to assess, levy and collect annually upon the taxable property within their respective limits, for all corporate purposes, in addition to all taxes which any such city, town or village may now or hereafter be authorized by law to levy and collect to support and maintain schools, erect school buildings and for all other school purposes, and to pay interest on its registered bonded indebtedness, such an amount as their respective corporate authorities may prescribe, not exceeding in any year the rate of one per cent of the assessed valuation of such taxable property as equalized by the State board of equalization for the preceding year. And the said rate authorized by this act shall be in lieu of all rates and items of taxation now provided and authorized in such charters for all purposes other than for schools, the erection of school buildings and all other school purposes, and for paying interest on the registered bonded indebtedness of such city, town or village.

*296. Legalization — levy. § 2. Every tax levy made for lawful corporate purposes by any city, village or incorporated town within this State, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty, up to the rate of taxation above authorized, is hereby ratified. authorized, legalized and confirmed to the same effect in all respects as though such levy had been made subsequent to the going into effect of this act. *297. Emergency. § 3 (Omitted.)

PROTECTION OF SITES AGAINST INUNDATION AND OVERFLOW AND CONTROL PRIVATE LEVEES.

AN ACT to authorize cities, towns and villages to protect the site thereof from overflow and inundation, and to regulate and control private levees, private wharves and landing places, or embankments, and to compel the repairs and improvement of such levees or embankments, and to cause low lots, blocks or parcels of dand within the corporate limits to be filled so as to prevent standing water thereon, and to authorize cities, towns and villages to purchase or condemn lands, sand banks, gravel pits, and rock quarries, for any of the purposes above named. [Approved and in force May 19, 1883. L. 1883, p. 63.]

*298. Power to protect from overflow and inundation by levees, etc. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That all cities, towns and villages in this State, whether incorporated under the general incorporation act for cities, towns and villages, or under any special charter, that are subject to overflow or inundation shall have power to protect the site of such city, town or village from overflow or inundation by levees, dykes, or embankments of such height and dimensions as the corporate authorities of such city, town or village may deem proper.

*299. May purchase or condemn lands. § 2. Such city, town or village may purchase or enter upon and condemn lands for the location and construction of any such levee, or for the repairs of any levee, or dyke now built, or surrounding any such city, town or village, in the same manner that lands and right of way is now condemned for railroad purposes.

*300. Notice to owner of levees, etc., to repair. § 3. In all instances where any city, town or village in this State is now or shall hereafter be surrounded in whole or in part by any levee, dyke, embankment or other structure, which is used or permitted to be used as a protection to any such city, town or village from overflow and inundation, and which is owned or claimed, in whole or in part, by any individual, private corporation or trust company, and whose duty it is in law or equity to keep up and maintain such levee, dyke, embankment or other structure, and the same shall be found to be insufficient in width or height, or too steep of grade, or which shall become impaired by wash or abrasion of the rivers, by caving banks, by impairment of the base or surface of the slope, or any other injury that may happen to any such levee, dyke, embankment or other structure, that, in the judgment of the city council, or board of trustees, or other municipal authorities of any such city, town or village, shall become unsafe or insecure for the purpose for which it was erected or used, and the party whose duty it is in law or equity to protect, maintain, and keep in repair such levees, embankments or dykes, shall not repair, enlarge, or heighten the same, as the case shall demand, it shall be the duty of the city council, or board of trustees of any such city, town or village, to cause notice to be served upon the owner or person in charge of any such levee, dyke, embankment or structure, or any agent of any such owner or person in charge thereof, of the condition, impairment or insufficiency of any such levee, dyke, embankment or other structure, and that the same must be repaired or improved as directed in said notice.

*301. When may be repaired by city, etc. 4. If the owner, or agent, or person in possession of any levee, dyke, embankment or other structure, shall not. within ten days, from the date of service of any such notice, in good faith commence the work so to be done, and continue the same with all reasonable diligence until it is completed, any such city, town or village may declare such levee a nuisance, and proceed to repair or improve the same so as to make such levee, dyke or embankment secure and sufficient for the purposes for which it was intended or used.

*302. City, etc., may enter on lands, etc., to repair. 5. For the purpose of making any such repairs or improvement, any such city, town or village may enter upon any of the adjacent lands of the owner of any such levee, dyke or embankment and take therefrom any earth, sand, stone or other material for the purpose of making such improvement or repairs, without being liable for trespass or the value thereof.

*303. Work charged to party liable; to be a lien. $6. All such work done upon any such levee, dyke or embankment, by any city, town or village, shall be charged up to the party liable therefor, and shall be a lien upon any such levee, dyke, or embankment, and any connecting levee, dyke or embankment, which forms a part of the system of levee protection intended for such city, town or village belonging to the party so liable, notwithstanding the lines of levees may be disconnected by intervening ownerships.

*304. How lien enforced. 7. If the expense incurred by any such city, town or village, is not paid by such owner or person liable, within twenty days of the presentation of the bill therefor by the city, town or village clerk, when directed by the city council or board of trustees, then such city, town or village may enforce the lien hereby created in any court of competent jurisdiction, in the same manner as mechanics' liens are now enforced under the statute of this State, provided the sale under the decree for sale of any such levee, dyke or embankment shall be absolute and without redemption.

*305. Who may purchase at sale. § 8. Any such city, town or village, may become purchaser at any such sale, and when so purchased, the city, town or village may take immediate possession thereof, and use, own and contract as to the same in the same manner as if it had been originally built by the city, but if purchased by any other person or corporation, then such levee or embankment shall be subject to this statute in the same manner as it was in the hands of the original

owner.

*306. Emergency — repairs-payment-lien-defense. $9. Where any city, town or village, has heretofore built or repaired any part of any levee, dyke or embankment, when the original levee or embankment had been destroyed, or become insecure by the wash or abrasion of the rivers or the caving in of the banks, and the part so built or repaired formed a part of a system of levees surrounding any such city, town or village for the purposes mentioned in this act, and the same is, or was, owned and controlled by any person, or corporation, or trustee, and such system of levees, dykes or embankments was originally in

tended by the builder or builders, and was necessary, as a protection to the site of any such city, town or village, and it was, at the time of the making of the improvements mentioned in this section, the duty of any such owner, either in law or equity, to maintain and keep in repair such system of levees or embankments, and that at the time of making such improvement or repairs there appeared to be an emergency for the performance of such work, then any such city, town or village, may have its action to recover back what it has expended in that regard, and may file its bill or petition as in case of mechanics' lien, and the amount so expended shall be a lien upon the whole of such levee system belonging to the party so defaulting at the time of the filing of such bill, from the date of the filing of any such bill or petition, and it shall be no answer or defense that any such city, town or village made such expenditure, or did such work as was done, without authority of law, or the owners of the original levee.

*307. Public landing places — ordinances — tolls grade - penalty. § 10. Whenever the site of any city, town or village in this State, is or has been located upon any of the navigable waters of this State or any of the navigable waters bordering this State, and the site thereof has been surrounded by levees or embankments to prevent overflowing or inundation, and such levees are owned or controlled by private persons, corporations or trustees, and any part of such levee or embankment has been by the owner or owners thereof set apart for a landing place for vessels and water craft, and the place so set apart for a landing place, has been used by the public free of charge, by footmen, or for wagons, drays and other vehicles conveying persons or property to and from said landing for a term of twenty years or more, and the owner thereof claims the right to collect wharfage, tolls or a reasonable compensation for the landing of steamboats or other water craft at any such landing place, then any such city, town or village may, by ordinance, determine the slope or grade of any such levee, so used for public landing purposes, and the pavement thereof, and the rate of toll or compensation to be charged at such landing. It shall be the duty of the owner thereof to grade, pave and keep such slope in repair as directed by ordinance, and may enforce the same by proper penalties, or forfeitures of any right to collect wharfage at any such landing until the ordinances in that regard have been complied with, and may enforce the powers herein granted, by proper ordinances.

*308. Stagnant water- nuisance -- abatement of. § 11. Any city, town or village in this State, wherein there are lots, blocks, or places wherein stagnant water is liable to stand, from surface water, or sipe water, or overflow, so that the same becomes a nuisance, or is dangerous to the public health of any such city, town or village, the corporate authorities thereof may declare such lots, blocks or places of land to be nuisances, and order the same filled to grade, or to such height as will prevent such standing water, and for the purpose of filling any such lots, blocks or places, such city, town or village may purchase or condemn lands, sand banks, or gravel, in the same manner as in other cases under this act.