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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 28

ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

(Reported to the Board of Trustees July 28, 1943, page 443)

HOUSE BILL 197

A N ACT to amend Section 173 of "An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved June 12, 1909, as amended. Be it enacted by the People Assembly: of the State of Illinois, represented in the General

SECTION I . Section 173 of "An Act to establish and maintain a system of free schools," approved June 12, 1909, as amended, is amended to read as follows: SEC. 173. In addition to the scholarships provided for in section 171 each member of the General Assembly is authorized to nominate and appoint annually, one person of school age and otherwise eligible, from his district, who shall by virtue of his appointment receive a certificate of scholarship in the University of Illinois. T h e candidate for such scholarship so nominated, if a graduate of a school accredited by the University, shall be admitted to the University on the same conditions as to educational qualifications as are graduates of such accredited schools not so appointed to scholarships, and if any such candidate is not a graduate of a school accredited by the University, he shall present himself or herself for examination before the county superintendent of the county where such student resides, at the time stated in section 171 for the competitive examination. T h e president of the university shall prescribe the rules and regulations governing such examination. Provided, that each member of the General Assembly shall file with the president of the university on or before the opening day of the fall semester or term the name and address of the student nominated by him to receive such scholarship and no nomination received later than such date shall be accepted by the president of the university. Provided, that in case the person first nominated fails to accept such appointment or in case the person first nominated, not being a graduate of a school accredited by the university, fails to pass the required examination for admission, the president of the university shall at once notify the member making the appointment, who may name another person for such scholarship, which second nomination must be received by the president of the university not later than the middle of the fall semester or term in order to become effective as of the opening date of such semester or t e r m ; and provided, further, that if such second nomination is received after the middle of the fall semester or term it shall become effective at the beginning of the next following semester or term. Provided, that, if the member of the General Assembly shall so elect, the scholarship under his control may be awarded by competitive examination conducted under like rules as prescribed in section 171 of this Act, even though one or more of the applicants for said scholarship be graduates of schools accredited by the university. Provided, that when any person appointed to a scholarship pursuant to this section discontinues his course of instruction or fails to use such scholarship, leaving one, two, three or four years of such scholarship unused, such member of the General Assembly is, except as hereinafter provided, authorized to nominate and appoint a person of school age and otherwise eligible under this Act from his district who shall be entitled to the scholarship for the unexpired period thereof. Such appointment to an unused or unexpired scholarship shall be made only by the member of the General Assembly who made the original appointment and during the time he is a member of the General Assembly; and such appointment must be accompanied either by a release of the original appointment by the appointee or if he is dead then an affidavit to that effect by some competent person. If any appointee fails to register at the University within twenty (20) days after the opening of any semester or term such failure to register shall be deemed a release by the appointee of the original appointment, unless he has been granted a leave of absence in accordance with Sec-