§ 12. All claims now pending in the Court of Claims created under "An Act to create the Court of Claims and prescribe its powers and duties," approved May 16, 1903, in force July 1, 1903, shall be heard and determined by the Court of Claims created by this Act in accordance with the provisions hereof.

§13. The jurisdiction conferred upon the Court of Claims by this Act shall be exclusive. No appropriation shall hereafter be made by the General Assembly to pay any claim or demand, over which the Court of Claims is herein given jurisdiction, unless an award therefor shall have been made by the Court of Claims.

§14. The following Act is hereby repealed: "An Act to limit the time for persons to bring claims against the State of Illinois," approved and in force March 1, 1847.

(HOUSE BILL No. 14. APPROVED JUNE 25, 1917.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to extend the jurisdiction of County Courts, and to provide for the practice thereof, to fix the time for holding the same, and to repeal an Act therein named," approved March 26, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as subsequently amended, by amending sections forty-three (43), sixty-eight (68) and one hundred six (106) thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That an Act entitled, "An Act to extend the jurisdiction of County Courts, and to provide for the practice thereof, to fix the time for holding the same, and to repeal an Act therein. named," approved March 26, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, as subsequently amended, be, and the same is hereby amended, by amending sections forty-three (43), sixty-eight (68) and one hundred six (106) thereof, so that the said sections forty-three (43), sixty-eight (68) and one hundred six (106) when amended shall read as follows:

§ 43. In the county of Hardin on the fourth Monday of February and second Monday in September.

§ 68. Madison, second Mondays in February, June and September. § 106. Will, on the first Monday in February, April, June, August, October and December.

AN ACT in relation to county and probate judges.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That it shall be unlawful for any

judge of any County or Probate Court in this State, to act as attorney or solicitor for any administrator, executor, or heirs, or other person or persons (unless he be an officer of the court) interested in the estate of any deceased person, or to aid, advise or assist in the preparation of any petitions, report or other document, which is to be filed or recorded in the court in which he is judge.

§ 2. PENALTY.] That any county or probate judge, who shall violate the provisions of this Act, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars.

§ 3. That an Act entitled, "An Act in relation to county and probate judges," approved June 3, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, be and the same is hereby repealed.

APPROVED May 5, 1917.

COURTS OF RECORD IN CITIES.

§ 1. Amends section 5, Act of 1901.

§ 5. Election and qualifications of judges-term-powers -vacancies-how filled.

(HOUSE BILL No. 925. FILED JUNE 27, 1917.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act in relation to courts of record in cities," approved May 10, 1901, in force July 1, 1901, as subsequently amended, by amending section five (5) thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That an Act entitled, "An Act in relation to courts of record in cities," approved May 10, 1901, in force July 1, 1901, as subsequently amended, be, and the same is hereby amended by amending section five (5) thereof to read as follows:

§ 5. The judges of such courts shall be regularly licensed attorneys and shall be elected by the qualified voters of such city in the same manner that the city officers of such city are elected, but not at the same time, and shall hold their offices for the term of four years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. They shall qualify and be commissioned in the same manner, be vested with the same powers and perform the same duties as circuit judges, and have the right to appoint a court reporter on the same terms as the Circuit Court, and shall be styled "judge of the city court of (name of city)." Vacancies in such office shall be filled for the unexpired term at a special election to be called and held by the same authority and in the same manner that other city elections may be held, where such unexpired term exceeds one year; but where the same does not exceed one year, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Governor.

FILED June 27, 1917.

This bill having remained with the Governor ten days, Sundays excepted, the General Assembly being in session, it has thereby become a law. Witness my hand this twenty-seventh day of June, A. D. 1917. LOUIS L. EMMERSON, Secretary of State.

INCREASING NUMBER OF JUDGES OF SUPERIOR COURT OF COOK

COUNTY.

§ 1. Number judges Superior Court Cook County increased from 18 to 20.

§ 2. Additional judges to be elected in November, 1917, and every six years thereafter.

§ 3. Method of nomination.

(SENATE BILL No. 573. APPROVED JUNE 25, 1917.)

AN ACT to provide for an increase in the number of judges of the Superior Court of Cook County and to provide for the nomination of candidates for said judicial offices.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That, as it appears by the Federal census of 1910 that the number of inhabitants of the county of Cook is over two millions four hundred thousand (2,400,000) and that therefore the General Assembly is authorized under section 23 of article 6 of the Constitution of this State to provide for nine (9) additional judges of the Circuit or Spperior Courts of said county, therefore the number of judges of the Superior Court of the county of Cook be, and the same is hereby increased from eighteen (18), its present number, to twenty (20).

§ 2. On Tuesday after the first Monday of November in the year 1917, and every six (6) years thereafter the two (2) additional judges. of said Superior Court herein provided for shall be elected, to hold their offices for a term of six (6) years and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.

§ 3. The nomination for said additional offices shall be made in the same manner as is now or shall hereafter be provided by law for the nomination of candidates for the existing offices of judges of the Superior Court of Cook County.

AN ACT to amend sections 40, 42 and 48 of an Act entitled, “An Act in relation to a municipal court in the city of Chicago," approved May 18, 1905 and in force July 1, 1905 as subsequently amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That sections 40, 42 and 48 of an Act entitled "An Act in relation to a municipal court in the city of Chicago," approved May 18, 1905, and in force July 1, 1905, as subsequently amended, be and the same are hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 40. That every case of the fourth class mentioned in section two (2) of this Act, excepting attachment suits, garnishment suits, replevin suits, cases of distress for rent, forcible entry and detainer suits, and trials of the right of property, brought in the municipal court, shall be commenced by the filing by the plaintiff with the clerk of a praecipe for a summons, specifying the names of the parties to the suit, the amount of the plaintiff's claim and the day at which the summons shall be made returnable which day shall not be less than five (5) nor more than fifteen (15) days from the filing of the praecipe and a statement of the plaintiff's claim, which statement if the suit be upon a contract, express or implied, shall consist of a statement of the account or of the nature of the demand, or, if the suit be for a tort, it shall consist of a brief statement of the nature of the tort and such further information as will reasonably inform the defendant of the nature of the case he is called upon to defend, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to require the statement of claim in any action for a tort to set forth the cause of action with the particularity required in a declaration at common law: Provided, it shall not be necessary to file a praecipe or to issue any summons in case the defendant is to be notified by publication or posting of notices. In cases of the fourth class mentioned in said section two (2) of this Act, the municipal court may adopt such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary to enable the parties, in advance of the trial to ascertain the nature of the plaintiff's claim or claims or of the defendant's defense or defenses. No summons, however, need be issued or served in the case of the confession of a judgment in a case of the fourth class, but, such judgment may be confessed in the same manner, as near as may be, as in a similar case in the Circuit Court.

§ 42. That every such summons issued out of the Municipal Court shall be served upon the defendant by the same method and in the same manner as if the summons had issued out of the Circuit Court and shall be served by the bailiff of said court unless other provisions of law be made therefor. There shall be attached to the copy of the summons thus served a copy of the plaintiff's praecipe and statement of claim. In case said summons shall not be served upon the defendant three days or more prior to the return day thereof an alias summons may be issued, and a subsequent pluries summons may be issued in any case when a previous alias or pluries summons shall not have been served upon the defendant three days or more prior to the return day fixed in the previous summons. Service of such alias or pluries summons shall be made in the same manner as that above provided for the service of the original summons. It shall be the duty of the bailiff to return every summons immediately upon the expiration of the time within which the same is required to be served upon the defendant.

48. That the practice and proceedings in the Municipal Court, other than the mode of trial and the proceedings subsequent to trial, in cases of attachment, garnishment, replevin, distress for rent, and forcible detainer, included within the cases of the fourth class mentioned in section two (2) of this Act, shall be the same, as near as may be, as that which is now prescribed by law for similar cases in other courts of record with the following exceptions:

First: (a) In attachment, garnishment, replevin, distress for rent and forcible detainer cases, no statement shall be necessary. An affidavit for attachment, garnishment, replevin, copy of the distress warrant and complaint in forcible detainer shall be the only written pleadings required, except such written pleadings or statements as may be required from time to time by the rules of the Municipal Court. In garnishment cases the party for whose use the proceedings are instituted shall be designated plaintiff, the judgment debtor shall be designated defendant and the party upon whom garnishment process is served shall be designated garnishee.

(b) If the plaintiff, his agent or attorney shall file in any attachment, replevin, distress for rent or forcible detainer suit an affidavit stating that the defendant is not a resident of this State, or has departed from this State, or on due inquiry cannot be found, or is concealed within this State so that process cannot be served upon him, and also stating the place of residence of the defendant, if known, and if not known, that upon diligent inquiry the affiant has not been able to ascertain the same, then if the case be attachment or distress for rent case and the amount claimed by the plaintiff, exclusive of costs, does not exceed two hundred dollars, or if the case be a forcible detainer case and no claim for rent is joined with the complaint for possession the defendant may be notified by posting and mailing of notices as hereinafter provided in this section; but if the case be an attachment or distress for rent case and the amount claimed by the plaintiff, exclusive of costs, exceeds two hundred dollars, or if the case be replevin, the defendant may be notified by publication or publication and mailing of notices as hereinafter provided in this section; if the case be one of the trial of the right of property or any other case where others interested in the litigation should be notified, such notice to the defendant and others interested shall be given as shall be ordered by the court.

(c) Whenever notice by publication is required or proper to be given to any defendant, it shall be the duty of the clerk of said court to give notice by publication at least once in each week for three weeks successively in some newspaper of general circulation published in said city of Chicago, which notice shall be directed to the defendant, shall state the nature of the process against the defendant, at whose instance issued, the amount claimed to be due, if for a money demand, the time and place of trial, and shall also state that unless said defendant shall appear at the time and place fixed for trial, judgment will be entered by default, and shall also state the character of the judgment that will be rendered in said cause and of the execution that will be issued thereon, and the clerk of the court shall mail to each of the defendants at their last known places of residence as stated in the affidavit filed as a foundation for said publication, a copy of said notice within ten days after the first day of the publication of the same. Whenever notice by posting is required or proper to be given to any defendant, said notice shall be in the name of the clerk of the court, be directed to the defendant, shall state the nature of the process against the defendant and at whose instance issued, the amount claimed to be due if for a money de