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vided but the Department of Conservation may lease a portion of the 
land set aside for general recreation to associations or organ- 
izations organized for humanitarian purposes and not for profit, as 
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Catholic Boys Brigade, church and civic 
clubs, farm bureaus and labor organizations and like organizations, 
for a nominal rental of not to exceed five dollars per annum and 
for a term of not to exceed five years, but not more than five acres 
shall be leased to any one group or organization. All moneys so re- 
ceived shall be paid into the conservation and public recreation 
fund in the State treasury. 
       The Department of Conservation may close not to exceed 25% 
of the lands open to the public for fishing and hunting for a period 
of not to exceed one y~ear and prohibit fishing and hunting therein 
during such period in order to permit fish and game to propagate. 
       4. The issuance, sale and retirement of the bonds and the 
acquisition and establishment of the State-wide system of conserva- 
tion and forest preserves and public recreation grounds, and every- 
thing incidental thereto, shall be under the general supervision 
and control of the Department of Conservation, subject to the 
approval of the Governor. The Department of Conservation is author- 
ized, empowered and directed to take whatever steps may be necessary 
to cause the bonds to be issued and sold and to cause the State-wide 
system of conservation and forest preserves and public recreation 
grounds to be acquired and established. 
       There is hereby create an advisory board to be known as the 
conservation and public recreation board consisting of seven members 
to be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate. Of 
the members of this board, one shall be a prominent banker, one a 
prominent member of organized labor, one a person prominent in for- 
estry and reforestation work, one an active member of some organ- 
ization interested in public playgrounds or other like recreational 
grounds, one a prominent farmer and two persons who are prominent 
sportsmen, of this State. 
       Of the members of such board first appointed two shall be 
appointed for a term of two Nears, two for a term of four years and 
three for a term of six years from the third Monday in January, 1931, 
and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Thereafter 
their successors shall hold for a term of six years.  The Governor 
may remove any member of this board at any time for failure to 
carry out the duties herein imposed or for any other misconduct in 
office. The members of this board shall receive a per tiem of not 
to exceed ten dollars per day and shall be reimbursed for their 
actual expenses incurred while performing their duties under this 
Act. None of the members of such special board shall be an em- 
ployee of the State nor shall any member be interested, directly 
or indirectly, in the sale of any property acquired under the pro- 
visions of this Act. If any such member is interested in the sale 
of any property so acquired, the contract for the purchase of such 
property shall-be void and any conveyance executed in furtherance 
thereof shall be voidable at the option of the Department of Con- 
servation. 
       This conservation and public recreation advisory board shall 
have the power and it shall be its duty: 
        To advise with the Department of Conservation and to assist 
 the department in selecting land to be acquired, in the management 
 and development of these lands, in determining which portions shall 
 be set aside for sanctuaries and reforestation, and for public rec- 
 reation grounds, in formulating rules and regulations governing the 
 use and occupancy of these lands, and in carrying out all of the 
 provisions of this Act. 
        5. For the purpose of raising the sum necessary to carry out 
 the provisions of this Act, bonds of the State of Illinois to an 
 amount n6t exceeding the sum of fourteen million dollars (014,000,000 
 00) shall be issued and sold as herein provided. The bonds shall 
 bear interest, payable semi-annually, from the date of their issue, 
 at the rate of three and one-half per centum per annum, unless 
 financial conditions make a different rate advisable, in which case 
 the Department of Conservation may, with the Governor's approval, 
 issue part or all of the bonds at any other rate of interest not ex- 
 ceeding four per centum per annum. The bonds sh%ll be serial bonds 
 and be dated, issue and sold from time to time as the establishment