ciation Record. In the reorganization 

 of the five districts, two school build- 

 ings were closed and three were kept 

 open. One building houses the first 

 and second grades, another the third, 

 fourth and fifth grades, and the third 

 houses the sixth, seventh* and eighth 

 grades. Plans are now under way to 

 build a modern rural school to house 

 all eight grades under one roof. 



Mr. Shuman also has been a teacher 

 of a Sunday School class of high school 

 age youths in the Sullivan Methodist 

 Church for the past 15 years, and has 

 been a leader of the Brushy Bend Gang 

 4-H club for the past 16 years. 



Mr. and Mrs. Shuman have four 

 children: Charles W., 10; John and 

 Paul, 8-year-old twins, and Janet, 3V'2 

 years old. 



The new vice-president of the I A A, 

 Floyd E. Morris, Buffalo, Sangamon 

 county, has been active in Farm Bureau 

 work for a number of years. He was 

 elected to the lAA board to succeed 

 Dwight Hart, Christian county, in 1944, 

 representing the 21st Congressional dis- 

 trict. During his term on the board 

 he has served ably as a member of the 

 organization-information committee. 



Mr. Morris was elected to the Sanga- 

 mon County Farm Bureau board in 

 1936, and has served as vice-president 

 for the past four years. 



Mr. Morris was the first secretary of 

 the county corn-hog program and later 

 was elected county AAA chairman. 

 Several years ago he served as a member 

 of the committee. He operates a 330- 

 acre livestock and grain farm. 



The new vice-president is probably 

 best known over the state for his work 

 as a member of the lAA schools com- 

 mittee and as a member of its subcom- 

 mittee. Mr. Morris was especially fitted 

 for the lAA schools committee work 

 having served as a director of both the 

 grade and high school boards of Buf- 

 falo. He was on the board of the 

 Buffalo High School at the time of its 

 consolidation with the Tri-City High 

 School. 



Mr. Morris' other activities include 

 chairmanship of the rural division of 

 the Sangamon county war fund drive 

 in 1943 and services of several years as 

 a member of the FSA farm loan com- 

 mittee of his county. 



Mr. Morris is married and has four 

 children, two daughters and two sons. 

 They are: Mrs. Kathryn Dale, Kansas 

 City Mo., formerly in the Army Nurse 

 Corps; Jean, freshman at the University 

 of Illinois; Robert, SOM 3/c, U. S. 

 Navy, stationed in the Pacific; and 

 Donald, 10. 



N tW MOTOR LAW 

 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1 



THE new Illinois Motor Vehicle Safet>' 

 Responsibility Law becomes effective 

 on January 1, 1946. There are two main 

 features of this law which every motor- 

 ist should keep in mind. 



1. REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS 



The law requires all motorists to re- 

 port all accidents to the Department of 

 Public Works and Buildings, Springfield, 

 Illinois, within 24 hours if the accident 

 results in death or personal injury and 

 within 10 days if damage to property, 

 including the driver's own car, is in ex- 

 cess of $50.00. (A copy of this report 

 is shown on the front inside cover page 

 of this issue of the Record. The 

 Editors suggest that you take a look at 

 it now.) 



2. PROOF OF FINANCIAL RE- 

 SPONSIBILITY 



The new law requires every motorist 

 involved in an accident resulting in in- 

 jury, death or property damage in ex- 

 cess of $50.00 to post cash or other se- 

 curity with the State in an amount deter- 

 mined by the Department of Public 

 Works and Buildings unless such per- 

 son carries public liability and property 

 damage insurance in a company licensed 

 to do business in the State of Illinois. 

 If such person does have insurance then 

 his insurance company will file with the 

 State a form known as "SR 21" certify- 

 ing to them that there is public liability 

 and property damage insurance on the 

 motor vehicle. The security provision of 

 the kw does not apply to accidents in- 

 \olving less than $50.00 worth of dam- 

 age, nor to owners of legally parked cars, 

 nor to owners of cars used without per- 

 mission, nor to the operators or owners 

 of a car involved in an accident wherein 

 injury or damage was caused to no one 

 but themselves. 



The administration of the law is di- 

 vided between the Department of Public 

 Works and Buildings and the office of 

 the Secretary of State. The Department 

 of Public Works and Buildings will re- 

 ceive and analyze each report to deter- 

 mine how much security is required and 

 then certify to the Secretary of State, the 

 name of the person and the amount of 



security required, if such person does 

 not carry insurance. The deposit re- 

 quired may be in any amount between 

 $50.00 and $1 1,000 — from $50.00 for 

 a dented fender to $1,000 for greater 

 property damage, up to $5,000 for injury 

 to or death of one person and up to 

 $10,000 for injury to or death of more 

 than one person. Illinois Agricultural 

 Mutual Insurance Company policies all 

 provide for at least $15,000, which is in 

 excess of the amount required by law. 



When this new law becomes effective 

 on January 1st it will be more important 

 than ever that motorists make certain 

 that their premiums on auto insurance 

 are paid on time. To be on the safe 

 side, A. E. Richardson, Manager of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance 

 Company, is advising policyholders to 

 pay their auto insurance premiums when 

 they receive the first notice that the 

 premium is due and not to wait until 

 they receive the red-colored final pre- 

 mium notice. 



Here is the main reason why you 

 shoiild keep your insurance premium 

 paid up. If you have an accident with 

 your car and the damage to others 

 amounts to more than $50.00, you will 

 have to show that you are able to pay 

 for the damages. If your insurance pre- 

 mium is due and is not paid at the time 

 of the accident, the insurance company 

 won't be able to file a certificate showing 

 you have insurance. In that case, you 

 will have to make a deposit in cash, 

 bond or such other security as is ac- 

 ceptable to the Secretary of State in an 

 amount to cover damages caused by the 

 accident whether you are liable for such 

 damage or not. If your liability insur- 

 ance is paid up, certification of that fact 

 by your insurance company to the Secre- 

 tary of State will meet the law's require- 

 .ments. .• . ; ., 



The new Safety-Responsibility Law' is 

 designed to make the motorist who uses 

 the highways of Illinois financially re- 

 sponsible. It will do much to remove 

 from the highway the irresponsible mo- 

 torist who "hits and runs" from financial 

 responsibility incurred by an accident. 



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