(65 ILCS 5/4-3-18) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-18)
    Sec. 4-3-18. All officers, assistants, and employees in any municipality under the commission form of municipal government shall be elected or appointed in accordance with this article with reference to their qualifications and fitness and for the good of the public service, and without reference to their political or religious faith or party affiliations.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)