(225 ILCS 705/4.20) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 420)

Sec. 4.20. No State Mine Inspector shall solicit or accept any political campaign contribution or gratuity of any kind or character, from any mine operator or his agent; from any coal sales company, or their agents or representatives; or from any miner, local union or union official. In the event he does so solicit or accept any such contribution or gratuity from any person he is guilty of an act tending to the unlawful injury of miners, and is guilty of malfeasance, and in that event, the Mining Board shall declare the position of the State Mine Inspector vacant.

(Source: Laws 1953, p. 701.)