(40 ILCS 5/22-305) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-305)
Sec. 22-305.
Certificate of clerk or other officer.
Upon the death of a policeman or fireman who is killed or fatally
injured while in the performance of his duty, the city or village clerk, as
the case may be, or any officer of such city or village authorized by the
corporate authorities of such city or village to act in lieu of such clerk,
shall make out a certificate in such form as may be prescribed by
ordinance. Such certificate shall set forth the facts which caused the
death, and shall have attached the certificate of the attending physician
or the chief health officer of the city or village, stating that such death
was the result of violence or accident. The certificates shall be filed
with the treasurer of the city or village if the allowance is to be paid
out of the corporate fund set apart for that purpose. If insurance has been
taken out the certificates shall be forwarded to the life insurance company
liable therefor. Upon the presentation of said certificates, payment shall
be made out of such fund or by such life insurance company, as the case may
be, to the executor or administrator of the estate of such policeman or
fireman, or to the bank acting as the trustee for such purpose if such
trustee has been provided for by ordinance.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)
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