(65 ILCS 5/3.1-35-95) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-35-95)
Sec. 3.1-35-95.
Deputy clerks.
(a) A deputy clerk may execute all documents required
by law to be executed by the municipal clerk and may affix the seal of the
clerk wherever required. In signing any document, a deputy clerk
shall sign the name of the clerk followed with the word "By" and the
deputy clerk's own name and the words "Deputy Clerk".
(b) Except in municipalities with a population of 500,000 or more, the
powers and duties of a deputy clerk shall be exercised only in the
absence of the clerk from the place where the clerk's office is
maintained, and only when either written direction has been given by the
clerk to that deputy to exercise a power or the corporate
authorities have determined by resolution that the municipal clerk is
temporarily or permanently incapacitated to perform that function. In
municipalities with a population of 500,000 or more, the powers and
duties of a deputy clerk shall be exercised upon the direction of the
clerk, or when the corporate authorities have determined by resolution
that the clerk is temporarily or permanently incapacitated to perform
those functions and duties. When a deputy's signature is duly authorized
as provided in this Section and is
affixed by a deputy in the manner prescribed in this Section on
any document (including but not limited to contracts, bonds, or other
obligations of the municipality), the document shall have the same
effect as if the document had been signed by the municipal
clerk in person.
(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
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