(70 ILCS 2605/4.26) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.26)
Sec. 4.26.
No person who holds any public office, or who has been nominated
for, or who seeks a nomination or appointment to any public office, shall
corruptly use or promise to use, either directly or indirectly any official
authority or influence in order to secure or aid any person in securing for
himself or for another, any office or public employment, or any nomination,
confirmation, promotion or increase of salary as a reward for political
influence or service. No person appointed, or about to be appointed to the
civil service board, or to a position in the classified service, shall
execute or sign a resignation in advance, dated or undated, for the
purpose, or with the result of permitting the appointing power to create at
his will a vacancy in the civil service board or in a position in the
classified service.
(Source: Laws 1935, p. 744.)
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