(605 ILCS 5/6-119) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-119)
Sec. 6-119.
When the term of any highway commissioner or clerk shall
expire, and other persons shall be elected or appointed to such office, it
shall be the duty of such successor, immediately after he shall have
entered upon the duties of his office, to demand of his predecessor all the
books, papers, moneys and other property belonging to such office.
Whenever either of the officers above named shall resign, or the office
become vacant in any way, and another person shall be elected or appointed
in his stead, the person so elected or appointed shall make such demand of
his predecessor, or of any person having charge of such books, papers,
moneys or other property.
It shall be the duty of every person so going out of office, whenever
thereto required pursuant to the foregoing provisions, to deliver upon
oath, all the records, books, papers, moneys and other property in his
possession or in his control belonging to the office held by him; which
oath may be administered by the officer to whom such delivery shall be
made.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
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