(A) (1) The Village Clerk, when authorized by the Village Board, may appoint the Deputy Clerk who shall have the power and duty to execute all documents required by any law to be executed by the Clerk and affix the seal of the village thereto whenever required.
(2) In signing any documents, the Deputy Clerk shall sign the name of the Village Clerk followed with the word, “By” and the Deputy Clerk’s name and the words, “Deputy Clerk”.
(B) The powers and dunes herein described shall be executed by such Deputy Clerk only in the absence of the Village Clerk from the Village Clerk’s office in the Village Hall, and only when either written direction has been given by the Village Clerk to such Deputy Clerk to exercise such power or the Village Board has determined by resolution that the Village Clerk is temporarily or permanently incapacitated to perform such functions.
(2007 Code, § 1-2-70)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see 65 ILCS 5/3.1-30-10, 5/3.1-10-45 and 5/3.1-35-95