(A) All bills, claims, demands and accounts against the village shall be filed in the office of the Village Clerk. He or she shall report to the Village Board upon all bills, claims, demands and accounts before they are acted upon or allowed, unless otherwise provided by law. He or she shall register all said bills, claims, demands, accounts and the like, in a book suitable for the purpose, and shall therein keep a record of the disposition of said bills, claims, demands, accounts and the like.
(B) He or she may require a statement in writing, under oath as to any fact, matter or thing concerning the justness of any such bills, claims, accounts and demands presented against the village.
(1975 Code, § 7-113)