(A) The Village Clerk is hereby authorized to appoint one Deputy Clerk who shall have the power and duty to execute all documents required by any law to be executed by the Village Clerk and affix
the seal of the village thereto whenever required, such Deputy Clerk to act at such time as hereinafter provided. In signing any documents, said Deputy Clerk shall sign the name of the Village Clerk followed with the word "By" and the Deputy Clerk's own name and the words "Deputy Clerk."
(B) The powers and duties herein described shall be exercised 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 Board of Trustees has determined by resolution that the Village Clerk is temporarily or permanently incapacitated to perform such functions.
(C) Such Deputy Clerk shall have the authority and powers hereinabove described and such further power and authority as provided for by statute.
('79 Code, § 313)