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(60 ILCS 1/) Township Code.

60 ILCS 1/135-25

    (60 ILCS 1/135-25)
    Sec. 135-25. Vesting of gift or legacy. Every gift or legacy for any of the purposes set forth in Section 135-20 made to a cemetery by its name, if the cemetery has a board of managers appointed under this Article, shall vest in that board and take effect for all purposes as if made to that board and shall not fail merely because the cemetery is not incorporated.
(Source: P.A. 83-388; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/135-30

    (60 ILCS 1/135-30)
    Sec. 135-30. Organization of board; treasurer and bond.
    (a) The board of managers, as soon as may be convenient after appointment, shall meet and organize by selecting one of its members to be president and another of its members to be clerk.
    (b) The board shall also select a treasurer, who need not be a member of the board. The treasurer, before entering upon his duties, shall execute a bond to the People of the State of Illinois for the use of the board of managers, in a penal sum not less than double the value of the money and property coming into his or her hands as treasurer, conditioned for the faithful performance of the treasurer's duties and for the faithful accounting for all money and property that, by virtue of the office, comes into the treasurer's hands. The bond shall be in a form and with sureties approved by the township supervisors or the highway commissioners and shall be filed with the township clerk of one of the townships as determined by the supervisors or with the district clerk of one of the road districts as determined by the highway commissioners.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 388; P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/135-35

    (60 ILCS 1/135-35)
    Sec. 135-35. Treasurer as custodian; annual report.
    (a) The treasurer shall have custody of all money and property received in trust by the board of managers and shall pay out the money and property only upon the written order of the board, signed by at least 4 of its members. The treasurer shall keep permanent books of record of all trust funds, all receipts and disbursements of trust funds, and for what purposes trust funds were received and disbursed.
    (b) The treasurer shall, on or before the first day of July of each year, make a report in writing to the board of managers, under oath, showing balances, receipts, and disbursements, including a statement showing the amount and principal of trust funds on hand and how invested. The report shall be audited by the board and, if found correct, shall be transmitted to the township supervisors or highway commissioners. If the report is approved by the supervisors or highway commissioners, it shall be filed by them with the same township or district clerk with whom the treasurer's bond is filed under Section 135-30.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 388; P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/135-40

    (60 ILCS 1/135-40)
    Sec. 135-40. Clerk's records; annual report.
    (a) The clerk of the board of managers, in a book provided for that purpose, shall keep a permanent record of the proceedings of the board, signed by the president and attested by the clerk, and shall also keep a permanent record of the several trust funds, from what sources the trust funds were received, the amounts of the trust funds, and for what uses and purposes the trust funds were received.
    (b) The clerk shall annually, on or before the first day of July, make a report in writing, under oath, to the township supervisors or highway commissioners as to the same matters required to be reported by the treasurer of the board of managers under subsection (b) of Section 135-35. The report, if found to be correct by the supervisors or highway commissioners, shall be approved by them and preserved by the board of managers.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 388; P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/135-45

    (60 ILCS 1/135-45)
    Sec. 135-45. Removal of officers; accounting. The township supervisors or highway commissioners may remove from office any or all of the members of the board of managers or the treasurer of the board for nonperformance of duties or for misappropriation or wrongful use of funds or property held by them as trustees for the cemeteries. The supervisors or highway commissioners may require a just and proper accounting for the use of those funds or property.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 388; P.A. 88-62.)