(70 ILCS 1210/24) (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 103)
Sec. 24.
No person who holds any public office, or who has been nominated
for, or who seeks a nomination or appointment to any public office, shall
corruptly use or promise to use, either directly or indirectly, any
official authority or influence in order to secure or aid any person in
securing for himself or for another, any office or public employment, or
any nomination, confirmation, promotion or increase of salary as a reward
for political influence or service. No person appointed, or about to be
appointed to the position of civil service commissioner, or to a position
in the classified service, shall execute or sign a resignation in advance,
dated or undated, for the purpose, or with the result of permitting the
appointing power to create at his will a vacancy in the office of civil
service commissioner or in a position in the classified service.
(Source: Laws 1911, p. 211.)
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