65 ILCS 5/11-52.1-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-52.1-2)Sec. 11-52.1-2.         Any city or village owning or controlling a municipal  cemetery lying within or without, or partly within or without, the  corporate limits of such city or village, shall have the power to appoint  by the mayor or president, with the advice and consent of the city council  or board of trustees, a board of 3 persons who shall be known as the  cemetery board of managers. Such managers shall hold their office for a  period of 2 years or until their successors are appointed. Such board of  managers may receive in trust from the proprietors or owners of any lot in  the cemetery, or any person interested in the maintenance of the cemetery,  any gift or legacy of any money or property,  either real, personal  or mixed, which may be donated to the board of managers for the use and  maintenance of the lot or cemetery. The board of managers may convert  property donated into money and invest the same in such manner as shall be  provided by ordinance of the city or village and apply the income therefrom  perpetually for the care of the cemetery lot or the care and maintenance of  the cemetery, as shall be specified in the gift or legacy and as  may be provided by ordinance of the city or village.Every gift or legacy for any of the purposes  mentioned in this  section, made to a cemetery by its name, having a board of managers,  appointed as provided herein, shall vest in such board of managers and take  effect to all intents and purposes as if made to such board, and shall not  fail merely because such cemetery is not incorporated.The board of managers shall, as soon as may be convenient after  appointment, meet and organize by selecting one of their number to be  president and another of their number to be clerk of such board, and also  to select a treasurer of such board, who may or may not be one of their  number. The treasurer, before entering upon his duties as such, 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 or property coming into his hands as such treasurer, conditioned for  the faithful performance of his duties and for the faithful accounting for  all property which, by virtue of his office, comes into his possession.  The bond  shall be in such form and with such sureties as may be approved by the city  council or board of trustees appointing the board of managers, to be  approved and preserved in the same manner as is the bond of the treasurer  of such city or village.The board treasurer shall have the custody of all money and property  received in trust by the board of managers, and shall pay out the same only  upon the written order of the board, signed by at least 2 of them, and he  shall keep permanent books of record of all such trust funds and of all  receipts and disbursements thereof, and for what purposes received and  disbursed. The treasurer shall annually make a written report 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. This report shall be audited by the  board, and if found correct, shall be transmitted to the city council or  board of trustees, at the same time that the treasurer of the city or  village is required by law to make his report, and shall be approved and  preserved in the same manner, if found to be correct.The clerk of the board of managers shall keep, in a book provided for  such purpose, 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 received, the amounts  thereof, and for what uses and purposes, respectively. The clerk shall  annually, at the time of transmitting the treasurer's report to the city  council or board of trustees, make a written report,  under oath, to the  city council or board of trustees, stating therein, substantially the same  matter required to be reported by the treasurer of the board. The clerk's  report, if found to be correct, shall be approved and preserved by the city  council or board of trustees. The city council or board of trustees shall  have the power to remove from office any or all of the board of managers or  the treasurer, for non-performance of duties or for misappropriation or  wrongful use of the funds or property, and to require a just and proper  accounting for the same.    (Source: P.A. 83-388.)