The municipal clerk shall have the power to designate one or more deputy clerks within
the municipal clerk's office who shall sign all papers or documents as may be required
during the absence of the municipal clerk. In the absence of the municipal clerk,
the deputy clerks, whether one or more, shall have all the authority exercised by
the municipal clerk under sections 2-266 and 2-267 and are authorized to sign any
document to which the signature of the municipal clerk is necessary, using their own
names but adding the term "deputy municipal clerk." The signature of the deputy municipal
clerk, when so signed, shall be recognized and given all force and effect of the signature
of the municipal clerk.
