White's petulant reaction, if he follows through as threatened, would violate an Illinois statute which establishes it is the Secretary of State's "duty" to "countersign and affix the seal of state to all commissions required by law to be issued by the Governor" and to "make a register of all appointments by the Governor...".
But as I mentioned in a previous column, and in a so far unanswered email to Smith, the law actually requires White "to countersign and affix the seal of state to all commissions required by law to be issued by the Governor," and to register the appointment.
After years of relying on Brooke doctors to countersign cremation forms, Dr. Shipman never returned to them.
Its accountant, a Kenyan, was held hostage while he was told to countersign cheques.
Still, while he is no longer an officer of Americans for Job Security, Mr. Dubke remains a consultant and has authority to countersign its checks.
Mrs. Bambroffe asked why the doctor was there; Dr. Booth replied that she needed to countersign a cremation form for Dr. Shipman.
"I am lucky if I get an hour a day dealing with art," Dr. Sutton said, after a quick break between meetings to countersign a batch of checks, return phone calls and answer e-mail messages.
It was early January, and, with the move-out date only a few weeks away, Arwen had suddenly made Rimkus a new, ambiguous offer: it had invited her to sign a one-year extension, no strings attached, but without guaranteeing that anybody from the company would be willing to countersign.
The cabinet handed in its resignation, but Cuza refused to countersign it.
Sign your deed poll using your new and old names, and get two witnesses to countersign.
