48:6 Deputy. – The city councils may elect a deputy city clerk, who shall qualify in the same manner as city clerks, and who shall perform all the duties of the city clerk in case of absence by sickness, resignation or otherwise of the city clerk. Source. 1899, 90:1. PL 53:5. RL 65:5.
48:7 Clerk Pro Tem. – Whenever the city clerk shall become unable, by reason of sickness or otherwise, to discharge his duties, and there is no deputy clerk, the mayor and aldermen may appoint a clerk pro tempore, who shall perform all the duties of a clerk during such time as the incapacity may […]
48:8 Vacancy. – In case the office of city clerk shall become vacant from any cause the mayor and aldermen shall forthwith appoint a clerk pro tempore, who shall hold the office and perform the duties until a clerk shall be elected by the city councils at a convention which may be held at […]
48:9 Public Records. – All records, books, papers, vouchers and documents of every kind which shall be in the hands of any officer, committee or board of officers of the city, not their individual property, which shall not be needed for their present use, shall be properly filed and deposited in the office of […]