Section 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 continue.
Source. GS 43:5. GL 47:5. PS 49:6. PL 53:6. RL 65:6.