68 - Treasurer and deputy treasurer.

§ 68. Treasurer  and  deputy treasurer.  The treasurer may appoint, to  hold office during his pleasure, a deputy and such other subordinates as  may be prescribed by the board of estimate and apportionment. In case of  the absence or disability of the treasurer,  or  of  a  vacancy  in  the  office,  the  deputy  shall discharge the duties of the office until the  treasurer returns, his disability ceases or the vacancy is  filled.  The  treasurer  and  deputy  treasurer, before entering upon the discharge of  the duties of their respective offices, shall each execute and file with  the city clerk, an official undertaking in such  penal  sum  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  common  council. Such undertaking, when approved as  provided by law, shall have the same force  and  effect,  and  shall  be  filed  and  recorded  in the office of the county clerk of the county in  which the city is located in the same manner as is required in the  case  of an undertaking of a town collector.