14-1404. Commissioner of finance to be acting mayor. The commissioner of finance and revenue shall act instead of the mayor at all times during which the mayor is unable to perform the duties of his or her office by reason of temporary or continual absence, sickness or disability, and the said commissioner shall be invested with all the powers and shall perform all the duties of the mayor of said city during such absence or sickness.

History: L. 1909, ch. 82, § 21; March 1; R.S. 1923, § 14-1404.