N.Y. Town Law § 177-b: Powers and duties of deputy fire district treasurers

§ 177-b. Powers and duties of deputy fire district treasurers. The

board of fire commissioners of any fire district may appoint a deputy

fire district treasurer to hold office until the thirty-first day of

December next succeeding his appointment. During the absence or

inability to act of the fire district treasurer, or while the office of

fire district treasurer is vacant, the deputy fire district treasurer

shall be vested with all of the powers and may perform all of the duties

of the fire district treasurer under this chapter or any other law,

including the provisions of subdivision four of section one hundred

seventy-six of this chapter relating to the giving and filing of an

official undertaking. The fire district treasurer shall not be liable

for the acts of a deputy fire district treasurer.