§ 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.