116. The council may, at any time, appoint one of the councillors as acting-mayor who, in the absence of the mayor or when the office is vacant, discharges the duties of the mayoralty, with all the privileges and rights, and subject to all the obligations thereunto attached.
M.C. 1916, a. 87; 1935, c. 108, s. 1; 1968, c. 86, s. 2.