The mayor may appoint an acting poundmaster to serve during the period in which any regular poundmaster is temporarily absent from the city, ill, or otherwise unable temporarily to perform the poundmaster’s duties as poundmaster. Such acting poundmaster shall have the same powers and duties as the regular poundmaster.
(Sec. 3-5.2, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 3, Art. 4, § 3-4.2)