The presiding officer at all meetings of the Common Council shall be the Mayor. The City Council, at its first regular meeting after the annual election, shall organize by electing one of its members as President and one as Vice-President. They shall hold their respective office for the ensuing year. The President of the Council shall in the absence of the Mayor be the presiding officer of the Council. During any absence or temporary disability of the Mayor, the President of the Council shall be Acting Mayor and shall possess all the power of the Mayor. In the absence of the Mayor and the President of the Council, the Vice-President shall perform such duties.
(Prior Code, § 2-47)
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Similar provisions, see SDCL §§ 9-8-3 and 9-8-7