(a) Elective Officers. Within thirty days after first entering upon the duties of his office, the Mayor, each member of Council and the Director of Finance shall, in addition to any duly authorized deputy, designate such number of emergency interim successors to his office and specify their rank in order of succession after any duly authorized deputy so that there will not be less than three duly authorized deputies or emergency interim successors or combination thereof for the office.
(b) Appointive Officers. The Mayor shall, within the time specified in subsection (a) hereof, designate for appointive officers, including the Director of Public Service, Director of Public Safety, City Treasurer and the Director of Law, three emergency interim successors to these officers and specify their rank in order of succession.
(c) Review of Designations. The incumbent in the case of those elective officers specified in subsection (a) hereof, and the Mayor in the case of those appointive officers specified in subsection (b) hereof, shall review and, as necessary, promptly revise the designations of emergency interim successors to insure that at all times there are at least three qualified emergency interim successors or duly authorized deputies or any combination thereof for each officer.
(d) Qualifications. No person shall be designated or serve as an emergency interim successor unless he may, under the Constitution and the statutes of the State and the provisions of the City Charter, hold the office of the person to whose powers and duties he is designated to succeed, but no provision of any ordinance or of the Charter prohibiting an officer or employee of the City from holding another office shall be applicable to an emergency interim successor.
(e) Status of Emergency Interim Successor. A person designated as an emergency interim successor holds that designation at the pleasure of the designator provided that he must be replaced if removed. He retains this designation as emergency interim successor until replaced by another appointed by the authorized designator.
(1964 Code §25.3)