The Deputy Clerk shall assist the City Clerk
in the performance of his aforesaid duties, and shall exercise such
powers and perform such duties when the City Clerk is present as the
City Clerk may direct and, in the absence of the City Clerk or his
inability to perform his duties in consequence of continued sickness
or in other emergencies, the Deputy City Clerk shall have all the
power and perform all the duties of the City Clerk. The Deputy City
Clerk shall receive for all services required to be rendered by him
a salary to be fixed by the Common Council.