196                               Borough President.                  [§§ 382-385

the disability of any president of the borough caused by protracted
illness there shall be elected in the same manner as for a vacancy, a
l)resident of the borough pro tempore, who shall act until the presi¬
dent Is able to perform the duties of his office.

JPresident; powers and duties.

§ 383. A president of a borough shall, by virtue of his office, be
a member of the local board of every district of local improvements
in his borough, and chairman thereof, entitled to preside at its meet¬
ings and to vote as any other member, but he shall not have the
power of veto. He shall have an office In such hall or public build¬
ing of the borough as the municipal assembly may by resolution
direct. He shall have power to appoint a secretary and other
assistants and clerks, if provision be made therefor by the board of
estimate and apportionment and the municipal assembly, and,
v/ithin the proper appropriation, to fix their salaries. The said
secretary, assistants and clerks shall hold office at the pleasure of
the president.

President to call meetings of local board.

§ 384. A president of the borough shall call all meetings of the
various local boards of the borough, and shall give such notice
thereof to the members as the ordinances of the municipal assem¬
bly may require. And he shall certify all resolutions, proceedings
and determinations of the local boards of the districts of local
improvements in his borough.

Halls or buildings to be located in each, borough..

§ 385. There may be when prescribed by this act a hall or pub¬
lic building or buildings in each borough, at which may be sta¬
tioned deputies of such of the various administrative departments
of the city government, as may be.authorized by the board of pub¬
lic improvements, for the greater convenience of the people of the
city in the discharge of the duties thereof, provided such deputies
or divisions shall be in all things as much a part of each department
respectively, and as fully under the head thereof, as If the adminis¬
trative force of said department were seated wholly in one building.