Section 526. Deputy county clerk

1. Within ten days after assuming the
  duties of the office, each county clerk shall appoint  a  deputy  county
  clerk  by an instrument in writing filed and recorded in his office. The
  deputy county clerk shall perform such duties as may be assigned by  the
  county clerk and during the temporary absence or inability of the county
  clerk,  have and exercise all of the powers and duties of the office. In
  case of a vacancy in the office of county clerk, the deputy county clerk
  shall perform the duties of  the  county  clerk  until  a  successor  is
  elected or appointed and has qualified.
    2. The county clerk in like manner may designate one or more employees
  of  his  office  to  serve  as acting deputy clerk during the absence or
  inability of such deputy county clerk  to  perform  the  duties  of  the
  office.  If  there  be  no  deputy county clerk, or acting deputy county
  clerk, the county judge may in  the  same  manner  designate  an  acting
  deputy  county  clerk  who shall serve until a successor is appointed by
  the county clerk and has qualified.
    3. The county clerk may appoint and remove  such  additional  deputies
  authorized  to  act generally for and in the place of their principal as
  shall be authorized by resolution of the board of supervisors.