Section 102-A. Deputy county superintendent

The county superintendent of
  any county or the county engineer thereof appointed by any other law  to
  perform  the  duties  of county superintendent, with the approval of the
  board of supervisors, may appoint  a  deputy  county  superintendent  or
  engineer, as the case may be, for such period or periods as the board of
  supervisors  may  determine, but limited to the term of office for which
  such superintendent or engineer was appointed with power  and  authority
  in  the  county superintendent or engineer to terminate such appointment
  at his pleasure.  Such deputy shall act for and have all the powers  and
  duties of such superintendent or engineer during his inability to act as
  such  superintendent  or  engineer  or  during  the  regular or approved
  vacation period of such superintendent or engineer.
    In the event that such county superintendent or county engineer  shall
  not  appoint a deputy as provided herein, prior to or within thirty days
  after such inability to act shall occur, the board  of  supervisors  may
  make  such appointment for the period of such disability during the term
  of office of such superintendent or engineer, and such  appointee  shall
  thereafter   continue  in  office  for  such  period  as  the  board  of
  supervisors  may  determine,  but  within  the  limitation  of  time  as
  hereinbefore mentioned.
    The  board of supervisors shall, in any event, determine the amount of
  such deputy's bond and fix his salary and provide for the payment of all
  the necessary expenses incurred while in the performance of his  duties,
  which  salary  and  expenses  shall  be a charge against the county road
  fund, and may remove him from office for such causes  and  in  the  same
  manner  as  provided  for  the  removal  of  a  county superintendent or
  engineer.
    The provisions of law not inconsistent with  the  provisions  of  this
  section,  applicable  to  the  powers,  duties, conduct, appointment and
  removal of county  superintendents  or  engineers  shall  be  applicable
  hereto.