New York Town Law Section 53-B - Deputy department heads.

  53-b.  Deputy  department  heads.  The  town board may appoint such
  deputy department heads as may be authorized by act of  the  legislature
  or  local  law,  with  power  to act generally for and in place of their
  principals, and the office of such a deputy shall be in the exempt class
  of the civil service.

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