The county treasurer may appoint a chief deputy, who in the absence of the treasurer from his or her office, or in case of vacancy in said office, for any disability of the treasurer to perform the duties of his or her office, may perform all the duties of the office of treasurer, until such vacancy is filled or such disability removed. All acts of a chief deputy treasurer shall have the same effect as though performed by the county treasurer.
Source: G.L. § 528. G.S. § 632. R.S. 08: § 1318. C.L. § 8792. CSA: C. 45, § 139. CRS 53: § 35-7-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 35-7-4. L. 2020: Entire section amended, (HB 20-1077), ch. 80, p. 324, § 2, effective September 14.
ANNOTATION
No term of office. While this section provides that a county treasurer may appoint a deputy, there is no law fixing the term of office of such a deputy, and with his compensation and term of office the public has nothing to do. Tureck v. Bd. of County Comm'rs, 108 Colo. 347, 117 P.2d 315 (1941).
There being no contractual privity between one acting as deputy county treasurer and the public, in a suit by such a deputy against the county commissioners for salary alleged to be due him, it was held, in the circumstances of the case, that the trial court properly directed a verdict in favor of defendants. Tureck v. Bd. of County Comm'rs, 108 Colo. 347, 117 P.2d 315 (1941).
The authority to remove or suspend county agents, in the absence of statutes otherwise providing, rests in the appointing power, and as relating to a deputy county treasurer, there is in Colorado no "statutes otherwise providing". Tureck v. Bd. of County Comm'rs, 108 Colo. 347, 117 P.2d 315 (1941).