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It shall be the duty of the vice-president of a municipality- (a) in the absence of the president and unless prevented by reasonable cause, to preside at the meetings of the municipality and he shall when so presiding exercise the same authority as is vested in the president under clause (a) of section 45 ; (b) to exercise such of the powers and perform such of the duties of the president as the president may from time to time depute to him; and (c) pending the election of a president, or during the absence of the president, to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the president. 40[(3) Officers and servants of the municipalities] 41[47. (1) (a) For every municipality there shall be a Chief Officer appointed by the State Government. (b) The Chief Officer of a municipality shall forthwith be transferred from that municipality by the State Government if a resolution to that effect is passed by the municipality with not less than two-thirds of the total number of councillors of the municipality voting in favour of such resolution. Functions of President. Functions of Vice-Presi- dent. Appointment of Chief Officers and other Officers. 1964 : Guj. 34] Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963 43 of 158 (2) A municipality may, with the previous sanction of the Director, and shall, if so required by the State Government, create all or any of the following posts, namely :- (i) a municipal engineer, (ii) a water works engineer, (iii) a municipal health officer, (iv) a municipal auditor, (v) a municipal education officer, and (vi) any other officer as may be designated by the State Government in this behalf. (3) Subject to the provisions of section 47A, the recruitment and conditions of service of the officers referred to in sub-sections (1) and (2) shall be such as may be prescribed. (4) Subject to the provisions of section 47A, the power to make appointment to the posts referred to in sub-section (2) shall vest in the municipality.