§26-32  Acting heads of departments;appointment of; responsibility for acts of.  Any officer for theperformance of whose duties in his absence or illness no other provision ismade by law, may, with the approval of the governor, designate some other officerin his department, bureau, or office to act in his temporary absence orillness.  The designation shall be in writing and shall be filed in the officeof the lieutenant governor.  The respective heads of departments shall beresponsible and liable on their official bonds for all acts done or performedby the persons designated to act in their absence as herein prescribed; exceptthat responsibility for property during absence may be transferred upon thewritten consent of the governor.

The persons so designated shall, during thetemporary absence or illness of the head of the office, have all the powers ofthe head of the office and shall be known as the acting head, but shall not beentitled to any additional compensation while so acting. [L 1909, c 21, §§1 and2; RL 1925, §169; am imp L 1933, c 148, §4; RL 1935, §130; RL 1945, §479; RL1955, §7-22; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §§9, 38; HRS §26-32]