four years thereafter; but if a successor be not inducted at the time appointed by law, the incumbent shall hold over until a successor shall be duly qualified. 

[2045-4.] 

S ECTION 2000 . Vacancy in Elective Provincial Office . — When a vacancy shall occur by reason of the death, resignation, or removal of the incumbent in any elective provincial office, the Governor-General shall appoint a suitable person thereto. 

[1545-1; 1582-4.] 

When an election for a provincial office fails to take place at the time appointed by law or when any such election results in a failure to elect, the Governor-General shall issue as soon as practicable a proclamation calling a special election to fill suc h office. 

When a provincial officer-elect dies prior to taking office or for any other reason fails to qualify, the Governor-General may, in his discretion, either call a special election or fill the place by appointment. ATICcS 

In case a special election shall have been called and held and shall have resulted in a failure legally to elect such provincial officer, the Governor-General shall fill the place by appointment. 

A person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in an elective provincial office shall hold for the unexpired term and until the qualification of a successor. 

[2045-4.] 

S ECTION 2001 . Temporary Designation of Provincial Officer . — Upon the occasion of the absence, illness, suspension, or other temporary disability of a provincial officer, the Governor-General may designate any other provincial officer or employee to perfor m the duties of the position or he may temporarily appoint thereto some suitable person not in the service. 

[83-21 as amended; 1196-1; Comp., 94.] 

Until the Governor-General shall act, the duties of the provincial governor, in the case contemplated, may be discharged by one of the elective members of the provincial board, the provincial treasurer, or the secretary of the provincial board, according a s the one or the other shall have been thereunto previously authorized or deputed by the provincial governor. When the provincial treasurer or secretary of the provincial board is thus deputed, the authority may be limited to the 

