Section 9
SEC. 9. Section twenty-three of Commonwealth Act Numbered Three hundred and twenty-six is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 23. The acting city attorney.—In case of temporary disability or absence of the city attorney and of the assistant city attorney, and if the exigencies of the service so require, the Judge of the Court of First Instance, upon recommendation of the Mayor, shall appoint a practicing attorney to discharge the duties of the said city attorney. The appointee, while performing the duties of the city attorney, shall have the duties, rights, and compensation of the city attorney."