Any drain commissioner may act under this chapter or under chapter 21, being sections 511 to 537, inclusive, of this act, by his deputy, under any and all circumstances. The vice-chairman or chairman pro tem of a county board of supervisors, or the vice-chairman of a board of county auditors or of a finance committee of a county board of supervisors, may act in lieu of the chairman of such board or committee, in event of the absence of such chairman from a meeting of the drainage board.
MCL 280.487