An Act Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Five Hundred and Twenty-Five, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Charter of Iligan City

REPUBLIC ACT No. 1908

An Act Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Five Hundred and Twenty-Five, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Charter of Iligan City

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1. The second paragraph of section seven of Republic Act Numbered Five hundred and twenty-five, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

Section 2. The first paragraph of section thirteen of the same Act, as amended, is further amended to read as follows:

Section 3. Paragraph (c) of section fifteen of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 4. Section nineteen of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5. Section twenty-one of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Six Hundred and seventy-two, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

Section 6. The second paragraph of section twenty-seven of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 7. Section seventy-seven of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 8. Section eighty-four of the same Act, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

Section 9. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 22, 1957.

"The Mayor shall receive a salary in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act Numbered Eight hundred forty. At the discretion of the Municipal Board, the Mayor may be provided, in addition to his salary, a non-commutable allowance not exceeding four thousand pesos per annum."

"Sec. 13. Appointment, salary and duties of the secretary of the Board. -The Board shall have a secretary who shall be appointed by it to serve during the term of office of the members thereof. The compensation of the secretary shall be fixed by ordinance approved by the President, and not exceeding three thousand pesos per annum. A vacancy in the office of the secretary shall be filled temporarily for the unexpired term in like manner."

"(c) To fix the number and salaries of officials and employees of the city not otherwise provided for in this Act."

"Sec. 19. Appointment and removal of officials and employees. -The President of the Philippines shall appoint, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, the judge and auxiliary judge of the municipal court, the city treasurer, the city engineer, the city attorney, the city health officer, the chief of police, the chief of the fire department, and the other heads of such city departments as may be created. Except the judge and the auxiliary judge of the municipal court, said officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the President.

"All other officers and employees of the city whose appointment is not otherwise provided for by law shall be appointed by the Mayor upon the recommendation of the corresponding city department head in accordance with the Civil Service Law and they shall be suspended or removed in accordance with said law."

"Sec. 21. The city treasurer—His powers, duties and compensation.— There shall be a city treasurer, who shall have charge of the department of finance and shall act as chief fiscal officer and financial adviser of the city and custodian of its funds. He shall receive a salary in accordance with Republic Act Numbered Eight hundred and forty. There shall also be an assistant city treasurer whose salary shall be fixed by the Municipal Board. The city treasurer shall have the following general powers and duties:

"The chief of the secret service shall receive a salary of not exceeding two thousand four hundred pesos per annum."

"Sec. 77. Clerk and employees of the municipal court.— There shall be a clerk of the municipal court who shall receive a compensation of not exceeding two thousand four hundred pesos per annum. He shall keep the seal of the court, and other documents issued by the court. He shall keep a docket of the trials in the court, in which he shall record in a summary manner the names of the parties and the various proceedings in civil cases, and in criminal cases, the name of the defendant, the charge against him, the names of the witnesses, the date of the arrest, the appearance of the defendant, together with the fines and costs adjudged or collected in accordance with the judgment. He shall have the power to administer oaths.

"The clerk of the municipal court shall at the same time be the sheriff of the city and shall as such have the same powers and duties as are assigned by existing law to provincial sheriffs. The Municipal Board may provide for such number of clerks in the office of the clerk of the municipal court as the needs of the service may demand."

"Sec. 84. General Auditing Office— City Auditor. -The city auditor, under the supervision of the Auditor General, shall receive and audit all accounts of the city in accordance with the provisions of law relating to Government accounts and accounting. He shall receive a salary not exceeding the rate provided for in Republic Act Numbered Eight hundred forty, one-half of which is payable from funds of the city and the other half from funds of the National Government. There shall also be an assistant city auditor who shall receive a salary of three thousand six hundred pesos per annum payable from the funds of the city."