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

Year:

1956

Category:

Other

Date Approved:

June 16, 1956

Summary

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This Act amends specific sections of Republic Act No. 525, which is the Charter of the City of Iligan. It updates the provisions regarding the roles and compensation of the city treasurer and city auditor.

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REPUBLIC ACT No. 1542

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

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

Section 1. The first paragraph of section twenty-one of Republic Act Numbered Five hundred twenty-five, as amended, otherwise known as the Charter of the City of Iligan, is further amended to read as follows:

Section 2. Section eighty-four of the same Act, as amended, is further amended to read as follows:

Section 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 16, 1956.


"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 of not exceeding three thousand six hundred pesos per annum. There shall also be an assistant city treasurer who shall receive a salary of three thousand pesos per annum. The city treasurer shall have the following general powers and duties:"

"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. The city auditor shall receive a compensation of three thousand six hundred pesos per annum, one-half of which shall be payable from the funds of the city, and the other half from funds of the National Government. There shall be an assistant city auditor who shall receive a compensation of three thousand pesos per annum payable from funds of the city."

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