An Act Amending Section Twenty-Four of Republic Act Numbered Twenty-Six Hundred and Forty-Three, by Making the City Engineer of San Carlos City the Ex-Officio District Highway Engineer for the First District of the Province of Negros Occidental
Year:
1967
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 17, 1967
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This Act amends a previous law to designate the City Engineer of San Carlos City as the Ex-Officio District Highway Engineer for the First District of Negros Occidental. It outlines the powers and duties of the City Engineer in relation to public works and infrastructure management.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 5083
An Act Amending Section Twenty-Four of Republic Act Numbered Twenty-Six Hundred and Forty-Three, by Making the City Engineer of San Carlos City the Ex-Officio District Highway Engineer for the First District of the Province of Negros Occidental
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. Section twenty-four of Republic Act Numbered Twenty-six hundred and forty-three, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2. This Act shall take effect as of January 1, 1966.
Approved: June 17, 1967.
"Sec. 24. The City Engineer—His powers and duties.— There shall be a city engineer, who shall be in charge of the department of engineering and public works. He shall receive a salary not exceeding four thousand two hundred pesos per annum. He shall also be ex-officio district highway engineer for the first district of the province of Negros Occidental. As ex-officio district highway engineer, he shall receive an additional compensation of nine thousand pesos per annum, payable from the Highway Special Fund or any available fund of the first highway engineering district: Provided, That the security of tenure for the present incumbent highway district engineer for the first highway engineering district shall not be affected: And, Provided, further, That the aggregate salary as city engineer and ex-officio district engineer shall not exceed fifteen thousand pesos per annum. He shall have the following powers and duties:
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