Appointment and compensation.
SEC. 8. Appointment and compensation. - Each special municipality shall have a mayor who shall be its chief executive and shall reside in the respective special municipality, shall be appointed by the President, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the National Assembly, and shall hold office at the discretion of the President, unless in the general elections for local officers following his appointment, a majority of the electorate of his municipality should vote against his continuation in office.
This form of recall shall be undertaken successively in all the general elections for the election of local officers. The official ballots to be used in these special municipalities shall contain the following question:
Do you accept the continuation in office of the Mayor?
The answer, 'Yes' or 'No' shall be written within the rectangle appearing opposite the question, and the boards of election inspectors shall make the counting of the votes cast aid thereafter shall make the affirmative and negative votes appear in their separate returns, which shall be sent or delivered to the Secretary of the Municipal Council not later than twenty-four hours after they are signed by the election inspectors.
The Municipal Council shall make the final counting of the votes appearing in the election returns received from the boards of inspectors arid shall certify the result thereof to the President of the Philippines who will appoint another mayor, if the result of the election is adverse to the incumbent.
The mayor of the municipality of Tablas shall receive a salary not exceeding one thousand eight hundred pesos annually.
Those of the special municipalities of Sibuyan, Bomblon, and Maghali, shall each receive a salary not exceeding one thousand two hundred pesos annually.
At the time of the organization of the special municipalities, the Secretary of the Interior shall recommend to the President of die Philippines the salary each mayor of these four special municipalities shall receive temporarily until the respective municipal councils, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, have appropriated and approved in their general appropriation ordinance the respective salary.
The acting mayor.
SEC. 9. The acting mayor. - In the event of inability or absence of the mayor, or in die event of a definite vacancy in die position, the municipal treasurer shall perform the duties of the mayor until the position is filled in accordance with law. In the even t of inability of this officer to perform die duties of the mayor, die President shall appoint one for the position. The acting mayor shall have die same powers and duties as the mayor and if die person appointed is not an officer of the Government he shall receive the same compensation.
General powers and duties of the mayor.
SEC. 10. General powers and duties of the mayor. - As the chief executive of the municipal government, the mayor shall have immediate control of the executive and administrative functions of the Secretary of the Interior, and shall be responsible for the proper administration of the affairs of the municipality. He shall have the following powers and duties:
To comply widi, enforce and give the necessary orders for the faithful enforcement and execution of the laws and ordinances in effect within the jurisdiction of the municipality;
To safeguard all the lands, buildings, records, moneys, credits, and other property aid rights of the municipality and have control of all its property;
To see that all taxes and other revalues of the municipality are collected and the municipal funds applied in accordance with appropriations to the payment of municipal expenses;
To cause to be instituted judicial proceedings to recover property and funds of the municipality wherever found.
To cause to be defended all suits against die municipality, and otherwise to protect the interests of the sane;
To see that the officials and employees of the municipality properly discharge their respective duties;
To examine and inspect the books, records, and documents in charge or under the custody of the officers, agents, and anployees of the municipality whenever occasion arises, at least once a year. For this purpose, the municipal council shall provide him with the needed office personnel or assistance that may be necessary;
To give such information and recommend such measures to the council as he shall deem advantageous to the inhabitants of the municipality;
To represent the municipality in all its business matters, and sign on its behalf all its bonds, contracts, and obligations made in accordance with law or ordinance;
To submit to the municipal council before die thirtieth day of April of each year a budget of receipts and expenditures of die municipal government;
To receive, hear and decide, as he may deem proper, the petitions, canplaints and claims concerning all classes of municipal matters of an administrative or executive character;
To grant or refuse municipal licenses or permits of all classes and to revoke sane, in conformity with die provisions of law or ordinance, for violation of the conditions upon which they were granted, or i f acts punished by law or municipal ordinance are being committed under the protection of such licenses or in the premises in v-hich the business for which the same had been granted is carried on, or for any other good reason of general interest;
To determine according to law or ordinance the time, manner and place of payment of the salaries and wages of the officers and employees of the municipality;
To exempt, with the concurrence of the division superintendent of schools, deserving poor pupils from the payment of school fees or any part thereof;
To make all appointments, except as otherwise provided in this Charter;
To take such emergency measures as may be deemed necessary to avoid fires, floods, and the effect of storms and other public calamities;
To render an annual report to the Secretary of the Interior;
To exercise the power of veto, bu t any vetoed ordinance or resolution except those appropriating funds, may be repassed by a two-third vote of all the members of the council;
To veto separate items of die general appropriation ordinance and others appropriating funds, which veto shall be appealable to the ex-officio governor;
To appoint, at the recommendation of the respective council member, a barrio lieutenant and his substitute in each one of the barrios composing his special municipality;
To perform such other duties and exercise such other executive powers as are prescribed by law ur ordinance.
The mayor of the special municipality of Tablas shall hold office for the performance of his functions and duties once a week in the municipal building of each one of the existing municipalities of Badajoz, Despujols, Odiongan, and Looc. The mayor of the special municipality of Sibuyan shall hold office for the performance of his functions and duties twice a week in the municipal building of each one of the existing municipalities of San Fernando, Cajidiocan, and Magdiwang. The mayor of die special municipality of Maghali shall hold office for the performance of his duties and functions in the municipal building of each one of the existing municipalities of Concepcion, Corcuera, and Jones, as frequently as possible.
Secretary to the mayor.
SEC. 11. Secretary to the mayor. - The mayor shall appoint one secretary, with the approval of the municipal council, Who shall have the following duties:
He shall act as chief clerk to the mayor;
He shall act as secretary, without additional compensation, of the Council, the board of tax appeals and such other boards or committees as may hereafter be created by law or ordinance, and shall keep a journal of their proceedings;
He shall have the corporate seal under his custody,
He shall perform such other functions as the mayor or council may direct.
