Preamble
"SEC. 3. District Board; its members, reports to the Department of the Interior.-Unless otherwise provided by law, all corporative powers of the Metropolitan Water District shall be exercise, its business managed, and its property kept and preserved, by a Board to be composed of the Mayor of the City of Manila, the Governor of the Province of Rizal, the Director of Public Works or his representative the Engineer of the City of Manila, the City Treasurer, and a taxpayer of the district, being a resident of the City of Manila, appointed by the Governor-General, with the consent of the Senate. "The District Board shall render reports to the Secretary of the Interior as provided in sections five hundred and seventy-four to five hundred and seventy-seven inclusive, of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven."