Section 18
SEC. 18. The president shall be the chief executive of this township. (a) He shall cause the ordinances of the township to be executed and shall supervise the discharge of official duties of all subordinates. (b) He shall examine and inspect the books, records, and papers of every officer or agent of the township. (c) He shall issue orders relating to the police to public safety, and orders for the purpose of avoiding conflagrations, floods, and the effects of storms or other public calamities. (d) He shall draw warrants upon the treasurer for the legitimate payments authorized by the council. (e) He shall assist the provincial secretary-treasurer and his deputies in the collection of taxes. (f) He shall be the presiding officer of a court consisting of himself and two councilors to be chosen as hereinafter provided in section thirty-eight. The secretary shall be the recording officer of this court, which shall hear and adjudge alleged violations of public ordinance, upon complaint filed by his direction, or by a police officer, or a private citizen; and, after due trial, in which the accused and his witnesses shall be heard, shall, upon conviction by a majority vote of the members, impose such punishment, either by admonition or by fine or imprisonment, or both such fine and imprisonment, in his discretion, as is provided in subsection (q) of section thirty-one. In case the person convicted is unable or unwilling to pay this fine, he shall satisfy its amount by labor upon public works within the township at the rate of twenty cents, Mexican, per day: Provided, That females shall not be compelled to perform work unsuitable for their sex. (g) This court shall have no jurisdiction in civil cases, except on the application of interested parties and upon their making an agreement in writing to accept the award of the court, when it may hear and adjudge any case not involving property exceeding in value the sum of two hundred dollars, Mexican. The judgment shall be recorded by the secretary and shall be final. (h) The members of this court shall receive no compensation for their services. (i) Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of the president that a crime or misdemeanor not within the jurisdiction of the court provided for in subsection (f) of this section has been committed within the township, the president shall direct the arrest of the elleged offender, shall make a preliminary investigation into the facts, and, if the guilt of the prisoner shall appear probable, shall order the arresting officer to proceed immediately with the prisoner and the president's report of his investigation to the governor of the province. (j) Fines shall be paid in coin to the treasurer of the township upon the order of the president, and the treasurer shall issue a receipt therefor, which shall be countersigned by the president: Provided, That if the charge be against a township officer or employee for violating his official duty, the president shall have jurisdiction to suspend him, pending action on such violation by the council; and, if a fine is imposed against such officer, it may be collected by withholding the requisite amount from such salary as is or may thereafter become due to him. (k) The president shall keep a docket of the trials held under the preceding subsection, in which shall be recorded in a summary manner the name of the defendant, the charge against him, the date of the trial, the presence of the defendant, and the nature of the judgment, together with the fines collected, if any, in accordance with the judgment. A docket with proper blanks for entry of the required details shall be furnished to the president by the provincial supervisor, and the cost of the same shall be paid out of the treasury of the township. (l) The president shall recommend tot he council at any time such measures connected with the public health, cleanliness, or ornament of the township, or the improvement of its finances, as he shall deem expedient. He shall preside at all meetings of the council and shall sign its journal; but he shall not vote, except in case of a tie, when he shall give the casting vote. He shall approve ordinances adopted by the council, unless he shall consider them prejudicial tot he public welfare, in which case he shall veto them; but the council may pass an ordinance over the veto of the president by a two-thirds vote of all its members, in which case it shall be valid without the signature of the president. If the president shall not either approve or veto an ordinance within five days of this adoption, it shall become a law. (m) He shall appoint, by and with the consent of two-thirds of all the members of the council, a treasurer, a secretary, and all non-elective officers and employees that may be provided for by law or ordinance: Provided, that he appointment of the treasurer shall be subject to the approval of the provincial board; and at any time, for cause, he may suspend any such officer or employee for a period not exceeding ten days, which suspension may be continued for a longer period by the council; and, by and with the consent of a majority of all the members of the council, he may discharge any such officer or employee. (n) He shall make all nominations at the first meeting of the council after his election, except for those offices in which a vacancy may occur during his term. In case the council shall reject any of the nominations made by him, then it shall be his duty at the next regular meeting of the council to submit the names of other persons for appointment. In case a vacancy occurs in any of the above-named offices during the term of office of the president, he shall submit a nomination tot he council at the first regular meeting after the occurence of the vacancy. (o) During the month of December of each year the president shall prepare and make out in duplicate an annual report, in which he shall set forth the most important events which have occured in the township during the current year. One copy of the report shall be file din the office of the secretary, and the other shall be submitted to the council and thereafter forwarded to the provincial governor on or before the fifteenth day of the following January. (p) He is authorized to use, as a symbol of office, a black cylindrical cane, with gold head, gilt ferrule, and silver cord and tassels.