Section 27
SEC. 27. The council shall, by a majority vote of all its members: Fix the salaries of all duly authorized employees, subject to the limitations expressed in section six. Fill a permanent vacancy in the office of vice-president or of councilor from among persons having the necessary qualifications. A person thus substituted as vice-president or councilor shall serve only for the unexpired portion of the term for which his predecessor was elected and until his successor shall have been chosen. Make appropriations for lawful and necessary expenditures, subject to the approval of the provincial governor. Manage the property of the township. Erect all needful buildings for the use of the township. Provide for the construction and care of the trails and bridges in the chief barrio of the township, and of those necessary to connect it with the several outlying barrios. Provide regulations for the sanitation of the township, and order the removal of nuisances and causes of disease. Regulate the running at large of domestic animals. Adopt such measures to prevent the introduction and spread of diseases as may from time to time be necessary. Prohibit gambling, cockfighting, opium smoking or the sale of opium for smoking. Provide for the taxation of the retail sale, in quantities of less than five gallons, of any intoxicating, fermented, malt, or vinous liquors, except the native beverage made from rice and known as "tapuy," and impose such other license fees as may be authorized by general law.