Section 40
SEC. 40. The municipal council is empowered: (a) To order the suspension or removal at any time, for cause, of any non-elective officer, provided that a two-thirds vote of all the members shall be required for such removal. (b) To make such provisions for the care of the poor, the sick, or those of unsound mind as it may deem necessary. (c) To purchase, receive, hold, sell, lease, convey and dispose of property, real and personal, for the benefit of the municipality, provided that the express authorization of the provincial governor shall be necessary to alienate or constitute any lien upon any real property of the municipality. (d) To employ a lawyer or lawyers when necessary in order to defend the interests of the municipality; but ordinary legal questions shall be submitted to the provincial fiscal, who shall answer the same in writing free of charge. (e) To provide for the erection of markets, public stables, public bathing establishments, wharves, and municipal cemeteries and for the establishment of ferries; and to fix reasonable fees for the use of the same. (f) To provide for the establishment and maintenance of special and professional institutions of learning other than primary schools, and to charge and collect matriculation and tuition fees. (g) To construct and maintain waterworks for the purpose of, supplying the inhabitants of the town with water, and control the use of said water and of water-courses within the town. (h) To name streets, avenues, and other public places, or change the names thereof. (i) To license, tax, regulate or prohibit the keeping of dogs and authorize the killing of the same when at large contrary to ordinance. (j) To license, tax or prohibit cock-fighting and the keeping or training of fighting cocks and to license, tax or close cock-pits. (k) To license public carriages, carts, and hearses kept for hire; cafes, restaurants, hotels, inns, and lodging houses; billiard tables, theatrical performances, horse races, and circuses.