The city health office.
Section 81
SEC. 81. The city health office.—There shall be a city health officer who shall have the following general powers and duties: He shall have general supervision over the health and sanitary condition of the city . He shall execute and enforce all laws, ordinances, and regulations relating to the public health. He shall recommend to the Municipal Board the passage of such ordinances as he may deem necessary for the preservation of the public health. He shall cause to be prosecuted all violations of sanitary laws, ordinances, or regulations. He shall make sanitary inspections and may be aided therein by such members of the police force of the city or of the Philippine Army as shall be designated as sanitary police by the chief of police or proper Army officer and by such sanitary inspectors as may be authorized by law. He shall perform such other duties, not repugnant to law or ordinance, with reference to the health and sanitation of the city as the Director of Health shall direct. The health officer shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the National Assembly, and shall receive a salary of three thousand pesos per annum.