Constitution and organization of the City Council.
Section 13
SEC. 13. Constitution and organization of the City Council.—The City Council shall be the legislative body of the City, and shall be composed of the city mayor, the city engineer, the city treasurer, and six councilors, two appointed by the President, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the National Assembly, and the other four elected by popular vote. The Mayor shall act as president of the Council. Pending the next general elections, the offices of said four elective councilors shall be filled in the same manner as the offices of the appointive councilors. If any member of the City Council should be a candidate for office in any election, he shall be incompetent to act with the City Council in the discharge of the duties herein conferred upon it as to election matters, and in such case the other members of the Council shall discharge said duties without his assistance, or they may choose some disinterested elector of the city to act on the council in such matters in his stead. The councilors shall be resident of the City of Bacolod and shall have the status and qualifications of provincial officers of an organized province. The President of the City Council shall preside at all the meetings of the Council at which he is present and shall have the right to vote on all matters submitted to the Council. In his absence, the Council meeting shall be presided over by the city engineer as acting president. The President of the Council shall sign all ordinances and all resolutions and motions directing the payment of money or creating liability. In case of sickness or absence of any member of the Council or if for any reason it becomes necessary to maintain a quorum, the President of the Philippines shall appoint a temporary substitute who, until the return to duty of the sick or absent member, shall hold the office, possess all rights, receive all the compensation and emoluments and perform all the duties of a member of the Council. The Mayor, the city engineer, and the city treasurer shall serve in the City Council without additional compensation. The other councilors shall receive, for each day of attendance at the sessions of the Council a per diem of ten pesos. The Council shall fix the times and places for its regular meetings, which shall be held once a week, and shall hold special meetings when called by the Mayor. Any meeting, regular or special, may, in case the amount of business shall require, be adjourned from day to day until the business is completed. Meetings shall be open to the public, unless otherwise ordered by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members. The Council shall keep a record of its proceedings and determine its rules of procedure not herein set forth. A majority of the Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time. The ayes and nays shall be taken and recorded upon the passage of all ordinances, upon all resolutions or motions directing the payment of money or creating liability, and at the request of any member, upon any other motion or resolution. The affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the City Council shall be necessary for the passage of any ordinance, or any resolution or motion directing the payment of money or creating liability, but other measures shall prevail upon the majority vote of the members present at any meeting duly called and held. Each ordinance shall be sealed with the city seal, signed by the President and the Secretary of the Council, and recorded in a book kept for that purpose. Each ordinance shall, on the day following its passage, be posted by the secretary at the main entrance to the city hall, and shall take effect and be in force on and after the tenth day following its passage, unless otherwise stated in said ordinance or resolution, and unless vetoed by the Mayor before the expiration of said ten-day period. A vetoed ordinance, if repassed, shall take effect ten days after the veto is overridden by a two-thirds vote of all the members of the City Council, unless another date is fixed in the said resolution or ordinance.