Section 3
SEC. 3. Section seven of Act Numbered Twenty-eight hundred and thirty-two, as amended by Act Numbered Forty hundred and seventy-nine, is further amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 7. Manager, assistant manager, chief engineer, treasurer and comptroller of the District; their functions; salaries.—The manager, the assistant manager, the chief engineer, the treasurer, and the comptroller of the Metropolitan Water District shall each receive an annual salary which shall be fixed by the District Board with the approval of the President. The manager shall represent the District in all its business matters; shall submit to the District Board his annual report and such partial reports as he may be required or see fit to render from time to time, regarding the condition of the business, or of any part of the business, of the District, and shall perform such other executive duties as may be prescribed by law or be required of him by resolution of the Board. The assistant manager shall perform such duties as may be required of him by the Board or the manager. He shall act as manager in case of the temporary absence or disability of the manager. "The comptroller shall be the representative of the Auditor General who is hereby designated ex officio auditor of the Metropolitan Water District. The comptroller shall be chief of its accounting and auditing department. He shall audit, examine and settle all accounts of the District according to law and regulations and shall perform such other duties as the Auditor General or the District Board may require of him from time to time. The employees of the comptroller's office shall be appointed by the comptroller with the approval of the Auditor General, who with the approval of the District Board, shall fix the number and salaries of the said employees. The operating expenses ex the office of the comptroller and the salaries and travelling expenses of the employees thereof shall be payable by the District, and the District Board shall make the necessary appropriation therefor."