Costitution and organization of the City Council.
Section 12
SEC. 12. Costitution and organization of the City Council.—The City Council shall be the legislative body of the city, and shall be composed of the Mayor, who shall be its presiding officer the city engineer, the city treasurer and five councilors two appointed by the President, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the National Assembly, and the other three elected by popular vote. Pending the next general elections, the office of said three elective councilors shall be filled in the same manner as the office of the two 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, 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 in the Council in such matters in his stead. The councilors shall be residents of the City of Zamboanga and shall have the status of provincial officials of a regularly organized province. The Mayor, the city engineer, and the city treasurer shall serve in the City Council without additional compensation. The councilors shall receive for each day of attendance at the sessions of the Council a per diem of from five to ten pesos as may be authorized by ordinance approved by the Secretary of the Interior. 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 Mayor 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 of the municipal building, and shall take effect and be in force on and after the tenth day following its passage, 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 two-thirds vote of all the members of the City Council.