Section 5
Sec. 5. The special assessment ordinance together with all the papers pertaining to the same shall be sent for approval to the Mayor, as in other cases, and the time for the approvalv or vetoing thereof shall run only from the date of the receipt of the last paper lacking. The Mayor may receive protests of persons claiming to be affected, provided such protest be signed by a majority of said persons representing more than one-half of the total as- sessed value of the property which according to the proposed ordinance would be subject to the special assessment, and before approving or vetoing said ordinance, he may propose. to the Municipal Board such amendment or amend to the same as he may see fit. From the decision of the Municipal Board, either the parties affected or the City Engineer through the Director of Public Works may appeal. /appeal to the President of the Philippines, whose decision shall be final.