Section 1
Sec. 1. The district engineer of the respective province to which the several chartered cities organized under the laws in force belonged prior to their creation as cities shall be ex officio city engineer for the city, which is the capital of the province, for which he was appointed, with an additional compensation, to be paid out of the city funds, in the sun of one thousand pesos per annum. For the purpose of this law, the City of Manila shall be considered a province, and the city engineer of Manila shall receive a salary of eight thousand four hundred pesos per annum. The city engineers of chartered cities shall be under the supervision and control of the Director of Public Works. The assistant engineers, superintendents, and other employees as are from time to time provided for in appropriation ordinances of the city shall be appointed in accordance with existing laws governing the appointment of civil engineers, assistant civil engineers, and other personnel in the various engineering districts of the Bureau of Public Works in the provinces.