Appointment and removal of officials and employees—Compensation.
Section 34
SEC. 34. Appointment and removal of officials and employees—Compensation.—The President shall appoint, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the National Assembly, the Judges of the Municipal Court, the city engineer, the city treasurer, the city assessor, the city attorney, the chief of police and the other heads of the city departments as may be created from time to time, and he may remove at pleasure any of the said appointive officers, except the Judges of the Municipal Court, who may be removed only according to law. Subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Law, the Mayor shall appoint all other officers and employees of the city whose appointment is not otherwise provided for by law. The Mayor may suspend and remove any appointive city officer or employee not appointed by the President, and may recommend to the President the suspension or removal of any city officer or employee appointed by him. Any such suspension or removal by the Mayor shall be appealable to the Secretary of the Interior, whose determination on the matter shall be final. The Municipal Judge and the city attorney shall receive each three thousand pesos per annum. The city engineer and the city treasurer, acting or not as city assessor, shall receive three thousand six hundred pesos per annum. The chief of police shall receive a compensation of not more than two thousand four hundred pesos per annum. The compensation of other officers and employees of the city shall be determined by ordinance, approved by the Secretary of the Interior.