Appropriations by the council.
Section 14
SEC. 14. Appropriations by the council. - The Council shall make all the appropriations for the expenses of the local government, based oi the budget submitted by the mayor on or before May 31, of the current year. It shall fix the salaries of the municipal officers and employees, except those of the public school teachers. Whenever the council fails to approve an appropriation ordinance for any fiscal year, the appropriation ordinance for the previous fiscal year shall be considered reenacted, and shall take effect on the first day of July of the current year as Eppropriation ordinance until a new appropriation ordinance is duly enacted. Any appropriation ordinance shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Finance, whose decision shall be final: Provided, That, if the Secretary of Finance shall fail to act on it before it takes effect, such ordinance shall be considered approved. !