The municipal health officer.
Section 33
SEC. 33. The municipal health officer. - There shall be a health officer, vho shall have the following general powers and duties: He shall have general supervision over the health and sanitary condition of his special municipality. He shall execute and enforce all laws, ordinances and regulations relating to public health. He shall recommend to the municipal council the passage of such ordinances as he may deem necessary for the preservation of public health. He shall cause to be prosecuted all violations of sanitary laws, ordinances or regulations. He shall make sanitary inspections and may be aided therein by such menbers of the police force of the municipality or of the Philippine Army as shall be designated as sanitary police by the chief of police or the proper Army officer and such sanitary inspectors as may be authorized by law. He shall perfoim sich other duties, not repugnant to law or ordinance, with reference to the health and sanitation of the municipality as the Director of Health shall direct. The office expenses of the health officer in each special municipality shall be paid, half by the National Government and half by the municipal government.