Section 5
SEC. 5. Appointment and Compensation of City Treasurers, City Assessors, Assistant City Treasurers, Assistant City Assessors, and other city treasurers and assessment personnel in the Metropolitan Manila Area.—As provided for under existing laws, the City Treasurers and City Assessors of cities integrated in the Metropolitan Manila Area shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation of the Secretary of Finance. Assistant City Treasurers, Assistant City Assessors and other city treasury and assessment personnel shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of existing laws. The incumbent City Treasurers, City Assessors and their respective Assistants, as well as the other city treasury and assessment personnel, shall continue in office without the necessity of being reappointed and they may be removed from the service or otherwise disciplined only for cause as provided for by law. The salaries of said city treasury and assessment officials and personnel shall continue to be paid wholly by the city and at the rates authorized under existing salary laws and administrative order.