Section 36
SEC. 36. Chief of Fire Department&mdashThere shall be a chief of fire department who shall have the management and control of all matters relating to the administration, organization, government, discipline, and disposition of the fire forces. He shall receive a salary of four thousand two hundred pesos per annum. The chief of police shall act as Chief of the Fire Departments ex officio until the Municipal Board, by ordinance, provides otherwise, at which time the Chief of the Fire Department shall be appointed as heretofore provided. The Chief of the Fire Department shall have the following powers: (a) He shall issue supplementary regulations not in compatible with law or general regulations issued by the proper department head of the national government in accordance with law, for the governance of the fire force. (b) He shall have charge of the fire-engine houses, the fire engines, hose trucks, hooks and ladders, trucks and all other fire apparatus. (c) He shall have full police powers in the vicinity of fires. (d) He shall have authority to remove or demolish any building or other property whenever it shall become necessary to prevent the spreading of fire or to protect adjacent property. (e) He shall investigate and report to the Mayor upon the origin and cause of all fires occurring within the city. (f) He shall inspect all buildings erected or under construction or repair within the city and determine whether they provide sufficient protection against fire and comply with the ordinances relating thereto. (g) He shall have charge of the city telegraph, telephone and fire alarm service. (h) He shall have exclusive power, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, to. supervise and regulate stringing, grounding, and installation of wires for all electrical connections with a view to avoiding conflagrations, interference with public traffic or safety, or the necessary operation of the fire department. (i) He shall condemn all defective electrical installations and shall take the necessary steps to effect immediate corrective action, informing the Mayor of the action thus taken. (j) He shall supervise the manufacture, storage, and use of petroleum, gas, acetylene, gunpowder, and other highly combustible matter and explosives. (k) No permit for the construction or repair of buildings within the city shall be granted unless the plans relative thereto have been approved by the chief of the fire department. He shall have the power to alter or disapprove such plans as do not provide for adequate protection against the occurrence of fires. (l) He shall have such powers and perform such duties as may further be prescribed by law or ordinance.