Section 1
SECTION 1. Sections two, four, six, seven, eight and the first paragraph of Section nine of Commonwealth Act Numbered Five hundred forty-seven are amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. Territory of the City of Cavite.&mdashThe City of Cavite, which is hereby created, shall comprise the present territorial jurisdiction of the Municipality of Cavite, in the Province of Cavite. "The Municipal Board may, by ordinance, divide the city into districts for all administrative and other municipal purposes, including the description of property. "SEC. 4. Seal and general powers of the city.&mdashThe city shall have a common seal, and may alter the same at pleasure. It may take, purchase, receive, hold, lease, convey and dispose of real and personal property for public use, contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, prosecute and defend suits to final judgment and execution, and exercise all the powers conferred by this Charter together with all the powers implied thereby or appropriate to the exercise thereof. The provisions of this Charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the city, to the end that it may have all necessary powers for the efficient conduct of its municipal affairs. The specific mention of particular powers in other sections of this Charter shall not be construed as limiting the powers of the city in the premises to those thus mentioned. "SEC. 6. Jurisdiction of the City.&mdashThe jurisdiction of the City of Cavite for police purposes shall be coextensive with its territorial jurisdiction and for the purpose of protecting and insuring the purity of the water supply of the city, such police jurisdiction shall also be extended over all territory within the drainage area of such water supply, or within one hundred meters of any reservoir, conduit, canal, aqueduct or pumping station used in connection with the city water service. The municipal court of the city shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the courts of justices of the peace of the municipalities to try crimes and misdemeanors committed within said drainage area, or within said spaces of one hundred meters. The court first taking jurisdiction of such an offense shall thereafter retain exclusive jurisdiction thereof. "SEC. 7. Nature of Office; Qualifications.&mdashThe Mayor shall be the chief executive of the city and as such shall have immediate control and supervision over the executive functions of the different departments and agencies of the city. The Mayor shall be elected at large by the qualified electors of the city. He shall be at least thirty years of age, a resident of the city at least five years immediately prior to his election, and a qualified voter therein: Provided, That the first election for mayor shall be held at the general elections for provincial and municipal officials next following the approval of this Act in conformity with the provisions of the Revised Election Code and shall assume office on the first day of January next following his election. He shall hold office for four years and until his successor has been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed for disloyalty, dishonesty, oppression, or misconduct in office. He shall receive a salary of not exceeding seven thousand two hundred pesos a year. With the approval of the Office of the President, the Mayor may be provided, in addition to his salary, a non-commutable allowance of not exceeding one thousand two hundred pesos per annum. "SEC. 8. The Vice-Mayor.&mdashThere shall be a Vice-Mayor who shall perform the duties of the Mayor, in the event of sickness, physical absence on unofficial business for more than three days or other temporary incapacity of the Mayor, or in the event of a definitive vacancy in the position of Mayor, until said office shall be filled in accordance with law. If, for any reason, the duties of the office of the Mayor cannot be performed by the Vice-Mayor or said office of the Vice-Mayor is vacant, said duties shall be performed by the President Protempore of the Municipal Board. In case of the incapacity of the officials mentioned above to perform the duties of the Mayor, the duties of the Mayor shall be performed by the City Treasurer. The Acting Mayor shall have the same powers and duties as the Mayor and shall receive the compensation of the Mayor. "The Vice-Mayor shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Mayor or prescribed by law or ordinance. He shall be elected in the same manner as the Mayor and shall at the time of his election possess the same qualifications as the Mayor. He shall received a salary of four thousand eight hundred pesos a year. "SEC. 9. General powers and duties of the Mayor.&mdashThe Mayor shall have immediate control and supervision over the executive and administrative functions of the different departments and agencies of the city, subject to the supervision of the Office of the President. He shall have the following powers and duties:"