Section 4
SEC. 4. The Barrio assembly.&mdashThe barrio assembly shall consist of all persons who arc residents of the barrio for at least six months, eighteen years of age or over, citizens of the Republic of the Philippines and who are duly registered in the list of barrio assembly members kept by the Barrio Secretary. The barrio assembly shall meet at least once a year to hear the annual report of the barrio council concerning the activities and finances of the barrio. It shall meet also at the call of the barrio council or upon written petition of at least One-Tenth of the members of the barrio assembly. No meeting of the barrio assembly shall take place unless notice is given one week prior to the meeting except in matters involving public safety or security in which case notice within a reasonable time shall be sufficient. The barrio lieutenant, or in his absence, the councilman acting as barrio lieutenant, or any assembly member selected during the meeting, shall act as presiding officer at all meetings of the barrio assembly. The barrio secretary or in his absence, any member designated by the presiding officer to act as secretary shall discharge the duties of secretary of the barrio assembly. For the purpose of conducting- business and taking any official action in the barrio assembly, it is necessary that at least one-fifth of the members of the barrio assembly be present to constitute a quorum. All actions shall require a majority vote of those present at the meeting, there being a quorum.