Section 3
SEC. 3. Sections twenty-four and twenty-nine of the same Acts are hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 29. The City Engineer—His powers and duties.&mdashThe District Engineer of the Second Engineering District of Cebu shall be the City Engineer ex-officio and as such he shall have charge of the Department of Engineering and Public Works: Provided, That the incumbent officials and employees of the department shall continue in office. The City Engineer shall have the following powers and duties: "(a) He shall have charge of all the surveying and engineering works of the city and the first representative district of the Province of Cebu, care, cleaning and sprinkling of streets, canals and esteros, parks and public grounds, bridges, recreation and playgrounds and shall perform such services in connection with public improvements, or any work entered upon or projected by the city and the first representative district of the Province Cebu, or any department thereof, as may require the skills and experience of a civil engineer. "(b) He shall ascertain, record, and establish monuments of the city survey and from thence extend the survey of the city, and locate, establish, and survey all district property, and also private property abuting on the same, whenever directed by the Mayor. "(c) He shall prepare and submit plans, maps, specifications and estimates for buildings, streets, bridges, docks, and other public works, and supervise the construction and repair of the same. "(d) He shall make such test and inspection of engineering materials used in construction and repair as may be necessary to protect the city and the district from the use of materials of a poor or dangerous quality. "(e) He shall have the care of all public buildings, when erected, including markets and slaughterhouses and all buildings rented for city purposes, and of any system now or hereafter established by the city for lighting the streets, public places, or public buildings. "(f) He shall have the care of all public streets, parks and bridges, and shall maintain and regulate the use of the same for all purposes as provided for by ordinance or law; shall collect and dispose of all garbage, refuse, the contents of closets, vaults, and cesspools, and all other offensive and dangerous substances within the city and, in the event the disposal and collection of such garbage, refuse and other offensive substances has been awarded to a private contractor, the disposal and collection thereof shall be under the supervision of the city engineer. "(g) He shall have the care and custody of all public docks, wharves, piers, levees, and landing places owned by the city and the district. "(h) He shall prevent the encroachment of private buildings and fences on the streets and public places of the city and the district. "(i) He shall have general supervision and inspection of all private docks, wharves, piers, levees, and landing places and other property bordering on the harbor, river, esteros and waterways of the city and district, and shall issue permits for the construction, repair and removal of the same, and enforce all ordinances relating to the same. "(j) He shall have the care and custody of the public systems of waterworks and sewers, and all sources of water supply, and shall control, maintain, and regulate the use of the same, in accordance with the ordinance relating thereto; shall inspect and regulate the use of private systems for supplying water to the city district and its inhabitants, and all private sewers their connections with the public sewers systems. "(k) He shall supervise the laying of mains and connections for the purpose of supplying gas to the inhabitant of the city and district. "(l) He shall inspect and report upon the conditions of public property and public works whenever required by the Mayor or the Department of Public Works and Communications. "(m) He shall supervise and regulate the location and use of engines, boilers, forges, and other manufacture and heating appliances in accordance with law and ordinance relating thereto. He is authorized to charge fees, at rates to be fixed by the municipal board, for the sanitation and transportation services and supplies furnished by the department. "(n) He shall inspect and supervise the construction, repair, removal, and safety of private buildings, and regulate and enforce the numbering of houses in accordance with the ordinances of the city. "(o) With the previous approval of the Mayor in each case, he shall order the removal of buildings and structure erected in violation of the ordinances; shall order the removal of materials employed in the construction repair of any building or structure made in violation said ordinances; and shall cause buildings and structures dangerous to the public to be made secure or torn down. "(p) He shall file and preserve all maps, plans, notes surveys and other papers and documents pertaining to his office." "SEC. 24. The General Auditing Office.&mdashThe Auditor General shall receive and audit all accounts of the in accordance with the provisions of law relating to government accounts and accounting. The city auditor shall be appointed by the Auditor General and shall receive a salary of four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum to be paid by the national government. He shall also audit the accounts and disbursements of the collecting and disbursing officer of the Second Engineering District of Cebu."