Section 12
SEC. 12. Section forty-five of the same Act, as amended Republic Act Numbered Twenty-six hundred forty-nine, is further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 45. The City Assessor.&mdashThere shall be a City Assessor who shall have charge of the department of assessment. He shall receive a compensation of twelve thousand pesos per annum. There shall be an assistant city assessor who shall receive a salary of nine thousand pesos per annum. He shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the city assessor in the event of sickness, absence or other temporary incapacity of the city assessor."