Section 24
SEC. 24. Composition and organization.&mdashThe City Council shall be the legislative body of the city and shall consist of nine councilors. The members of the City Council shall, at its organizational meeting on the first day of January and annually thereafter, elect by a majority vote of its entire membership, one from among themselves a chairman who shall act as presiding officer. Any vacancy in the office of chairman of the City Council during the year shall be filled in like manner to hold office for the rest of the year. The chairman of the City Council shall have the right to vote on all matters that may be brought up before the council. He shall sign all ordinances, resolutions and motions directing the payment of money or creating liability, enacted or adopted by the City Council. In case of sickness or absence or any other temporary incapacity of any member of the City Council, or if, for any reason, it becomes necessary to maintain a quorum, the Mayor may make a temporary appointment until the return to duty of the sick or absent member. During the period of such temporary appointment, the person receiving the same shall possess all the rights and perform all the duties of a member of the City Council. The members of the City Council shall each receive a salary of seven thousand two hundred pesos per annum.