City Public Service Officer.
Section 80
SEC. 80. City Public Service Officer.—There shall be a city public service officer, with a salary of eight thousand four hundred pesos per annum who shall have charge of the Department of Public Services. He shall have the following general powers and duties: He shall have general supervision and control overthe sanitary building and plumbing inspection service;care, custody and cleaning of all public buildings includingmarkets and slaughterhouses and buildings rented for citypurposes; public toilets; collection and disposal of garbage,refuse, contents of toilets and cesspools, and all other offensive and dangerous substances within the city. He shall have authority to charge, at rates to be fixed by the Municipal Board with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, fees for public services and supplies furnished by his department to private parties. He shall have authority to declare that any lot orground within the City of Manila belonging to any person orcorporation or to the National Government, or any branch or political subdivision thereof, is so low, excavated or walled, diked or dammed as to admit or cause the formation on the surface thereof of stagnant or foul water, or that it is a nuisance or a menace to public health, unless filled in or its sanitary condition otherwise improved, and shall communicate same to the Mayor. He shall execute and enforce all laws, ordinances, and regulations relating to public services. He shall recommend to the Municipal Board the passage of ordinances as he may deem necessary for the better and more adequate extension of public services. He shall cause to be prosecuted all violations of laws, ordinances or regulations relating to public services.