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RA 4894 Section 11

RA 4894 Section 11

Secretary to the Mayor.

Section 11

SEC. 11. Secretary to the Mayor.—The Mayor shall ap­point one secretary who shall hold office at the pleasure of the mayor and who shall receive a compensation of not exceeding six thousand six hundred pesos per centum and one assistant secretary with an annual compensation of not exceeding four thousand eight hundred pesos who shall perform the duties of the secretary when absent and such other duties assigned to him by the secretary. The Secretary shall have charge and custody of all records and documents of the city and of any office or department thereof for which provision is not otherwise made; shall keep the corporate seal and affix the same with his signature to all ordinances and resolutions signed by the mayor and all other official documents and papers of the government of the city as may be required by custom, in the discretion of the mayor; shall attest all executive or­ders, proclamations, ordinances and resolutions signed by the mayor and shall perform such other duties as the mayor may require of him; shall, on demand, furnish certified copies of all city records and documents in his charge which are not of a confidential character, and collect and receive such fees as may be prescribed by resolution of the Board. He shall also perform such duties as are required of the heads of departments of the city government, by Section twenty, and for the purposes of said section, the secretary will be considered the head of a department. The position of the secretary shall be regarded as within the unclassified civil service. The appointee shall be entitled to all the benefits and privileges of classified employees.

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CitationRA 4894 Section 11 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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