RA 4993 Section 9

Section seventeen of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 17. City Departments.

Section 9

SEC. 9. Section seventeen of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 17. City Departments.—There shall be the following city departments over which the City Mayor shall have direct control and supervision, any existing law to the contrary notwithstanding: (a) Finance and Assessment Department; (b) Engineering and Public Works Department; (c) Law Department; (d) Health Department; and (e) Police and Fire Department. "The City Council may from time to time make such readjustments of the duties of the different departments as the public interest may demand and, with the approval of the President, may consolidate any department, division or office with any other department, division or office of the city, or may divide big departments into separate offices."

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