The city health officer.
Section 25
SEC. 25. The city health officer.—His powers, duties and compensation.—There shall be a city health officer who shall have charge of the health department. He shall receive a salary in accordance with existing laws, which shall be payable by the National Government and shall be included in the annual appropriation of the Department of Health. The city health officer shall have the following general powers and duties: (a) He shall have general supervision over the health sanitary conditions of the city. (b) He shall execute and enforce all laws, ordinances regulations relating to the public health. (c) He shall recommend to the City Council the passage of such ordinances as he may deem necessary for the preservation of the public health. (d) He shall cause to be prosecuted all violations of sanitary laws, ordinances, or regulations. (e) He shall make sanitary inspections and may be aided therein by such members of the police force of the city or the national police as shall be designated as sanitary police by the chief of police or proper national police officer and such sanitary inspectors as may be authorized by law. (f) He shall keep a civil register for the city and shall record therein all births, marriages, and deaths with their respective dates. (g) He shall have the supervision over the puericulture centers and special services of the city. (h) He shall perform such other duties, not repugnant to law or ordinance, with reference to the health and sanitation of the city as the Director of Health Serviced shall direct.