Appeals.
Section 68
SEC. 68. Appeals.—Anytime before the ordinance providing for the levying and collection of special assessment becomes effective in accordance with the preceding section, appeals from such special assessment may be filed with the President of the Philippines in the case public works undertaken or contemplated to be undertaken by the National Government, and with the Secretary of Finance in the case of public works undertaken or contemplated to be undertaken by the city. In all cases the appeals shall be in writing and signed by at least a majority of the owners of the lands situated in the special assessment zone whose holdings represent more than one-half of the total assessed value of the lands affected. The appellant or appellants shall immediately give the City Council a written notice of the appeal and the secretary of said Council shall, within ten days after the receipt of the notice of appeal, forward to the officer who has jurisdiction to decide the appeal, an excerpt from the minutes of the Council relative to the proposed special assessment and all the documents in connection therewith.