Section 76
SEC. 76. Transmittal to the Mayor.-The special assessment ordinance, together with all papers pertaining to the same, shall be sent to the Mayor within five days after its passage. The Mayor may then consider the protest of the persons claiming to be affected if signed by a majority of said persons representing more than one-half of the total assessed value of the property which according to the proposed ordinance would be subject to the special assessment, and within fifteen days after the Mayor receives such protest, if any, he may propose to the City Council such amendment or amendments to the same as he may see fit. If a protest has been filed with the Mayor in accordance with this section, within ten days after transmittal to him by the City Council, the special assessment ordinance shall not take effect until the Mayor shall have returned such ordinance together, with amendments, if any, and the City Council shall have repassed the same, otherwise such ordinance shall take effect like any other ordinary ordinance. Either the parties affected or the City Engineer through the Director of Public Works may appeal to the President of the Philippines, whose decision shall be final.