The City Engineer —His powers,duties and compensation.
Section 24
SEC.24. The City Engineer —His powers,duties and compensation.—There shall be a city engineer who shall have charge of the department of engineering and public works.He shall receive a salary of twelve thousand pesos per annum, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary.He shall have the following powers and ties: (a)To have charge of all the surveying and engineering works of the city; care, cleaning and sprinkling of streets,canals and esteros,parks andpublic grounds, bridges, playgrounds and recreation centers, and shall perform such services in connection with public improvements, or any work entered upon or projected by the city, or any department thereof, as may require the skill and experience of a civil engineer; (b) To ascertain, record, and establish monuments of the city survey and from thence extend the survey of the city, and locate, establish and survey all city properties; L private properties abutting on the same whenever died by the mayor; (c) To prepare and submit plans, maps, specifications and estimates for buildings,streets, bridges,docks and other public works, and supervise the construction and repair of the same; (d) To make such tests and inspection of engineering materials used in construction and repair as may be necessary to protect the city from the use of materials of a poor or dangerous quality; (e) To have the care of all public buildings when erected, including markets and slaughterhouses, and buildings rented for city purposes, and of any system now or hereafter established by the city for lighting the streets, public, places or public buildings; (f) To take care of all public streets, parks and bridges, and shall maintain and regulate the use of the same for all purposes as provided for by ordinance; shall collect and dispose of all garbage, refuse, the contents of closets, vaults and cesspools, and all other offensive and dangerous substances within the city and, in the event the disposal and collection of such garbage, refuse and other offensive substances has been awarded to a private contractor, the disposal and collection thereof shall be under the supervision of the city engineer; (g) To have the care and custody of all public docks, wharves, piers, levees and landing places owned by the city; (h) To prevent the encroachment of private buildings and fences on the streets and public places in the city; (i) To have general supervision and inspection of all private docks, wharves, piers, levees and landing places; and other properties bordering on the harbor, river, esteros and waterways of the city; and to issue permits the construction, repair and removal of the same; and enforce all ordinances relating to the same; (j) To have the care and custody of the public of waterworks and sewers, and all sources of water supply; and shall control, maintain and regulate the use of the same in accordance with the ordinance relating thereto; shall inspect and regulate the use of all private systems for supplying water to the city and its inhabitant and all private sewers and their connections with the public sewers systems; (k) To supervise the laying of mains and connections for the purpose of supplying gas to the inhabitants of the city; (1) To inspect and report upon the conditions of public property and public works whenever required by the mayor; (m) To supervise and regulate the location and use of engines, boilers, forges and other manufacturing and heating appliances in accordance with law and ordinances relating thereto. He is authorized to charge fees at rates to be fixed by the city council for the sanitation and transportation services and supplies furnished by his department; (n) To inspect and supervise the construction, repair, removal and safety of private buildings, and regulate and enforce the numbering of houses in accordance with the ordinances of the city; (o) With the previous approval of the mayor in each case, to order the removal of buildings and structures erected in violation of the ordinances; to order the removal materials employed in the construction or repair of any building or structure made in violation of said ordinance and to cause buildings and structures dangerous to public to be made secure or torn down; and (p) To file and preserve all maps, plans, notes, surveys and other papers and documents pertaining to his office.