Section 5
SEC. 5. Section twenty-three of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 23. Execution of authorized public works and improvement.-The city is hereby authorized to undertake ,and carry out any publics works projects or improvements, financed by the city or any other funds borrowed from or advanced by private parties under the supervision of the city engineer, without the intervention of the Department of Public Works and Communications. The approval of the plans and specifications thereof by the city mayor and the city engineer and/or architect with the favorable recommendation of the city council, shall constitute sufficient warrant for the undertaking and execution of said projects or improvements. The city may, however, if it so desires consult the Department of Public Works and Communications in connection with the preparation of the plans and specifications for the city public works projects either by administration or by contracts under the usual bidding procedure of the government."