Section 5
SEC. 5. Section twenty-five of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 25. The city fiscal—His powers, duties and compensation.&mdashThere shall be a city fiscal, who shall be the chief prosecuting officer of the city. There shall be eight assistant city fiscals, who shall be known as the first, second, third, fourth and fifth assistant city fiscals, respectively, and three assistant city fiscals with equal rank. The city fiscal and his assistants shall each receive the salary provided for in existing laws to be payable from national funds: Provided, however, That their salaries shall be paid from city funds until such time as the appropriation of the same has been included in the annual Appropriations Act. The city fiscal shall, subject to the general supervision of the Secretary of Justice, have the following general powers and duties: "(a) He shall investigate all charges of crimes, misdemeanors, and violations of laws and city ordinances and prepare the necessary information or make the necessary complaints against the persons accused. He may conduct such investigation by taking oral evidence of reputed witnesses and for this purpose may, by subpoena or subpoena duces tecum summon witnesses to appear and testify under oath before him, or produce documents and other evidence before him, and the attendance of, or the production of documents and other evidence by an absent or recalcitrant witness may be enforced by application for "warrant of arrest to the city court or the Court of First Instance. "(b) He shall have charge of the prosecution of all crimes, misdemeanors and violations of laws and city ordinances triable in the Court of First Instance of Zambales and the city court, and shall discharge all the duties in respect to criminal prosecution enjoined by law upon provincial fiscals. "(c) He shall cause to be investigated the causes of sudden deaths which have not been satisfactorily explained and when there is suspicion that the cause arose from unlawful acts or omissions of other persons or from foul play. For that purposes he may cause autopsies to be made in case it is deemed necessary and shall be entitled to demand and receive for the purpose of such investigation or autopsies the aid of the city health officer. "(d) He shall at all times render such professional services as the Mayor or City Council may require, and shall have such powers and perform such duties as maybe prescribed by law or ordinances."