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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3652 - AN ACT
AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE CHARTER OF DANAO CITY |
Section 1. Section s two and seventeen of Republic Act
Numbered Thirty hundred and twenty-eight, otherwise known as the
Charter of Danao City, are hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec.
2. Territory of Danao City. — The Danao City
which is hereby created shall comprise the present territorial
jurisdiction of the Poblacion and the following barrios of Baliang,
Binalew, Cabungahan, Cahumayhumayan, Cambanay, Dumaga, Cogon-Cruz,
Dunggoan, Guinacot, Guinsay, Ibo, Lamac, Lawa-an, Langosig, Licos,
Looc, Magtagobtob, Masaba, Maslog, Malapoc, Manlayag, Manteja, Nangka,
Ogis, Pili (proper, Anislagan, Catulero), Quisol, Sabang, Sacsac,
Sandayong Norte, Sandayong Sur, Santa Rosa, Santikan, Sibacan, Suba,
Tabok, Togonon, Taytay, Tuburan Sur, Danasan, Bayabas, Cambubho, and
all other barrios of the Municipality of Danao, Province of Cebu. The
boundary between the Municipality of Carmen, Province of Cebu and Danao
City are hereby established and prescribed as follows:
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS "Sec.
17. Barrio Councils. — In each barrio there
shall be organized a barrio council which shall be composed of a barrio
lieutenant who shall be its chairman, a sub-barrio lieutenant who shall
assist the barrio lieutenant in the discharge of his duties, a
councilman for livelihood, a councilman for education, and a councilman
for health who, in addition to their other duties, will look after the
enforcement of laws, ordinances and resolutions, pertaining to matters
comprised within their respective offices and the promotion of the
welfare of the barrio. They shall be elected at a meeting to be
attended by at least one-third of all the residents of the barrio who
are qualified voters. The election shall take place once in every four
years not earlier than the second Sunday of January and not later than
the last day of January. The councilor assigned to the barrio shall
convoke and preside over the meeting. He shall appoint a board of
inspectors and canvassers to conduct the election. The manner of
election shall be by secret ballot. Those who obtain the highest number
of votes for the position for which they are candidates shall be
declared elected and shall assume office immediately: Provided,
however, That no person shall be eligible as a candidate for the barrio
council unless he has been a resident of the barrio for at least six
months immediately prior to the election, at least twenty years of age
at the time of the election, able to read and write and possesses the
necessary training, experience, and fitness for the position. Any
person who is a resident of the barrio and is twenty-one years of age
or over and is able to read and write is eligible to vote in the
election, provided he had been a resident of the barrio for at least
three months prior to the election. "The
members of the barrio council shall hold office for four years or
until their successors are duly elected and qualified. But in no case
can he be re-elected for more than four consecutive terms, unless two
years have elapsed from the expiration of his last term, in which case
he shall again be eligible for election to any barrio office. The
Councilor may, for cause, recommend to the municipal board the
suspension or dismissal of any of the members of the barrio council.
They shall not receive any compensation or emolument of any kind. "The
barrio council shall have the power to promulgate rules not
inconsistent with law or ordinances of the municipal board and, subject
to the approval of the latter, shall be operative within the barrio.
The council shall be responsible for the planning, budgeting and
spending of funds belonging to the barrio treasury and shall have the
following powers and duties: (a) to represent the barrio in cases in
which such representation is not incompatible with the personality of
the municipal board; (b) to hold a regular session once a month; (c) to
make their own rules of procedure which shall be approved by the
councilor concerned; (d) to submit to the municipal board, through said
councilor, such suggestions or recommendations as they may see fit for
improvement in their place or for the welfare of the inhabitants
thereof; (e) to provide for the publication by town crier or such other
means as they see fit, of new laws and municipal ordinances; (f) to
organize at least three times a year civic lectures tending to
generalize information concerning the duties and rights of citizenship;
and (g) to cooperate with the government for the success of measures of
general interest in their respective barrios. The barrio councilmen may
hold their sessions in the public school building of the barrio during
hours when there are no classes, or any house or lot in the barrio, the
provisional or permanent use of which may be granted to them for said
purpose free of charge; and shall elect from among their number a
secretary who shall prepare short minutes of the proceeding of the
council and draft the recommendations or suggestions to be submitted by
the same to the municipal council, in either of the official languages
of the country or in the local dialect. The barrio council shall also
elect from their number a treasurer who shall collect all fees and
contributions due the barrio treasury for which he shall issue the
proper receipts. He shall be the custodian of the barrio funds and
shall deposit all collections with the City Treasurer within a period
of one week after receipt of such fees and contributions. He shall
disburse the same in accordance with resolutions of the municipal
board, upon vouchers signed by the payee and approved by the barrio
lieutenant with the approval of the municipal board and subject to
availability of funds in the barrio treasury. The barrio council may
provide for necessary traveling expenses for the barrio lieutenant or
any member of the council. "For
purposes of this Charter, the poblacion shall be considered a
barrio." Sec. 2. Paragraph (h) of section twenty-eight of the same Act is hereby repealed. Sec. 3. Section s twenty-four and twenty-nine of the
same Act are hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec.
29. The City Engineer — His power and duties. —
The District Engineer of the Second Engineering District of Cebu shall
be the City Engineer ex-officio and as such he shall have charge of the
Department of Engineering and Public Works: Provided, That the
incumbent officials and employees of the department shall continue in
office. The City Engineer shall have the following powers and duties: "(a)
He shall have charge of all the surveying and
engineering works of the city and the first representative district of
the Province of Cebu, care, cleaning and sprinkling of streets, canals
and esteros, parks and public grounds, bridges, recreation and
playgrounds and shall perform such services in connection with public
improvements, or any work entered upon or projected by the city and the
first representative district of the Province of Cebu, or any
department thereof, as may require the skill and experience of a civil
engineer. Sec. 4. The same Act is hereby amended by inserting between sections thirty and thirty-one the following new section: "Sec.
30. (a) Disbursing and collecting office. —
There is hereby created under the City Engineer a disbursing and
collecting office which shall be headed by a collecting and disbursing
officer. He shall have the custody of all national funds for the city
and the First Representative District of Cebu which is known as the
Second Engineering District of Cebu and shall disburse the same in
accordance with law. The collecting and disbursing officer shall be
appointed by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications and shall
receive a salary of three thousand six hundred pesos per annum payable
from national funds." Sec. 5. Section s thirty-eight of the same Act is amended to read as follows: "Sec.
38. Real Estate Exempt from Taxation. — The
following shall be exempted from taxation: Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval: Provided, That the members of the barrio councils elected in the election held following the approval of this Act shall hold office for four (4) years and until their successors shall have been elected and have qualified. Approved: June 22, 1963 |
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