Section 1. The
second paragraph of section seven of Republic Act Numbered One hundred
seventy is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 7. The Mayor — His appointment and
compensation. — . . .
"He shall receive a salary of not exceeding four thousand eight hundred
pesos a year. With the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the
Mayor may be provided, in addition to his salary, a non-commutable
allowance of not exceeding two thousand pesos per annum."
Sec. 2. The first paragraph of section eleven of
the same Act is amended to read as follows:
"Section 11. Constitution and organization of the
Municipal Board — Compensation of Members thereof . — The Municipal
Board shall be the legislative body of the city and shall be composed
of the Mayor, who shall be its presiding officer, the City Treasurer,
the City Engineer, the City Attorney, the City Health Officer, and four
councilors who shall be elected at large by popular vote during every
election for provincial and municipal officials in conformity with the
provisions of the Election Code. In case of sickness, absence,
suspension or other temporary disability of any member of the Board, or
if necessary to maintain a quorum, the President of the Philippines may
appoint a temporary substitute who shall possess all the rights and
perform all the duties of a member of the Board until the return to
duty of the regular incumbent.
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Sec. 3. Section twelve of the same Act is amended
to read as follows:
"Section 12. Qualifications, election, suspension and
removal of Members of Board. — The elective members of the Municipal
Board shall be qualified electors of the city, residents therein for at
least one year, and not less than twenty-three years of age. Upon
qualifying, the members-elect shall assume office on the date fixed in
the Election Code until their successors are elected and have
qualified.
"If for any reason the election fails to take place on the date fixed
by law, or such election results in a failure to elect one or more of
the elective members, the President shall issue as soon as practicable
a proclamation calling a special election to fill said office. Whenever
the member- elect dies before assumption of office, or having been
elected, his election is not confirmed by the President for disloyalty,
or such member-elect fails to qualify for any reason, the President may
in his discretion either call a special election or fill the office by
appointment. Vacancies in the office of elective members occurring
after assumption of office shall be filled by appointment by the
President of a suitable person belonging to the political party of the
officer whom he is to replace.
"The elective members of the Municipal Board may be suspended or
removed from office under the same circumstances, in the same manner,
and with the same effect, as elective provincial officers, and the
provisions of law providing for the suspension or removal of elective
provincial officers are hereby made effective for the suspension or
removal of said members of the Board."
Sec. 4. The first paragraph of section eighty-five
of the same Act is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 85. The Bureau of Education. — The Director
of Bureau of Education shall exercise the same jurisdiction and powers
in the city as elsewhere in the Philippines. The division
superintendent of schools for the Province of Pangasinan shall be the
ex officio superintendent of schools for the City of Dagupan, and as
such shall receive an additional compensation of one thousand pesos,
payable from the funds of the said city."
Sec. 5. There is inserted after section
eighty-nine of the same Act a new section, to be known as section
eighty-nine A, which shall read as follows:
"Sec. 89-A. Election of provincial officials of
the Province of Pangasinan. — The voters of the City of Dagupan shall
be qualified to vote for the offices of provincial governor and members
of the provincial board of the Province of Pangasinan."
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval, but the members of the Municipal Board of the City of Dagupan
who were elected in the last general elections for provincial and
municipal officials shall continue in office until the expiration of
their term.
Approved: June 10, 1950
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