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Section 1. This Act shall be known as "The Charter of the City of Cebu." ARTICLE I Section 2. Section 3. Section 4. Section 5. Section 6. ARTICLE II Section 7. Section 8. Section 9. Section 10. Secretary to Mayor. — The Mayor shall appoint one secretary who shall have charge and custody of all records and documents of the city and of any office or department thereof for which provision is not otherwise made; shall keep the corporate seal and affix the same with his signature to all ordinances and resolutions signed by the Mayor and to all other official documents and papers of the government of the city as may be required by custom, in the discretion of the Mayor; shall attest all executive orders, proclamations, ordinances and resolutions signed by the Mayor and shall perform such other duties as the Mayor may require of him; shall, on demand, furnish certified copies of all city records and documents in his charge which are not of a confidential character, and collect and receive such fees as may be prescribed by resolution of the Board. The position of secretary shall be regarded as within the unclassified civil service but may be filled in the manner in which classified positions are filled, and if so filled, the appointee shall be entitled to all the benefits and privileges of classified employees, except that he shall hold office only during the term of office of the appointing Mayor and until a successor in the office of secretary is appointed and qualified, unless sooner separated. Section 11. Execution of authorized public works and improvements. — Unless the Secretary of the Interior shall otherwise direct, all public works of construction, repair, and improvements of the city shall be carried on by administration, under the direction of the Mayor. For justified reasons, the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Municipal Board, may also have said work done totally or partially by contract, upon advertising for bids therefor. In this event, the Mayor shall advertise for sealed bids or proposals of the same in two newspapers published in Cebu, for a period of two weeks, the first insertion to be not less than ten days before the day fixed for opening such proposals. A plan or profile of the work to be done, accompanied by specifications for the performance of the same, shall, at all proper times, be opened for public inspection. All bids shall be opened in the presence of the Mayor at the advertised time and place. Each bid shall be accompanied by a deposit, the amount and character of which shall be fixed by the Mayor and named in the advertisement and which shall not exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost of the improvement or work to be done where the estimated cost exceeds two thousand pesos, nor be less than two hundred pesos in any case. Such deposit shall be forfeited to the city if the bidder shall neglect or refuse to enter into a contract, with approved sureties, to execute the work for the price mentioned in his bid and according to the plans and specifications, in case the contract shall be awarded to him. The Mayor may reject any or all bids received. Should all bids be rejected, or should it become necessary for any reason to call for new bids, subsequent advertisements shall be for a period of five days before the proposals are opened, and in the manner above prescribed. Bonds, to be approved by the Mayor, shall be taken for the faithful performance of all contracts. Contracts shall be executed in triplicate by the Mayor and by the contractor, and one original shall be filed in the office of the Mayor, one in the office of the Auditor General and the third shall be given to the contractor. Section 12. Constitution and organization of the Municipal Board. — The Municipal Board shall be the legislative body of the city and shall consist of the City Mayor and seven elective councilors. The City Mayor shall preside at all the meetings in which he is present. In his absence the City Engineer will act as temporary presiding officer of the Board. The President shall sign all ordinances, and all resolutions and motions directing the payment of money or creating liability, enacted or adopted by the Board. In case of sickness or absence of any member of the Council or if for any reason it becomes necessary to maintain a quorum, the President of the Philippines may make a temporary appointment until the return to duty of the sick or absent member. During the period of such temporary appointment the person receiving the same shall possess all rights and perform all the duties of a member of the Board. Section 13. Qualifications, election, suspension and removal of members
of Board. — The members of the Municipal Board shall be elected at
large from the entire city, and each of them at the time of his
election shall be a resident for at least one year, and a qualified
elector, and not less than twenty-three years of age. Such members 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 provisions of law providing for the suspension or removal
of elective provincial officers and for the confirmation of their
elections are made effective for the suspension or removal of said
members of the Board and for the confirmation of their elections. In so
far as they are applicable all the provisions of the Election Law are
made effective as to members of the Board and to their election to the
same extent as if the City of Cebu were a province and the election of
said members were the election for member of the provincial board,
except where there is a conflict between the provisions of the Election
Law and this charter, in which case the provisions of this charter
shall prevail. Section 14. Appointment and duties of Secretary of Board. — The Board shall have a secretary, who shall be elected by it to serve during the term of office of the then members. A vacancy in the office of secretary shall be filled temporarily or for the unexpired term in like manner. The secretary shall be in charge of the records of the Municipal Board. He shall keep a full record of the proceedings of the Board, and file all documents relating thereto; shall record, in a book kept for that purpose, all ordinances, and all resolutions and motions directing the payment of money or creating liability, enacted or adopted by the Board, with the dates of passage of the same, and of the publication of ordinances, shall keep a seal, circular in form, with the inscription "Municipal Board — City of Cebu," in the center of which shall be placed the arms of the city, and affix the same, with his signature, to all ordinances and other official acts of the Board, and shall present the name for signature to the president; shall cause each ordinance passed to be published as herein provided; shall, on demand, furnish certified copies of all records of public character in his charge under the seal of his office; and collect and receive therefor such fees as may be prescribed by resolution of the Board; and shall keep his office and all records therein which are not of a confidential character open to public inspection during usual business hours. His compensation as secretary shall be fixed by the Board at not exceeding one thousand two hundred pesos a year. Section 15. Appropriations by Board. — The Board shall make all appropriations for the expenses of the government of the city. Whenever the Board fails to pass an appropriation ordinance for any year before the end of the previous year, the appropriation ordinance for such previous year shall be deemed reenacted, and shall go into effect on the first day of January of the new year as the appropriation ordinance for that year, until a new appropriation ordinance is duly enacted. Section 16. Method of transacting business by Board — Veto — Authentication and publication of ordinances. — Unless the Secretary of Interior orders otherwise, the Board shall hold two ordinary sessions for the transaction of business during each week on days which it shall fix by resolution, and such extraordinary sessions, not exceeding thirty during any one year, as may be called by the Mayor. It shall sit with open doors unless otherwise ordered by an affirmative vote of five members. It shall keep a record of its proceedings and determine its rules of procedure not herein set forth. Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and four affirmative votes shall be necessary for the passage of any ordinance, resolution, or motion. The ayes and noes shall be taken and recorded upon the passage of all ordinances, upon all resolutions or motions directing the payment of money or creating liability, and at the request of any member, upon any other resolution or motion. Each proposed ordinance shall be published in two newspapers of general circulation in the city and shall not be discussed or enacted by the Board until after the third day following such publication. Each ordinance enacted by the board, and each resolution or motion directing the payment of money or creating liability, shall be forwarded to the Mayor for his approval. Within ten days after the receipt of the ordinance, resolution or motion, the Mayor shall return it with his approval or veto. If he does not return it within that time, it shall be deemed to be approved. If he returns it with his veto, his reasons therefor in writing shall accompany it. It may then be again enacted by the affirmative votes of seven members of the Board, and again forwarded to the Mayor for his approval, and if, within ten days after its receipt he does not again return it with his veto, it shall be deemed to be approved. If within said time he again returns it with his veto, it shall be forwarded forthwith to the President of the Philippines for his approval or disapproval, which shall be final. The Mayor shall have the power to veto any particular item or items of an appropriation ordinance, or of an ordinance, resolution or motion directing the payment of money or creating liability, but the veto shall not affect the item or items to which he does not object. The item or items objected to shall not take effect except in the manner heretofore provided in this section as to ordinances, resolutions and motions returned to the Board with his veto. Each approved ordinance shall be sealed with the city seal, signed by the President of the Board and the secretary, and recorded in a book kept for that purpose; shall be published in two newspapers of general circulation in the city within ten days after its approval; and shall take effect and be in force on and after the twentieth day following its publication, if no date is fixed in the ordinance. The ordinances approved by the Board shall be forwarded to the Provincial Board of the Province of Cebu for approval. In case of disapproval, the Municipal Board or the city Mayor may appeal to the Department of the Interior, the action of which shall be final. Section 17. Section 18. Section 19. Section 20. Section 21. Section 22. Section 23. Officers not to engage in certain transactions. — It shall
be unlawful for any city officer, directly or indirectly, individually
or as a member of a firm, to engage in any business transaction with
the city, or with any of its authorized officials, boards, agents, or
attorneys, whereby money is to be paid, directly or indirectly, out of
the resources of the city to such person or firm; or to purchase any
real estate or other property belonging to the city, or which shall be
sold for taxes or assessments, or by virtue of legal process at the
suit of the city; or to be surety for any person having a contract or
doing business with the city, for the performance of which security may
be required; or to be surety on the official bond of any officer of the
city. ARTICLE III Section 24. The Bureau of Audits. — The Auditor General or his delegate shall receive and audit all accounts of the city, in accordance with the provisions of law relating to Government accounts and accounting. Section 25. The Purchasing Agent. — The Purchasing Agent shall purchase and supply in accordance with law all supplies, equipment, material, and property of every kind, except real estate, for the use of the city and its departments and offices. But contracts for completed work of any kind for the use of the city, or any of its departments or offices, involving both labor and materials, where the materials are furnished by the contractor, not by the city, shall not be deemed to be within the provisions of this section. Section 26. The Bureau of Education. — The Director of Education shall
exercise the same jurisdiction and powers in the city as elsewhere in
the Islands, and the city superintendent of schools shall have all the
powers and duties in respect to the schools of the city as are vested
in division superintendents in respect to the schools of their
divisions. Section 27. Section 28. The Philippine Health Service. — The Director of Health shall have general supervision and control of health and sanitary matters and inspections in the city, and the Philippine Health Service shall serve as the local board of health. Section 29. The Bureau of Prisons. — The Directors of Prisons shall set
apart a suitable portion of the provincial jail for city prisoners, and
shall receive for confinement and detention all persons who have been
sentenced to imprisonment by the Municipal Court of the city. The
expense of maintaining such portion of the prison shall be paid out of
the city funds. ARTICLE IV Section 30. Powers and duties of city engineer. — There shall be a city
engineer, who shall be in charge of the department of engineering and
public works and shall receive a salary of three thousand six hundred
pesos per annum. He shall have charge of all the surveying and
engineering work of the city, 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. He shall ascertain, record,
and establish monuments of the city survey and from thence extend the
surveys of the city, and locate, establish, and survey all city
property, and all private property abutting on the same, whenever
directed by the Mayor; shall 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; shall 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; shall inspect
and report upon the condition of public property and public works
whenever required by the Mayor; shall have the care and custody of all
public buildings, when erected, including markets and slaughterhouses
and all building rented for city purposes, and of any system now or
hereafter established for lighting the streets, public places, and
public buildings of the city; shall prevent the encroachment of private
buildings and fences on the streets and public places of the city;
shall 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; shall have the
care of all public streets, parks, and bridges; shall maintain, clean,
sprinkle, and regulate the use of the same for all purposes as provided
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; shall have the care and custody
of all public docks, wharves, piers, levees, and landing places, when
erected; shall have general supervision and inspection of all private
docks, wharves, piers, levees, and landing places, and other property
bordering on the harbor, river, esteros, and waterways of the city, and
shall issue permits for the construction, repair, and removal of the
same, and enforce all ordinances relating to the same; shall have the
care and custody of the public system 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 ordinances relating thereto;
shall inspect and regulate, subject to the approval of the Mayor, the
use of all private systems for supplying water to the city and its
inhabitants, and all private, sewers and their connections with the
public sewer system. He shall file and preserve all maps, plans, notes,
surveys, and other papers and documents pertaining to his office. He
shall- supervise the laying of mains and connections for the purpose of
supplying gas to the inhabitants of the city. He shall have power,
subject to the approval of the Mayor, to cause buildings dangerous to
the public to be made secure or torn down, and shall supervise and
regulate the location and use of engines, boilers, forges, and other
manufacturing and heating appliances in accordance with law and
ordinance relating thereto. He is authorized to charge, at rates to be
fixed by the Board with the approval of the Department Head, for
sanitation and transportation services and supplies furnished by his
department. Section 31. Assistants and employees in city engineer's office. —To
assist the city engineer in the discharge of his official duties, there
shall be an assistant engineer, superintendents, and other employees as
are from time to time provided for in appropriation ordinances. The
assistant engineer shall receive a salary of two thousand four hundred
pesos per annum. ARTICLE V Section 32. Powers and duties of chief of police. — There shall be a chief of police who shall have charge of the police department and everything pertaining thereto, including the organization, government, discipline, and disposition of the city police and detective force; shall investigate under the direction of the Mayor, any complaints filed against members of the police and report the result of his investigation to the Mayor, making whatever recommendations he may deem pertinent, for such action as said officer may consider necessary; shall quell riots, disorders, disturbances of the peace, and shall arrest and prosecute violators of any law or ordinance; shall exercise police supervision over all land and water within the police jurisdiction of the city; shall be charged with the protection of the rights of persons and property wherever found within the jurisdiction of the city, and shall arrest without warrant, when necessary to prevent the escape of the offender, violators of any law or ordinance, and all who obstruct or interfere with him in the discharge of his duty; shall be responsible for the safekeeping of all prisoners until they shall be released from custody, in accordance with law, or deliver to the warden of the proper prison; may take good and sufficient bail for the appearance before the city court of any person arrested for violation of any ordinance: Provided, however, That he shall not exercise this power in cases of violations of any penal law, except when the fiscal of the city shall so recommend and fix the bail to be required of the person arrested; shall have authority, within the police jurisdiction of the city, to serve and execute criminal processes of any court; shall, either in person or by deputy, attend all sessions of the city courts, and shall promptly and faithfully execute all orders of the Mayor, and all writs and processes of the city courts and all criminal processes of the Court of First Instance of Cebu, when placed in his hands for that purpose. He shall have such further powers and perform such further duties as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. The chief of police shall receive a salary of two thousand four hundred pesos per annum. Section 33. Assistant chief of police. — There shall be an assistant chief of police whose duties shall be to act as chief of police in the absence or inability to act of the chief of police, and under the direction of such chief to look after the discipline of the police force and to perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the chief or prescribed by law or ordinance. He shall receive a salary of one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum. Section 34. Chief of secret service. — There shall be a chief of the secret service who shall, under the chief of police, have charge of the detective work of the department and of the detective force of the city, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the chief of police or prescribed by law or ordinance. He shall receive a salary of one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum. Section 35. Police and other peace officers — Their powers and duties. — The Mayor, the chief and assistant chief of police, the chief of the secret service, and all officers and members of the city police and detective force shall be peace officers. Such peace officers are authorized to serve and execute all processes of the Municipal Court and criminal processes of all other courts to whomsoever directed, within the jurisdictional limits of the city or within the police limits as hereinbefore defined; within the same territory, to pursue and arrest, without warrant, any person found in suspicious places or under suspicious circumstances reasonably tending to show that such person has committed, or is about to commit, any crime or breach of the peace; to arrest or cause to be arrested, without warrant, any offender when the offense is committed in the presence of a peace officer or within his view; in such pursuit or arrest to enter any building, ship, boat, or vessel, or take into custody any person therein suspected of being concerned in such crime or breach of the peace, and any property suspected of having been stolen; and to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. They shall detain an arrested person only until he can be brought before the proper magistrate. Whenever the Mayor shall deem it necessary, to avert danger or to protect life and property, in case of riot, disturbance, or public calamity or when he has reason to fear any serious violation of law and order, he shall have power to swear in special police, in such numbers as the occasion may demand. Such special police shall have the same powers while on duty as members of the regular force. Section 36. Uniforms. — Each officer and member of the police force
shall be required to pay for his own uniform. ARTICLE VI Section 37. The fiscal of the city His assistant — His duties. — The law
department shall consist of the fiscal of the city and one assistant,
who shall discharge their duties under the general, supervision of the
Secretary of Justice. The fiscal of the city shall be the chief legal
adviser of the city and all offices and departments thereof; shall
represent the city in all civil cases wherein the city or any officer
thereof in his official capacity is a party; shall attend, when
required, meetings of the Board, draw ordinances, contracts, bonds,
leases and other documents involving any interest of the city and
inspect and pass upon all such documents already drawn; shall give his
opinion in writing when requested by the Mayor or Board upon any
question relating to the city, or the rights or duties of any city
officer; shall whenever it is brought to his knowledge that any city
officer or employee is guilty of neglect or misconduct in office, or
that any person, firm, or corporation holding or exercising any
franchise or public privilege from the city has failed to comply with
any condition or to pay any consideration mentioned in the grant of
such franchise or privilege, investigate the same and report to the
Mayor; shall, when directed by the Mayor institute and prosecute in the
city's interest a suit on any bond, lease, or other contract, and upon
any breach or violation thereof; and shall prosecute and defend all
civil actions related to or connected with any city office or interest.
He shall also have charge of the prosecution of all crimes,
misdemeanors, and violation of city ordinances, in the Court of First
Instance of Cebu and the Municipal Court of the city, and shall
discharge all the duties in respect to criminal prosecutions enjoined
by law upon provincial fiscals. Section 38. Regular and acting judges of Municipal Court. — There shall
be a Municipal Court for the City of Cebu, for which a judge shall be
appointed, to be known as judge of the Municipal Court. Section 39. Duties of clerk of Municipal Court. — The clerk of the Municipal Court shall keep its seal and affix it to all orders, judgments, certificates, records, and other documents issued by the court. He shall keep a docket of the trials in the court, in which he shall record in a summary manner the name of the defendant, the charge against him, the name of the prosecuting witness, the date of the arrest, the appearance of the defendant, the date of the trial, and the nature of the judgment, together with the fines and costs adjudged or collected in accordance with the judgment. He shall have the power to administer oaths. Section 40. Jurisdiction of Municipal Court. — The Municipal Court shall have territorial jurisdiction embracing the entire police jurisdiction of the city, and shall hold a daily session, Sundays and legal holidays alone excepted. Said court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over all criminal cases arising under the ordinances of the city, and over all criminal cases arising under the penal laws of the Philippines, where the offense is committed within the police jurisdiction of the city and the maximum punishment is by imprisonment for not more than six months, or a fine of not more than two hundred pesos, or both. It shall also have concurrent jurisdiction with the Court of First Instance over all criminal cases arising under the laws relating to gambling and management of lotteries, to assaults where the intent to kill is not charged or evident upon the trial, to larceny, embezzlement and estafa where the amount of money or property stolen, embezzled or otherwise involved does not exceed the sum or value of two hundred pesos, to the sale of intoxicating liquors, to falsely impersonating an officer, to malicious mischief, to trespass on Government or private property, and to threatening to take human life. It may also conduct preliminary investigation for any offense, without regard to the limits of punishment, and may release, or commit and bind over any person charged with such offense to secure his appearance before the proper court. Section 41. Incidental powers of Municipal Court. — The Municipal Court shall have power to administer oaths and to give certificates thereof; to issue summonses, writs, warrants, executions, and all other processes necessary to enforce its orders and judgments; to compel the attendance of witnesses; to punish contempts of court by fine or imprisonment, or both, within the limitations imposed by the Code of Civil Procedure; and to require of any person arrested a bond for good behavior or to keep the peace, or for the further appearance of such person before a court of competent jurisdiction. But no such bond shall be accepted unless it be executed by the person in whose behalf it is made, with sufficient surety or sureties, to be approved by said court. Section 42. Procedure in Municipal Court in prosecutions for violation of laws and ordinances. — In a prosecution for the violation of any ordinance, the first process shall be a summons; except that a warrant for the arrest of the offender may be issued in the first instance upon the affidavit of any person that such ordinance has been violated, and that the person making the complaint has reasonable grounds to believe that the party charged is guilty thereof, which warrant shall conclude: "Against the ordinances of the city in such case made and provided." All proceedings and prosecutions for offenses against the laws of the Philippines shall conform to the rules relating to process, pleading, practice, and procedure for the judiciary of the Philippines, and such rules shall govern the Municipal Court and its officers in all cases in so far as the same may be applicable. Section 43. Costs, fees, fines and forfeitures in Municipal Court. — There shall be taxed against and collected from the defendant, in case of his conviction in the Municipal Court, such costs and fees as may be prescribed by the Board not exceeding those charged in criminal cases in the justices' courts. All costs, fees, fines, and forfeitures shall be collected by the clerk of court, who shall keep a docket of those imposed and of those collected, and shall pay collections of the same to the city treasurer for the benefit of the city, on the next business day after the same are collected, and take receipts therefor. The judge shall examine said docket each day, compare the same with the amount received for by the city treasurer, and satisfy himself that all such costs, fees, fines, and forfeitures have been duly accounted for. Section 44. No person sentenced by Municipal Court to be confined without commitment. — No person shall be confined in the city prison by sentence of the Municipal Court until the warden or officer in charge of the prison shall receive a written commitment showing the offense for which the prisoner was tried, the date of the trial, the exact terms of the judgment or sentence, and the date of the order of the commitment. The clerk shall, under seal of the court, issue such a commitment in each case of sentence to imprisonment. Section 45. Procedure on appeal from Municipal Court to Court of First Instance. — An Appeal shall lie to the Court of First Instance in all cases where fine or imprisonment, or both, is imposed by the Municipal Court. The party desiring to appeal shall, before six o'clock postmeridian of the day after the rendition and entry of the judgment by the Municipal Court, file with the clerk of the court a written statement that he appeals to the Court of First Instance. The filing of such statement shall perfect the appeal. The judge of the court from whose decision appeal is taken shall, within five days after the appeal is taken, transmit to the clerk of the Court of First Instance a certified copy of the record of proceedings and all the original papers and process in the case, and the clerk of the Court of First Instance shall docket the appeal in that court. A perfected appeal shall operate to vacate the judgment of the Municipal Court, and the action, when duly entered in the Court of First Instance, shall stand for trial de novo upon its merits in accordance with the regular procedure in that court, as though the same had never been tried and had been originally there commenced. Pending an appeal, the defendant shall remain in custody unless released in the discretion of the judge of the Municipal Court or of the judge of the Court of First Instance, upon sufficient bail, in accordance with the rules and regulations now or hereinafter enforced, to await the judgment of the appellate court. Section 46. Persons arrested to be promptly brought before a court — Preliminary investigations in Municipal Court and Court of First Instance. — Every person arrested shall, without unnecessary delay, be brought before the Municipal Court, or the Court of First Instance for preliminary hearing, release on bail, trial. In cases triable in the Municipal Court the defendant shall not be entitled as of right to a preliminary examination, except a summary one to enable the court to fix the bail, in any case where the prosecution announces itself ready and is ready for trial within three days, not including Sundays, after the request for an examination is presented. In cases triable only in the Court of First Instance the defendant shall not be entitled as of right to a preliminary investigation in any case where the fiscal of the city, after a due investigation of the facts, shall have presented an information against him in proper form. But the Court of First Instance may make such summary investigation into the case as it may deem necessary to enable it to fix the bail or to determine whether the offense is bailable. Section 47. Assessors in the courts in the city. — The aid of assessors
in the trial of any civil or criminal action in the Municipal Court, or
the Court of First Instance, within the city, may be invoked in the
manner provided in the Code of Civil Procedure. It shall be the duty of
the Municipal Board to prepare one list of the names of twenty-five
residents of the city best fitted by education, natural ability, and
reputation for probity to sit as assessors in the trial of action in
the Municipal Court and a like list of persons to sit as assessors in
the trial of action in the Court of First Instance. The Board may at
any time strike any name from the list so prepared by reason of the
death, permanent disability, or unfitness of the person named; and in
case names are so stricken out, other names shall be added in their
place, to be selected as in this section provided. Parties desiring to
avail themselves of the use of assessors in the Municipal Court shall
proceed as provided in sections fifty-eight to sixty-two, inclusive, of
the Code of Civil Procedure, and the method of summoning assessors and
the compensation and oath and duties of assessors shall be as provided
in those sections. Parties desiring to avail themselves of the use of
assessors in the Court of First Instance shall proceed as provided in
sections one hundred and fifty-four to one hundred and sixty-one,
inclusive, of the Code of Civil Procedure; and the method of summoning
assessors, enforcing their attendance, excusing them from attendance,
their compensation, oath, and effect of dissent from the opinion of the
judge shall be as provided in the last-named sections. ARTICLE VII Section 48. Powers and duties of chief of fire department. — There shall
be a chief of the fire department, who shall have the management and
control of all matters relating to the administration of said
department, and the organization, government, discipline, and
disposition of the fire force; shall have charge of fire engine houses,
fire engines, hose carts, hooks and ladders, trucks, and all other fire
apparatus; shall have full police powers in the vicinity of fires;
shall have authority to remove any building or other property whenever
it shall become necessary to prevent the spreading of fire or to
protect adjacent property; shall investigate and report to the Mayor
upon the origin and cause of all fires occurring within the city; shall
inspect all buildings erected or under construction or repair within
the city and determine whether they provide sufficient protection
against fire and comply with the ordinances relating thereto; shall
have charge of the city telegraph, telephone, and fire alarm service;
shall supervise and regulate the stringing, grounding, and installation
of wires for all electrical connections with a view to avoiding
conflagrations, interference with public traffic or safety, or the
necessary operations of the fire department; shall supervise and
regulate the manufacture, storage, and use of petroleum., gas,
acetylene, gunpowder, and other highly combustible matter and
explosives; and shall see that all ordinances relating to those
subjects or any of them, are enforced. The chief of the fire department
shall receive a salary of three thousand pesos per annum. ARTICLE VIII Section 49. Powers and duties of the city treasurer — (a) There shall be
a city treasurer, who shall have charge of the department of finance
and shall act as chief fiscal officer and financial adviser of the city
and custodian of its funds. Also he shall act as city assessor in
charge of the department of assessment when so designated by the
Department Head. ARTICLE IX Section 50. Powers and duties of the city assessor. — There shall be a city assessor, who shall have charge of the department of assessment. The city assessor and his authorized deputies, who are empowered to administer any oath authorized to be administered in connection with the valuation of real estate for the assessment or collection of taxes, shall appraise and value all the real estate in the city, and assess for taxation all such real estate not expressly exempt, except machines, mechanical contrivances, instruments, tools, implements, appliances, apparatus, and paraphernalia used for industrial, agricultural, or manufacturing purposes, which shall be excluded from such valuation and assessment whether or not attached to lands or buildings. He shall prepare and file with the city treasurer a list of the real estate so valued which is exempt from taxation and a separate list of the taxable real estate. Section 51. Real estate exempt from taxation. — The following shall be
exempt from taxation: Section 52. List of taxable real estate, how made — Examination of witnesses and register of deeds records. — The city assessor shall make the list of the taxable real estate in the city by districts, and the names of the owners in each district shall be arranged in the order of the lot and block numbers with a brief description opposite each such name of the property owned by such owners and the cash value thereof. In making this list, the city assessor shall take into consideration any sworn statement made by the owners of the property, shall not be prevented thereby from considering other evidence on the subject and exercising his own judgment in respect thereto. For the purpose of completing this list, he and his authorized representatives are empowered to enter upon the real estate for the purpose of examining and measuring the same, and to summon witnesses, administer oaths to them, and subject them to examination concerning the ownership and the amount of real estate in each district and its cash value. It shall be the duty of the city assessor so far as is necessary, to examine the records of the office of the register of deeds showing the ownership of real estate in the city. Section 53. Declaration to be made by persons acquiring or improving real estate. — It shall be the duty of each person who at any time acquires real estate in the city, and of each person who constructs or adds to any improvement on real estate owned by him within the city, to prepare and present to the city assessor within a period of sixty days next succeeding the completion of such acquisition, construction or addition, a sworn declaration setting forth the value of the real estate acquired or the improvement construed or addition made by him and containing a description of such property sufficient to enable the city assessor readily to identify the same. Any person who fails to make and present such declaration of real estate newly acquired by him within the said period of sixty days shall be deemed to have waived his right to notice of the assessment of such property and the assessment of the same in the name of its former owner shall, in all such cases, be valid and binding on all persons interested, and for all purposes, as though the same had been assessed in the name of its actual owner. Section 54. Action when owner makes no return, or is unknown or in doubt, or when land and improvements are separately owned. — If the owner of any parcel of real estate shall fail to make a return thereof, or if the city assessor is unable to discover the owner of any real estate, he shall nevertheless list the same for taxation, and charge the tax against the true owner, if known, and if unknown then as against an unknown owner. In case of doubt or dispute as to ownership of real estate, the taxes shall be levied against the possessor or possessors thereof. When it shall appear that there are separate owners of the land and improvements thereon, a separate assessment of the property of each shall be made. Section 55. Action in case real estate has escaped taxation. — If it shall come to the knowledge of the city assessor that any taxable real estate in the city has escaped listing, it shall be his duty to assess and value the same at the time and in the manner provided in the next succeeding section and to charge against the owner thereof the taxes due for the current year and for all other years since the original assessment under the city charter was made, and the taxes thus assessed shall be legal, and collectible by all the remedies herein provided, and if the failure of the city assessor to assess such taxes at the time when they should have been assessed was due to any fault or negligence on the part of the owner of such property, then penalties shall be added to such back taxes as though they had been assessed at the time when they should have been assessed. Section 56. When assessment may be increased or reduced. — The city assessor shall, during the first fifteen days of December of each year, add to his list of taxable real estate in the city the value of the improvements placed upon such property during the preceding year, and any property which is taxable and which has theretofore escaped taxation. He may during the same period revise and correct the assessed value of any or all parcels of real estate in the city which are not assessed at their true money value, by reducing or increasing the existing assessments as the case may be. He shall give notice by publication for ten days prior to December first in two newspapers of general circulation published in the city, that he will be present in his office for that purpose on said days, and he shall further notify in writing each person the amount of whose tax will be changed by such action or such proposed change, by delivering or mailing such notification to such person or his authorized agent at the last known address of such owner or agent in the Philippines sometime in the month of November. Section 57. City assessor to authenticate lists of real estate assessed.
— The city assessor shall authenticate each list of real estate valued
and assessed by him as soon as the same is completed, by signing the
following certificate at the foot thereof: "I hereby certify that the
foregoing list contains a true statement of the piece or pieces of
taxable real estate belonging to each person named in the list, and its
true cash value, and that no real estate taxable by law in the City of
Cebu as been omitted from the list, according to the best of my
knowledge and belief. Section 58. Time and manner of appealing to board of tax appeals. — In case the Municipal Board, or any owner of real estate or his authorized agent, shall feel aggrieved by any decision of the city assessor under the preceding sections of this article, such Board, owner or agent may, within ten days after the entry of such decision, appeal to the board of tax appeals. The appeal shall be perfected by filing a written notice of the same with the city assessor and it shall be the duty of that officer forthwith to transmit the appeal to the board of tax appeals with all written evidence in his possession conflicting to such assessment and valuation. Section 59. Constitution and compensation of board of tax appeals. — The
board of tax appeals shall be composed of five members who shall be
appointed by the President of the Philippines with the approval of the
Commission on Appointments on the first day of January of each odd
numbered year, three of whom shall be owners of real estate in the
city, of which number, two shall be selected from a list of ten persons
to be submitted to the President of the Philippines by the "Asociacion
de Proprietarios de Cebu," which list shall be submitted to him by the
said association not later than the fifteenth day of December of each
even numbered year. Should the said list not be submitted by the
aforesaid association within the time fixed herein, the President of
the Philippines shall select such two members in his own discretion. Section 60. Oath to be taken by members of board of tax appeals. —
Before organizing as such, the members of the board of tax appeals
shall take the following oath before a justice of the peace or some
other officer authorized to administer an oath in the city: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that I will well and truly hear and determine all matters and issues
between taxpayers and the city assessor submitted for my decision. So
help me God. (In case of affirmation the last four words to be stricken
out.) The oath of each member shall be recorded by the secretary of the board in the minutes of its proceedings. Section 61. Section 62. Annual tax and penalties — Extension, remission of the
payment of the tax. — An annual tax of seven-eighths of one per centum
on the assessed value of all real estate in the city subject to
taxation as hereinbefore provided is hereby levied. All taxes shall be
due and payable on or before the thirtieth day of June of each year,
and if any taxpayer shall fail to pay the taxes assessed against him on
or before the thirtieth day of June of the year for which such taxes
are due, he shall be delinquent in such payment and shall be subject,
as a penalty for such delinquency, to an additional tax of twenty per
centum of the amount of the original tax if both the original and the
additional tax be paid during the first six months of such delinquency,
and if not so paid, to an additional tax of twenty-five per centum of
the amount of the original tax; the additional tax to be collected at
the same time and in the same manner as the original tax. Section 63. Proceedings for seizure and sale of delinquent's personal property to satisfy tax, penalty, and costs. — Fifteen days after the tax shall become delinquent the city assessor shall prepare and sign a certified copy of the records of his office showing the persons delinquent in payment of their taxes and the amounts of tax and penalty respectively due from them. He may thereupon proceed to seize the personal property of each delinquent not exempt under the provisions of the next succeeding section, and, unless redeemed as hereinafter provided, to sell at public auction, either at the main entrance of the municipal building or at the place where such property is seized, as he shall determine, so much of the same as shall satisfy the tax, penalty, and costs of seizure and sale, to the highest bidder for cash, after due advertisement by notice posted for ten days at the main entrance of the municipal building and at a public and conspicuous place in the district where the property was seized, stating the time, place, and cause of sale. The certified copy of the city assessor's record of delinquents shall be his warrant for his proceedings, and the purchaser at such sale shall acquire an indefeasible title to the property sold. Within two days after the sale the city assessor shall make return of his proceedings and spread it upon his records. Any surplus resulting from the sale, over and above the tax, penalty, and costs, shall be returned to the taxpayer on account of whose delinquency the sale has been made. Section 64. Personal property exempt from seizure and sale for
delinquency. — The following personal property shall be exempt from
seizure and sale for delinquency in the payment of the real estate tax: Section 65. Owner may redeem personal property before sale. — The owner of the personal property seized may redeem the same from the collecting officer at any time after seizure and before sale by tendering to him the amount of the tax, the penalty, and the costs incurred up to the time of tender. The costs to be charged in making such seizure and sale shall only embrace the actual expense of seizure and preservation of the property pending the sale, and no charge shall be imposed for the services of the collecting officer or his deputy. Section 66. Taxes and penalties constitute a lien on real estate. — Taxes and penalties assessed against real property shall constitute a lien thereon, which shall be superior to all other liens, mortgages, or encumbrances of any kind whatsoever; shall be enforceable against the property whether in the possession of the delinquent or any subsequent owner, and can only be removed by the payment of the tax and penalty. A lien upon real estate for taxes levied for each year shall attach on the first day of January of such year. Section 67. Procedure for sale of real estate for taxes, etc. — In
addition to the procedure prescribed in section sixty-three of this
charter, the city assessor may, upon the warrant of the certified
record required in said section, not less than twenty days after
delinquency, advertise the real estate of the delinquent for state, or
so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy all public taxes upon
said property as above, with penalties and costs of sale, for a period
of thirty days. Section 68. Redemption of real estate sold for taxes. — Within one year from the date of sale the delinquent taxpayer, or anyone for him, shall have the right of paying to the city assessor the amount of the public taxes, penalties, and costs, together with interest on the purchase price at the rate of fifteen per centum per annum from the date of purchase to the date of redemption; and such payment shall entitle the person paying to the delivery of the certificate issued to the purchaser and a certificate from the city assessor that he has thus redeemed the real estate, and the city assessor shall forthwith pay over to the purchaser the amount by which such real estate has thus been redeemed, and the same shall thereafter be free from the lien of such taxes and penalties. Section 69. Deed to purchaser of real estate on failure to redeem. — In case the taxpayer shall not redeem the real property sold as above provided within one year from the date of sale, the city assessor shall, as grantor, execute a deed in form and effect sufficient to convey to the purchaser so much of the real estate against which the taxes have been assessed as has been sold, free from all liens of any kind whatsoever, and the deed shall succinctly recite all the proceedings upon which the validity of the sale depends. Section 70. Section 71. Deed to city if forfeited real estate not redeemed. — Within one year from the date of such forfeiture thus declared, the taxpayer, or anyone for him, may redeem said real property as above provided in cases where the same is sold. But, if the real property is not thus redeemed within the year, the forfeiture shall become absolute and the city assessor shall execute a deed, similar in form and having the same effect as the deed required to be made by him in case of a sale, conveying the real estate to the city. The deed shall be recorded as required by law for other real estate titles and shall then be forwarded through the Mayor to be filed with the secretary of the Municipal Board, who shall enter it in his record of city property. Section 72. Tax to constitute indebtedness of taxpayer. — The assessment of a tax shall constitute a lawful indebtedness from the taxpayer to the city which may be enforced by a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction, and this remedy shall be in addition to all the other remedies provided by law. Section 73. Section 74. Provisions relating to suits assailing validity of tax sale. — No court shall entertain any suit assailing the validity of a tax sale of real estate under this article until the taxpayer shall have paid into the court the amount for which the real estate was sold, together with interest at the rate of fifteen per centum per annum upon that sum from the date of sale to the time of instituting suit. The money so paid into court shall belong to the purchaser at the tax sale if the deed is declared invalid, and shall be returned to the depositor should he fail in his action. Nor shall any court declare any such sale invalid by reason of any irregularities or informalities in the proceedings of the officer charged with the duty of making the sale or by reason of failure by him to perform his duties within the time herein specified for their performance, unless such irregularities, informalities, or failures shall have impaired the substantial rights of the taxpayer. Section 75. ARTICLE X Section 76. Power to levy special assessments for certain purposes. — The Municipal Board may, by ordinance duly approved, provide for the levying and collection, by special assessments of the real estate comprised within the district or section of the city especially benefited, of a part not to exceed sixty per centum of the cost of laying out, opening, constructing, straightening, widening, extending, grading, paving, curbing, walling, deepening, or otherwise establishing, repairing, enlarging, or improving public avenues, roads, streets, alleys, sidewalks, parks, plazas, bridges, landing places, wharves, piers, docks, levees, reservoirs, waterworks, water mains, water courses, esteros, canals, drains, and sewers including the cost of acquiring the necessary land. Within the meaning of this article, all real estate comprised within the district benefited, except lands or buildings owned by the United States of America, the Commonwealth of the Philippines, or the City of Cebu, shall be subject to the payment of the special assessment, based upon the valuation of such real estate as shown by the books of the city assessor, or its present value as fixed by said officer in the first instance if the property does not appear of record in his books according to the valuation whereof the special tax has to be made, computed and assessed. Section 77. Contents of a special assessment ordinance. — The ordinance providing for the levying and collection of a special assessment shall describe in terms of reasonable accuracy the nature, extent, and location of the proposed improvement; the probable cost of the improvement; the rate per centum of the cost to be defrayed by special assessment; the district which shall be subject to the payment of the said rate per centum of the proposed improvement, delimiting the same by metes and bounds, and the number of annual installments which shall not be less than five, in which such special assessment shall be paid without any interest. The Municipal Board shall not be required to fix one uniform rate per centum for all the taxable real estate in the entire district, but may fix different rates for real estate in different parts or sections of the same, according as said property will derive greater or less benefit from the contemplated improvement. Section 78. Publication of the proposed special assessment ordinance, and public hearing on the same. — The proposed special assessment ordinance shall be published for the period of one week in two daily newspapers published in the city, before its adoption by the Board. The secretary of the Municipal Board shall, upon request, furnish a copy of the proposed ordinance free of charge to each owner affected or his agent, and shall insofar as possible send each of them a copy of said proposed ordinance by ordinary mail or otherwise. At the request of any owner, made within three days from the last publication of the proposed ordinance, or at its own motion, the Board or the committee thereof in charge of the project shall hold a public hearing on the same and hear all pertinent arguments and evidence offered by the persons interested or their attorneys, and such arguments and evidence shall be attached to the record of the project. Section 79. Transmittal of the ordinance and papers in connection therewith to the Mayor. — The special assessment ordinance shall be sent to the Mayor for approval as in other cases, but upon forwarding the proposed ordinance passed by the Board, all papers pertaining to the same shall also be transmitted to the Mayor, and the time for the approval or vetoing thereof shall run only from the date of the receipt of the last paper lacking. The Mayor may consider the protest of the persons claiming to be affected if signed by a majority of said persons representing more than one-half of the total assessed value of the property which according to the proposed ordinance, would be subject to the special assessment, and before approving or vetoing said ordinance, he may propose to the Municipal Board such amendment or amendments to the same as he may see fit. Section 80. Assessment of the special tax against the real estate affected. — Upon the approval of the special assessment ordinance, the city assessor shall forthwith proceed to determine the special tax payable by each real property each year during the period fixed in the ordinance, upon the basis of the estimated cost of the work and the total and parcel value of the real estate comprised within the district especially benefited, and shall notify each owner by ordinary mail of the special tax assessed against each property owned by him in the district benefited; but if, upon the completion of the improvement, it should appear that the cost has been less or more, the city engineer shall forthwith certify this fact to the assessor who shall thereupon proceed to rectify the assessment, reducing or increasing, as the case may be, the special tax upon each property affected for the unpaid remainder of the annual installments, or, if all are paid, fixing the amount to be credited to or the special additional tax to be collected from the real property, as the case may be, and shall notify persons interested of such rectifications. Section 81. Appeal to the board of tax appeals. — Any owner considering himself aggrieved by any decision of the city assessor may appeal from the same to the board of tax appeals within the same time and in the same manner as prescribed by law for cases of assessment and valuation of real estate for the ordinary tax. Section 82. ARTICLE XI Section 83. First-class bar license. — A license for a period of six months may be issued to a person or persons of good character, authorizing him or them to keep and maintain at a place to be specified in the license, a saloon, bar, or drinking place for the sale of intoxicating liquors, including thereunder fermented vinous or fermented malt, and spirituous beverages, in quantities less than four liters, upon payment in advance of the sum of six hundred pesos. All license of this class shall be known as a "first-class bar license." Section 84. Second-class bar license. — A license for a period of six months may be issued to a person or persons of good character, authorizing him or them to keep and maintain, at a place to be specified in the license, a saloon, bar, or drinking place for the sale of fermented malt or fermented vinous liquors only, in quantities less than four liters, upon payment in advance of the sum of three hundred and fifty pesos. A license of this class shall be known as a "second-class bar license." Section 85. Theater liquor license. — A license for a period of six months may be issued to a person or persons of good character owning or managing a bona fide theater or race track authorizing him or them to keep and maintain a bar on the premises of the theater or race track for the sale of distilled spirits, wine and fermented liquors, in quantities of two decaliters or less, which liquors may be sold or served to bona fide patrons of the theater or race track, under such restrictions as may be prescribed by the Board, upon payment in advance of the sum of eight hundred pesos. A license of this class shall be known as "theater liquor license." A theater, liquor license may also be issued to holders of first or second-class bar licenses for a period of one or more weeks, upon payment in advance of the sum of fifty pesos per week for the time covered by each license. No such license shall be issued for less than one week. Section 86. Section 87. Closed hours. — When unlawful to sell, etc. — All saloons, bars, and other drinking places shall be closed from twelve o'clock midnight until five o'clock antemeridian the following day, except that when the following day shall be Sunday they shall remain closed until five o'clock antemeridian the following Monday; and it shall be unlawful for any person to sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of any fermented malt, vinous, or spirituous, or other intoxicating liquors between the above-mentioned hours except as herein provided, but words "give away" where they occur in this article shall not apply to the giving away of intoxicating liquors by a person in his private dwelling, unless such private dwelling shall become a place of public resort. Section 88. First-class restaurant liquor license. — A license for a period of six months may be issued to a person or persons of good character, owning or managing bona fide hotels, restaurants, or cafes, authorizing him or them to sell, serve, give away, or otherwise dispose of fermented vinous, fermented malt, and spirituous beverages or liquors, in quantities less than four liters, to bona fide guests of such hotels, restaurants, or cafes with bona fide meals at any and all hours, upon the payment in advance of the sum of two hundred and fifty pesos. A license of this class shall be known as a "first-class restaurant liquor license." Section 89. Second-class restaurant liquor license. — A license for a period of six months may be issued to a person or persons of good character, owning or managing bona fide hotels, restaurants, or cafes, authorizing him or them to sell, serve, give away, or otherwise dispose of fermented malt or fermented vinous beverages or liquors in quantities less than four liters to bona fide guests of such hotels, restaurants, or cafes with bona fide meals at any and all hours, upon the payment in advance of the sum of one hundred and fifty pesos. A license of this class shall be known as a "second-class restaurant liquor license." Section 90. First-class hotel liquor license. — A license for a period of six months may be issued to a person or persons of good character, owning or managing bona fide hotels and holding for such hotel a "first-class restaurant liquor license," authorizing him or them to sell, serve, give away, or otherwise dispose of fermented vinous, fermented malt, and spirituous beverages or liquors, in quantities less than four liters, to bona fide guests of such hotels in their rooms at any and all hours, upon payment in advance of the sum of two hundred and fifty pesos. A license of this class shall be known as a "first-class hotel liquor license." Section 91. Second-class hotel liquor license. — A license for a period of six months may be issued to a person or persons of good character, owning or managing bona fide hotels, and holding for such hotel a "second-class restaurant liquor license," authorizing him or them to sell, serve, give away, or otherwise dispose of fermented malt and fermented vinous beverages or liquors, in quantities less than four liters, upon payment in advance of the sum of one hundred and fifty pesos. A license of this class shall be known as a "second-class hotel liquor license." Section 92. Native wines not permitted under above licenses. — None of the above-mentioned licenses shall be construed to permit the keeping in stock, selling, giving away, or otherwise disposing of any of the so-called native wines, such as "vino," "anisado," "tuba", etc., and it shall be unlawful to keep in stock, sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of any such so-called native wines at any place for the keeping or maintaining of which any of the above-mentioned licenses shall have issued. Section 93. Unlawful to keep drinking place or dispose of liquor without license. — It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to conduct or maintain any saloon, bar, or drinking place without first having obtained a license therefor, or to keep in stock, sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of any intoxicating liquors that are not included within the license so obtained; and it shall likewise be unlawful for the proprietor or manager of any hotel, restaurant, or cafe to keep in stock, sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of any intoxicating liquor without having obtained a license therefor as prescribed in this article. It shall be unlawful for any employee or agent of the proprietor of a saloon, bar, drinking place, hotel, restaurant, or cafe to sell or give away liquor when no license has been issued to his principal authorizing the same. Section 94. Amusement in saloons and disorder, intoxication and
adulterated liquor forbidden. — It shall be unlawful to play or permit
to be played any musical instrument or conduct or operate or permit to
be conducted or operated any gambling device, slot machine, phonograph,
billiard or pool table, or other form of amusement in saloons, bars, or
drinking places, but this shall not be construed as prohibiting music
in the dining or other rooms than the barrooms of bona fide hotels
holding liquor licenses, or in theaters holding "theater liquor
licenses." Section 95. Native wine license. — A license for a period of six months may be issued to a person or persons of good character, authorizing him or them to maintain a shop for the keeping in stock, selling, giving away, or otherwise disposing of such native wines (so called) and liquors only as are not now, or shall not hereafter be, prohibited to be manufactured and sold, in quantities less than four liters, upon payment in advance of the sum of five pesos, but no such licenses shall be construed to include or authorize the keeping in stock, selling, giving away, or otherwise disposing of any of the liquors or beverages included within the licenses provided for in sections eighty-three and eighty-four of this charter, and it shall be unlawful to keep in stock, sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of any such liquors or beverages at any place licensed for the sale of native wines and liquors. A license of this class shall be known as a "native wine license," and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell such native wines or liquors or to maintain a shop for keeping in stock, selling, serving, giving away, or otherwise disposing of any such native wines or liquors without such license or having obtained such license, to sell, serve, give away, or otherwise dispose of such wines and liquors except as herein prescribed. Section 96. Druggist's liquor license. — Licenses for periods of one year may be issued to any person or persons of good character, operating a regularly licensed bona fide apothecary shop or drugstore, authorizing him or them to sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of fermented malt, fermented vinous, and spirituous liquors in quantities of not less than two liters nor more than fifty liters at any one time to any person, upon payment in advance of the sum of one hundred pesos. Such license shall be known as a "druggist's liquor license," and it shall be unlawful for the proprietor of any drug store or apothecary shop or for his employees or agents to sell, serve, give away, or otherwise dispose of any intoxicating liquors without such license, or, having obtained such license, to sell, serve, give away, or otherwise dispose of such intoxicating liquors except as herein provided, or to allow any such liquors to be drunk upon the premises. Section 97. Grocery liquor license. — License for periods of one year may be issued to any person or persons of good character, operating a regularly licensed bona fide grocery store, authorizing him or them to sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of malt, fermented vinous and spirituous liquors, in quantities not less than one bottle, nor more than one case or one barrel of such bottles, and of such intoxicating liquors as may be kept in bulk, to sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of not less than two liters nor more than fifty liters at any one time or to any one person upon payment in advance of the sum of one hundred pesos. Such license shall be known as grocery liquor license," and it shall be unlawful for the proprietor of any grocery or any of his employees or servants to sell, serve, give away, or otherwise dispose of any intoxicating liquors without such license, or having obtained such license, to sell, serve, give away, or otherwise dispose of such intoxicating liquors except as herein provided, to allow any such liquors to be drunk upon the premises. Section 98. Brewer's license. — Licenses for periods of one year may be issued to any person or persons of good character, authorizing him or them to conduct the business of brewer, and to sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of his or their products in their brewery in quantities of four liters or more upon payment in advance of the sum of one thousand two hundred pesos. A license of this class shall be known as a "brewer's license", and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to conduct any brewery without such license, or having secured such license, to sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of the products of such brewery except as herein prescribed. Section 99. Distiller's license. — Licenses for periods of one year may be issued to any person or persons of good character, authorizing him or them to conduct the business of distiller of alcoholic liquors and to sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of his or their products in the distillery, in quantities of four liters or more, upon payment in advance of the sum of six hundred pesos. A license of this class shall be known as a "distiller's license", and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to conduct any distillery for the manufacture of alcoholic liquors without such license, or, having secured such licenses, to sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of the products of such distillery except as herein prescribed. Section 100. First-class wholesale liquor license. — Licenses for periods of one year may be issued to any person or persons of good character, authorizing him or them to keep in stock and sell or give away fermented malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors in quantities of four liters or more, upon payment in advance of the sum of one thousand two hundred pesos; but such licenses may be paid in advance in four quarterly installments of three hundred pesos each, at the election of the licensee. A license of this class shall be known as a "first-class wholesale liquor license," and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell or otherwise dispose of fermented malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors at wholesale without such license, or, having obtained such license, to sell or otherwise dispose of such liquors except as herein prescribed, but nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting any person or persons holding a brewer's license" or "distiller's license" from disposing of the products of such brewery or distillery at the place of production. Section 101. Second-class wholesale liquor license. — Licenses for periods of one year may be issued to any person or persons of good character, authorizing him or them to keep in stock and sell or give away fermented malt and fermented vinous liquors in quantities of four liters or more, upon payment in advance of the sum of six hundred pesos; and such licenses may be paid in advance in four quarterly installments of one hundred and fifty pesos each, at the election of the licensee. A license of this class shall be known as a "second-class wholesale liquor license," and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell or otherwise dispose of fermented malt or fermented vinous at wholesale without such license, or, having obtained such license to sell or otherwise dispose of any liquor but fermented malt or fermented vinous liquors, or to sell or otherwise dispose of such liquors except as herein prescribed. Section 102. Third-class wholesale liquor license. — Licenses for periods of one year may be issued to any person or persons of good character, authorizing him or them to keep in stock fermented vinous liquors, except champagne and other sparkling wines, and to sell such fermented vinous liquors in quantities of not less than one bottle, and of such liquors as are kept in bulk to sell not less than two liters not to be drunk upon the premises, upon payment in advance of the sum of fifty-two pesos. Such license shall be known as a "third-class wholesale liquor license," and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of fermented vinous liquors at wholesale without such license, or having obtained such license, to sell give away, or otherwise dispose of any liquor but fermented vinous liquor, not including champagne or other sparkling wines, or to sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of such liquor except as herein prescribed. Section 103. Transfer of license must be authorized — Fee. — No license shall be transferred from one person to another or from one place to another except by the written authority of the Mayor; and no transfer shall be made which involves the addition of privileges. For all authorized transfers ten per centum of the original fee shall be collected. Section 104. License to be kept posted. — It shall be the duty of the holder of every license for the sale of intoxicating liquors to keep it posted in a conspicuous place in the room where the liquors are sold and the failure to do so is hereby declared unlawful. Section 105. Licenses for sale of liquor in certain places — Streets and plazas prohibited. — No license shall be granted for the sale of any intoxicating liquor in the public markets, booths, or stands situated in the public streets or plazas, or to street vendors or peddlers. Section 106. Supplying native wines to soldiers unlawful. — Nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing the sale, gift, or other disposal to soldiers of the United States Army of any of the so-called "native wines," such as "vino," "Anisado," "tuba," and so forth, which is declared to be unlawful. Section 107. Liquor licenses revoked by the Mayor. — If after due investigation, the Mayor shall decide that any person licensed to sell liquors is abusing his license and privileges to the injury of the public morals or peace or that any place so licensed has been or is conducted in a disorderly or unlawful manner, or is a nuisance, or is permitted to be used as a resort for disorderly characters, criminals, or women of ill repute, the Mayor may by order summarily revoke such license. Such revocation shall operate to forfeit to the city all sums which may have been paid for said license and to prohibit the issuance to the person whose license is so revoked of any other liquor license for a term which may be fixed in said order. Section 108. Penalties. — The violation of any of the provisions of the
sections contained in this article shall be punished by a fine not to
exceed two hundred pesos, or by imprisonment for not more than six
months, or both, in the discretion of the court, without prejudice to
the provisions of the next preceding section. ARTICLE XII Section 109. Change of government. — The city government provided for in this charter shall be organized immediately after the appointment and qualification of the city mayor and the election of the members of the municipal board at the next general elections. Pending the next general elections, the offices of the members of the municipal board shall be filled by appointment of the President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the National Assembly. Section 110. Conduct of elections in Cebu. — To carry out the purposes of the Election Law in the election of public officers for the City of Cebu, the duties which are by said law made incumbent upon provincial boards and municipal councils shall be performed by the municipal board of Cebu, and the duties imposed by said law upon provincial treasurers and municipal secretaries shall be performed by the secretary to the mayor. Section 111. Assembly District — Provincial Capital. — Until otherwise
provided by law, the City of Cebu shall continue as part of the Second
Assembly District, and as the capital of the province. |
Since 19.07.98.