PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1865 - AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF BACOLOD, AMENDING
AND REPEALING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN SECTION OF COMMONWEALTH ACT
NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF BACOLOD |
Section 1.
Section thirteen of Commonwealth Act Numbered Three hundred twenty-six,
otherwise known as the Charter of the City of Bacolod, as amended by
Republic Act Numbered Three hundred fifty-four, is further amended to
read as follows: "Section 13.
Constitution and organization of the City Council. � The City Council
shall be the legislative body of the city and shall be composed of the
vice-mayor, who shall be the presiding officer, and eight councilors
elected by popular vote.
"If any member of the city
council should be a candidate for office in any election, he shall be
incompetent to act with the city council in the discharge of the duties
herein conferred upon it as to election matters, and in such case the
other members of the council shall discharge said duties without his
assistance, or they may choose some disinterested elector of the city
to act on the council in such matters in his stead.
"The councilors shall be residents of the City of Bacolod and shall have the status and qualifications of provincial officers of an organized province. "The vice-mayor as presiding
officer of the city council shall preside at all meetings of the
council at which he is present and shall have the right to vote only in
case of a tie. In his absence, or while acting as mayor, the council
meeting shall be presided by a temporary presiding officer, who shall
be chosen by the council. The presiding officer shall sign all
ordinances and all resolutions and motions directing payment of money
or creating liability. 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 shall appoint a temporary
substitute who until the return to duty of the sick or absent member,
shall hold the officer and have the right to receive compensation or
emolument and perform all the duties of a member of the council.
"The vice-mayor shall receive a
salary of four thousand two hundred pesos per annum, and the members of
the city council shall each receive a salary of three thousand six
hundred pesos per annum."
Sec. 2. The second paragraph of section nine of the same Act is repealed. Sec. 3. The seven incumbent elective councilors shall continue in office until their successors are elected.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on January one,
nineteen hundred fifty-eight: Provided, That the additional elective
councilor shall be elected in the November, nineteen fifty-seven
election, and shall hold office commencing on January one, nineteen
hundred fifty-eight, for the unexpired term of city councilors. Approved: June 22, 1957 |