Section 1.
Section twenty-one hundred and seventy of the Revised Administrative
Code, as amended, is further amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 2170. Classification of municipalities —
Number of councilors. — Municipalities are divided into seven classes,
according to their income, as follows:
"(a) First Class — A: The municipalities that have
obtained an average total revenue of two hundred thousand pesos or more
per annum during the last four fiscal years, and shall have eight
councilors;
"(b) First Class — B: The municipalities that have
obtained an average total revenue of one hundred thousand pesos or more
per annum, but less than two hundred thousand pesos, during the last
four fiscal years, and shall have eight councilors;
"(c) First Class: The municipalities that have
obtained an average total revenue of fifty thousand pesos or more per
annum, but less than one hundred thousand pesos, during the last four
fiscal years, and shall have eight councilors;
"(d) Second Class: The municipalities that have
obtained an average total revenue of thirty thousand pesos or more per
annum, but less than fifty thousand pesos, during the last four fiscal
years, and shall have eight councilors;
"(e) Third Class: The municipalities that have
obtained an average total revenue of fifteen thousand pesos or more per
annum, but less than thirty thousand pesos, during the last four fiscal
years, and shall have six councilors;
"(f) Fourth Class: The municipalities that have
obtained an average total revenue of five thousand pesos or more per
annum, but less than fifteen thousand pesos, during the last four
fiscal years, and shall have six councilors;
"(g) Fifth Class: The municipalities that have
obtained an average total revenue of less than five thousand pesos per
annum during the last four fiscal years, and shall have four
councilors;
"Provided, That the councilors elected at the last general election in
each municipality shall continue to hold office during the term for
which they were elected, and the reduction or increase of the number of
councilors in accordance with the classification of municipalities
prescribed in this Act shall take effect beginning with the general
election of nineteen hundred and fifty-one."
Sec. 2. Section twenty-one hundred and eighty-four
of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended by Republic Act Numbered
One hundred and three, is further amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 2184. Maximum limit of salaries. — Except as
otherwise specially provided, the annual salaries of municipal officers
shall not exceed the amounts hereinbelow fixed:
"In municipalities of the First Class-A: For the mayor, thirty-seven
hundred and twenty pesos; for the municipal secretary, twenty-two
hundred and eighty pesos and for the municipal treasurer, thirty-four
hundred and twenty pesos, of which two-thirds shall be payable out of
municipal funds, in his capacity as municipal treasurer, and one-third
thereof out of provincial funds, in his capacity as deputy of the
provincial treasurer.
"In municipalities of the First Class-B: For the mayor, thirty-three
hundred and sixty pesos; for the municipal secretary, two thousand and
forty pesos and for the municipal treasurer, three thousand and sixty
pesos, of which two-thirds shall be payable out of municipal funds, in
his capacity as municipal treasurer, and one-third thereof out of
provincial funds, in his capacity as deputy of the provincial
treasurer.
"In municipalities of the first class: For the mayor, three thousand
pesos; for the municipal secretary, eighteen hundred pesos; and for the
municipal treasurer, twenty-seven hundred pesos, of which two-thirds
shall be payable out of municipal funds, in his capacity as municipal
treasurer, and one-third thereof out of provincial funds, in his
capacity as deputy of the provincial treasurer.
"In municipalities of the second class: For the mayor, twenty-five
hundred and twenty pesos; for the municipal secretary, sixteen hundred
and twenty-pesos; and for the municipal treasurer, twenty-one hundred
and sixty pesos, of which two-thirds shall be payable out of municipal
funds, in his capacity as municipal treasurer, and one-third thereof
out of provincial funds, in his capacity as deputy of the provincial
treasurer.
"In municipalities of the third class: For the mayor, twenty-one
hundred and sixty pesos; for the municipal secretary, thirteen hundred
and eighty pesos; and for the municipal treasurer, nineteen hundred and
twenty pesos, of which two-thirds shall be payable out of municipal
funds, in his capacity as municipal treasurer, and one-third thereof
out of provincial funds, in his capacity as deputy of the provincial
treasurer.
"In municipalities of the fourth class: For the mayor, nineteen hundred
and twenty pesos; for the municipal secretary, twelve hundred pesos;
and for the municipal treasurer, sixteen hundred and eighty pesos, of
which two-thirds shall be payable out of municipal funds, in his
capacity as municipal treasurer, and one-third thereof out of
provincial funds, in his capacity as deputy of the provincial
treasurer.
"In municipalities of the fifth class: For the mayor, sixteen hundred
and eighty pesos; for the municipal secretary, eleven hundred and forty
pesos; and for the municipal treasurer, fourteen hundred and forty
pesos, of which two-thirds shall be payable out of municipal funds, in
his capacity as municipal treasurer, and one-third thereof out of
provincial funds, in his capacity as deputy of the provincial
treasurer.
"From the decisions of the Provincial Board with regard to salaries and
per diems of municipal officers and/or abolition of any municipal
position, the municipal officer or council concerned or any member of
the provincial board having expressed his disconformity when the
resolution objected to was passed, may appeal, and such appeal shall,
within ten days after its receipt by the Provincial Board, be forwarded
to the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Finance, as the
case may be, whose decision shall be final.
"Provided, That the Provincial Board of any province may, in respect to
salaries of municipal treasurers in their capacity as deputy of
provincial treasurers, authorize as share of the province an amount
greater than one-half of the share actually contributed by any
municipality, provided the maximum salary rates fixed in this Act are
not exceeded."
Sec. 3. Section twenty-two hundred and
seventy-three of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended by
Republic Act Numbered One hundred and sixty, is further amended to read
as follows:
"Sec. 2273. Salaries of members of police force. —
The salaries of the chief of police and other members of the police
force shall be fixed by the municipal council.
"Except as otherwise specially provided, the annual salaries of members
of the municipal police shall not exceed the amounts hereinbelow fixed:
"In municipalities of the first class-A: For the chief of police,
twenty-four hundred pesos; for the lieutenant of police, twenty-one
hundred and sixty pesos; for the sergeant, sixteen hundred and twenty
pesos; for the corporal, thirteen hundred and eighty pesos; and for
other members of the police force, thirteen hundred and twenty pesos.
"In municipalities of the first class-B: For the chief of police,
twenty-two hundred and eighty pesos; for the lieutenant of police, two
thousand and forty pesos; for the sergeant, sixteen hundred and eighty
pesos; for the corporal, thirteen hundred and eighty pesos; and for
other members of the police force, thirteen hundred and twenty pesos.
"In municipalities of the first class: For the chief of police,
twenty-one hundred and sixty pesos; for the lieutenant of police,
nineteen hundred and twenty pesos; for the sergeant, sixteen hundred
and twenty pesos; for the corporal, thirteen hundred and eighty pesos;
and for other members of the police force, thirteen hundred and twenty
pesos.
"In municipalities of the second class: For the chief of police,
nineteen hundred and twenty pesos; for the sergeant, sixteen hundred
and twenty pesos; for the corporal, thirteen hundred and eighty pesos;
and for other members of the police force, thirteen hundred and twenty
pesos.
"In municipalities of the third class: For the chief of police sixteen
hundred and eighty pesos; for the corporal, thirteen hundred and eighty
pesos; and for other members of the police force, thirteen hundred and
twenty pesos.
"In municipalities of the fourth class: For the chief of police
thirteen hundred and eighty pesos; and for other members of the police
force, eleven hundred and forty pesos.
"In municipalities of the fifth class: For the chief of police, eleven
hundred and forty pesos; and for other members of the police force, one
thousand and twenty pesos.
"Any member of the municipal police force who by virtue of Executive
Order No. 183, series of 1948, is now receiving a salary higher than
the maximum rate fixed for his rank or position in this Act shall not
suffer any decrease of salary by virtue of this Act."
Sec. 4. Section twenty-two hundred and ninety-nine
of the Revised Administrative Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 2299. General limitation upon amount
expendable for salaries and wages. — Except as hereinbelow provided,
there shall not be expended during any fiscal year for salaries and
wages of municipal officials and employees of every description,
excluding those employed on public works, in municipalities of the
first class-A more than fifty per centum, in municipalities of the
first class-B more than fifty per centum, in municipalities of the
first class more than sixty per centum, in municipalities of the second
class more than sixty-five per centum, in municipalities of the third
class more than seventy per centum, in municipalities of the fourth
class more than eighty per centum, of the annual revenues accruing to
the municipal general funds during said fiscal year, exclusive of all
balances carried forward from preceding years, and any and all
appropriations, loans, or gifts made from national, provincial, or
private funds.
"With the approval of the Secretary of Finance the provincial board may
authorize any municipality of province, for justifiable cause, to
exceed the foregoing percentages under such limitations as may be
prescribed by resolution of said board."
Sec. 5. Upon the approval of this Act and for each
period of four consecutive fiscal years thereafter, the Secretary of
the Interior shall reclassify all municipalities on the basis of the
average annual income of such municipalities during the four
consecutive fiscal years immediately preceding such reclassification
according to the provisions of this Act. Hereafter there shall be no
special or partial reclassification of the municipalities and the
provisions of Republic Act Numbered One hundred and thirty relative to
this matter are hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. Provincial Boards and/or municipal
councils as the case may be, for the purpose of this Act shall provide
in their budgets for the current fiscal year the necessary amounts as
may be needed to adjust the salaries of the mayors, municipal
secretaries, municipal treasurers and members of the municipal police
in conformity with the scale of salaries provided for in this Act.
Sec. 7. Executive Order No. 183, series of 1948,
and other provisions of law inconsistent with this Act, are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 8. The provisions of this Act shall also be
applicable to the municipalities in specially-organized provinces.
Sec. 9. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 17, 1950
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