Commonwealth Act No. 409




[ Commonwealth Act No. 409, September 14, 1938 ] AN ACT TO DESIGNATE THE PROVINCIAL FISCALS OF PROVINCES WHOSE CAPITALS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO CITIES, CITY ATTORNEYS EX OFFICIO THEREOF, WITH ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS THEREAT. Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines: Section 1. The provisions of existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the provincial fiscal of the respective province to which the several chartered cities organized under the laws in force belonged prior to their incorporation as cities shall be, ex officio, the city attorney for the city which is the capital of the province for which he has been appointed, with an additional compensation, to be paid out of the city funds, in the sum of one thousand pesos per annum.(awÞhi( In each such chartered city, there shall be as many assistant city attorneys, not exceeding three, as may be determined by the President of the Philippines, due consideration to be given to the amount of business thereat. The assistant city attorneys shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the National Assembly, and shall receive compensation in accordance with the following scale: (a) the first assistant city attorney shall receive three thousand pesos per annum; (b) the second assistant city attorney shall receive two thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; and (c) the third assistant city attorney shall receive two thousand four hundred pesos per annum. Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved, September 14, 1938. The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation