[183-23; 267-4.] 

SECTION 2427 . Reports to the Mayor Concerning Schools — Construction and Custody of School Buildings . — The city superintendent of schools shall make a quarterly report of the condition of the schools and school buildings of Manila to the mayor, and such rec ommendations as seem to him wise in respect to the number of teachers, their salaries, new buildings to be erected, and all other similar matters, together with the amount of city revenues which should be expended in paying teachers, and improving the sc hools or school buildings of the city. The local school board shall make a similar quarterly report to the mayor. The local school board shall be furnished an office and necessary clerical force by the city superintendent out of the appropriation for his offi ce. aEAcHI 

The care and custody of school buildings by the department of engineering and public works, and its supervision of the construction and repair of schoolhouses ordered by the Board, shall be subject to the limitations of chapter forty-one hereof. 

[183-24; 267-5.] 

SECTION 2428 . 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. 

[157-4 ( l ); 1150-3, 6; 2468-1, 13, 14.] 

SECTION 2429 . The Bureau of Prisons . — The Director of Prisons shall set apart a suitable portion of Bilibid Prison for city prisoners, and shall receive for confinement and detention all persons who have been sentenced to imprisonment by the municipal cou rt of the city. The expense of maintaining such portion of the prison shall be paid out of city funds. 

[183-22.] 

## The Department of Engineering and Public Works 

## ARTICLE VI 

SECTION 2430 . 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. 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 

