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 to be required of the Commissioner, according to the department in question, shall be fixed by law.

The commissioners together shall form the deliberative body of the municipality.

225. In the system of municipal council and manager there shall also be a mayor who shall preside over the Municipal Council and shall be the representative of the people in all acts of an official or social character.

The Manager shall be a technician or person of recognised capacity in municipal matters, and shall act as the head of the municipal administration, with faculties to appoint and remove the officers and employees of the municipality in accordance with what is established in this Constitution.

The position shall be filled by the municipal council, for a period of 6 years through the medium of competitive examination, before a board composed of the following members: A professor of municipal] government; a professor of administrative law; a public accountant; and 2 representatives of the municipality. The professor of administrative law and the professor of municipal government shall be named by a University Faculty of Social Sciences; the public accountant, by the School of Commerce of the Province to which the Municipality pertains; and the representatives of the Municipality, by the Municipal Council of the Municipal District in question.

When the Manager has been named by the Municipal Council, on proposal of the examining board, he cannot be removed except by a decision of the competent judicial authority or by popular will, always for the reasons and with the formalities to be established by law.

The Municipal Council, in this form of government, shall be composed of 6 councilmen, when the population of the Municipality does not exceed 20,000 inhabitants; of 14, when it is more than 20,000 but does not exceed 100,000; and of 28, when it exceeds 100,000 inhabitants; all directly elected by the people for a term of 4 years.

226. In the system of Mayor and Municipal Council presided over by the Mayor, both the latter and the councilmen shall be directly elected by the people for a term of 4 years. The composition of the Municipal Council shall be determined by law, which shall fix the rules in accordance with