recorded upon the passage of all ordinances, upon all resolutions or motions directing th e payment of money or creating liability, and, at the request of any member, upon any other motion or resolution. The affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the city council shall be necessary for the passage of any ordinance, or any resoluti on or motion directing the payment of money or creating liability, but other measures shall prevail upon the majority vote of the members present at any meeting duly called and held. Each ordinance shall be sealed with the city seal, signed by the mayor an d the city secretary, and recorded in a book kept for that purpose. Each ordinance shall, on the day after its passage, be posted by the city secretary at the main entrance to the municipal building, and shall take effect and be in force on and after the t enth day following its passage, if no date is fixed in the ordinance. [1963-7.] SECTION  2533 . The City Council — Powers . — The city council shall have power by ordinance or resolution — ( a ) To make all appropriations for the expenses of government of the city, and establish and fix therein the salaries of city officers and employees, except teachers in the public schools, subject to approval by the Governor-General. In consideration of th e exemption from taxation of the extensive real-estate holdings of the Insular Government within the limits of the city, of the expense of improvements which the government of said city is required to make by reason of the location therein of offices of th e Insular Government, and of free services in connection with said offices, there is created a permanent continuing appropriation, from any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, equal to fifty per centum of the expenses of the governmen t of the city exclusive of those amounts which appear as expenses by reason of interdepartmental charges and charges against the Insular Government for services and supplies. ( b ) To provide for the levy and collection of taxes and other city revenues, as provided by law, and apply the same to the payment of municipal expenses in accordance with appropriations. ( c ) To issue licenses fixing the amount of the license fee for the following: Hawkers, peddlers, hucksters, not including hucksters or peddlers who sell only native vegetables, fruits, or foods, personally carried by the huckster or peddler, auctioneers, p lumbers, barbers, embalmers, collecting agencies, mercantile agencies, transportation Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 763