any officer or employee of the department or polit ical subdivision thereof, and, with the consent and approval of the administrative council, remove such officer or employee. [2408-36.] General Provisions SECTION  2600 . Municipal Corporations . — The provincial board of any province established under this title may by resolution approved by the department governor, organize any territory within the province as a municipality in accordance with the provisions  of this chapter. ISHaCD ARTICLE  I The Municipal Governments CHAPTER  54 ( a ) Municipalities excepted.  — Municipalities heretofore established within the department are continued and recognized as municipal corporations unless and until reorganized in accordance with the provisions of this title. ( b ) Names and corporate powers . — Municipalities organized hereunder shall be known by the names heretofore adopted, unless otherwise specifically stated in the resolution of the provincial board approved by the department governor. Under such names they may  sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire and hold real and personal property for the general interests of the municipality, and exercise all the powers hereinafter conferred upon them. SITCcE ( c ) Division into barrios . — Each municipality shall be divided into barrios. For the purpose of the first elections existing barrios shall be recognized, unless expressly readjusted by resolution of the provincial board creating the municipality, which re solution shall fix the capital thereof. cCAaHD ( d ) Classification . — Municipalities of the first class shall be those which contain not less than twenty-five thousand inhabitants, and those which are the seat of a provincial government regardless of the number of inhabitants; of the second class, those  containing eighteen thousand and less than twenty-five thousand inhabitants; of the third class, those containing ten thousand and less than eighteen thousand Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 819