signed by the mayor under the corporate seal. S ECTION  2410 . Contracts Not in Excess of One Thousand Pesos . — If the consideration for a contract shall not exceed one thousand pesos, the mayor may authorize the head of any department, or any city officer, to execute such contract; but no expenditure sh all be made for such purpose without the written order of the mayor, which order shall be returned and filed as a voucher with the bill upon which payment was made. [183-32.] SECTION  2411 . Constitution and Organization of Municipal Board.  — The Municipal Board shall be the legislative body of the city, and shall consist of ten elective members who shall hold office for four years or until their successors are elected and qualif ied. The members of the Board shall elect each year from among their number a president, who for one year shall preside at all meetings of the Board at which he is present. In his absence, the Board shall elect one of its members as temporary presiding off icer. The president shall sign all ordinances, and all resolutions and motions directing the payment of money or creating liability, enacted or adopted by the Board. In case of sickness or absence of any member of the Board, or if for any reason it becomes  necessary to maintain a quorum, the Governor-General may make a temporary appointment until the return to duty of the sick or absent member. During the period of such temporary appointment the person receiving the same shall possess all the rights and perfo rm all the duties of a member of the Board. The President of the Board shall receive no compensation in addition to that received by him as a member. The members shall each receive a per diem of twenty pesos for each day of attendance on a session of the Board. [183-4; 1869-1.] SECTION  2412 . Qualifications, Election, Suspension and Removal of Members of Board.  — The members of the Municipal Board shall be elected at large from the entire city, and each of them at the time of his election shall be a resident for at least one year,  and a qualified elector, of his Assembly district, and not less than twenty-three years of age. Such members may be suspended or removed from office under the same circumstances, in the same manner, and with the same effect, as elective provincial officer s, and the provisions of law providing Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 712 ARTICLE  III The Municipal Board 