The appointment of a municipal secretary was sanctioned by the Madras Government in 1898.

After finishing his studies, he worked as a rural teacher and subsequently as municipal secretary.

In the meantime, the municipal secretary may take office as acting mayor.

He was municipal secretary of Avilés from 1 May 1908 to the 14 July of the same year.

There were also projects to turn the building into an hotel, a library or a concentration of municipal secretaries, but all of them were declined.

Both municipal councils are made up of a president, a municipal secretary and 24 councillors.

A municipal secretary, also appointed by the mayor, serves as the city clerk in charge of keeping record of all official proceedings.

He began his career in public service in 1900 as the municipal secretary of Dumanjug.

The head of the provincial civil service is the municipal secretary.

"Basically, a whole new city was planned on top of the ruins," said Zhao Shuzhen, the municipal secretary.