An Act to Amend Sections Two Thousand and Eighty-Nine, Two Thousand and Ninety-Three, and Twenty-Two Hundred and Eight of the Administrative Code, and for other Purposes

December 6, 1924

ACT NO. 3211

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTY-NINE, TWO THOUSAND AND NINETY-THREE, AND TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

SECTION 1. Section two thousand and eighty-nine of the Administrative Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2089. Functions of provincial treasurer. — As fiscal officer, the provincial treasurer shall exercise the following functions:

"(a) Advise the provincial board, the municipal councils, the provincial and municipal officers, and the Insular officers concerned in the disposition of the provincial and municipal funds, on all matters relative to the public finance and the acquisition and alienation of property of the Government.

"(b) Collect the taxes throughout the province, including the Insular, provincial, and municipal taxes and other revenues authorized by law.

"(c) Have the custody and supervision of all provincial funds and property, including the provincial buildings and grounds, and, subject to the approval of the provincial governor, assign rooms to provincial officers and other public officials who by law are entitled to office space in the provincial building.

"(d) Have charge of the disbursement of all provincial funds and other funds the custody of which may be entrusted to him by law or other competent authority.

"(e) Acquire for the provincial government all necessary supplies, material, and office equipment for which the proper appropriation has been authorized by the provincial board or other competent authority.

"(f) Act as chief internal-revenue officer in the province in conformity with the Internal Revenue Law, under the administrative authority of the Collector of Internal Revenue and in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by him.

"(g) Act as public land officer as regards the administration and disposition of land of the public domain other than forest land, and of land confiscated by the Government for delinquent taxes in the province, under the direction of, and when required by, the Director of Lands, in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the latter.

"(h) Act, with the approval of the Department Head, as agent of the Philippine National Bank in case the same has established an agency in the province, with such powers and duties and subject to such conditions as the board of directors of the Philippine National Bank may confer and impose upon him.

"(i) Inspect, under the supervision of the provincial board, the operation of public utilities belonging to, leased, or operated by the provincial government or other local governments, such as telegraph and telephone lines, land and water transportation, waterworks, electric-light plants, irrigation systems, bonded warehouses, ferries, markets, and slaughterhouses, and all other commercial and industrial enterprises of the province and the municipalities."

SECTION 2. The second paragraph of section two thousand and ninety-three of the Administrative Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"A Government officer or employee appointed to the position of assessor or deputy assessor may be allowed additional compensation for his services in such capacity which shall be fixed in his appointment or designation." EHDCAI

SECTION 3. Section twenty-two hundred and eight of the Administrative Code is hereby amended by adding thereto the following paragraph:

"(e) He shall, as deputy of the provincial treasurer, perform in the municipality such other duties not inconsistent with law as the provincial treasurer may assign to him."

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, December 6, 1924.