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ficer of the Department. He exercised general supervision
over the provincial treasurers and acted as the custodian
of funds and as collector of internal revenue. He was
also charged with the duty to supervise the appraisement
and assessment and the collection of public revenues; to
purchase supplies for the use of the Department, province,
and municipality; and to discharge such other duties as
the Department Governor might require of him.
The other officers of the Department, besides those
named above, were the supervising engineer, the superintendent of schools, the chief health officer, the district auditor, the superintendent of reformatories, and the district
chief of Constabulary.
Provincial Organization.-The Department of Mindanao and Sulu was divided into the provinces of Agusan,
Bukidnon, Cotabato, Davao, Lanao, Sulu, and Zamboanga.
Each province had a provincial governor, a provincial secretary-treasurer, and a third member of the provincial board,
the three of whom constituted the provincial board. The pro.
vincial governor was appointed by the Department Governor subject to the approval of the Governor-General.
The secretary-treasurer was appointed by the Department
Governor subject to the provisions of the Civil Service
Act; the third member of the provincial board was elected
by a plurality of the votes of all the councilors of municipalities duly organized and the officers of municipal districts who were authorized to vote. Upon the passage of
Act No. 2429, the right to vote for the third member was
extended to vice-presidents of duly organized municipalities
and of municipal districts. Provision was made for the
elections of provincial governors and third members by
popular vote in accordance with the Election Law, upon
certification to the Governor-General by the Department
Governor within one year after the completion and pu