Local government in the Philippine islands,

324 LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES

ARTICLE II.-PROVINCIAL BOARDS
Section 20. In order to inspect the administration of
the "Income of the Towns" and to report to the Governor
of the Province upon the municipal matters in which it
must or may be heard, there shall be established in each
capital, or seat of the province, a provincial board which
shall be composed of the district attorney; the collector of
public revenue; the provincial vicars (if there are two) and
if there be one only, he and the Reverend Parish Priest of
the provincial capital or seat; the health officer of the
province; and four principal residents of the capital selected by the captains of the municipal tribunals of the
province, in the manner prescribed in the regulations.
The Governor of the Province shall be the ex officio
President of the Board. In his absence, the ex officio
members shall preside in the order in which they are named in the first paragraph of this Section.
The four principal residents shall be under the obligation of discharging their duties for six years.
Upon the expiration of this term, they shall cease in
their positions, and the election of four others will follow,
with the outgoing members not being eligible for reelection.
Exemption from service on the Provincial Board may
be granted the principal residents who have reached the
age of sixty years as well as those who are physically disabled.
Persons receiving salaries from general, local, or
municipal funds; farmers of revenues; contractors for
works or services of some town of the province; debtors
to the public funds; those who may have been sentenced to
a personal penalty, whether served or not: and persons
undergoing trial whose case has not been closed by a final
sentence, shall not be eligible to election for such offices.
Section 21. The questions and incidents which the
organization of provincial boards may give rise to, the
total or partial renewal of their membership, and the definition of their powers, of their relations with the Governor
of the Province, or with the municipal tribunals shall be
decided by the Governor-General.
Section 22. The Provincial Board shall have charge
of the safe in which the "Income of the Towns" is deposited,
the keepers of the keys being the district attorney, the collector of revenue, and one of the members of the Principa