The Municipal code and the Provincial government act, being Act no. 82, entitled "A general act for the organization of municipal governments in the Philippine islands", and Act no. 83, entitled "A general act for the organization of provincial governments in the Philippine islands" as amended by the acts of the Philippine commission down to and including May 31, 1905, revised and codified by the Committee on revision and codification appointed by the governor-general. Published by authority of the Philippine commission.

THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT.

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he shall have control of the local Constabulary or police of the Constabulary.
various municipalities of the province; and may, when the public
interests require, temporarily withdraw from the municipality in
which such police or Constabulary are organized, a part thereof
for use in other pueblos of the province. Upon the filing of Suspensions.
charges or upon receiving authentic information of maladministration by any officer of a municipality of the province, he may
suspend such officer, and shall immediately forward to the Commission, through the Chief Executive of the Islands, a statement Statement to
of the grounds for such suspension, together with the evidence ommision.
upon which he has acted, giving notice of his action to the
suspended official. The Commission shall after hearing and inves- Action by Commission.
tigation either remove the suspended officer or reinstate him. He Meetings of
shall preside at all meetings of the provincial board hereinafter board.
constituted. He shall at least once every six months visit every Visits.
municipality in the province. While in the municipality, he shall
hear all complaints made against the conduct of any of its Complaints.
executive officers and take suitable action thereon, either by
dismissing the complaints, by suspending the official and trans- Dismi8ssals and
mitting the charges to the Commission, or by directing the provincial fiscal to bring a criminal or civil suit in the public interest Fiscal.
against the person complained of, if the charge made involves
either civil or criminal liability. Whenever, in the opinion of the
governor, the public interest requires it, he shall call upon the Riot and lawlessness.
provincial inspectors in charge of the police of the province to
suppress disorder, riot, lawless violence, or seditious conspiracy or
to apprehend all violators of law. Whenever lawless violence or
seditious conspiracy and disturbance of the public peace shall
occur of so formidable a character as to be beyond the power of the
local and Insular police of the province to suppress, it shall be the
duty of the governor to call upon the Governor-General of the Call upon the
Governor - G e nIslands to request the commanding general, Philippines Division, eral.
to order troops of the Army of the United States to aid the local
authorities in suppressing the same.
The governor shall, through a jailer and guards to be appointed Custody of prisoners.
by him, have custody of all prisoners held awaiting trial or duly
sentenced to the provincial jail.
Between the first and fifteenth of July of each year a report Annual report.
shall be made by each provincial governor to the Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth
day of June. This report shall embrace all matters pertinent to -contents.
the administration and progress of the provincial government, and
contain full information as to the commercial, economic, financial,
industrial, and political conditions of the province, in order that
the Governor-General and the Philippine Commission may be properly informed of the actual existing conditions in the Islands during the period covered by the report. Should unexpected events or Supplementary
matters of special importance to the general welfare of the province occur subsequent to the date of the regular annual report a
supplementary statement may also be filed, not later than September fifteenth, in order that complete data may be at hand for the
use of the Governor-General in submitting his annual report to
the Philippine Commission: Provided, however, That this shall Moro Province.
not apply to the Moro Province.