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.

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THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT.

Seal. (m) To provide a seal for the province.
School build- (n) To provide, if deemed expedient by the provincial board,
by construction or purchase, or renting, such school building or
buildings in the province as in the opinion of the board may be
Secondary in- necessary, to be used for the free secondary instruction of pupils
struction.
resident in the province, such secondary instruction being understood to include, in addition to academic and commercial subjects,
manual training, instruction in agriculture, and normal-school
Expenses. instruction, and to provide for the payment of all expenses of
maintaining such public school or schools of secondary instruction
as may be established in the province, and the schools in their
Supervision. establishment and conduct shall be subject to the general supervision of the division superintendents and the General Superintendent of Education in accordance with the provisions of Act
Temporary pro- Numbered Seventy-four: Provided, That temporarily and until
such time as the Commission shall decide that the condition of the
finances of the province will justify for the future the payment
of the salaries of teachers and the expense of supplies and
equipment for secondary schools from the provincial treasury,
such salaries and expense may be borne by the Insular GovernHigh-school ment: Provided further, That if for any reason a province is not
tuition. prepared to establish a secondary or high school, the provincial
board of such province may provide from the provincial funds for
the payment of the tuition, in a high school in any other province
-Manila or else- or in the city of Manila, of such pupils as may wish to enter
where. such high school and are declared by the proper examining authorities of the school which they wish to enter to be fitted to receive
secondary instruction; and the principal of the high school in
question shall, provided the provincial board of the province in
which the school is located, or the Municipal Board of the city
of Manila, as the case may be, shall approve of the admission of
pupils from other provinces,, make provision for their accomProvincial sup- modation, and when the school to which such pupils are admitted
is a provincial school, the provincial board may authorize and
direct the provincial treasurer to collect from the province sending
them a reasonable tuition fee for each pupil so admitted. When
the school is in the city of Manila, the Municipal Board of Manila
may make provision for the collection of such fee.
Bureau of Edu- Note.-SECTION 1. A Bureau of Education for the Philippine
cation. Islands, under the executive control of the Department of Public Instruction, is hereby established, the central office of
I n s t r u c t i o n which shall be in the city of Manila. All primary instruction
free. in the schools established or maintained under this Act shall
be free, and all secondary instruction in the schools established
by the several provinces shall be free at least to the pupils
resident in the provinces in which the schools are established.
Native teachers. SEC. 9. Each division superintendent shall, subject to rules
prescribed by the General Superintendent under section three
(m), appoint the native school-teachers to serve in the schools
within his division and shall fix their salaries from year to
year within the limits prescribed by law, care being taken
that only such teachers shall be appointed and such salaries
fixed as the funds of the province or municipality concerned