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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SEC. 22. Governor of province to be officer of court.-The officer Officer of
of the Supreme Court to serve its process and enforce good order preme Court.
in and about the court room, shall be the governor, or his deputy,
of the province in which the court is held, when the court is
in session at Cebu or Iloilo. At other times its officer shall be
the sheriff of the city of Manila, as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 23. Governor to execute an official bond.-The governor Bond of provincial governor.
of the province shall, before being qualified to perform the duties
of officer of any court, execute a bond, with sufficient sureties, to
the Government of the Philippine Islands, in the penal sum of
ten thousand dollars, to be approved by the provincial treasurer,
conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of himself
and his deputies as officer of the court, and the payment of all
sums of money that shall come into his or their hands officially,
to the persons entitled thereto. The bond shall be recorded in
the books of the provincial treasurer and kept on file in his
office, and shall be available as security for the benefit of any
person in interest. The governor may require each deputy by Deputies'bonds.
him appointed to execute to him a sufficient indemnity for his
protection against the malfeasance or nonfeasance of such deputy.
SEC. 24. Provisions for officer when governor fails to give When governor
fails to give bond.
bond.-In case the governor shall fail to give the bond provided
in the preceding section, within thirty days after his election,
it shall be the duty of the judge of the Court of First Instance Appointment of
of the province to appoint, in writing, a suitable person as the another.
officer of the courts of the province, and the officer so appointed,
upon executing the bond provided in the preceding section, shall
be the officer of the courts of the province, with the same powers
in the execution of process and appointment of deputies as the
governor would have had he given the bond required.
The person so appointed shall hold office until the expiration of -term of office.
the term of office of the governor, and shall be called the sheriff
of the province, and may require bonds of his deputies, as provided
in the preceding section.
SEC. 26. Renewing bond of officer.-At any time that it shall Renewal of
be made to appear to the judge of the Court of First Instance bond.
in any province, or to the judges of the Supreme Court in the
city of Manila, that the bond of the officer of the court, whether
governor or sheriff, is insufficient, he or they may require a new
and sufficient bond to be given within a period to be fixed in the
order. If the new bond so required is not given within the Failure to reperiod so fixed, a sheriff shall be appointed, as provided in the new.
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