The Sulu Archipelago and its people, by Sixto Y. Orosa ...

THE LAND

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also ex-officio justices of the peace. The deputy governor for Siasi at this time is a Filipino for Bongao he
is an officer of the Phlippine Constabulary; and for
Cagayan de Sulu, an American. The rest of the districts
are under municipal district presidents, usually panglimas or other influential Mohammedans. These deputy
governors and municipal presidents report directly to
the provincial governor at Jolo. Formerly the seven
constabulary station commanders and those of the substations acted as ex-officio justices and auxiliary justices of the peace, respectively. In 1917 a Mohammedan
was appointed deputy provincial governor at large,
and justice of the peace. There are three traveling
deputy governors who also act as justices of the peace.
The Court of First Instance bolds sessions at Jolo in
April and in November.
"The entire efforts of the present administration,"
said Governor Rohrer of Sulu in his annual report for
1909,"have constantly been directed toward bringing the
inhabitants under the same governmental control as the
people of the northern provinces and preparing them
for self-government. A race is being formed that in the
future, it is hoped, will progress and affiliate or hold its
own with the Christians of the north. The necessity for
education, sanitation, thrift, and respect for law is constantly being emphasized to the people, who are now
under a fairly intensive control by the government.
Briefly, the policy is to foster this race until it 'can stand
on its oswn feet' on equal terms, as regards enlightenment and ability to regulate its own affairs, with the
races of the north and adjacent countries." The government has a systematic plan for the economic and educational advancement of the province.