The development of Philippine politics

382 THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHILIPPINE POLITICS

havor, for unlike the secretaryship, there is no provision
for a periodic renewal. He performs the duties of the
secretary in the latter's absence. Upon the inability of
both the secretary and the undersecretary to act, the
Governor-General may temporarily designate a secretary
or undersecretary of another department to perform the
duties.
Besides the six regular departments of the government,
for administrative purposes, there are four other officials
who have departmental authority over the offices under
them. They are the Governor-General, who has departmental authority over the Bureau of Audits, the Bureau of
Civil Service and over all other offices and branches of the
service not assigned by law to any department; the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, who are department heads for the officers and employees of the Senate and the House, respectively; and the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who is the department
head of the employees in the Supreme Court.
Such is the reorganization effected in 1916 of the
executive departments of the Philippines. It has suffered
no statutory changes up to 1921.(1)
(1) In the actual distribution of bureaus the scientific division has not been strictly
followed; hence we find the Philippine general hospital and the Board of
Medical Examiners given to the Department of the Interior, and the Library and
Museum to the Department of Justice.
The following are the bureaus and offices under their corresponding deo
partments:
Office of the Governor-General
Bureau of Audits
Bureau of Civil Service
Philippine National Guard
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes
Philippine General Hospital
Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners and Inspectors
Boards of Medical, Dental, and Optical Examiners
Board of Examiners for Nurses
Executive Bureau
Philippine Constabulary
Commissioner of Public Welfare
Cities of Manila and Baguio
Provincial and Municipal governments