SEC. 61. Whereas many of the non-Christian inhabitants of the Philippine Islands have not progressed sufficiently in civilization to make it practicable to bring them under any form of municipal government, all provincial governors are authorized, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, in dealing with such non-Christian tribes,.or members thereof, to appoint officers for their settlements, to fix the designations and badges of office of such officers, and to prescribe their powers and duties: Provided,That the powers and duties thus prescribed shall not be in excess of the powers conferred upon township officers by this Act.
SEC. 62. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior first had, the provincial governor of any province in which non-Christian tribes arc found is further authorized, when such a course is deemed necessary in the interest of law and order, to direct members of such tribes to take up their habitation on sites on unoccupied public lands to be selected by him and approved by the provincial board. Members of such tribes who refuse to comply' with such direction shall upon conviction be imprisoned for a period not exceeding sixty days.
SEC. 63. The provincial board is hereby empowered, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to proscribe the taxes to be collected in each of the several settlements organized as provided in section sixty-one. Such taxes shall he limited in kind and amount to all or any of the taxes authorized in sections eighteen and nineteen of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six and in sections forty to forty-nine, inclusive, of this Act. In the event that a cedula tax is imposed by the provincial board upon the inhabitants of any settlement the provisions of sections one hundred and twenty to one hundred and twenty-five, inclusive, of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine shall govern its collection and disposition.
