SEC. 2. (a) There shall be a governor of the Province of Batanes. He shall be a justice of the peace ex official with jurisdiction throughout the province. He shall receive a salary not to exceed four thousand pesos per annum. He shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of provincial supervisor, as defined in Act Numbered thirteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled "The Special Provincial Government Act,'' as amended. He shall reside at the capital of the province and have his office in the provincial at said place. If, after supplying the necessary office room for the officers of the province and for the station of the Weather Bureau, the building affords sufficient accommodation for the residence of the governor, be may occupy it for this purpose. The assignment of rooms in said building for the offices of the province, the station of the Weather Bureau, and the residence of the governor shall he made by the provincial board.
(b) There shall be a secretary-treasurer of the province, who shall reside and have his office at the capital thereof. He shall receive a salary riot to exceed one thousand five hundred pesos per annum. He shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of provincial secretary and provincial treasurer as defined in Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled "The Special Provincial Government Act," as amended, and in Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "The Township Government Act," as amended.
(c) There shall ho such subordinate employees of the province as the provincial board shall recommend and the Executive Secretarv approve.
