Appointment and removal of notaries public.
Section 82
SEC. 82. Appointment and removal of notaries public.—Judges of the Courts of First Instance may appoint, in their respective provinces, as many notaries public as the public good requires, and shall appoint at least one notary public for every organized municipality within the province, to hold their offices for two years from the first day of January of the year in which they are appointed, whose jurisdiction shall extend throughout the province, but not elsewhere. Clerks of Courts of First Instance shall be, by virtue of their office, notaries public. Notaries public may be removed from office for good cause, by the judge or judges of the province or his successor in office. In the city of Manila, the judges of the Supreme Court may appoint as many notaries public as the public good requires, and may remove them from office for good cause. Notaries so appointed shall hold their office for two years from the first day of January of the year in which they are appointed, and their jurisdiction shall extend throughout the city of Manila, but not elsewhere.