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Act No. 1396 Section 27

Act No. 1396 Section 27

Section 27

SEC. 27. (a) The Province of Benguet shall retain the boundaries fixed by law at the time of the passage of this Act. and the capital of the province shall be the township of Baguio. (b) The officers of (he provincial government of Benguet shall be a provincial governor, at three thousand six hundred pesos per annum, who shall perform the duties prescribed for the provincial governor and those prescribed for the provincial supervisor; a provincial secretary, at one thousand two hundred pesos per annum; and a provincial treasurer, at one thousand six hundred pesos per annum, who shall also act as disbursing officer for the Civil Sanitarium, Benguet, and who shall receive therefor, from the Civil Sanitarium, eight hundred pesos per annum, together with subsistence and quarters in kind. The provincial treasurer shall give a bond as provided by section four of this Act in the sum of eighteen thousand pesos. (c) The provincial governor, the provincial secretary, and the provincial treasurer shall constitute the provincial board.

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CitationAct No. 1396 Section 27 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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