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Act No. 1397 Section 4

Act No. 1397 Section 4

Section 4

SEC. 4. There shall be in each township a secretary, a treasurer, and such other nonelective officers and employees as the council shall deem necessary and provide for and the provincial board shall authorize: Provided. That in townships where the provincial board may deem it necessary for purposes of economy, the board may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, by resolution provide that the duties of township secretary and township treasurer shall be performed by one officer, who shall be known as the township secretary-treasurer and who shall be appointed in tin; manner hereinafter prescribed for the township treasurer.

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CitationAct No. 1397 Section 4 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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