Section 1
SECTION 1. The provisions of Ad Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six, known as the "Special Provincial Government Act," and Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-seven, known as 'the "Township Government Act," are hereby declared applicable to the Province of Samar whenever in the opinion of the provincial board and of the Governor-General the condition of the people as to civilization and capacity for government seem to demand it. The provincial board of Samar by proper resolution to that effect, with the approval of the Governor-General is hereby authorized and empowered to declare that any municipality of the Province of Samar shall be converted into a township a provided in said Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-seven, and thereafter the president and councilors of the said municipality shall no longer be under the provisions of Act Numbered eighty-two, known as "The Municipal Code," and the amendment thereto, but shall have only the powers and functions proscribed by Act Numbered Thirteen "hundred and ninety-seven; and the provincial governor and the provincial board, as to such townships thus created, shall have the powers and functions and perform die duties prescribed by said Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six.