Section 2
SEC. 2. Section nine of Act Numbered Seven hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An Act providing for the organization and government of the Moro Province," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 9. The provincial attorney shall be the attorney and legal adviser of the provincial government and of each of its officers and called upon by the council hereinafter constituted and shall, when or by any officer, furnish a written of law arising in the administration of the lie shall represent the provincial government in all suits brought on its behalf or against it in the courts of the province or in the courts of any province or district. He shall be the legal adviser of the municipal authorities of any municipality organized in the province and shall, upon request, submit in writing his views upon any question properly arising in the discharge of the public duties of such officers or authorities. He shall exercise supervisory control in the courts in the province over the district fiscals whose appointments and salaries the legislative council may have provided. The provincial attorney shall, when the public intend requires it, appear and take charge of prosecutions for the government in any court within the province. In cases where the interests of any municipality and of the province are distinct or opposed he shall act on behalf of the provincial government and shall be obliged to employ special counsel. The provincial attorney shall discharge his duties under the general ion of the Attorney-General of the Insular Government, Attorney-General shall represent the provincial government has for or against it which shall come before the Supreme but if the Attorney-General deems it necessary he may require the provincial attorney to assist in the presentation of the cause before the Supreme Court. In every criminal case appealed to the Supreme Court from the Court of First Instance held in the province the provincial attorney shall forthwith make a report to the Attorney-General, explaining the questions of law and fact appearing therein and the conclusions of the court. The provincial authority shall make an annual report to the Attorney-General of the Philippine Islands as to the conditions of public and private litigation in the courts throughout the province, and shall such other duties as may be required by the legislative counsel. "He shall also perform the duties of the register of deeds."