Department treasurer; duties and powers.
Section 13
SEC. 13. Department treasurer; duties and powers.— The department treasurer shall: (a) Financial officer.—Act as chief financial officer of -financial officer, the department. (b) Supervision over provincial treasurers.—Exercise over general supervision over the offices of all provincial treasurers and whenever he thinks the bond of any provincial treasurer either too small in amount or of insufficient security he shall call the attention of the Insular Auditor to the same, who may then require a new or an additional bond. (c) Assessment.—Supervise the appraisement and assessment, by the department assessor and his deputies of all property in the department required by law to be assessed for taxation. (d) Collections.—Supervise the collection of the public revenues, by the provincial treasurer and other authorized agents. (e) Custodian of funds.—Act as custodian of all the funds deposited in the treasury and shall account for all moneys received into or taken out of the treasury in accordance with law and administrative regulations. (f) Supplies, and so forth, purchase of.—Purchase all supplies for the use of department, provincial, and municipal governments, upon the order of the proper administrative officer, under such rules and regulations as the administrative council may prescribe. (g) Property officer.—Keep a property account in which he shall charge departmental, provincial, or municipal officers with the furniture or other personal property delivered to them and held or used by them for public purposes. (h) Purchasing Agent.—Make his purchases of supplies the Purchasing Agent, except when otherwise authorized by the governor. (i) Internal revenue.—Act as collector of internal revenue for the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, under the executive supervision of, the Insular Collector of Internal Revenue: Provided, however, That in any event all collections derived from taxation within the territory of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu shall be covered into the treasury of the department for the benefit of the general funds thereof: And provided further, That the proceeds of the forestry taxes due on forest products cut in the department, whether collected within or beyond the limits of the department, shall accrue to the department treasury: And provided further, That beginning January first, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and thereafter, all internal revenue collected in the Department of Mindanao and Sulu shall be deposited in the Insular Treasury to be distributed in accordance with general laws. (j) Control over various offices.—Exercise supervision and control over the offices of department assessor and superintendent of markets, which shall be considered as divisions in the office of the department treasurer, and over such other offices as the administrative council may hereafter provide. (k) Other duties.—Discharge such other lawful duties as the department governor may require of him.