Provincial governor; duties.
Section 27
SEC. 27. Provincial governor; duties.—The provincial Provincial governor, governor shall be the chief executive officer of the province, and shall perform the following duties: (a) Presiding officer.—He shall preside at all meetings of the provincial board hereinafter constituted. (b) Execution of laws.—He shall see that laws are faith fully executed by all officers in the province. (c) Suspension of municipal officers.—Upon the filing of charges or upon receiving authentic information of maladministration by any provincial employee or any officer of a municipality of the province he may suspend such officer in accordance with the provisions of section thirty-six hereof. (d) Inspection of municipalities; investigations.—He shall at least once every six months visit every municipality in the province. While in the municipality, he shall hear all complaints made against the conduct of any municipal officer and take suitable action thereon. (e) Public disorder.—Whenever in his opinion the public interest requires it, he shall call upon the senior officer in charge of the Constabulary in the province to suppress disorder, riot, lawless violence, or seditious conspiracy and to apprehend all violators of law. Whenever lawless violence or seditious conspiracy and disturbance of the public peace shall occur of so formidable character as to be beyond the power of the local and Insular police of the province to control or suppress, it shall be the duty of the provincial governor to call upon the department governor for assistance. (f) Custody of prisoners.—He shall, through a jailer and guards to be appointed by him, have custody of all prisoners held awaiting trial or duly sentenced to the provincial jail. (g) Employees.—The provincial board may, by resolution approved by the department governor, authorize the provincial governor to appoint such assistants, clerks, and other employees subject to the Civil Service Act as the public interests require at salaries to be fixed in the resolution. (h) Reports.—Not later than the fifteenth day of January after the end of each fiscal year, he shall make a report of the conditions of the province for the fiscal year ending December thirty-first to the department governor, recommending therein such measures, executive or legislative, as may to him seem best for the betterment of the conditions in the province. (i) Promulgation of laws and orders.—He shall make known to the people of his province by proclamations or communications delivered to the presidents of the various municipalities or districts of the province, all general laws or governmental orders which concern them. (j) Additional duties.—Unless otherwise provided in this Act, or inconsistent with the provisions hereof, he shall also perform the duties devolving upon district governors under existing legislation in force in the department at the time of the passage of this Act. ARTICLE 11.—The provincial board.