Section 4
SEC. 4. Chief clerks of the provincial treasurer's offices shall be notaries public, for the sole purpose of administering, free of charge, oaths in connection with notices to persons delinquent in the payment of the land tax, and other matters in relation to the accounts of the provincial treasurer's offices. The judge of the Court of First Instance may appoint any government officer or employee in the Department of Mindanao and Sulu as notary public, provided no fees of any kind shall be charged for his private benefit.