Section 12
SEC. 12. The chief customs official of a collection district shall be designated as the collector of customs at the port of entry thereof. Collectors of customs shall, under the immediate supervision and direction of the Insular Collector, have general authority of the collection of the customs and the enforcement of laws relating to navigation, commerce, and immigration, and all other matters within the jurisdiction of the Customs Service in their respective districts. Such collectors shall, in the first instance, be appointed by the Civil Governor, with the advice and consent of the United States Philippine Commission. They may be temporarily suspended by the Insular Collector when he shall believe such suspension in the interest of the public service. In case of the suspension or removal of the collector of any port other than Manila, the Insular Collector may designate some proper person to perform the duties of said office until such suspended officer shall be restored to duty, or until the vacancy shall be filled according to law, as the case may be, and the said insular Collector may require such person, so acting temporarily, to give his bond in such penalty as he may deem proper for the faithful performance of his duties.