Section 10
SEC. 10. There shall be a register of deeds in the city of Manila, and one in each province, who shall be appointed and removed in the manner provided for the appointment and removal of judges by section three, and who, after any land within their respective districts has been registered under this Act shall have the same authority as the clerk of the Court of Land Registration to make all memoranda affecting the title of such land, and to enter and issue new certificates of title as provided herein, and to affix the seal of the court to such certificates and duplicate certificates of title; but in executing the provisions of this Act the registers of deeds shall be subject to the general direction of the clerk of the Court of Land Registration, in order to secure uniformity throughout the Archipelago, and their official designation shall be registers of deeds for the province or for the city of Manila, in which their duties are to be performed, an the case may be. In case of the death or disability of the clerk of the Court of Land Registration, the register of deeds for the city of Manila shall perform the duties of the clerk until the vacancy is filled or the disability is removed.