Section 16
SEC. 16. The governor of the district shall be its chief executive and shall discharge his duties under the orders and supervision of the governor of the province he shall act as sheriff in accordance with the Code of Civil Procedure in the execution of all the lawful decrees of the Court of First Instance and the district courts Having jurisdiction in his district, and he shall give bond as required by the Code of Civil Procedure and its amendments; he shall supervise the custody of all prisoners detained in his district, and shall have charge and responsibility for the maintenance and proper conduct of the jail of his district; he shall exercise the same powers, with respect to the discipline, suspension, and removal of the officers of the municipalities organizer within his district, which the provincial governor under the general Provincial Government Act and its amendments exercises over the municipal officers of the municipalities of his province, except that, in addition to the power of suspension and the preferring of charges against such officers, he shall also hear such charges after due notice and remove the offender or discipline him by imposing a definite suspension from office and a loss of pay. An appeal shall be from his action in this regard by the punished or removed official to the governor of the Moro Province, which appeal shall be taken by letter duly mailed, to the provincial governor, within ten days after the action of the provincial governor shall be communicated to the sentenced official. He shall inspect such municipalities at least once every six months and shall make report of their condition to the governor of the province; he shall, from time to time, make such recommendations to the governor of the province as he may deem proper for the best interests of his district; he shall employ and discharge all subordinate employees of the district government as may be authorized by the legislative council within the restrictions of the Civil Service Act and its amendments; he shall inspect the municipal police and shall have power to discharge any person unfit to serve therein; he shall have power to direct that the municipal police of one municipality shall be temporarily used in any other part of the district, and he shall discharge such other duties as may be imposed upon him by act of the legislative council.