Section 31
SEC. 31. Where no fiscal or treasurer to examine collecting accounts of clerks and deputies and to certify pay vouchers, Civil Governor to designate officer for purpose.—In cases in which the provisions of Act Numbered four hundred and fifty-two are inoperative in respect to clerks of Courts of First Instance because there is no provincial treasurer or fiscal to whom the Act can apply, the Secretary of Finance and Justice, upon the recommendation of the Insular Auditor, shall designate the judge of the Court of First Instance or some suitable local official to make examination of the collection accounts of clerks in the manner provided in section one of said Act and to certify to all vouchers under section two of said Act.