Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled  and by the authority of the same:

SECTION  1.  Section two thousand and eighty-nine of the Administrative Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2089. Functions  of provincial treasurer.—As fiscal officer, the  provincial treasurer shall exercise the following functions:

"(a)  Advise the  provincial board,  the municipal councils,  the provincial  and municipal  officers, and the  Insular officers  concerned in the  disposition of the provincial and municipal  funds, on all matters relative to  the public  finance  and  the acquisition and alienation  of property  of the Government.

"(b)  Collect the taxes throughout the province,  including the Insular, provincial, and municipal taxes and other revenues authorized by law.

"(c)  Have the custody and supervision of all provincial funds and property, including the provincial buildings and grounds, and,  subject to  the approval of the  provincial governor, assign  rooms to provincial  officers and other public officials  who by law are entitled to office space in the provincial building.

"(d)  Have charge  of the disbursement of all provincial funds and other funds the custody of  which may be entrusted to him by law or  other competent  authority.

"(e)  Acquire for the  provincial government all necessary supplies, material, and office equipment for which the proper appropriation  has been authorized by the provincial board or other competent  authority.

"(f)  Act as chief  internal-revenue officer in the province in conformity with the Internal Revenue Law, under the administrative authority  of the  Collector of  Internal Revenue and in accordance with the  rules and regulations promulgated by him.

" (g)  Act as public land officer as regards the administration and disposition of land of the public domain  other than forest land,  and  of land confiscated by the Government for delinquent taxes  in the province, under the direction of,  and when required by, the Director of Lands, in accordance  with the rules  and   regulations  promulgated by the latter.

"(h) Act, with the approval of the Department Head, as agent of the Philippine National Bank in case the same has  established  an  agency in the  province,  with such powers and duties and subject to such conditions as the board of directors of the Philippine  National  Bank may confer  and impose upon him.

"(i)  Inspect,  under the supervision of the provincial board, the operation of public utilities belonging to, leased, or  operated by the  provincial government or other local governments, such as telegraph and telephone lines, land and water transportation, waterworks, electric-light plants, irrigation  systems, bonded warehouses, ferries, markets, and slaughterhouses, and  all  other commercial  and industrial  enterprises of the province  and the municipalities."

SEC.  2. The second paragraph of section  two thousand and ninety-three of the Administrative Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:

  "A Government officer or employee appointed to the position of assessor or  deputy assessor may be allowed additional compensation for his services in such capacity which shall be fixed in his appointment or designation."

SEC.  3. Section twenty-two hundred and eight of the Administrative Code is hereby  amended by adding thereto the following paragraph:

"(e)  He shall, as deputy of the  provincial treasurer, perform in the municipality  such other duties not inconsistent with law as the provincial treasurer may assign  to him."

SEC.  4. This Act shall  take effect  on its approval.

Approved, December 6,  1924.