By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. There shall be a prosecuting attorney for the Moro Province, who shall also be ex officio assistant attorney for the Moro Province, and who shall discharge his duties under the general supervision of the attorney for the Moro  Province.   He shall be appointed by the governor of the  Moro  Province subject to confirmation by the legislative council, be shall be a lawyer admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands, or in the supreme court of a State or Territory of the United States, or of the District of Columbia.   He shall receive such annual salary as may be fixed and provided for such officer in the appropriation acts of the legislative council.   He shall represent the public in the prosecution of crime in any courts within the Moro Province, when the public interest requires it, and shall render such services as assistant attorney for the Moro Province as may be assigned to him by the attorney for the Moro Province.    Before assuming office he shall take the oath of office prescribed for provincial officers in Act Numbered Eighty-three.

SEC. 2. This Act shall be retroactive and take effect as of April twentieth, nineteen hundred and eleven.

Enacted, July 26, 1911.