[ Act No. 3841, November 09, 1931 ]

AN ACT TO EXPLAIN THE SCHEDULE OF FEES WHICH THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY IS AUTHORIZED TO CHARGE FOR FURNISHING CERTIFIED COPIES OF THE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS IN HIS CUSTODY.

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 ninety-eight of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, as amended by Acts Numbered Thirty-four hundred and seventy-six and Thirty-six hundred and eighty-two, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2098. Secretary of provincial board.—There shall be a secretary of the provincial board, whose duty it shall be to attend the meetings of the board and act as its recording officer and secretary."The secretary of the provincial board shall be the keeper of the seal of the province and he shall attest therewith the official acts of the provincial governor and shall record all those of the governor's acts which are required by law to be recorded. He shall receive from the provincial governor and file in his office all reports to the provincial governor required by law, and shall index the same, and he shall generally act as custodian of all provincial records and documents, except declarations of real estate and any other documents having reference to the assessment of real estate, for the collection of the real estate tax, which are in the possession of the provincial assessor. He shall, on demand, furnish certified copies of all public records and documents in his custody, for which he shall charge a sum of not less than ten nor more than twenty centavos for each one hundred words, including the certificate, all the proceeds whereof shall be paid into the provincial treasury."The position of the secretary shall be regarded as within the unclassified civil service, but may be filled in the manner in which classified positions are filled, and if so filled, the appointee shall be entitled to all the benefits and privileges of classified employees, except that he shall hold office only during the term of office of the appointing governor and until a successor in the office of secretary is appointed and qualified, unless sooner separated."

SEC. 3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions hereof are hereby repealed.SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its approval.Approved, November 9, 1931.

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