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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 416. 1916. 553 habeas corpus, or place the islands, or any part thereof, under martial law: Provided, That whenever the Governor General shall exercise §I,‘i'§§.‘§.;ti.,,, to me this authority, he shall at once notify the President of the United P“°S‘“°'“»°*°· States thereof, together with the attendin facts and circumstances, and the President shall have ower to morgfy or vacate the action of the Governor General. He sfiall annually and at such other times as A““““1 '°p°“· he may be required make such official report of the transactions of the gpvernment of the Philippine Islands to an executive department of t e United States to be designated by the President, and his said annual report shall be transmitted to the Congress of the United States; and he shall perform such additional duties and functions as gayén pursuance 0 law be delegated or assigned to him by the residen. Sec. 22. That, except as rovided otherwise in this Act, the execu- mel-iilgcdlddliinueiiiiparb tive departments of the lghilip ine government shall continue as now authorized by law until otliierwise provided b the Philippine. . . Le,<%slature. When the Phili pine Legislature llierein provided 1pgiii·in<il¢iiiiiiilii1s§i»iIii111` sha convene and organize, the Philippine Commission, as such, ‘ shall cease and determine, and the members thereof shall vacate _ their offices as members of said commission: Provided, That the ii.iKm°»i§¤¤¤¤r pm heads of executive departments shall continue to exercise their °“‘ °m°i“"·°‘°· executive functions until the heads of departments provided by the Philippine Legislature pursuant to the revisions of this Act are appointed and miualified. The Philiplpinelliegislature may thereafter by appropriate egislation increase the number or abolish any of the executive de artments, or make such changes in the names and duties thereof as it may see fit, and shall provide for the a pointment and removal of the heads of the executive de artmentslli the Governor General: Provided, That all executive Ifunctions of the S¤1>¤¤*i¤i<>¤,¤¤¤- government must be directly under the Governor General or within one of the executive de artments under the supervision and control ,,,,,6,,,, 0, Nm of the Governor Generaii. There is hereby established a bureau, to  Tribe mabbe known as the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes,which said bureau is ° ° shall be embraced in one of the executive departments to be designated by the Governor General, and shall have general supervision over the public affairs of the inhabitants of the territory represented in the legislature by appointive senators and representatives. WB gmmoh Sec. 23. That there shall be appointed by the President, by and d/;pi)<»in¤m¤¤r md with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, a ° ’°°' vice governor of the Philippine Islands, who shall have all of the_ powers of the Governor General in the case of a vacancy or temporary removal, resignation, or disability of the Governor General or n¤pmm¤¤•¤: pubin case of his temporary absence; an the said vice governor shall "° "'S“`“°"°° ““‘*°‘· be the head of the executive department, known as the department of public instruction, which shall include the bureau of education and) the bureau of health, and he may be assigned such other executive duties as the Governor General may designate. _ _ Dopmmm 0, the Other bureaus now included in the department of public instruc- mmm:. tion shall, until otherwise provided by the Philippine Legislature, be included in the department of the interior. _ Tmwm 60,,,,,,0, The President may designate the head of an executive department Gwmi. of the Philippine government to act as Governor Genera] ·1D the case of a vacancy, the temporary removal, resignation, or_d1sab1.l1ty of the Governor General and the vice governor, or their terpiporary absence, and the head of the department thus designated sh exercise all the powers and dpsarform l the duties of the Governor General during such vacancy, bility, or absence. _ _ _ Auditor Sec. 24. That there shall be appointed by the President an auditor, A,,§:;,{,,,.,m sym., Who shall examine, audit, and settle all accounts  to the P"gjLm§·du,,$_ revenues and receipts from whatever source of the ppine government and of the provincial and municipal governments 0 the Philip-