Section 1. Executive Departments.—There shall hereafter be, in addition to the Departments of the Interior and of Public Instruction, a Department of Finance, a Department of Justice, a Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and a Department of Commerce and Communications, and all executive functions of the Government provided for in this Act shall be under the direct control of said six Departments, subject to the general supervision and control of the Governor-General.
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1. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources shall have the direct executive control, direction, and supervision of the Bureau of Agriculture, the Bureau of Forestry, the Bureau of Lands, matters pertaining to colonies and plantations on public lands, the Bureau of Science, the Weather Bureau, and matters concerning hunting, fisheries, sponges and other sea products, and such other as may hereafter be assigned to it by law.
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2. Department of Commerce and Communications
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The Department of Commerce and Communications shall have the direct executive control, direction, and supervision of the Bureau of Public Works, the Bureau of Posts, the Bureau of Supply, the Bureau of Labor, the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, and such other as may hereafter be assigned to it by law.
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3. Department of Finance
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The Department of Finance shall have the direct executive control, direction, and supervision of the Bureau of Customs, the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Bureau of the Treasury, and the Bureau of Printing, and any other office or executive function that may hereafter be assigned to it by law. It shall also have the general supervision over banks, banking transactions, coinage, currency, and funds the investment of which may be authorized by existing law.
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4. Department of the Interior
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The Department of the Interior shall, as heretofore, have the direct executive control, direction, and supervision of matters pertaining to the non-Christian tribes, the Philippine General Hospital, and the Boards of Pharmaceutical, Medical, and Dental Examiners, and also of the Executive Bureau, the provinces and cities governed by special laws, the Philippine Constabulary, and any other office or executive function that may hereafter be assigned to it by law.
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5. Department of Justice
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The Department of Justice shall have the direct executive control, direction, and supervision of the Bureau of Justice, the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, the Code Committee, the Courts of First Instance and inferior courts, the Philippine Library and Museum, and the Bureau of Prisons, and such other as may hereafter be assigned to it by law.
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6. Department of Public Instruction
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The Department of Public Instruction shall, as heretofore, have the direct executive control direction, and supervision of the Bureau of Education and also the Philippine Health Service and the Quarantine Service.
