SECTION  2575 . Superintendent of Reformatories . — Under the supervision of the Director of Prisons, there shall be a superintendent of reformatories who shall have the direction and control of the prison and penal farm at San Ramon and of all prisons and pr isoners within the department, and whose duty it shall be to make such regulations and prescribe such rules, by and with the approval of the Director of Prisons, as may best promote discipline in all prisons and penal settlements within the department and  best secure the reformation and safe custody of all prisoners irrespective of their classification. [2408-12; Ex. Or. 102 (1914).] Accounts and Finance S ECTION  2576 . Department Treasurer — Duties and Powers . — The department treasurer shall: ( a ) Financial officer . — Act as chief financial officer of the department. ( b ) Supervision over provincial treasurers . — Exercise general supervision over the offices of all provincial treasurers and whenever he thinks the bond of any provincial treasurer either too small in amount or of insufficient security he shall call the at tention of the Insular Auditor to the same, who may then require a new or an additional bond. IHTaCE ( c ) Assessment . — Supervise the appraisement and assessment by the provincial treasurers and their deputies of all property in the department required by law to be assessed for taxation. ( d ) Collections . — Supervise the collection of the public revenues, by the provincial treasurers and other authorized agents. ( e ) Custodian of funds . — Act as custodian of all the funds deposited in the treasury and shall account for all moneys received into or taken out of the treasury in accordance with law and administrative regulations. (f) Supplies, and so forth, purchase of.  — Purchase all supplies for the use of department, provincial, and municipal governments, upon the order of the proper administrative officer, under such rules and regulations as the administrative council may presc ribe. Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 798 ARTICLE  IV