the department governor, authorize the provincial governor to appoint such assistants, clerks, and other employees subject to the Civil Service Law as the public interests require at sala ries to be fixed in the resolution. [2408-27.] ( h ) Reports . — Not later than the fifteenth day of January of each year, he shall make a report of the conditions of the province for the preceding year to the department governor, recommending therein such measures, executive or legislative, as may to him  seem best for the betterment of the conditions in the province. ASDCaI ( i) Promulgation of laws and orders . — He shall make known to the people of his province by proclamations or communications delivered to the presidents of the various municipalities or districts of the province, all general laws or governmental orders whic h concern them. ARTICLE  IV The Provincial Board  SECTION  2591 . The Provincial Board, Members of.  — The followin g officers of the provincial government, to wit, the governor, the secretary-treasurer, and the third member, shall constitute the provincial board. The provincial governor shall be the presidin g officer of the board. In the absence or disability of the provincial governor, or if for any other reason he is unable to perform his official duties, the duties of the provincial governor shall be performed by the provincial secretary-treasurer. Copies  of all the resolutions of the provincial board and executive orders of the provincial governor shall be furnished the department governor under such regulations as he may prescribe. [2408-28.] SECTION  2592 . The Provincial Secretary . — The provincial secretary-treasurer shall be the recorder of the provincial board and shall attest all the official acts of the provincial government under the seal of the province and shall record all those of the  governor's acts which are required by law to be recorded, except when acting as provincial governor, in which case a clerk of the provincial board shall attest the official acts of the provincial governor. He shall be the custodian of the provincial seal a nd shall receive from the provincial governor and file in his office all reports to the provincial governor required by law and shall 808 Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011