The higher taxes imposed by sections four, five, eleven, twelve, thirteen, and fourteen of Act Two thousand five hundred forty-one; by subsections ( u ) and ( x ) of section forty-five of Act Two thousand three hundred thirty-nine, as amended by section seven  of Act Two thousand five hundred forty-one; and by subsection ( b , 1) of section sixty-nine of Act Two thousand three hundred thirty-nine, as amended by section fifteen of Act Two thousand five hundred forty-one shall be collected for the years nineteen hun dred sixteen and nineteen hundred seventeen, as in said Act Two thousand five hundred forty-one provided, anything to the contrary in this chapter notwithstanding. Sections one thousand six hundred eighty-nine and one thousand six hundred ninety hereof shall not be applied during the years nineteen hundred sixteen and nineteen hundred seventeen to valid perfected mining concessions granted prior to April eleventh, ei ghteen hundred and ninety-nine. TaDAIS S ECTION  1760 . Chief Officials of Bureau of Treasury . — The Bureau of the Treasury shall have one chief and one assistant chief, appointed by the Secretary of War, with the concurrence of the Governor-General and approval of the Upper House of the Philippin e Legislature. These officers shall be respectively the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands and the Assistant Treasurer of the Philippine Islands. TaDAIS For brevity they may be designated as the Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer, when the full title of the office otherwise appears in the document or paper requiring signature; and for purposes of discrimination the term "Insular Treasurer" may be used. [1407-22; 1792-11.] SECTION  1761 . Functions of Bureau of Treasury . — The Bureau of the Treasury shall be charged with the safekeeping of governmental funds, the supervision of banks, banking, and currency, and generally with the administration of the laws of the United States  and of the Philippine Islands relating to coinage and currency in said Islands, and any other laws or parts of laws that may be expressly placed within its jurisdiction. Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 524 CHAPTER  40 Bureau of Treasury ARTICLE  I Organization of Bureau