officer is removed, as provided by law. [1397-27.] S ECTION  2295 . Authority of Provincial Governor to Fill Temporary Vacancies. —  The provincial governor, with the advice and consent of the provincial board, shall fill temporary vacancies in the office of vice-president, secretary, or councilor, and wheneve r a president, vice-president, or councilor is suspended, shall appoint some person to discharge his duties until he is reinstated or until he is removed and the vacancy thus occasioned is filled. [1397-29 ( b ).] S ECTION  2296 . Interest in Contract Works and Games Prohibited. —  No township officer shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract work, cockpits, or other permitted games and amusements, or business of the township, or in the purchase of any  real estate or any other property belonging to the corporation. [1397-28.] S ECTION  2297 . Supervision of Provincial Governor Over Township Officials in Certain Provinces. —  In the Provinces of Batanes, Mindoro, and Palawan, the provincial governor shall have the power to suspend any township official charged with misconduct in off ice or disloyalty to the United States, and after proper notice and hearing to remove him, with the approval of the provincial board, and to direct the provincial fiscal to bring a civil or criminal suit in the public interest against the person complained  of if the charge made involves either civil or criminal liability, or to dismiss the complaint and reinstate the person complained of. In the Mountain Province and Nueva Vizcaya all the powers hereinabove conferred shall be vested in the provincial governor, subject only to the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior. [2552.] Elections and Elective Officers S ECTION  2298 . Election of Township Officers — Term of Office. —  The president and vice-president shall be chosen at large by the qualified electors of the townships; the councilor of each barrio shall be chosen by the qualified electors of Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 672 ARTICLE  III