fiscal so appointed, and apportion among the provinces served the charges for salary, travel expenses, clerical and other necessary expenses incident to the performance of the duties of the combined office. SECTION  1296 . Authority of Governor-General to Declare Vacancy . — Whenever, in his judgment, the public interests will be promoted thereby, the Governor-General may, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, declare the position of p rovincial fiscal in any province vacant, and direct that the duties imposed by law upon the provincial fiscal of such province be performed by an assistant attorney of the Bureau of Justice designated by the Attorney-General; and such province shall reimbu rse the Bureau of Justice for the necessary travel expenses, salary of such assistant attorney, and other expenses necessarily incident to the services rendered, in such amount as shall be fixed by the Attorney-General, with the approval of the Secretary of  Finance and Justice, not exceeding seventy-five per centum of the salary previously fixed for the fiscal of said province. SECTION  1297 . Reestablishment of Consolidated or Vacated Offices . — Where the offices of two or more fiscal are consolidated or when the office of any fiscal has been declared vacant, as contemplated above, the Governor-General, upon the recommendation of  the Secretary of Finance and Justice, may reestablish, upon its previous footing, the office of fiscal in any province thus affected, if in his opinion the public interest will be better served thereby. [1701-4; Comp., 142.] [1701-3.] [1701-5.] SECTION  1298 . When Court shall Appoint Acting Provincial Fiscal . — When a provincial fiscal shall be disqualified by personal interest to act in a particular case or when for any reason he shall be unable, or shall fail, to discharge any of the duties of h is position, the judge of the Court of First Instance of the province shall appoint an acting provincial fiscal, who shall discharge all the duties of the regular provincial fiscal which the latter shall fail or be unable to perform. Such officer shall, fo r the days actually employed, be paid out of the provincial treasury the same compensation per day as that provided by law for the regular provincial fiscal. The person so appointed shall be either a practising attorney or some competent employee from the  Bureau of Justice or office of any provincial fiscal. [2108-1.] Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 383