[2467-7.] SECTION  936 . Administration of Bureau of Quarantine Service. —  The Bureau of Quarantine Service shall be administered under the direction of the United States Public Health Service. [1407-10.] SECTION  937 . Chief Quarantine Officer of Philippine Islands . — The medical officer detailed as quarantine officer at the port of Manila shall be the chief quarantine officer for the Philippine Islands. He shall have power to make appointments and removals f rom the Bureau of Quarantine Service, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and to authorize the necessary expenditures for said Bureau, under such regulations as the said Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. [1407-10.] SECTION  938 . Jurisdiction of Bureau of Quarantine Service Over Incoming and Outgoing Vessels. —  The examination in ports of the Philippine Islands of incoming and outgoing vessels and the necessary surveillance over their sanitary condition, as well as of  cargo, passengers, crew, and of all personal effects, and the issuing of quarantine certificates and bills of health, shall be vested in and be conducted by the Bureau of Quarantine Service. ITAaCc Quarantine officers shall have authority over incoming vessels, their wharfage and anchorage, so far as is necessary for the proper enforcement of these regulations, including vessels of the Army transport service and noncombatant vessels of the Navy. [1407-10.] SECTION  939 . Bills of Health for Outgoing Vessels. —  The master of any vessel leaving any port in the Philippine Islands for a port in the United States or in any of its territory shall obtain a bill of health from the proper quarantine officer in the Phil ippine Islands. A bill of health shall not be given to an outgoing vessel unless all quarantine regulations have been complied with. At ports where no quarantine officer is detailed bills of health shall be signed by the collector of customs. Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 284 CHAPTER  27 Bureau of Quarantine Service