shall have certified thereon that the parties thereto have presented their proper cedula certificates or are exe mpt from the cedula tax, and there shall be entered by the notary public as a part of such certification the number, place of issue, and date of each cedula certificate as aforesaid. [867-1.] SECTION  286 . Compensation of Notaries Public . — No fee, compensation, or reward of any sort, except such as is expressly prescribed and allowed by law, shall be collected or received for any service rendered by a notary public. Such moneys collected by not aries public proper shall belong to them personally. Officers acting as notaries public  ex officio  shall charge for their services the fees prescribed by law and account therefor as for Government funds. [216-2; 867-28; 2035-3.] SECTION  290 . Seal of Bureau . — The respective Bureaus shall keep appropriate seals, with which shall be sealed all commissions, records, transcripts, and other documents requiring authentication. AHTICD SECTION  291 . Powers and Duties of Chiefs of Bureaus . — The Director or other chief official in each Bureau or Office shall exercise the functions of chief executive and administrative officer thereof. It shall be his duty, under the supervision of the prop er Department head, to exercise general authority in all matters embraced within the jurisdiction of the Bureau or relating to the operation thereof and to see to the enforcement of all laws and regulations pertaining to it. For administrative purposes, a Bureau chief may, consistently with law, distribute the work of his Bureau among such permanent divisions and sections as may be deemed advisable; and he shall define the duties of his subordinates in so Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 99 Government Service and Employment in General,  to which are Added Various Laws of General Application TITLE  V CHAPTER  13 Provisions Common to Various Bureaus and Offices ARTICLE  I Bureau Organization