with the peculiar conditions prevailing there in. [2408-15; Ex. Or. 71, 111 (1914).] ( b ) Languages, teaching of.  — The basis of instruction in the public schools shall be the English language, but, where local conditions demand it, the superintendent of schools may temporarily authorize the use of any other language or dialect. SCHTac ( c ) Division superintendent . — The superintendent of schools may appoint in each province a division superintendent of schools who shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be expressly delegated to him by the superintendent of schools. ARTICLE  VI Public Safety S ECTION  2579 . Chief Health Officer . — Under the supervision of the Director of Health there shall be one chief of division for the health service of the department, to be known as the chief of the division of Mindanao and Sulu of the Philippine Health Serv ice, whose powers shall include those prescribed for district health officers, in addition to such powers as may be delegated to him by the Director of Health. The general provisions of law concerning public health, now in force in the provinces and munici palities of the Islands generally, shall apply to the department except as otherwise herein provided. [2408-16; Ex. Or. 71 (1914).] S ECTION  2580 . District Chief of Constabulary — Duties and Powers . — The district chief of Constabulary at Zamboanga in charge of the Constabulary in the department shall discharge his duties under the supervision of the Chief of Constabulary, subject to su ch special control by the department governor as has been hereinbefore provided. The Constabulary force shall be supported by funds appropriated from the Insular Treasury in like manner as the Constabulary force in the other parts of the Islands is support ed. aHcACI He shall exercise such authority and perform such duties in connection with the municipal police as may be required by law. DHAcET In case the revenues of a municipality do not allow of its organizing, maintaining, and equipping its municipal police in accordance with the provisions of this title, the department governor may authorize the payment of the necessary sum from provincial f unds. 800 Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011