municipa lity for use in another. ( e ) Inspection of provinces . — To visit at least once in every six months every province within the department. acIASE (f) Appointments . — To appoint all department officers, except as herein otherwise provided, and to fix their salaries within the limitations provided by law subject to the approval of the administrative council. ( g ) Suspensions and removals . — To suspend from office any officer or employee of the department, or political subdivision thereof, subject to the provisions and limitations of subsection ( d ) of section two thousand five hundred and sixty-nine hereof. ( h ) Governor-General, report to . — To discharge the duties of his office under the general supervision and control of the Governor-General to whom he shall make a report of the conditions of the department at the end of each year, recommending such measure s as he may deem necessary for the betterment of the department, and perform such other duties as the Governor-General may require of him. ( i ) Land tax, remission of collection . — To remit, subject to the approval of the Governor-General, the collection of the land tax in whole or in part for a period not exceeding one year at a time in any province organized hereunder or any part thereof in  which he deems the public interest demands such action, other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding. (j) Appropriations . — To approve or disapprove in whole or in part any provincial appropriation, subject to appeal to the Governor-General. ( k ) Lawsuits . — To direct, in his discretion, the bringing or defense of suits on behalf of the department, provincial, and municipal governments and to compromise the same upon the recommendation of the attorney and the approval of the judge of first inst ance for the district. CcSEIH ( l ) Deposit of public funds in a bank . — To authorize the treasurer to deposit so much of the funds belonging to the department or to provincial and municipal governments as may not be needed in the near future for public use in a bank of deposit of approv ed standing in the Islands; and any interest paid on such deposits shall inure to Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 791