the benefit of the respective treasury of the department, province, or municipality, as the case may be. ATcEDS ( m ) Boundary lines of provinces, and so forth . — Subject to the approval of the Governor-General, to enlarge, contract, or otherwise change, by executive order, whenever in his judgment the public welfare requires it, the boundary of any province, subprovi nce, municipality, or any other political subdivision within the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, or separate any such subdivision into such portions as may be required as aforesaid, merge any of such subdivisions or portions with another, name any new sub division so created, change the seat of government within any subdivision, existing or created hereunder, to such place therein as the public interests require, and shall fix in such executive order the date when the change, merger, separation, or other ac tion shall take effect. Whenever such action as aforesaid creates a new political subdivision, the department governor shall appoint such officers for the new subdivision with such powers and duties as may be required by the existing provisions of law appl icable to the case and fix their salaries, subject to the limitations provided in this title. Such equitable distribution of the funds of changed subdivisions between the subdivisions affected shall be made as is recommended by the district auditor and app roved by the department governor. SDTcAH ( n ) Capture of criminals — Offer of reward. —  To offer, or to grant authority to the provincial governor of any province organized under this title, or the district chief of Constabulary for the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, to offer a reward not exceed ing one thousand pesos, for information leading to the capture and conviction of a member of a band of brigands, or of the perpetrator of any murder or robbery or of any crime, or for information leading to the capture of an escaped convict. ( o ) Administrative investigations . — To investigate, whenever he deems it necessary for the good of the public service, any action or conduct of any person or persons in the service of the department, or any of the provinces, municipalities, or other polit ical subdivisions therein established, and designate a suitable person to make such investigation and to take the testimony of any person or persons which, in his judgment, may be relevant thereto and may detail or authorize the said person designated to p rocure stenographers and interpreters to assist in the same. Such person so designated shall 792 Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011