established under this chapter shall be a body corporate, with power to sue and be sued, to have and use a corporate seal, to hold and, with the approval of the department governor, to purchase  and convey real property, to purchase and convey personal property, to make contracts for labor and material needed in the construction of duly authorized public works, and to incur such other obligations as are expressly authorized by law. [2408-20.] Provincial Officers SECTION  2584 . Officers and Employees  —  Duties in General.  — All provincial officers and employees shall be subject to the following provisions: ( a ) Appointments . — Provincial officers and employees, unless otherwise provided for in this title, shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service Law. There shall be as many employees as may be provided for in the appropriations  of the provincial board, subject to the approval of the department governor. ( b ) Temporary appointments . — In case of suspension or absence of any provincial officer, the department governor shall have power to appoint a person to perform the duties of the office during such absence or suspension, unless otherwise expressly provide d by law. ( c ) Travel expense . — The actual and necessary travel expense of provincial officers and employees engaged in traveling in the province or outside thereof on official business shall be paid from the provincial treasury. The same limitations now or hereafter prescribed by law as to the amount of per diems which applies to the travel expense of the provincial officers and employees shall apply to those herein authorized. [2408-21.] SECTION  2585 . Provincial Officers in General . — Except as hereinafter provided, the officers of each provincial government organized under this chapter shall be a provincial governor, a provincial secretary-treasurer, and a third member of the provincial b oard. With the exception of the third member, residence in the Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 802 ARTICLE  II