board to perform, but on no one day shall more than one compensation be allowed to such third member. SHacCD Provincial health officers shall each receive an annual salary not exceeding five thousand pesos, to be fixed by the department governor in the appointment and approved by the Governor-General with the appointment. They shall not be permitted to engage in  private practice. SECIcT The salaries of provincial officers shall be paid out of provincial funds. The salaries herein provided shall be modified to conform with the general schedule of salaries prescribed for regularly organized provinces as soon as general provincial elections  are held in accordance with the provisions of subsection ( c ) of this section. [2408-22; 2429-1, 2, 7.] SECTION  2586 . The Provincial Fiscals . — There shall be a provincial fiscal who shall be the chief legal adviser of the province, and who shall have the following general powers and duties ( a ) Civil cases . — He shall represent the province and municipalities thereof in all civil cases wherein the province or any of its political subdivisions, or any officer thereof, in his official capacity, is a party. ( b ) Drafting of public documents . — He shall, when required, draw ordinances, contracts, bonds, leases, and other instruments involving any interest of the province or political subdivisions thereof, and inspect and pass upon any such instruments already d rawn. TCDHIc ( c) Opinions . — He shall give his opinion in writing when requested by the provincial board, or any provincial officer, upon any question relating to the province or the rights or duties of any provincial officer, and he shall also act as legal adviser of ea ch municipality or other political subdivisions of the province and shall upon request of any such officer submit in writing his opinion upon any question properly arising in the discharge of their public duties. ( d ) Investigation of negligence or misconduct . — He shall, whenever it is brought to his knowledge that any municipal officer is guilty of criminal neglect or misconduct in office, or that any person, firm, or corporation holding or exercising any franchis e or public privilege from any municipality of the province, has failed to comply with any Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 804