S ECTION 2088 . Duties and Powers of Provincial Board. — The provincial board of a specially organized province shall in general be subject to the same duties and possess the same powers as a provincial board in a regularly organized province; but the power expressed in subsection ( a ) of section two thousand and thirty-two hereof shall, in all the specially organized provinces except Batanes, be exercised with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior instead of with the approval of the Governor-General. CIcTAE 

The provincial board of a specially organized province shall also possess the supervisory power over township councils expressed in sections two thousand three hundred and thirty-four to two thousand three hundred and thirty-seven, inclusive, of the Townsh ip Law. 

[1396-17; 1822-1; 1845-1.] 

S ECTION 2089 . Regulation of Edible Bird-Nest Industry in Palawan . — The provincial board of the Province of Palawan shall have authority to make regulations deemed expedient or necessary to prevent the extermination of birds building edible nests and to se cure the conservation of the supply of such nests and the adequate protection of the industry based thereon. AHCcET 

To the same end, said board may require collectors of edible nests to procure licenses for such business, for which such fees shall be charged by the provincial treasurer as shall be fixed by the board. 

[1769-1.] 

S ECTION 2090 . Extension of Time for Payment of Taxes in Mountain Province and Nueva Vizcaya . — With the approval of the Secretary of the Interior and the Governor-General first had, the provincial boards of the Mountain Province and of the Province of Nuev a Vizcaya may, by reason of general failure of crops or for other good and sufficient cause, extend by resolution the collection time for the payment, in whole or in part, of any one or more tax or taxes for the whole of their respective provinces or for a ny subdivision thereof, for a period not exceeding six months in any one year without penalty. The resolution of the provincial board shall clearly state the reasons for such extension. 

[2515-1.] 

S ECTION 2091 . Extension of Time for Payment of Taxes in Palawan, Mindoro, and Batanes . — The provincial boards of Palawan, Mindoro, and Batanes are authorized, with the approval of the proper Department head first had, to extend, by resolution, the time of t he payment, without penalty, of all or part of 

