Court of First Instance in said provinces, or by the local deputy of the clerk of the said court, if there be no such clerk in the province. 

[2347-16 (c) .] 

SECTION 209 . Provincial Governor as Sheriff. — In other provinces the duties pertaining to the office of sheriff shall be discharged by the provincial governor, or in case the provincial governor renounces the office, by a person appointed by the Attorney- General, upon the recommendation of the judge of first instance of the province. The clerk or deputy clerk of the Court of First Instance of the province or other officer in the Government service therein may be thus appointed, in which case he shall disch arge the duties of said office in addition to his other duties. 

SECTION 210 . Detail of Policeman as Attendant Upon Court . — A provincial governor shall direct the detail of one or more members of the local police or Constabulary of the place where a Court of First Instance shall be held, to attend the sessions and enfo rce good order in and about the court-room under the direction of the sheriff. If no member of the local police or Constabulary can be thus detailed, the judge of the court may appoint a bailiff to serve as an emergency employee during such time as the cou rt may be in session in the province. The salary of such employee shall be paid from the appropriation for the judiciary and in the provinces of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu shall not be in excess of twenty-five pesos per month. 

[136-22; 159-1, 2; 1680-1; 2410-1.] 

SECTION 211 . Temporary Sheriff.  — When the office of sheriff is vacant, or the proper appointee has not yet qualified, the judge of the Court of First Instance of the province may, in case of emergency, make a temporary appointment to the office of sheriff  of the province, pending the appointment and qualification, or qualification of the sheriff in usual course; and he may appoint the clerk or deputy clerk of the court or other officer in the Government service to act in said capacity. Such temporary appoi ntee shall have all the powers of a regular sheriff; but he shall not be required to give bond, and his authority shall terminate at the expiration of ninety days from his appointment or upon the prior qualification of a regular sheriff in due course. A se cond appointment of the same person as temporary sheriff shall not be made unless for the purpose of supplying a vacancy occurring after a permanent sheriff shall have been appointed and qualified. 

[159-1, 3, 5; 867-33.] 

