The Municipal code and the Provincial government act, being Act no. 82, entitled "A general act for the organization of municipal governments in the Philippine islands", and Act no. 83, entitled "A general act for the organization of provincial governments in the Philippine islands" as amended by the acts of the Philippine commission down to and including May 31, 1905, revised and codified by the Committee on revision and codification appointed by the governor-general. Published by authority of the Philippine commission.

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directed to sell, in the manner prescribed in Acts Numbered
Two hundred and forty-two and Seven hundred and eightynine, such food supplies and other articles as they may be
authorized to keep in stock to all officers of the Insular
Government or of the provincial governments requiring the
same for official use, and for the purchase of which said
officers or public institutions may have available appropriations.-Act 967, October 31, 1903.
(q) To order, in its discretion, the execution by the supervisor, Surveys and examinations.
at provincial expense, of such minor surveys and examinations
as may be necessary to, determine the advisability of making public
improvements, either by the provincial government or the Insular
Government, within the jurisdiction of the province: Provided,
That no survey or examination costing more than one thousand Cost.
pesos, Philippine currency, shall be commenced without the
previous approval of the Consulting Engineer to the Commission.
Note 1.-SECTION 1. In any province in which the provin- P r o v i n c i a
cial board is maintaining a launch or other vessel for the launches.
transportation of its officers and for other public purposes,
the provincial board is authorized to transport nonofficial passengers and freight from one place in the province to another
and to fix a reasonable tariff for such carriage, and to adopt
regulations to govern the officers in charge of such launch or
other vessel in respect to the transportation of nonofficial
passengers and freight: Provided, however, That nonofficial Nonofficial paspassengers and freight shall be received only when consistent f ren r and
with the carriage of all official passengers and freight and
that the business hereby authorized to be done by the provincial board with its official launch shall be so arranged as not
to compete with regular commercial lines transporting passengers or freight between points in the same province, it being
the intent of this section merely to permit the provincial
board to supply transportation for the public where the same
can not be otherwise obtained. All moneys received by virtue Moneys.
of this section shall be paid into the provincial treasury and
shall be considered as provincial funds available for expenditure by the provincial board, as provided by law, for the general purposes of the provincial government.-Act 1090,
March 22, 1904.
Note 2.-SECTION 1. Whereas the supply of draft animals Purchase and
in the Philippine Islands has been greatly depleted by rinder- sale of draft anipest and other diseases, provincial boards are hereby authorized to appropriate provincial funds for the purchase of draft
animals for breeding purposes, for the payment of transportation charges upon such animals, and for their maintenance.
SEC. 2. Draft animals purchased by provincial boards shall Use of animals.
be used, under such rules and regulations as the several provincial boards may prescribe and the Chief of the Bureau of
Agriculture may approve, to restock provinces with breeds
heretofore commonly in use or to improve the breeds of such
animals or to introduce new breeds.
SEC. 3. The Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture shall aid Selection.
provincial boards in their selection of draft animals with
such information as he may be able to furnish relative to the
breeds likely to give the best results in the several provinces,
the places where they may be obtained, and the probable cost
of purchase and transportation.