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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THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT.

appointments shall be made subject to the provisions of the Civil
-salaries. Service Act. The number and salaries of such employees shall
be reported by the supervisor to the Insular Treasurer, who shall
have the same power to abolish any of such offices and reduce
salaries of the same as in the case of the employees of the provinRepairs. cial governor. It shall be the duty of the provincial supervisor
to see that the roads, bridges, and public buildings of the province
Stationery. are kept in proper repair. All stationery and office supplies of
every character shall be purchased by him upon the order of
the provincial board for the use of the provincial officers, the Court
Property ac- of First Instance, and its officers. He shall keep a property
account in which he shall charge the provincial officers with the
furniture or other personal property delivered to them and held
or used by them for public purposes and shall take receipts for
Copies of con- all supplies thus delivered by him. Copies of all contracts made
by the supervisor, with the approval of the provincial board, shall
Bond. be forwarded by the supervisor to the Insular Auditor. He shall
give bond to the Government of the Philippine Islands, for whom
it may concern, to secure the proper accounting for all money,
property, and supplies intrusted to his custody. It shall be the
duty of the Governor-General to fix the amount of the bond, and
of the Insular Treasurer to approve the same and record and
retain it in his custody.

Purchase
through Insular
Purchasing Agent.
Requisitions.
Payment for
supplies.
Executive Secretary's jurisdiction.
Certificate of
funds on hand.

Note 1.-SEc. 7. No articles shall be purchased or sold
under the provisions of this Act for other than official purposes, and the purchaser or vendor knowingly violating this
provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable
accordingly.-Act 146, June 21, 1901.
Note 2.-SECTION 1. (a) Each head of a Department of the
Insular Government or of the city of Manila, and each provincial supervisor, shall make written requisition from time
to time upon the Insular Purchasing Agent for all property
or supplies he may require, and for the payment of which he
has an appropriation available.
(b) Payment for all articles and supplies so furnished shall
be made to the Insular Purchasing Agent at the actual cost
thereof in the city of Manila, including freight and all other
expenses incident to the delivery in the warehouse of the
Insular Purchasing Agent at Manila, and ten per centum
additional upon such cost for freight, storage, bookkeeping,
breakage, and other proper charges, by the Department,
Bureau, or Office, or provincial or city government receiving
the same, from its available appropriations.
(d) The Executive Secretary for the Philippine Islands
shall have jurisdiction over and approve or disapprove all
requisitions for property or supplies of every kind made upon
the Insular Purchasing Agent by any provincial or municipal
official, by the Philippine Civil Service Board, and by all other
officers of the Insular Government not by law specifically
placed under the jurisdiction of one of the Executive Departments: Provided, however, That this provision shall not apply
to the city of Manila, in which case the certificate of the
Municipal Board approving the requisition shall be sufficient.
(e) No property or supplies of any kind purchased or
procured under any requisition, as herein provided, shall be
forwarded by the Insular Purchasing Agent to any province