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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APPENDIX.

Traveling ex- (g) Members of provincial boards of health shall be allowed
penses. their actual and necessary traveling expenses when absent from the
capitals of their several provinces upon official business, subject to
the conditions imposed by law upon the provincial officials of their
respective provinces when traveling on official business.
Supervision. SEC. 5. Subject to the supervision and control of the Board of
Health for the Philippine Islands, each provincial board of health
shall have general supervision over the health and sanitary condition of its province, including the health of domestic animals;
Control over shall exercise general control over all municipal boards of health
municipal boards.
Prosecutions. within the province; shall cause to be prosecuted all violations
of sanitary laws and shall enforce the regulations of the Board of
Epidemics, etc. Health for the Philippine Islands within the province. During
epidemics of contagious or infectious disease affecting the inhabitants or domestic animals of the province, and at other times
Sanitary in- when it shall deem necessary, it shall appoint such sanitary
spectors. inspectors as the provincial board may authorize; and it shall
Other duties. perform such other duties with reference to the health and sanitation of the province as the Board of Health for the Philippine
Meetings. Islands may direct. It shall hold regular meetings on the second
and fourth Tuesdays of each month, and special meetings at the
call of the president or of a majority of the voting members of
Contracts and the board. It shall make no contracts and incur no liabilities in
other liabilities.
excess of the amounts duly appropriated for its use by the provincial board or by the central legislature of the Philippine
Islands.
President's du- SEC. 6. The president of each provincial board of health shall be
ties and powers. its chief executive officer and shall exercise general supervision and
control over the various branches of its work. In a case of emerEmergencies. gency, and when a quorum of the board can not be obtained, he
may exercise the power conferred upon the provincial board of
health by this Act, but he shall report his action to the board for
Quarterly esti- ratification at the earliest practicable time. On or before the
tenth days of March, June, September, and December of each year
he shall prepare and submit to the provincial board quarterly
estimates, showing the probable expense of properly conducting the
Reports. work of the board for the coming three months. He shall make
such reports as the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands
may direct.
Sudden deaths. SEC. 7. The provincial fiscal, in investigating the causes of
sudden deaths which have not been satisfactorily explained, and
when there is suspicion that the causes arose through the unlawful
acts or omissions of other persons, or from foul play, and in
causing autopsies to be made in case he deems them to be necessary, shall be entitled to demand and receive, for purposes of such
investigations or autopsies, the aid of the president of the provincial board of health.
Repeal. All laws and orders establishing a "Medical-Legal Department"
in the Philippine Islands are hereby repealed.
Absence, etc., of SEC. 8. In case of the absence of the president from the province,
president. or of illness incapacitating him for the discharge of his duties, the
president of the municipal board of health of the capital of the
province shall temporarily discharge them.