Section 7
SEC. 7. The provincial board of Nueva Ecija shall have authority to unite with the provincial boards of Tarlac, Pampanga, and Bulacan and with the manager of the Manila and Dagupan Railroad Company in the employment of a competent engineer or engineers to devise as economic a plan as possible for protecting the roads and agricultural lands and towns of the four provinces and the roads and bridges of the Manila and Dagupan Railroad from the destructive effect of floods in the Tarlac, the Bamban, and the Rio Grande do Pampanga rivers by levees or other recognized means of protection against such floods, but the expenditure by the provincial board of Nueva Ecija in such joint arrangement shall be limited to five hundred dollars. The engineer or engineers selected shall consult with the provincial supervisors of the four provinces and shall make a report to the provincial board of each province, which shall transmit the same, with its recommendations, to the Chief Executive of the Islands for further enabling legislation.