Section 8
SEC. 8. Upon being requested or authorized by any provincial board or municipal council to make any investigations or surveys, or proceed with the construction or repair of any public works, the district engineer shall give his memorandum receipt for such available provincial or municipal property as shall be necessary for the prosecution of the work to the provincial or municipal officer accountable for the property, by whom it: shall be issued to said engineer, and he shall be responsible on his official bond to return the same to said accountable officer or to present to said officer a certificate satisfactory to the Insular Auditor that the same has been properly expended or accounted for, and he shall have supervision over such provincial or municipal employees, tools, supplies, transportation, and" material as may be assigned to him for projects authorized by said provincial or municipal governments. Such additional supplies, tools, and material as may be necessary for the satisfactory completion of authorized works shall be secured, for the district engineer by the proper provincial or municipal officer in the usual manner, and the provincial or municipal government authorizing such works shall make appropriations to pay for the same. The Consulting Engineer to the Commission, whenever he shall deem the same to be in the interests of the public service, may place at the disposal of the district engineers, upon proper memorandum receipt, property under his control belonging to the Insular Government, and shall fix a reasonable charge to pay for the necessary expenses connected therewith and the wear and' tear thereon, and said charge shall appear in the statement of the district engineer' and shall be paid by the provincial or municipal government interested, as hereinafter provided.