Section 18
SEC. 18. Upon the approval of the completed work by the Director of Public Works, he shall issue to the applicant a certificate signed by the Secretary of Commerce and Police, setting forth the name of the applicant, the date, source, purpose, and amount of the appropriation, and if for irrigation, a description of the land to be irrigated, which certificate shall within one year after its issuance be recorded in the province in which the point of diversion of the appropriation is. as well as in the province where the water is used, in the same manner as is provided in section nine for the registration of certificates of appropriation. The priority of such new appropriation shall date from the filing of the application in the office of the Director of Public Works,