Section 5
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; shall exercise general control over all municipal boards of health within the province; shall cause to he prosecuted all violations of sanitary laws and shall enforce the regulations of the Board of 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 when it shall deem necessary, it shall appoint such sanitary inspectors as the provincial board may authorize; and it shall perform such other duties with reference to the health and sanitation of the province as the Board of Health for the Philippine 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 the board, it, shall make no contracts and incur no liabilities in excess of the amounts duly appropriated for its use by the provincial board or by the Central Legislature of the Philippine Islands.