Section 1
SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered Twenty-one hundred and fifty-two is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. The power to grant appropriations of public waters is hereby vested ft the Secretary of Commerce and Communications, in accordance with the provisions of this law upon the recommendation and approval of the Irrigation Council herein created. "There is hereby created an Irrigation Council which shall consist of five members as follows: The Secretary of Commerce and Communications who shall be ex-officio chairman thereof; the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources; the chairman of the Committee on Commerce and Communications of the Senate; the chairman of the Committee on Public Works of the House of Representatives; and one agriculturist who shall be appointed by the Governor-General and shall receive a per diem of fifteen pesos for each session of the council which he actually attends: Provided, That the officers already receiving a salary or per diem from the Government shall serve without additional remuneration. "The Chief Water Rights Inspector of the Bureau of Public Works shall be ex-officio secretary of the Irrigation Council without additional compensation. "The Director of Public Works shall have direction and supervision of the investigation for and construction of irrigation systems by the Government of the Philippine Islands and shall perform such duties as are prescribed herein. "The Chief Irrigation Engineer shall, in addition to the duties and responsibilities stated in his appointment, be charged with those of the superintendent of irrigation as provided in Act Numbered Eighteen hundred and fifty- four."