Section 8
SEC. 8. The provincial supervisor shall have supervision of the construction, repair, and maintenance of the roads, bridges, and ferries of the province. He shall also have charge of the construction and repair of public buildings and the offices of the provincial government, and shall be the custodian thereof under the direction of the provincial board. All contracts for the construction, repair, and maintenance of buildings, roads, bridges, or ferries shall be let by the provincial supervisor, with the approval of the provincial board, and no payment, partial or final, upon any contract made for such work shall be made except upon the certificate of the supervisor that the same is due. Before a contract is let for work it shall be the duty of the supervisor to prepare proper plans and specifications, and to make an estimate of the cost thereof, and to submit the supervisor, with the approval of the provincial board, shall be forwarded by the supervisor to the Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago. He shall make monthly reports to the provincial board as to the condition of the roads, bridges, and public buildings of the province, and shall recommend to the board the repairs and new construction which are necessary. The supervisor shall have power to appoint such permanent assistants, clerks, and employees in his office as may be approved by the provincial board. The number and salaries of such employees shall be reported by the supervisor to the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago, who shall have the power to abolish any such offices and reduce salaries of the same as in the case of the employees of the provincial governor. After March first, nineteen hundred and three, such assistants, clerks, and employees shall be selected in accordance with the rules and restrictions of the Civil Service Act. It shall be the duty of the provincial supervisor to see that the roads, bridges, and public buildings of the province are kept in proper repair. All stationery and office supplies of every character shall be purchased by him, upon the order of the provincial board, for the use of the provincial officers. He shall keep a property account, in which he shall charge the provincial officers with the furniture or other personal property delivered to them and held or used by them for public purposes, and shall take receipts for all supplies thus delivered by him. He shall give bond to the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, for whom it may concern, to accure the proper accounting for all money, property, and supplies entrusted to his custody. It shall be the duty of the Civil Governor to fix the amount of the bond, and of the Treasurer for the Philippine Archipelago to approve the same and record and retain it in this custody. In case of a vacancy in the office of provincial supervisor, or when, for any reason, such officer can not perform his duties, the provincial secretary-treasurer shall be vested with the power to purchase stationery and office supplies, and in making such purchases and delivering the same to the provincial officers he shall keep a property account and take the receipts required of the provincial supervisor by section ten of the Provincial Government Act.