Section 2
SEC. 2. The first paragraph of section twenty-three of Act Numbered Two hundred and fifteen, relating to accountability for public property in the Philippine Archipelago, is hereby amended by striking out said paragraph and substituting therefor the following: "SEC. 23. The Insular Purchasing Agent shall contract with interisland transportation lines and with railroad companies on behalf of the various civil Departments, Bureaus, and Offices for the transportation of such property and supplies as may require shipments by them to and from Manila from and to provincial points. The shipments may be made by the Insular Purchasing Agent or by the proper officer of the Department, Bureau, or Office against which the cost of the transportation is properly chargeable, and each Department, Bureau, or Office shall submit for appropriation, with its regular estimates, the amounts which will probably be required for the payment of such cost of transportation."