Section 4
SEC. 4. The provincial board of Tarlac shall have authority to unite with the provincial hoard of the Province of Pampanga, and with the manager of the Manila and Dagupan Railroad in the employment of a competent engineer or engineers to devise as economical a plan as possible for protecting the roads and agricultural lands and towns of the two provinces and the roadway and bridges of the Manila and Dagupan Railroad from the destructive effect of floods in the Tarlac River, the Bamban or Paruan River and the Rio Grande de la Pampanga by levees or other recognized means of protection against such floods. Neither province shall expend in this preliminary work a sum exceeding one thousand dollars. The engineer or engineers selected shall consult with the provincial supervisors of the two provinces and shall make a report to the provincial board of each province, which shall transmit the same with its recommendations, through the Military Governor, to the Commission for further enabling legislation.