Section 1
SECTION 1. Section thirteen of Act Numbered Eighty-three, entitled "A general Act for the organization of provincial governments in the Philippine Islands," as amended and supplemented by Acts Numbered Three hundred and seventy-two, Five hundred and twenty-five, and Eight hundred and nineteen, is hereby further amended by adding thereto subsection (q) as follows: "(q) To order, in its discretion, the execution by the supervisor, at provincial expense, of such minor surveys and examinations as may be necessary to determine the advisability of making public improvements, either by the provincial government or the Insular Government, within the jurisdiction of the province: Provided, That no survey or examination costing more than one thousand pesos, Philippine currency, shall be commenced without the previous approval of the Consulting Engineer to the Commission."