Section 1
SECTION 1. There is created under the Bureau Public Works and in each representative district a mobile artesian wells repair unit, which shall have the function of taking charge of the operation, maintenance and repair of all artesian wells within the district. Each unit shall have one wells mechanic and one clerk-toolkeeper-driver who shall receive an annual salary of one thousand six hundred eighty pesos and one thousand four hundred forty pesos, respectively. Each unit shall be provided with one truck, commonly known as "pick-up," and tools and other accessories for ordinary repair work of artesian wells. The cost of maintaining and operating each mobile artesian wells repair unit shall be borne by the National Government: Provided, That in districts where the mileage of roads does not justify the use of a truck, the means of transportation being by water, the appropriation herein provided for the purchase of a truck may be used for the acquisition of an outboard motor of not less than twenty-five horse-power capacity and the construction or acquisition of a suitable boat or launch for the purpose.