[2408-17.] 

## ARTICLE VII 

Public Works 

S ECTION 2581 . Engineer . — Under the supervision of the Director of Public Works, there shall be detailed to the department a senior supervising engineer whose duties and powers shall include those prescribed for district engineer by general laws. IHaCDE 

( a ) Road construction, and so forth . — By agreement with the president of each municipality, the senior supervising engineer shall fix the territory within which the duty of repairing, constructing, and maintaining roads, bridges, culverts, and ferries shall fall upon the municipal government, and that in which such duty shall fall upon the provincial government or the department as the case may be, and in the event of any disagreement the issue shall be settled by the department governor whose decision sha ll be final. In case two or more municipalities of a province fail to agree, however, the controversy shall be decided by the provincial board, from whose decision an appeal may be taken to the department governor. 

( b ) General laws . — The provisions of law concerning public works, now in force in the provinces and municipalities of the Islands generally shall apply to the department. ACcHIa 

[2408-18; Ex. Or. 71 (1914), 3 (1915).] 

The Provincial Governments 

General Provisions 

## CHAPTER 53 

## ARTICLE I 

SECTION 2582 . The Provinces . — A civil provincial government is hereby established for the respective provinces of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu. 

[2408-19.] 

SECTION 2583 . Corporate Powers . — Every provincial government 

