SECTION  2587 . The Provincial Health Officer . — There shall be a provincial health officer under the supervision and control of the chief health officer who shall have the following general powers and duties: ( a ) Supervision . — He shall have general supervision over the health and sanitary condition of the province, and political subdivisions thereof. AaDSTH ( b ) Laws and ordinances . — He shall execute and enforce all laws, ordinances, and regulations relating to the public health. ( c) Recommendations . — He shall recommend to the municipal and district councils the passage of such ordinances as he may deem necessary for the preservation of the public health. ( d ) Prosecution . — He shall cause to be prosecuted all violations of sanitary laws, ordinances, or regulations. TcHCDE ( e ) Inspection. —  He shall in person or by authorized agents make sanitary inspection and may be aided therein by such members of the provincial and municipal police force or of the Philippine Constabulary as shall be designated as sanitary police by the provincial governor, chief of police, or proper Constabulary officer and by such sanitary inspectors as may be authorized by law. [2408-24.] SECTION  2588 . The Provincial Engineer . — There shall be a provincial engineer who shall have general supervision and control over the construction, maintenance, and repair of all public works and permanent improvements in the province which exceed in estim ated cost the sum of five hundred pesos, and over all contracts connected with such works. [2408-25.] SECTION  2589 . Ex Officio Provincial Officers . — Until otherwise provided by law or executive order of the Governor-General, the department attorney and his assistant shall act as  ex officio  provincial fiscals, and the senior supervising engineer and his as sistant shall act as  ex officio  provincial engineers without additional compensation. But the traveling expenses and per diems of the department officers herein mentioned while traveling as provincial officers shall be a proper charge against the funds of  the respective provinces unless otherwise directed by the department governor. Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 806