index the same. He shall on demand furnish certified copies of all public records and documents under his custody for whic h he may charge, to any private person, but not to any public official needing the same for a public purpose, the amount of ten centavos for every one hundred words of such copy, including the certificate, which amount shall accrue to the provincial treasury. [2408-29.] SECTION  2593 . Duties and Powers of the Provincial Board.  — It shall be the duty and within the power of the provincial board: ( b ) Tax levy — Distribution . — To levy in its discretion upon the real estate of the province for provincial purposes an annual tax within the limitations prescribed by law. ( c ) Provincial offices . — To provide by construction, purchase, or renting suitable offices for the provincial officers, and a courthouse containing a room or rooms suitable, in the opinion of the department governor, for the holding of court and for offic es for the court officers, and a provincial jail in the municipality fixed by law as the capital of the province. ( a ) Appropriations . — To appropriate moneys from any of its funds, except those the use of which is otherwise specifically fixed by law, for other purposes having in view the general welfare of the province and its inhabitants. DTaAHS ( d ) Vault or safe . — To furnish a suitable vault or safe to the provincial secretary-treasurer, in which he shall keep the provincial and other public funds as long as they are in his custody, except as hereinafter provided. ( e ) Provincial building . — To assign rooms for offices in the provincial building.  (f) Roads, bridges, and so forth . — To order, in its discretion, the construction, repair, or maintenance of roads, bridges, and ferries within its control, and to approve or reject contracts for such construction and repair, and the construction and repai r of provincial buildings rented by the provincial secretary-treasurer, subject to the approval of the senior supervising engineer. CHcETA ( g ) Boundary roads, bridges, and so forth . — To agree upon the recommendation of the chief engineer with the provincial board of 809 Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011