be his duty to administer the same in accordance with law and the regulations prescribed for the gove rnment of provincial prisons. The immediate custody and supervision of the jail may be committed to the care of a jailer to be appointed by the provincial governor. The provincial governor shall, under the direction of the provincial board and at the expense of the province, supply proper food and clothing for the prisoners; though the provincial board may, in its discretion, let the contract for the feeding of the pr isoners to some other person. [413-3; 449-1, 2; 610-5.] SECTION  1945 . Amount of Allowance for Feeding of Prisoners . — The ordinary allowance to be made by the provincial board for the feeding of prisoners by the governor of the province or such other person as may have the contract therefor shall, in case of pe rsons arrested on criminal process, not exceed twenty centavos each per day; but the provincial board may pay more when necessary to the proper maintenance of the prisoners. [413-3; 449-1, 2; 610-5.] The compensation for the support of a prisoner arrested on civil process shall be at the rate of forty centavos per day, to be advanced weekly to the jailer by the plaintiff in the civil process, and to be taxable as costs. [190-415; 397-1; 413-7.] SECTION  1946 . Record of Prisoners to be Kept by Jailer . — The governor, or the jailer appointed by him, shall keep a true and exact record of all prisoners committed to the provincial jail, and of all provincial prisoners awaiting trial before the Court of  First Instance detained in any municipal jail of the province, which record shall contain the names of all persons who are committed, their place of abode, the time of commitment, the cause of their commitment, the authority that committed them, and the d escription of their persons; and when any prisoner is liberated such calendar shall state the time when and the authority by which such liberation took place; if any prisoner shall escape, it shall state particularly the time and manner of such escape; if  any prisoner shall die, the date and cause of his death shall be entered on the record. [413-4.] SECTION  1947 . Submission of Record to Court . — At the opening of each term of the Court of First Instance within his province, the governor shall return a copy of such record under his hand to the judge of such court; and if the Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 576