vessel for the transportation of its officers and for other public purposes, the provincial board is autho rized to transport non-official passengers and freight from one place in the province to another and to fix a reasonable tariff for such carriage and to adopt regulations to govern the officers in charge of such launch or other vessel in respect to the tra nsportation of non-official passengers and freight: but non-official passengers and freight shall be received only when consistent with the carriage of all official passengers and freight, and such business shall not be permitted to compete with regular com mercial lines transporting passengers or freight between points in the same province, it being the intent of this section merely to permit the provincial board to supply transportation for the public where the same cannot be otherwise obtained. [1090-1; Comp., 79.] SECTION  2031 . Appropriations and Loans . — The provincial board shall have the power to make appropriations from the provincial general funds for the following purposes: EcHTDI ( a ) The satisfaction of the lawful indebtedness of the provincial government and for carrying on its lawful activities. ( b ) The purchase and maintenance of draft animals for breeding purposes, to be used under such regulations as the provincial board shall prescribe and the Director of Agriculture approve. ( c ) The organization, equipment, and maintenance of a police force in any municipality, township, or settlement of the province where the local funds are insufficient to bear such expense. ( d ) The payment, in cases where such course seems equitable and just, of the value, in whole or in part, of buildings or other property destroyed by the health authorities under power conferred upon them by the Public Health Law. [83-13 ( g ); 1396-17  (f) .] [482-1 to 5.] [2169-29, 30.] [391-1.] ( e ) The making of a loan to any municipality, township, or settlement in the province to enable it to combat any dangerous communicable 599 Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011