Amendment to Section 1888 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code)
Act No. 3820, enacted on February 11, 1931, amends Section 1838 of the Administrative Code concerning the leasing of forest land for special purposes. It authorizes the Director of Forestry, with the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources' approval, to lease or permit the use of forest or vacant public lands for various purposes, including the establishment of sawmills, hotels, and agricultural activities. The leases can be granted for a maximum of twenty years and cover areas not exceeding ten hectares, with specific allowances for larger areas for certain uses like fishponds and sawmills. The Act emphasizes regulated land use to promote development while ensuring the protection of forest resources.
February 11, 1931
ACT NO. 3820
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, RELATIVE TO THE LEASING OF FOREST LAND FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES
SECTION 1. Section eighteen hundred and thirty-eight of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 1838. Leasing of Forest Land for Special Purposes. — The Director of Forestry, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, may upon such terms as he may deem reasonable, lease or grant permits for the use of forest land or vacant public lands not declared agricultural land, for the establishment of sawmills or lumber yards, and for the construction of hotels, sanatoria, bathing establishments, residences, or for camps, fishponds, nipa and bacauan plantations, pastures for large or small cattle, or other lawful purposes, as herein provided, to any person or association of persons duly incorporated, for a period not to exceed twenty years and not more than ten hectares in area, except so far as fishponds, nipa and bacauan plantations, pastures, and sawmill sites or lumber yards are concerned, for which the maximum area shall be two hundred hectares for fishponds, nipa and bacauan plantations or pastures, and twenty-four hectares for every sawmill site or lumber yard as may be required in the development of a licensed area."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval. cdta
Approved: February 11, 1931