Amendments to Act No. 2758

December 6, 1929

ACT NO. 3632

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE, TWO AND THREE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STOCK HERDS AND FARMS FOR THE SAME, APPROPRIATES FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," SO AS TO EXTEND ITS OPERATION TO BREEDING STATIONS AND SLAUGHTERHOUSES, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and fifty-eight, entitled "An Act Providing for the establishment of Stock Herds and Farms for the same, appropriates funds therefor, and for other purposes," is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. For the purpose of promoting the breeding and propagation of large cattle and other domestic animals in the Islands and of furnishing the same to the public on economical terms for improved breeding, agricultural work or for consumption, the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, through the Bureau of Agriculture, is hereby authorized to establish, equip, operate and maintain breeding stations, slaughterhouses and stock herds and farms for the same in such places as may be deemed appropriate therefor and beneficial to the industry. Subject to the general executive supervision and control of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the Director of Agriculture shall have the immediate direction and administration of the stock farms, slaughterhouses and breeding stations herein authorized and shall, with the prior approval of said Secretary, make and prescribe such rules and regulations as may be considered convenient or necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act."

SECTION 2. Section two of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2. The sum of four hundred thousand pesos is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the purposes of Agriculture and Natural Resources may appoint unclassified employees ______________ Secretary of Agriculture, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, for the purchase of improved breeds of large cattle and other domestic animals; for the purchase, rent or reservation of the necessary land; for the construction, maintenance and repairs of fences, buildings and other necessary structures; for salaries and wages of the necessary personnel; for the purchase of tools, implements and other needed equipment; and for such other expenses as may be deemed necessary for the proper carrying out of the purposes of this Act: Provided, That in the interest of efficiency or economy, the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources may appoint unclassified employees: Provided, further, That any land or portion thereof owned, reserved for, or occupied by any stock farm. slaughterhouse or breeding station operated under this Act and considered inadequate or too small for efficient and economical operation as such stock farm, slaughterhouse or breeding station, may, with the approval of the Governor-General, be exchanged by the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources for other more adequate or more desirable sites of private ownership or otherwise, under such terms and conditions as may be deemed advantageous to the Government." DcCITS

SECTION 3. Section three of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 3. The Director of Agriculture may order the slaughter or sale for agricultural, propagation, or breeding purposes, or for consumption, or the renting or loaning for breeding purposes, of the animals purchased under the last preceding section and of those belonging to the herds and breeding stations the establishment whereof is authorized by this Act which may not be necessary for the maintenance and development of the same, subject to existing regulations and to such as may hereafter be promulgated by the said Director with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources; and all the income therefrom shall constitute a special reimbursable fund to be denominated 'Stock farm, slaughterhouse and breeding station fund,' which may be expended by the Director of Agriculture, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, for the same purposes, and in the same manner as the original appropriation, until the Legislature shall otherwise provide." EISCaD

SECTION 4. Out of the "Rice and Corn Fund" appropriated under the provisions of Act Numbered Twenty-eight hundred and eighteen, as amended, the sum of one hundred thousand pesos is hereby set aside, transferred and added to the fund made available for the establishment, maintenance, operation and equipment of stock farms, slaughterhouses and breeding stations authorized under Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and fifty-eight, as herein amended.

SECTION 5. All acts or parts of acts and executive or administrative orders or regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, December 6, 1929.