An Act Amending Act No. 2163
Act No. 2358, enacted on February 28, 1914, amends a prior law to allow provincial and municipal governments in the Philippines to allocate funds for the preparation of provincial exhibits at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. It establishes the "Panama-Pacific exhibition fund," which is to be managed by provincial boards and requires approval from the Executive Secretary. The funds can be used at the discretion of the provincial boards to create exhibits that will represent the province at the exposition. Any proceeds from the sale or disposition of these exhibits are to be returned to the respective provinces. The Act takes effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2358
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 28, 1914
ACT NO. 2358
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING A COMMISSION TO SECURE, ORGANIZE, AND MAKE AN EXHIBIT OF PHILIPPINE PRODUCTS, MANUFACTURES, ART, ETHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION TO BE HELD AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, IN THE UNITED STATES, IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," BY AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF MONEY BY PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE PREPARATION OF PROVINCIAL EXHIBITS FOR THE PHILIPPINE SECTION OF THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
SECTION 1. Section four of Act Numbered Twenty-one hundred and sixty-three is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof, the following:
"Provincial and municipal governments are hereby authorized to appropriate moneys from their respective general funds, subject to the approval of the Executive Secretary, to be deposited with the provincial treasurer to the credit of special fund to be known as the 'Panama-Pacific exhibition fund.' Such fund shall be subject to the control of the provincial board and shall be utilized in its discretion to enable the province to make a creditable exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. All provincial exhibits shall be subject to the approval of the Board, and when accepted shall constitute a part of the Philippine exhibit. At the close of the Exposition, all provincial exhibits shall be disposed of in the manner provided in this section: Provided, That all moneys received from the sale or other disposition of a provincial exhibit shall be returned to the province to which such exhibit pertains."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage. aScITE
ENACTED, February 28, 1914.
Cite This Law
An Act Amending Act No. 2163, Act No. 2358, Feb 28, 1914 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Act No. 2163, Act No. 2358 (Phil. 1914)
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