An Act Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Seven, Known as "The Reorganization Act," as Amended, by Transferring the Bureau of Agriculture from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Public Instruction
Act No. 1972, enacted on April 11, 1910, amends the Reorganization Act by transferring the Bureau of Agriculture from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Public Instruction. The amendment specifies that the Department of the Interior will retain control over various bureaus including Health, Lands, and Forestry, while the Department of Public Instruction will oversee the Bureau of Education, Agriculture, and other related entities. Additionally, funds previously allocated to the Bureau of Agriculture under the Department of the Interior will continue to be available under the new department. This reorganization aims to streamline agricultural oversight within the educational framework.
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- Act No. 1972
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- Philippines
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- Congress of the Philippines
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April 11, 1910
ACT NO. 1972
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, KNOWN AS "THE REORGANIZATION ACT," AS AMENDED, BY TRANSFERRING THE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
SECTION 1. Section twenty-nine of Act Numbered fourteen hundred and seven, entitled "The Reorganization Act," as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 29. The Department of the Interior shall have under its executive control and supervision the Bureau of Health, the Bureau of Lands, the Bureau of Science, the Bureau of Forestry, the Bureau of Quarantine Service, and the Weather Bureau. It shall have general supervision of non-Christian tribes, except those of the Moro Province, and of fisheries." SDAaTC
SECTION 2. Section thirty-two of said Act, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 32. The Department of Public Instruction shall have under its executive control and supervision the Bureau of Education, the Bureau of Agriculture, the Bureau of Supply, the Bureau of Prisons, and the Bureau of Printing. It shall have general supervision of public charities not under the supervision of the Secretary of the Interior at the time of the passage of this Act and of museums."
SECTION 3. The funds made available for the Bureau of Agriculture under the Department of the Interior shall be understood to be available for said Bureau under the Department of Public Instruction.
ENACTED, April 11, 1910. acEHCD
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An Act Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Seven, Known as "The Reorganization Act," as Amended, by Transferring the Bureau of Agriculture from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Public Instruction, Act No. 1972, Apr 11, 1910 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Seven, Known as "The Reorganization Act," as Amended, by Transferring the Bureau of Agriculture from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Public Instruction, Act No. 1972 (Phil. 1910)
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