An Act Amending Section One of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety-Six, Authorizing the Loan from the Insular Treasury of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars Each to the Provinces of Capiz, Ambos Camarines, and Iloilo, by Permitting the Provincial Board to Purchase Rice and to Pay Wages in Rice Instead of Money
Act No. 281, enacted on October 26, 1901, amends a previous law to allow the provincial boards of Capiz, Ambos Camarines, and Iloilo to utilize loans of $25,000 for purchasing rice and paying wages in rice rather than cash. This change aims to address the specific needs of the provinces as they undertake road construction. The Act emphasizes the urgent public good, facilitating its expedited passage. It takes effect immediately upon its enactment.
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- Act No. 281
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
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October 26, 1901
ACT NO. 281
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, AUTHORIZING THE LOAN FROM THE INSULAR TREASURY OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH TO THE PROVINCES OF CAPIZ, AMBOS CAMARINES, AND ILOILO, BY PERMITTING THE PROVINCIAL BOARD TO PURCHASE RICE AND TO PAY WAGES IN RICE INSTEAD OF MONEY
SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety-six, authorizing the loan of twenty-five thousand dollars each to the Provinces of Capiz, Ambos Camarines, and Iloilo for the construction of roads, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following:
"The provincial board shall have the discretion to authorize the expenditure of a proper part of said sum for the purchase of rice and the payment of wages in rice instead of money, as the necessities of the situation seem to demand."
SECTION 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, October 26, 1901.
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An Act Amending Section One of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety-Six, Authorizing the Loan from the Insular Treasury of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars Each to the Provinces of Capiz, Ambos Camarines, and Iloilo, by Permitting the Provincial Board to Purchase Rice and to Pay Wages in Rice Instead of Money, Act No. 281, Oct 26, 1901 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Section One of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety-Six, Authorizing the Loan from the Insular Treasury of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars Each to the Provinces of Capiz, Ambos Camarines, and Iloilo, by Permitting the Provincial Board to Purchase Rice and to Pay Wages in Rice Instead of Money, Act No. 281 (Phil. 1901)
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