An Act Amending Sections One, Three, and Four of Act Numbered Twenty-One Hundred and Sixteen, by Extending the Time Granted to The Committee Appointed to Investigate The Causes of The Excessive Infantile Mortality In the Philippine Islands, and for Other Purposes

February 11, 1913

ACT NO. 2246

AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS ONE, THREE, AND FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, BY EXTENDING THE TIME GRANTED TO THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSES OF THE EXCESSIVE INFANTILE MORTALITY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Twenty-one hundred and sixteen is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. For the purpose of investigating the causes of the excessive infantile mortality in the Philippine Islands and the methods which should be adopted to decrease it, a committee of five members is hereby created, of whom three shall be appointed by the Governor-General, with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission, and two shall be the professor of pediatrics in the University of the Philippines and the professor of pediatrics in the University of Santo Tomas. The committee shall be immediately organized and elect a chairman from among its members, and each member shall receive as compensation twenty pesos for each day of session actually attended by him and when traveling in the provinces on official business; but if a Government officer is appointed on said committee he shall not receive the per diems provided for by this Act: Provided, however, That the members of this Committee shall be entitled to the same traveling expenses and per diems as Bureau chiefs of the Insular Government."

SECTION 2. Sections three and four of Act Numbered Twenty One hundred and sixteen are hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 3. The committee is hereby authorized to employ a secretary, who shall be a typewriter and stenographer, and such subordinate personnel as it may deem necessary, and to purchase such stationery and office supplies, hire such transportation and incur such incidental expenses as may be necessary for its work. The committee shall present to the Third Legislature, during its second regular session, an exact report, in English and Spanish, of its work, with such recommendations and drafts of Acts as may be necessary. On the same date the committee shall dissolve and be relieved of its functions.

"SEC. 4. The sum of twenty thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended by the Committee for the payment of the per diems and any other necessary expenses for carrying out the purposes of this Act."

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, February 11, 1913.