An Act Amending Subsection (g) of Section 40 and Subsection (e) of Section 43 of Act No. 82, as Amended
Act No. 2448, enacted on January 20, 1915, amends provisions of Act No. 82 regarding the authority of municipal councils in the Philippines. It grants municipalities the power to construct and maintain waterworks for supplying water to residents and to impose charges for its use. Additionally, it specifies that municipalities can collect rents and profits from various properties, including water rents, ferries, markets, and other municipal facilities. The amendments aim to enhance local governance by expanding the financial resources available to municipalities. The law takes effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2448
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
January 20, 1915
ACT NO. 2448
AN ACT AMENDING SUBSECTION (G) OF SECTION FORTY AND SUBSECTION (E) OF SECTION FORTY-THREE OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO AS AMENDED BY SECTION SIX OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE, BY AUTHORIZING MUNICIPAL COUNCILS TO MAKE AND COLLECT CHARGES FOR WATER SUPPLIED BY THE MUNICIPALITY TO ITS INHABITANTS
SECTION 1. Subsection (g) of section forty of Act Numbered Eighty-two is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(g) To construct and maintain waterworks for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of the town with water, to control the use of said water and of water courses within the town, and to fix and collect rents or taxes therefor: Provided, That the powers hereby granted to the municipalities are made extensive to existing waterwork systems."
SECTION 2. Subsection (e) of section forty-three of said Act Numbered Eighty-two, as amended by section six of Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and ninety-one, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"(e) Rents and profits from all property belonging to the municipality, water rents or taxes, tolls from ferries, municipal stables, markets, slaughter-houses, public bath houses, pounds, and cemeteries belonging to the municipality." aSTAIH
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its passage.
Enacted, January 20, 1915.
Cite This Law
An Act Amending Subsection (g) of Section 40 and Subsection (e) of Section 43 of Act No. 82, as Amended, Act No. 2448, Jan 20, 1915 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Subsection (g) of Section 40 and Subsection (e) of Section 43 of Act No. 82, as Amended, Act No. 2448 (Phil. 1915)
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