An Act Appropriating Funds for the Philippine Exposition
Act No. 2225, enacted on February 6, 1913, appropriates 100,000 pesos from the Insular Treasury for the Philippine Exposition scheduled for 1914 in Manila. The funds are designated for various expenses, including provincial assistance, exhibit purchases for the Philippine Museum, construction of necessary facilities, and promotional activities to highlight the Philippines' attractions and resources. Additionally, it allocates for salaries, travel expenses of officials, and prizes for outstanding displays. The Act emphasizes the urgency for swift enactment, allowing it to take effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2225
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 6, 1913
ACT NO. 2225
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE PHILIPPINE EXPOSITION
SECTION 1. The sum of one hundred thousand pesos is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the expenses incident to the Philippine Exposition to be held in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen in the city of Manila, including assistance to provinces and to municipalities, purchase of exhibits for the purpose of developing the existing Philippine Museum, illumination, construction of necessary buildings, purchase or rental of land, salaries and traveling expenses of subordinate officials and employees, prizes and diplomas to provinces and individuals for the best displays, or for general publicity work designed to advertise the attractions, resources, and commercial and industrial advantages of the Philippine Islands, and for any and all purposes incident to and necessary for carrying out the Philippine Exposition of nineteen hundred and fourteen: Provided, That not more than ten thousand pesos shall become available until July first, nineteen hundred and thirteen.
SECTION 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of his bill, the same shall take effect on its passage in accordance with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five of the Philippine Legislature.
ENACTED, February 6, 1913.
Cite This Law
An Act Appropriating Funds for the Philippine Exposition, Act No. 2225, Feb 6, 1913 (Philippines)
An Act Appropriating Funds for the Philippine Exposition, Act No. 2225 (Phil. 1913)
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