An Act Appropriating Ten Thousand Pesos for the Establishment and Maintenance of a Conservatory of Music
Act No. 2623, enacted on February 4, 1916, appropriates ten thousand pesos for the establishment and maintenance of a Conservatory of Music in Manila, which will be part of the University of the Philippines. The Board of Regents is authorized to appoint a director and necessary faculty for the conservatory, as well as to determine their salaries. Additionally, the act amends prior legislation regarding the establishment of various colleges and schools under the University of the Philippines, allowing for greater flexibility in their creation and management. The act is effective immediately upon passage.
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- What is An Act Appropriating Ten Thousand Pesos for the Establishment and Maintenance of a Conservatory of Music about?
- Act No. 2623, enacted on February 4, 1916, appropriates ten thousand pesos for the establishment and maintenance of a Conservatory of Music in Manila, which will be part of the University of the Philippines. The Board of Regents is authorized to appoint a director and necessary faculty for the conservatory, as well as to determine their salaries. Additionally, the act amends prior legislation regarding the establishment of various colleges and schools under the University of the Philippines, allowing for greater flexibility in their creation and management. The act is effective immediately upon passage.
- What type of law is Act No. 2623?
- An Act Appropriating Ten Thousand Pesos for the Establishment and Maintenance of a Conservatory of Music (Act No. 2623) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Appropriating Ten Thousand Pesos for the Establishment and Maintenance of a Conservatory of Music enacted?
- An Act Appropriating Ten Thousand Pesos for the Establishment and Maintenance of a Conservatory of Music (Act No. 2623) was enacted on Feb 4, 1916.
- What is the citation for An Act Appropriating Ten Thousand Pesos for the Establishment and Maintenance of a Conservatory of Music?
- An Act Appropriating Ten Thousand Pesos for the Establishment and Maintenance of a Conservatory of Music, Act No. 2623, Feb 4, 1916 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2623
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 4, 1916
ACT NO. 2623
AN ACT APPROPRIATING TEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand pesos, to be expended for the establishment, installation, and maintenance in the city of Manila of a school of music, which shall be a department of the University of the Philippines.
SECTION 2. The Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines is hereby authorized to appoint a director, who shall at the same time be the dean, and such professors as may be necessary for the school hereby established, and to fix their salaries.
SECTION 3. Subsection (b) of section six of Act Numbered Eighteen hundred and seventy, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"(b) To provide for the establishment of a College of Liberal Arts; a College of Law; a College of Social and Political Science; a College of Medicine and Surgery; a College of Pharmacy; a College of Dentistry; a College of Veterinary Science; a College of Engineering; a College of Mines; a College of Agriculture; a School of Fine Arts; and a Conservatory of Music; and colleges which the Legislature may provide for by appropriation: Provided, That the Board of Regents may establish these colleges or any of them as soon as in its judgment conditions shall favor their opening and the funds shall be available for their maintenance: And provided further, That the Board of Regents, by and with the approval of the Governor-General, shall have power to combine two or more of the colleges authorized by this Act, in the interest of economy and efficiency: And provided further, That the Philippine Medical School, as established by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifteen, as amended, shall become the College of Medicine and Surgery of the Philippine University as soon as two or more colleges of the University of the Philippines shall have been established and in actual operation."
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 4, 1916. ETHSAI
Cite This Law
An Act Appropriating Ten Thousand Pesos for the Establishment and Maintenance of a Conservatory of Music, Act No. 2623, Feb 4, 1916 (Philippines)
An Act Appropriating Ten Thousand Pesos for the Establishment and Maintenance of a Conservatory of Music, Act No. 2623 (Phil. 1916)
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