An Act Appropriating the Sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Dollars in Money of the United States, for the Construction and Repair of Roads and Bridges
Act No. 920, enacted on October 3, 1903, appropriates $84,000 from the Insular Treasury for the construction and repair of specified roads and bridges in the Philippines. Key projects include funding for the Vigan-Bangued and Bacon-Bulusan roads, as well as the Padre Juan Villaverde trail. The provincial treasurers are responsible for disbursing the funds, with oversight from the Civil Governor and the Consulting Engineer. The act allows for flexibility in payment, including labor costs in money or rice, and mandates that the constructed roads be maintained by the provincial supervisor with costs covered by the local treasury. The law emphasizes the urgency of its enactment for public benefit.
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- What is An Act Appropriating the Sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Dollars in Money of the United States, for the Construction and Repair of Roads and Bridges about?
- Act No. 920, enacted on October 3, 1903, appropriates $84,000 from the Insular Treasury for the construction and repair of specified roads and bridges in the Philippines. Key projects include funding for the Vigan-Bangued and Bacon-Bulusan roads, as well as the Padre Juan Villaverde trail. The provincial treasurers are responsible for disbursing the funds, with oversight from the Civil Governor and the Consulting Engineer. The act allows for flexibility in payment, including labor costs in money or rice, and mandates that the constructed roads be maintained by the provincial supervisor with costs covered by the local treasury. The law emphasizes the urgency of its enactment for public benefit.
- What type of law is Act No. 920?
- An Act Appropriating the Sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Dollars in Money of the United States, for the Construction and Repair of Roads and Bridges (Act No. 920) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act Appropriating the Sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Dollars in Money of the United States, for the Construction and Repair of Roads and Bridges (Act No. 920) was enacted on Oct 3, 1903.
- What is the citation for An Act Appropriating the Sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Dollars in Money of the United States, for the Construction and Repair of Roads and Bridges?
- An Act Appropriating the Sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Dollars in Money of the United States, for the Construction and Repair of Roads and Bridges, Act No. 920, Oct 3, 1903 (Philippines)
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- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 3, 1903
ACT NO. 920
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF EIGHTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF ROADS AND BRIDGES
SECTION 1. The sum of eighty-four thousand dollars, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be charged to the Congressional relief fund, for the purpose of constructing and repairing the following roads, including the necessary bridges thereon:
(a) For the Vigan-Bangued road, Provinces of Ilocos Sur and Abra, forty thousand dollars.
(b) For the Bacon-Bulusan road, connecting the Pacific Ocean and China Sea, via Sorsogon, Gubat, and Barcelona, in the Province of Sorsogon, forty thousand dollars.
(c) For the Padre Juan Villaverde trail, Bayombong to San Nicolas, Provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Pangasinan, four thousand dollars.
SECTION 2. The money hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be disbursed by the provincial treasurers of the provinces in which the specified road is located, unless the Civil Governor shall designate another person to act in that capacity upon giving proper bond. The provincial treasurer, or other disbursing officer, as the case may be, shall pay all bills for labor and material upon presentation of proper vouchers approved by the superintendent hereinafter provided for.
SECTION 3. The Civil Governor may direct the payment, either in money or in rice, of such parts of the expenses incurred for labor and material as in his discretion he may deem for the best interests of the inhabitants.
SECTION 4. The Consulting Engineer to the Commission shall have general supervision of the road construction herein provided for. He shall appoint a superintendent subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police. The superintendent shall have immediate charge of the work of construction; he shall appoint his assistants and determine their compensation, subject to the approval of the Consulting Engineer to the Commission; he shall make detailed monthly reports of the progress of the work, including a statement of expenditures made during the preceding month, and the purposes thereof, to the Consulting Engineer, who shall forward the same to the Secretary of Commerce and Police.
The employees provided for in this section shall not necessarily be subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Act and Acts amendatory thereof, but employees belonging to the classified service may be temporarily transferred to the work without losing their status in the classified service.
SECTION 5. The superintendent shall purchase the necessary tools, supplies, and material, with the approval of the Consulting Engineer to the Commission. He may make purchases by contract, in the open markets, through the Insular Purchasing Agent, or otherwise, when, in the opinion of the Civil Governor, such purchases are necessary for the economical and speedy prosecution of the work.
SECTION 6. The roads constructed or repaired under this Act shall thereafter be kept in repair by the provincial supervisor under supervision and direction of the Consulting Engineer, and the cost of such repair shall be paid out of the treasury of the province in which the repair is made.
SECTION 7. 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 8. This Act shall take effect on its passage. CAIHTE
ENACTED, October 3, 1903.
Cite This Law
An Act Appropriating the Sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Dollars in Money of the United States, for the Construction and Repair of Roads and Bridges, Act No. 920, Oct 3, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Appropriating the Sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Dollars in Money of the United States, for the Construction and Repair of Roads and Bridges, Act No. 920 (Phil. 1903)
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