An Act Appropriating the Sum of P100,000 from Insular Funds for the Relief of Sufferers from Public Calamities
Act No. 1809, enacted on February 14, 1908, allocates 100,000 pesos from the Insular Treasury for the relief of victims of public calamities in the Philippines. A joint committee, comprising members from both the Philippine Commission and the Assembly, is established to assess and approve relief petitions related to disasters such as fires, typhoons, and epidemics. This committee is authorized to determine the necessary funds for temporary relief and can delegate the distribution of funds to provincial boards. All relief petitions must be promptly forwarded to this committee for consideration. The Act takes effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 1809
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 14, 1908
ACT NO. 1809
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FROM INSULAR FUNDS FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERERS FROM PUBLIC CALAMITIES
SECTION 1. The sum of one hundred thousand pesos, Philippine currency, is hereby appropriated, from any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended in the manner hereinafter provided and to be available until expended.
SECTION 2. A joint committee is hereby created, composed of not to exceed seven members of the Philippine Commission, to be appointed by the President thereof, and seven members of the Philippine Assembly, to be appointed by the Speaker thereof, which committee shall have power and authority to consider all petitions for the relief of sufferers from general conflagrations, typhoons, floods, earthquakes, famine, pestilence, epidemics, and other disasters which amount to public calamities. Said joint committee shall, out of the appropriation provided for in section one of this Act, make the award and determine the sum which it may deem necessary for the temporary relief of sufferers from said disasters, and may expend such sum for such relief or may authorize the sum so fixed and awarded to be expended by the provincial board or boards of the provinces in which such disasters have occurred. ITAaHc
SECTION 3. All petitions for relief received by the Governor-General or by the Speaker of the Assembly, and all other petitions received for the relief of sufferers from public calamities, shall be immediately transmitted to the joint committee for which provision is made in section two of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, February 14, 1908.
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An Act Appropriating the Sum of P100,000 from Insular Funds for the Relief of Sufferers from Public Calamities, Act No. 1809, Feb 14, 1908 (Philippines)
An Act Appropriating the Sum of P100,000 from Insular Funds for the Relief of Sufferers from Public Calamities, Act No. 1809 (Phil. 1908)
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