An Act Appropriating the Sum of Ten Thousand Pesos for the Maintenance and Repair of the Benguet Road
Act No. 2405, enacted on July 9, 1914, appropriates ten thousand pesos for the maintenance and repair of the Benguet Road due to delays in the completion of the Naguilian Road. The funds are to be utilized at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce and Police to ensure continued communication for Baguio and the Mountain Province during the rainy season. Any unspent funds will revert to the Insular Treasury once the Naguilian Road is opened. The Act takes effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2405
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
July 9, 1914
ACT NO. 2405
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE BENGUET ROAD
WHEREAS, due to the rainy season, it has been impossible to complete the Naguilian Road until the present time and it will be impossible to open it until February or March of nineteen hundred and fifteen; and
WHEREAS Baguio and the Mountain Province will be practically cut off from communication with the rest of the world unless a small appropriation is made for the maintenance and repair of the Benguet Road: Now, therefore,
SECTION 1. The sum of ten thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce and Police for the maintenance and repair of the Benguet Road: Provided, That after the opening of the Naguilian Road all unexpended balances of this appropriation shall revert to the Insular Treasury. ICHDca
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, July 9, 1914.
Cite This Law
An Act Appropriating the Sum of Ten Thousand Pesos for the Maintenance and Repair of the Benguet Road, Act No. 2405, Jul 9, 1914 (Philippines)
An Act Appropriating the Sum of Ten Thousand Pesos for the Maintenance and Repair of the Benguet Road, Act No. 2405 (Phil. 1914)
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