An Act Appropriating the Sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred Pesos, Philippine Currency, to be Used in the Suppression of Epidemic or Contagious Diseases in the Province of Cebu, and Appropriating the Sum of Six Hundred Pesos, Philippine Currency, Toward the Care and Support of Lepers in the Province of Occidental Negros
Act No. 949, enacted on October 20, 1903, allocates funds to combat contagious diseases and support lepers in the Philippines. It appropriates 2,500 pesos for the Board of Health to use in the Province of Cebu for disease suppression, with disbursement managed by the provincial treasurer under a committee's oversight. Additionally, 600 pesos is designated for the care of lepers in Occidental Negros during the fiscal year 1904. The funds will be drawn from the Insular Treasury upon requisition by the Commissioner of Public Health. This act prioritizes public health and is effective immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 949, enacted on October 20, 1903, allocates funds to combat contagious diseases and support lepers in the Philippines. It appropriates 2,500 pesos for the Board of Health to use in the Province of Cebu for disease suppression, with disbursement managed by the provincial treasurer under a committee's oversight. Additionally, 600 pesos is designated for the care of lepers in Occidental Negros during the fiscal year 1904. The funds will be drawn from the Insular Treasury upon requisition by the Commissioner of Public Health. This act prioritizes public health and is effective immediately upon passage.
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- An Act Appropriating the Sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred Pesos, Philippine Currency, to be Used in the Suppression of Epidemic or Contagious Diseases in the Province of Cebu, and Appropriating the Sum of Six Hundred Pesos, Philippine Currency, Toward the Care and Support of Lepers in the Province of Occidental Negros (Act No. 949) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act Appropriating the Sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred Pesos, Philippine Currency, to be Used in the Suppression of Epidemic or Contagious Diseases in the Province of Cebu, and Appropriating the Sum of Six Hundred Pesos, Philippine Currency, Toward the Care and Support of Lepers in the Province of Occidental Negros (Act No. 949) was enacted on Oct 20, 1903.
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- An Act Appropriating the Sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred Pesos, Philippine Currency, to be Used in the Suppression of Epidemic or Contagious Diseases in the Province of Cebu, and Appropriating the Sum of Six Hundred Pesos, Philippine Currency, Toward the Care and Support of Lepers in the Province of Occidental Negros, Act No. 949, Oct 20, 1903 (Philippines)
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- Congress of the Philippines
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October 20, 1903
ACT NO. 949
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, TO BE USED IN THE SUPPRESSION OF EPIDEMIC OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN THE PROVINCE OF CEBU, AND APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SIX HUNDRED PESOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, TOWARD THE CARE AND SUPPORT OF LEPERS IN THE PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL NEGROS
SECTION 1. The sum of two thousand five hundred pesos, Philippine currency, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated to be used by the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands in preventing and suppressing contagious or epidemic diseases in the Province of Cebu; said sum to be disbursed by the provincial treasurer of the Province of Cebu on vouchers approved by a committee to be appointed by the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands as its representative in immediate charge of the public health in said province.
SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six hundred pesos, Philippine currency, to be disbursed by the provincial board toward the care and support of lepers in the province during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four.
SECTION 3. The moneys herein appropriated shall be withdrawn from the Insular Treasury on the requisition of the Commissioner of Public Health in favor of the provincial treasurers mentioned, and shall be accounted for by them to the Insular Auditor as insular disbursements.
SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, October 20, 1903.
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An Act Appropriating the Sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred Pesos, Philippine Currency, to be Used in the Suppression of Epidemic or Contagious Diseases in the Province of Cebu, and Appropriating the Sum of Six Hundred Pesos, Philippine Currency, Toward the Care and Support of Lepers in the Province of Occidental Negros, Act No. 949, Oct 20, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Appropriating the Sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred Pesos, Philippine Currency, to be Used in the Suppression of Epidemic or Contagious Diseases in the Province of Cebu, and Appropriating the Sum of Six Hundred Pesos, Philippine Currency, Toward the Care and Support of Lepers in the Province of Occidental Negros, Act No. 949 (Phil. 1903)
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