An Act Appropriating Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, in Insular Currency, for the Construction and Repair of Public Wharfs and Landing Facilities in the Military Department of Mindanao and Jolo
Act No. 289, enacted on November 1, 1901, appropriates $25,000 in insular currency for the construction and repair of public wharfs and landing facilities in the military department of Mindanao and Jolo. The funds are designated for purchasing materials and tools, with the allocation directed by the commanding general of the United States Army in the region. Additionally, the Act allows for the employment of a draftsman at a monthly salary of $100 to assist with the construction projects and create a map of Mindanao and surrounding islands. The Act emphasizes the urgency of the bill's passage for public good and takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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- What is An Act Appropriating Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, in Insular Currency, for the Construction and Repair of Public Wharfs and Landing Facilities in the Military Department of Mindanao and Jolo about?
- Act No. 289, enacted on November 1, 1901, appropriates $25,000 in insular currency for the construction and repair of public wharfs and landing facilities in the military department of Mindanao and Jolo. The funds are designated for purchasing materials and tools, with the allocation directed by the commanding general of the United States Army in the region. Additionally, the Act allows for the employment of a draftsman at a monthly salary of $100 to assist with the construction projects and create a map of Mindanao and surrounding islands. The Act emphasizes the urgency of the bill's passage for public good and takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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- An Act Appropriating Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, in Insular Currency, for the Construction and Repair of Public Wharfs and Landing Facilities in the Military Department of Mindanao and Jolo (Act No. 289) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act Appropriating Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, in Insular Currency, for the Construction and Repair of Public Wharfs and Landing Facilities in the Military Department of Mindanao and Jolo (Act No. 289) was enacted on Nov 1, 1901.
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- An Act Appropriating Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, in Insular Currency, for the Construction and Repair of Public Wharfs and Landing Facilities in the Military Department of Mindanao and Jolo, Act No. 289, Nov 1, 1901 (Philippines)
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- Act No. 289
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- Philippines
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- Congress of the Philippines
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November 1, 1901
ACT NO. 289
AN ACT APPROPRIATING TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN INSULAR CURRENCY, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF PUBLIC WHARFS AND LANDING FACILITIES IN THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND JOLO
SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, in insular currency, for the purchase of materials for the construction and repair of public wharfs and landing facilities in the military department of Mindanao and Jolo. The funds by this Act appropriated are available only for the payment of the draftsman hereinafter provided for, and for the purchase of tools, implements, and materials for the construction and repair of public wharfs and landing facilities at Zamboanga, Jolo, Parang-parang, Puerto Princesa, and Cagayan, in said Department. The allotments of said funds to the work to be performed at the several places named shall be made under the direction of the general of the United States Army commanding in the Department of Mindanao and Jolo, and he is authorized to vary the allotments from time to time, as may be found to be in the interest of the public service, to the end that such funds as are not needed at one place may be expended elsewhere, within the limits of the general project in view and the appropriation hereby made.
SECTION 2. The general commanding said department is also hereby authorized to employ and to pay from the funds herein appropriated one draftsman, at a monthly compensation of one hundred dollars, in insular currency, to date from the first day of August, nineteen hundred and one, to be employed in connection with the work for which the within appropriation is made, and likewise in the preparation of a map of Mindanao and adjacent islands.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, November 1, 1901.
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An Act Appropriating Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, in Insular Currency, for the Construction and Repair of Public Wharfs and Landing Facilities in the Military Department of Mindanao and Jolo, Act No. 289, Nov 1, 1901 (Philippines)
An Act Appropriating Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, in Insular Currency, for the Construction and Repair of Public Wharfs and Landing Facilities in the Military Department of Mindanao and Jolo, Act No. 289 (Phil. 1901)
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