An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Appropriate Provincial Funds for the Purchase of Draft Animals for Breeding Purposes
Act No. 482, enacted on October 16, 1902, authorizes provincial boards in the Philippines to allocate funds for purchasing draft animals to replenish and improve local breeds depleted by diseases like rinderpest. The act outlines the use of these animals under regulations approved by the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture, who will assist in selecting the most suitable breeds. Additionally, provisions are made for purchasing animals from outside the archipelago through the Insular Purchasing Agent, ensuring they are delivered at cost. Immunization against rinderpest for imported cattle is mandated at no charge, highlighting the act's focus on promoting agriculture and the public good.
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- What is An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Appropriate Provincial Funds for the Purchase of Draft Animals for Breeding Purposes about?
- Act No. 482, enacted on October 16, 1902, authorizes provincial boards in the Philippines to allocate funds for purchasing draft animals to replenish and improve local breeds depleted by diseases like rinderpest. The act outlines the use of these animals under regulations approved by the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture, who will assist in selecting the most suitable breeds. Additionally, provisions are made for purchasing animals from outside the archipelago through the Insular Purchasing Agent, ensuring they are delivered at cost. Immunization against rinderpest for imported cattle is mandated at no charge, highlighting the act's focus on promoting agriculture and the public good.
- What type of law is Act No. 482?
- An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Appropriate Provincial Funds for the Purchase of Draft Animals for Breeding Purposes (Act No. 482) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Appropriate Provincial Funds for the Purchase of Draft Animals for Breeding Purposes enacted?
- An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Appropriate Provincial Funds for the Purchase of Draft Animals for Breeding Purposes (Act No. 482) was enacted on Oct 16, 1902.
- What is the citation for An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Appropriate Provincial Funds for the Purchase of Draft Animals for Breeding Purposes?
- An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Appropriate Provincial Funds for the Purchase of Draft Animals for Breeding Purposes, Act No. 482, Oct 16, 1902 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 482
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 16, 1902
ACT NO. 482
AN ACT AUTHORIZING PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO APPROPRIATE PROVINCIAL FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF DRAFT ANIMALS FOR BREEDING PURPOSES
SECTION 1. Whereas the supply of draft animals in the Philippine Islands has been greatly depleted by rinderpest and other diseases, provincial boards are hereby authorized to appropriate provincial funds for the purchase of draft animals for breeding purposes, for the payment of transportation charges upon such animals, and for their maintenance.
SECTION 2. Draft animals purchased by provincial boards shall be used, under such rules and regulations as the several provincial boards may prescribe, and the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture may approve, to restock provinces with breeds heretofore commonly in use, or to improve the breeds of such animals, or to introduce new breeds.
SECTION 3. The Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture shall aid provincial boards in their selection of draft animals with such informations as he may be able to furnish relative to the breeds likely to give the best results in the several provinces, the places where they may be obtained, and the probable cost of purchases and transportation.
SECTION 4. Where animals are purchased outside the Philippine Archipelago they shall be obtained through the Insular Purchasing Agent, who shall deliver them at cost to the several provincial boards which order them, including expenses of transportation, the provisions of Act Numbered Two hundred and thirty-one to the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 5. Horned cattle imported by the Insular Purchasing Agent under the provisions of this Act shall be immunized against rinderpest at the serum institute at Manila and without charge.
SECTION 6. 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 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, October 16, 1902.
Cite This Law
An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Appropriate Provincial Funds for the Purchase of Draft Animals for Breeding Purposes, Act No. 482, Oct 16, 1902 (Philippines)
An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Appropriate Provincial Funds for the Purchase of Draft Animals for Breeding Purposes, Act No. 482 (Phil. 1902)
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