An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Convey Land to the Insular Government when the Same is Desired for Insular Purposes, and Authorizing Municipal and Township Councils to Convey Land to a Province when the Same is Desired for the Establishment Thereon of Provincial Schools
Act No. 1492, enacted on May 23, 1906, authorizes provincial boards and municipal councils in the Philippines to convey land to the Insular Government and provinces, respectively, for governmental and educational purposes. This transfer can occur without monetary compensation if determined by the relevant legislative council or board. The provincial governor or the president of the municipal council is empowered to execute these conveyances in proper legal form. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its enactment for public benefit and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- What is An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Convey Land to the Insular Government when the Same is Desired for Insular Purposes, and Authorizing Municipal and Township Councils to Convey Land to a Province when the Same is Desired for the Establishment Thereon of Provincial Schools about?
- Act No. 1492, enacted on May 23, 1906, authorizes provincial boards and municipal councils in the Philippines to convey land to the Insular Government and provinces, respectively, for governmental and educational purposes. This transfer can occur without monetary compensation if determined by the relevant legislative council or board. The provincial governor or the president of the municipal council is empowered to execute these conveyances in proper legal form. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its enactment for public benefit and takes effect immediately upon passage.
- What type of law is Act No. 1492?
- An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Convey Land to the Insular Government when the Same is Desired for Insular Purposes, and Authorizing Municipal and Township Councils to Convey Land to a Province when the Same is Desired for the Establishment Thereon of Provincial Schools (Act No. 1492) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Convey Land to the Insular Government when the Same is Desired for Insular Purposes, and Authorizing Municipal and Township Councils to Convey Land to a Province when the Same is Desired for the Establishment Thereon of Provincial Schools (Act No. 1492) was enacted on May 23, 1906.
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- An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Convey Land to the Insular Government when the Same is Desired for Insular Purposes, and Authorizing Municipal and Township Councils to Convey Land to a Province when the Same is Desired for the Establishment Thereon of Provincial Schools, Act No. 1492, May 23, 1906 (Philippines)
Law Information
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- Act No. 1492
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
May 23, 1906
ACT NO. 1492
AN ACT AUTHORIZING PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO CONVEY LAND TO THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT WHEN THE SAME IS DESIRED FOR INSULAR PURPOSES, AND AUTHORIZING MUNICIPAL AND TOWNSHIP COUNCILS TO CONVEY LAND TO A PROVINCE WHEN THE SAME IS DESIRED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT THEREON OF PROVINCIAL SCHOOLS
SECTION 1. The legislative council of the Moro Province and the provincial board of any province organized under the Provincial Government Act or under the Special Provincial Government Act are hereby authorized to convey to the Insular Government any land belonging to the province and desired by the Insular Government for governmental purposes, and such conveyance may be made without money consideration, if the legislative council or provincial board, as the case may be, so determine. In pursuance of a vote by the legislative council or provincial board to make the conveyance aforesaid, the same shall be executed in regular form by the governor of the province in question.
SECTION 2. Any municipality or township is hereby authorized to convey, without money consideration, any land belonging to the municipality or township to the province within which it is situated, when the same is desired by the provincial board for use for the erection of a provincial school thereon, and in case the municipal or township council shall determine to make such conveyance, the president of the municipal or township council is hereby authorized to execute the conveyance in due form of law.
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, May 23, 1906.
Cite This Law
An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Convey Land to the Insular Government when the Same is Desired for Insular Purposes, and Authorizing Municipal and Township Councils to Convey Land to a Province when the Same is Desired for the Establishment Thereon of Provincial Schools, Act No. 1492, May 23, 1906 (Philippines)
An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Convey Land to the Insular Government when the Same is Desired for Insular Purposes, and Authorizing Municipal and Township Councils to Convey Land to a Province when the Same is Desired for the Establishment Thereon of Provincial Schools, Act No. 1492 (Phil. 1906)
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