An Act Authorizing the Establishment of a Circulating Library in the Province of Albay, Creating a Library Board for the Supervision, Management, and Control Thereof, Authorizing the Board to Adopt and Put in Force Rules and Regulations for the Management of Said Library, Receive and Acquire Money and Property for the Benefit Thereof, and to Expend the Funds of Said Library for its Maintenance and for the Purchase of Books and Property for its Benefit
Act No. 1175, enacted on June 2, 1904, authorizes the establishment of a circulating library in the Province of Albay, Philippines. A library board, comprising key provincial officials, will oversee the library's management, with the provincial governor serving as the chairman. The board is empowered to create rules for library operation, accept donations, and allocate funds for maintenance and book purchases. The act emphasizes the public good and mandates immediate implementation upon passage.
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- Act No. 1175, enacted on June 2, 1904, authorizes the establishment of a circulating library in the Province of Albay, Philippines. A library board, comprising key provincial officials, will oversee the library's management, with the provincial governor serving as the chairman. The board is empowered to create rules for library operation, accept donations, and allocate funds for maintenance and book purchases. The act emphasizes the public good and mandates immediate implementation upon passage.
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- An Act Authorizing the Establishment of a Circulating Library in the Province of Albay, Creating a Library Board for the Supervision, Management, and Control Thereof, Authorizing the Board to Adopt and Put in Force Rules and Regulations for the Management of Said Library, Receive and Acquire Money and Property for the Benefit Thereof, and to Expend the Funds of Said Library for its Maintenance and for the Purchase of Books and Property for its Benefit (Act No. 1175) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act Authorizing the Establishment of a Circulating Library in the Province of Albay, Creating a Library Board for the Supervision, Management, and Control Thereof, Authorizing the Board to Adopt and Put in Force Rules and Regulations for the Management of Said Library, Receive and Acquire Money and Property for the Benefit Thereof, and to Expend the Funds of Said Library for its Maintenance and for the Purchase of Books and Property for its Benefit (Act No. 1175) was enacted on Jun 2, 1904.
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- An Act Authorizing the Establishment of a Circulating Library in the Province of Albay, Creating a Library Board for the Supervision, Management, and Control Thereof, Authorizing the Board to Adopt and Put in Force Rules and Regulations for the Management of Said Library, Receive and Acquire Money and Property for the Benefit Thereof, and to Expend the Funds of Said Library for its Maintenance and for the Purchase of Books and Property for its Benefit, Act No. 1175, Jun 2, 1904 (Philippines)
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June 2, 1904
ACT NO. 1175
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CIRCULATING LIBRARY IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBAY, CREATING A LIBRARY BOARD FOR THE SUPERVISION, MANAGEMENT, AND CONTROL THEREOF, AUTHORIZING THE BOARD TO ADOPT AND PUT IN FORCE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SAID LIBRARY, RECEIVE AND ACQUIRE MONEY AND PROPERTY FOR THE BENEFIT THEREOF, AND TO EXPEND THE FUNDS OF SAID LIBRARY FOR ITS MAINTENANCE AND FOR THE PURCHASE OF BOOKS AND PROPERTY FOR ITS BENEFIT
SECTION 1. The establishment of a circulating library for the Province of Albay is hereby authorized.
SECTION 2. Said circulating library shall be supervised, managed, and controlled by a library board composed of the provincial governor, the provincial treasurer, the provincial supervisor, the division superintendent of the school division of Albay and Sorsogon, and the principal of the provincial high school of Albay.
The provincial governor shall be the chairman, the provincial treasurer shall be the treasurer, and the division superintendent of the school division of Albay and Sorsogon shall be secretary of the library board.
SECTION 3. Vacancies caused by the temporary absence or disability of the provincial governor, the provincial treasurer, the provincial supervisor, the division superintendent of the school division of Albay and Sorsogon, or the principal of the provincial high school of Albay shall be filled by the acting provincial governor, the acting provincial treasurer, the acting provincial supervisor, the acting division superintendent of the school division of Albay and Sorsogon, or the acting principal of the provincial high school of Albay, as the case may be.
SECTION 4. The library board is authorized to adopt and put in force rules and regulations for the management of the library and to receive gifts, donations, devises, and bequests of money, books, and property for the benefit of said library. The board is also authorized to expend the funds of said library for the maintenance thereof and for the purchase of books and property for the benefit of said library. CAIHTE
SECTION 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the 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 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, June 2, 1904.
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An Act Authorizing the Establishment of a Circulating Library in the Province of Albay, Creating a Library Board for the Supervision, Management, and Control Thereof, Authorizing the Board to Adopt and Put in Force Rules and Regulations for the Management of Said Library, Receive and Acquire Money and Property for the Benefit Thereof, and to Expend the Funds of Said Library for its Maintenance and for the Purchase of Books and Property for its Benefit, Act No. 1175, Jun 2, 1904 (Philippines)
An Act Authorizing the Establishment of a Circulating Library in the Province of Albay, Creating a Library Board for the Supervision, Management, and Control Thereof, Authorizing the Board to Adopt and Put in Force Rules and Regulations for the Management of Said Library, Receive and Acquire Money and Property for the Benefit Thereof, and to Expend the Funds of Said Library for its Maintenance and for the Purchase of Books and Property for its Benefit, Act No. 1175 (Phil. 1904)
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