An Act Authorizing the Provincial Board of Samar to Loan from Provincial Funds to the Municipalities of the Province Such Sums of Money as to it may Seem Proper, Not to Exceed a Total of Fifteen Thousand Philippine Pesos, to be Used in the Construction and Repair of Public Schoolhouses

September 12, 1904

ACT NO. 1231

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF SAMAR TO LOAN FROM PROVINCIAL FUNDS TO THE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE SUCH SUMS OF MONEY AS TO IT MAY SEEM PROPER, NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND PHILIPPINE PESOS, TO BE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF PUBLIC SCHOOLHOUSES

SECTION 1. The provincial board of Samar is hereby authorized to loan to the municipalities of the Province of Samar, from any provincial funds not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifteen thousand Philippine pesos, or so much thereof as the provincial board may seem proper.

SECTION 2. Moneys loaned by the Province of Samar to its municipalities under the authority of section one of this Act shall be repaid by such municipalities to said province within two years from the date the loan is made, without interest, and shall be expended by said municipalities for the construction and repair of public school buildings, and for no other purpose.

SECTION 3. The schools for which provision is made in the preceding section shall be constructed under the supervision of the provincial board of Samar, on plans to be prepared by the Bureau of Architecture or the Bureau of Education, and approved by the General Superintendent of Education.

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, September 12, 1904.