An Act Authorizing the Superintendent of Government Laboratories to Sell Certain Public Animals When They are No Longer Required for Use in the Serum Laboratory
Act No. 735, enacted on April 8, 1903, authorizes the Superintendent of Government Laboratories to sell public animals that are no longer needed for the Serum Laboratory but are suitable for food. Sales can be conducted privately or publicly, with proceeds deposited into the Insular Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. An account of the transactions, including details of the animals sold and the purchasers, must be submitted to the Auditor. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its enactment and takes effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 735
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
April 8, 1903
ACT NO. 735
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES TO SELL CERTAIN PUBLIC ANIMALS WHEN THEY ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED FOR USE IN THE SERUM LABORATORY
SECTION 1. The Superintendent of Government Laboratories is hereby authorized to sell at public or private sale to butchers for food purposes, or to others, animals originally purchased for use in connection with the operation of the Serum Laboratory, when the said animals are no longer adapted to the use of the said Laboratory, but are fit for food purposes. Such sales may be made on the best terms obtainable, the provisions of section fourteen of Act Numbered Two hundred and fifteen relative to the sale of public animals to the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 2. The sums realized from such sales shall be deposited in the Insular Treasury as "miscellaneous receipts," and an account thereof rendered to the Auditor, the same to be accompanied by a list or abstract showing the number of animals sold, the name of each purchaser, and price received for each animal.
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, April 8, 1903.
Cite This Law
An Act Authorizing the Superintendent of Government Laboratories to Sell Certain Public Animals When They are No Longer Required for Use in the Serum Laboratory, Act No. 735, Apr 8, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Authorizing the Superintendent of Government Laboratories to Sell Certain Public Animals When They are No Longer Required for Use in the Serum Laboratory, Act No. 735 (Phil. 1903)
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