An Act Authorizing the Use, Under Certain Conditions, of the Road and Bridge Fund of the Provinces Organized Under Act Numbered Eighty-Three For Subsidizing or for the Acquisition, Operation, and Maintenance of Water Transportation
Act No. 2228, enacted on February 8, 1913, allows provinces organized under the Provincial Government Act (Act No. 83) to utilize their road and bridge funds for water transportation purposes. Specifically, these funds may be used to subsidize, acquire, operate, and maintain water transport facilities, as well as to dredge rivers and enhance communication and transportation by water. The appropriation of these funds requires approval from the respective provincial boards and the Governor-General. This Act took effect immediately upon its passage.
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- Act No. 2228
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 8, 1913
ACT NO. 2228
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OF THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND OF THE PROVINCES ORGANIZED UNDER ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE FOR SUBSIDIZING OR FOR THE ACQUISITION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF WATER TRANSPORTATION
SECTION 1. The road and bridge funds of the provinces organized under Act Numbered Eighty-three, known as the Provincial Government Act, are hereby authorized to be used upon appropriation of their respective provincial boards, approved by the Governor-General, for the purpose of subsidizing, or for acquiring, operating, and maintaining, means of water transportation within such provinces and between them and adjacent islands, or to dredge rivers and provide facilities of communication and transportation by river.
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, February 8, 1913.
Cite This Law
An Act Authorizing the Use, Under Certain Conditions, of the Road and Bridge Fund of the Provinces Organized Under Act Numbered Eighty-Three For Subsidizing or for the Acquisition, Operation, and Maintenance of Water Transportation, Act No. 2228, Feb 8, 1913 (Philippines)
An Act Authorizing the Use, Under Certain Conditions, of the Road and Bridge Fund of the Provinces Organized Under Act Numbered Eighty-Three For Subsidizing or for the Acquisition, Operation, and Maintenance of Water Transportation, Act No. 2228 (Phil. 1913)
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