An Act for the Relief of Fred W. Atkinson, Late General Superintendent of Education, by Authorizing Credit for Certain Expenditures made by him which were Not Authorized by Law

July 30, 1903

ACT NO. 810

AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF FRED W. ATKINSON, LATE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, BY AUTHORIZING CREDIT FOR CERTAIN EXPENDITURES MADE BY HIM WHICH WERE NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW

WHEREAS, David P. Barrows, when superintendent of the public schools of the city of Manila and acting principal of the Normal School, directed the expenditure of one hundred and thirty-two dollars and eighty cents, United States currency, for lunches to be served to six hundred Normal School pupils during the summer vacation term in Manila in order to secure and maintain discipline and attendance and prevent the loss of time in the study of such pupils, believing in good faith that under the general terms of the appropriation for the support of the Normal School he had such authority; and

WHEREAS, the sum above mentioned was expended in fact and used for the purposes stated and in the interests of the public service; and

WHEREAS, the auditor has held that the general terms of the appropriation for the support of the Normal School were not sufficiently broad to authorize such expenditure; and

WHEREAS, the money for such expenditure was advanced to said David P. Barrows on memorandum receipt by Fred W. Atkinson then General Superintendent of Public Instruction, who approved such expenditure and paid the same in his accounts as disbursing officer; and

WHEREAS, in the opinion of the Commission, the circumstances justify special authorization and ratification of the expenditure: Now, therefore,

SECTION 1. The expenditure made by said Fred W. Atkinson as disbursing officer is hereby authorized and ratified, and the Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago is hereby authorized and directed to credit the account of said Fred W. Atkinson with the sum of one hundred and thirty-two dollars and eighty cents, United States currency.

SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, July 30, 1903.