An Act Further to Amend Section Four of Act Numbered Five Hundred and Fourteen as Amended by Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Sixty-Five, by Providing that Certain of the Exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Owned by the Philippine Government shall be Returned to Manila
Act No. 827, enacted on August 5, 1903, amends a previous law regarding the exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. It mandates the selection of certain Philippine government-owned exhibits for return to Manila after the exposition, to be used in a permanent museum. A designated committee by the Civil Governor will determine which items are wise and cost-effective to reship. Additionally, it ensures that the property and exhibits of the Insular Museum of Ethnology, Natural History, and Commerce will also be returned to Manila. The Act emphasizes the public good and is effective immediately upon passage.
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- What is An Act Further to Amend Section Four of Act Numbered Five Hundred and Fourteen as Amended by Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Sixty-Five, by Providing that Certain of the Exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Owned by the Philippine Government shall be Returned to Manila about?
- Act No. 827, enacted on August 5, 1903, amends a previous law regarding the exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. It mandates the selection of certain Philippine government-owned exhibits for return to Manila after the exposition, to be used in a permanent museum. A designated committee by the Civil Governor will determine which items are wise and cost-effective to reship. Additionally, it ensures that the property and exhibits of the Insular Museum of Ethnology, Natural History, and Commerce will also be returned to Manila. The Act emphasizes the public good and is effective immediately upon passage.
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- An Act Further to Amend Section Four of Act Numbered Five Hundred and Fourteen as Amended by Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Sixty-Five, by Providing that Certain of the Exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Owned by the Philippine Government shall be Returned to Manila (Act No. 827) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Further to Amend Section Four of Act Numbered Five Hundred and Fourteen as Amended by Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Sixty-Five, by Providing that Certain of the Exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Owned by the Philippine Government shall be Returned to Manila enacted?
- An Act Further to Amend Section Four of Act Numbered Five Hundred and Fourteen as Amended by Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Sixty-Five, by Providing that Certain of the Exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Owned by the Philippine Government shall be Returned to Manila (Act No. 827) was enacted on Aug 5, 1903.
- What is the citation for An Act Further to Amend Section Four of Act Numbered Five Hundred and Fourteen as Amended by Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Sixty-Five, by Providing that Certain of the Exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Owned by the Philippine Government shall be Returned to Manila?
- An Act Further to Amend Section Four of Act Numbered Five Hundred and Fourteen as Amended by Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Sixty-Five, by Providing that Certain of the Exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Owned by the Philippine Government shall be Returned to Manila, Act No. 827, Aug 5, 1903 (Philippines)
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August 5, 1903
ACT NO. 827
AN ACT FURTHER TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE, BY PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN OF THE EXHIBITS AT THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION OWNED BY THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT SHALL BE RETURNED TO MANILA
SECTION 1. Section four of Act Numbered Five hundred and fourteen, entitled "An Act creating a commission to secure, organize, and make an exhibit of Philippine products, manufactures, art, ethnology, and education at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held at Saint Louis, in the United States, in nineteen hundred and four," as amended by section of Act Numbered Seven hundred and sixty-five, is hereby further amended by adding at the close of said section four the following:
"Provided, however, That from the exhibits at the Saint Louis Exposition owned by the Philippine Government there shall be selected by a committee to be designated by the Civil Governor all exhibits which, in the opinion of the committee, it would be wise and not too expensive to reship to Manila at the close of the Exposition at Saint Louis for use in a permanent museum in Manila: And provided further, That the property, effects, and exhibits of the Insular Museum of Ethnology, Natural History, and Commerce, established by Act Numbered Two hundred and eighty-four, which have been taken over by the Exposition Board shall be returned to Manila for use in a permanent museum at Manila."
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, August 5, 1903.
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An Act Further to Amend Section Four of Act Numbered Five Hundred and Fourteen as Amended by Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Sixty-Five, by Providing that Certain of the Exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Owned by the Philippine Government shall be Returned to Manila, Act No. 827, Aug 5, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Further to Amend Section Four of Act Numbered Five Hundred and Fourteen as Amended by Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Sixty-Five, by Providing that Certain of the Exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Owned by the Philippine Government shall be Returned to Manila, Act No. 827 (Phil. 1903)
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