An Act Making an Appropriation for Certain Expenses of a Commission and an Assembly Committee to go to the United States
Act No. 2263, enacted on February 11, 1913, appropriates sixty thousand pesos from the Insular Treasury for the expenses of a Commission Committee and an Assembly Committee traveling to the United States at the request of the U.S. President. The Commission will consist of two members appointed by the President, while the Assembly Committee will have up to seven members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly. The funds can be used for expenses certified as necessary by the committee chairpersons. Any unspent funds will be returned to the Insular Treasury by January 1, 1915. The Act takes effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2263
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 11, 1913
ACT NO. 2263
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES OF A COMMISSION AND AN ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE TO GO TO THE UNITED STATES
SECTION 1. The sum of sixty thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses incidental to the performance of the duties of a Commission Committee or an Assembly Committee, or both, in going to Washington, at the request of the President of the United States. The Commission committee shall consist of two members to be appointed by the President of said Commission. The Assembly committee shall consist of not more than seven members, to be appointed by the Speaker of said Assembly. The appropriation hereby authorized shall be available for the payment of all expenses of the committees here authorized which the chairman of either of said committees shall certify as necessarily incidental to the performance of the duties imposed.
SECTION 2. Any balance of the appropriations made by this Act remaining unexpended on January first, nineteen hundred and fifteen, shall be returned to the Insular Treasury.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, February 11, 1913.
Cite This Law
An Act Making an Appropriation for Certain Expenses of a Commission and an Assembly Committee to go to the United States, Act No. 2263, Feb 11, 1913 (Philippines)
An Act Making an Appropriation for Certain Expenses of a Commission and an Assembly Committee to go to the United States, Act No. 2263 (Phil. 1913)
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