An Act Making Applicable to the Property of the Government of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu the Provisions of Act No. 1728
Act No. 2536, enacted on November 4, 1915, extends the insurance provisions of Act No. 1728 to the property of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu. This includes coverage against damage or destruction from various natural disasters for government-owned vessels, machinery, and permanent public buildings. Provinces and municipalities within this department are required to pay the necessary insurance premiums. Additionally, the Act establishes a liability for the government concerning a specific vessel and its cargo. All insurance payments made will revert to the Department's treasury for general fund use.
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- What is An Act Making Applicable to the Property of the Government of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu the Provisions of Act No. 1728 about?
- Act No. 2536, enacted on November 4, 1915, extends the insurance provisions of Act No. 1728 to the property of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu. This includes coverage against damage or destruction from various natural disasters for government-owned vessels, machinery, and permanent public buildings. Provinces and municipalities within this department are required to pay the necessary insurance premiums. Additionally, the Act establishes a liability for the government concerning a specific vessel and its cargo. All insurance payments made will revert to the Department's treasury for general fund use.
- What type of law is Act No. 2536?
- An Act Making Applicable to the Property of the Government of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu the Provisions of Act No. 1728 (Act No. 2536) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Making Applicable to the Property of the Government of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu the Provisions of Act No. 1728 enacted?
- An Act Making Applicable to the Property of the Government of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu the Provisions of Act No. 1728 (Act No. 2536) was enacted on Nov 4, 1915.
- What is the citation for An Act Making Applicable to the Property of the Government of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu the Provisions of Act No. 1728?
- An Act Making Applicable to the Property of the Government of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu the Provisions of Act No. 1728, Act No. 2536, Nov 4, 1915 (Philippines)
Law Information
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- Act No. 2536
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
November 4, 1915
ACT NO. 2536
AN ACT MAKING APPLICABLE TO THE PROPERTY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR INSURANCE OF THE INSULAR, PROVINCIAL, AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS AGAINST LOSS FROM DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION OF GOVERNMENT VESSELS AND CRAFT, GOVERNMENT MACHINERY, AND PERMANENT PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GOVERNMENT PROPERTY THEREIN, BY EARTHQUAKE, FIRE, LIGHTNING, FLOOD, TYPHOON, TORNADO, HURRICANE, OR CYCLONE," AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. The provisions of Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and twenty-eight, entitled "An Act to provide for insurance of the Insular, provincial, and municipal governments against loss from damage or destruction of Government vessels and craft, Government machinery, and permanent public buildings and Government property therein, by earthquake, fire, lightning, flood, typhoon, tornado, hurricane, or cyclone," as amended, are hereby made applicable to the Department of Mindanao and Sulu by extending the insurance privileges provided in said Act for property owned by the Insular Government, to the property owned by the Department of Mindanao and Sulu.
SECTION 2. Provinces and municipalities organized within the Department of Mindanao and Sulu shall be required to pay the premium or premiums provided by law when granted insurance in accordance with the provisions of the said Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and twenty-eight.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect as of January first, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and shall include the liability of the Government for the loss of the United States quarter-master lorcha numbered one hundred and thirty-four at her official inventoried valuation, to be paid to the Philippine department quartermaster, United States Army; and also liability to the Department of Mindanao and Sulu for the loss of the cargo of said vessel; the total liability for vessel and cargo being hereby fixed in the sum of fourteen thousand one hundred sixty-nine pesos and sixty-four centavos. All payments made from said date for the insurance of vessels, craft, machinery, permanent public buildings, and other Government property therein by said Department of Mindanao and Sulu, exclusive of the property owned by any provincial or municipal governments within said department, shall be returned to the treasury of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu for the benefit of the general funds thereof. The Insular Auditor is hereby authorized to make the necessary readjustment in accordance with the provisions hereof. cTSHaE
Enacted, November 4, 1915.
Cite This Law
An Act Making Applicable to the Property of the Government of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu the Provisions of Act No. 1728, Act No. 2536, Nov 4, 1915 (Philippines)
An Act Making Applicable to the Property of the Government of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu the Provisions of Act No. 1728, Act No. 2536 (Phil. 1915)
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