An Act Making Appropriation for Public Works and Permanent Improvements

February 28, 1914

ACT NO. 2378

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS

SECTION 1. The following sums or so much thereof as may be necessary are hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury derived from the sale of public works or permanent improvement bonds, and in default thereof, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the following-named public works, permanent improvements, and other purposes of the Insular Government: HTcADC

 

BUREAU OF LANDS.
(a)	For filling in the land at the intersection of Calles
	Taft, San Luis, and Isaac Peral, sold to the
	Methodist Episcopal Church by the Government
	of the Philippine Islands in accordance with
	contract dated June thirteenth, nineteen hundred
	and thirteen, between the Government of the
	Philippine Islands and said church	P10,000.00
(b)	For the purchase of land on Calle Isaac Peral,
	interior, from the Domestic and Foreign
	Missionery Society of the Protestant Episcopal
	Church	1,547.00
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	Total for the Bureau of Lands	P11,547.70
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BUREAU OF QUARANTINE SERVICE.
(c)	For the repair of a launch for the use of the
	Bureau of Quarantine Service	6,000.00
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	Provided, That the sum of twenty-five thousand
	pesos appropriated for the purchase of a launch
	for the Bureau of Quarantine Service by Act
	Numbered Twenty-two hundred and sixty-four
	is hereby reverted to the general fund of the
	Insular Treasury.
BUREAU OF HEALTH.
	San Lazaro Hospital:
(d)	For the construction and equipment of a new
	crematory for the San Lazaro Hospital	P6,000.00
	Culion leper colony:
(e)	For hospital buildings and houses	35,000.00
(f)	For improvements of the water systems and
	general repairs	15,000.00
	Bilibid sanitation division:
(g)	For permanent sanitary improvements of
	the Bilibid sanitation division	3,000.00
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	Total for the Bureau of Health	59,000.00
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WEATHER BUREAU.
(h)	For the purchase of land as a site for the seismic
	station at Ambulong, Province of Batangas	150.00
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BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS.
	Roads and bridges, general:
(i)	For the construction, improvement, and where
	necessary, maintenance of roads and bridges in
	those provinces which shall accept the provisions
	of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and fifty-two,
	and which shall, by resolution of the provincial
	board, guarantee by continuing annual
	appropriations the establishment of such
	conservation system as may be necessary in the
	judgment of the Director of Public Works on
	all first-class roads now or hereafter constructed
	and declared to be such by the Director of Public
	Works, including the construction, improvement
	and maintenance of roads and bridges in the
	Province of Palawan, Mindoro and Batanes, to
	be allotted in proportion to the number of
	inhabitants of each province	P450,000.00
	Roads and bridges, special:
(j)	For the construction, improvement, and where
	necessary, maintenance of roads and bridges in
	provinces which shall accept the provisions of
	Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and fifty-two,
	and which shall, by resolution of the provincial
	board, guarantee by continuing annual
	appropriations the establishment of such
	conservation system as may be necessary in the
	judgment of the Director of Public Works on
	all first-class roads now or hereafter constructed
	and declared to be such by the Director of
	Public Works and in the provinces organized
	under the Special Provincial Government Act,
	to be allotted in the discretion of the Secretary
	of Commerce and Police	P200,000.00
	Artesian wells and water supply systems:
(k)	For drilling artesian wells whenever the provinces
	or municipalities interested shall adopt resolutions
	for the appropriation of funds covering the cost
	of one-third of the work, to be allotted in the
	discretion of the Secretary of Commerce and
	Police: Provided, That the Director of Public
	Works is hereby authorized to drill wells for
	private individuals upon payment of one-third of
	the work on condition that the public be allowed
	the continuous use of the well: Provided, Also,
	That any municipality or provincial board that
	may incur, under the provisions of this Act, the
	expense of an artesian well which proves a
	failure, shall be refunded the sums invested, if
	any, and are hereby declared released from the
	obligation contracted by them for their payment:
	Provided, Also, That funds appropriated, by
	provinces and municipalities for covering the
	cost of one-third of the work shall, unless
	otherwise herein provided, be paid into the
	Insular Treasury, upon the determination by the
	Director of Public Works of the amount thereof,
	and for the investigation and construction of
	municipal water, supply systems whenever the
	provincial boards or municipalities interested
	shall adopt resolutions for the appropriation of
	funds covering the cost of one-third of the work,
	to be allotted in the discretion of the Secretary
	of Commerce and Police: Provided, That funds
	appropriated by provinces and municipalities for
	covering the cost of one-third of the work shall
	be paid into the Insular Treasury, upon the
	determination by the Director of Public Works
	of the amount thereof	P420,000.00
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	Total for the Bureau of Public Works	P1,070,000.00
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BUREAU OF EDUCATION.
(l)	For aid to municipal governments in the
	construction of central and intermediate school
	buildings, to be allotted by the Secretary of
	Public Instruction	P135,000.00
(m)	For the buildings at Central Luzon Agricultural
	School, Nueva Ecija	15,000.00
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	Total for the Bureau of Education	150,000.00
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BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE.
(n)	For general public works and improvements
	of the Bureau of Agriculture, to be allotted
	in the discretion of the Secretary of Public
	Instruction	10,000.00
BUREAU OF PRISONS.
(o)	For the construction of one pavilion at Bilibid
	Prison	17,000.00
BUREAU OF SUIPPLY.
(p)	For the construction of a small landing stage
	near pier number five, port of Manila, for
	unloading shipside deliveries	2,000.00
BUREAU OF POSTS.
(q)	For the construction, repair, and maintenance
	of telegraph lines and cables	20,000.00
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
(r)	For the construction of a new laboratory
	building for the College of Agriculture at Los
	Banos	P30,000.00
	Provided, That the unexpended balance of the
	sum heretofore appropriated for the building
	of a bridge at the said college is hereby
	reverted to the general fund of the Insular
	Treasury.
	Total of appropriations for public works and
	permanent improvements, by this section	1,375,697.00
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SECTION 2. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the following-named public works and permanent improvements: Provided, That no part of the appropriations herein made shall be available for use for any of the purposes herein authorized without prior authorization of the Governor-General:

(a)	For the improvement of the springs of
	Malbog, municipality of Gasan, Tayabas,
	and the construction of a small public bath
	in the same	6,000.00
(b)	For the construction of a breakwater in
	the port of Calbayog, Province of Samar	30,000.00
(c)	For dredging the Bicol River, in the
	Province of Ambos Camarines	20,000.00
(d)	For the establishment and construction of
	a lighthouse in the port of the municipality
	of Oroquieta, Province of Misamis	500.00
(e)	For the canalization and deviation of the
	course of Guinali River, at Malinao, Albay	10,000.00
(f)	For the construction of a containing wall
	on the waterfront of the municipality of
	Casiguran, Sorsogon	8,000.00
(g)	For the construction of a wharf in the
	municipality of Silay, of another wharf
	in the municipality of Bacolod, and of
	another wharf in the municipality of
	Pulupandan, Occidental Negros	30,00000
(h)	For port work at Iloilo, Iloilo	50,000.00
(i)	For the extension and permanent
	improvement of the wharf established in
	the port of Catbalogan, Samar	10,000.00
(j)	For port works at Tacloban, Leyte	25,000.00
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	Total of appropriations for public works
	and permanent improvements, by this
	section	189,500.00
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	Total of appropriation by this Act	1,565,197.00

SECTION 3. All balances remaining unexpended when any public work or permanent improvement appropriated for by this Act is completed, shall be reverted to the general fund of the Insular Treasury and shall not thereafter be available for withdrawal for disbursement except upon appropriation by the Legislature. aScITE

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, February 28, 1914.