An Act Making Appropriation for Public Works and Permanent Improvements, and for Other Purposes
Act No. 1988, enacted on April 19, 1910, appropriates funds for public works and permanent improvements in the Philippines, totaling three million four hundred and fifty-seven thousand one hundred and thirty pesos. The disbursement of these funds requires prior authorization from the Governor-General. Any unspent balances upon completion of the projects must be returned to the Insular Treasury and will contribute to the general revenues of the Islands. The Act takes effect immediately upon passage, but the appropriations will only be accessible starting July 1, 1910.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 1988
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
April 19, 1910
ACT NO. 1988
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. 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, and for other purposes of the Insular Government: Provided, That no part of the appropriations herein made shall be available for use in any of the works herein authorized without prior authorization of the Governor-General. cDHAES
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(Items Omitted)
Total appropriations for public works and permanent improvements, three million four hundred and fifty-seven thousand one hundred and thirty pesos.
SECTION 2. All balances remaining unexpended when any public works or permanent improvements appropriated for by this Act are completed shall be returned at once to the Insular Treasury and shall not be available for withdrawal or disbursement thereafter, but shall be carried to the general revenues of the Islands.
SECTION 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage in accordance with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five of the Philippine Legislature, but the appropriations herein made shall not be available until July first, nineteen hundred and ten.
ENACTED, April 19, 1910. ASEcHI
Cite This Law
An Act Making Appropriation for Public Works and Permanent Improvements, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 1988, Apr 19, 1910 (Philippines)
An Act Making Appropriation for Public Works and Permanent Improvements, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 1988 (Phil. 1910)
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