An Act Making Appropriation to Reimburse the Government of the City of Manila on Account of Expenditures Made in the Reconstruction of Walls along the Banks of the Pasig River below the Ayala Bridge

October 7, 1907

ACT NO. 1750

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATION TO REIMBURSE THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA ON ACCOUNT OF EXPENDITURES MADE IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF WALLS ALONG THE BANKS OF THE PASIG RIVER BELOW THE AYALA BRIDGE

WHEREAS the Municipal Board of Manila has waived in favor of the Insular Government its claims to possession and ownership of that portion of the Pasig River below the Ayala Bridge in consideration of reimbursement on account of expenditures made in the reconstruction of walls along the banks of said portion of the Pasig River; and cHECAS

WHEREAS it is believed that the public interests will best be served by such adjustment of the question of possession and ownership between the Insular Government and the government of the city of Manila; Now, therefore,

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, from any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred and seven thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to reimburse the government of the city of Manila on account of expenditures made from the revenues of the city of Manila in the reconstruction of walls along the Pasig River below the Ayala Bridge: PROVIDED, That the Municipal Board of Manila shall by resolution accept the conditions of this Act and waive, in favor of the Government of the Philippine Islands, its claims to possession and ownership of that portion of the Pasig River, and the banks thereof and thoroughfares along said banks below the Ayala Bridge, reserving, however to the city of Manila the tight to occupy the property known as the "Arroceros Shops" site on the south bank of the Pasig River, with the exception of that portion of the said site now used and occupied by the Philippine School of Arts and Trades, and the premises now occupied by the Quinta Market on the north bank of the Pasig River: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to relieve the city of Manila from paving and otherwise maintaining said thoroughfares at the expense of said city, or from the obligation creating and maintaining at the expense of said city a public park along the south bank of said river should the committee on parks appointed by the Governor-General pursuant to a resolution of the Commission dated April twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and seven, recommend such action. The Insular Auditor is hereby directed to ascertain the amount of expenditures which have been made from the revenues of the city of Manila in the reconstruction of walls along the Pasig River below the Ayala Bridge and, after acceptance by the Municipal Board of the city of Manila of the prescribed conditions in a form satisfactory to the Attorney-General, to transfer to the credit of the government of the city of Manila, out of the sum herein appropriated, the amount so ascertained.

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, October 7, 1907.