An Act Making Appropriations for Public Works

February 25, 1920

ACT NO. 2898

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS

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 public works as mentioned hereunder, and for other purposes of the Insular Government.

NON-CHRISTIAN AND SPECIAL PROVINCES, INCLUDING BATANES, MINDORO, PALAWAN, AND ALL SPECIAL PROVINCES THAT MAY BE ORGANIZED DURING THE YEAR 1920.

(a)	For the maintenance and repair of telephone lines	P20,000.00
(b)	For aid to local governments in the	25,000.00
	construction of a simple type of
	sanitary public market
(c)	For aid, specially in furnishing materials	15,000.00
	not produced in the locality, in the
	construction and improvement
	of public buildings, and for
	other purposes
(d)	For the maintenance and repair of	100,000.00
	such portions of the Manila North
	Road as have been, or may be,
	declared as first-class road, which
	traverse territory of the Mountain
	Province
(e)	For aid in supplying potable water	40,000.00
(f)	For the construction, improvement,	40,000.00
	and maintenance of irrigation
	systems
(g)	For the construction, reconstruction,	200,000.00
	improvement, investigation, and
	survey of ports, wharves, piers,
	retaining walls, jetties, dams, and
	dredgings
(h)	For the construction, improvement,	300,000.00
	and maintenance of trails, roads,
	and bridges
	BUREAU OF CONSTABULARY.
(i)	For the construction and completion	46,000.00
	of the construction of Constabulary
	barracks and officers' quarters
	BUREAU OF EDUCATION.
(j)	To increase the sum of P400,000,	P400,000.00
	appropriated in the year 1919 for
	the construction of normal schools
	and the purchase of grounds for the
	same
(k)	For Insular aid in the completion of	450,000.00
	buildings for central and barrio
	schools, as heretofore authorized,
	and for the construction or acquisition
	of new schools and the necessary
	grounds
(l)	For the construction and improvement	100,000.00
	of buildings and irrigation systems,
	including the purchase of lands, for
	agricultural schools
(m)	For the purchase, survey, and	50,000.00
	registration of lands, and the
	construction, improvement, and
	maintenance of buildings, for schools
	in the non-Christian and special provinces,
	including the Provinces of Batanes,
	Mindoro, and Palawan, and in all the
	provinces that may be organized
	during the year 1920
	UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
(n)	For the construction of dormitories	36,000.00
	for the students of the School of
	Agriculture, Los Baños
(ñ)	For the completion of Rizal Hall	165,000.00
(o)	For the completion of the building for	10,000.00
	the College of Veterinary Science,
	to be used by resolution of the
	Board of Regents
(p)	For the completion of the chemical	20,000.00
	laboratory for the College of Agriculture
(q)	For the completion of the laboratory	20,000.00
	of entomology and plant pathology
	for the College of Agriculture
	BUREAU OF HEALTH.
(r)	For payment of the land expropriated	25,000.00
	for the Sibul Springs bathing
	establishment and repair of road
	there
(s)	For the construction of an artesian	18,000.00
	well, with tank and pump, at San
	Lazaro Hospital
	BUREAU OF QUARANTINE SERVICE.
(t)	For the construction of quarantine	25,000.00
	buildings for first-class passengers
	at quarantine stations where such
	do not exist
	BUREAU OF CUSTOMS.
(u)	For the purchase of additional equipment	P100,000.00
	necessary to improve the facilities
	for loading and discharging
	cargo and for the safe-keeping of
	the merchandise in ports of entry
(v)	For the completion of pier No. 7:
	Revised total cost	P3,776,000.00
	Appropriated 1919	2,500,000.00
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	Sum authorized for 1920	1,276,000.00
(w)	For the construction of a cargo shed
	and wharf between piers Nos. 5 and 7:
	Total cost of project	P1,100,000.00
	Initial sum authorized	400,000.00
	BUREAU OF PRINTING.
(x)	For the completion of the extension of	6,000.00
	the building of the power division
	BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE.
(y)	For the construction of buildings,	20,000.00
	sheds, fence, cement dams, coops,
	etc.
	BUREAU OF FORESTRY.
(z)	For the purchase and installation of	4,000.00
	a water distilling plant in the School
	of Forestry at Los Baños
	BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS.
(aa)	For the construction, improvement,	1,000,000.00
	and where necessary, for the main-
	tenance of roads and bridges in
	such regularly organized provinces
	as shall accept the provisions of
	Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and
	fifty-two, or which by a resolution
	of the provincial board shall
	guarantee by continuing annual
	appropriations the establishment of
	such a system of maintenance as
	may be necessary in the opinion of
	the Director of Public Works, on
	all first-class roads at present
	constructed or which in the future may
	be constructed, and are so declared
	by the Director of Public Works,
	to be apportioned in proportion to
	the number of cedulas sold in each
	province in the year 1919
(bb)	For the construction, improvement,	P900,000.00
	and, where necessary, the main-
	tenance of roads and bridges in the
	provinces which by resolution of
	the provincial board shall guarantee
	by continuing annual appropriations
	the establishment of such a
	system of maintenance as may be
	necessary in the judgment of the
	Director of Public Works on all
	first-class roads now constructed or
	which may be constructed in the
	future and declared as such by the
	Director of Public Works
(cc)	For the construction, improvement	430,000.00
	and, where necessary, for the
	maintenance of interprovincial roads
	and bridges, including roads and
	bridges connecting one coast or
	region with another in the same
	province, between the provinces
	which by resolution of the provincial
	board shall guarantee by continuing
	annual appropriations the establishment
	of such a system of maintenance
	as may be necessary in the judgment
	of the Director of Public Works on
	all first-class roads now constructed
	or which may be constructed in
	the future and declared as such
	by the Director of Public Works
	Provided, That in provinces where
	communication is chiefly by sea,
	the sums allotted under subsections
	(aa), (bb), and (cc), may, by
	authorization of the Secretary of
	Commerce and Communications and
	with the favorable recommendation
	of the Secretary of the Interior,
	be set aside for the acquisition
	and maintenance of steamers
	or launches.
(dd)	For the construction, repair, reconstruction,	2,880,000.00
	improvement, investigation,
	and survey of ports, wharves,
	piers, jetties, dams, and for
	dredgings, in the different districts
	of the Archipelago, including the
	purchase and maintenance of the
	necessary land and equipment and
	the upkeep of esteros, and the
	continuation of wharves and other
	improvements projected by former
	acts
	Provided, That subject to the approval
	of the Secretary of Commerce
	and Communications and with such
	security as the same may
	require, material derived from
	dredging may be used for filling in
	private property at the request of
	any landowner, upon the condition
	that the cost thereof shall be paid
	by the owner of the land in annual
	payments not to extend over more
	than five years.
(ee)	For the drilling of artesian wells,	P350,000.00
	including the purchase of necessary
	equipment, and for the investigation
	and construction of Insular,
	provincial, and municipal
	systems of waterworks, and for
	the investigation, construction,
	reconstruction, and extension of
	baths and other sanitary improvements
	for the development and exploitation
	of properly tested and approved
	mineral springs in places of public
	resort, whenever the provinces
	and municipalities concerned
	shall adopt resolutions for the
	appropriation of funds covering
	the cost of one-third of the work
	Provided, That the funds appropriated
	by provinces and municipalities
	to cover the cost of one-third of the
	work shall be covered into the Insular
	Treasury when the Director
	of Public Works shall have paid
	the cost thereof: And provided,
	further, That any municipality or
	province which by virtue of the
	provisions of this Act shall incur
	the expense of an artesian well
	resulting in a failure, shall have
	the amounts expended returned
	to it: And provided, finally,
	That the amount allotted out of
	this appropriation, to a municipality
	or province as Insular aid shall in no
	case exceed the sum of twenty-five
	thousand pesos.
(f)	For the investigation, survey,	1,503,000.00
	construction, reconstruction,
	maintenance, and improvement
	of irrigation systems, including the
	purchase of the necessary land and
	equipment
	Provided, That the use of water
	for private land, the construction
	of irrigation protects, and the
	financing of the same, shall be
	subject only to such rules and
	regulations as may be prescribed by
	the Irrigation Council, the provision
	of Act Numbered Eighteen
	hundred and fifty-four, Twenty-
	one hundred and fifty-two, and
	Twenty-six hundred and fifty-two,
	and any other Act now in force, to
	the contrary notwithstanding.
(gg)	For the construction of the following	P2,273,000.00
	buildings, including suitable fixtures
	and furniture: (1) For the use of the
	Legislature, (2) for offices and
	rooms in Malacañang Palace,
	and for improvement of grounds,
	(3) for Post Office (4) for radio
	stations, (5) for the purchase and
	construction of masts and towers
	and material for antenna bases, (6)
	for nurses dormitories in the Philippine
	General and San Lazaro hospitals, (7)
	for a pathological building and for
	new pavilions, dormitories, and
	other additional buildings for
	the General Hospital, (8) for
	a hospital for children in Manila,
	and (9) other Insular buildings of
	lesser importance, not exceeding in
	each case twenty-five thousand
	pesos, and for the acquisition and
	improvement of the necessary land:
	Provided, however, That the plan of
	the building for the use of the
	Legislature must be approved by
	the Capitol Committees of the
	Senate and the House of
	Representatives

 

Buildings	Revised total	Appropriated	Authorized in
	cost.	In 1919 and pre-	1920.
		ceding years.
1	P3,350,000.00	P625,000.00	P700,000.00
2	650,000.00	350,000.00	200,000.00
3	3,000,000.00	350,000.00	250,000.00
4	834,000.00	325,000.00	200,000.00
5	125,800.00	-	125,000.00
6	820,000.00	300,000.00	200,000.00
7	1,781,000.00	600,000.00	404,000.00
8	100,000.00	-	100,000.00
9	-	152,336.00	94,000.00
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Total	10,660,800.00	2,702,336.00	2,273,000.00
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(hh)	For the maintenance, alteration,	500,000.00
	improvement, and repair of public
	buildings, including adjacent lands
	belonging to the same
(ii)	For expenses of investigation of	25,000.00
	applications for irrigation, water
	supply and power systems; for the
	adjudication of the rights to
	streams designated by the
	Secretary of Commerce and
	Communications, and for the
	study of river irrigation control
	projects submitted to the
	Irrigation Council
	BUREAU OF POSTS.
(jj)	For the construction and maintenance	P500,000.00
	of telegraph and submarine cable
	lines, purchase and installation of
	radio apparatus, purchase and
	survey of land for radio stations,
	and other unforeseen expenses
	BUREAU OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
(kk)	For the construction and reconstruction	50,000.00
	of lighthouses, buoys, and beacons
(ll)	For the maintenance, alteration, and	30,000.00
	repair of lighthouses, buoys, and
	beacons
	BUREAU OF COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY.
(mm)	For the purchase and installation of	15,000.00
	a radio apparatus on the steamship
	Marinduque
(nn)	For the purchase and installation of	62,500.00
	the necessary machinery and equipment
	for the establishment of a photolithographic
	plant for the printing of maps
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	Total of appropriations made by	13,931,500.00
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SECTION 2. All balances of the several appropriations made by this Act and by other previous public works Acts the destination of which has not yet been determined by the proper authority on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, and all balances of appropriations which remain unexpended on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, shall be reverted to the unappropriated funds in the Insular Treasury, and thereafter shall not be available for expenditure except upon appropriation by the Legislature. CAIHTE

SECTION 3. The sums appropriated by this Act shall be distributed in the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce and Communications, subject to the approval of the Presiding officers of both Houses of the Legislature. Subject to the same approval, the Secretary of Commerce and Communications is authorized, for the purposes of said distribution, to transfer unexpended portions of any item of appropriation under this Act to any other item hereunder.

SECTION 4. Whenever the Secretary of Finance shall be of the opinion that there are good grounds for believing that the probable revenues of the Insular Treasury will not be sufficient to cover the expenditures provided for in this Act, he shall so report to the Governor-General who may direct the Emergency Board created by Act Numbered Twenty-eight hundred and seventy-five to condition of the funds in the Insular Treasury, the disbursements made, those still to be made, and the probable revenues until the end of the current fiscal year, and to propose adequate measures for the reduction of the public works appropriation in order to establish the proper equilibrium with the funds in the Insular Treasury and the probable revenues for the rest of the year. The Board shall make such recommendations as it may deem advisable. In consonance with the report of the Board, the Secretary of Commerce and Communications may propose the suspension in whole or in part, temporarily or definitely, of the construction of any project or projects provided for in this Act, and such proposition, if approved by the presiding officers of both Houses and concurred in by the Governor-General, shall have the effect of law.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, February 25, 1920.