An Act Making Appropriations for Public Works and Permanent Improvements in the Provinces of Agusan, Nueva Vizcaya, the Mountain Province, and the Moro Province

July 27, 1911

ACT NO. 2070

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROVINCES OF AGUSAN, NUEVA VIZCAYA, THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, AND THE MORO PROVINCE

SECTION 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be respectively necessary are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for public works and permanent improvements in the Provinces of Agusan, Nueva Vizcaya, the Mountain Province, and the Moro Province.

PROVINCE OF AGUSAN.

For the construction of a road or trail from the Misamis boundary line to Malaybalay, eight thousand pesos; for the construction of the Impasugan-Sumilao Road and for bridges in Bukidnon, two thousand pesos; for the construction of a jail at Malaybalay, two thousand pesos; for the purchase of a lot for the provincial building, four thousand pesos; for the construction of a telephone line from Butuan and Waloe, five thousand pesos; for the construction of a wharf and improvement of the water-front at Butuan, three thousand pesos; for the Cabadbaran-Butuan Road and other roads or public works in Agusan, five thousand pesos; for the construction of a Government exchange building at Malaybalay, one thousand pesos, for machine-shop equipment, one thousand pesos; for the purchase of three disk plows, two hundred and fifty-two pesos; for office equipment, eight hundred pesos; for the survey and monumenting of the boundary line between Agusan and Misamis, two thousand pesos; for a reimbursable fund for the Government exchange at Malaybalay, one thousand pesos; for road and bridge equipment, two thousand pesos; in all for the Province of Agusan, thirty-three thousand four hundred and fifty-two pesos.

PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA.

For the construction of the Padre Juan Villaverde trail; for the construction of other roads, bridges, and trails; for the construction of telephone lines; and for permanent equipment, five thousand pesos.

MOUNTAIN PROVINCE.

For the purchase of a hospital lot, six hundred pesos; for plans of lots and the expense of surveys, one thousand four hundred pesos; for office equipment, three thousand pesos; in all, for the Mountain Province, five thousand pesos.

CITY OF BAGUIO.

For assistance to the city of Baguio in the establishment of an arboretum, planting of trees, and other work for the beautification of Baguio, five thousand pesos.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND POLICE.

For the construction and improvement of roads and bridges, to be alloted in the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, one hundred and fifty thousand pesos, which fund shall also be available for allotment for the payment of existing debts on account of the Benguet Road.

For the drilling of artesian wells and to obtain water by other means, including the cost of new equipment and pumping plants when necessary to be allotted in the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, ten thousand pesos.

For the construction of irrigation works, to be allotted in the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, ten thousand pesos. aDSIHc

BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS.

For the purchase of additional automobiles and equipment for the same, fifty thousand pesos, which shall be added to the reimbursable fund created by Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and ninety-four for the equipment and maintenance of an automobile passenger and freight transportation service in the Mountain Province.

For the Insular Government's share of the cost of improving parks and lagoon, city of Baguio, five thousand pesos.

For additions to and alterations in the building known as "Hotel Pines." situated in the city of Baguio, Mountain Province, and owned by the Government of the Philippine Islands, eight thousand pesos: Provided, That before any payment is made under this authority the lessee of the building shall agree by a properly executed instrument to an increase of a like amount in the sum at which he holds an option to purchase said building and to a proportionate increase in rent.

In all, for the Bureau of Public Works, sixty-three thousand pesos.

BUREAU OF CONSTABULARY.

For the construction of permanent buildings for the Bureau of Constabulary to be allotted in the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, forty-four thousand pesos.

BUREAU OF HEALTH.

For the purchase or construction of a building for a hospital at Butuan, Province of Agusan, including a lot for same, one thousand pesos.

BUREAU OF HEALTH.

For the purchase or construction of a building for a hospital at Butuan, Province of Agusan, including a lot for same, one thousand pesos.

BUREAU OF EDUCATION.

For the construction of a girls' industrial school and teachers' cottage in Baguio or vicinity, twenty thousand pesos; for the construction of other schools in the Mountain Province, ten thousand pesos; for the construction of a school building in the subprovince of Bukidnon, Province of Agusan, six thousand pesos; for construction of schoolhouses in the subprovince of Butuan, Province of Agusan, ten thousand pesos; for the construction of schoolhouses in the subprovince of Butuan, Province of Agusan, ten thousand pesos; in all, for the Bureau of Education, forty-six thousand pesos.

Total appropriations for all purposes, three hundred and seventy-two thousand four hundred and fifty-two pesos.

SECTION 2. The "road and bridge fund" available for expenditure by the provincial board of any province exclusively under the control of the Philippine Commission shall be expendable for the construction or maintenance of roads, trails, and bridges; but adequate provision shall first be made for the maintenance of existing roads, trails, and bridges, and only the amount available after such maintenance has been provided shall be expended for new construction.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, July 27, 1911.