An Act Providing for the Establishment of a Sanitarium and Bathing Establishment at Boloc-Boloc, Municipality of Barili, Province of Cebu, and for Other Purposes
Act No. 2158, enacted on February 6, 1912, establishes a sanitarium and bathing facility at Boloc-Boloc in Barili, Cebu, to accommodate visitors to the local springs. The construction is directed under the guidance of the provincial board and requires approval from the Secretary of the Interior. A resident physician, appointed by the Governor-General, will manage the facility, provide medical services, and oversee staff, with a provision for free assistance to the indigent. Additionally, the provincial board is empowered to construct access roads and make necessary improvements in the area, subject to the Governor-General's approval.
Quick Answers
- What is An Act Providing for the Establishment of a Sanitarium and Bathing Establishment at Boloc-Boloc, Municipality of Barili, Province of Cebu, and for Other Purposes about?
- Act No. 2158, enacted on February 6, 1912, establishes a sanitarium and bathing facility at Boloc-Boloc in Barili, Cebu, to accommodate visitors to the local springs. The construction is directed under the guidance of the provincial board and requires approval from the Secretary of the Interior. A resident physician, appointed by the Governor-General, will manage the facility, provide medical services, and oversee staff, with a provision for free assistance to the indigent. Additionally, the provincial board is empowered to construct access roads and make necessary improvements in the area, subject to the Governor-General's approval.
- What type of law is Act No. 2158?
- An Act Providing for the Establishment of a Sanitarium and Bathing Establishment at Boloc-Boloc, Municipality of Barili, Province of Cebu, and for Other Purposes (Act No. 2158) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Providing for the Establishment of a Sanitarium and Bathing Establishment at Boloc-Boloc, Municipality of Barili, Province of Cebu, and for Other Purposes enacted?
- An Act Providing for the Establishment of a Sanitarium and Bathing Establishment at Boloc-Boloc, Municipality of Barili, Province of Cebu, and for Other Purposes (Act No. 2158) was enacted on Feb 6, 1912.
- What is the citation for An Act Providing for the Establishment of a Sanitarium and Bathing Establishment at Boloc-Boloc, Municipality of Barili, Province of Cebu, and for Other Purposes?
- An Act Providing for the Establishment of a Sanitarium and Bathing Establishment at Boloc-Boloc, Municipality of Barili, Province of Cebu, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 2158, Feb 6, 1912 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2158
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 6, 1912
ACT NO. 2158
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SANITARIUM AND BATHING ESTABLISHMENT AT BOLOC-BOLOC, MUNICIPALITY OF BARILI, PROVINCE OF CEBU, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. The construction of a sanitarium and bathing establishment at Boloc-Boloc, near the springs of the same name, situate in the municipality of Barili, Province of Cebu, is hereby authorized and directed for the purpose of providing and maintaining an adequate service and to admit and provide accommodations for persons visiting the springs. Subject to the recommendations of the provincial board and to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the Consulting Architect shall prepare the plans for the said bathing establishment and sanitarium, and the Director of Health shall select an adequate site for the latter.
SECTION 2. There shall be at Boloc-Boloc, at the expense of the appropriations for the Bureau of Health, a resident physician, who shall be appointed by the Governor-General, with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission, at a salary not exceeding three thousand six hundred pesos per annum. The said physician shall, in accordance with the orders and directions of the Director of Health, have charge of the sanitarium and manage the bathing establishment, give advice, and if necessary, gratuitous attendance to the indigent sick. The said physician shall designate the duties of the employees authorized and see that they properly perform the same and shall have in his charge, besides the building of the sanitarium and bathing establishment, such personal property and other supplies and material as he may receive for use in the said buildings. He shall have in his charge the medicines sent him by the Director of Health and shall fill all prescriptions requested to be filled, for which services he shall collect a minimum charge of fifty centavos, and the proceeds from such services and all other funds that he may receive under this Act, shall be covered by him into the Insular Treasury.
SECTION 3. The provincial board shall have power to make the necessary provision for the construction with the funds authorized by law, of a wagon road from the Poblacion of the municipality of Barili to the site of the Boloc-Boloc Springs, trace new streets and extend such of the existing streets as it may see fit, and make any other improvements it may deem necessary within the zone reserved by the Governor-General for the purposes of this Act; and may, with the approval of the Governor-General expropriate the property necessary therefor.
ENACTED, February 6, 1912.
Cite This Law
An Act Providing for the Establishment of a Sanitarium and Bathing Establishment at Boloc-Boloc, Municipality of Barili, Province of Cebu, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 2158, Feb 6, 1912 (Philippines)
An Act Providing for the Establishment of a Sanitarium and Bathing Establishment at Boloc-Boloc, Municipality of Barili, Province of Cebu, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 2158 (Phil. 1912)
Related Laws
- An Act Providing for the Establishment of a Sanitarium at Sibul, San Miguel de Mayumo, Province of Bulacan, and for Other PurposesAct No. 1981 • Apr 19, 1910 • Statutes
- Establishment of a Breeding Station in Mantalongon, Barili, CebuRepublic Act No. 5252 • Jun 15, 1968 • Statutes
- An Act Amending Act Numbered Forty-Nine, Providing for the Establishment of a Civil Government for the Province of Benguet, and Act Numbered One Thousand and Forty-Nine, Making Appropriations for the Sundry Expenses of the Insular Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Four, and Other Designated Periods, by Providing that the Disbursing Officer of the Civil Sanitarium at Baguio, Benguet, shall Act as Treasurer for the Province of Benguet, and by Striking Out the Provision that the Clerk of Class Nine of the Civil Sanitarium shall be a Dispensing ClerkAct No. 1081 • Mar 10, 1904 • Statutes
- An Act Making Temporary Provisions for the Care of Invalid Civil Employees at Baguio, in the Province of Benguet, Pending the Establishment of a Government SanitariumAct No. 429 • Jul 14, 1902 • Statutes
- Establishment of a Municipal Hospital in Barili, CebuBatas Pambansa Blg. 541 • Jun 24, 1983 • Statutes
- An Act Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Twenty-Nine, Entitled "An Act Making Temporary Provisions for the Care of Invalid Civil Employees at Baguio, in the Province of Benguet, Pending the Establishment of a Government Sanitarium," by Changing the Rates at the Civil Sanitarium, Authorizing Certain Additional Employees, and Appropriating Funds for the Payment of the Salaries of Such EmployeesAct No. 757 • May 20, 1903 • Statutes
Browse More Statutes
Explore other laws in the Statutes category.
View All StatutesNeed Help Understanding This Law?
Ask our AI assistant to explain provisions, implications, or related laws.
Ask AI About This Law