An Act Providing for the Purchase of the Books and Other Documents of Doctor Rizal and Appropriating Funds for that Purpose
Act No. 2021, enacted on January 26, 1911, authorizes the purchase of the original manuscript of José Rizal's novel "Noli Me Tangere" and other documents from his private library for the Philippine Library. The act allocates a budget of thirty-two thousand pesos for these acquisitions, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction. It emphasizes the importance of preserving Rizal's literary contributions for public benefit. The law takes effect immediately upon its passage.
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- Act No. 2021
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
January 26, 1911
ACT NO. 2021
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE BOOKS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF DOCTOR RIZAL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE
SECTION 1. The librarian, Philippine Library, is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, to purchase the original manuscript of the novel "Noli Me Tangere," by Doctor Rizal, and all the books, pamphlets, papers, and other documents that remain of his private library, to form part of the Philippines Library.
SECTION 2. For the purposes of the next preceding section, the sum of thirty-two thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
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.
ENACTED, January 26, 1911.
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An Act Providing for the Purchase of the Books and Other Documents of Doctor Rizal and Appropriating Funds for that Purpose, Act No. 2021, Jan 26, 1911 (Philippines)
An Act Providing for the Purchase of the Books and Other Documents of Doctor Rizal and Appropriating Funds for that Purpose, Act No. 2021 (Phil. 1911)
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