An Act to Amend Act No. 22 and Act No. 101, Relating to the Improvement of the Harbor of Manila and the Pasig River
Act No. 182, enacted on July 29, 1901, amends previous acts related to the improvement of the harbor of Manila and the Pasig River. It authorizes the chief engineer officer to enhance navigation in the Pasig River and into Laguna de Bay by achieving a six-foot depth through dredging or other means. The act ensures that funds from prior appropriations remain available for this purpose and allows the chief engineer to utilize materials from public lands, including those from the Mariveles quarries, while protecting contractors from claims regarding the use of these materials. The act emphasizes the need for prompt implementation for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- What is An Act to Amend Act No. 22 and Act No. 101, Relating to the Improvement of the Harbor of Manila and the Pasig River about?
- Act No. 182, enacted on July 29, 1901, amends previous acts related to the improvement of the harbor of Manila and the Pasig River. It authorizes the chief engineer officer to enhance navigation in the Pasig River and into Laguna de Bay by achieving a six-foot depth through dredging or other means. The act ensures that funds from prior appropriations remain available for this purpose and allows the chief engineer to utilize materials from public lands, including those from the Mariveles quarries, while protecting contractors from claims regarding the use of these materials. The act emphasizes the need for prompt implementation for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
- What type of law is Act No. 182?
- An Act to Amend Act No. 22 and Act No. 101, Relating to the Improvement of the Harbor of Manila and the Pasig River (Act No. 182) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act to Amend Act No. 22 and Act No. 101, Relating to the Improvement of the Harbor of Manila and the Pasig River enacted?
- An Act to Amend Act No. 22 and Act No. 101, Relating to the Improvement of the Harbor of Manila and the Pasig River (Act No. 182) was enacted on Jul 29, 1901.
- What is the citation for An Act to Amend Act No. 22 and Act No. 101, Relating to the Improvement of the Harbor of Manila and the Pasig River?
- An Act to Amend Act No. 22 and Act No. 101, Relating to the Improvement of the Harbor of Manila and the Pasig River, Act No. 182, Jul 29, 1901 (Philippines)
Law Information
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- Act No. 182
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
July 29, 1901
ACT NO. 182
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO, AND ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND ONE, RELATING TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE HARBOR OF MANILA AND THE PASIG RIVER
SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered One hundred and one, entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act appropriating one million dollars, in money of the United States, for improving the port of Manila,'" enacted October fifteenth, nineteen hundred, is hereby amended so as to authorize and direct the chief engineer officer, Division of the Philippines, to improve the navigation of the Pasig River above the Bridge of Spain and to and into the Laguna de Bay, by dredging or otherwise, so as to secure a six-foot depth for navigation along said river and into said lake.
SECTION 2. The appropriation and provision made by said Act Numbered Twenty-two and Act Numbered One hundred and one, amendatory thereof, are hereby made available for the purpose set forth in section one hereof as fully as though embraced in said original Acts.
SECTION 3. The chief engineer officer, Division of the Philippines, in charge of said harbor improvement, is hereby authorized to use directly or through any authorized contractor, any stone or other material which he may find available and desirable on any of the public lands of the Philippine Islands. The chief engineer officer, Division of the Philippines, is further authorized and empowered, by and with the consent and approval of the Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands, to warrant any contractor using stone from what is known as the Mariveles quarries, and now in possession of the Insular Government, against any claim for compensation or damage made by any person or persons claiming to be the owner or owners of such quarries, by reason of the use of the stone therefrom by such contractor or contractors. cSaATC
SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, July 29, 1901.
Cite This Law
An Act to Amend Act No. 22 and Act No. 101, Relating to the Improvement of the Harbor of Manila and the Pasig River, Act No. 182, Jul 29, 1901 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Act No. 22 and Act No. 101, Relating to the Improvement of the Harbor of Manila and the Pasig River, Act No. 182 (Phil. 1901)
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