An Act to Amend Section Twenty-One Hundred and Twenty-Six of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven, known as the Administrative Code, and for other Purposes

November 27, 1924

ACT NO. 3184

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

SECTION 1. Section twenty-one hundred and twenty-six of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2126. Maintenance of professional students in City of Manila. — Any provincial board shall have power to appropriate the amount necessary for one or two permanent allowances, at the rate of not to exceed forty pesos a month, for one or two students, residents of the province, in the University of the Philippines or in any governmental educational institution to enable them to follow a professional career.

"In addition to the allowance, a student selected to receive such assistance shall be entitled to reimbursement of the actual and necessary traveling and subsistence expenses from his residence to his place of study and vice versa, at least once each school year; to matriculation and graduation fees, if any; to reimbursement of the cost of the books required for each course; and to be admitted into and treated in the Philippine General Hospital free of charge, in case of illness."

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, November 27, 1924.