An Act to Appropriate The Sum of Twelve Thousand Pesos for Continuing The Manufacture and Distribution of "Tiqui-Tiqui" Extract Among The Indigent Classes In The Philippine Islands
Act No. 2714, enacted on March 17, 1917, appropriates twelve thousand pesos for the manufacture and distribution of "tiqui-tiqui" extract to combat infantile beriberi among indigent classes in the Philippine Islands. The Philippine National League for the Protection of Early Infancy will oversee the preparation and distribution, with the Bureau of Science responsible for manufacturing the extract under the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The League must report to the Philippine Legislature at the start of each session regarding their activities and results. Additionally, if the extract is unavailable in the market, the Bureau of Science can sell it at cost to those with a medical prescription.
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- What is An Act to Appropriate The Sum of Twelve Thousand Pesos for Continuing The Manufacture and Distribution of "Tiqui-Tiqui" Extract Among The Indigent Classes In The Philippine Islands about?
- Act No. 2714, enacted on March 17, 1917, appropriates twelve thousand pesos for the manufacture and distribution of "tiqui-tiqui" extract to combat infantile beriberi among indigent classes in the Philippine Islands. The Philippine National League for the Protection of Early Infancy will oversee the preparation and distribution, with the Bureau of Science responsible for manufacturing the extract under the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The League must report to the Philippine Legislature at the start of each session regarding their activities and results. Additionally, if the extract is unavailable in the market, the Bureau of Science can sell it at cost to those with a medical prescription.
- What type of law is Act No. 2714?
- An Act to Appropriate The Sum of Twelve Thousand Pesos for Continuing The Manufacture and Distribution of "Tiqui-Tiqui" Extract Among The Indigent Classes In The Philippine Islands (Act No. 2714) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act to Appropriate The Sum of Twelve Thousand Pesos for Continuing The Manufacture and Distribution of "Tiqui-Tiqui" Extract Among The Indigent Classes In The Philippine Islands (Act No. 2714) was enacted on Mar 17, 1917.
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- Act No. 2714
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
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March 17, 1917
ACT NO. 2714
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWELVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR CONTINUING THE MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF "TIQUI-TIQUI" EXTRACT AMONG THE INDIGENT CLASSES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twelve thousand pesos or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purchase of the necessary apparatus and, in general, for the manufacture of the liquid extract of bran commonly known as tiquitiqui, and for its gratuitous distribution among the indigent classes in the Philippine Islands as a means of combating infantile beriberi. The Board of Directors of the Philippine National League for the Protection of Early Infancy shall recommend the method of preparation of said extract of bran and, subject to the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the Bureau of Science shall have charge of its manufacture.
SECTION 2. Said Board of Directors of the Philippine National League, either directly or through the Bureau of Health, shall take charge of the gratuitous distribution of said remedy to such persons as may need the same and have not the means of purchasing it, and shall present a written report to the Philippine Legislature, through the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, at the beginning of each session, stating the work performed and results obtained and containing any other information deemed necessary.
SECTION 3. In case there is no extract of bran to be had in the market, the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources may authorize the Bureau of Science to sell such remedy at the cost of production, plus the proportional expense of preparing and dispatching the same, to any person requiring it by reason of a medical prescription.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, March 17, 1917.
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An Act to Appropriate The Sum of Twelve Thousand Pesos for Continuing The Manufacture and Distribution of "Tiqui-Tiqui" Extract Among The Indigent Classes In The Philippine Islands, Act No. 2714, Mar 17, 1917 (Philippines)
An Act to Appropriate The Sum of Twelve Thousand Pesos for Continuing The Manufacture and Distribution of "Tiqui-Tiqui" Extract Among The Indigent Classes In The Philippine Islands, Act No. 2714 (Phil. 1917)
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