An Act to Authorize a Loan of One Thousand Dollars, United States Currency, to the Province of Batangas, to Enable the Provincial Board to Make Provision, by Loan or Otherwise, to Meet the Emergency in the Municipality of Batangas Caused by a Fire Destroying the Market and Rendering Homeless a Large Number of People
Act No. 793, enacted on June 30, 1903, authorizes a loan of $1,000 from the Insular Treasury to the Province of Batangas in response to a fire that destroyed the local market and left many residents homeless. The provincial board is tasked with utilizing the funds for emergency aid and must repay the loan without interest within two years. The loan amount is drawn from a $3 million relief fund allocated by the U.S. Congress for the Philippine Islands. The Act emphasizes the need for prompt action and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 793, enacted on June 30, 1903, authorizes a loan of $1,000 from the Insular Treasury to the Province of Batangas in response to a fire that destroyed the local market and left many residents homeless. The provincial board is tasked with utilizing the funds for emergency aid and must repay the loan without interest within two years. The loan amount is drawn from a $3 million relief fund allocated by the U.S. Congress for the Philippine Islands. The Act emphasizes the need for prompt action and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- An Act to Authorize a Loan of One Thousand Dollars, United States Currency, to the Province of Batangas, to Enable the Provincial Board to Make Provision, by Loan or Otherwise, to Meet the Emergency in the Municipality of Batangas Caused by a Fire Destroying the Market and Rendering Homeless a Large Number of People (Act No. 793) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act to Authorize a Loan of One Thousand Dollars, United States Currency, to the Province of Batangas, to Enable the Provincial Board to Make Provision, by Loan or Otherwise, to Meet the Emergency in the Municipality of Batangas Caused by a Fire Destroying the Market and Rendering Homeless a Large Number of People (Act No. 793) was enacted on Jun 30, 1903.
- What is the citation for An Act to Authorize a Loan of One Thousand Dollars, United States Currency, to the Province of Batangas, to Enable the Provincial Board to Make Provision, by Loan or Otherwise, to Meet the Emergency in the Municipality of Batangas Caused by a Fire Destroying the Market and Rendering Homeless a Large Number of People?
- An Act to Authorize a Loan of One Thousand Dollars, United States Currency, to the Province of Batangas, to Enable the Provincial Board to Make Provision, by Loan or Otherwise, to Meet the Emergency in the Municipality of Batangas Caused by a Fire Destroying the Market and Rendering Homeless a Large Number of People, Act No. 793, Jun 30, 1903 (Philippines)
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June 30, 1903
ACT NO. 793
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE A LOAN OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, UNITED STATES CURRENCY, TO THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, TO ENABLE THE PROVINCIAL BOARD TO MAKE PROVISION, BY LOAN OR OTHERWISE, TO MEET THE EMERGENCY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BATANGAS CAUSED BY A FIRE DESTROYING THE MARKET AND RENDERING HOMELESS A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
SECTION 1. The provincial board of Batangas is hereby authorized to borrow, by resolution, from the Insular Treasury, the same to be paid out of the three-million-dollar relief fund, the sum of one thousand dollars, United States currency; said sum to be used by the provincial board as it may deem wise in aid of the municipality of Batangas to meet the emergency presented by a fire destroying its market and rendering homeless a large number of its people. The sum thus borrowed shall be repaid by the provincial board without interest to the Insular Treasurer on or before the expiration of two years from the date of the loan. The amount loaned shall be paid to the provincial treasurer of Batangas upon receipt by the Insular Treasurer of a resolution of the provincial board accepting the loan and agreeing to repay the same as by this section provided.
SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of the three-million-dollar relief fund voted by the Congress of the United States for use in the Philippine Islands, the sum of one thousand dollars, United States currency, to comply with the provisions of this Act.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, June 30, 1903.
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An Act to Authorize a Loan of One Thousand Dollars, United States Currency, to the Province of Batangas, to Enable the Provincial Board to Make Provision, by Loan or Otherwise, to Meet the Emergency in the Municipality of Batangas Caused by a Fire Destroying the Market and Rendering Homeless a Large Number of People, Act No. 793, Jun 30, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act to Authorize a Loan of One Thousand Dollars, United States Currency, to the Province of Batangas, to Enable the Provincial Board to Make Provision, by Loan or Otherwise, to Meet the Emergency in the Municipality of Batangas Caused by a Fire Destroying the Market and Rendering Homeless a Large Number of People, Act No. 793 (Phil. 1903)
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