An Act to Authorize Provincial Boards to Make Certain Purchases to Assist in Carrying into Operation the Provisions of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Seventy-Four
Act No. 838, enacted on August 24, 1903, authorizes provincial boards in the Philippines to purchase up to 250 pairs of wheels with axles and tires to facilitate compliance with Act No. 774. These wheels are to be sold to residents at the purchase price plus transportation costs, aiming to demonstrate proper usage of the referenced act. The legislation emphasizes the urgency of its enactment for public benefit and takes effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 838
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
August 24, 1903
ACT NO. 838
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO MAKE CERTAIN PURCHASES TO ASSIST IN CARRYING INTO OPERATION THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR
SECTION 1. The provincial board of any province organized under the Provincial Government Act is hereby authorized, out of any funds available for the general purposes of the provincial government, to purchase not exceeding two hundred and fifty pairs of wheels with the corresponding wooden axles and with tires of a width not less than two and one-half inches, and to sell the same in the province at the price of purchase together with the expense of their transportation to the province, for the purpose of showing the inhabitants how Act Numbered Seven hundred and seventy-four can be properly complied with.
SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, August 24, 1903.
Cite This Law
An Act to Authorize Provincial Boards to Make Certain Purchases to Assist in Carrying into Operation the Provisions of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Seventy-Four, Act No. 838, Aug 24, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act to Authorize Provincial Boards to Make Certain Purchases to Assist in Carrying into Operation the Provisions of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Seventy-Four, Act No. 838 (Phil. 1903)
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