An Act to Authorize the Provincial Boards of Provinces to Use the General Funds of the Province for the Suppression of Locusts
Act No. 542, enacted on December 2, 1902, empowers provincial boards in the Philippines to utilize provincial general funds for the suppression of locusts. The boards can take necessary measures and offer monetary rewards for locusts captured and destroyed. The act was expedited for swift passage due to its importance for public welfare, and it takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 542
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 2, 1902
ACT NO. 542
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PROVINCIAL BOARDS OF PROVINCES TO USE THE GENERAL FUNDS OF THE PROVINCE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF LOCUSTS
SECTION 1. In addition to the powers now conferred by law upon provincial boards, the provincial board of each province shall have the power to take such steps as may seem necessary to suppress the pests of locusts, and for this purpose to offer and pay from the general funds of the province a fixed amount for locusts caught and produced for destruction.
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, December 2, 1902.
Cite This Law
An Act to Authorize the Provincial Boards of Provinces to Use the General Funds of the Province for the Suppression of Locusts, Act No. 542, Dec 2, 1902 (Philippines)
An Act to Authorize the Provincial Boards of Provinces to Use the General Funds of the Province for the Suppression of Locusts, Act No. 542 (Phil. 1902)
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