An Act to Provide for the Organization of Scouting Parties to Locate and Fight Locusts in Isolated and Remote Places, and for other Purposes
Act No. 3163, approved on March 8, 1924, establishes the organization of scouting parties in the Philippines to locate and combat locust infestations in remote areas. It allocates an annual budget of 100,000 pesos from the Insular Treasury, managed by the Director of Agriculture with the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources' approval. The funds are designated for salaries, travel expenses, necessary equipment, and research on effective locust control methods. Any unspent funds will revert to the Treasury at the end of the fiscal year, and the act is effective for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1924.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 3163
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
March 8, 1924
ACT NO. 3163
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF SCOUTING PARTIES TO LOCATE AND FIGHT LOCUSTS IN ISOLATED AND REMOTE PLACES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated annually out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred thousand pesos to be disbursed by the Director of Agriculture with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources for the following purposes:
(a) For salaries, wages, and traveling expenses, including subsistence, of scouting forces to be organized for the purpose of locating and destroying locusts or their eggs at their breeding grounds in the unpopulated regions of the Philippine Islands;
(b) For the purchase of the necessary chemicals, apparatuses, and other technical supplies, material and equipments; the purchase of field equipment for the men, such as tents, cooking utensils, etc.; and ECaSIT
(c) For financing research studies for the purpose of discovering the most efficacious and economical means of controlling the locusts: Provided, That any unused portion of this fund shall revert to the Insular Treasury at the end of each fiscal year. HcTIDC
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, March 8, 1924, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1924, only.
Cite This Law
An Act to Provide for the Organization of Scouting Parties to Locate and Fight Locusts in Isolated and Remote Places, and for other Purposes, Act No. 3163, Mar 8, 1924 (Philippines)
An Act to Provide for the Organization of Scouting Parties to Locate and Fight Locusts in Isolated and Remote Places, and for other Purposes, Act No. 3163 (Phil. 1924)
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