Appropriating P4,898,794.08 for Certain Public Works and Permanent Improvements of the Insular Government
Act No. 1342, enacted on May 5, 1905, appropriates a total of 4,898,794.08 Philippine pesos from funds generated by the sale of public improvement bonds for various public works and improvements by the Insular Government. It mandates that any unspent balances after the completion of these projects be returned to the Treasury and cannot be withdrawn for other purposes. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for the public good and stipulates that it takes effect immediately upon its enactment.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 1342
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
May 5, 1905
ACT NO. 1342
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FOUR MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR PESOS AND EIGHT CENTAVOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, FROM THE FUNDS REALIZED FROM THE SALE OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BONDS AUTHORIZED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND ONE, FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT
SECTION 1. The following sums, in Philippine currency, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of the funds realized from the sale of public improvement bonds authorized by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and one, for certain public works and permanent improvements of the Insular Government:
(Items omitted)
Total of appropriations for all purposes, four million eight hundred and ninety-eight thousand seven hundred and ninety-four pesos and eight centavos, Philippine currency, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
SECTION 2. All balances remaining unexpended when any public works or permanent improvements appropriated for by this Act are completed shall be returned at once to the Treasury of the Philippine Islands and shall not be available for withdrawal or disbursement thereafter, but shall be carried to the account of the funds realized from the sale of public improvement bonds authorized by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and one.
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, May 5, 1905.
Cite This Law
Appropriating P4,898,794.08 for Certain Public Works and Permanent Improvements of the Insular Government, Act No. 1342, May 5, 1905 (Philippines)
Appropriating P4,898,794.08 for Certain Public Works and Permanent Improvements of the Insular Government, Act No. 1342 (Phil. 1905)
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