Appropriating the Sum of One Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pesos or so much thereof as may be Necessary, for Charitable Purposes
Act No. 2671, approved on January 10, 1917, appropriates 150,000 pesos from the Insular Treasury for charitable purposes. The funds are to be allocated at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior to support the care and treatment of patients in Manila's hospitals and provinces, particularly for tuberculosis cases, free medicine dispensing, and the maintenance of invalids, orphans, and indigent individuals. The Act is aimed at enhancing public welfare and charitable work as directed by the Secretary. It takes effect immediately upon approval.
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- Reference Number
- Act No. 2671
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
January 10, 1917
ACT NO. 2671
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES
SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be disbursed, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, in connection with the care and treatment of patients in the several hospitals of Manila and the provinces, the maintenance of beds for advanced cases of tuberculosis, the usual dispensing of free medicine at the several dispensaries, the maintenance and care of invalids, orphans, and indigent insane, and, in general, for such other work or expenditures related to public beneficence and charity as said Secretary of the Interior may authorize and direct.
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, January 10, 1917.
Cite This Law
Appropriating the Sum of One Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pesos or so much thereof as may be Necessary, for Charitable Purposes, Act No. 2671, Jan 10, 1917 (Philippines)
Appropriating the Sum of One Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pesos or so much thereof as may be Necessary, for Charitable Purposes, Act No. 2671 (Phil. 1917)
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