May 9, 1952

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 685

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF THE SUM OF ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF BRANCHES OF THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY AND SUB-STATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES IN CERTAIN PROVINCE OF THE PHILIPPINES

SECTION 1. The sum of one million two hundred fifty thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the following purpose:

1.	For the establishment and maintenance
	of a branch of the Philippine Institute of
	Fisheries Technology to be known as the
	Eastern Visayas Branch, to take the place of
	the Catbalogan School of Fisheries, in
	Catbalogan, Samar	P100,000.00
2.	For the establishment and maintenance
	of a branch of the Philippine Institute of
	Fisheries Technology at Estancia, Iloilo, to
	be known as the Western Visayas Branch,
	which shall serve also as a training station in
	canning and fish preservation	100,000.00
3.	For the establishment and maintenance
	of a branch of the Philippine Institute of
	Fisheries Technology in any suitable place
	in the Bicol region that may be determined
	by the Director of Fisheries	100,000.00
4.	For the establishment and maintenance
	of a branch of the Philippine Institute of
	Fisheries Technology in Zamboanga City to
	be known as the Southern Mindanao Branch	100,000.00
5.	For the establishment and maintenance
	of a sub-station of the Bureau of Fisheries
	in Calapan, Mindoro	50,000.00
6.	For the establishment and maintenance
	of sub-station of the Bureau of Fisheries
	in La Union	50,000.00
7.	For the establishment and maintenance
	of a sub-station of the Bureau of Fisheries
	somewhere in Malampaya, Palawan, which
	will be a production unit and training station
	for students in fish capture and fish culture	100,000.00
8.	For the establishment and maintenance
	of a model fishpond in Milagros, Masbate	50,000.00
9.	For the maintenance of the Roxas
	Memorial School of Fisheries in
	Daanbantayan, Cebu	50,000.00
10.	For the establishment and maintenance
	of a branch of the Philippine Institute of
	Fisheries Technology in the following places:
	(a)	Bato, Leyte	P100,000.00
	(b)	Butuan Agusan	100,000.00
	(c)	Binalbagan, Negros Occidental	50,000.00
	(d)	Aparri, Cagayan	50,000.00
	(e)	Candijay, Bohol	50,000.00
	(f)	Nasugbu, Batangas	50,000.00
	(g)	Naval, Leyte	50,000.00
	(h)	Carigara, Leyte	50,000.00
	(i)	Capiz, Capiz	50,000.00
	(j)	Binmaley, Pangasinan	50,000.00

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. cdt

Approved: May 9, 1952

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 48, No. 5, p. 1692 in May 1952