Appropriation of Funds for Public Works

 

October 29, 1946

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 88

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIFTY-SEVEN MILLION SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS

SECTION 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be at the disposal of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications and subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth, for the purposes mentioned hereunder:

A. MISCELLANEOUS

 

(a)	For the investigation, survey,
	construction, reconstruction,
	repair, improvement, extension,
	and completion of public works
	and purchase of school sites in
	provinces, chartered cities and
	municipalities to be distributed
	among the Representative
	Districts: Provided, That where
	appropriations are authorized for
	the reconstruction of roads and
	bridges, the provinces, chartered
	cities or municipalities concerned
	shall provide annually the
	necessary appropriations for
	establishing an adequate system
	of maintenance for all provincial,
	city and municipal roads now
	in existence and those herein
	authorized	P8,000,000.00
(b)	For the maintenance, alteration,
	reconstruction, and repair of public
	buildings and monuments, including
	private buildings and lots rented by
	the Government, and upkeep of
	adjacent grounds and of the
	mausoleum of Filipino heroes and
	martyrs at the '"Cementerio del
	Norte'" of the City of Manila,
	in an amount not to exceed P200:
	Provided, That this fund shall not
	be used to improve, alter, reconstruct,
	or repair a building in such a manner
	as to make it appear practically new	3,500,000.00
(c)	For aid for the maintenance of trails,
	roads, and bridges in specially organized
	provinces, provided they comply
	with the provisions of section 2115
	of Act No. 2711, and, by a resolution
	of the provincial board, guarantee
	by continuing annual appropriations the
	establishment of a system of
	maintenance, as may be necessary in
	the judgment of the Director of Public
	Works on all trails, roads, and bridges
	now constructed or which may be
	constructed in the future	65,000.00
(d)	For the construction, maintenance,
	repair of airfields, posts and buildings,
	water supply, and utilities, including
	the acquisition and improvement of
	sites under the direction of the Chief
	of Staff of the Philippine Army,
	any provision of existing law to the
	contrary notwithstanding	3,500,000.00

 

 

B. HIGHWAYS

 

(e)	For the construction, repair,
	reconstruction and improvement
	of national roads and bridges,
	including the purchase of necessary
	supplies, materials and equipment	3,000,000.00
(f)	For aid for the construction,
	repair, reconstruction, and
	improvement of provincial roads and
	bridges, including the purchase of
	necessary supplies, materials and
	equipment	2,000,000.00

 

 

C. SANITATION

 

(g)	For the construction, reconstruction,
	repair and improvement of national,
	provincial, city and municipal
	hospitals, dispensaries and
	maternities	2,000,000.00
(h)	For the construction, reconstruction,
	repair and improvement of artesian
	and pitcher pump wells, reconditioning
	and/or repair of drilling machines,
	maintenance of well drilling tools
	and equipment, including the purchase
	of necessary supplies, materials and
	equipment	1,500,000.00
(i)	For the construction, repair,
	reconstruction, extension, and
	improvement of water supply system,
	including the purchase of necessary
	supplies, materials and equipment	4,525,000.00

 

 

D. FLOOD CONTROL AND DRAINAGE

 

(j)	For the investigation, survey,
	construction, reconstruction, repair
	and improvement of river control
	and drainage projects, including
	the purchase of necessary supplies,
	materials, and equipment	9,000,000.00

 

 

E. IRRIGATION

 

(k)	For the investigation, survey,
	construction, reconstruction,
	repair and improvement of
	irrigation systems, including the
	purchase of necessary supplies,
	materials and equipment	18,000,000.00

 

 

F. INVESTIGATIONS AND SURVEYS

 

(l)	For the investigation and survey
	of hydro-electric power projects,
	including the purchase of necessary
	supplies, materials and equipment	900,000.00
(m)	For the investigation, survey,
	construction, repair and completion
	of water supply, sea wall and river
	control projects, including the purchase
	of necessary supplies, materials and
	equipment	1,000,000.00
(n)	For the investigation, survey and
	adjudication of water rights, including
	the purchase of necessary supplies,
	materials and equipment	25,000.00
(o)	For making hydrographic
	investigation in connection with
	the study of water supply, irrigation,
	water power and river control projects,
	including the purchase of necessary
	supplies, materials and equipment	50,000.00
	TOTAL SUM APPROPRIATED
	IN THIS ACT: FIFTY-SEVEN
	MILLION, SIXTY-FIVE
	THOUSAND PESOS	P57,065,000.00

 

 

SECTION 2. No amount appropriated in this Act shall be set up in the books of the General Auditing Office or otherwise made available for expenditure unless previously authorized by the President of the Philippines.

SECTION 3. The President of the Philippines is authorized to suspend or otherwise stop the expenditures of any amount herein appropriated for any purpose, or any portion thereof, whenever in his opinion the public interest so requires, or when funds shall not be available for the purpose, and thereupon the funds affected by such action shall become available for any other public works expenditure authorized herein as the President may determine.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: October 29, 1946

Not published in the Official Gazette