Authority to Director of Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes to Purchase Land for a Public Park
Act No. 3368, enacted on December 3, 1927, authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, with the Secretary of the Interior's approval, to purchase the upper portion of Mount Bud Dattu on Jolo Island to establish a public park. The provincial government of Sulu is allocated twenty thousand pesos from the Insular Treasury for the acquisition, development, and construction of the park, named Raja Baguinda Park, which will cover an area of up to sixty-five hectares. The act aims to honor Raja Baguinda and enhance the region’s recreational spaces. It takes effect upon approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 3368
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 3, 1927
ACT NO. 3368
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, TO PURCHASE THE UPPER PORTION OF BUD DATTU MOUNTAIN, ISLAND OF JOLO, SULU ARCHIPELAGO, TO BE MADE INTO A PUBLIC PARK
SECTION 1. The Director of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes is hereby authorized, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to purchase under such terms and conditions as he may see fit, all the upper portion of Mount Bud Dattu in the Island of Jolo, Sulu Archipelago, to be made into a public park by the provincial government of Sulu.
SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty thousand pesos to be expended by the provincial board of Sulu, for the acquisition of a site, laying out, and construction of park and approaches to the same, and buildings and appurtenances, to be known as Raja Baguinda Park in memory of Raja Baguinda, which park shall comprise an area of not more than sixty-five hectares at the top of the mountain known as Bud Dattu in the municipal district of Maimbung, Province of Sulu.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, December 3, 1927.
Cite This Law
Authority to Director of Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes to Purchase Land for a Public Park, Act No. 3368, Dec 3, 1927 (Philippines)
Authority to Director of Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes to Purchase Land for a Public Park, Act No. 3368 (Phil. 1927)
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