Authority to Secretary of Justice to Purchase Papers, Documents, and Other Printed Works and Unpublished Manuscripts Concerning the Philippines
Act No. 3475, enacted on December 7, 1928, authorizes the Secretary of Justice to purchase various historical papers, documents, unpublished manuscripts, and curios from the collections of Eduardo de Lete and Epifanio de los Santos. The acquired materials are intended to be preserved in the Philippine Library and Museum. The Act allocates a budget of twenty thousand pesos from the Insular Treasury to facilitate these acquisitions. The Secretary is responsible for investigating and determining which items should be purchased. This law took effect upon its approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 3475
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 7, 1928
ACT NO. 3475
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE TO ACQUIRE BY PURCHASE THE PAPERS, DOCUMENTS, AND OTHER PRINTED WORKS AND UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS CONCERNING THE PHILIPPINES, AS WELL AS THE CURIOS OF THE LIBRARIES AND COLLECTIONS OF EDUARDO DE LETE AND THE LATE EPIFANIO DE LOS SANTOS, AND APPROPRIATING THE SUM NECESSARY FOR THIS PURPOSE
SECTION 1. The Secretary of Justice is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase the papers, documents, and other printed works and unpublished manuscripts concerning the Philippines, as well as the curios of the libraries and collections of Eduardo de Lete and the late Epifanio de los Santos, which shall upon their acquisition be preserved in the Philippine Library and Museum. The Secretary of Justice shall make a careful investigation and decide which books, documents, papers, unpublished manuscripts, and curios shall be acquired.
SECTION 2. The sum of twenty thousand pesos or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, December 7, 1928.
Cite This Law
Authority to Secretary of Justice to Purchase Papers, Documents, and Other Printed Works and Unpublished Manuscripts Concerning the Philippines, Act No. 3475, Dec 7, 1928 (Philippines)
Authority to Secretary of Justice to Purchase Papers, Documents, and Other Printed Works and Unpublished Manuscripts Concerning the Philippines, Act No. 3475 (Phil. 1928)
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