Authorizing the Secretary of Justice to Purchase the Papers and Other Historical Objects Left by the Late Mariano Ponce
Act No. 2851, enacted on March 11, 1919, authorizes the Secretary of Justice of the Philippines to purchase the papers, documents, and historical objects left by Mariano Ponce for preservation by the government. The Secretary is tasked with determining which items should be kept in the Philippine Library and Museum or other government departments, ensuring that sensitive materials are kept confidential. The act allocates a budget of up to twenty thousand pesos from the Insular Treasury for this purpose. This law took effect upon its approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2851
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
March 11, 1919
ACT NO. 2851
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE TO ACQUIRE BY PURCHASE THE PAPERS, DOCUMENTS, AND OTHER HISTORICAL OBJECTS LEFT BY THE LATE MARIANO PONCE, AND MAKING THE NECESSARY APPROPRIATION THEREFOR
SECTION 1. The Secretary of justice is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase from the legal representative or representatives of the late Mariano Ponce all the papers, books, documents, and other historical objects left by the deceased that should be preserved and owned by the Government of the Philippine Islands. The Secretary of Justice shall carefully ascertain and determine which of the documents, papers, and objects should be preserved in the Philippine Library and Museum and which should be kept and placed on file in other Departments or Bureaus of the Government, and shall take the necessary measures to the end that those documents which the public interest requires to be kept secret and not to be published or exhibited, be so kept in the proper Departments or Bureaus of the Government. cSaATC
SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty thousand pesos or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved: March 11, 1919.
Cite This Law
Authorizing the Secretary of Justice to Purchase the Papers and Other Historical Objects Left by the Late Mariano Ponce, Act No. 2851, Mar 11, 1919 (Philippines)
Authorizing the Secretary of Justice to Purchase the Papers and Other Historical Objects Left by the Late Mariano Ponce, Act No. 2851 (Phil. 1919)
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