Conversion of Ilocos Sur Trade School in Vigan, Ilocos Sur into Northern Luzon School of Arts and Trades

June 14, 1951

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 647

AN ACT TO CONVERT THE ILOCOS SUR TRADE SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF VIGAN, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR, INTO A REGIONAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES TO BE KNOWN AS THE NORTHERN LUZON SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE

SECTION 1. The Ilocos Sur Trade School in the municipality of Vigan, Province of Ilocos Sur, is hereby converted into a regional school of arts and trades to be known as the Northern Luzon School of Arts and Trades. The said school shall be under the supervision of the Bureau of Public Schools and subject to the provisions of the School Law. Courses of collegiate and secondary levels shall be offered in the said school.

SECTION 2. The sum of three hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the expenses of the said school during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, including the purchase of a suitable school site. In the succeeding years the operating expenses thereof shall be included in the annual General Appropriation Acts. cdt

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 14, 1951

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 3352 in July 1951