Directing Provincial Boards to Establish and Maintain Agricultural Nurseries
Act No. 2585, enacted on February 4, 1916, mandates that provincial boards in the Philippines establish and maintain at least one public agricultural nursery for the cultivation of fruit trees and other agricultural products. These nurseries must be strategically located based on factors like climate and soil productivity, and they can be relocated if necessary, upon recommendation from the Director of Agriculture. Municipal councils are also authorized to establish their own nurseries with the approval of the provincial board and the Director of Agriculture. The Director oversees all agricultural activities in these nurseries and is responsible for reporting progress to the provincial governor, who must provide quarterly updates to the Executive Secretary. The Act took effect immediately upon its passage.
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- What is Directing Provincial Boards to Establish and Maintain Agricultural Nurseries about?
- Act No. 2585, enacted on February 4, 1916, mandates that provincial boards in the Philippines establish and maintain at least one public agricultural nursery for the cultivation of fruit trees and other agricultural products. These nurseries must be strategically located based on factors like climate and soil productivity, and they can be relocated if necessary, upon recommendation from the Director of Agriculture. Municipal councils are also authorized to establish their own nurseries with the approval of the provincial board and the Director of Agriculture. The Director oversees all agricultural activities in these nurseries and is responsible for reporting progress to the provincial governor, who must provide quarterly updates to the Executive Secretary. The Act took effect immediately upon its passage.
- What type of law is Act No. 2585?
- Directing Provincial Boards to Establish and Maintain Agricultural Nurseries (Act No. 2585) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Directing Provincial Boards to Establish and Maintain Agricultural Nurseries enacted?
- Directing Provincial Boards to Establish and Maintain Agricultural Nurseries (Act No. 2585) was enacted on Feb 4, 1916.
- What is the citation for Directing Provincial Boards to Establish and Maintain Agricultural Nurseries?
- Directing Provincial Boards to Establish and Maintain Agricultural Nurseries, Act No. 2585, Feb 4, 1916 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2585
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 4, 1916
ACT NO. 2585
AN ACT DIRECTING THAT THE PROVINCIAL BOARDS SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AGRICULTURAL NURSERIES AND AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS TO ESTABLISH SUCH NURSERIES WHEREVER THE PUBLIC INTEREST MAY REQUIRE IT
SECTION 1. The provincial board of each province of the Philippine Islands shall establish, maintain, and hereafter provide for the necessary operating expenses of at least one public agricultural nursery for the cultivation and propagation of fruit trees and other agricultural products, which shall be located at the capital or the most suitable place of the province, to be fixed by the Director of Agriculture, who shall in this respect be guided by the climatic conditions, productivity of the soil, means of communication, and other pertinent considerations: Provided, however, That in case the public good requires it, such nursery may be transferred, upon recommendation of the Director of Agriculture, from one place of the province to another where a nursery does not yet exist, as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 2. Any municipal council may establish, maintain, and operate similar nurseries on its own account, upon petition by such municipal council, approved by the provincial board, with the concurrence of the Director of Agriculture.
SECTION 3. The Director of Agriculture shall have the exclusive general supervision of all agricultural work done in these nurseries. He shall from time to time confer with the provincial board concerning the progress made and shall recommend the improvements that should be introduced in said nurseries. The Director of Agriculture may, for good cause, at any time close any nursery temporarily, informing the public of this fact by posting a notice to this effect at a conspicuous place in said nursery.
SECTION 4. The provincial governor shall make quarterly detailed reports to the Executive Secretary regarding the work done in said nurseries.
SECTION 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five of the Philippine Legislature.
Enacted, February 4, 1916. HAEDIS
Cite This Law
Directing Provincial Boards to Establish and Maintain Agricultural Nurseries, Act No. 2585, Feb 4, 1916 (Philippines)
Directing Provincial Boards to Establish and Maintain Agricultural Nurseries, Act No. 2585 (Phil. 1916)
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