Empowering the Governor-General to Authorize Specific Road and Bridge Construction or Reconstruction Work
Act No. 2534, enacted on November 2, 1915, empowers the Governor-General of the Philippines to authorize road and bridge construction or reconstruction in provinces affected by recent typhoons. This action can be taken if the provincial board requests it and if existing public works funds for 1915 are exhausted. The costs for these projects will be charged to the public works budget for 1916, with a limit on expenditures not exceeding previous allocations. The Act will remain in effect until the passage of the Public Works and Permanent Improvements Act for 1916.
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- What is Empowering the Governor-General to Authorize Specific Road and Bridge Construction or Reconstruction Work about?
- Act No. 2534, enacted on November 2, 1915, empowers the Governor-General of the Philippines to authorize road and bridge construction or reconstruction in provinces affected by recent typhoons. This action can be taken if the provincial board requests it and if existing public works funds for 1915 are exhausted. The costs for these projects will be charged to the public works budget for 1916, with a limit on expenditures not exceeding previous allocations. The Act will remain in effect until the passage of the Public Works and Permanent Improvements Act for 1916.
- What type of law is Act No. 2534?
- Empowering the Governor-General to Authorize Specific Road and Bridge Construction or Reconstruction Work (Act No. 2534) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Empowering the Governor-General to Authorize Specific Road and Bridge Construction or Reconstruction Work enacted?
- Empowering the Governor-General to Authorize Specific Road and Bridge Construction or Reconstruction Work (Act No. 2534) was enacted on Nov 2, 1915.
- What is the citation for Empowering the Governor-General to Authorize Specific Road and Bridge Construction or Reconstruction Work?
- Empowering the Governor-General to Authorize Specific Road and Bridge Construction or Reconstruction Work, Act No. 2534, Nov 2, 1915 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2534
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
November 2, 1915
ACT NO. 2534
AN ACT EMPOWERING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO AUTHORIZE, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AT THE REQUEST OF ANY PROVINCE AFFECTED BY THE RECENT TYPHOONS, CERTAIN SPECIFIC ROAD AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION WORK, CHARGEABLE TO THE PUBLIC WORKS ALLOTMENTS FOR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, AND MAKING THE NECESSARY APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. Whenever, as a result of the recent typhoons, it is found that the people of the provinces affected are suffering to such an extent that it is believed public works immediately begun will be of considerable aid to the sufferers, and if it appears, further, that the current Insular and provincial appropriations for public works and permanent improvements for nineteen hundred and fifteen are exhausted, the Governor-General may, at the request of the provincial board concerned, authorize specific road or bridge construction or reconstruction work, or both, in any part of the zone devastated by the typhoons, chargeable to the allotments for public works and permanent improvements for nineteen hundred and sixteen: Provided, however, That the total expense of the work in any one province shall not exceed the total of the funds for roads and bridges granted by the Insular Government in nineteen hundred and fifteen from the regular allotment for such province from funds appropriated by section one, subsection (l) of Act Numbered Twenty-four hundred and ninety-four, entitled "An Act making an appropriation for public works and permanent improvements." TACEDI
SECTION 2. There are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry the provisions of this Act into immediate effect.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage and shall cease to be effective upon the date of the passage by the Legislature of the Public Works and Permanent Improvements Act for nineteen hundred and sixteen.
Enacted, November 2, 1915.
Cite This Law
Empowering the Governor-General to Authorize Specific Road and Bridge Construction or Reconstruction Work, Act No. 2534, Nov 2, 1915 (Philippines)
Empowering the Governor-General to Authorize Specific Road and Bridge Construction or Reconstruction Work, Act No. 2534 (Phil. 1915)
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