Establishment of a National School of Arts and Trades in Negros Occidental ( Republic Act No. 848 )

May 27, 1953

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 848

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES OF THE PHILIPPINE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES TYPE IN THE PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

SECTION 1. There is hereby established a national school of arts and trades of the Philippine School of Arts and Trades type, in the Province of Negros Occidental.

SECTION 2. The Secretary of Education is hereby empowered to organize said school. He may locate or acquire, or cause to be located or acquired any suitable site for said school, which may be public or private lands situated within the Province of Negros Occidental.

SECTION 3. The sum of one hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the operation and maintenance of said school for the school year nineteen hundred fifty-two to nineteen hundred fifty-three.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: May 27, 1953

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 49, No. 5, p. 1761 in May 1953