Establishment of Merida Vocational School in Merida, Leyte
Republic Act No. 3949, enacted on June 18, 1964, establishes the Merida Vocational School in the Municipality of Merida, Leyte, focusing on Philippine craftsmanship. The Secretary of Education is tasked with organizing the curriculum and issuing necessary regulations for the school. An appropriation of 200,000 pesos is authorized for its establishment and initial operation, with future funding to be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. The Act took effect upon its approval and was published in the Official Gazette.
June 18, 1964
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3949
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL FOR PHILIPPINE CRAFTSMEN IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MERIDA, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, TO BE KNOWN AS MERIDA VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. A school of the Polangui School for Philippine Craftsmen type is hereby established in the Municipality of Merida, Province of Leyte, to be known as Merida Vocational School.
SECTION 2. The Secretary of Education is hereby authorized to organize the curricular instruction in said school and shall have the power to issue rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. The sum of two hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the establishment, operation and maintenance of said school during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixty-five. Thereafter, the sums necessary for its operation and maintenance shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 18, 1964
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 60, No. 46, p. 7547 on November 16, 1964