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REPUBLIC ACTS
AN ACT APPROPRIATING TWENTY-FIVE
MILLION PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS |
Section 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated out of the General Funds, in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be at the disposal of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications and subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth, for the purposes mentioned hereunder: A. MISCELLANEOUS (a)
For the investigation, survey, construction, reconstruction, repair,
improvement, extension, and completion of public works, projects,
including the purchase of school sites in provinces, chartered cities,
and municipalities, to be distributed among the Representative
Districts…P12,500,000.00
(b)
For the maintenance, alteration, reconstruction and repair of national
public buildings and monuments, including necessary repairs and
alterations of private buildings and lots rented by the National
Government, and upkeep of adjacent grounds, and of the mausoleum of
Filipino heroes and martyrs at the "Cementerio del Norte" of the City
of Manila, in an amount not to exceed P200, including the purchase of
necessary supplies, materials and equipment…3,700,000.00
(c)
For aid for the construction, repair, reconstruction, and improvement
of provincial and city roads and bridges, including the purchase of
necessary supplies, materials and equipment…500,000.00
(d)
For the construction, repair or reconstruction of national, provincial,
city and municipal hospitals, dispensaries and maternities…800,000.00 E. FLOOD CONTROL AND DRAINAGE (g)
For the investigation, survey, construction, reconstruction, repair and
improvement of river control and drainage works, including the purchase
of necessary supplies, materials and equipment…600,000.00 F. IRRIGATION (h)
For the investigation, survey, construction, reconstruction, repair and
improvement of irrigation systems, including the purchase of necessary
supplies, materials and equipment…800,000.00 G. INVESTIGATIONS AND SURVEYS (i)
For the investigation, survey, construction, repair and completion of
sea protection works, including the purchase of necessary supplies,
materials and equipment…250,000.00 H. AIRFIELDS (l)
For the acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance and
operation of airfields for commercial aviation….4,000,000.00 Sec. 2. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated out of the "Port Works Funds" under Act Numbered Three thousand and ninety-two, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and thirty, not otherwise appropriated, to be at the disposal of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, and subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth, for the purposes mentioned hereunder: (a)
For the reconstruction and improvement of national ports including the
purchase of necessary supplies, materials and equipment…500,000.00 Sec. 3. No amount appropriated in this Act shall be set up in the books of the General Auditing Office or otherwise made available for expenditure unless previously authorized by the President of the Philippines. Sec. 4. The President of the Philippines is authorized to suspend or otherwise stop the expenditures of any amount herein appropriated for any purpose, or any portion thereof, whenever in his opinion the public interest so requires, or when funds shall not be available for the purpose, and thereupon the funds affected by such action shall become available for any other public works expenditure authorized herein as the President may determine. Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: June 14, 1947. |