Act No. 3207 — An Act Granting Aid or Compensation in the Sum of Four Thousand Pesos to Julian Felipe, Author of the "Philippine National Anthem
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SECTION 1. Aid or compensation in the sum of four thousand pesos is hereby granted to Julian Felipe, in recognition of his inspired and meritorious production known as the "Philippine National Anthem," to be paid to him by the.Insular Treasurer of the Philippine Islands upon delivery to the Bureau of the Philippine Library and Museum of the original manuscript of said "Philippine National Anthem."
SEC. 2. The sum of four thousand pesos is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the purposes of this Act.
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval. Approved, December 4, 1924.
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