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Act No. 3213 — An Act Making Appropriations for Public Works.

Act No. 3213 — An Act Making Appropriations for Public Works.

Act No. 3213 · Act · Approved December 6, 1924 · 6 sections

Data as of July 4, 2026 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

Section 2

SEC. 2. All balances of the several appropriations made by this Act the destination of which has not been determined by proper authority on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, and all balances of appropriations which remain unexpended on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, shall revert to the unappropriated funds in the Insular Treasury, and thereafter shall not be available for expenditure except upon appropriation by the Legislature.

Section 3

SEC. 3. The sums appropriated by paragraphs (l), (p), (q), (r), (s), (t), (u), (y), (aa), and (bb) shall be distributed in the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce and Communications, but those appropriated in the other paragraphs shall be available for immediate expenditure by the Director of Public Works.

Section 4

SEC. 4. The funds appropriated by Act Numbered Three thousand one hundred thirteen, section one, paragraph (h), and reallotted under the provisions of section three of said Act, under date February twenty-second, nineteen hundred twenty-four, as follows, are hereby made available and their release is also hereby authorized: Improvement and repairs of Cabatuan San Miguel Road, Iloilo P5,000.00 Improvement and repairs of the Santa Barbara-San Miguel Road, Iloilo 5,000.00 Construction of the Ajuy-Barotac Viejo Road via Culasi, Iloilo 13,000.00 Improvement and repairs of the Dumangas-Barotac Nuevo Road, Iloilo 5,000.00 Construction of the Tigbauan-Leon Road via Cordoba, Iloilo 6,000.00 Completion of the Lucena-Dumangas Road, Iloilo 7,000.00 Improvement and repairs of the Cabatuan-Maasin Road, Iloilo 3,000.00 Improvement and repairs of the Maasin-Alimodian Road, Iloilo 3,000.00 Total 47,000.00

Section 5

SEC. 5. The fund appropriated by Act Numbered Thirty one hundred thirteen, section one, paragraph (to), author­ized and allotted under date of April twenty-fourth, one thousand nine hundred twenty-four, under the provisions of section three of the same Act, is hereby made available as follows: For the construction of river banks protection at Igbaras, Province of Iloilo ............ P20,000.00

Section 6

SEC. 6. The funds appropriated in section one, paragraph (i), of Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred forty-five are hereby made available for the purchase of an adequate site at Macati, Rizal, or elsewhere, and the construction of buildings thereon for the Government Orphanage and other institutions under the Public Welfare Commissioner.

Section 7

SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect on January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five. Approved on December 6, 1924, with the exception of the following items and sections which were vetoed: Paragraph (f); paragraph (g) : Abra, item 3; Albay, items 2 and 3; Antique, items 1, 2, 3 and 4; Bataan, items 1, 5 and 6; Batanes, item 1; Batangas, items 4 and 5; Bohol, items 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12, 13 and 14; Bulacan, item 1; Cagayan, items 2, 3 and 4; Camarines Norte, items 1, 2 and 3; Camarines Sur, item 2, Capiz, item 4; Cavite, items 1, 5 and 7; Cebu, items 2 and 6; Iloilo, items 1, 5 and 6; Ilocos Norte, items 2, 3, 7 and 8; Laguna, items 2, 3 and 6; Leyte, items 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26; Marinduque, item 1; Masbate, items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7; Mindoro, items 2 and 3; Misamis, item 2; Occidental Negros, items 1 and 3; Oriental Negros, items 3 and 5; Pampanga, items 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; Pangasinan, items 1, 5 and 6; Rizal, item 5; Samar, items 2, 4, 5, 7 and 8; Sorsogon, item 3; Surigao, items 2, 3 and 4; Tarlac, item 1; La Union, items 1, 2 and 5; Zambales, item 2; paragraph (j): item 11; paragraph (m) : items 8 and 9; paragraph (o): Abra, items 3, 4 and 5; Albay, items 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9; Antique, items 4 and 5; Batangas, item 5; Cavite, item 2; Ilocos Norte, item 3; Laguna, item 1; Leyte, items 1, 2, 7 and 9; Masbate, item 2; Mindoro, item 2; Misamis, items 2, 3, 4 and 6; Occidental Negros, items 1 and 4; Oriental Negros, item 6; Pampanga, item 2; Pangasinan, items 3 and 4; Samar, item 2; Tayabas, items 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7; paragraph (x): items 11 and 13; paragraph (z): Malinao River Dyke, Albay; Carmen Dyke, Cebu; Tigum River Dyke, Cabatuan, Iloilo; Santo Tomas River Dyke, La Union; Cava River Dyke, La Union; Macabebe River Dyke, Pampanga; Gubat Sea Dyke, Sorsogon; Magallanes River Dyke, Sorsogon, and sections 4 and 5.

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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