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Act No. 3670 — An Act Making Appropriations for Public Works

Act No. 3670 · Act · Approved December 8, 1929 · 9 sections

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Section 1

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Section 1, B: Paragraph (h), item 4; paragraph (j), items 9 and 13; paragraph (k), Albay, items 4, 7, and 8; Abra, item 1; Batangas, item 3; Bohol, item 2; Bulacan, items 3 and 5; Camarines Norte, item 1; Capiz, items 1 and 3; Cavite, item 2; Cebu, items 5 and 6; Ilocos Sur, item 1; Iloilo, items 1 and 7; Leyte, items 5 and 6; Marin duque, item 2; Misamis, item 1; Occidental Negros, items 3, 4, 6, and 7; Oriental Negros, item 3; Pangasinan, item 3; Rizal, item 1; Samar, items 8 and 9; Sorsogon, items 2 and 5; Tarlac, item 2; Tayabas, item 2.

Section 2

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

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SEC. 3. The sums appropriated in paragraphs (a), (i), (p), (q), and (w) 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.

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SEC. 4. Appropriations for the construction of schools not in excess of three thousand pesos shall be transferred to the municipality concerned and disbursed subject to the approval of the division superintendent of schools, without necessity of the intervention of the Bureau of Public Works.

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SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on January first, nineteen hundred and thirty. Approved, December 8, 1929, with the following exceptions: Section 1, A: Paragraph (b), items 1 and 5; paragraph (c), item 5; paragraph (e), Abra, items 1, 6, 9, 11, 13 and 15; Albay, items 13, 14, and 15; Antique, items 4 and 5; Bataan, items 3, 4, and 6; Batangas, items 11, 20, 21, and 22; Bohol, item 10; Bulacan, item 5; Cagayan, items 5, 8, 9, and 16; Camarines Sur, items 6 and 7; Capiz, items 5, 17, 19, and 21; Cavite, items 3, 6, 8, 9, and 11; Cebu, items 10, 15, 32, 40, and 41; Ilocos Norte, items 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17; Ilocos Sur, item 8; Iloilo, items 8, 15, and 18; Isabela, items 1 and 6; Laguna, items 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, and 13; La Union, items 15 and 16; Leyte, items 6 and 17; Marinduque, item 2; Masbate, item 9; Mindoro, items 8 and 10; Misamis, items 3, 6, 7, and 8; Nueva Ecija, items 3 and 5; Occidental Negros, item 14; Oriental Negros, items 10 and 11; Palawan, items 6 and 7; Pampanga, items 2, 3, 7, and 8; Pangasinan, items 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23; Rizal, items 3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, and 14; Romblon, items 3 and 5; Samar, items 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 33, and 34; Sorsogon, item 1; Surigao, items 1 and 3; Tarlac, items 5, 6, and 7; Tayabas, items 4 and 10; Zambales, items 4 and 5.

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