Act No. 495 — An Act Appropriating the Sum of Two Million Dollars, Local Currency, for Expenses in Connection with the Purchase and Distribution of Rice to Inhabitants of the Philippine Islands in Provinces Suffering from Scarcity of Food, and for Other Purposes.
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SECTION 1. The sum of two million dollars, local currency, is hereby appropriated, from any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for expenses in the purchase and distribution of rice for the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands in provinces suffering from lack of food.
SEC. 2. The purchase of rice shall he made by the Insular Purchasing Agent in such quantities and at such prices and times as the Civil Governor may direct. The rice so purchased shall be distributed in such manner and sold at such prices and in such localities as the Civil Governor may direct; but no sale shall be made except for cash nor at a price less than the actual cost thereof, including all expenses in connection with the distribution and sale of the same, such as transportation, shrinkage, storage, and customs duties.
SEC. 3. The amounts received from the sale of such rice shall be deposited in the Insular Treasury as soon as the same are received.
SEC. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted, November 4, 1902.
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