AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THREE LEPER COLONIES IN LUZON AND TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURPOSE.

• Number: Commonwealth Act No. 161
• Sections: 3

Section 1

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Philippine Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred thousand pesos to be spent under the authority of the Secretary of Public Instruction for the purpose of establishing three leper colonies, one near the City of Manila, another in the Cagayan Valley, and another in the Ilocos region, for maintenance, treatment, and hospitalization of lepers.

Section 2

SEC. 2. The Secretary of Public Instruction is hereby authorized to select sites preferably on public lands for the three leper colonies and, upon the establishment of such colonies, he shall prescribe the necessary rules and regulations for the administration and management of the colonies, and shall appoint the necessary personnel and fix their compensation.

The Secretary of Public Instruction shall render, through the President of the Philippines, a complete report of all actions taken in accordance with this Act to the National Assembly within the first ten days of the next regular session.

Section 3

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on January first, nine-teen hundred and thirty-seven.

Approved, November 9, 1936.