Section 2
SEC. 2. Article twenty-two of Act Numbered Two thousand and thirty-four is hereby amended to read as follows: "ART. 22. Within ten days after the granting of this franchise, in pursuance of the public bidding required by this Act, the grantee shall file a formal written acceptance of the grant in the office of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, and within thirty days after such acceptance the grantee shall deposit in the Insular Treasury in cash or negotiable bonds of the United States, or other securities to be approved by the Governor-General, the sum of three thousand pesos, and within six months thereafter the further sum of seven thousand pesos, as security for the formance of the obligations of the franchise: Provided, That all of the said sums which have heretofore been, or may hereafter be deposited as such security shall be repaid by the Insular Treasurer to the grantee whenever, within the period fixed by article nineteen of this section as hereby amended, the Director of Public Works shall certify that three-fourths of the mileage of the road covered by this franchise has been constructed according to the terms and conditions herein imposed on the grantee. If, however, the grantee shall within the time required, fail to perform the obligations of his contract, then the Insular Treasurer may, by appropriate action, recover the sum so deposited as liquidated damages for the breach." Enacted, February 20, 1914.