Act No. 2780 Section 1

Section 1

SECTION 1. The Governor-General is hereby authorized to make the necessary arrangements to carry into immediate effect the construction of a submarine and a destroyer, as contemplated by Joint Resolution Numbered Seven of the Philippine Legislature, finally adopted on November twelfth, nineteen hundred and seventeen. The submarine shall be designated as "S-18" or be given any other number agreed upon between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Philippine Islands, with the Governor-General acting on behalf of the latter. The destroyer shall be named "Jose Rizal."

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