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Act No. 3220 Section 2

Act No. 3220 Section 2

Section 2

SEC. 2. The agreement referred to in the preceding section, in addition to the usual provisions for the protection of Government interests, shall provide the following: (a) The total cost of the reclamation to be solely for the account of the Maao Sugar Central Co., Inc., its successors and assigns, the Government to incur thereby no expense whatsoever. (b) The total cost of the development and improvement, such as the construction of breakwaters, sea walls, piers, and dredging the harbor formed thereby, in a sum not to exceed a total of seven hundred fifty thousand pesos to be advanced by the Maao Sugar Central Co., Inc., its successors and assigns, and repaid by the Government from year to year as hereinafter provided, deducting the cost of needed dredging for the reclamation work to be solely for the account of the corporation as provided in the preceding subsection. (c) The work of reclamation and development to be done under the supervision of the Director of Public Works in accordance with plans and specifications to be agreed upon between the said Maao Sugar Central Co., Inc., or its successors and assigns, and the Director of Public Works, subject to the approval of the Governor-General upon recommendation of the Secretary of Commerce and Communications. (d) The Government shall retain control and remain the owner of all breakwaters or sea walls, bulkheads, piers, and such other strips of land as may be indicated in the plans agreed upon as hereinbefore provided. (e) The Government shall retain control of the harbor to be formed by virtue of the reclamation and development herein authorized; and said harbor as well as all piers, docks, and other port works to be constructed shall be administered and regulated under such general laws as may be in force in the Philippine Islands concerning harbors, piers, docks, and other port works. (f) In consideration of the Maao Sugar Central Co., Inc., bearing the total cost of reclamation work done under this Act, one-half of all areas which may have been filled in and reclaimed, and not herein reserved to the Government, shall thereby become the property of the Maao Sugar Central Co., Inc., its successors and assigns, in fee simple, and the Chief Executive of the Philippine Islands shall confirm the corporation's title thereto by appropriate instruments in writing: Provided, That the other half of all reclaimed areas shall continue to be the property of the Government of the Philippine Islands to be administered in accordance with the provisions of the Public Land Act then in force.

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CitationAct No. 3220 Section 2 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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