Section 1
SECTION 1. The Governor-General is hereby authorized to designate the Director of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, the Director of Public Works, the Director of Agriculture, the Director of Forestry and the Director of Lands to form a Committee which shall: (a) conduct a complete and thorough investigation of the physical conditions and economic resources of Mindanao and Sulu; (b) lay out a program for the progressive economic development of said islands; (c) classify the areas best adapted to the production of sugar cane, coconut, abaca, rubber, rice, and corn; (d) locate sites most convenient and which should be reserved for town settlements; (e) formulate a systematic program of road and railroad construction; (f) determine the ports that should be developed; and (g) propose means for exploitation of waterpower and mineral resources.