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Act No. 830 Section 1

Section 1

SECTION 1. The following sum, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for public works and permanent improvements in the city of Manila as follows: CITY OF MANILA. Public works, city of Manila: For the construction, alteration, improvement, or purchase of the following-named buildings and grounds: Construction of schoolhouses in the districts of Ermita, Tondo, and San Miguel or Trozo. Construction of machinery building at Arroceros Shops. Construction of building for shelter of road rollers at Arroceros Shops. Construction of fire station in Tanduay. Construction of police station in Tondo. Construction of tenement houses. Construction of bridge over Estero de Binondo. Purchase of material for construction of veterinary hospital on Palomar Island, Tondo. Purchase of grounds for and construction of markets in the districts of Sampaloc and Paco. Completion of new city hall. Purchase of ground for new cemetery near La Loma. Improvement of new cemetery. Purchase of property for street purposes and extension and widening of streets as follows: Extension of Calles Aduana and Palacio; widening Calle Sacristia; extension of new streets and widening of old streets in Ermita and Malate; widening and extending Calles Bilibid and Limasana; and widening street from Plaza del Conde to Calle Barraca. Extension and improvement of water-supply system, including purchase of pipe and fittings. In all, for public works, city of Manila, three hundred and fifty-one thousand six hundred and forty-eight dollars: Provided, That the amounts to be expended for the various purposes above mentioned, respectively, shall be allotted by resolution of the Commission to be certified to the Auditor, and the Municipal Board of the city of Manila shall be limited in its expenditure for each item in accordance with said allotments.

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CitationAct No. 830 Section 1 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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