CA 161 Section 1

Section 1

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Philippine Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred thousand pesos to be spent under the authority of the Secretary of Public Instruction for the purpose of establishing three leper colonies, one near the City of Manila, another in the Cagayan Valley, and another in the Ilocos region, for maintenance, treatment, and hospitalization of lepers.

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CitationCA 161 Section 1 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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