Public Works Appropriations under this Act are National Disbursing Funds; Exceptions.
Section 17
SEC. 17. Public Works Appropriations under this Act are National Disbursing Funds; Exceptions.—Any provision of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding, all funds appropriated under the provisions of this Act shall, when released, be carried in the account books of the treasurers as national disbursing funds and all the projects herein specified are classified as national projects unless such funds are appropriated specifically as aid to provinces, chartered cities and municipalities, as the case may be: Provided, That all projects in the City of Manila financed by national funds shall be undertaken by the Bureau of Public Works or the Bureau of Public Highways, as the case may be, the provisions of any law or the city charter to the contrary notwithstanding.