Preference to Local Labor.
Section 12
SEC. 12. Preference to Local Labor.—In the execution and construction of community projects and of school building projects, laborers from the place or municipality where the project is being undertaken shall be hired. Community projects as well as projects in the rural areas financed by National funds shall be prosecuted by administration of the Barrio Council whenever the people in the barrio or barrios where such projects are located agree to perform the work on the basis of self-help under the supervision of the Highway District Engineer or City Engineer concerned. The Secretary of Public Works and Communications is hereby required to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to safeguard the appropriation of said projects and effectively guide the Barrio Council. The provisions of this section shall be applicable to all previous Public Works Acts.