Section 1
SECTION 1. It is hereby granted and conceded to the Associated Steamship Lines, an association composed of various steamship lines, and doing business in the City of Manila, its successors and assigns, a temporary permit to construct, install and operate in the Philippines, and at such place as the said Associated Steamship Lines may select, subject to the approval of the Department Secretary under whose jurisdiction the Radio Control Division is functioning, or any competent authority who is or shall be authorized now, or in the future, to give said approval, a private radio station for the reception and transmission of wireless messages on radiotelephony with off-shore vessels owned by members of the said Associated Steamship Lines wherever located in Philippine waters: Provided, That the holder of the temporary permit herein granted shall start the operation thereof within one and a half years from the approval of said temporary permit.