[ Act No. 3308, December 02, 1926 ]

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THIRTY THOUSAND PESOS CONTINUING THE TEACHING OF HOME CANNING AND FOOD PRESERVATION IN THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of thirty thousand pesos to continue the work of developing and encouraging home canning and food preservation as an industry in the Philippines.

SEC.  2. To carry out the purposes of this Act, a Division of Food Preservation is hereby created in the Bureau of Science with the following personnel and compensation per annum, respectively:

For additional compensation for the chief of division
P1,100.00
One assistant chief of division
1,800.00
One inspector
1,440.00
Six senior demonstrators at P960
5,760.00
Eight junior demonstrators at P720
5,760.00
Laborers
600.00
     
Provided, however, That the chemist actually in charge of the activities as provided in Act Numbered Thirty-two hundred and thirty-one and in this Act shall be designated as chief of this division.

SEC. 3. The sum appropriated herein shall be expended for theoretical and practical instruction and demonstration in every province in the  Philippine Islands under the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and shall be distributed as follows:

Salaries and wages
P16,460.00
Traveling expenses
9,000.00
Equipment and supplies
1,500.00
Printing
1,000.00
Miscellaneous
2,040.00

SEC. 4.  Any act or section thereof inconsistent with this Act or any section thereof, is hereby declared null and void.

SEC. 5.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, December 2, 1926.