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. Section two  thousand and forty-eight  of the Administrative Code of Nineteen hundred and seventeen  is hereby  amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2048. Approval  of  requisition.—Insular  requisitions  shall be  approved  by the  respective  Department Heads.  In the case of provincial and municipal requisitions, and  of  the Cities  of  Manila  and  Baguio  and chartered cities, the  approval of the provincial treasurer, the municipal  treasurer, and  the mayor, respectively,  shall be sufficient:  Provided, That the Chief of the  Executive Bureau may,  in the case of  provincial and municipal  requisitions,  make rules and  regulations not  inconsistent with this  Act,  in  order to retain the control and  supervision over the provincial and municipal disbursements: Provided, further, That the approval of the municipal treasurer and the mayor in chartered cities shall not be necessary when the cost of the articles to  be purchased for urgent needs of the city or municipal governments does not exceed the sum of one hundred pesos.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, December  8, 1924.