[ Act No. 3207, December 04, 1924 ]

AN ACT GRANTING AID OR COMPENSATION IN THE SUM OF FOUR THOUSAND PESOS TO JULIAN FELIPE, AUTHOR OF THE "PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ANTHEM

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. Aid or compensation in the sum of four thousand pesos is hereby granted to Julian Felipe,  in recognition of his inspired and  meritorious production known as the "Philippine National Anthem,"  to  be paid to him by the.Insular Treasurer of the Philippine Islands upon delivery to the Bureau of the Philippine Library and Museum of the  original  manuscript of  said   "Philippine  National Anthem."

SEC.  2. The  sum of four thousand pesos is hereby appropriated  out of any funds  in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to  carry out the purposes  of  this Act.

SEC.  3. This Act shall  take effect on its approval.

Approved,  December 4, 1924.