[ Act No. 3102, March 16, 1923 ]

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF BATANES TO SPEND THE AMOUNT OF THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS ALLOTTED TO THAT PROVINCE AS AN INSULAR AID FOR THE RELIEF OF EARTHQUAKE SUFFERERS, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OF PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS OR OTHER NECESSARY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN SAID PROVINCE

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. The Provincial Board of the Province of Batanes may, with the approval  of the  Secretary of Public Instruction, spend the amount of thirty-five thousand pesos, which was allotted to  the Province  of Batanes as an  Insular  aid for the relief of earthquake  sufferers  in said province,  under the provisions of Act Numbered Two thousand eight  hundred fifty-four, and which is now deposited in the Philippine National Bank to the official  credit of  the Provincial Secretary-Treasurer of Batanes, for the construction or repair of public school buildings in that province, or the Provincial Board  may,  with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, spend  said  amount in the  construction or repair of other necessary permanent  public improvements, the provisions of  Act Numbered Two thousand eight hundred  fifty-four to  the contrary  notwithstanding.

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

Approved, March 16, 1923.