[ Act No. 1220, August 25, 1904 ]

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE FUND OF THREE MILLION DOLLARS APPROPRIATED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE RELIEF OF DISTRESS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, FOR EXPENSES INCIDENT TO THE PURCHASE AND DELIVERY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS OF DRAFT CATTLE.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The sum of fifty thousand dollars, in money of the United States, is hereby appropriated, out of the fund of three million dollars appropriated by the Congress of the United States for the relief of distress in the Philippine Islands, for expenditure in payment of such expenses incident to the purchase and delivery in the Philippine islands of draft cattle as may from time to time be authorized by resolutions of the Philippine Commission.

SEC. 2. The sum of money by this Act appropriated shall be expended by the Insular Purchasing Agent and accounted for as provided by law.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, August 25, 1904.