[ Act No. 3038, March 09, 1922 ]

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO SELL OR LEASE LAND OF THE PRIVATE DOMAIN OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

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 Secretary of  Agriculture and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to sell or lease land  of the private domain of the Government of the Philippine Islands,  or any part thereof, to such persons, corporations or associations as are, under the provisions of Act  Numbered Twenty-eight  hundred  and  seventy-four, known  as the Public Land Act, entitled to apply for the purchase or lease of agricultural public land.

SEC. 2. The sale or lease of the  land  referred to  in the preceding section shall, if such land  is agricultural, be made in the manner  and subject  to  the limitations  prescribed in chapters  five and six, respectively,  of said Public Land Act, and if  it be classified differently, in conformity with the provisions of chapter nine of said  Act: Provided, however, That the land necessary for  the public service shall be exempt from the provisions of this  Act.

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

Approved, March 9, 1922.