[ Act No. 2744, February 18, 1918 ]

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF EIGHT THOUSAND PESOS FOR CONTINUING THE MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF "TIQUITIQUI" EXTRACT AMONG THE INDIGENT CLASSES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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 sum of eight thousand pesos is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended by the Public Welfare Board for the Philippine Islands for the acquisition of the necessary apparatus, and, in general, for the manufacture of the liquid extract of bran commonly known as' "tiquitiqui," and for its free distribution among the indigent classes of the Philippine Islands, in accordance with regulations to be prescribed for this purpose, as a means of combating the disease of infantile beriberi. The Board of Directors of the Philippine National League for the Protection of Early Infancy shall recommend the method of preparation of said extract of bran and the Bureau of Science shall direct its manufacture.

SEC. 2. In case there is no extract of bran to be had in the market, the Secretary of the Interior may authorize the sale of said remedy at the cost of production, plus the proportional expenses of preparing and dispatching the same, to any person requiring it by reason of a medical prescription.

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

Approved, February 18, 1918.