[ Act No. 794, June 30, 1903 ]
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, FOR THE SURVEY OF A WAGON ROAD FROM NAGUILIAN, IN THE PROVINCE OF UNION, TO BAGUIO, IN THE PROVINCE OF BENGUET, AND FOR THE SURVEY OF THE TOWN SITE OF BAGUIO.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
SECTION 1. The following sums, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes and objects hereinafter named, and shall be available for withdrawal during the present fiscal year and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four:
For defraying the expenses of a survey of a wagon road from Naguilian, in the Province of Union, to Baguio, in the Province of Benguet, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For defraying the expenses of a survey of a town site at Baguio, in the Province of Benguet, and for the location of a pumping station, reservoirs, and mains for a water supply and sewerage system, five thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. The funds appropriated in section one of this Act shall be disbursed under the direction of Major L. W. V. Kennon, engineer in charge of Benguet improvements, by a duly bonded disbursing officer.
SEC. 3. Major L. W. V. Kennon is hereby authorized to appoint, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, the necessary officers and employees to carry out this work, and to fix their rate of compensation; and the officers and employees so appointed by him shall not necessarily be subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Act and the Acts amendatory thereof: Provided, however, That employees belonging to the classified service may be temporarily transferred to this work without losing their status in the classified civil service.
SEC. 4. The appropriations herein made shall be withdrawn from the Treasury and disbursed in money of the United States or its equivalent in silver Philippine pesos.
SEC. 5. 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. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June 30, 1903.
SECTION 1. The following sums, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purposes and objects hereinafter named, and shall be available for withdrawal during the present fiscal year and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four:
For defraying the expenses of a survey of a wagon road from Naguilian, in the Province of Union, to Baguio, in the Province of Benguet, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For defraying the expenses of a survey of a town site at Baguio, in the Province of Benguet, and for the location of a pumping station, reservoirs, and mains for a water supply and sewerage system, five thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. The funds appropriated in section one of this Act shall be disbursed under the direction of Major L. W. V. Kennon, engineer in charge of Benguet improvements, by a duly bonded disbursing officer.
SEC. 3. Major L. W. V. Kennon is hereby authorized to appoint, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, the necessary officers and employees to carry out this work, and to fix their rate of compensation; and the officers and employees so appointed by him shall not necessarily be subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Act and the Acts amendatory thereof: Provided, however, That employees belonging to the classified service may be temporarily transferred to this work without losing their status in the classified civil service.
SEC. 4. The appropriations herein made shall be withdrawn from the Treasury and disbursed in money of the United States or its equivalent in silver Philippine pesos.
SEC. 5. 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. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June 30, 1903.