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Act No. 1855
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURCHASE AND PREPARATION OF LAND FOR CATTLE QUARANTINE STATIONS IN THE CITIES OF MANILA, CEBU, AND ILOILO, AND MAKING PROVISION FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE INSULAR TREASURY FOR THE SAID AMOUNT WITH THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF THE SINGALONG EXPERIMENTAL STATION, MALATE. MANILA.
Section 1. The sum of one hundred and fifty thousand pesos is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase and preparation of such lands as may he necessary for animal quarantine stations and for such other purposes as may be determined by the Director of Agriculture, in the cities of Manila, Cebu, and lloilo.
Section 2. The Director of Agriculture is hereby authorized, with the approval of tin; Secretary of -the Interior, to acquire, under the most economical conditions possible, the lands referred to in the next preceding section.
Section 3. The Director of Lands shall take charge, as soon as possible, of the Singalong experimental station; and the lot of said— station, forty-eight thousand square meters in area, and improvements, consisting of plantations, buildings, and an artesian well, shall he sold by the Director of Lands under the terms and conditions approved by the Secretary of the Interior. The proceeds of said sale, after deducting the expenses of same, shall be turned into the Insular Treasury for the reimbursement of the amount appropriated by this Act, and any balance left over shall be turned into the general funds of the Treasury. 1aшphi1
Section 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June, 13, 1908.