Section 1. There— is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seventy-five thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the entertainment and reception of the officers and men of the American Battleship Fleet on the occasion of its visit to the Philippine Islands, during the autumn of the year nineteen hundred and eight.
The moneys hereby appropriated shall be withdrawn from the Insular Treasury by warrant and disbursed for all such expenses incurred in the entertainment and reception of the officers and men of said fleet as shall have been approved by a committee of three appointed by the Governor-General.