Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 827)
The primary purpose of Act No. 827 is to amend section four of Act No. 514 as amended by Act No. 765, providing for the selection and return of certain exhibits owned by the Philippine government at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition back to Manila for permanent display.
The exhibits covered are those at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition owned by the Philippine Government that a designated committee deems wise and not too expensive to reship to Manila, as well as the property, effects, and exhibits of the Insular Museum of Ethnology, Natural History, and Commerce.
The committee is designated by the Civil Governor.
The committee must consider whether it would be wise and not too expensive to reship the exhibits back to Manila for use in a permanent museum.
The permanent museum in Manila, specifically the Insular Museum of Ethnology, Natural History, and Commerce, benefits from the return of these exhibits.
The museum is the repository for the exhibits and collections taken over by the Exposition Board that are mandated to be returned to Manila for permanent use.
Act No. 827 takes effect immediately upon its passage on August 5, 1903.
Act No. 827 further amends section four of Act No. 514, which had been previously amended by Act No. 765.
It was enacted by the Philippine Commission under the authority of the United States.
The passage was expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September 26, 1900.