QuestionsQuestions (Act No. 634)
It establishes a Government rice farm under the Bureau of Agriculture to demonstrate to Filipinos the practical advantages of modern methods of cultivating, harvesting, and threshing rice.
The farm is established under the Bureau of Agriculture.
In the Province of Pampanga.
The Chief is authorized to secure land by rental.
It must not exceed two thousand (2,000) acres.
The landowner receives payment equal to one-fourth of the unhulled rice produced on the rented land.
The sale is authorized by the Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture with the approval of the Civil Governor, and is sold at the current market price at the time of sale.
Any rice remaining after paying the annual rental and not required by the Insular Government may be sold as authorized by the Chief, subject to Civil Governor approval.
Sales may cover only rice remaining after annual rental payments and not required by the Insular Government.
The appropriations must be expended by the Bureau of Agriculture in connection with the Government rice farm for the purposes named in Section 4.
Examples include: (1) one hundred mules; (2) agricultural machinery, implements, tools, wagons, harness, twine, and sacks; (3) buildings; (4) salaries and wages (including specific positions and laborers); (5) oats, hay, and coal.
It provides rules for withdrawal of appropriations in local currency at the authorized ratio and for paying obligations expressed in U.S. currency at the ratio in force at payment time, with an exception noted for salaries.
Salaries are paid at the ratio existing on the next-to-last day of the month for which they are paid.
It authorizes making up the deficiency by appropriating further sums necessary to meet authorized salary payments.
It was expedited because the public good required speedy enactment, following Section 2 of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws” passed September 26, 1900.
It takes effect upon its passage.