Title
Loan to Province of Nueva Ecija Authorized
Law
Act No. 427
Decision Date
Jul 9, 1902
A Philippine Jurisprudence case examines the authorization of a $7,050 loan to the Province of Nueva Ecija for general government purposes, with a repayment deadline of December 31, 1902, as stipulated in Act No. 427 enacted on July 9, 1902.

Authority to issue the loan

  • Section 1 authorizes the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago to loan funds to the Province of Nueva Ecija.
  • The loan must be taken out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
  • Section 1 fixes the loan principal at seven thousand and fifty dollars, payable in local currency.
  • The loan must be made in accordance with a resolution adopted by the provincial board of Nueva Ecija on June 9, 1902, requesting the loan.

Loan terms: amount, currency, and repayment

  • Section 1 requires the loaned money to be returned to the Insular Treasury on or before December 31, 1902.
  • Section 1 permits the loan proceeds to be used by the provincial board of Nueva Ecija for provincial purposes under the governing statute on provincial governments.

Permitted use of loan proceeds

  • Section 1 authorizes the Province of Nueva Ecija to use the loan proceeds for the general purposes of the provincial government.
  • Section 1 requires that the provincial government use the funds in accordance with the provisions of the Provincial Government Act.

Expedited legislative procedure

  • Section 2 declares that the public good requiring the speedy enactment of the bill exists.
  • Section 2 expedites passage by invoking section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September 26, 1900.

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