Title
Appropriation for Public Works and Improvements
Law
Act No. 2583.
Decision Date
Feb 4, 1916
An appropriation act in the Philippines, Act No. 2494, allocates funds for various public works and improvements, including the maintenance of national monuments, repairs and improvements to hospitals and quarantine stations, construction of buildings for educational institutions, and the construction, improvement, and maintenance of roads, bridges, and other infrastructure projects.
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Specific Health and Hospital Infrastructure Projects

  • Provides P4,000 for extension of improvements of "Gota de Leche" property.
  • Allocates P15,000 for purchase of land and buildings used as leper station in Cebu, with the government acquiring rights from current possessors.
  • Funds for construction of dispensary and hospital buildings in Cebu and Palawan (P5,000 and P9,000 respectively).
  • P25,000 allocated for annex construction at the Philippine General Hospital.

Forestry and Educational Facility Appropriations

  • P10,000 for completing Forest School administrative building and equipment at Los Banos.
  • P8,000 for constructing student quarters at the School of Forestry, Los Banos.

Roads and Bridges Funding and Conditions

  • P1,000,000 to construct, improve, and maintain first-class roads and bridges in provinces accepting Act No. 1652, with ongoing provincial funding guarantees.
  • Additional P400,000 and P100,000 allocated for similar works including interprovincial connections.
  • Maintenance funds can also be used for second and third-class roads and temporary bridges with Secretary of Commerce and Police approval.

Port, Wharf, and Waterworks Projects

  • P400,000 for construction, improvement, and surveys of ports, wharves, jetties, dams, and related infrastructure.
  • P250,000 allocated for artesian wells, municipal waterworks, baths, and sanitary improvements provided local governments fund one-third of costs.
  • Reimbursement provisions for municipalities in the event of artesian well failures.
  • Maximum Insular aid per municipality capped at P25,000.

Irrigation, Postal, and Customs Infrastructure

  • P15,000 for investigation expenses related to irrigation or water rights applications.
  • P100,000 for constructing and maintaining telegraph lines, submarine cables, and wireless telegraph stations.
  • Provisions allow aid up to 50% for telephone line projects funded by provincial boards.
  • P25,000 for construction and reconstruction of lighthouse stations, buoys, and modernization of lights.

Educational Infrastructure and University Projects

  • P150,000 for central and intermediate school buildings, with discretion to use for farm and high schools.
  • P50,000 to assist municipalities and barrios in building Philippine woods school buildings with galvanized iron roofs.
  • P25,000 for building construction at Central Luzon Agricultural School, Nueva Ecija.
  • P30,000 for an agronomy laboratory at University of the Philippines, College of Agriculture, Los Banos.

Continuation and Allocation of Previous Appropriations

  • Continuation of specific allocations from previous Acts (Nos. 2349 and 2378).
  • Special provision allowing waterworks project allocation in Naga municipality contingent on local cost sharing.

Reversion and Suspension of Appropriations

  • Unexpended fund balances revert to unappropriated funds in the Insular Treasury after June 30, 1917.
  • Governor-General empowered to suspend projects partially or fully if revenue projections are insufficient.

Effective Date

  • Act takes effect immediately upon passage on February 4, 1916.

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