Act No. 1
United States Philippine Commission
[ Act No. 1 ]
AN ACT APPROPRIATING TWO MILLION DOLLARS ($2,000,000.00) MEXICAN TO BE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
SECTION 1.
[edit]The sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) Mexican is hereby appropriated out of any money in the insular treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to be expended in the immediate construction and repair of highways and bridges in the Philippine Islands.
SEC. 2.
[edit]The sum so appropriated shall be expended under the direction of the military governor in the construction and repair of such highways and bridges as in his judgment may be most conducive to the public welfare.
SEC. 3.
[edit]The insular treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the warrants of the military governor for the sum so appropriated.
SEC. 4.
[edit]Enacted, September 12, 1900.