[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6593, September 30, 1972 ]

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL OF FISHERIES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MAGALLANES, PROVINCE OF SORSOGON, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. There shall be established, under the direct supervision of the Director of Vocational Education, a school of fisheries in the Municipality of Magallanes, Province of Sorsogon, to be known as the Magallanes School of Fisheries: Provided, however, That only a general education curriculum with practical arts shall be offered in the first and second years, and the vocational curriculum shall be offered in the third and fourth years: Provided, further, That the school shall offer short vocational courses for training in vocations needed in the locality which shall be open to elementary school graduates: Provided, finally, That the school shall open, as soon as feasible, two-year post secondary technical courses.

Section 2. The sum of two hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the establishment, operation and maintenance of said school during the fiscal year nineteen hundred seventy one.  Thereafter, such sum as may be needed for operation and maintenance shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.1âшphi1

Section 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, September 30, 1972

GIL J. PUYAT
President of the Senate
Finally passed by the Senate on August 2, 1972.
CORNELIO T. VILLAREAL
Speaker of the House of Representatives
This Act, which originated in the House of Representatives,
was finally passed by the same on March 23, 1972.
ELISEO M. TENZA
Secretary of the Senate
INOCENCIO B. PAREJA
Secretary of the House Representatives

Approved: June 17, 1972

FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines


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