[ Act No. 1101, April 04, 1904 ]
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN BY AUTHORIZING THE PROVINCIAL ENGINEER OF THE MORO PROVINCE TO PURCHASE SUPPLIES IN THE OPEN MARKET UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
Section 1. Section eight of Act Numbered Seven hundred and eighty-seven is hereby amended by striking out the antepenultimate sentence therein, reading: "Except where otherwise ordered by the Civil Governor, upon the recommendation of the governor of the province, he shall make his purchases of supplies through the Insular Purchasing Agent," and inserting in lieu thereof the following sentence: "He shall make his purchases of supplies through the Insular Purchasing Agent, except where otherwise expressly authorized in writing by the governor of the province, such authorization to be granted only in those cases where, in the opinion of the governor of the province, an economy of time or of money will be effected thereby: Provided, however, That all purchases in the United States shall be made through the Insular Purchasing Agent."
This amendment shall be retroactive so as to authorize all purchases made in accordance with its provisions.
Section 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Section 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.1aшphi1
Enacted, April 4, 1904.
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