[ Act No. 1109, April 07, 1904 ]
AN ACT APPROPRIATING AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTINUING AND COMPLETING THE PREPARATION OF THE EXHIBIT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AT THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION AND THE CARRYING ON IN GENERAL OF THE WORK OF THE PHILIPPINE EXHIBIT, AND ALSO AUTHORIZING THE EXPOSITION BOARD TO GRANT CONCESSIONS, AND AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, AS AMENDED, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXPOSITION BOARD, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TO APPOINT AND FIX THE SALARIES OR WAGES OF EMPLOYEES OF SAID BOARD IN THE UNITED STATES.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the additional sum of two hundred thousand dollars, in money of the United States, to be expended by order of the Exposition Board in the preparation and maintenance of the Philippine exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at Saint Louis, for the purposes and under the restrictions set forth in Act Numbered Five hundred and fourteen, as amended by Act Numbered Seven hundred and sixty-five, and for the purpose of continuing and completing the preparation of the exhibit of the Philippine Islands at said exposition, and for meeting the expenses provided in Act Numbered Seven hundred and sixty-five, for completing the necessary buildings for the exhibits, for laying out the grounds included in the tract of land assigned to the Philippine exhibit, and for the general purposes of carrying on the exhibit, including the care and custody of the exhibits, and the general expenses authorized to be incurred by virtue of Act Numbered Five hundred and fourteen, as amended. The sum hereby appropriated shall be expended by order of the Exposition Board and in accordance with existing law.
Section 2. The Exposition Board is hereby authorized to grant concessions for the sale of articles produced in the Philippine Islands or elsewhere, and to establish regulations for the conduct of such concessions. This authority shall be retroactive so as to authorize such concessions as have been granted heretofore by the Board.
Section 3. Section two of Act Numbered Five hundred and fourteen entitled "An Act creating a commission to secure, organize, and make an exhibit of Philippine products, manufactures, art, ethnology, and education at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held at Saint Louis, in the United States, in nineteen hundred and four," as amended, is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence of the second paragraph of said section, which reads as follows: "When a quorum of the Board is in the United States no positions shall he created and no persons appointed to the same, except by the unanimous vote of the three members of the Board, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "In the absence from the Philippine Islands of a majority or quorum of the members of the Board, the Secretary of the Interior of the Philippine Islands shall direct the appointment and fix the salaries or wages of such employees in the Philippine Islands as provided by Act Numbered One thousand and fifty-five, and the chairman of the Board, with the approval of the Secretary of War shall appoint and fix the salaries or wages of such employees in the United states." This authority shall he retroactive so far as to authorize any such appointments made since January first, nineteen hundred and four.1aшphi1
Section 4. 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 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, April 7, 1904.
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