Acts No. 1841




[ Acts No. 1841, May 30, 1908 ] AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAPITOL OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND TO CREATE A COMMITTEE TO PREPARE PLANS THEREFOR. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that: Section 1. The construction is hereby authorized of a capitol building or buildings in the city of Manila, to be known as the CapiTol of The Philippine Islands, for the use of the Governor-general the Philippne Legislature, the Supreme Court, the Executive Departments, the Hxeeutive Bureau, and for such other uses as may be authorized by joint resolution of the Philippine Legislator. The said building or buildings shall be located substantially in accordance with the "Burham plan" for improvement of the citv of Manila. Section 2. A committee is hereby created for the purpose of preparing plans for such capitol building or buildings, which committee shall be composed of seven members, three to be appointed by the President of the Commission, three to be appointed by the Speaker of the Assemblv, and the seventh to be the Consulting Architect. It shall be the duty of the said committee to investigate all questoions relative to the site, design, extent, construction, method of selection of final designs, and estimates of cost of such building or buildings, and make a detailed repqrt to the Philippine Legislature containing (heir recommendations on these matters. Section 3. The Bureau of Public Works and the Consulting Architect shall give such engineering, architectural, and other teching Architect. nical assistance as may be requested in writing by the said committee and a may be furnished within the limits of the appropriation for the said Bureau or the said office. Section 4. The final report of the committee once accepted by the Philippine Legislature, and the work thereon ordered commenced, all future provisions regarding the same, whether to expedite construction or to make changes, or for any other matter connected with the work, shall be made by means of joint resolutions of the Philippine Legislature.1aшphi1 Section 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted, May 30, 1908. The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation