Act No. 1982




[ Act No. 1982, April 19, 1910 ] AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF DOCTOR JOSE RIZAL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that: Section 1. It is hereby directed that June nineteenth, nineteen Date, program and hundred and eleven, the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Doctor Jose Rizal, be solemnly celebrated in all the public schools of the Philippine Islands. The Director of Education shall, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, prepare an adequate programmed of school exercises and other acts having allusion to the life of Doctor Jose Rizal, and, subject to like approval, the said Director of Education may announce competitions, grant prizes, print pamphlets, and do any other thing tending to carry into effect the purpose of this Act to solemnly commemorate the said fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Doctor Jose Rizal. The Director of Education is hereby authorized to charge any sum, not in excess of fifteen thousand pesos, that he may consider necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, against the contingent expenses of his Bureau. Section 2. The municipal councils of all provinces organized under the Provincial Government Act, and those of Mindoro, Palawan, and Batanes, are hereby authorized to attend said celebrations and contribute to the expense thereof and of others held for the same purpose, out of any available funds of the municipality.1aшphi1 The said municipal councils are authorized to receive public subscriptions for this purpose, and the funds so secured shall be covered into the municipal treasury, to be expended by the municipal council for the purposes of this Act and for none other. Section 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five of the Philippine Legislature. Enacted, April 19, 1910. The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation