[ Act No. 2228, February 08, 1913 ]

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OF THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND OF THE PROVINCES ORGANIZED UNDER ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE FOR SUBSIDIZING OR FOR THE ACQUISITION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF WATER TRANSPORTATION.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:

Section 1.(awÞhi( The road and bridge funds of the provinces .water organized under Act Numbered Eighty-three, known as the Provincial Government Act, are hereby authorized to be used upon appropriation of their respective provincial boards, approved by the Governor-General, for the purpose of subsidizing, or for acquiring, operating, and maintaining, means of water transportation within such provinces and between them and adjacent islands, or to dredge rivers and provide facilities of communication and transportation by river.

Section 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, February 8, 1913.


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