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[ Act No. 2634, February 23, 1916 ]

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE REIMBURSEMENT TO MUNICIPALITIES OF CUSTOMS DUTIES PAID ON MATERIAL USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MUNICIPAL WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEMS.

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

Section 1. The Governor-General is hereby authorized, upon the presentation of a statement of the amount paid, duly certified as correct by the Insular Auditor and the Insular Collector of Customs, and approved by the Secretary of Finance and Justice, in his discretion, to direct the reimbursement, from Insular funds, to any municipality in the Philippine Islands of the amount paid by such municipality from its own funds as customs duties on material used in the construction of municipal waterworks and sewer systems.

Section 2. There are hereby appropriated from any tunds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum or sums necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Act.ℒαwρhi৷

Enacted, February 23, 1916.

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