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[ Act No. 2641, February 24, 1916 ]

AN ACT AUTHORIZING PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FROM THEIR GENERAL FUNDS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF LOCAL FAIRS, OR TO SEND EXHIBITS TO ANY OTHER PROVINCIAL FAIR IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

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

Section 1. Provincial and municipal governments are hereby authorized to appropriate, with the approval of the Governor-General first had, from general funds, such amounts as may be necessary to defray the expenses of local fairs and to enable them to take part in the fairs conducted by other provinces in the Philippine Islands.

Section 2. All expenditures incurred with the approval of the Governor-General for the purposes mentioned in .ℒαwρhi৷section one hereof, prior to the passage of this Act, are hereby confirmed and authorized.

Section 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, February 24, 1916.

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