Act No. 2743




[ Act No. 2743, February 18, 1918 ] AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PREPARATION AND FREE DISTRIBUTION OF ANTITYPHOID VACCINE AMONG THE DULY QUALIFIED PHYSICIANS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same: Section 1. The sum of five thousand pesos is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be disbursed under the direction of the Public Welfare Board of the Philippine Islands for i the preparation of antityphoid vaccine and the free distribution thereof among the duly qualified physicians of the Philippine Islands, under regulations to be prescribed for this purpose, as a means of combating typhoid fever.ℒαwρhi৷ The Philippine Health Service shall recommend the method of preparation of said antityphoid vaccine and the Bureau of Science shall direct its preparation. Section 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval. Approved, February 18, 1918. The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation