[ Act No. 1016, November 30, 1903 ]

AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAPAS-O'DONNELL-IBA WAGON ROAD, IN THE PROVINCES OF TARLAC AND ZAMBALES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:SECTION 1. The sum of one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of so much of the three-million-dollar Congressional relief fund as remains unappropriated in the Insular Treasury, for the purpose of constructing the Capas-O'Donnell-Iba wagon road, in the Provinces of Tarlac and Zambales.SEC. 2. The sum hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be disbursed by the provincial treasurer of Tarlac, or by a duly bonded official of the Government to be designated by the Civil Governor. The provincial treasurer, or other dis­bursing officer, as the case may be shall pay all bills for labor and material upon presentation of proper vouchers approved by the superintendent hereinafter provided for.SEC. 3. The Civil Governor may direct the payment, either in money or in rice, of such parts of the expenses incurred for labor and material as in his discretion he may deem for the best interests of the inhabitants.SEC. 4. The Consulting Engineer to the Commission shall have general supervision of the road construction herein provided for. He shall appoint a superintendent subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police. The superintendent shall have immediate charge of the work of construction; he shall appoint his assistants and determine their compensation, subject to the approval of the Consulting Engineer to the Commission; he shall make detailed monthly reports of the progress of the work, including a statement of expenditures made during the preceding month, and the purposes thereof, to the Consulting Engineer, who shall forward the same to the Secretary of Commerce and Police.SEC. 5. The employees provided for in section four shall not necessarily be subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Act and Acts amendatory thereof, but employees belonging 10 the classified service may be temporarily transferred to the work without losing their status in the classified service.SEC. 6. The superintendent shall purchase the necessary tools, supplies, and material, with the approval of the Consulting Engineer to the Commission, he may make purchase by contract, in the open markets, through the Insular Purchasing Agent, or otherwise, when, in the opinion of the Civil Governor, such purchases are necessary for the economical and speedy prosecution of the work.SEC. 7. The road constructed under this Act shall thereafter be kept in repair by the provincial supervisor of Tarlac and the provincial supervisor-treasurer of Zambales under supervision and direction of the Consulting Engineer, and the cost of such repair shall be paid out of the treasury of the province in which the repair is made.SEC. 8. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect on its passage.Enacted, November 30, 1903.

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