[ Act No. 182, July 29, 1901 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO, AND ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND ONE, RELATING TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE HARBOR OF MANILA AND THE PASIG RIVER.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered One hundred and one, entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act appropriating one million dollars, in money of the United States, for improving the port of Manila,' " enacted October fifteenth, nineteen hundred, is hereby amended so as to authorize and direct the chief engineer officer, Division of the Philippines, to improve the navigation of the Pasig River above the Bridge of Spain and to and into the Laguna de Bay, by dredging or otherwise, so as to secure a six-foot depth for navigation along said river and into said lake.SEC. 2. The appropriation and provision made by said Act Numbered Twenty-two and Act Numbered One hundred and one, amendatory thereof, are hereby made available for the purpose set forth in section one hereof as fully as though embraced in said original Acts.SEC. 3. The chief engineer officer, Division of the Philippines, in charge of said harbor improvement, is hereby authorized to use, directly or through any authorized contractor, any stone or other material which he may find available and desirable on any of the public lands of the Philippine Islands. The chief engineer officer, Division of the Philippines, is further authorized and empowered, by and with the consent and approval of the Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands, to warrant any contractor using stone from what is known as the Mariveles quarries, and now in possession of the Insular Government, against any claim for compensation or damage made by any person or persons claiming to be the owner or owners of such quarries, by reason of the use of the stone therefrom by such contractor or contractors.SEC. 4. 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. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.Enacted, July 29, 1901.

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