[ Act No. 2714, March 17, 1917 ]

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWELVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR CONTINUING THE MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF "TIQUI-TIQUI" EXTRACT AMONG THE INDIGENT CLASSES IN 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. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twelve thousand pesos or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purchase of the necessary apparatus and, in general, for the manufacture of the liquid extract of bran commonly known as tiquitiqui, and for its gratuitous distribution among the indigent classes in the Philippine Islands as a means of combating infantile beriberi. The Board of Directors of the Philippine National League for the Protection of Early Infancy shall recommend the method of preparation of said extract of bran and, subject to the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the Bureau of Science shall "have charge of its manufacture.SEC. 2. Said Board of Directors of the Philippine National League, either directly or through the Bureau of Health, shall take charge of the gratuitous distribution of said remedy to such persons as may need the same and have not the means of purchasing it, and shall present a written report to the Philippine Legislature, through the Secretary  of Agriculture and Natural Resources, at the beginning of each session, stating the work performed and results obtained and containing any other information deemed necessary.SEC. 3. In case there is no extract of bran to be had in the market; the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources may authorize the Bureau of Science to sell such remedy at the cost of production, plus the proportional expense of preparing and dispatching the same, to any person requiring it by reason of a medical prescription.SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its approval.Approved, March 17, 1917.

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