[ Act No. 3198, December 02, 1924 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING' FUNDS FOR THE NECESSARY EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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.- Subsection  (Q) of section one of Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred and  twenty-three,  entitled "An Act appropriating funds for the necessary expenses of the Government of the  Philippine Islands during the fiscal year ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty- four, and for other purposes," is hereby amended by adding, at the end thereof, the following proviso:

  "Provided, That out of the funds appropriated for  the Bureau of Customs, the sum of thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixteen pesos and thirty-two centavos shall be set  aside for payment to Lung Chea  Kung Kee & Co.  for the twelve thousand five hundred sacks of flour belonging to said company, erroneously delivered to another mercantile firm by a  subordinate employee of the Bureau of  Customs, according to the decision  of the Supreme  Court  in the case entitled 'Lung  Chea Kung  Kee  &  Co. vs. V.  Aldanese, Insular Collector of Customs,' R. G. No. 21362."

SEC. 2.  This Act shall take effect on its approval.Approved,  December 2,  1924.

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