[ Act No. 39, October 31, 1900 ]

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WAREHOUSE ON THE CUSTOM-HOUSE GROUNDS, MANILA, AND THE GRADING AND PAVING OF A CERTAIN PART OF THOSE GROUNDS.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:SECTION 1. The Military Governor is authorized and directed to construct a warehouse on the grounds of the custom-house, Manila, extending along Calle Numancia, Calle de Urbiztondo and Custom-House Road, in accordance with the plans entitled, "New bodega for the custom-house at Manila, P. I.," with the accompanying specifications, issued from the office of the assistant chief quartermaster, Manila, October twenty-second, nineteen hundred.SEC. 2. The Military Governor is authorized and directed to grade and pave that part of the custom-house grounds lying between the outer line of the proposed warehouse and the streets along which it extends.SEC. 3. The work hereinbefore authorized and directed shall be done by contract to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, after bids have been invited by public advertisement. Authority is hereby given to the Military Governor to reject and and all bids; Provided, however, That should no satisfactory bid be received in public competition, he is authorized to let the work by private contract, or to do the work by government employees without contract.SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.Enacted, October 31, 1900.

Source: Supreme Court E-Library