- Title
- Appropriating P4,756,780 for the Reconstruction, Repairs and Maintenance of Radio Stations and Installations
- Reference
- Commonwealth Act No. 712
- Date
- 1945-11-01
November 1, 1945
COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 712
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FOUR MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX THOUSAND AND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY PESOS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION, REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OF RADIO STATIONS AND INSTALLATIONS, AND TELEGRAPH LINES AND STATIONS
SECTION 1. The following sums or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated out of the general funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be spent subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth, for the purposes specified hereunder: AEHTIC
(a) For the replacement of totally destroyed, and for the reconstruction and repairs of partially-damaged radio stations and installations, including maintenance and operation thereof in the following places:
| 1. | Manila | P210,950.00 |
| 2. | Basco | 95,500.00 |
| 3. | Vigan | 22,550.00 |
| 4. | Bontoc | 56,750.00 |
| 5. | Calapan | 97,300.00 |
| 6. | Boac and Sta. Cruz | 30,000.00 |
| 7. | Daet | 57,550.00 |
| 8. | Legaspi | 73,780.00 |
| 9. | Masbate | 67,500.00 |
| 10. | Catbalogan | 96,750.00 |
| 11. | Tacloban and Maripipi, Leyte | 113,780.00 |
| 12. | Romblon | 56,750.00 |
| 13. | Pandan-Panganiban, Catanduanes | 18,000.00 |
| 14. | Cebu | 132,750.00 |
| 15. | Iloilo | 118,750.00 |
| 16. | Tagbilaran | 25,750.00 |
| 17. | Dumaguete | 63,800.00 |
| 18. | Bacolod | 63,800.00 |
| 19. | Puerto Princesa | 70,750.00 |
| 20. | Surigao | 57,800.00 |
| 21. | Butuan | 54,800.00 |
| 22. | Malaybalay | 18,700.00 |
| 23. | Cagayan | 57,800.00 |
| 24. | Oroquieta | 21,750.00 |
| 25. | Dansalan | 57,800.00 |
| 26. | Cotabato | 54,800.00 |
| 27. | Davao | 114,180.00 |
| 28. | Zamboanga | 109,780.00 |
| 29. | Jolo | 39,750.00 |
| 30. | Cuyo | 28,500.00 |
| 31. | Borongan-Balangiga Circuit | 100,800.00 |
| 32. | Virac | 30,500.00 |
| 33. | Baler, Polillo, Infanta and Casiguran | 55,500.00 |
| 34. | San Jose, Mindoro | 15,500.00 |
| 35. | Culion | 30,500.00 |
| 36. | Baguio | 84,800.00 |
| 37. | Aparri | 67,800.00 |
| 38. | For radio apparatus, power plants, accessories | |
| and spare parts | 600,000.00 | |
| | ||
| Total | P3,073,820.00 | |
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(b) For the reconstruction of telegraph lines and re-establishment of necessary stations, including maintenance and operation thereof, in the following places:
| 1. | Dagupan-Laoag Circuit | P228,883.00 |
| 2. | Vigan-Bangued Circuit | 52,172.00 |
| 3. | Cabanatuan-Aparri Circuit | 360,153.00 |
| 4. | Lucena-Sorsogon Circuit | 306,299.00 |
| 5. | Tacloban-Baybay Circuit | 95,929.00 |
| 6. | Cebu-Santander Circuit | 112,758.00 |
| 7. | Cebu-Daanbantayan Circuit | 99,295.00 |
| 8. | Iloilo-Capiz Circuit | 107,709.00 |
| 9. | Iloilo-San Jose (Antique) Circuit | 82,465.00 |
| 10. | Catbalogan-Laoang Circuit | 153,149.00 |
| 11. | Borongan-Guiuan Circuit | 84,148.00 |
| | ||
| Total | P1,682,960.00 | |
| | ||
| Total for the appropriation made in this Act: | | |
| Four million seven hundred fifty-six | | |
| thousand and seven hundred eighty pesos | P4,756,780.00 | |
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SECTION 2. The amount appropriated in this Act necessary for the replacement of totally destroyed, and for the construction and repairs of partially damaged, radio station buildings, shall be spent by the Director of Public Works, and the amount necessary for the reconstruction re-establishment, and repairs of telegraph lines and radio stations, including maintenance and operation thereof shall be spent by the Director of Posts.
SECTION 3. All balances of the appropriation made in this Act remaining unexpended on June thirty, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, shall revert to the National Treasury, and thereafter they shall not be available for expenditure, except upon appropriation by the Congress of the Philippines.
SECTION 4. The sums appropriated in this Act shall, upon the recommendation of the Director of Posts, be distributed by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications.
SECTION 5. The funds herein appropriated shall not be released unless and until the Secretary of Finance and the Auditor General shall have certified to the President that there are existing and available funds in the National Treasury in excess of the sums appropriated in the General Appropriation Law for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and any other appropriations for which by law priorities have been established.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, November 1, 1945.