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[ Act No. 3230, November 14, 1925 ]
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, TO USE A SUM NOT TO EXCEED SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS OUT OF THE UNEXPENDED BALANCES OF THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR HIS BUREAU FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE, FOR THE PURCHASE OF RUBBER SEEDS, 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. Act Numbered Thirty-two hundred and seventeen, 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-five, and for other purposes," is hereby amended, authorizing the Director of Agriculture, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural resources, to use a sum not to exceed sixty-five thousand pesos out of the unexpended balances of the funds appropriated for his Bureau for the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five, for the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, preparation and distribution of seeds and seedlings of "Para rubber" (Hevea braziliensis). Said seeds and seedlings shall be distributed, at a reasonable price not to exceed cost, to the agriculturists of any province of the Philippine Islands applying therefor, subject to such rules as the Director of Agriculture may prescribe and the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources approve.
SEC. 2. The Director of Agriculture, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, is hereby authorized and empowered to establish, equip, and maintain, with the funds appropriated in this Act, an experimental rubber station at any suitable place in the Islands. This station shall be established on suitable public land, if any such be available., and if not, the necessary land therefor may be acquired by purchase or lease, with the funds appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 3. The Director of Agriculture shall have charge and supervision of the experimental station and shall furnish to the planters and the general public suitable information and instructions concerning the cultivation of the rubber tree and the obtaining and preparation of the latex.
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, November 14, 1925.
SECTION 1. Act Numbered Thirty-two hundred and seventeen, 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-five, and for other purposes," is hereby amended, authorizing the Director of Agriculture, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural resources, to use a sum not to exceed sixty-five thousand pesos out of the unexpended balances of the funds appropriated for his Bureau for the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five, for the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, preparation and distribution of seeds and seedlings of "Para rubber" (Hevea braziliensis). Said seeds and seedlings shall be distributed, at a reasonable price not to exceed cost, to the agriculturists of any province of the Philippine Islands applying therefor, subject to such rules as the Director of Agriculture may prescribe and the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources approve.
SEC. 2. The Director of Agriculture, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, is hereby authorized and empowered to establish, equip, and maintain, with the funds appropriated in this Act, an experimental rubber station at any suitable place in the Islands. This station shall be established on suitable public land, if any such be available., and if not, the necessary land therefor may be acquired by purchase or lease, with the funds appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 3. The Director of Agriculture shall have charge and supervision of the experimental station and shall furnish to the planters and the general public suitable information and instructions concerning the cultivation of the rubber tree and the obtaining and preparation of the latex.
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, November 14, 1925.