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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. Section one of Act Numbered Twenty-six hundred and thirty-three is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1 There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Indular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one million pesos, which shall not be set up in the books of the Auditor until alloted administratively, for expenditure under the following conditions:

"(a) That in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, aid for this campaign may be extended to all regular or special provinces: Provided, That in order that a province, municipality or municipal district may obtain the aid herein authorized, it shall be required to contribute, either by appropriation out of its own funds, or by voluntary subscription, or in any manner other than by direct or indirect aid of the Insular Government, a sum equal to that which the Secretary of the Interior is ready to invest in such province, municipality, or municipal district.

"(b) That the technical and administrative plan of the work carried on in this connection shall be subject to the direction and executive supervision of the Department of the Interior.

"(c) That in connection with such work, any officer or employee of the Insular, provincial, or municipal governments shall render service when required.

"(d) That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of the technical and administrative personnel which shall have charge of the campaign."

SEC. 2. Section two of said Act is likewise amended, to read as follows:

"SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior shall include in his annual report a detailed report of the work performed in accordance with the provisions of this Act."

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, March 22, 1920.