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.  The Governor-General  is hereby authorized to sell or exchange, as may be in the public interest, the land occupied by San Lazaro Hospital, in the City of Manila, and the improvements  thereon, provided the proceeds of the sale or exchange are  set aside for  the  construction  of a new public hospital in the City of Manila or any of the adjacent towns,  in accordance with  the requirements  of modern sanitation, for the care, treatment, and welfare of the lepers of the Philippine Islands.

SEC. 2.  This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, December 1, 1925.