[ Act No. 349, February 03, 1902 ]

AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, IN LOCAL CURRENCY, TO BE PAID TO THE WIDOW OF JUAN VELASCO, LATE PRESIDENT OF NAGCARLAN, LAGUNA, OR TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT FOR HER BENEFIT.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:SECTION 1. Whereas Juan Velasco, president of Nagcarlan, Laguna, was murdered while in the discharge of his official duties because of the efficient administration of his office and his loyalty to the United States, and his untimely death leaves his wife and two children in needy circumstances:The sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, in local currency, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid, in the discretion of the Civil Governor, either to the widow of Juan Velasco or to the commanding officer of the district, to be held and expended by him for her benefit.SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.Enacted, February 3, 1902.

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