[ Commonwealth Act No. 82, October 26, 1936 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (F) OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:SECTION 1. Paragraph (f) of section one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:"SEC. 1765. Powers of Director of Animal Industry relative to animal quarantine, inspection and sanitation.—The Director of Animal industry is hereby authorized—*    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *

"(f) To cooperate with provincial and municipal boards in the suppression of dangerous communicable animal diseases and to supervise and control the establishment and maintenance of municipal meat and milk inspection system except in matters of sanitation and public health coming under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Health."The technical personnel that may be needed for the proper supervision and inspection thereof shall be appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce upon the recommendation of the Director of Animal Industry, once the position is created by the respective chartered city or municipality, and the remuneration of such personnel and other expenses shall be payable from the meat and milk inspection fees collected by the respective municipalities concerned."

*    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.Approved, October 26, 1936.

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