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| REPUBLIC ACT NO. 582 - AN
ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO MAKE DISBURSEMENTS
FROM THE "SUGAR ADJUSTMENT AND STABILIZATION FUND" CREATED BY
COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF SUGAR EXPERIMENT STATIONS AND THE
UNDERTAKING OF RESEARCHES WITH A VIEW TO ADJUSTING AND STABILIZING THE
SUGAR INDUSTRY |
| Section 1. The
President of the Philippines is hereby authorized to make disbursements
from the "Sugar Adjustment and Stabilization Fund" created by
Commonwealth Act Numbered Five hundred and sixty-seven for (1) the
establishment and operation of sugar experiment stations and the
undertaking of researchers (a) to increase the recoveries of the
centrifugal sugar factories with the view of reducing manufacturing
costs, (b) to produce and propagate higher yielding varieties of sugar
cane more adaptable to different district conditions in the
Philippines, (c) to lower the cost of raising sugar cane, (d) to
improve the burning quality of denatured alcohol from molasses for
motor fuel, (e) to determine the possibility of utilizing the other
by-products of the industry, (f) to determine what crop or crops are
suitable for rotation and for the utilization of excess cane lands, and
(g) on other problems the solution of which would help rehabilitate and
stabilize the industry; (2) the undertaking of an economic survey of
the component elements thereof – the mill, landowner, and planter, to
determine their present conditions, and (3) the improvement of living
and working conditions in sugar mills and sugar plantations,
authorizing him to designate the Sugar Rehabilitation and Readjustment
Commission to take charge of the expenditure and allocation of said
funds to carry out the purposes hereinbefore enumerated, and, likewise,
authorizing the disbursement from the fund herein created of the
necessary amount or amounts needed for salaries, wages, traveling
expenses, equipment, and other sundry expenses of said Sugar
Rehabilitation and Readjustment Commission. Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: September 18, 1950 |
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