REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1801 - AN ACT TO
AMEND Sec. ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND
NINETY, ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THREE MILLION EIGHT
HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS, OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE BOND ISSUE
AUTHORIZED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND, TO FINANCE THE
RE-ESTABLISHMENT AND REHABILITATION BY THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF
ITS CABANATUAN BRANCH EXTENDING FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF PLARIDEL,
PROVINCE OF BULACAN, TO THE CITY OF CABANATUAN" |
Section 1.
Section one of Republic Act Numbered One thousand two hundred and
ninety is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 1. Out
of the proceeds of the bond issue authorized by Republic Act Numbered
One thousand, there is appropriated the sum of three million eight
hundred thousand pesos to finance the re-establishment and
rehabilitation by the Manila Railroad Company of its Cabanatuan Branch
extending from the Municipality of Plaridel, Province of Bulacan, to
the City of Cabanatuan, within a period of two years from the date of
the approval of this Act: Provided, That nothing in this provision
shall prevent the President of the Philippines from authorizing the
Secretary of Finance to subscribe and purchase nineteen thousand shares
of capital stock of the Manila Railroad Company of the Philippine
Islands of the par value of three million eight hundred thousand pesos,
the purchase and subscription thereof to be paid out of the funds
herein appropriated, to finance the re-establishment and rehabilitation
by the Manila Railroad Company of its Cabanatuan Branch: Provided,
further, That five years from the inauguration of the project, the
Manila Railroad Company shall pay the necessary periodic amortization
and interest for the redemption upon maturity of the bonds floated to
finance the project." Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.cralaw Approved: June 22, 1957 |