REPUBLIC ACT No.

19

An Act Appropriating the Sum of One Hundred Thousand Pesos for the Improvement of the
Maternity and Children’s Hospital in the City of Manila

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1. Out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated there is hereby
appropriated the sum of one hundred thousand pesos or so much thereof as may be necessary to
be expended by the Director of the Bureau of Health upon approval by the Secretary of Health and
Public Welfare for the construction of a dormitory building and additional wards for the Maternity and
Children's Hospital in the City of Manila, as well as for the purchase of hospital, medical and other
necessary equipment and supplies for the said hospital. (awÞhi(

Section 2. Any sum or sums of the appropriations hereinabove mentioned remaining unexpended
on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and forty-eight shall revert to the general funds of the
National Treasury and shall not thereafter be available for expenditure except in pursuance of
appropriation made by law.

Section 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: September 25, 1946