Republic Act
Approved June 22, 1957

Republic Act No. 1883

An act granting the facoma of calinog in the municipality of calinog, province of iloilo, a franchise for an electric light, heat and power system

An Act Granting the Facoma of Calinog in the Municipality of Calinog, Province of Iloilo, a Franchise for an Electric Light, Heat and Power System

In plain language

This act grants a 25‑year franchise to the Facoma of Calinog to construct, maintain, and operate an electric light, heat, and power system for the municipality. It authorizes the National Power Corporation to negotiate rates if the grantee purchases heat and power and allows the government to take over the system, requiring the grantee to surrender the franchise and equipment. The act takes effect upon approval.

  • Grant of a 25‑year franchise to the Facoma of Calinog for an electric light, heat, and power system.
  • Authorization for the National Power Corporation to negotiate rates if heat and power are purchased by the grantee.
  • Provision allowing the government to assume operation of the system and requiring the surrender of the franchise and equipment.
  • Effective date upon approval of the act.
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Republic Act

REPUBLIC ACT No. 1883

An Act Appropriating Funds as Compensation to the Widows and/or Legitimate Children of Government Officers and Employees in the Executive Department Who Died in the Air Crashes in the Province of Cebu and at Iligan Bay

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

Section 1

The widows and/or legitimate children of every officer or employee of the Government in the Executive Department who died as a result of the air crash in the Province of Cebu on March seventeen, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, and the air crash at Iligan Bay on October three, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, shall be granted compensation equivalent to the salary for two years of their deceased husbands and/or legitimate fathers, the same not to be subject to attachment, levy, execution or any tax whatsoever.

Section 2

Such sum as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act is appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Section 3

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 22, 1957.

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