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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1361 - AN
ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO SELL THE NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT COTTAGES IN BAGUIO AND THE LOTS IN WHICH THEY ARE SITUATED
AND THE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT |
Section 1. The
President of the Philippines is hereby authorized to sell the national
government cottages in Baguio and the lots in which they are situated
and the furniture and equipment, save those reserved for the President,
Vice-President, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of
Representatives, members of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals,
and the Auditor General.cralaw
Sec. 2. An Appraisal Committee is hereby created
composed of the District Engineer of Benguet, the City Assessor and the
City Auditor of Baguio, to appraise each cottage and lot including
furniture and equipment to be sold, and no cottage and lot including
furniture and equipment may be sold unless it has first been properly
appraised by the Committee. Before the appraisal of the lots, the
district engineer shall segregate each lot by metes and bounds and
shall exclude the portions that may be needed as school sites,
playgrounds, roads, government offices and depots, and those reserved
for the officials mentioned in section one hereof. The segregation plan
shall be submitted to the President of the Philippines for
approval.
Sec. 4. Except as provided in section three
hereof, no government official or employee or member of his family
shall be allowed to purchase any of the cottages and lots including
furniture and equipment, and any sale to such person shall be void:
Provided, That if a government official or employee is the occupant and
lessee of a cottage continuously for at least five years prior to the
approval of this Act, and does not own any residential lot in the City
of Baguio, he shall be allowed to purchase the same and be given
preference in the sale of the cottage and lot so occupied and leased by
him.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw Approved: June 18, 1955 |
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