Republic Act No. 1561

An Act to Convert the Leyte Trade School in the City of Tacloban to a Regional School of Arts and Trades, of the Philippine School of Arts and Trades Type, to be Known as the Leyte Regional School of Arts and Trades, and to Authorize the Appropriation of Funds for the Purpose

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

Section 1. The Leyte Trade School situated in the City of Tacloban is hereby converted to a regional school of arts and trades, of the Philippine School of Arts and Trades type, to be known as the Leyte Regional School of Arts and Trades.

Section 2. The sum of two hundred thousand pesos is authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the operation and maintenance of the Leyte Regional School of Arts and Trades during the school year nineteen hundred fifty-six to nineteen hundred fifty-seven.

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

Approved: June 16, 1956.