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ACT 120 OF 1994
(February 11)
Official Journal No. 41.219 of 11 February 1994
for which the Nation is linked to the celebration of the two hundred and fifty years of the Municipality of Zapatoca (Santander).
THE CONGRESS OF COLOMBIA,
DECRETA:
ARTICLE 1o. The Nation is associated with the celebration of the two hundred and fifty (250) years of the Municipality of Zapatoca (S.), an illustrious Santandereana population founded on the thirteen (13) of October thousand seven hundred and forty and Three (1743) and has been the cradle of prestant figures of Political Science, of religious vocations of artistic culture and of educational, social and economic activities, of undoubted influence in the past, present and future of the country.
ARTICLE 2o. On the occasion of this momentous ephemerides, the Nation undertakes to perform in Zapatoca (Santander) the following works:
a) Pavement of the Zapatoca-Bucaramanga highway with the use of the National Road Fund.
b) Through the Ministry of National Education to the endowment and improvement of the Holy Thomas Colleges, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Industrial Technical Institute "Juan Twenty-three" and Agricultural Institute "Antonio Vicente Arenas".
c) Through the Ministry of Health and its related organizations to the local reforms, expansion and endowment of the Hospital "La Merced" and the Ancianatos "Hogar San Antonio" and "Hogar del Ocaso", the latter located in the corregimiento of La Source.
d) A special contribution from the Nation for the expansion and optimization of the aqueduct and sewer services of both the Municipality of Zapatoca and its corregimientos de La Fuente and La Plazuela, in accordance with the co-financing programs of the Financial Development of Territorial Development, Findeter.
e) Massive program of reforestation and recovery of river basins in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and its related organizations.
ARTICLE 3o. The National Government will honor the Municipality of Zapatoca (Santander) on the date of celebration of its two hundred and fifty (250) years and will place a commemorative plaque in the main square of the illustrious villa.
ARTICLE 4. The National Government is to be empowered to carry out the necessary credits and credits for the implementation of this Law, which is governed by its sanction.
The President of the honorable Senate of the Republic,
JORGE RAMON ELIAS NADER
The Secretary General of the honorable Senate of the Republic,
PEDRO PUMAREJO VEGA
The President of the honorable House of Representatives,
JOSE JATTIN SAFAR
The Secretary General of the honorable House of Representatives,
DIEGO VIVAS TAFUR
COLOMBIA-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
Contact, post, and comply. Given at Santafe in Bogota, D.C., on February 11, 1994.
CESAR GAVIRIA TRUJILLO
The Deputy Minister of Finance and Public Credit, in charge of the functions of the
Office of the Minister of Finance and Public Credit,
HECTOR JOSE PIN CHAIN
The Minister of National Education,
MARUJA PACHON DE VILLAMIZAR
The Minister of Health,
JUAN LUIS LONDONO
The Minister of Agriculture,
JOSE ANTONIO OCAMPO GAVIRIA
The Minister of Transport,
JORGE VENDECK OLIVELLA