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(7) The water shall be carried by pipes of tile or Chinese clay along 

 a channel made of brick, so that, even when the pipe line is injured by 

 earthquakes, the water shall not be harmed. This channel shall commence 

 at any place that shall be thought most convenient, providing always 

 that the water shall not be salt. 



(8) If it shall be found convenient without injury to the supply of water, 

 there shall be built, at a certain distance one from the other along the 

 pipe line, open reservoirs in which the water shall be purified by exposure 

 to the sun, so that it may lose any impurities which it may have received 

 from the pipes. 



(9) The water shall be carried from the most convenient place in the 

 neighborhood of Manila at the least possible cost, for which purpose a 

 careful investigation shall be made as to which place provides the best 

 water and whence it may be most conveniently carried. If it shall be 

 found impossible to carry out the work with the interest and increment 

 of 30,000 pesos, the sum shall be returned with the interest and property 

 belonging to the fund, in order that the work may be done elsewhere. (C/. 

 Clause 2.) 



(10) If the desired purpose of supplying the city with water be accom- 

 plished, three or four public fountains shall be placed in the city and in the 

 suburbs; and, at the expense of the fund, water shall be carried to the 

 convents of San Francisco and San Juan de Dios and to the monastery of 

 Santa Clara. 



(11) If any other convent or community house or private persons shall 

 desire to avail themselves of the benefits of this gift, it shall be bestowed 

 upon them under such terms and conditions as shall appear to be just; and, 

 whatever sums they shall pay to the municipal board for this advantage, 

 shall be applied to the fund to repair any necessary damages to the work 

 and to pay the salary of those responsible for repairs and maintenance. 



(12) If the investments made by the city shall so result that it shall be 

 found possible to complete the work vdth 20,000 pesos or 24,000 pesos of 

 money, no further investments shall be made; and all the capital and money 

 over and above the 30,000 pesos which was designed for the establishment 

 of the work shall remain on deposit in the hands of the city, on the 

 understanding that, when rice is scarce and the price is high, it shall be 

 sold to the poor at the original cost. If the amount on hand shall not be 

 deemed enough for this purpose, it shall be increased by the city through 

 investment, until it shall reach a sum that shall be sufficient to aid the 

 necessitous in time of scarcity. 



(13) The foregoing conditions on which rice shall be purchased shall 

 be definite and unalterable so that, when rice is scarce, it may be purchased 

 at a moderate cost. No attempt whatever shall be made, under any 

 circumstances, to touch this reserve, to use it for any other purpose, or 

 to lend it, even on the best security. In this event [i e., if the foregoing 

 conditions are not complied with], the amount shall be returned. 



(14) These conditions shall not be limited, infringed, or altered; but 

 shall be fulfilled, carried out, and executed as expressed above." 



The water supply of Manila had been a serious problem from 

 the first year of Spanish occupation. Although the early settler 

 was less affected than the modem resident by the impure water 



'"Mas y Otzet, Carriedo y sus obras (1882), 48-51. 



