Benguet

Proper noun

Benguet

1. A province of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: La Trinidad. Largest city: Baguio. Formerly a subprovince of Mountain Province before converting into a full-fledged province in 1966.
   • SECTION 1. The sum of five thousand dollars, Mexican, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of making a survey to ascertain the most advantageous route for a railroad into the mountains of...1900 September 12, United States Philippine Commission, “AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, MEXICAN, FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING A SURVEY TO ASCERTAIN THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS ROUTE FOR A...