I hereby give My Sanction to the Regulations on the Subsidies from National Treasury to the Expenses for Restoration Works of Damages caused by Storms, Floods, etc. in Aomori and other 24 Prefectures during the year of 1945 and cause the same to be promulgated. Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This sixteenth day of the tenth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (October 16, 1946) Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru Minister for Home Affairs OMURA Seiichi Minister of Transportation HIRATSUKA Tsunejiro Minister of Finance ISHIBASHI Tanzan Imperial Ordinance No. 481 Regulations on the Subsidies from National Treasury to the Expenses for Restoration Works of Damages caused by the Storms, floods, etc. in Aomori and other 24 prefectures during the year of 1945. As for the following expenses for restoration works of damages of the prefectures, Government may subsidize, not according to the Regulations on the Subsidies from National Treasury to the Expenses for Restoration Works of Damages, within the limits of the Budget. 1. The expenses for restoration works of damages of Aomori Pref., Akita Pref., Niigata Pref. and Toyama Pref. caused by the storms and floods in May and April, 1945. 2. The expenses for restoration works of damages of Niigata Pref., Toyama Pref., Gifu Pref., Fukuoka Pref. and Oita Pref. caused by the storms and floods in July of the same year. 3. The expenses for restoration works of damages of Yamaguchi Pref., and Kagawa Pref. caused by the storms and floods in August of the same year. 4. The expenses for restoration works of damages of Aomori Pref., Iwate Pref., Akita Prel.. Niigata Pref., Toyama Pref., Fukui Pref., Yamanashi Pref., Gifu Pref., Hyogo Pref., Tottori Pref., Shimane Pref., Okayama Pref., Hiroshima Pret., Yamaguchi Pref., Tokushima Pref., Kagawa Pret., Ehime Pref., Kochi Pref., Fukuoka Pref., Saga Pret., Oita Pref., Miyazaki Pref. and Kagoshima Pref. caused by the storms and floods in September of the same year. 5. The expenses for restoration works of damages of Iwate Pref., Akita Pref., Niigata Pref.. Toyama Pref., Fukui Pref., Yamanashi Pref., Nagano Pref., Gifu Pref., Shizuoka Prefi, Hyogo Pref., Tottori Pref., Shimane Pref., Okayama Pref., Hiroshima Pref., Yamaguchi Pref., Tokushima Pref., Kagawa Pref., Ehime Pref., Kochi Pref., Fukuoka Pref., Saga Pref.. Oita Pre1., Miyazaki Pref, and Kagoshima Pref. caused by the storms and floods in October of the same year. 6. The expenses for restoration works of damages of Aomori Pref. and Iwate Pref. caused by the storms and floods in November of the same year. The rates of the subsidies as stipulated in the preceding paragraph shail be in compliance with the following items: 1. As for Shimane Pref., Hiroshima Pref, and Yamaguchi Pref. within 90% of the expenses for the works of prefecture and within 100% of the prefectural subsidies to the inferior communities. 2. As for Ehime Pref,, within 85% of the expenses for the works of prefecture and within 100% of the prefecture subsidies to the inferior communities. 3. As for Toyama Pref., Hyogo Pref. and Tottori Pref., within 80% of the expenses for works of prefecture, and within 100% of the prefectural subsidies to the inferior communities. 4. As for Aomori Pref., Iwate Pref., Akita Pref., Niigata Pref., Fukui Pref., Yamanashi Pref., Nagano Pref., Gifu Pref., Shizuoka Pref., Okayama Pref., Tokushima Pref., Kagawa Pref., Kochi Pref., Fukuoka Pref., Saga Pref., Oita Pref., Miyazaki Pref., and Kagoshima Pref., within 75% of the expenses for the works of prefecture and within 100% of the prefectural subsidies to the inferior communities. The rates of the subsidies to the prefectural subsidies as stipulated in the preceding paragraph shall not exceed the following percentages to the expenses for resturation works of damages of inferior communities: in Shimane Pref., Hiroshima Pref., and Yamaguchi Pref., 95% of the expenses; in Ehime Pref., 90% of them; in Toyama Pref., Hyogo Pref., and Tottori Pref., 85% of them; in Aomori Pref., Iwate Pref., Akita Pref., Niigata Pref., Fukui Pref., Yamanashi Pref., Nagano Pref., Gifu Pref, Shizuoka Pref., Okayama Pref., Tokushima Pref., Kagawa Pref., Kochi Pref., Fukuoka Pref., Saga Pref., Oita Pref., Miyazaki Pref., and Kagoshima Pref., 80% of them. The scope of the expenses for restoration works of damages to be subsidized according to the preceding 3 paragraphs and the amount of subsidies shall be fixed by Minister of Transportation as for these concerning harbour or bay and by Minister for Home Affairs as for the others. As for the expenses for restoration works of damages to which subsidies have been not according to the present Ordinance, the subsidies based on the present Ordinance shall not be delivered. Supplementary Provisions: The present Ordinance shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation. The subsidies which have been delivered already in 1945-46 fiscal year concerning the expenses for restoration works of damages mentioned in the present Ordinance shall be regarded as these delivered in accordance with the present Ordinance.