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War Department, U. S. A,
Annual Reports, 1907
(IN TEN VOLUMES)
Volume X
■ ACTS OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION
No8. 153^1800, inclusive
PUBLIC RESOLUTIONS, ETC.,
From September 16, 1906, to October 31, 1907
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1907
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NOTE
The acts of the Philippine Commission, numbered from 1 to 268,
inclusive, enacted between September 12, 1900, and October 11, 1901,
were published in the Annual Reports of the War Department for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901 (Vol. I, part 10).
The second volume, containing acts nimibered from 264 to 424,
inclusive, passed during the period embraced between October 14,
1901, and July 1, 1902, was published in the Annual Reports of the
War Dei)artment for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902 (Vol. XI).
The third volume, containing acts numbered from 425 to 949, inclu-
sive, passed during the period embraced between July 2, 1902, and
October 20, 1903, was published in the Annual Reports of the War
Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903 (Vol. XIII).
The fourth volume^ containing acts numbered from 950 to 1251,
inclusive, passed during the period embraced between October 21,
1903, and October 20, 1904, also such public resolutions and extracts
from Minutes of the Proceedings of the Philippine Commission from
September 24, 1900, to August 31, 1904, as were designated for publi-
cation by the Commission, and certain appointments made to official
positions in the Philippine Islands from September 24, 1900, to Au-
gust 31, 1904, was published in the Annual Reports of the War De-
partment for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904 (Vol. XIV).
The fifth volume, containing acts numbered from 1252 to 1407,
inclusive, passed during the period embraced between October 21,
1904, and October 26, 1905, also such public resolutions and extracts
from Minutes of the Proceedings of the Philippine Commission
from September 1, 1904, to September 30, 1905, as were designated
for publication by the Commission, and certain appointments made
to omcial positions in the Philippine Islands from September 1, 1904,
to September 30, 1905, was published in the Annual Reports of the
War Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1905 (Vol. XIV).
The sixth volume, containing acts numbered from 1408 to 1538,
inclusive, passed during the period embraced between November 3,
1905, and September 8, 1906, also such public resolutions and extracts
from Minutes of Proceedings of the Philippine Commission from
October 1, 1905, to August 30, 1906, as were designated for publica-
tion by the Commission, and certain appointments made to official
positions in the Philippine Islands from October 1, 1905, to Septem-
ber 15, 1906, was published in the Annual Reports of the War De-
partment for the nscal year ended June 30, 1906 (Vol. X).
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IV NOTE.
The present volume contains acts numbered from 1539 to 1800,«
inclusive, passed during the period embraced between September 16,
1906, and October 12, 1907, and are transmitted to -Congress in
accordance with the provisions of section 86 of the act approved July
1, 1902, entitled " An act temporarily to provide for the administra-
tion of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and
for other purposes."
It contains also such public resolutions and extracts from Minutes
of the Proceedings of the Philippine Commission from September 16,
1906, to October 31, 1907, as have been designated for publication by
the Commission; certain appointments made to official positions in
the Philippine Islands from September 16, 1906, to October 31, 1907;
a list of notaries public in the Pnilippine Islands appointed by judges
of courts of first instance for the different provinces and by the su-
preme court for the city of Manila dated September, 1907 ; and a list
of municipalities, townships, and other local organizations in the
Philippine Islands dated February 27, 1907.
o Act numbered 1800 is the last enacted by the PhiUppine Commission exer-
cising exclusively the legislative function of government. The Philippine assem-
bly convened on October 16, 1907, and since that date, in accordance with section
7 of the act of Ck>ngress of July 1, 1902, all the legislative power theretofore
conferred on the Philippine Ck>mmi88ion is vested in a legislature consisting of
two houses— the PhiUppine Commission and the Pliilippine assembly.
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No. 1539. An act amending section 5 of act No. 74, establishing a depart-
ment of public instruction, as amended, by autliorizing tlie
director of education, witli tbie approval of the secretary of
public instruction, to change, increase, or decrease the exist-
ing school divisions of the Philippine Islands 1
No. 1540. An act authorizing the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific CJompany to
bring suit against the government of the Philippine Islands
in the court of first instance of the city of Manila to deter-
mine the liability of the respective parties for damages
caused to the Luneta extension by the typhoon of May 18
and 19, 1906 1
No. 1541. An act transferring the division of ethnology from the bureau
of education to the bureau of science and repealing para-
graph (ft) of section 23 of the reorganization act 2
No. 1542. An act authorizing the municipal council of the municipality of
Iba, province of Zambales, to vacate that portion of Calle
Bugallon lying between Calles Rizal and Padre Burgos, and
to cede the same to the province of Zambales as a site for a
provincial high school 3
No. 1543. An act changing the name of the municipality of Namacpacan,
in the province of La Union, to that of Luiia 3
No. 1544. An act exempting from Internal-revenue taxes all timber and
other forest products for use in the actual construction and
equipment of certain railway lines in the Philippine Islands. 3
No. 1545. An act to amend the provincial government act No. 83, by re-
organizing the provincial boards, and by abolishing the posi-
tion of provincial secretary, and for other purposes 5
No. 1546. An act making appropriations for sundry expenses of the
municipal government of the city of Manila for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1907 7
No. 1547. An act appropriating th^ sum of W,834,000 from the funds real-
ized from the sale of l)onds authorized by act No. 1323, for
the purpose of constructing sewers in the city of Manila and
to furnish it with an adequate sewer and drainage system
and supply of water 17
No. 1548. An act to amend the provincial government act, by increasing
the power of provinces in the matter of appropriation of
provincial funds 18
No. 1549. An act increasing the number of municipalities in the province
of Batangas from 16 to 17, by separating from Taal the
former municipality of I..emery, reconstituting the latter as
a municipality, and giving the same the territory which it
comprised prior to the passage of act No. 708 19
No. 1560. An act consolidating the present municipality of Caslguran with
the municipality of Baler, both in the province of Tayabas,
and annexing the barrios of Cabulihan, San Roque, and Ca-
lantas with the sltlos of Anos and Tubas, of the munici-
pality of Gimiaca, to the municipality of Pitogo, in the same
province 20
No. 1551. An act increasing the number of municipalities In the province
of Cavite from 11 to 12, by separating from Imus the former
municipality of Bacoor and giving the latter the territory
which it comprised prior to the passage of act No. 947 21
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No. 1552. An act requiring justices of the peace and Judges of courts oif
first instance, of the court of land registration, and of
municipal courts to certify on their applications for leave
and upon salary vouchers and pay rolls that all special
proceedings, applications, petitions, demurrers, motions, and
all civil and criminal cases under submission for decision or
determination for a period of ninety days or more have been
determined and decided on or before the date of making such
certificate, and providing that no leave shall be granted or
salary paid until such certificate shall have be«i made 21
No. 1553. An act increasing the number of municipalities in the province
of La Laguna from 20 to 21, by separating from Bifian the
former municipality of San Pedro Tunasan, reconstituting
the latter as a municipality, and giving to each the territory
which it comprised prior to the passage of act No. 939 22
No. 1554. An act providing for a loan of ?^,000 to the province of Sor-
sogon for the completion of the provincial high school
building of said province 23
No. 1555. An act increasing the number of municipalities in the province
of Tar lac from 9, as established by act No. 930, to 10, by
making the former municipality of La Paz and the barrio of
Lauangcupang, now a part of t^e municipality of Tarlac,
and the barrio of Bantug, in the present municipality of
CJoncepcion, a new municipality 23
No. 1556. An act Increasing the number of municipalities in the province
of Pangasinan from 32 to 41, by reconstituting certain
municipalities in said province, and giving to each the terri-
tory which It comprised prior to the passage of act No. 931_ 24
No. 1557. An act reducing the number of municipalities In the province
of Albay from 27 to 23, by consolidating certain munici-
palities of the said province located In the subprovince
of Catanduanes 25
No. 1558. An act to increase the number of municipalities in the province
of Samar from 25, as established by act No. 960, to 32 26
No. 1559. An act amending act No. 1533, entitled "An act providing for
the diminution of sentences imposed upon prisoners con-
victed of any offense and sentenced for a definite term of
more than thirty days and less than life in consideration of
good conduct and diligence," by prescribing that the applica-
tions of diminution of sentences allowed thereunder shall be
made on the basis of legal months of thirty days 27
No. 1560. An act canceling one-half the amounts loaned to the province
of Cebu by acts Nos. 1343 and 1380 27
No. 1561. An act authorizing the governor-general to parole prisoners
and providing for the enforcement of the conditions of
such paroles 28
No. 1562. An act to prevent the failure of military justice, to authorize
the swearing of witnesses before a military Investigation,
and to punish perjuries therein committed 28
No. 1563. An act to amend act No. 1454, entitled **An act creating the
entry port of Sitankl, amending act No. 1416, and for other
purposes," by Increasing the compensation of the deputy
collector of customs and authorizing the employment of two
boatmen at Sltankl 29
No. 1564. An act reflxing the weight and fineness of the silver coins of the
Philippine Islands for the purpose of preventing the melting
and exportation thereof as a result of an appreciation in the
price of silver, providing for the recolnage of existing sliver
coins of the Philippine Islands at the refixed weight and
fineness, to have the same value in gold as those of the corre-
sponding denominations authorized by the act of Congress
approved March 2, 1903, and prescribing a method for
expediting the ready circulation of the new coins 30
No. 1565. An act amending section 70 of act No. 1459, " The corporation
law," as amended by act No. 1506, by extending the time
within which foreign corporations shall comply with the
provisions of said act .—.—.—-.. — . 32
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No. 1566. An act regulating the free entry of certain railroad material
imported into the Philippine Island8__i 82
No. 1667. An act amending act No. 1496 by extending the time allowed
for the operations of the several boards engaged in the
assessment of land values and also authorizing municipal
boards of assessors to remain in session during the entire
month of December, 1906, and providing for the performance
of additional duties by the supervisor of land assessments,
should the same be required 35
No. 1568. An act to amend section 14 of act No. 1407, entitled '* The reor-
ganization act," repealhig section 16 of said act and merging
the bureau of port works with the bureau of navigation 86
No. 1569. An act amending section 27 of act No. 1461, by providing a per-
manent appropriation for the payment of rewards to per-
sons furnishing original evidence leading to the detection
of violations of the provisions of said act 36
No. 1570. An act amending act No. 1189, by relieving the insular treas-
urer of the custody of internal-revenue stamps and cedulas,
and placing the same in the custody of the collector of in-
ternal revenue 37
No. 1571. An act amending sections 74 and 107 of act No. 1189, as
amended 87
No. 1572. An act providing that one fiscal shall perform the duties of
fiscal for the provinces of Capiz and Romblon, abolishing
the offices of fiscal of Capiz and of Romblon and Palawan as
heretofore authorized by law, fixing the salary of the fiscal
of the two provinces, and making provision for the traveling
expenses of such fiscal 38
No. 1573. An act extending from January 1, 1907, to January 1, 1909,
the time within which free patents may be granted to native
settlers upon unreserved and unappropriated agrlcultdiral
public lands . 39
» No. 1574. An act continuing in force the existing rate of duty on rice im-
ported into the Philippine Islands 39
No. 1575. An act so amending act No. 1148, entitled ** The forest act," as
to provide but one scale of taxes on timber for all provinces. 40
No. 1576. An act to amend act No. 355, entitled "An act to constitute the
customs service of the Philippine Archipelago, and to provide
for the administration thereof," as amended, by providing
a more expeditious method of dealing with small seizures
and by defining the term "officer of the customs" 41
No. 1577. An act to provide for the execution in Bllibid prison of crimi-
nals sentenced to death 42
No. 1578. An act authorizing the refund of moneys received at land-tax
sales and interest thereon upon conveyance of such land to
provincial treasurer as trustee by purchaser, extending the
time for the redemption of realty by the delinquent taxpayer
and the reconveyance to him of such real estate by pur-
chaser, providing for the confiscation of such real estate in
case it is not redeemed; and for other purposes 43
No. 1679. An act suspending the collection of the land tax for the calendar
year 1907 in all the provinces of the Philippine Islands
organized under the provisions of act No. 83, and in all the
municipalities therein organized under the provisions of act
No. 82, providing for the reimbursement to the provinces and
municipalities of 50 per cent of the sums which they will
lose by reason of the suspension of the land tax, and appro-
priating toward such reimbursement the sum of W66,927.63
from any funds in the insular treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated 45
No. 1580. An act making appropriations for certain public works, perma-
nent Improvements, and other purposes of the insular govern-
ment 46
No. 1681. An act to equalize and secure uniformity In salaries of provin-
cial governors and treasurers 49
No. 1682. An act to provide for the holding of elections in the Philippine
Islands, for the organization of the Philippine assembly, and
for other purposes ^^ ,49
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No. 1683. An act repealing act No. 1321, entitled " An act abolishing the
office of fiscal for the province of Oriental Negros and pro-
viding that the duties of the fiscal for that province shall be
performed by the fiscal of the province of Cebu," and act No.
1359, amendatory thereof, and re-creating the office of fiscal
for the province of Oriental Negros 80
No. 1684. An act amending section 1 of act No. 1555, increasing the num-
ber of municipalities in the province of Tarlac . 81
No. 1685. An act authorizing the governor-general to appoint a committee
to decide the last protested municipal election held In the
municipality of Malabon, province of Rlzal, on September 5,
1906 81
No. 1686. An act amending section 785 of act No. 190, entitled " An act
providing a code of procedure In civil actions and special
proceedings In the Philippine Islands," so as to permit poor
persons to prosecute or defend any action or special pro-
ceeding In courts of first Instance without being required
to prepay fees 82
No. 1687. An act amending act No. 413, entitled " An act providing for the
control and management of provincial Jails and of the prison-
ers therein," so as to empower provincial boards to cause
prisoners to clean, care for, or repair public buildings and
grounds 84
No. 1688. An act Increasing the number of municipalities In the province
of Bulacan from 13 to 14, by separating from Polo the for-
mer municipality of Obando and giving the latter the terri-
tory which It comprised prior to the passage of act No. 932— 84
Nal689. An act granting the Manila Suburban Railways Company an
extension of time within which to complete that portion
of its line eastward of Fort William McKlnley ; granting the
right to build a branch line from any point along its present
line eastward of the barrio of San Pedro Macati, In a
southerly direction to the town of Tagulg and to the Laguna
de Bay ; and granting the right to transport freight, express
packages, baggage, and the malls over Its lines, under reason-
able regulations, and to make reasonable charges for the
same 86
No. 1690. An act repealing act No. 1473, entitled " An act providing that
one fiscal shall perform the duties of fiscal for the provinces
of Pampanga and Tarlac, abolishing the offices of fiscal of
the said provinces as heretofore authorized by law, fixing the
salary of the fiscal for the two provinces, and making pro-
vision for traveling expenses for such fiscal," and providing
that one fiscal shall perform the duties of fiscal for the
provinces of Tarlac and Neuva E3clja, abolishing the office of
fiscal of the latter province and that of fiscal for the prov-
inces of Pampanga and Tarlac as heretofore authorized by
law, and re-creating the office of fiscal for the province of
Pampanga 86
No. 1691. An act to amend acts Nos. 1507 and 1527, by removing the em-
ployees of the office of the supervising railway expert from
the bureau of public works and establishing it as a separate
and Independent office, and making additional appropriation
for the office of the supervising railway expert 87
No. 1692. An act amending act No. 1258, entitled " An act making addi-
tional provisions to those contained In act No. 190, relating
to the exercise of the right of eminent domain In cases where
the exercise of such power Is Invoked by a railroad corpora-
tion for the purposes of constructing, extending, or operating
its line " 88
No. 1698. An act to amend section 2 of act No. 1298, as amended by act
No. 1470, by extending the time for the redemption of real
property heretofore forfeited and deeded to municipalities
for nonpayment of taxes, and providing for the redemption
of real property so forfeited and deeded during the year
1907 89
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No. 1694. An act reserving for the exclusive use of the government the
fishing rights in the waters of the bay along the shore line
of the eastern boundary of the Iwahlg penal colony for a
distance seaward of li statute miles 90
Na 1B95. An act amending act No. 1588, entitled " An act Increasing the
number of municipalities in the province of Bulacan from 13
to 14, by separating from Polo the former municipality of
Obando and giving the latter the territory which it com-
prised prior to the passage of act No. 932," by providing that
the distribution of funds in the municipal treasury of Polo,
resulting from the separation from Polo of the former
municipality of Obando, shall be made as of the date of the
enactment of said act No. 1588 91
No. 1596. An act amending act No. 190, entitled "An act providing a
code of procedure in civil actions and special proceedings in
the Philippine Islands," by providing that where a motion
for a new trial is made on the ground that the evidence Is
insufficient to Justify the decision an exception may be taken
to the order of the trial court overruling such motion, and
providing that in the hearing of a bill of exceptions based
thereon the Supreme C5ourt may review the evidence
adduced at the trial and affirm, reverse, or modify by a pre-
ponderance of the evidence the judgment of the court below. 91
No. 1597. An act repealing act No. 553, and amending paragraph 1 of sec-
tion 13 of act No. 190, so as to authorize certain persons to
practice law in the Philippine Islands without examination. _ 93
No. 1598. An act amending certain subsections of section 5 of act No. 136,
as amended by acts Nos. 867 and 1184, by modifying the
provisions relating to the leave of absence of judges, and the
provision relating to the court vacation of the supreme court- 94
No. 1599. An act to amend act No. 1537 by providing that no races shall
be held on Thursday or Friday of what is commonly called
" Holy week," but that in lieu thereof races may be held on
the two next succeeding days— 1 95
No. 1600. An act to amend acts Nos 83 and 1396 by enabling provincial
governments to purchase and convey real estate 95
No. 1601. An act for the relief of the province of Bataan by cancelling
under certain conditions, the indebtedness of the province
in the sum of W,000, and providing for a new loan of W,000
to said province for general provincial purposes 96
No. 1602. An act amending act No. 780, entitled "An act providing for the
examination and licensing of applicants for the positions of
master, mate, patron, and engineer of seagoing vessels In
the Philippine coastwise trade, and prescribing the number
of engineers to be employed by such vessels " 97
No. 1603. An act transferring, under certain conditions, to the respective
school funds of the provinces of La Union, Neuva Ecija, and
Sorgoson certain amounts due from said provinces to the
insular government ^_ 97
No. 1604. An act amending act No. 715, entitled "An act reducing the
24 municipalities of the province of Oriental Negros to 14,"
by transferring the seat of the municipal government of the
municipality of Dauin from Zamboanguita to Dauln and
that of the municipality of Tayasan from Tayasan to
JImalalud 99
No. 1606. An act forbidding, under penalty, bonded officers or bonded
employees, or former bonded officers or bonded employees,
of the insular government, or of any provincial or municipal
government in the Philippine Islands, or the city of Manila,
from leaving or attempting to leave the Philippine Islands
without first securing a certificate from the insular auditor,
and repealing act No. 1161 99
No. 1606. An act amending act No. 146, relating to the duties of the pur-
chasing agent, by declaring the manner In which estimates
are to be submitted and purchases made thereunder 100
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No. 1007. An act to place Army officers serving with the Philippines con-
stabulary under the provisions of act No. 1040, in regard to
leave privileges 101
No. 1608. An act for the relief of the estate of Thomas Hardeman, de-
ceased, late treasurer of Pangasinan Province 101
No. 1609. An act amending act No. 1407, Isnown as '' The reorganization
act," by abolishing the bureau of cold storage as a separate
bureau and constituting the same a division of the bureau
of supply 102
No. 1610. An act to prescribe penalties for failure to carry proper officers
on Philippine vessels 102
No. 1611. An act amending paragraph (e) of section 21 of act No. 82,
known as "The municipal code," as amended, so as to
authorize the deposit of municipal funds by any munici-
pality in any duly authorized depository of the government
of the Philippine Islands located in such municipality 103
No. 1612. An act increasing the number of municipalities In the province
of Occidental Negros from 21 to 22, by separating from Hog
the former municipality of Cavancalan and reconstituting
the same under the name of Kabankalan 104
No. 1613. An act amending act No. 308, entitled **An act providing for
the establishment of municipal boards of health and fixing
their powers and duties" 104
Nal614. An act amending section 1 of act No. 1393, entitled "An act
providing for the widening of the streets and the adjustment
of ownership of land located within certain specified limits
in the municipality of Cebu, province of Cebu," by providing
a change in the personnel of the committee appointed by
resolution of the Philippine Commission of March 21, 1905,
and inserting a new paragraph in said act authorizing cler-
ical assistance 106
No. 1615. An act providing for the cancellation of official bonds of regis-
trars of property and relieving their sureties from responsi-
bility on such bonds executed prior to August 13, 1898 106
No. 1616. An act changing the name of the municipality of Almeria, prov-
ince of Leyte, to that of Kawayan, and transferring the seat
of its municipal government to the present barrio of
Kawayan; also changing the hame of the municipality of
San Ricardo, In the said province, to that of Plntuyan, and
transferring the seat of its municipal government to the
present barrio of Plntuyan ; 108
No. 1617. An act providing for the establishment and maintenance of toll
roads and bridges 108
No. 1618. An act Increasing the number of municipalities In the province
of Misamis from 10 to 11, by separating from Tallsayan the
former municipality of Ging<k)g, giving the latter the ter-
ritory which it comprised prior to the passage of act No. 951,
and providing for the distribution of funds in the municipal
treasury of Tallsayan resulting from the separation from
Tallsayan of the former municipality of Ging6og 109
No. 1619. An act increasing the number of municipalities In the province
of Bulacan from 14 to 15, by separating from Balluag the
former municipality of San Rafael, giving the latter the ter-
ritory which it comprised prior to the passage of act No. 932,
and providing for the distribution of funds In the municipal
treasury of Balluag resulthig from the separation from
Balluag of the former municipality of San Rafael 110
No. 1620. An act amending act No. 1493, entitled "An act to encourage
economy and saving among the people of the Philippine
Islands, and to that end to provide for the establishment of
postal savings banks and their administration through the
organization of a postal savings bank division in the bureau
of posts, and for other purposes " HO
No. 1621. An act to amend section 47 of act No. 183, entitled "An act to
Incorporate the city of Manila," by providing that the an-
nual tax on the assessed value of real estate in the city of
Manila for the year 1907 shall be IJ per cent thereof 112
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No. 1622. An act providing for tlie cancellation, under certain conditions,
of the unpaid balances remaining on loans made by the insu-
lar government to the provinces of Capiz, Batangas, Iloilo»
and Romblon 112
No. 1623. An act increasing the number of municipalities in the province
of Tarlac from 10, as established by act No. 1555, to 11,
and separating from the municipality of Paniqui the barrios
of San Roman, Legaspi, San Agustin, and Salcedo, and an-
nexing them to the municipality of Moucada 114
No. 1624. An act increasing the number of municipalities in the subprov-
ince of Abra, province of Ilocos Sur, from 5 to 6 by sepa-
rating from Bangued the former municipality of Tayum, giv-
ing the latter the territory which it comprised prior to the
passage of act No. 1001, and providing for the distribution
of funds in the municipal treasury of Bangued resulting
from the separation from Bangued of the former municipal-
ity of Tayum 115
No. 1625. An act increasing the number of municipalities in the province
of Rizal from 17 to 19, by separating from San Felipe Nerl
the former municipality of San Juan del Monte and from
Parafiaque the former municipality of Las Piiias, giving to
each the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of
act No. 942, and providing for the distribution of funds in
the municipal treasuries of said municipalities 116
No. 1626. An act amending act No. 939, entitled "An act reducing the
30 municipalities of the province of La Laguna to 19," as
amended by act No. 1008, by changing the seat of the munici-
pal government of the municipality of Los Bafios to Bay 116
No. 1627. An act to amend certain sections of general orders, No. 58,
series of 1900, and certain sections of acts Nos. 82, 136, 183
as amended, 190, 194 as amended, 787 as amended; also to
repeal acts Nos. 590 as amended, 992, and 1450, and designed
to unify the system of justice of the peace courts, clarify
existing legislation relative thereto, and further increase the
^ciency thereof 117
No. 1628. An act extending the time for filing declarations of property
and for paying property taxes for 1906 wllthout penalty in
townships organized under the township government act 186
No. 1629. An act to amend act No. 1567 by extending for one month the
time allowed for the operations of the several boards en-
gaged In the assessment of land values and the time pre-
scribed for the organization of the central equalizing board.- 136
No. 1630. An act amending section 70 of act No. 1459, entitled ** The Cor-
poration Law," as amended, by extending the time within
which foreign corporations shall comply with the provisions
of said act 137
No. 1631. An act to amend section 15 of act No. 787, entitled ** An act pro-
viding for the organization and government of the Moro
province" 137
No. 1632. An act to authorize graduates of the Philippine Medical School
who receive therefrom the degree of doctor of medicine to
practice medicine and surgery in the Philippine Islands with-
out taking the examination prescribed by act No. 310, and to
establish certain free scholarships in tlie Philippine Medical
School to be awarded upon competitive examinations, and for
other purposes 138
No. 1633. An act separating from the municipality of Vlgan, province of
Ilocos Sur, the former municipality of Santa Catalina, re-
establishing It as a new municipality and giving it the terri-
tory of which it was constituted prior to the passage of act
No. 934 140
No. 1634. An act providing that municipal and township privileges shall
be let annually or for a longer period, not exceeding five
years, to the highest and best bidders under certain con-
ditions 140
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No. 1635. An act to amend act No. 1418, providing for a loan of W6,000
to the province of Albay, by increasing the amount of said
loan to W0,000, and extending the time of repayment thereof. 141
No. 1636. An act to aid commercial interests by providing ways and
means for the transmission of money within the ' islands
through the sale of demand drafts and telegraphic transfers
by tlje insular treasurer and provincial treasurers 142
No. 1637. An act providing for loans of M0,000, ^5,000, and W0,000 to
the provinces of Tayabas, Rizel, and Laguna, respec-
tively, for the construction of provincial government build-
ings 143
No. 1638. An act providing for the retirement of officers and enlisted men
of the Philippines constabulary on part pay after twenty or
more years of satisfactory service, and amending act No.
619 143
No. 1639. An act to prohibit the sale, gift, or other disposal of any intoxicat-
ing liquor, other than the so-called native wines and liquors, to
any member of a non-Christian tribe within the meaning of
act No. 1397, and to prohibit the use of such liquor by any
member of such a tribe 146
No. 1640. An act authorizing the Postal Savings Bank Investment Board
to make loans from funds available for investment to
provinces of the Philippine Islands, under guarantee of the
Insular Government 146
No. 1641. An act granting to the city of Manila the right to institute con-
demnation proceedings for the expropriation of land in the
province of Rlzal necessary for the main for the new water
system for the city of Manila 147
No. 1642. An act providing for the establishment of two subprovlnces to
be known as the subprovlnce of Kallnga and the subprov-
ince of Apayao 149
No. 1643. An act extending the time for the payment of the cedula tax
for the year 1907 in the township of Imunan, province of
Nueva Viscaya 151
No. 1644. An act repealing act No. 1375, entitled " An act providing that
one fiscal shall perform the duties of fiscal for the provinces
of La Union and Zambales, repealing the provisions of law
authorizing a separate fiscal for each of said provinces, fix-
ing the salary for the fiscal of the two provinces, and making
provisions for traveling exi)enses of such fiscal," providing
for the performance of the duties of the fiscal for the prov-
ince of La Union and providing that the attorney-general
may designate any assistant attorney or fiscal to perform
the duties of fiscal for the province of Zambales 152
No. 1645. An act to legalize municipal elections heretofore held under the
provisions of act No. 82, on and after January 15, 1907 153
No. 1646. An act establishing a new boundary line between the subprov-
lnce of Amburayan and the provinces of Ilocos Sur and La
Union, making the municipality of Tagudln the capital of the
subprovlnce of Amburayan, and fixing the powers and duties
of provincial officers and provincial boards in provinces or-
ganized under the special provincial government act relative
to municipalities organized under the municipal code 153
No. 1647. An act amending section 789 of act No. 190 providing for fees
for governors, sheriffs, and other persons serving process 156
No. 1648. ^ act further to amend act No. 496, entitled "An act to pro-
vide for the adjudication and registration of titles to lands
in the Philippine Islands," so as to provide for the taking of
evidence and the making of findings of fact in certain land
registration cases by Judges of the courts of first Instance, to
empower judges of the court of land registration to grant
injunctions, to establish a fixed table of fees for registration
cases, and for other purposes 156
No. 1649. An act declaring all of the territory comprised In the island
of Marinduque a subprovlnce of Tayabas, and for other pur-
poses 161
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No. 1660. An act appropriating the sum of W70,000 from the funds
realized from the sale of public-improvement bonds author-
ized by act No. 1444 for the purpose of improving the port
of noilo 162
No. 1661. An act to authorize graduates of certain schools of medicine
and pliarmacy in the Philippine Islands to practice medicine
and surgery and pharmacy without talking the examinations
prescribed by acts Nos. 310 and 597, respectively, and for
other purposes 163
No. 1662. An act to amend act No. 83 by enabling provincial boards to in-
crease the amount of the cedula tax and apply the increased
revenue to the construction, repair, and maintenance of
roads and bridges, and amendhig sections 121 and 149 of act
No. 1189 to correspond 164
No. 1653. An act to amend act No. 1511, entitled ** The Philippine road
law," by enabling municipalities to avail themselves of its
provisions in the absence of a provincial vote of acceptance
and by enabling provinces and municipalities to avail them-
selves of its provisions for a limited period of time 166
No. 1664. An act to provide for the leasing of reclaimed land for commer-
cial purposes, for the leasing of the foreshore and lands
under water, and to regulate the construction of bridges over
navigable waterways 167
No. 1655. An act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation
of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious
foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating
traffic therein, and for other purposes 170
No. 1656. An act appropriating the sum of ?400,000, in addition to
the sum appropriated by act No. 1547, for the construction
of the sewer and water-supply systems in the city of Manila. 189
No. 1657. An act to amend section 5 of act No. 1360 so as to authorize the
city of Manila to lease or sell for hotel purposes the tract of
land on the Luneta extension described in said section, and
providing the terms and conditions upon which bidding for
the lease or purchase of said land may be made, the terms
and conditions upon which it may be leased or sold, and for
other purposes 189
No. 1658. An act to provide for the granting of a franchise to construct,
maintain, and operate telephone and telegraph systems, and
to carry on other electrical transmission business in and be-
tween the provinces, cities, and municipalities of the island
of Luzon 192
No. 1669. An act amending act No. 1459, entitled " The corporation law,"
as amended, by exempting certain corporations operating
under special franchises granted by the Philippine Ck)mmis-
sion from compliance with the provisions of certain sections
of said law 199
No. 1660. An act making additional apropriations for sundry expenses of
the insular government for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1907, and other periods 199
No. 1661. An act making additional appropriations for sundry expenses of
the government of the city of Manila for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1907, and for other related purposes 211
No. 1662. An act making appropriations for certain public works, perma-
nent improvements, and other purposes of the insular gov-
ernment 213
No. 1663. An act renewing certain appropriations in acts Nos. 1527, 1546,
1660 and 1661, until such time as the regular appropriations
for the fiscal year 1908 shall have been made 215
No. 1664. An act to provide a method of equalization and revaluation of
land assessments and annual rental values in the province
of Samar 216
Na 1665. An act to annex the province of Romblon to the province of
Capiz 217
No. 1666. An act appropriating M00,000 from the CJongressional relief
fund to be loaned under certain conditions to the provinces
and municipalities of the Philippine Islands for public works. 220
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No. 1667. An act to amend section 61 of act No. 1307, entitled " The town-
ship government act" 220
No. 1668. An act appropriating the sum of K20,274 from the funds
realized from the sale of public-improvement bonds author-
ized by act No. 1444, for certain public works and permanent
improvements of the insular government 221
No. 1669. An act to annex the municipalities of the late province of
Romblon to the third assembly district of Caplz for the pur-
poses of the election to be held July 30, 1907, and amend-
ing the election law by reducing the number of delegates to
the Philippine assembly to 80, and redlstrlctlng the province
of Caplz for the assembly election to be held In 1909 and
thereafter 222
No. 1670. An act authorizing the trustees or directors of asylums and In-
stitutions where poor children are maintained at public ex-
pense to place such children In charge of suitable persons,
and providing for the adoption of such children 223
No. 1671. An act to amend act No. 346, entitled "An act designating the
days which shall be observed as public holidays In the
Philippine Islands,*' as amended, so as to make election
days public holidays 224
No. 1672. An act to amend act No. 83 by providing for the establishment
and maintenance under certain conditions of provincial toll
ferries 225
No. 1673. An act amending sections 4 and 12 of act No. 787, as amended
by sections 1 and 5 of act No. 1283, by providing for the or-
ganization of the legislative council of the Moro province
and for the subordinate positions of engineer and superin-
tendent of schools of the Moro province 226
No. 1674. An act authorizing the Governor-General to consolidate any two
or more appointive positions and later to restore them to
their previous status whenever In his judgment such action
win promote the public Interest 227
No. 1676. An act amending act No. 136, as amended, by creating the office
of reporter of the supreme court, and for other purposes 228
No. 1676. An act to amend section 3 of act No. 1649 entitled "An act de-
claring all of the territory comprised In the Island of Marln-
duque a subprovlnce of Tayabas, and for other purposes," by
providing for the return of a i)ortlon of the Internal-revenue
collections to the treasury of the subprovlnce of Marlnduque
for the sole use and benefit of the Inhabitants thereof 229
No. 1677. An act to provide anatomical material for the advancement of
medical science 229
No. 1678. An act providing for the publication In me Official Gazette of
certain notices of the court of land registration and amend-
ing act No. 496, as amended 230
No. 1679. An act making appropriations for sundry expenses of the Insular
government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908, and
other designated periods 231
No. 1680. An act providing for the appointment by provincial governors
of bailiffs in courts of first Instance and In the court of land
registration, and amending acts Nos. 136 and 190 and 496,
as amended 281
No. 1681. An act to amend section 18 of the Municipal Code, as amended,
by authorizing the governor-general to remove municipal
treasurers from office for cause 284
No. 1682. An act to amend section 2 of act No. 1126, entitled "An act for
the puriwse of emiwwerlng provincial boards to subpcena
witnesses and to require testimony under oath In conducting
certain Investigations, and for other purposes," by extending
the authority of the governor-general to disqualify from
holding office all officials removed for cause 285
No. 1683. An act to amend section 5 of act No. 781 by making It the duty
of municipal officers to furnish notice of ladrones Immedi-
ately, both to the provincial governor and the nearest con-
stabulary officer 285
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No. 1684. An act prohibiting the importation by private persons of aUk-
worms, their eggs or cocoons, 286
No. 1685. An act to amend act No. 1490, entitled "An act to prevent the
use of explosives and poisons for taking fish in the waters
of the Philippines," by providing that the Secretary of the
Interior may authorize the use of explosives and poisons for
taking fish in limited numbers for scientific purposes 287
No. 1686. An act to provide for the reimbursement to the provinces and
municipalities of 50 per centum of the sums which they will
lose by reason of the suspension of the land tax for the last
half of the calendar year 1907, to appropriate for such re-
imbursement such sums as may be necessary from any
funds in the insular treasury not otherwise appropriated,
and to repeal section 2 of act No. 1579 287
No. 1687. An act to increase the number of municipalities in the province
of Nueva Ecija from 14 to 15, by separating from Cabana-
tuan, the former municipality of Santa Rosa, reconstituting
the latter as a municipality, and giving to each the territory
which it comprised prior to the passage of act No. 933 289
No. 1688. An act making appropriations for certain public works, per-
manent Improvements, and other purposes of the Insular
government 289
No. 1689. An act amending act No. 1397, entitled " The township govern-
ment act," so as to authorize the collection of certain license
fees, to provide a method of enforcing the payment of prop-
erty tax by delinquents who are absent from the province
or are nonresidents thereof, and to provide that the popular
representative shall continue to l>e a resident of the province
during his term of oflBce 294
No. 1690. An act to increase the number of municipalities In the province
of La Laguna from 21 to 22 by separating from the munici-
pality of San Pablo the former municipality of Alaminos,
reconstituting the latter as a municipality, and giving to it
the territory of which It was comprised prior to the passage
of act No. 939 296
No. 1691. An act to amend section 4 of act No. 82, entitled !' The Muni-
cipal Code," as amended, by prescribing the maximum per-
centage of general funds of municipalities which may be
expended for salaries and wages of municipal oflScers and
employees not employed upon public works, and for other
purposes 296
No. 1692. An act to amend section 8 of act No. 292, so as to prevent the
utterance of speeches or the use of language violative of
good order or tending to disturb the public peace 298
No. 1693. An act creating the province of Agusan and the subprovlnces of
Butuan, Bukldnon, and Batanes, empowering the provincial
board of Cagayan to apply the provisions of ** The township
government act" to the municlpf^lltles and settlements of
the Babuyanes Islands, and providing that the salaries of
the lieutenant-governor of the subprovlnce of Apayao and of
any duly authorized employees of said subprovlnce shall be
payable from insular funds , 299
No. 1694. An act to repeal section 14 of act No. 309, entitled "An act pro-
viding for the compulsory vaccination of the inhabitants of
the Philippine Islands" 302
Xo. 1695. An act amending act No. 1189, entitled " The Internal revenue
law of 1904," by adding to the road and bridge funds of the
provinces 10 per centum of the revenues accruing under said
act, and by devoting an additional 5 per centum of said
revenues to the maintenance of free public primary schools
In the several municipalities 303
No. 1696. An act to prohibit the display of flags, banners, emblems, or
devices used in the Phllpplne Islands for the purpose of re-
bellion or Insurrection against the authority of the United
States and the display of Katlpunan flags, banners, em-
blems, or devices, and for other purposes 305
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No. 1697. An act authorizing the appointment of commiflBioners to make
official investigations and fixing their powers, for the pay-
ment of witness fees, and for the punishment of perjury in
official investigations 306
No. 1698. An act for the regulation of the Philipphie civil service 307
No. 1699. An act providing that the provincial fiscals and the attorney
for the Moro province shall perform the duties of the register
of deeds in their respective provinces, abolishing the position
of examiner of titles, and amending acts Nos. 83, 496, 787, and
926, as amended 322
No. 1700. An act to grant to the Lepanto Mining Company, Incorporated,
a franchise to construct a highway from a point near Comil-
las, province of Lepanto-Bontoc, in a general westerly direc-
tion to the China Sea at a point near the town of Bangar,
province of La Union; and thereon to take toil, to operate
as a common carrier, and, at its option, to construct a rail-
road 330
No. 1701. An act to equalize and secure uniformity in salaries of provin-
cial fiscals, to empower the governor-general to consolidate
the offices of fiscals of two or more provinces, to declare
vacant the iK)sition of fiscal of any province and assign the
duties thereof to the office of the attorney-general, and to re-
store the status existing prior to such consolidation or abo-
lition, and for other purposes 336
No. 1702. An act to amend sections 14, 36, and 71 of act No. 190, providing
a code of civil procedure in civil actions and special pro-
ceedings in the Philippine Islands 337
No. 1703. An act to define and fix the status of prisoners and the respon-
sibility for their maintenance, and for other purposes 339
No. 1704. An act to amend act No. 1415, entitled "An act establishing a
medical school and defining the manner in which it shall be
controlled and conducted," by providing that the Pliillpplne
medical school sliall be a body corporate 343
No. 1705. An act amending act No. 279. as amended, by providing for the
signing of contracts and leases for cold-storage space in the
division of cold storage of the bureau of supply 344
No. 1706. An act making appropriations for sundry expenses of the gov-
ernment of the city of Manila for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1908 344
No. 1707. An act making appropriations from the funds realized from the
sale of bonds authorized by act No. 1323 for the purpose of
constructing sewers in the city of Manila and to furnish it
with an adequate sewer and drainage system and supply of
water 354
No. 1708. An act to amend sections 5, 7, and 27 of act No. 867, as amended,
by separating the province of Sorsogon from the eighth judi-
cial district and annexing it to the fifteenth judicial dis-
trict, by separating the province of La Union from the third
judicial district and annexing It to the mountain judicial
district, and changing the times at which courts of first in-
stance shall be held in the provinces of said districts, re-
pealing part of act No. 1437, and for other purposes 365
No. 1709. An act amending act No. 1582, known as " The election law "__ 358
No. 1710. An act providing for the filing, with the division of archives,
patents, copyrights, and trade-marks of the executive bureau,
of the first mortgage and contract of guaranty, dated May 1,
1907, executed by the Philippine Railway Company with
the government of the Philippine Islands and the Bankers*
Trust Company, trustee, creating and fixing upon the prop-
erty covered by said Instrument a Hen at and from the time
of filing the same, and exempting said instrument from the
payment of stamp taxes 362
Xo. 1711. An act providing for the apprehension, detention, segregation,
and treatment of lepers in the Philippine Islands 363
No. 1712. An act to Increase the number of municipalities in the province
of La Laguna from 22 to 23, by separating from Lulslann
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the former muncipality of Cavlnti and giving to It tlie ter-
ritory which it comprised prior to the passage of act No.
939 3e4
No. 1713. An act to authorize provincial boards organized nnder the pro-
vincial government act to remit the collection of the land tax
in their respective provinces 365
No. 1714. An act to amend subdivision (d) of section 1 of act No. 1510
so as to authorize a change of the railroad route therein pre-
scribed, and authorizing and providing for the construction
of mileage equivalent to that of the route abandoned, and for
other purposes 366
No. 1715. An act to authorize a continuing annual and reimbursable ap-
propriation to meet the obligations of the insular government
incurred by reason of contracts authorized by act No. 1310,
and of other similar contracts herein provided for 366
No. 1716. An act to amend acts No. 1581, as amended, and No. 1701, by ad-
vancing the government of the province of Batangas from
the third to the second class • 367
No. 1717. An act to Increase the number of municipalities In the province
of Nueva Eclja from 15 to 21, by separating from the present
municipalities of Cuyapo, Allaga, San Antonio, San Isldro,
Peiiaranda, and Talavera the former municipalities of Nam-
plcuan, Zaragoza, Jaen, Cablao, San I..eonardo, and Santo
Domingo, respectively, and giving to each the territory
which it comprised prior to the passage of act No. 933 369
No. 1718. An act Increasing the number of municipalities In the province
of Cavlte from 12 to 13, by separating from the present mu-
nicipality of Noveleta the former municipality of Cavlte
Vlejo, and giving to the latter the territory which It com-
prised prior to the passage of act 947, and changing the
name of the municipality of Cavlte VleJo to Kawlt 370
No. 1719. An act increasing the number of municipalities In the province
of Pampanga from 16 to 18, by separating from the present
municipalities of Macabebe and San Luis the former munici-
palities of San Miguel and San Simon, respectively, and giv-
ing to each the terrltorj' which It comprised prior to the
passage of act No. 943, and changing the name of the new
municipality of San Miguel to that of Masantol 370
No. 1720. An act increasing the number of municipalities In the province
of Rlzal to 20 by separating from the present municipality
of Pllllla the former municipality of Jalajala and giving the
latter the same territory which It comprised prior to the
passage of act No. 942 .371
No. 1721. An act increasing the number of municipalities In the province
of Tayabas from 24 to 26, by organizing the barrio of Can-
delaria, now a part of Sarlaya, into a new municipality, and
separating from Baler the former municipality of Caslguran,
giving the latter the same territory which It comprised prior
to the passage of act No. 1550 372
No. 1722. An act extending until December 1, 1907, the time for the pay-
ment, without penalty, of the cedula tax for the year 1907
by the Inhabitants of the municipalities of the subprovlnce
of Batanes and of the Babuyanes Islands, province of Caga-
yan 373
No. 1723. An act to define and fix the status of prisoners confined in the
Iwahlg Penal Colony, and for other purposes 374
No. 1724. An act approving, confirming and ratifying the agreement made
between the Secretary of War, representing the government
of the Philippine Islands, and the archbishop of Manila,
representing the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippine
Islands, determining the title to various estates and proper-
ties heretofore a matter of dispute betw(»en the Roman Cath-
olic Church and the government of the Philippine Islands,
and settling the right of possession and administration of
such estates and properties, and adjusting certain contro-
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versies between the said government and the Banco Espafiol-
Filipino 376
No. 1725. An act to provide that the provisions of act No. 1458 prohibiting
the exhumation of human remains within one and one-half
years after interment shall not apply to certain pending
cases 382
No. 1726. An act to amend act No. 1582, l^nown as the *' Election Law," by
disqualifying certain i^ersons from holding provincial or
municipal oflBces and authorizing the governor-general to
remove Ineligible persons from office 382
No. 1727. An act making appropriations for certain public works, per-
manent improvements, and other purposes of the government
of the city of Manila 383
No. 1728. An act to provide for the insurance of the insular, provincial,
and municipal governments against loss from damage or
destruction of government vessels and craft, government
machinery, and permanent public buildings and government
property therein, by earthquake, fire, lightning, flood, ty-
phoon, tornado, hurricane, or cyclone 385
No. 1729. An act making appropriations for the creation of a sinking fund
for the payment of the bonds issued for public works under
the provisions of acts Nos. 1301 and 1444, and for the in-
vestment of such fund ^ 386
No. 1730. An act to authorize continuing annual appropriations to meet
any obligations of the Philippine government incurred by
reason for the guaranty of 4 per cent Interest on (a) rail-
road bonds, as authorized by the act of Congress approved
February 6, 1905, and (b) cash capital Invested in any agri-
cultural bank as authorized by the act of Congress approved
March 4, 1907 387
No. 1731. An act to reduce the number of municipalities In the province
of Albay from 23, as established by act No. 1557, to 21, by
consolidating the present municipalities of Albay, Daraga,
and Legaspi into one municipality 388
No. 1732, An act providing that persons sentenced to fine for criminal
offenses made punishable by acts of the Philippine Com-
mission or for violation of the ordinance of the city of Ma-
nila, who shall fall to satisfy the fine Imposed, shall be sub-
ject to subsidiary imprisonment, and providing that the
status of a prisoner under subdivision (d) of section 1 and
subdivision (c) of section 3 of act No. 1703 shall be deter-
mined by the subsidiary imprisonment in case the sentence
Imposes a fine only, and repealing part of section 40 of
act No. 183 389
No. 1733. An act to provide fire protection in municipalities having no
paid fire department 390
No. 1734. An act amending section 4 of act No. 59, entitled "The Manila
liquor licenses act," as amended, by providing for theater
liquor licenses 392
No. 1735. An act authorizing the governor-general to execute a conces-
sionary grant or contract for a railway line to Bagulo, prov-
ince of Benguet, and for other purposes 393
No. 1736. .An act appropriating the sum of ^00,000 for the purpose of es-
tablishing a reimbursable fund for the promotion of agri-
cultural pursuits upon certain haciendas and parcels of land,
commonly known as ** friar lands," and for the extension of
the cultivated area thereof 403
No. 1737. An act to amend section 1 of act No. 1411, entitled "An act
for the inirpose of maintaining the parity of the Philippine
currency In accordance with the provisions of sections 1 and
6 of the act of Congress approved March 2, 1903, by prohib-
iting the exportation from the Philippine Islands of Philip-
pine silver coins, and for other purposes," by providing that
the prohibition therein contained shall not apply to sums of
^25 or less of the new coins authorized by act No. 1564 and
carried by passengers leaving the PhlliM)ine Islands 404
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Xo. 1738. An act to amend section 24 of act No. 520 by providing for en-
signs for vessels operating under tlie contracts authorized
by act No. 1310 and act No. 1715 406
No. 1739. An act creating the "Fidelity-bond premium fund," providing
for assurance against losses, shortages, and defalcations bjr
officers or employees accountable for public funds and public
property, and for other purposes 406
>Jo. 1740. An act providing for the punishment of public officers and em-
ployees who fall or refuse to account for public funds or
property or who make personal use of such funds or prop-
erty, or any part thereof, or who misappropriate the same,
or any part thereof, or who are guilty of any malversation
with reference to such funds or property, or who through
abandonment, fault or negligence permit any other person to
abstract, misappropriate, or make personal use of the same. 411
No 1741. An act to amend act No. 136, as amended, by providing a salary of
^2,400 per annum for the justices of the peace of Cebu and
Hollo, and by allowing each of said Justices two clerks to be
paid by the respective municipalities 412
No. 1742. An act providing for the adjustment of charges made by the
bureau of prisons against the several provinces and the city
of Manila for the maintenance of prisoners 414
No. 1743. An act to provide that the annual tax on the asst^ssed value of
real estate In the city of Manila for the year 1908 shall.be li
per cent thereof 415
No. 1744. An act to amend section 17 of act No. 1459, entitled "The corpo-
ration law,*' by providing that no Increase of capital stock
shall be made unless the same proportion thereof shall have
been subscribed and paid In as required on the formation
and organization of the corporation, and for other purposes— 415
No. 1745. An act transferring to the account of general funds of the in-
sular treasury the loan of ^350,tX)0 granted to the govern-
ment of the city of Manila by act No. 1360 from the proceeds
of the sale of public Improvement bonds of the insular gov-
ernment, and reimbursing in a corresponding amount the ac-
count of said bond proceeds, and appropriating the money
reverting to the Insular treasury by reason of the payment
of said loan for the Improvement of public squares, parks,
and plazas of the city of Manila, and for other purjwses 417
No. 1746. An act to provide for the revocation In proper cases of retail
liquor dealers' licenses and to amend acts Nos. 82, 183, 1397,
and 1189, accordingly 418
No. 1747. An act amending section 2 of act No. 1056 by extending the
provisions of said section to judges of the municipal court
of the city of Manila 419
No. 1748. An act authorizing the adjustment of provincial and municipal
boundaries and authorizing the change of capitals of prov-
inces and subprovlnces, as may be necessary from time to
time to serve the public convenience and Interest 420
No. 1749. An act making appropriations for the friar lands bonds sinking
fund created by act No. 1034 421
No. 1750. An act making appropriation to reimburse the government of
the city of Manila on account of expenditures made In the
reconstruction of walls along the banks of the Paslg River
below the Ayala bridge 423
No. 1751. An act to provide for the arrest and return to ship of seamen
deserting from certain merchant vessels In the Philippine
Islands; for the adjudication by consuls of certain disputes
and for the enforcement of consular decisions In such cases,
and repealing act No. 1439 424
No. 1752. An act to amend sections 4, 5, and 6 of act No. 1401 by making
it unnecessary for the provincial board to advertise for bids
for building any public work costing less than 1,000 i)esos,
or for building or repairing any road, and by providing
that the provincial boarcf may authorize, by resolution, the
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director of public works to advertise for bids and to let con-
tracts for any provincial public works, and to repeal section
15 of act No. 83 427
No. 1753. An act declaring all of the territory comprised in the island
of Siquljor a subprovince of Oriental Negros, and for other
purposes 428
No. 1754. An act to prohibit the forgery, counterfeiting, altering, or
fraudulent making of obligations and securities of the
United States or of the Philippine Islands, or of the circu-
lating notes Issued by any banking association authorized
. under the laws of the United States or of the Philippine
Islands; to prohibit the using of plates to print notes with-
out authority, the passing, selling, and concealing of forged
obligations; the taking of lmi)re8slons of tools. Implements,
etc. ; the unlawful possession of such Impressions ; the buying
and selling or dealing in forged notes, bonds, etc. ; the secret-
ing or removing of tools or material used for printing bonds,
notes, stamps, etc. ; to prohibit the counterfeiting of gold and
sliver coin, the counterfeiting of minor coins, the mutilation
of coins, the debasement of coinage, the making or uttering
of coin In resemblance of money, and making or issuing de-
vices of minor coins ; to prohibit the forging or counterfeiting
of notes, bonds, securities, or bank notes of foreign govern-
,ments, or the passing or possession of such forged or coun-
terfeited bonds, notes, securities, or bank notes; the imlaw-
ful i)ossesslon of or printing from plates of foreign govern-
ments or banks; to prohibit yslug the malls with intent to
defraud, or mailing offers to sell counterfeit money, etc. ; to
prohibit the counterfeiting or manufacture of dies, molds,
etc., used for making money; to prohibit using advertise-
ments similar to coins; to authorize seizure, forfeiture, and
disposition of counterfeits of obligations of the I'nlted States,
Philippine Islands, or foreign governments, and for other
puri)oses 430
No. 1755. An act to prohibit the disturbance of the Philippine Commis-
sion, the Philippine assembly, or of any i)rovluclal board or
municipal or township council ; to punish disorderly conduct
In the Immediate view or presence of said bodies; to punish
the fraudulent altering of the draft of any bill, resolution,
ordinance, or act pending before or enacted by any such
body or the Philippine legislature; to compel the attend-
ance of witnesses and the production of evidence before the
Philippine Commission or Philippine assembly, or before
any committee of either or both said bodies, and for other
purposes 439
No. 1756. An act to declare October 14, 15, and 10 of the year 1907
public holidays in honor of the visit of the Secretary of War
and the formal opening of the Philippine assembly 440
No. 1757. -tin act to prohibit gambling, to repeal article 1801 of the Civil
Code and articles 343 and 579 of the Penal Code 440
No. 1758. An act to amend section 1 (j) of act No. 1310, by providing
that whenever required by the public Interests the Insular
government may transport malls, passengers, and freight
between iK)ints covered by vessels under contract, and may
reimburse the contracting parties therefor, except In the
case of si>eclal trips for inspection and other purely govern-
mental purposes 443
No. 1759. An act providing for a lieutenant-governor of the province of
Samar, prescribing his powers and duties, rei)eallng act
No. 1398, and for other purposes 444
No. 1760. An act to prevent the Introduction Into the Philippine Islands
of dangerous communicable animal diseases, to prevent the
spread of such diseases within the islands, and for other
purposes 445
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No. IJiSl. An act gradually to restrict and regulate the sale and use of
opium pending the ultimate prohibitiou of the importation
of opium Into the Philippine Islands in whatever form
except for medicinal puri)Oses, as provided by the act of
Congress approved March 3, IDOS; and prohil>iting any
person from having the possession of opium, cocaine, or
alpha or beta eucaine In any of their several forms, or any
derivative or preparation of any of such drugs or sub-
stances, except for meilicinal purposes, and to rei)eal act
No. 1461, and for other purposes 447
No. 1762. An act fixing the maximum rates which may be charged by the
Manila Suburban Railways Company 458
No. 1763. An act to extend the time in which provinces and the city of
Manila may obtain the benefits of acts Nos. 1652 and 1605,
and confirming the action of provincial boards and of the
municipal board of the city of Manila which may have
adopted or may adopt resolutions increasing the cedula tax
during the time so extended 450
No. 1764. An act providing for the i)ayment of fees in criminal proceed-
ings, ai)propriating the sum of ?75,000 to be distributed
by the auditor among the provinces and the city of Manila
in proportion to the re8i)ective amounts by them paid on ac-
count of court fees, and repealing section 1 of act No. 302
and.acts Nos. 404 and 1335 . 460
No. 1765. An act to amend act No. 183, entitled "An act to incorporate
the city of Manila," as amended, by providing that appropri-
ations for the government of said city shall be made by the
municipal board, subject to the ai>proval of the governor-
general, and for other purposes 462
No. 1766. An act amending section 4 of act No. 1545 by requiring fees
formerly collectible by provincial secretaries to be hereafter
de[)oslted In provincial treasuries 463
No. 1767. An act making a permanent continuing annual appropriation
to encourage the production of tobacco and to protect the in-
terests of the tobacco manufacturing industries of the Phil-
ippine Islands by providing bounties for the growers of leaf
tobacco, and for other puri)oses 463
No. 1768. An act to amend act No. 1582, known as ** The Election Law," as
amended by acts Nos. 1709 and 1726, by disqualifying habit-
ual users of opimn from holding provincial or municipal
oflices 465
No. 1769. An act amending act No. 1306, entitled " The special provincial
government act," by authorizing provincial boards to grant
licenses for collecting edible birds* nests and to make regula-
lations to prevent the extermination of the birds that build
such nests 466
No. 1770. An act to amend section 8 of act No. 619, entitleii "An act to pro-
mote good order and discipline in the Philippines constabu-
lary," by including under the [penalty therein provided non-
commissioned officers or acting noncommissioned officers In
charge of a relief of post who are found sleeping on duty 467
No. 1771. An act to amend section 5 of act No. 14.58 requiring receipts
from municipal cemeteries to be deposited in the municipal
treasury as a special fund to be spent upon the cemetery by
providing that any surplus in said fund may be exi>ended for
general municipal purposes 467
No. 1772. An act to amend section 44 of act No. 83 as amended and sec-
,tion 05 of act No. 1397 as amended by providing that conven-
tions or meetings of municipal and township presidents shall
be called in the discretion of the provincial boards, with
certain limitations, and to repeal acts Nos. 425 and 521 468
No. 1773. An act to provide for the public prosecution of the crimes of
adulterio, estuprOy rapto^ violacidn, caJumnia, and injuria, to
abolish the right of pardon by the aggrieved imrty in such
cases, to provide for a si)ecial civil action for damages
therein, and for other purposes 460
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No. 1774. An act to amend act No. 854, as amended, by anthorizing the
extension of the period within which returning government
students shall take a civil service examination 470
No. 1775. An act authorizing the insular collector of customs to clear for-
eign vessels for the i)orts of Legaspi and Tabaco 471
No. 1776. An act amending act No. 83 and requiring copies of the minutes
of provincial boards to be forwarded to the executive sec-
retary 471
No. 1777. An act authorizing the governor-general to close, by executive
order, certain ports of entry, and to reoi)en the same ports in
lilte manner when the public interests so require 472
No. 1778. An act amending sections Nos. 80 and 88 of act No. UK), provid-
ing a code of procedure in civil actions and special proceed-
ings in the Philippine Islands, as amended 472
No. 1779. An act to create a board for the regulation of rates chargeable
by public service corjwratlons in the Philippine Islands, and
for other purposes 474
No. 1780. An act to regulate the imix)rtatlon, acquisition, i)OSsesslon, use,
and transfer of firearms, and to prohibit the possession of
the same except In compliance with the provisions of this
act - 480
No. 1781. An act to amend section 27 of act No. 355. entitled "An act to
constitute the customs service of the Philippine Archli>elago
and to provide for the administration thereof," as amended,
by providing for the remission of duties on importations of
the value of less than $1 487
No. 1782. An act to provide for the establishment of manufacturing bonded
warehouses 487
No. 1783. An act appropriating the sum of f^200,000 for the construction
and Improvement of permanent roads and bridges In the pro-
vinces of the Philippine Islands 488
No. 1784. An act appropriating the sum of =P=350,000 from the funds
realized from the sale of public Improvement bonds author-
ized by act No. 1444, for certain public works and perma-
nent improvements of the Insular government 489
No. 1785. An act making additional appropriations for sundry expenses
of the insular government for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1908, and for other stated purposes ^ 489
No. 1786. An act to amend section 3 of act No. 1407 by authorizing the
executive secretary to regulate the appointment and salaries
of provincial employees 494
No. 1787. An act amending sections 74 and 107 of act No. 1189, as
amended 495
No. 1788. An act to amend act No. 63, entitled "An act prescribing the
method to be adopted in the construction of laws," by pro-
viding a method to be adoi>ted In the construction of laws
which may be passed by the Philippine legislature 495
No. 1789. An act to authorize the governor-general to raise the position
of superintendent of the Information division, Philippines
constabulary, to the rank, pay, and allowance of lieutenant-
colonel and assistant director of constabulary 496
No. 1790. An act to confirm certain rights and franchises of the Banco
Espafiol-Fllinlno and to amend Its statutes 496
No. 1791. An act to amend in certain respects act No. 82, known as the
Municipal Code 516
No. 1792. An act providing, with the consent of the Secretary of War first
had, for a system of money and property accountability for
the government of the Philippine Islands and Its subordinate
branches, and repealing acts Nos. 90, 145, 215, 328, 900, 1402,
and all acts and \mrta of acts in confiict herewith 524
No. 1793. An act to amend act No. 183 by providing a method for enforc-
ing the collection of the land tax In the city of Manila 540
No. 1794. An act to regulate the granting of leaves of absence and other
allowances to the private secretary to the Governor-General
and the private secretaries to the members of the Philippine
Commission, In the same manner as If said private secre-
taries, as such, were members of the classified civil service— 644
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No. 17d5. An act authorizing the compensation of students in industrial
and agricultural schools for work done therein, outside of
regular school hours, and not connected with their regular
school work 544
No. 1796. An act to amend section 14 (c) of act No. 1407, by Increasing
the duties of the Bureau of Navigation in regard to harbor
improvements 545
No. 1797. An act conferring upon officers of the United States Army,
under certain circumstances, the powers of i)eace officers, and
repealing act No. 1505 546
No. 1798. An act to provide for the protection of animal life in the Philip-
pine Islands 547
No. 1790. An act appropriating the balance of the Congressional relief
fund in the insular treasury not otherwise appropriated and
any refunds which may accrue to said fund from allotments
or appropriations heretofore made from the Congressional
relief fund, with certain exceptions, for the manufacture
of serum for use in the cure and prevention of animal dis-
^ eases, and for the establishment, operation, and maintenance
of quarantine stations throughout the islands 549
No. 1800. An act amending act No. 1407 by providing for the setting aside
of communal forests for the benefit of municipalities, town-
ships, and settlements : 549
RESOLUTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
1906.
Oct. 2. Governor-general and distribution of Inaugural address 553
Oct. 20. Congressional relief fund — Loan to provinces of Cagayan and
Isabela for relief of inhabitants in distress through damages
caused by recent storm 553
Oct 22. Publications — Future manner of issue and sale price of the
Journal of Science 554
Oct. 24. Congressional relief fund — Loan to province of Tayabas for re-
• lief of inhabitants of Baler and Casiguran suffering from
results of recent storm 555
Oct. 31. Carabaps — Extension of time to Arturo Bemia for payment of
third installment of purchase price 555
•Oct. 31. Carabaos — Authorizing refund of purchase price to L. M. Heras. 556
Dec. 5. Congressional relief fund — Expenditure for relief of distressed
Inhabitants of Cagayan Valley 556
Dec. 5. Congressional relief fund — Expenditure for relief of distressed
Inhabitants of the province of Isabela 556
Dec '7. Civil-service employees — Allowing accrued leave and traveling
expenses before completion of two years* service when sepa-
rated from the service through no fault 557
Dec. 14. Congressional relief fund — Payment of land tax upon laud of
Seilor Vicente Lopez for 1903 558
Dec. 14. Civil-service employees — Transportation to the United States
after three years' service to be taken within six months after
separation from the service ; 558
Dec. 14. Publications — ^Authorizing the governor-general to arrange for
the publication of government advertising In one of the Vis-
ayan newspapers 559
Dec. 14. Publications — Payment to El Grlto Pueblo for publication of
government advertising discontinued 560
Dec. 18. Publication — Authorizing the governor-general to arrange for
the publication of government advertising In the Vlda Flllplna_ 560
Dec. 29. Moro Province — Extension of the provisions of Chapter VI of
the public land act to — Exception 561
1907.
Jan. 5. Congressional relief fund— ^Appropriation for payment of salaries
of municipal school-teachers In the province of Cagayan 561
Jan. 24. Congressional relief fund — Expenditure for completion of dike,
• province of Tarlac 561
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Feb. 11. CkJngressional relief fund— Expenditure for relief of inhabitants
of San rsidro, Nueva Bcija 562
Feb. 13. Congressional relief fund — Expenditure for relief of volunteers
of Dagami, heyte, injured in line of duty, and their families- 562
Feb. 15. Publications— Sale price of Volume III, Philippine Reports 563
Feb. 15. Sisal — Purchase from Hawaiian Experiment Station by bureau
of agriculture 563
Feb. 21. Congressional relief fund — Expenditure for relief of i)ersQns
rendered destitute by fires in Culasi, province of Antique 563
Feb. 26. Congressional relief fund — Elxpenditure for tran8^)ortation of
rice purchased for relief of inhabitants of Culasi, Antique 564
B^b. 28. Congressional relief fund — Exi)enditure for relief of inhabitants
of Dinalupihan, Bataan • 564
Mar. 12. Government employees — TransiK)rtatlon of baggage at Govern-
ment expense on transfer of station 564
Mar. 12. Insurance of Government proi>erty 564
Apr. 24. Congressional relief fund — Relief of sufferers from conflagra-
tions in Iloilo - 565
Apr. 24. Congressional relief fund — ^Approval of action of the govemf)r-
general in relieving distress of certain volunteers and their
families in Dagami, Leyte 565
Apr. 24. Publications — Selling price of Volume V, Public I^aws, Spanish
edition 565
Apr. 24. Publications — Selling price of official roster of officers and em-
ployees in the civil service of the Philippine Islands 565
Apr. 30. Publications — Sale price of volumes of Executive Orders and
Proclamations of 1906 566
May 3. Publications— Sale price of Volume IV, Philippine Reiiorts 566
May 9. Committee on the compilation and codification of the public laws
of the Philippine Islands 566
May 18. Congressional relief fund — Relief of Inhabitants of Imus, Cavite_ 567
June 27. Congressional relief fund — Relief of Inhabitants of Ix)on, Bohol_ 568
July 8. Congressional relief fund — Balance of appropriation for relief
of destitution In San Isidro transferred to province for use on
roads and bridges 568
Oct. 7. Transportation of extra baggage upon change of station 569
Oct 9. Congressional relief fund — Purchase of animals by bureau of
agriculture 569
Oct. 12. Appropriation for restriction of spread of anthrax In cattle in
Lepanto-Bontoc-_l 569
Oct. 12. Serum for cure of animal diseases — Quarantine stations 569
Oct. 23. Standing committees of the Philippine Commission 570
Appointments made by the governor-general 671
List of notaries public In the Phlllpplpe Islands 603
List of municipalities, townships, and other local organizations In the
Philippine Islands 619
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[No. 1539.]
AN ACT Amending section five of Act Numbered Seventy-four, establishing a
Department of Public Instruction, as amended, by authorizing the Director of
Eiducation, with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, to change,
increase, or decrease the existing school divisions of the Philippine Islands.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission J that:
Section 1. Section five of Act Numbered Seventy-four, establish-
ing a Department of Public Instruction, as amended by Act Num-
bered Thirteen hundred and thirty-seven, is hereby further amended
by adding at the end thereof the following proviso :
" Provided^ That the Director of Education, with the approval of
the Secretary of Public Instruction, may change, increase, or decrease
the school divisions herein established whenever in his judgment the
public interests so require."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two oi "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 5, 1906.
[No. 1540.]
AN ACT Authorizing the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company to bring suit
against the Government of the Philippine Islands in the Court of First Instance
of the city of Manila to determine the liability of the reapective parties for
damages caused to the Luneta Extension by the typhoon of May eighteenth
and nineteenth, nineteen hundred and six.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Authority is hereby granted the Atlantic, Gulf and
Pacific Company, a company or corporation authorized to do business
in the Philippine Islands, to institute a suit in the Court of First
Instance of the city of Manila a^inst the Government of the Philip-
pine Islands, to determine the liability of the respective parties for
damages done to the bulkhead and rock revetment of the tuneta Ex-
tension by the typhoon of May eighteenth and nineteenth, nineteen
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hundred and six, under the contract entered into for said work be-
tween the Government of the Philippine Islands and the Atlantic,
Gulf and Pacific Company, bearing date the twenty-fourth day of
July, nineteen hundrea and five: Provided^ however^ That this Act
shall in no wi^ be construed as a waiver on the part of the Govern-
ment of the Philippine Islands of any of its rights under said con-
tract, or as a waiver of its contention that the question of liability for
such damages under the said contract is a Question to be finally de-
cided by the officer in charge of the port worKs, or as a waiver oi any
other defense which it may have at the time of the passage of this
Act.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two oi "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 6, 1906.
[No. 1541.]
AN ACT Transferring the Division of Ethnology from the Bureau of Education
to the Bureau of Science and repealing paragraph (6) of section twenty-
three of the Reorganization Act
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The administrative control and supervision of the Divi-
sion of Ethnology, Bureau of Education, together with all officers and
employees now provided by law for that division, and all property
thereof, are hereby transferred to the Bureau of Science, and the
Division of Ethnology shall hereafter be known and considered as a
division of the Bureau of Science. The balance of appropriations
under the Bureau of Education for salaries and wages oi the Division
of Ethnology and of the appropriation for the purchase of ethno-
logical museum specimens and manuscripts is hereby transferred to
and made a part of the appropriations of the Bureau of Science for
the said division.
Sec. 2. Paragraph (6) of section twenty-three of Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and seven, known as the Reorganization Act, is
hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty -sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on November first, nineteen hun-
dred and six.
Enacted, October 6, 1906.
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[No. 1542.]
AN ACT Authorizing the municipal council of the municipality of Iba, Province
of Zambales, to vacate that portion of Calle Bugallon lying between Calles
Rizal and Padre Burgos, and to cede the same to the Province of Zambales as
a site for a provincial high school.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philipp-ine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. That portion of Calle Bugallon lying between Calles
Rizal and Padre Burgos, in the municipality of iba. Province of
2iambales, being no longer necessary for public use, and it being
manifestly to the interest of the puolic that the land now occupied
by the same be used as a site for a provincial high school, the munici-
pal council of Iba is hereby authorized to declare at an end the public
use to which, such portion of Calle Bugallon has been .devotea, and
to cede the same to the Province of Zambales as a site for a provincial
high school.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 17, 1906.
[No. 1543.]
AN ACT Changing the name of the municipality of Namacpacan in the Province
of La Union, to that of Luna.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
ComTTiission^ that:
Section 1. Upon request of the municipal council of the munici-
pality of Namacpacan, Province of La Union, approved and recom-
mendfed by the provincial board of the Province of La Union, the
name of said municipality is hereby changed to that of Luna.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two oi "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 18, 1906.
[No. 1544.]
AN ACT Exempting from internal-revenue taxes all timber and other forest
products for use in the actual construction and equipment of certain railway
lines in the Philippine Islands.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Timber and other forest products of all kinds, to what-
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ever group they may belong, when cut or gathered under proper
licenses issued by the Bureau of Forestry for use (and which shall,
in fact, be so used) in the construction and equipment of the railways
undertaken by the grantees under Acts Xumoered Fourteen hundred
and ninety-seven and Fifteen hundred and ten, pursuant to authority
conferred by said Acts, shall be exempt from all internal-revenue
taxes prescribed by Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine,
as amended, upon the presentation to the Collector of Internal Reve-
nue, or his authorized agent, of a certificate in writing, in the form
to be prescribed by the Collector of Internal Revenue, and signed by
the representative or duly authorized agent of the railway company
purchasing the timber or other forest products. The certificate shall
show, in substance, that the material for which this exemption is
sought is to be used in the construction and equipment of a line of
railroad between certain points, naming the same; that no other use
or disposition of the material will be made or permitted ; and that if
any other use or disposition thereof shall be contemplated, immediate
notice thereof shall be given to the Collector of Internal Revenue, and
the material in question be held subject to his order.
Sec. 2. The exemptions provided by this Act shall not be construed
to extend or apply to materials of any kind purchased from funds
other than those of a railway company mentioned in section one
hereof, or of one of its contractors or subcontractors, nor to materials
which are intended for the personal use of officers or employees of
any such company, contractor or subcontractor, whether the same are
purchased from funds of such company, contractor, or subcontractor
or not.
Sec. 3. The provisions of this Act shall not apply or extend to
any railway line, nor to any materials therefor, after the line shall
have once been officially declared to be constructed and equipped.
Sec. 4. Any company or corporation violating any of the provi-
sions of this Act or any of the terms of the certificate prescribed in
section one hereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than double
the amount of the taxes provided by law upon the timber or other
forest products which may be the subject of the violation, and not
more tnan ten times the amount thereof in the discretion of the
court; any officer, representative, agent, or employee of any com-
pany or corporation, or any other person, violating any of the pro-
visions of this Act or any of the terms of the certificate prescribed
in section one hereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall be punished bv imprisonment for not less than one nor more
than six months or by the fine above prescribed, or both, in the dis-
cretion of the court.
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two oi "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 18, 1906.
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[No. 1545.]
AN ACT To amend the provincial government act, numbered eighty-three, by
reorganizing the provincial boards, and by abolishing the position of provincial
secretary, and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it endcted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The provincial boards of all provinces organized under
Act Numbered Eighty-three, as amended, shall hereafter be composed
of the provincial governor, the provincial treasurer, and a third mem-
ber to be chosen in the manner prescribed, or to be prescribed, by
law for provincial governors, except in the case of vacancies as
hereinafter provided for, and subject to confirmation, and to sus-
Sension or removal, by the Oovemor-General, under the same con-
itions as prescribed for provincial governors. The qualifications
of a candidate for election as the third member of a provincial board
shall be the same as those now required for the office of provincial
governor, and upon his election and confirmation such third member
^all hold office for a term equal to that for which the governor is
elected : Provided^ That on or after the date this Act takes effect,
and until the next regular provincial election, such third member
shall be appointed by the Governor-General, with the consent of the
Philippine Commission, to hold office until the said election, and
until his successor is chosen and qualified in the manner herein pre-
scribed: And provided further^ That whenever, in the opinion or the
Governor-General, the same may be necessary or advisable for the
public interests, he may, with the approval of the Philippine C!om-
mission, declare that no election shall be held for a third member of
the provincial board, fully setting forth his reasons for such action,
and in such case the Governor-General may make an appointment to
the office, with the approval of the Philippine Commission: And
provided further^ That if in any case the Governor-General shall
decline to confirm the person elected, he shall order a new election and
shall fix the time for the holding thereof. If the Governor-General
shall decline to confirm the person elected at the second election he
shall, with the consent of the Philippine Commission, appoint some
suitable person, who shall be a citizen of the United States or of the
Philippine Islands, resident in the Philippine Islands, as the third
member of the board: And vrovided further^ That, whenever the
office of third member of the ooard becomes vacant during the term
by death, removal, resignation, or other cause, the vacancy shall be
filled by appointment made by the Governor-General, with the con-
sent of the Philippine Commission.
Sec. 2. It shall not be necessary for the third member of the
f)rovincial board to reside at the capital of the province or to estab-
ish an office in the provincial building, but he shall be required to
l>e present at the sessions of the board and to perform his duties as
a member thereof : Provided^ however. That by a unanimous resolu-
tion of the provincial board, setting forth the grounds upon which
it is adopted, and approved by the Governor-General, such third
member may, for the time specified in said resolution, be required
to perform the duties of provincial treasurer, or any ministerial
duty required by the board.
Sec. 3. The third member of the provincial board shall receive
a compensation, to be fixed by resolution of the provincial board,
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of not less than five nor more than fifteen pesos for each day of
actual attendance at the sessions of the board. When designated
to perform other official duties as above provided, such third member
shall be entitled, upon unanimous resolution of the provincial board,
to receive for each day that he shall be actuaUv occupied with of-
ficial duties such compensation as may be fixecf in said resolution,
not exceeding the maximum compensation hereinbefore prescribed:
Provided^ That on no one day shall more than one compensation be
allowed to such third member. The per diem of the third member,
when fixed by the provincial board, shall not be altered more than
once during each fiscal year.
Sec. 4. The position of provincial secretary is hereby abolished
and the employees of his office are hereby transferred to the office
of the provincial governor : Provided^ however^ That the provincial
secretary may on recommendation of the provincial board, with
the approval of the Governor-General, be continued in office until
the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and six. The
provincial governor shall, by an executive order, designate an em-
ployee or employees of his office to perform the duties heretofore
performed by the provincial secretary, including those of recorder
of the provincial board. In case the provincial governor shall
certify that no employee in his office is competent to perform said
duties, and the Bureau of Civil Service shall certify that its eligible
list contains the name of no person who will accept the appoint-
ment for the salary allowed, the provincial governor may, with the
approval of the Governor-General, appoint some person who is
not in the classified civil service, or he may perform such duties
personally should he so elect: And provided further^ That a pro-
vincial secretary holding office on the date or the passage of this
Act shall be eligible to appointment to any position m the classified
civil service at a salarv not exceeding the salary now received by him.
Sec. 5. Whenever for any reason the provincial governor finds
it necessary to absent himself from the province or is under tem-
porary disability, or for any other reason is unable to perform his
official duties, the duties or the provincial governor shall be per-
formed either by the third member of the provincial board or by the
provincial treasurer, as the provincial governor may elect, and
subject to change by him in his discretion. During the period of
such absence, sickness, or other disability of the provincial governor,
the member temporarily charged with the duties of his office shall
preside at the meetings of the provincial board: Provided^ That
when the provincial governor is absent from the capital of the
province, but within the limits- of the province, it snail be dis-
cretionary with him whether or not he shall designate a temporary
successor.
Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
six, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect on November fifteenth, nine-
teen hundred and six.
Enacted, October 20, 1906.
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[No. 1546.]
AN ACT Making appropriations for sundry expenses of the municipal govern-
ment of the city of Manila for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and seven.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be
respectively necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in
the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in part compensa-
tion for the service of the municipal government of the city of Manila
for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven,
and thereafter until expended, unless otherwise stated :
MUNICIPAL BOARD.
Salaries and wages. Municipal. Board: President, at ten thousand
pesos per Tinnum, and three members, at nine thousand pesos per
annum each.
Secretary's office :
Secretary, at six thousand five hundred pesos per annum ; two em-
ployees, class six ; three employees, class seven ; one employee, class
nine ; one employee. Class C ; one employee. Class E ; two employees.
Class J ; three messengers, at three himdred and sixty pesos per annum
each.
Disbursing office :
Disbursing officer, at five thousand five hundred pesos per annum ;
one employee, at three thousand nine hundred pesos per annum ; one
employee, class six ; one etoployee, class eight ; one employee. Class A ;
one messenger, at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum : Pro-
vided, That the salary of the employee authorized above at three thou-
sand nine hundred pesos per annum shall be payable from funds
appropriated for expenditure under the department of sewer and
waterworks construction.
Advisory Board:
Authorized fees of twelve members, not to exceed six thousand
two hundred and forty pesos; secretary, at three thousand two
hundred pesos per annum: Provided, That the secretary of the
Advisory Board may be required to perform additional official duties
in the discretion of the president without extra compensation.
For hire of temporary employees from July first, nineteen hun-
dred and six.
Total for salaries and wages, eighty-nine thousand pesos.
Contingent expenses, MvnicipaT Board: For contingent expenses,
including repair of office furniture and purchase of supplies; adver-
tising; cablegrams; postage and telegrams; printing and binding;
official transportation; music; maintenance of prisoners; care of
injured and sick paupers; premiums on official bonds; refund of
fines illegally imposed for violation of water ordinances; burial
of pauper dead ; aecorations of public buildings and other necessary
expenses incident to public celebrations; one hundred and fourteen
thousand pesos.
Itt all, for the Municipal Board, two hundred and three thousand
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LAW DEPARTMENT.
Salaries and wagea^ law department:
Office of city attorney :
City attorney, at seven thousand pesos per annum; assistant city
attorney, at four thousand pesos per annum ; one clerk, class eight ;
one clerk, class ten ; one clerk. Class A ; one messenger, at two hun-
dred and forty pesos per annum.
Office of sneriflf :
Sheriff, at six thousand pesos per annum; one deputy, class eight;
one deputy, class nine ; one deputy, Class C ; two deputies. Class H ;
two deputies. Class J; two deputies, at three hundred and sixty
pesos per annum each ; two clerks. Class H ; two employees, Class J ;
one employee, at sixty-seven pesos and fifty centavos per month;
one employee, at sixty pesos per month; six laborers, at twenty
pnesos per month each: Provided^ That the office of sheriff of the
city or Manila, as now organized, be discontinued upon December
thirty-first, nineteen hundred and six, and thereafter the powers
and duties of the office shall be assumed and performed ex officio by
the clerk of the Court of First Instance for the city of Manila to
whom shall be transferred on that date all funds, property, records,
and unfinished business pertaining to said office of sheriff, and it
is hereby made the duty of all members of the police department of
the city of Manila to serve, within the police limits of the city of
Minila, criminal process of the courts : And provided further^ That
the personnel of the office of sheriff of the city of Manila, beginning
January first, nineteen hundred and seven, shall be as follows : One
deputy, class nine ; one deputy. Class D ; one deputy, Class F ; two
deputies^ Class H; one deputy, Class J; one cleric, Olass H; for the
hire of janitors and laborers, not to exceed nine hundred and sixty
pesos for the six months ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and seven ; and for additional compensation to the clerk of the Court
of First Instance as ex officio sheriff of the city of Manila, at the rate
of one thousand pesos per annum.
Municipal court:
Judge, at seven thousand pesos per annum ; clerk of court, class
eight; one interpreter, Class A; two deputy clerks. Class D; one
messenger, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum.
Office of register of deeds:
Register of deeds, at four thousand pesos per annum; one clerk.
Class D; two clerks. Class G; two clerks, Class H; two clerks. Class
I ; one messenger, at three hundred pesos per annum.
Justice of the peace courts :
Two justices of the peace, at two thousand pesos per annum each ;
two clerks, Class I; two clerks, at two hundred ana forty pesos per
annum each: Provided^ That the existing offices of justice of the
peace for the city of Manila are hereby abolished and said courts
shall cease and determine upon the thirty-first day of December,
nineteen hundred and six, and there is hereby created to begin on
January first, nineteen hundred and seven, one court of justice of
the peace for the city of Manila having the same jurisdiction and
powers now possessed by said courts. Tne justice or such new court
shall be appointed by the Governor-General, with the advic^ and
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consent of the Philippine Commission, and shall hold office at his
pleasure. The records and documents of said courts shall be deliv-
ered into the custody of the new justice, and cases pending on Decem-
ber thirty-first, nineteen hundred and six, before the courts abolished
shall be transferred by virtue of this Act to the new court on Janu-
ary first, nineteen hundred and seven, and thereafter the new court
shall exercise the same jurisdiction over said cases as would the
original justice of the peace courts had they not been abolished:
And provided further^ That the personnel of the justice of the peace
court, beginning January first, nineteen hundred and seven, shall be
as follows : Justice of the peace, at two thousand four hundred pesos
per annum ; one clerk, at seven hundred and twenty pesos per annum ;
one clerk, at three hundred pesos per annum.
For the hire of temporary employees.
Total for salaries and wages, seventy thousand pesos.
Contingent expenses^ law department: For contingent expenses,
including purchase of office supplies and repair of furniture; adver-
tising; cablegrams; postage and telegrams; printing and binding;
official transportation ; interpreters', registers', translators', and other
authorized fees ; revenue stamps ; court fees in proceedings conducted
in the, names of private parties to enable the city to purchase land
for public use in cases where the owners of such land have not suffi-
cient means to pay fees ; and incidental expenses ; nine thousand and
twenty-five pesos.
Salaries and wagea^ office of the prosecuting attorney: Prosecuting
attorney, at eight thousand pesos per annum; first assistant prose-
cuting attorney, at five thousand pesos per annum; second assistant
prosecuting attorney, at four thousand pesos per annum ; third assist-
ant prosecuting attorney, at three thousand six hundred pesos per
annum ; one clerk, class seven ; one clerk, class eight ; one clerk, class
nipe; one clerk, class ten; one clerk. Class B; one clerk. Class F;
one messenger, at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum ; and for
hire of temporary employees ; thirty thousand pesos.
Contingent expenses^ office of the prosecuting attorney: For con-
tingent expenses, including repair of office furniture and purchase of
supplies; cablegrams; postage and tele^ams; printing and binding;
omcial transportation ; court costs in criminal cases in Court of First
Instance; for the expenses of indigent witnesses, and for securing
testimony and the presence in Manila of such witnesses in criminal
cases from the provinces; and incidental expenses; sevea thousand
nine hundred and seventy-five pesos.
In all, for the law department, one hundred and seventeen thousand
pesos.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Salaries and wages^ -fire department: Chief, at six thousand pesos
per annum; city electrician, at four thousand five hundred pesos
per annum; deputy chief, at three thousand six hundred pesos per
annum; chief engineer, at three thousand pesos per annum; one
mechanic, at two thousand one hundred and sixty pesos per anum;
two linemen, at two thousand six hundred pesos per annum each;
four linemen. Class H; eight captains, at two thousand eight hun-
dred pesos per annum each; thirteen lieutenants, at two thousand
four hundred pesos per annum each ; five engineers, first class, twelve
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thousand nine hundred and thirty-four pesos : Provided^ That the pay
of engineers, first class, shall be at the rate of two thousand four hun-
dred pesos per annum each for the first year of service, and may be at
the rate o£ two thousand six hundred pesos per annum each lor the
second and succeeding years; nine engineers, second class, ten thou-
sand one hundred and eighty pesos: Provided^ That the pay of engi-
neers, second class, shall be at the rate of nine hundred ana sixty pesos
per annum each for the first year of service, and may be at the rate
of one thousand two hundred pesos per annum each for the second
and succeeding years ; forty-five firemen, first class, ninety-one thou-
sand eight hundred and twenty pesos: Provided^ That the pay of
firemen, first class, shall be at the rate of one thousand eight hunared
pesos per annum each for the first year of service, and may be at the
rate or two thousand pesos per annum each for the second year, two
thousand one hundred and sixty pesos per annum each for the third
year, and two thousand two hundred and eighty pesos per annum
each for the fourth and succeeding years ; fifty firemen, second class,
thirty-four thousand three hundred and sixty pesos: Provided^ That
the pay of firemen, second class, shall be at the rate of four hundred
and eighty pesos per annum each for the first year of service, and may
be at the rate oi six hundred pesos per annum each for the second
year, six hundred and sixty pesos per annum each for the third year,
and seven hundred and twenty pesos per annum each for the fourth
and succeeding years : And provided further^ That in computing the
service of firemen^ credit for previous service in the police depart-
ment, city of Manila, may be allowed to employees transferred to the
fire department ; chief clerk, at three thousand pesos per annum ; one
clerk, class eight ; and for hire of temporary employees ; two hundred
and thirty-six thousand pesos.
Contingent expenses^ fire department: For contingent expenses,
including repair of office furniture and the purchase and repair of
station apparatus, furniture and supplies; advertising; cablegrams;
postage and telegrams; printing and binding; official transporta-
tion; purchase of horses, harness, hose, parts for apparatus and
small equipment; electrical apparatus, supplies and tools, including
those necessary for maintenance of alarm system; forage; horse-
shoeing; fuel; and incidental expenses; fifty- four thousand pesos.
In all, for the fire department, two hundred and ninety thousand
pesos.
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE.
Salaries and wages^ department of police: Chief, at seven thou-
sand pesos per annum; assistant chief, at five thousand pesos per
annum ; six captains, at four thousand pesos per annum each.
Office force:
One clerk, class six; one clerk, class seven; one clerk, at three
thousand pesos per annum ; two clerks, class eight ; two clerks, class
nine; three clerks. Class A; one clerk, Class E; one clerk. Class F;
three messengers, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum each.
Secret service force :
One chief of secret service, at six thousand pesos per annum;
two detectives, at four thousand pesos per annum each; one detect-
ive at three thousand two hundred pesos per annum; one detect-
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ive, at three thousand pesos per annum; one detective, at two
thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; five detectives, at two
thousand four hundred pesos per annum each; two detectives, at
two thousand pesos per annum each; one detective, at one thou-
sand eight hundred pesos per anniun; three detectives, at one
thousand two hundred pesos per annum each; three detectives, at
nine hundred and sixty pesos per annum each; six detectives, at
four hundred and eighty pesos per annum each.
First-class police:
Thirty-two sergeants, at two thousand six hundred -pesos per
annum each; one hundred and sixty-eight patrohnen, not to exceed
three hundred and fifty-two thousand eight hundred pesos: Pro-
vided^ That the pay of patrolmen, first class, shall be at the rate of
one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum each for the first
year of service, two thousand pesos per annum each for the second
year, two thousand one hundred and sixty pesos per annum each
tor the third year, and two thousand two hundred and eighty pesos
per annimi each for the fourth and succeeding years.
Second and third class police :
Sixteen sergeants, at one thousand two hundred pesos per annum
each; two hundred and eighty-four patrolmen, not to exceed one
hundred and seventy thousand four hundred pesos: Provided^ That
the pay of patrolmen, second class, shall be at the rate of six
hundred pesos per annum each for the first year of service, seven
hundred and firty pesos per annum each for the second year, eight
hundred and twenty-four pesos per annum each for the third year,
and nine hundred pesos per annum each for the fourth and succeed-
ing years : And provided further^ That the pay of patrolmen, third
class, shall be at the rate of four hundred and eighty pesos per
annum each for the first year of service, six hundred pesos per annum
each for the second year, six hundred and sixty pesos per annum each
for the third year, and seven hundred and twenty pesos per annum
each for the fourth and succeeding years.
Miscellaneous :
For the hire of labor at the public pound, not to exceed one
thousand and eighty pesos; for maintenance of alarm system; and
for hire of temporary employees.
Total for salaries and wages, seven hundred and ninety-five thou-
sand five hundred pesos.
Contingent expenses^ department of police: For contingent ex-
penses, including the repair of office and station furniture and
purchase of supplies; advertising; cablegrams, postage and tele-
grams; printing and binding; official transportation; alarm system
apparatus and supplies; care and subsistence of prisoners confined
in police stations; subsistence of animals in public pound; rents
for buildings; fund to be used, subject to the provisions of Act
Numbered Eight hundred and four, in securing information, pho-
tographs of criminals, subsistence, vehicle hire and traveling ex-
penses of detectives, decoys and prisoners working outside the limits
of the city of Manila ; for the purchase of materials for uniforms ;
and incidental expenses; forty-two thousand pesos: Provided^ That
materials for uniforms may be sold at cost price to members of
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the uniformed force for their personal use, receipts from such
sales to be deposited to the credit of this appropriation and to be
avaliable for expenditure in accordance with its provisions, and in
addition thereto.
In all, for the department of police, eight hundred and thirty-seven
thousand five hundred pesos.
DEPARTMENT OP CITT SCHOOLS.
Salaries and wages^ department of city schools:
Office force :
One clerk, class six ; one clerk. Class D.
Day-school teachers :
Five teachers. Class C; four teachers, at one thousand three hun-
dred and twenty pesos per annum each; five teachers. Class D; nine
teachers, Class E ; twenty-four teachers, Class F ; fifty-six teachers.
Class G; fifty-three teachers, Class H; thirty teachers, Class I;
seventy-five teachers. Class J, from October third, nineteen hundred
and six.
Night-school teachers :
Seven principals at four pesos per night each ; and forty-five teach-
ers, at three pesos per night each, not to exceed an aggregate of
twenty-three tnousand seven hundred and ninety-seven pesos.
Miscellaneous :
For the hire of janitors and other necessary laborers, not to exceed
nine thousand three hundred and forty pesos; and for hire of tem-
porary employees.
Total for salaries and wages, two hundred and twenty -three thou-
sand pesos.
Contingent expenses^ department of city schools: For contingent
expenses, including the purchase and repair of office and school "furni-
ture and supplies; advertising; cablegrams; postage and telegrams;
printing and binding; official transportation; supplies for instruc-
tion in domestic science and manual trades; rent or buildings; jani-
tors' supplies ; and incidental expenses ; sixty-nine thousand pesos.
In all, for the department of city schools, two hundred and ninety-
two thousand pesos.
DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND COLLECTIONS.
Salaries and wages ^ department of assessments and collections:
For reimbursement to the Insular Government on account of expenses
incident and necessarv to the collection of city taxes by the ^Bureau
of Internal Revenue auring the twelve months ending June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and seven; eighty-two thousand pesos.
Continaent expenses^ department of assessments and collections:
For reimbursement to the Insular Government on account of expenses
incident and necessary to the collection of city taxes by the Bureau
of Internal Revenue auring the twelve months ending June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and seven ; eighteen thousand pesos.
Tax refunds^ department of assessments and collections: For re-
fund of taxes and licenses, or parts thereof, erroneously collected, the
refund of which has been or may be duly authorized in accordance
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with law, seven thousand five hundred pesos : Provided^ That refunds
made in pursuance of this appropriation shall be charged in whole
to the city of Manila.
In all, for the department of assessments and collections, one hun-
dred and seven thousand five hundred pesos.
DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS.
Salaries and wages^ department of engineering and public works:
General office :
City engineer, at nine thousand pesos per annum ; first assistant
city engineer, at five thousand pesos per annum ; superintendent of
buildings and illumination, at five thousand pesos per annum ; two
second assistant city engineers, at three thousand six hundred pesos
per annum each; chief clerk, class five; property clerk, class six;
one clerk, class seven ; one clerk. Class C ; one clerk, Class D ; one
inspector of plumbing, class six; one inspector of buildings, class
seven ; one mechanic, class nine ; one building inspector, class nine ;
one building inspector, class ten ; one building inspector. Class C ; one
building inspector. Class D ; one clerk. Class C ; one clerk^ Class G ;
two clerks, Class I ; and for hire of temporary building inspectors,
telephone apparatus, mechanics and other labor as may oe necessary
for the mamtenance and repair of public buildings.
Water supply and sewers :
Superintendent, at five thousand pesos per annum; inspector of
boilers and machinery, class six; assistant engineer, class eight;
chief inspector, class nine ; chief engineer at pumping station. Class
B; two foremen, class nine; one foreman, class 10; one assistant
engineer at pumping station, at one thousand five hundred and sixty
pesos per annum; one foreman, water supply shops, Class C; six
meter inspectors. Class D ; one clerk. Class D ; one junior draftsman.
Class H; one clerk. Class I; one clerk. Class J; and for hire of
assistant engineers at pumping station, foremen, mechanics, and other
labor as may be necessary.
Drafting and surveys :
Assistant engineer, class seven; surveyor, at three thousand
pesos per annum; transitman, class nine; two junior draftsmen.
Class G; one junior draftsman. Class H; one junior draftsman.
Class I; and for hire of axmen, chainmen, rodmen, and other labor
as may be necessary.
Street construction and bridges :
Superintendent, at five thousand pesos per annum; two in-
spectors, class eight; two inspectors, class nine; one foreman, class
nme; one launch* master, class nine, until December thirty-first,
nineteen hundred and six ; one clerk, class ten ; one clerk Class C ;
one clerk, Class I; and for hire oi foremen, launch officers and
crews, mechanics, divers, and other labor as may be necessary; and
for subsistence allowance of launch crews, at twenty centavos per
diem each employee when necessary.
City repair shops :
One superintendent and property clerk, class six; one clerk, class
eight; one foreman, class eignt; three mechanics, class nine; one
clerk, class nine ; two mechanics, class ten ; one warehouse foreman,
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Class B; one clerk, Class C; and for hire of mechanics and other
labor as may be necessary : Provided^ That the positions authorized
under the foregoing head, " city repair shops," shall be discontinued
on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and six^
For hire of temporary employees.
Total for salaries and wages, four hundred and four thousand
pesos.
Contingent expenses^ department of engineering and public
works: For contingent expenses, including the purchase of office
supplies and repair of office furniture; advertising; cablegrams;
postage and telegrams; printing and binding; official transporta-
tion ; purchase of tools and miscellaneous supplies; repairs to bridges
and operation of Binondo Lift Bridge; purchase and supply of
materials for the maintenance of streets and roads; purcnase of
coal, oil, and waste; repairs to pumping machinery and boilers;
repair of Santolan road and transportation of supplies to pumping
station; cleaning and repair of drains and sewers; repairs to
launches and equipment; repair and maintenance of public build-
ings; electrical service for parks, public buildings, and streets,
including telephone service and purchase of minor electrical sup-
plies; rents; janitors' supplies; purchase of pitch for use in street
repairs : Provided^ That no surcharge shall be made by the Bureau
of Supply for its intervention in such purchase; and incidental
expenses; four hundred and four thousand five hundred pesos:
Provided^ That broken stone for street construction and repair shall
be obtained from the city's quarry, or by purchase, as may be more
economical.
In all, for the department of engineering and public works, five
hundred and forty- four thousand pesos: Provided^ That the pro-
ceeds of all receipts by or on account of the department of engineer-
ing and public works, beginning as of date Julv first, nineteen
hundred and six, shall be deposited to the credit of this appropria-
tion and be available for expenditure in addition to the amounts
hereinbefore appropriated: Provided further^ That the total ex-
penditures on account of the department of engineering and public
works during the fiscal year shall not exceed the sum of eight hun-
dred and eight thousand five hundred pesos except with the approval
of the Philippine Commission first had.
DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION AND TRANSPORTATION.
Salaries and wages ^ department of sanitation and transportation:
Chief, at five thousand five hundred pesos per annum, with quarters
in kind ; one assistant chief, class six ; one superintendent of sanita-
tion, class seven, with quarters in kind ; one veterinary surgeon, class
seven, with quarters in kind; one superintendent of transportation,
class eight, with quarters in kind; one clerk, class nine; one super-
intendent of cemeteries, class nine, with quarters in kind ; one super-
intendent of parks, class nine; two stable foremen, class nine, with
?uarters in kind; one clerk, Class K\ one clerk. Class C; one clerk,
!lass D ; four clerks. Class G ; two clerks. Class I.
Market and street cleaning:
For hire of one foreman, at not to exceed seven pesos per diem;
additional foremen and labor as may be necessary ; one master, steam
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barge Pluto^ at not to exceed seven pesos per diem, with allowance of
one peso per diem for subsistence; one chief engineer, steam barge
Pluto^ at not to exceed seven pesos per diem, with allowance of one
peso per diem for subsistence; one assistant engineer, steam barge
Pluto,, at not to exceed three pesos and twenty -five centavos per diem,
with allowance of thirty centavos per diem for subsistence; and
necessary petty officers and crew, including subsistence allowance of
thirty centavos per diem each, as may be necessary.
Maintenance of parks:
For hire of foremen, mechanics, and labor, as may be necessary.
Maintenance of cemeteries :
For hire of one foreman, at not to exceed two pesos and fifty
centavos per diem, and labor as may be necessary.
Land transportation :
For hire of one foreman, at not to exceed seven pesos per diem;
additional foremen, mechanics, mechanic helpers, teamsters, watch-
men, drivers, and labor, as may be necessary.
For hire of temporary employees.
Total for salaries and wages, nve hundred thousand pesos.
Contingent expenses, department of sanitation and transporta-
tion: For contingent expenses, including the purchase and repair
of office furniture and supplies; advertising; cablegrams; postage
and telegrams; printing and binding; purchase of animals^ vehicles,
harness, pails, and other apparatus necessary to maintam equip-
ment; purchase of hose, tools, and miscellaneous small equipment;
purchase of gravel, pipe, sand, stone, and like materials; purchase
of disinfectants, steam barge supplies, brooms, paint, and miscel-
laneous supplies; purchase of forage; purchase of fuel; repairs to
bancas, barges, crematories, vehicles, and miscellaneous ecjuipment;
rents; for subsistence of animals in public pound; and incidental
expenses ; two hundred and seventy thousand pesos.
In all, for the department of sanitation and transportation, five
hundred and ninety-five thousand pesos: Provided, That the pro-
ceeds of all receipts by or on account of the department of sanita-
tion and transportation, beginning as of date July first, nineteen
hundred and six, shall be deposited to the credit or this appropria-
tion and be available for expenditure in addition to the amounts
hereinbefore appropriated: Provided further^ That the total ex-
penditures on account of the department of sanitation and trans-
Eortation during the fiscal year shall not exceed the sum of seven
undred and seventy thousand pesos except with the approval of
the Philippine Commission first had.
PUBLIC WORKS.
For the straightening and widening of streets as may be necessary
to meet obligations heretofore incurred, forty-one thousand one hun-
dred and forty -eight pesos and eiffhty centavos: Provided, That this
appropriation shall not be available for expenditure for any other
purpose than for the payment of amounts due prior to June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and seven, as set forth in communications from the
Municipal Board, dated October twelfth and eighteenth, nineteen
hundrea and six, submitting a statement of all obligations, not yet
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fully settled, incurred on account of the widening and extension of
streets.
For the erection of permanent street monuments, one thousand
pesos.
In all for public works, forty -two thousand one hundred and forty-
eight pesos and eighty centavos.
Total of appropriations for all purposes, three million twenty -eight
thousand one hundred and forty -eight pesos and eighty centavos:
Provided^ That with the approval of the Secretary of Finance and
Justice, the Municipal Board may direct the Auditor to transfer
funds from the appropriation for salaries and wages to that for con-
tingent exfjenses, and vice versa, within any department when the
public service so demands.
Sec. 2. In all cases in which provision for a position or employment
heretofore provided by law is not made by this Act, such position or
employment is hereby authorized from July first, nineteen hundred
and six, until not later than fifteen days after the passage of this Act,
and any funds appropriated for salaries and wages for the depart-
ment or office to which the position or employment pertains are
hereby made available for payment of the services rendered.
Sec. 3. Upon the approval of the Municipal Board first had, a
vacancy in a position of any class may be filled by the appointment
of one person or more of a lower class : Provided^ That the aggregate
of salaries paid is not greater than the salary authorized by law for
that position.
Sec. 4. All positions and employments authorized by this Act, the
compensations of which are not stated at a per annum rate, shall be
in the unclassified service, and no privileges provided by Act Num-
bered One thousand and forty shall accrue to appointees to such posi-
tions: Provided^ That all appointments and separations above the
grade of semiskilled laborer under the provisions of this section shall
be reported to the Bureau of Civil Service by the proper chief of de-
partment or office in case of discharge, stating reasons therefor: And
provided further^ That unless otherwise authorized by law, no pay-
ment shall be made for overtime work.
Sec. 5. The Secretary of Finance and Justice may, in his dis-
cretion, commute accrued leave of absence to persons entitled thereto,
and authorize payment of the amount so accrued in a gross sum from
the appropriation from which their salaries should properly be paid.
Sec. 6. The appropriations hereinbefore made for each department
or office shall be available for payment of authorized commutations
of accrued leave of absence of the officers and employees thereof, and
for payment of such expenses as may accrue to such departments and
offices by reason of the operations of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred
and nine.
Sec. 7. Unclassified employees of the municipal government, in-
cluding laborers, who are injured in clear line of duty, may, in the
discretion of the Municipal Board and with the approval of the
Secretary of Finance ana Justice, continue to receive their re^lar
compensation during the period of disability, not exceeding ninety
days: Provided^ That the Secretary of Finance and Justice may, in
his discretion, authorize payment of medical attendance, necessary
transportation, and hospital fees for officers and employees injured
in clear line of duty, but such payment shall not be made from the
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appropriation for " general purposes " when the department or office
concerned has an available appropriation for contingent expenses or
public works, as the case may be. from which such payment can be
made, nor shall the provisions or this section be construed to cover
sickness as distinguished from physical wounds.
Sec. 8. All balances remaining unexpended when any public works
or permanent improvements appropriated for by this Act are com-
pleted and accounts settled shall be returned at once to the Treasury
of the Philippine Islands and shall not thereafter be available for
withdrawal or disbursement under this Act.
Sec. 9. The provisions of the first paragraph of section three of
Act Numbered Eight hundred and seven, providing the manner in
which withdrawals of moneys appropriated in said Act shall be
made, are hereby made applicable to the withdrawal of money appro-
priated under this Act.
Sec. 10. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
appropriation bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in
accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of
procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed
September twentv-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 11. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 20, 1906.
[No. 1547.]
AN ACT Appropriating the sum of one million eight hundred and thirty-four
thousand pesos from the funds realized from the sale of bonds authorized by
Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and twenty-three, for the purpose of con-
structing sewers in the city of Manila and to furnish it with an adequate
sewer and drainage system and supply of water.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of the funds realized from
the sale of bonds authorized oy Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and
twenty-three, for the construction of the proposed sewer and water-
supply systems in the city of Manila :
DEPARTMENT OF SEWER AND WATERWORKS CONSTRUCTION.
For salaries and wages of the chief engineer, at twelve thousand
pesos per annum ; two principal assistant engineers, at eight thousand
pesos per annum each ; two assistant engineers, at six thousand pesos
per annum each ; two assistant engineers, at four thousand pesos per
annum each ; four assistant engineers, at three thousand six hundred
pesos per annum each; one chief draftsman, at three thousand six
nundred pesos per annum ; two levelmen, at two thousand four hun-
dred pesos per annum each; two draftsmen^ at eight hundred and
forty pesos per annum each; one clerk. Class F; hire of temporary
inspectors as may be necessary; reimbursement at the rate or three
thousand nine hundred pesos per annum to the appropriation " Sal-
aries and wages. Municipal Board," city of Manila, on account of
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services rendered by the disbursing office, city of Manila ; hire of labor
as may be necessary ; and for contingent expenses, including the pur-
chase and repair of field eauipment, furniture, instruments, supplies,
and tools; advertising; cablegrams; postage and telegrams; print-
ing and binding; official transportation; maintenance of road along
pipe line ; expropriation of property for sites of sewer pumping sta-
tions; payments on contracts tor sewer construction; payments on
contracts for waterworks construction; customs duties; and inci-
dental expenses ; one million eight hundred and thirty-four thousand
pesos.
Sec. 2. The provisions of sections two, three, four, five, six, and
seven of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and forty-six are hereby
made applicable to the department of sewer and waterworks con-
struction.
Sec. 3. The funds appropriated by this Act shall be expended in
accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred
and twenty-three.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 20, 1906.
[No. 1548.]
AN ACT To amend the Provincial Government Act by increasing the power of
provinces In the matter of appropriation of provincial funds.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commisison^ that:
Section 1. Section thirteen of the Provincial Government Act,
Numbered Eighty-three, is hereby amended by striking out para-
graph {nn) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"(7i?i) To appropriate, in its discretion, moneys from any of its
funds in excess of all just debts and liabilities falling due within
the fiscal year, except those funds the use of which is otherwise spe-
cifically fixed by law, for loans to municipalities of the province,
under such conditions as to the use of the funds loaned and as to the
repayment of the loans with interest at three per centum per annum,
as may be fixed by the provincial board: Provided^ That the entire
indebtedness of any municipality to which a loan is made shall not,
inclusive of such loan, exceed five per centum of the assessed valua-
tion of the property in said municipalitv ;
" To provide, in its discretion, for the payment from provincial
funds 01 their regular compensation during the period of their dis-
ability, not exceeding ninety days, to unclassifiea employees of the
})rovincial government, including laborers, when said employees or
aborers are injured in the clear Tine of duty; the neceasary expenses
of medical attendance, transportation, and hospital fees for such
injured employees or laborers, and in case of their death from said
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injuries, their reasonable burial expenses may likewise, in the discre-
tion of the provincial board, be paid from provincial funds;
" To appropriate moneys accruing to the provincial road and
bridge fund for the purpose of providing and maintaining wharves,
Eders, and docks in accordance with plans and specifications furnished
•y the Bureau of Port Works, and removing obstructions to naviga-
tion within the limits of the province ;
" To appropriate moneys irom any of its funds, except those the
use of which is otherwise specifically fixed by law, for other purposes
having in view the general welfare of the province and its inhab-
itants;
^' Provided^ That no appropriation made pursuant to the provisions
of this subsection shall be valid or take effect until it shall have been
approved by the Governor-General, or unless and until thirty days
after the receipt of due notice thereof by the Governor-General shall
have passed without the disapproval of the Governor-General having
been given."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of '^Aii Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 24, 1906.
[No. 1549.]
AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in the Province of Batangas
from sixteen to seventeen, by separating from Taal the former municipality
of Lemery, reconstituting the latter as a municipality, and giving the same
the territory which It comprised prior to the passage of Act Numl)ered
Seven hundred and eight.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
ComTfiission^ that:
Section 1. The sixteen municipalities of the Province of Batangas,
as established by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and fourteen, shall,
in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to seven-
teen, by separating the former municipality of Lemery from the
present municipality of Taal. The municipality of Taal shall con-
sist of its present territory minus that of Lemery, which is hereby
reconstituted a municipality and shall consist of the territory of
which it was constituted prior to the passage of Act Numbered
Seven hundred and eight.
Sec. 2. The municipal election for the reconstituted municipality
of Lemery shall be held at the time of the next regular municipal
elections m the Province of Batangas in accordance with the rules
contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended
by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight, but the officers
thus elected shall not take office nor shall the said reconstituted
municipality come into existence until the first Monday in January
following said election. The changes herein provided for shall in
no way interfere with the number of officers to be elected or with
the holding in the regular maimer of the municipal election in the
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municipality of Taal, unless through the operation of this Act the
class of said municipality, as fixed under section four of the Munici-
pal Code, is raised or lowered, in which case the number of coun-
cilors elected shall be as prescribed in Act Numbered Fourteen hun-
dred and thirty-three.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 25, 1906.
[No. 1550.]
AN ACT Consolidating tbe present municipality of Casiguran with the munici-
pality of Baler, both in the Province of Tayabas, and annexing the barrios
of Cabnlihan, San Roque. and Calantas with the sitios of Anos and Tubas, of
the municipality of Qumaea, to the municipality of Pitogo, in the same
province.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission that:
Section 1. The municipality of Casiguran, in the Province of
Tayabas, is hereby annexed to and consolidated with the municipality
of Baler, in the same province, with the seat of municipal govern-
ment at the present municipality of Baler.
Sec. 2. The barrios of Cabulihan, San Roque, and Calantas, with
the sitios of Anos and Tubas, now a part of the municipality of
Gumaca, Province of Tayabas, are hereby annexed to and consoli-
dated with the municipalitv of Pitogo, in the same province.
Sec. 3. The municipal elections in Baler shall be held in accord-
ance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and
thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-
eight. When the new municipal officials shall have been elected and
shall have qualified, the present organization of each of the munici-
palities mentioned in section one of this Act shall be thereby abolished,
and all oflSces held by virtue of their present organization shall be
vacant and abolished, so that all the present municipal officials shall
cease to hold office as soon as the new officials shall have taken the
oath of office. Until the officials elected for the newly constituted
municipality of Baler, as described in section one, shall have qualified,
the present organization of the existing municipalities shall continue.
Sec. 4. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of
this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 25, 1906.
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[No. 1551.]
AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in tlie Province of Cavlte
from eleven to twelve, by separating from Imus the former municipality of
Bacoor and giving the latter the territory which it comprised prior to the
passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-seven.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The eleven municipalities of the Province of Cavite, as
established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-seven, shall,
in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to twelve,
by separating from Imus the former municipality of Bacoor, which is
hereby reconstituted and shall consist of the territory of which it was
constituted prior to the passage of said Act Numbered Nine hundred
and forty-seven.
Sec. 2. The municipal election for the reconstituted municipality
of Bacoor shall be held at the time of the next regular elections in
the Province of Cavite in accordance with the rules contained in Act
Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered
Nine hundred and twenty-eight, but the officials thus elected shall not
take office nor shall the reconstituted municipality come into exis^t-
ence until the first Monday in January following said elections. The
changes herein provided for shall in no way interfere with the number
of officials to be elected or with the holding in the regular manner of
the municipal election in the municipality of Imus, unless through the
operation of this Act the class of said municipality, as fixed under
section four of the Municipal Code, is raised or lowered, in which case
the number of councilors elected shall be as prescribed in Act Num-
bered Fourteen hundred and thirty-three.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeaitea in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 25, 1906.
[No. 1552.]
AN ACT Requiring Justices of the peace and Judges of Courts of First Instance,
of the Court of Land Registration, and of municipal courts to certify on their
applications for leave and upon salary vouchers and pay rolls that all special
proceedings, applications, petitions, demurrers, motions, and all civil and crim-
inal cases under submission for decision or determination for a period of
ninety days or more have been determined and decided on or before the date
of making such certificate, and providing that no leave shall be granted or
salary paid until such certificate shall have been made.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Justices of the peace and judges of Courts of First
Instance, of the Court of Land Registration, and of municipal
courts shall certify on their applications for the leave prescribed
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by Act Numbered Eight hundred and sixty-seven, and upon salary
vouchers presented by them for pavment, and upon all pay rolfs
upon which their salaries are paid, that all special proceedings,
applications, petitions, demurrers, motions, and all civil and crim-
inal cases which have been under submission for decision or deter-
mination for a period of ninety days or more have been determined
and decided on or before the date of making the certificate, and no
leave shall be granted and no salary shall be paid without such
certificate.
In case any special proceeding, application, petition, demurrer,
motion, civil or criminal case is resuomitted upon the voluntary
application or consent in writing of all the parties to the case,
cause, or proceeding, and not otherwise, the ninety days herein pre-
scribed within which a decision should be made shall begin to run
from the date of such resubmission.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two oi "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on December thirty-first, nine-
teen hundred and six.
Enacted, October 27, 1906.
[No. 1553.]
AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in the Province of La Laguna
from twenty to twenty-one, by separating from Bifian the former municipality
of San Pedro Tunasan, reconstituting the latter as a municipality, and giving
to each the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered
Nine hundred and thirty-nine.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The twenty municipalities of the Province of La La-
guna, as established by Act Numbered One thousand and eight, shall,
in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to twenty-
one, by separating the former municipality of San Pedro Tunasan
from the present municipality of Binan. The municipality of Bifian
shall consist of the territory of whi6h it was constituted prior to the
passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-nine, and the
municipality of San Pedro Tunasan is hereby reconstituted and shall
consist of the territory of which it was constituted prior to the pas-
sage of said Act.
Sec. 2. The municipal election in the reconstituted municipality of
San Pedro Tunasan shall be held at the time of the next regular
municipal elections in the Province of La Laguna in accordance with
the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as
amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight, but the
officers thus elected shall not take office nor shall the said reconstituted
municipality come into existence until the first Monday in January
following said elections. The changes herein provided for shall in
no way interfere with the number or officers to be elected or with the
holding in the regular manner of the municipal election in the mu-
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nicipality of Biiian, unless through the operation of this Act the
class of said municipality, as fixed under section four of the Municipal
Code, is raised or lowered, in which case the number of councilors
elected shall be as prescribed in Act Numbered Fourteen hundred
and thirty-three.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 29, 1906.
[No. 1554.]
AN ACT Providing for a loan of twenty thousand pesos to the Province of
Sorsogon for the completion of the provincial high school building of said
province.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty
thousand pesos, to be loaned to the Province of Sorsogon.
Sec. 2. The money appropriated in section one of this Act shall
be paid to the treasurer of the Province of Sorsogon upon the pro-
duction and delivery by him to the Insular Treasurer of a certified
copy of a resolution of the provincial board of the Province of Sor-
sogon accepting the loan hereinbefore authorized and agreeing to
repay the same, without interest, in annual installments of one-half
01^ the total amount, the first installment to be paid on or before
December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and seven.
Sec. 3. The money hereby appropriated shall be used in the com-
pletion of the provincial high school building of the Province of
Sorsogon, and lor no other purpose, and shall be expended under
the direction of the provincial board of said province.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws,'^ passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 30, 1906.
[No. 1555.]
AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities In the Province of Tarlac
from nine, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty, to ten,
by making the former municipality of La Paz and the barrio of Lauang-
cupang, now a part of the municipality of Tarlac, and the barrio of Bantug.
in the present municipality of Concepci6n, a new municipality.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The nine municipalities of the Province of Tarlac, as
established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty, shall, in
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accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to ten, by
separating the former municipality of La Paz and the barrio of
Lauangcupang from the present municipality of Tarlac, and con-
stituting, with their territories and that of the barrio of Bantug, in
the present municipality of Concepcion, a new municipality wnich
shall be known as La Faz, with the seat of municipal government
at La Paz.
Sec. 2. The municipal election for the reconstituted municipality
of La Paz shall be held at the time of the next regular elections in
the Province of Tarlac in accordance with the rules contained in
Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirtv, as amended by Act Num-
bered Nine hundred and twenty-eight, but the officials thus elected
shall not take office nor shall the reconstituted municipality come into
existence until the first Mondav in January following said elections.
The changes herein provided lor shall in no way interfere with the
number of officials to be elected or with the holding in the regular
manner of the municipal elections in the municipalities of Tarlac and
Concepcion, imless through the operation of this Act the class of said
municipalities as fixed under section four of the Municipal Code is
raised or lowered, in which case the number of councilors elected shall
be as prescribed in Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and thirty-three.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage or the same is hereby expedited in accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 30, 1906.
[No. 1656.]
AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities In the province of Panga-
sinan from thirty-two to forty-one, by reconstituting certain municipalities
in said province, and giving to each the territory which it comprised prior
to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-one.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The thirty-two municipalities of the Province of
Pangasinan shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act,
be increased to forty-one, by separating the former municipalities
of Aguilar, Alava, Balungao, Natividad, Santa Barbara, Santa
Maria, San Manuel, San Jacinto, and Urbiztondo, from the present
municipalities of Salasa, San Fabian, Rosales, San Nicolas, Cala-
siao, Tayug, Asingan, Manaoag, and Mangatarem, respectively,
reconstituting the said former municipalities and giving to each the
territory which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered
Nine hundred and thirty-one.
Sec. 2. The municipal elections for the reconstituted municipali-
ties of Aguilar, Alava, Balungao, Natividad, Santa Barbara, Santa
Maria, San Manuel, San Jacinto, and Urbiztondo shall be held at the
time of the next regular elections in the Province of Pangasinan in
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accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred
and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-
ei^ht, but the officials thus elected shall not take office nor shall the
said reconstituted municipalities come into existence until the first
Monday in January following said elections. The changes herein
provided for shall in no way interfere with the number of officials to
be elected or with the holding in the regular manner of the municipal
elections in the municipalities of Salasa, San Fabian, Eosales, San
Nicolas, Calasiao, Tayug. Asingan, Manaoag, and Mangatarem, unless
through the operation oi this Act the class of said municipalities, as
fixed under section four of the Municipal Code, is raised or lowered, in
which case the number of councilors elected shall be as prescribed in
Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and thirty-three.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 31, 1906.
[No. 1557.]
AN ACT Reducing the number of municipalities In the province of Albay from
twenty-seven to twenty-three, by consolidating certain municipalities of the
said province located in the subprovince of Catanduanes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The twenty-seven municipalities of the Province of
AJbay shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced
to twenty-three, by consolidating certain municipalities of the said
province located in the subprovince of Catanduanes as follows :
1. The municipality of feato shall consist of its present territory,
excepting the vtsita of Cabugao, and that of the municipality of
Baras, with the seat of municipal government at the present munici-
pality of Bato.
2. The municipality of Virac shall consist of its present territory
and that of the visita of Cabugao, in the present municipality of
Bato, with the seat of municipal government at the present munici-
pality of Virac.
3. The municipalitjr of Viga shall consist of its present territory
and that of the municipalities of Payo and Bagamanoc, with the
seat of municipal government at the present municipality of Viga.
4. The municipality of Pandan shall consist of its present terri-
tory and that or the mimicipality of Caramoran, with the seat of
municipal government at the present municipality of Pandan.
Sec. 2. The municipal elections for each or the new municipalities
of Bato, Virac, Viga, and Pandan shall be held in accordance with
the rules containecf in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as
amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight. 'iVhen
the new municipal officials shall have been elected and shall have
qualified, the present organization of each of the mmiicipalities men-
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tioned in paragraphs numbered one, two, three, and four of section
one of this Act shall be thereby abolished, so that all the present
municipal officials shall cease to hold office as soon as the new officials
shall have taken the oath of office. Until the officials elected for the
new municipalities, as described in said paragraphs numbered one,
two, three, and four of section one of this Act, shall have qualified,
the present organization of the existing municipalities shall continue.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of '' An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 31, 1906.
[No. 1558.]
AN ACT To increase the number of municipalities in the Province of Samar
from twenty-five, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and sixty,
to thirty-two.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The twenty-five municipalities of the Province of
Samar as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and sixty, as
amended, are hereby increased to thirty-two by separating the former
municipality of Tarangnan and its barrios from the municipalities
of Catbalogan and Gandara, the former municipality of San Antonio
from the municipality of Allen, the former municipality of Bobon
from the municipality of Catarman, the former municipalities of
Paric, Sulatp and San Julian from the municipality of Tart, and the
former municipality of Santa Eita from the municipalities of Basey
and Villareal, reconstituting Tarangnan, San Antonio, Bobon, Paric,
Sulat, San Julian, and Santa Rita as municipalities, each consisting
of the territory of which it was constituted prior to the passage of
Act Numbered Nine hundred and sixty, and providing that the
municipalities of Catbalogan, Gandara, Allen, Catarman, Taft,
Basey, and Villareal shall each consist of its present territory minus
the territory of the municipality separated from it by this Act. The
municipality of Paric hereafter shall be known as the municipality
of Dolores.
Sec. 2. The municipal elections for the reconstituted municipali-
ties of Tarangnan, San Antonio, Bobon, Dolores, Sulat, San Julian,
and Santa Rita shall be held at the time of the next regular municipal
elections in the Province of Samar in accordance with the rules
contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by
Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight, but the officers thus
elected shall not take office nor shall the said reconstituted munici-
palities come into existence until the first Monday in January follow-
ing said elections. The changes herein provided for shall in no way
interfere with the number of officers to be elected or with the holding
in the regular manner of the municipal elections in the municipalities
of Catbalogan, Gandara, Allen, Catarman, Taft, Basey, and Villa-
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real, unless through the operation of this Act the class of any such
municipality, as nxed under section four of the Municipal Code, is
raised or lowered, in which case the number of councilors elected
shall be as prescribed in Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and thirty-
three.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 31, 1906.
[No. 1559.]
AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and thirty-three, entitled
"An Act providing for the diminution of sentences imposed upon prisoners
convicted of any offense and sentenced for a definite term of more than
thirty days and less than life in consideration of good conduct and diligence,"
by prescribing that the aiH^Hcations of diminution of sentences allowed there-
under shall be m^de on the basis of l^al months of thirty days.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. For the purpose of computing, under Act Numbered
Fifteen hundred and thirty-three, the diminution of sentences im-
posed on certain prisoners, and for no other purpose, the word
' month " whenever used in said Act shall be construed to mean a
le^l month of thirty days, and Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
thirty-three is hereby amended accordingly.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 6, 1906.
[No. 1560.]
AN ACT Canceling one-half the amounts loaned to the Province of Cebu by
Acts Numbered Thirteen hundred and forty-three and Thirteen hundred
and eighty.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Of the amounts loaned to the Province of Cebu by Acts
Numbered Thirteen hundred and forty-three and Thirteen hundred
and eighty, one-half is hereby declared canceled on condition that
the provincial government and each municipal government that re-
ceived funds from said loans shall expend rrom their general funds
for the support of schools an amount equal to one-half the amount
received by them from said loans.
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Sec. 2. The appropriation of funds by the provincial board and
municipal councils for the purposes of section one of this Act shall be
subject to approval by the Governor-General in the case of provincial
funds and bv the provincial board in the case of municipal funds.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 6, 1906.
[No. 1561.]
AN ACT Authorizing the Governor-General to parole prisoners and providing
for the enforcement of the conditions of such paroles.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Governor-General may, whenever he thinks best,
authorize and direct the discharge from custody of any person con-
victed of crime under the laws of the Philippine Islands and suspend
the sentence of such convict without granting a pardon, and prescribe
the terms upon which a convict so paroled shall have his sentence
suspended.
DEC 2. Upon the failure of any convict to observe the conditions of
his parole, to be determined by the Governor-General, the Governor-
General shall have authority to direct the arrest and return of such
convict to custody, and thereupon said convict shall be required
to carry out the sentence of the court as though no parole had been
granted him, the time between the parole and subsequent arrest i.'ot
being taken as a part of the term of his sentence in computing the
preriod of his confinement.
Sec 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage or the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by ihe Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 10, 1906.
[No. 1562.]
AN ACT To prevent the failure of military justice, to authorize the swearing
of witnesses before a military investigation, and to punish perjuries therein
committed.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission J that:
Section 1. Any officer or clerk of any of the Departments law-
fully detailed to investigate frauds on, or attempts to defraud, the
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Government, or any irrcOTlarity or misconduct of any officer or agent
of the United States, and any officer of the Army detailed to conduct
any investigation, and the recorder, and, if th^re be none, the presid-
ing officer of any military board appointed for such purpose, shall
have authority to administer an oath to any witness attending to tes-
tity or depose in the course of such investigation.
Sec. 2. Any witness so testifying, who shall willfully, corruptly,
and falsely testify as to any material fact relative to such investiga-
tion shall be guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished with a penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum degree to
presidio correccional in its medium degree and a fine of from six hun-
dred and twenty-five pesetas to six thousand two hundred and fifty
pesetas.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage or the same is hereby expedited in accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 10, 1906.
[No. 1563.]
AN ACT To amend act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-four, entitled
"An Act creating the entry \yoYt of Sitanki, amending Act Numbered Fourteen
hundred and sixteen, and for other purposes," by increasing the compensation
of the deputy coUector of customs and authorizing the employment of two
boatmen at Sitanki.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted iy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The last line of section four of Act Nimibered Four-
teen hundred and fifty-four, entitled "An Act creating the entry
port of Sitanki, amending Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
sixteen, and for other purposes," is hereby amended to read as
follows :
" Deputy collector of customs, class seven ; one clerk. Class I ; two
boatmen, at twelve pesos per month each."
Sec. 2. Payment of the salaries above authorized shall be made
from the appropriation for the Bureau of Customs under Act
Numbered Fifteen hundred and twenty-seven.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 10, 1906.
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[No. 1664.]
AN ACT Refixing the weight and fineness of the silver coins of the Philippine
Islands for the purpose of preventing the melting and exportation thereof
518 a result of an appreciation in the price of silver, providing for the recoin-
age of existing silver coins of the Philippine Islands at the refixed weight
and fineness, to have the same value in gold as those of the correspondiag
denominations authorized by the Act of Congress approved March second,
nineteen hundred and three, and prescribing a method for expediting the ready
circulation of the new coins.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Pursuant to the authority given in the Act of Con-
gress approved June twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six,
entitled "An Act to amend an Act approved March second, nine-
teen hundred and three, entitled 'An Act to establish a standard
of value and to provide for a coinage system in the Philippine
Islands,' " and with the approval of the President of the United
States, it is hereby enacted that for the purpose of preventing the
melting and exportation of the silver coins of the Philippine Islands
as a result of the high price of silver, the weight and fineness of
the silver coins of the Philippine Islands hereafter coined shall
be as follows :
The peso shall contain twenty grams of silver eight hundred
thousandths fine;
The fifty-centavo piece shall contain ten grams of silver seven
hundred and fifty thousandths fine ;
The twenty-centavo piece shall contain four grams of silver
seven hundred and fifty thousandths fine ;
The ten-centavo piece shall contain two grams of silver seven
hundred and fifty thousandths fine.
The alloy of the above-mentioned coins shall be copper.
Sec. 2. From time to time, in the discretion of the Philippine
Commission, the existing silver coins of the Philippine Islands shall
be recoined at the weight and fineness established by this Act when
such coins are received into the Treasury or into the gold-standard
fund of the Philippine Islands, and all such coins shall have the same
value in gold as those of the corresponding denominations authorized
by the Act of Congress approved March second, nineteen hundred
and three, hereinbefore cited, and all the provisions of existing law
applying to the silver coins authorized by said Act of Congress ap-
proved March second, nineteen hundred and three, shall apply to the
coins authorized by this Act, except as herein otherwise provided.
Sec. 3. The recomage shall be effected at one or more or the United
States mints, and all expenses connected therewith shall be chargeable
against the gold-standard fund.
Sec. 4. For the purpose of expediting the ready circulation of the
aforementioned coins, the Insular Treasurer shall prepare a circular
which shall be translated into the various languages and dialects of
the Philippine Islands and distributed throughout the Islands. Said
circular shall explain the reason for the recoinage and shall inform
the public that the new coins will be received in payment of all taxes
and Government dues, and will be legal tender for private debts as
the equivalent of the old coins ; that they will be receivable in Manila
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for the purchase of gold drafts on the same terms as the old coins,
and that they may be exchanged on demand at the Insular Treasury
in Manila and at the various provincial treasuries throughout the
Islands for silver certificates, and if desired for nickel and copper
coins.
The Insular Treasurer is hereby directed to supply the various
provincial treasuries with sufficient funds out of the gold-standard
fund to enable them to comply with the requirements of this section,
and all expenses connected therewith shall be a proper charge against
the gold-standard fund.
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 6, 1906.
CIRCULAR On recolnage in accordance with sec. 4, Act 1564 of the Philippine
Commission.
Office of the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands,
Manila^ P. /., April 8^ 1907.
When the present silver coins of the Philippine Islands, which have
a declared gold value by law, were placed in circulation, their weight
and fineness were so fixed, it was thought, that their value would not
be affected by the fluctuations of the price of silver. The value of the
silver in the coins was about ninety per cent of their face value. The
unprecedented rise in the price or silver within the past three years
has made the bullion value of the coins ten per centum more than their
face value. The danger of exportation of our coins as a commodity
for sale in other countries at their bullion value, thereby contracting
our currency to the injury of the business and industrial interests
and to the individual hardship of all the inhabitants of the Islands,
prompted the Commission to pass Act 1411, making the exportation
of the silver currency of the Islands or attempt to export m excess
of twenty-five pesos a criminal offense in addition to forfeiture of
the money. A large amount of the coin was smuggled out notwith-
standing the law. In order that a stable currency system might be
maintained regardless of the fluctuations of silver, the Confess of the
United States, by Act of June 23, 1906, authorized the Philippine
Commission to refix the weight and fineness of the Insular coins, and
on December 6, 1906, the Commission passed Act No. 1564 fixing their
weight and fineness as follows :
The Silver Peso to contain 20 grams of silver, .800 fine.
The Medio Peso to contain 10 grams of silver, .750 fine.
The Peseta to contain 4 grams of silver, .750 fine.
The Media Peseta to contain 2 grams of silver, .750 fine.
The purchasing power of the peso and the sub-divisions thereof has
not been nor willnot be reduced in any way, and all coins of the new
weight and fineness will continue to be received by the Insular Gov-
ernment and all JProvincial and Municipal Governments in payment
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of all duties, taxes, dues and imposts due such Governments in the
same manner as heretofore. The legal tender value of such coins
also remains unchanged, and they will be received at the Insular
Treasury in payment of demand drafts or telegraphic transfers on
the Gold Standard Fund in New York. The new coins will be ex-
changed for the old coins at the Insular Treasury and at all Pro-
vincial Treasuries at par, the latter coins being retained, and when
sufficiently large amounts accumulate, forwarded to the United
States Mints to be recoined into coins of the new weight and fineness.
The hearty co-operation and assistance of the people in the prompt
retirement of the old coins and in the circulation of the new coins is
urgently requested.
Frank A. Branagan,
Treasurer^ Philippine Islands.
[No. 1565.]
AN ACT Amending section seventy of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
fifty-nine, "The Corporation Law," as amended by Act Numbered Fifteen
hundred and six, by extending the time within which foreign corporations
shaH comply with the provisions of said Act.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine, known
as " The Corporation Law," is hereby amended by striking out in
section seventy, as amended by section two of Act Isumbered Fifteen
hundred and six, the words " ten months " and inserting in lieu
thereof the words " thirteen months."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage or the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of " An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This A6t shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 7, 1906.
[No. 1566.]
AN ACT Regulating the free entry of certain railroad material imported into
the Philippine Islands.
AVhereas section five of the Act of Congress approved February
sixth, nineteen hundred and five, provides " That material imported
into the Philippine Islands for the construction and equipment of
railroads therein may, in the discretion of the General Government
of said Islands, under rules and regulations to be by it prescribed,
be admitted free of duty."
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. All material imported into the Philippine Archipelago
for the construction and equipment of the railroads granted conces-
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sions by Acts Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninety-seven and
Fifteen hundred and ten, which material shall, in fact, be so used,
shall be admitted free of duty imder the following rules and
regulations.
Sec. 2. All such materials shall be imported through some regular
port of entry in the Philippine Islands, and there shall be presented
to the collector of customs of the port through which such materials
are imported a free entry in duplicate, similar to the form prescribed
for Government impK)rtations. There shall be filed with such free
entrv' a commercial invoice in the usual form, specifyii^ in detail
the kind of materials imported and the value thereof. There sholl
also be filed with each free entry for railroad material a certificate in
writing signed by the representative or agent of the railroad com-
pany to the effect that the material for which free entry is sought is
to lie used in the construction and equipment of a line of rauroad
chartered by an Act of the Philippine Commission, giving the num-
ber of the Act, that no other use or disposition of the material will
be allowed or permitted^ and that if any other disposition is con-
templated immediate notice thereof will be given to the Insular (Col-
lector of Customs, and the material held subject to his order, imtil
the duties thereon have been assessed and collected.
Sec. 3. These provisions for the free entry of railroad material
shall apply only to such material as is imported for the purpose
of construction and ecjuipment, and shall not extend or apply to
any portion of such lines, or to any material or supplies therefor,
after the same shall be constructed and equipped as provided for in
section one of this Act.
Sec. 4. In case the Insular Collector of Customs shall be in doubt
as to whether any article sought to be imported free of duty imder
this Act is entitled to said exemption, he may submit the question
in writing to the Supervising Railway Expert, who shall thereupon
examine the same, and certirjr to the Insular Collector of Customs
whether the expenditure by the railroad for said article will, in his
opinion, be allowed as a proper item in the cost of construction under
section one, subsection numbered nine of Act Numbered Fourteen
hundred and ninety-seven, and section four, para^aphs (c) and (d)
of Act Numbered Fifteen himdred and seven, m case the road is
one upon which interest on bonds is guaranteed by the Government;
or, in case of nonffuaranteed roads, the Supervising Railway Expert
shall certify to me Insular Collector of Customs whether, in his
opinion, said article is a proper charge against the construction and
equipment of a railroad.
Sec. 5. The exemptions i)rovided by this Act shall not be construed
to extend or applv to articles of any kind purchased from fimds
other than those oi the railroad company, or of one of its contractors
or subcontractors; nor to articles which are intended for the personal
. use of officers or employees of any such company, whether tne same
are purchased from funds of such company or not.
Sec. 6. All material, supplies, or artides of whatever kind and
nature, imported and passed free of duty imder the provisions of
tiiis Act which shall not be used in the construction or equipment
of a line of railroad, and all used construction machinery and equip-
ment above that which can be reasonably used in the maintenance
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and operati<m of the road AsH be inventoried and assessed for
duty upon the completion of the construction and equipment of
die line of railroad for which such material, supplies, articles, or
machinery were imported: Provided^ That used construction ma-
chinery and equipment shaU be assessed for duty at a valuation to
be fixed thereon by the Insular Collector of Customs.
Sbc. 7. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to affect,
repeal, or amend the existing laws or regulations in regard to pro-
tests against and appeals from adverse decisions of the Insular Col-
lector of Customs.
8ec. 8. Whenever free entry is requested for any materials or
articles which, in the (^nion of the Insular Collector of Customs,
are not entitled to exemption from dutv under the terms of this
Act, that officer is authorized, after makdng due examination and
appraisement and ascertaining the amount of duties found to be
due on said materials or articles, to admit the same without pay-
ment of the duties, and to deliver the same to the railway company
or its representatives, notifying them, in writing, that said materials
or articles^ are found to be dutiable, that the duties thereon amount
to a certain sum, stating the sum, that the same have been passed
and delivered without payment of the duty, in accordance wifli this
section, and that due report of his decision and the amount of duties
found to be due will be made to the Govemor-Gteneral, in order that
the q^uestion of their dutiability may be adjusted and decided by
him m conformity with subsection numbered nine of section one
of Act Numberea Fourteen hundred and ninety-seven. It shall
thereupon become the duty of the Insular Collector of Customs
promptly to notify the Governor-General in writing of the above
facts and to hold the free entry and invoice and afl other papers
connected with the case in^ his office subject to the orders of the
Governor-General and until final adjustment of the question is
had. Nothing in this section contained ^all be construed to alter
or amend the rights of the Insular Auditor under the Accounting
Act or any amendment thereto, or under any other Act of the
Philippine Commission.
Sec. 9. The Insular Collector of Customs is hereby authorized
to prescribe suitable and necessary regulations for carrying out the
purposes of this Act, not inconsistent with the terms hereof, and
collectors of custoins at subports of entry in the Philippine Islands
are hereby authorized to srant free entry of railroad materials and
supplies, the exemption of whidi from duty under this Act may be
auestioned by them, under the general direction and supervision of
ie Insular Collector of Customs.
^ Sec. 10. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeditea in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of fiws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 11. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 7, 1906.
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[No. 1567.]
AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and nlnety-slx by extend-
ing the time allowed for the operations of the several boards engaged in the
assessment of land values and also authorizing municipal boards of assessors
to remain in session during the entire month of December, nineteen hundred
and six, and providing for the performance of additional duties by the super-
visor of land assessments, should the same, be required.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
ComTnission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninety-six, en-
titled "An Act extending the several periods fixed by law for the
performance of the duties of assessors and provincial boards of tax
appeals and the central equalizing board for the assessments of land
values for the purposes or taxation, imposing penalties upon owners
of real estate who fail to declare their oroperty, and extending the
time within which land taxes may be paid without penalty," is hereby
amended as follows :
(a) By extending the time prescribed in paragraph three of sec-
tion one for the board of tax appeals to receive and near complaints
from December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and six, to March fif-
teenth, nineteen hundred and seven: Provided^ That the provincial
board of tax appeals on and after January first, nineteen hundred
and seven, shaU consist solely of the provincial board of each prov-
ince, anything in Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-five, as
amended, to the contrary notwithstanding, but the terms of this pro-
viso shall not extend to the Provinces of Samar, Cavite, and Isabela
until elections for provincial governors in said provinces are held and
the governors elected shall have duly qualified and taken possession
of their offices.
(&) By carrying forward for three months in each case the dates
fixed in paragraphs four, five, six, seven, and eight of said section
and the aates fixed in sections three and six, so as to further extend
the time allowed for the operations of the several boards engaged
in the assessment of land values.
Sec. 2. The municipal boards of assessors provided for by section
sixty-three of Act Numbered Eighty-two, known as The Municipal
Cocfe, are hereby authorized to remain in session during the entire
month of December, nineteen hundred and six, if in their opinion
necessary for the interests of the public service, anything in the said
section to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 3. The Supervisor of Land Assessments, in addition to the
duties prescribed by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-five,
as amended, shallperform such other duties as may be assigned him
by the Govemor-Greneral.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of^the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 10, 1906.
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[No. 1568.]
AN ACT To amend section fourteen of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
seven, entitled "The Reorganization Act/' repealing section sixteen of said
act and merging the Bureau of Port Works with the Bureau of Navigation.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section fourteen of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred
and seven, entitled "The Reorganization Act," is hereby amended
by adding thereto a new subsection lettered (d)^ as follows:
"(rf) The Bureau of Port Works is hereby abolished as a bureau
and is constituted a division of the Bureau of Navi^tion, to be
known as the Division of Port Works, which shall be in charge of
an officer to be known as the Chief of the Division of Port Works,
by which the duties and services reauired of the Bureau of Port
Works by law in force at the time oi the passage of this Act shall
be performed under the general supervision of the Director of
Navigation."
Sec. 2. Section sixteen of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
seven, entitled " The Reorganization Act," is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. Whenever an officer of the United States Army is detailed
for service as Chief of the Division of Port Works he shall be entitled
to a per diem of ten pesos, out of funds appropriated for the Bureau
of Navigation.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of precedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 10, 1906.
[No. 1569.]
an act Amending section twenty-seven of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred
and sixty-one by providing a permanent appropriation for the payment of
rewards to persons furnishing original evidence leading to the detection of
violations of the provisions of said Act
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section twenty-seven of Act Numbered Fourteen hun-
dred and sixty-one is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof
the following words : " For the purpose of paying such rewards to
informers, a permanent appropriation of the sum so required is
hereby made out of any moneys collected under the provisions of this
Act."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of precedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 8, This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 12, 1906.
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AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, by relieving
the Insular Treasurer of the custody of internal-revenue stamps and cedulas,
and placing the same in the custody of the Collector of Internal Revenue.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section six of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and
eighty-nine is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 6. The necessary adhesive stamps for the payment of taxes
in this Act provided and the necessary blank cedulas shall be printed
upon the requisition of the Collector of Internal Revenue m such
denominations and amounts as he shall designate, and shall remain
in his custody and he shall be responsible For them until disposed
of as in this Act provided. The Collector of Internal Eevenue shall
distribute them to provincial treasurers or other collectors of internal
revenue as the law requires, and shall make monthly reports to the
Auditor of the number of blank cedulas and stamps received and
issued during the preceding month and the number on hand at the
close of the month.''
Sec. 2. The public good requirinff the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen himdred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 12, 1906. .
[No. 1571.]
AN ACT Amending sections seventy-four and one hundred and seven of Act
Numbered Eleven hundred and elgbty-nlne, as amended.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, en-
titled " The Internal Revenue Law of Nineteen hundred and four,"
as amended, is hereby further amended as follows :
(a) By striking out in section seventy- four, as amended by para-
graph ((?) of section one of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and
mirty-eight, and paragraph (a) of section one of Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and seventeen, the words " nineteen hundred and
seven," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "nineteen hundred
and eight."
(6) By striking out in section one hundred and seven, as amended
by paragraph (/) of section one of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred
and thirty-eight, and paragraph (6) of section one of Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred ana seventeen, the words " nineteen hundred and
seven," and inserting in lieu thereof the words " nineteen hundred
and eight."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
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section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
- Enacted, December 13, 1906.
[No. 1572.]
AN ACT Providing that one fiscal shall perform the duties of fiscal for the
Provinces of Capiz and Romblon, abolishing the offices of fiscal of Capiz and
of Romblon and Palawan as heretofore authorized by law, fixing the salary
,of the fiscal of the two provinces, and making provision for the traveling
expenses of such fiscal.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ t/iat:
Section 1. The duties of fiscal for the Provinces of Capiz and
Romblon hereafter shall be performed by one fiscal, whose salary
shall be twenty-seven hundred pesos per annum, of which two thou-
sand pesos shall be paid from the treasury of the Province of Capiz
and seven hundred pesos out of the Insular appropriation for " Ju-
diciary," Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and twenty-seven. The
fiscal for the two provinces shall reside at Capiz, Province of Capiz.
Such traveling expenses of the fiscal in the Province of Capiz as are
authorized by law shall be paid from the treasury of the Province of
Capiz, and like traveling expenses in the Province of Romblon shall
be paid from the treasury of the Province of Romblon. The neces-
sary expenses in traveling from the capital of one of such provinces
to that of the other in the performance of his duties as fiscal shall be
borne two-thirds by the Province of Capiz and one-third out of the
appropriation "Judiciary," Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
twenty-seven. The expense of such clerical assistance, if any, as
shall be authorized for the fiscal shall be paid two-thirds by the Prov-
ince of Capiz and one-third out of the appropriation " Judiciary," Act
Numbered Fifteen hundred and twenty-seven. Beginning with the
fiscal year, July first, nineteen hundred and seven, such proportion of
salaries and traveling expenses as are herein authorized to be paid
out of Insular funds shall be paid from the treasury of the Province
of Romblon.
Sec. 2. The offices of fiscal of the Provinces of Capiz and of Rom-
blon and Palawan as heretofore authorized by law are herebv abol-
ished and the fiscal authorized by section one of this Act shall have
power to perform the duties appertaining by law to the office of fiscal
m Capiz and in Romblon Provinces. The Attomey-Greneral is
hereby authorized and directed, whenever the necessity therefor arises,
to designate any assistant attorney or fiscal to perform in the Prov-
ince of Palawan the duties of fiscal heretofore performed by the fiscal
of Romblom and Palawan.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
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Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on January first, nineteen hun-
dred and seven.
Enacted, December 13, 190&.
[No. 1678.]
AN ACT Extending from January first, nineteen hundred and sevoi, to Jan-
nary first, nineteen hundred and nine, the time within which free patents may
be granted to native settlers upon unreeerred and unappropriated agricaltural
public lands.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Any native of the Philippine Islands now an occupant
and cultivator oi unreserved and unappropriated agricultural public
lands, as defined bv the Act of Congress of July first, nineteen hun-
dred and two, who has continuoudy occupied and cultivated such lands
either by himself or through his ancestors since August first^ eight-
een hundred and ninety-ei^t, or, who, prior to August first, eighteen
hundred and ninety-eight, continuously occupied and cultivate such
lands for three years immediately prior to said date, and who has been
continuously since July fourth, nmeteen hundred and two, until the
date of the taking effect of this Act an occupier and cultivator of
such lands, shall be entitled to have a patent issued to him without
compensation for such tract of landL not exceeding sixteen hectares,
in the manner provided in Chapter Four of Act Numbered Nine hun-
dred and twenty-six, " The Iniblic Land Act," provided that his
application therefor be filed as provided in saia chapter prior to
January first, nineteen hundred and nine, instead of January first,
nineteen hundred and seven, as now provided by section thhiy-three
of " The Public Land Act," and said section thirty-three is herdby
so amended that the words '^ nineteen hundred and seven " shall be
stricken out and in lieu thereof shall be inserted the words '^ nineteen
hundred and nine."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in acc(»:dance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 13, 1906.
[No. 1574.]
AN ACT Continuing in force the existing rate of duty on rice imported into the
Philippine Islands.
Whereas by the terms of paragraph two hundred and seventy-six
of the Act of Congress of Mar(£ third, nineteen hundred and five,
entitled "An Act to revise and amend the tariff laws of the Philippine
Islands, and for other purposes," it is provided that the Philippine
Commission may, in its discretion, contmue in force the rate of duty
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first therein stated, until in its oi>inion the conditions in the Philip-
pine Islands may warrant the higher rates therein provided; and
. Whereas it appears to the Philippine Commission that the exist-
ing conditions m the Philippine Islands do not warrant the higher
rates of duty therein provided to take effect on and after January
first, nineteen hundred and seven : Therefore,
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ tnat:
Section 1. The existing rates of duty upon rice unhusked, husked,
and in flour, imported into the Philippine Islands, are hereby con-
tinued in force until May first, nineteen hundred and eight.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 14, 1906.
[No. 1575.]
AN ACT So amending Act Numbered Eleven hundred and forty-eight, i*ntitled
••The Forest Act," as to provide but one scale of taxes on timber for all
provinces.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section eleven of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and
forty-eight, entitled " The Forest Act," is hereby amended by striking
out of said section the first three paragraphs thereof beginning with
the words " For the purposes of this Act " and ending with the words
" Samar, Surigao, and Tayabas."
Sec. 2. Section twelve of said Act is hereby amended in the follow-
ing particulars :
(a) Paragraph three of section twelve of said Act is hereby
amended to read as follows : " On all timber included in the first
group, two pesos and fifty centavos."
(6) Paragraph four of section twelve of said Act is hereby amended
to read as follows: " On all timber included in the second group, one
peso and fifty centavos."
(o) Paragraph five of section twelve of said Act is hereby amended
to read as follows : " On all timber included in the third group, one
peso."
{d) Paragraph six of section twelve of said Act is hereby amended
to read as follows : " On all timber included in the fourth group and
on all nonenumerated timber, fifty centavos: Provided. That the
taxes imposed in this section on ebony and camagon shall be char/^d
on said timbers when presented for measurement and appraisal with
the sapwood still attached; and the number of cubic meters in each
piece of timber so measured shall include the sapwood attached to the
same, and when ebony or camagon timber from which the sapwood
has been stripped is presented for measurement and appraisal there
shall be assessed and collected the following sums : "
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(e) Paragraph seven of section twelve of said Act is hereby
amended to read as follows : " On each cubic meter of ebony, six
pesos. On each cubic meter of camagon, four pesos and fifty cen-
tavos."
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage ot the same is hereby expedited in accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on January first, nineteen hundred
and seven.
Enacted, December 14, 1906.
[No. 1576.]
AN ACT To amend Act Numbered Three hundred and flfty-flve, entitled "An
Act to constitute the customs service of the Philippine Archipelago and to
provide for the administration thereof," as amended, by providing a more
expeditious method of dealing with small seizures and by defining the term
" officer of the customs."
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Sections three hundred and thirteen, three hundred
and thirteen (a), and three hundred and thirteen (6) of Act Num-
bered Three hundred and fiftjr-five, entitled "An Act to constitute
the customs service of the Phihppine Archipelago and to provide for
the administration thereof," as amended bv Acts Numbered Eight
hundred and sixty-four and Fourteen hundred and five, are hereby
so amended as to make the decision of the Insular Collector of
Customs final and conclusive in all seizure cases in which the
appraised local value of the goods in controversy is less than two
hundred pesos : Provided^ That in such cases an appeal to the court
may be had in the f ollowinff manner :
Notice of an adverse decision shall be served in the manner
prescribed for the service of notices in section three hundred and
thirteen (a), as nearly as may be, or, when practicable, by actual
personal service on the owner or person in possession at the time
of seizure. Any person claiming a right to the possession of the
merchandise may, within thirtv days after such service of the col-
lector's decision, make claim for all or any part thereof, and pay
whatever fine may be assessed thereon ; or m cases where forfeiture
is adjudged and the goods are other than prohibited importations,
pay the local appraised value of such goods, in either case under pro-
test and subject to the conditions prescribed for " rate and amount of
duty cases," in section two hundred and eighty-six of Act Numbered
Three hundred and fifty -five; whereupon the collector shall certify
up the record to the Court of First Instance, and the action shall
Sroceed as in section two hundred and eighty-seven of said Act
fumbered Three hundred and fifty-five :
And provided further^ That if no claimant shall appear within
sixty days after service of the collector's decision, as above prescribed,
the goods shall become absolutely forfeited to the Government, and
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without further proceedings shall be sold for the benefit of the Gov-
ernment at the first convenient opportunity at public auction in the
manner prescribed by law.
Sec. 2. Section three hundred and thirty-three of said Act Num-
bered Three hundred and fifty-five is hereby amended by adding
at the end thereof the following words :
"The expression 'officer of the customs' and like terms shall be
construed both in this section and in all other sections of this Act,
and in all Acts or laws enforcible in whole or in part by the
Insular Collector of Customs or any of his subordinates, so lar as
the same relate to crimes committed by or upon such officers, to
include all persons whose compensation is paid out of customs
appropriations or arrastre or other funds controlled by the customs
authorities; also storekeepers in private bonded warehouses and
persons in charge of Grovemment coal piles."
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 14, 1906.
. [No. 1677.]
AN ACT To provide for the execution in Bilibid Prison of criminals sentenced
to death.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ tJiat:
Section 1. Hereafter the execution of all criminals finally sen-
tenced to incur the death penalty shall take place inside the walls of
Bilibid Prison in the city of Manila, and within an inclosure to be
erected or arranged for that purpose, if none suitable exists, under
the direction of the Director of Prisons, which inclosure shall be
higher than the gallows, and be so constructed as to exclude entirely
the view of persons outside. For the purpose of carrying into effect
all such executions of the death sentence the Director of ftisons shall
perform the duties prescribed by existing law for sheriffs of the
Courts of First Instance ; the order of execution shall be directed to
him instead of to the sheriff of the court, and he shall return to the
court the order of execution, duly certifying thereon that he has com-
plied tiierewith in the manner prescribed oy law for sheriffs of the
courts. Hereafter it shall not be necessary for the clerk of the Court
of First Instance to witness the execution, nor to certify said act to
the court. Such executions shall be conducted by the persons pre-
scribed by existing law for the conducting of executions at said
institution or bv such law as may be hereafter enacted.
Sec. 2. The following persons only may be present at an execution :
Officials and employees of Bilibid Prison and such person^as may be
necessary, in the opinion of the Director of Prisons, to assist in con-
ducting the execution ; members of the medical profession, including
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the prison doctor ; the spiritual adviser of the condemned ; the chap-
lain, or chaplains, of the prison; the counsel of the condemned; and
any of the relatives or friends of the condemned, not exceeding ten
in number.
Sec. 3. All provisions of the Spanish Penal Code, of Act Num-
bered Four hundred and fifty-one of the Philippine Commission, and
of any other statute, rule, regulation, or order in conflict or incon-
sistent with the provisions of mis Act are hereby repealed : Provided^
That the terms of this Act shall not apply to the Moro Province, in
which province the laws in force with respect to executions at the
time 01 thepassage of this Act shall continue in full force and effect.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage or the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of " An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 18, 1906.
[No. 1578.]
AN ACT Authorizing: the refund of moneys received at land tax sales and In-
terest thereon upon conveyance of such land to provincial treasurer as trustee
by purchaser, extending the time for the redemption of realty by the delin-
quent taxpayer and the re-conveyance to him of such real estate by purchaser,
providing for the confiscation of such real estate in case it is not redeemed,
and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission J that:
SEcnoN 1. The provincial treasurers of all provinces organized
under the Provincial Government Act, Numbered Eightf-three, are
hereby authorized, with the approval of the Governor-General jBrst
had, to refund to holders of all deeds or certificates of purchase of real
property sold at public auction for delinquent taxes aue thereon, the
amount paid by such purchaser at the said tax sale and the amount
of any taxes, penalties, costs, or interest legally paid by him on said
real property subsequent to the sale, together witn interest thereon at
the rate of fifteen per centum per annum from the date of actual pay-
ment of any or eitner of such sums, to the date of the refund hereby
authorized.
The holder of any such deed or certificate of purchase, before re-
ceiving the refund nereby authorized, shall convey by proper convey-
ance, sufficient under the law, to the provincial treasurer as trustee,
all his title and interest in and to the land described in such tax deed
or certificate of purchase; and the provincial treasurer shall cause
the said deed to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the
province where the land is situated. No fees for the registration of
such deeds shall be charged or collected by such register of deeds.
Sec. 2. As soon as practicable after tne conveyance of any such
interest from the holder of any tax deed or certificate of purchase
as provided in section one of this Act, the provincial treasurer shall
notify the former owner of the real ^tate so redeemed, or his legal
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representativej by a notice deposited in the mail and addressed to
the mnnicipahty and barrio in which the said real property is situ-
ated, setting forth the status of said property and that he will be
allowed to redeem the same within six months from the date of the
mailing of said notice by paying to the said provincial treasurer the
amoimt paid to such purchaser, together with interest thereon at the
rate of fifteen per centum per annum from the date of such con-
veyance from said purchaser to the date of redemption by such former
owner or his legal representative: Provided^ That in the event that
any taxes, penalties, costs, or interest have become due since the sale
of the said real property and have not been paid by the purchaser
and included in the refund made to him by the provincial treasurer,
then, the owner in addition to the payment of the amount refunded
the purchaser with interest as provided above shall also be required
to pay the tax, penalties, costs, and interest which may have become
due subsequent to the sale of the said real property.
Upon the redemption by the former owner or his legal representa-
tive of said real estate in the manner above provided the provincial
treasurer, as such trustee, shall convey by proper conveyance, suffi-
cient under the law, the said real estate to tne said former owner or
his legal representative.
Sec. 3. All real property conveyed in accordance with the pro-
visions of section one of this Act, which shall not be redeemed by the
original owner or his legal representative within six months from
the date of the mailing of the notice by the provincial treasurer as
prescribed in 'section two hereof, shall be considered as confiscated as
provided in section eighty-one of the Municipal Code, and the pro-
vincial treasurer as such trustee shall forthwith convey by proper
conveyance, sufficient under the law, the said real estate to the munici-
pality in which the same is situated.
Sec. 4. All conveyances of real estate as provided in this Act shall
be acknowledged by the clerk of the Court of First Instance of the
province in which such land is situate, free of charge, and it shall
not be necessary to affix to such deeds the stamps required by section
one hundred and sixteen of the Internal Revenue Law of nineteen
hundred and four.
Sec. 5. In making the refund authorized by section one of this
Act, the provincial treasurer shall charge against the municipalitv
in which the real property is situated such part of the refund as will
equal the amount received by it on the original distribution of the
proceeds of the sale.
Sec. 6. Sections one, two, three, and four of this Act shall apply
to the city of Manila : Provided^ That the duties therein prescribed
for provincial treasurers shall be performed by the City Assessor
and Collector of the city of Manila under the direction of the Munici-.
pal Board, except that refunds shall be made by the disbursing
officer of the city of Manila, subject to the approval of the Municipal
Board and of the Governor-General. Refunds in the city of Manila
shall be made out of any funds in the Insular Treasury to the credit
of the city of Manila, and an indefinite appropriation is hereby
created for the amount of such refunds, which shall be charged wholly
to the city of Manila.
Sec. 7. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
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section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hmidred.
Sec. 8. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 18, 1906.
[No. 1570.]
AN ACT Suspending the collection of the land tax for the calendar year nine-
teen hundred and seven in all the provinces of the Philippine Islands organ-
ized inder the provisions of Act Numbered Eighty-three, and in all the
municipalities therein organized under the provisions of Act Numbered
Eighty-two, providing for the reimbursement to the provinces and munici-
palities of fifty per centum of the sums which they will lose by reason of
the suspension of the land tax, and appropriating toward such reimburse-
ment the sum of six hundred and sixty-six thousand nine hundred and twenty-
seven pesos and sixty-three centavos from any funds in the insular treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The collection of the land tax for the calendar year
nineteen hundred and seven in all the provinces of the Philippine
Islands or^nized under the provisions of Act Numbered Eignty-
three, and m all the municipalities therein organized under the pro-
visions of Act Numbered Eighty-two, is hereby suspended, and no
land tax shall be collected in said provinces and municipalities for
the calendar year nineteen hundred and seven ; but this suspension
shall not affect the collection of taxes due for prior years and still
uncollected. The existing laws in relation to land taxes shall con-
tinue in full force and effect, except as provided in this Act and in
Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-five as amended.
Sec. 2. The Central Equalizing Board provided for by Act Nimi-
bered Fourteen hundred and fifty-five, as amended, is hereby directed,
upon completion of its labors, to certify to the Philippine Commis-
sion the total assessed valuation of the taxable real property in the
provinces and municipalities specified in section one of this Act, and
the Philippine Commission shall thereupon appropriate an amount
equal to nrty per centum of the maximum tax collectible on, under,
and by reason of said assessment, as certified by the said Central
Equalizing Board, less such credits as are hereinafter provided for.
The said appropriation shall be distributed among the various prov-
inces and municipalities on the basis of the assessed valuation of
the taxable real property in each under the assessment provided for
by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-five as amended,
assuming that each province -and municipality has levied the maxi-
mum lawful rate of taxation.
Sec. 3. As a partial payment of the amount due each province and
municipality as provided for in the preceding section there is hereby
appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the sum of six hundred and sixty-six thousand nine
hundred and twenty-seven pesos and sixty-three centavos, for the
purpose of paying to each province and municipality each month for
a period of six months commencing January first, nineteen hundred
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and seven/ an amount equal to fifty per centum of the monthly re-
fund now being made to each province and municipality under the
provisions of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-five, as
amended, and of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seventy-five.
Sec. 4. The payments made in accordance with the preceding sec-
tion shall be considered as credits on the amount due under the pro-
visions of section two of this Act ; and when the appropriation pro-
vided for in said section is made it shall be for a sum equal to the
total amoimt due as therein authorized, less six hundred and sixty-
six thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven pesos and sixty-three
centavos, the amount appropriated by section three of this Act;
and the necessary adjustment of payments to provinces and munici-
palities to carry into effect the purposes of this Act shall be made by
the Insular Auditor.
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 20, 1906.
[No. 1580.]
AN ACT Making appropriations for certain public worlds, permanent improve-
ments, and other purposes of tlie Insular Government.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Com/mission^ that:
Section 1. The following sums, in Philippine currency, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any
funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for certain
Sublic works, permanent improvements, and other purposes of the
nsular Government :
BUKEAU or HEALTH.
For the extension of the water supply system at the Culion Leper
Colony as contemplated by resolution of the Commission, dated June
fifteenth, nineteen hundred and six, ten thousand pesos.
BUBEAU or LANDS.
For the purchase of land adjoining the Exposition Grounds on
Calle Herran, Ermita, Manila, as contemplated by resolution of the
Commission, dated August eighteenth, nineteen hundred and six,
twenty-one thousand and twenty-eight pesos and seventy-five centa-
vos.
For the purchase, from settlers, of improvements upon and rights
to land required for the Iwahig Penal Settlement, as contemplated by
resolution of the Commission, dated October fifth, nineteen hundred
and six, one thousand and sevehty-nine pesos and eighty centavos.
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In all, for the Bureau of Lands, twenty-two thousand one hundred
and eight pesos and fifty-five centavos.
BUREAU or PUBLIC WORKS.
For the construction of necessary hospital buildings and their per-
manent equipment, for the Bureau of Prisons, as contemplated by
resolution of the Commission, dated November tenth, nineteen hun-
dred and six, one hundred thousand pesos.
For the construction of buildings and their permanent equipment,
on the San Lazaro Hospital ffrounds, Manila, to provide for the care
of two hundred and fifty additional insane persons, as contemplated
by resolution of the Commission, dated November tenth, nineteen
hundred and six, fifty-five thousand pesos.
For the construction of schoolhouses in the provinces, to be allotted
bv the Secretary of Public Instruction, three hundred thousand pesos:
Provided^ That upon the recommendation of the Secretary of I^ublic
Instruction the provisions of existing law requiring that construction
be by contract if practicable may be waived by the Governor-General
and any project in whole or in part be carried through bv voluntary
or other labor : And provided further^ That not to exceed fifty thou-
sand pesos of the amount hereby appropriated may be expMided in
aiding the city of Manila to erect a suitable building for an inter-
mediate sdiool, under conditions to be fixed by the Secretary of Pub-
lic Instruction.
For the construction of Constabulary barracks and quarters, one
hundred thousand pesos.
For the improvement of the trail through the moimtains, connect-
ing the completed portions of the Cebu-Toledo wagon road, five thou-
sand pesos.
For the reconstruction of retaining wall and wharf along the Pasig
River at Malacaiian, and alterations in Governor-General's resid^ioe,
fifteen thousand pesos.
For grading grounds pertaining to the building occupied by the
Bureau of Science on Calle Herran, Ermita, Manila, four thousand
and sixty pesos.
For the construction of a residence for the Governor-General, at
Baguio, Benguet, thirty thousand pesos^ as authorized by resolution
of the Commission, dated September eighth, nineteen hundred and
six.
In all for the Bureau of Public Works, six hundred and nine thou-
sand and sixty pesos.
The unexpended balance of funds appropriated by Act Numbered
Thirteen hundred and forty-two, for "Government buildings, Ba-
guio," is hereby made available for the construction, at a cost not
exceeding five tnousand pesos, of a building for the use of employees
of the Bureau of Public Works who may be stationed there, pursuant
to resolution of the Commission, dated April eighteenth, nineteen
hundred and six.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
For the expense of investigations in regard to the improvement
of the port of Manila and other harbors, as contemplated by resolution
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of the Commission, dated August twenty-second, nineteen hundred
and six, five thousand pesos.
For the construction of abutments for two wharves at the port
of Manila, as contemplated by resolution of the Commission, dated
October twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and six, fifteen thousand
pesos.
For the completion of the Luneta extension fill in accordance with
the provisions of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and sixty, as
amended, and as contemplated by resolution of the Commission, dated
November first, nineteen hundred and six, one hundred and thirty-
four thousand three hundred and four pesos.
In all, for the Bureau of Navigation, one hundred and fifty-four
thousand three hundred and four pesos.
BUREAU OF PRISONS.
For the construction of a sewer system for Bilibid Prison, twenty
thousand pesos.
For permanent sanitary beds for inmates of Bilibid Prison, twenty
thousand pesos.
In all, tor the Bureau of Prisons, forty thousand pesos.
From the unexpended balance of funds appropriated by Act Num-
bered Fifteen hundred and twenty-seven, for the Bureau of Prisons,
there is hereby made available the sum of one thousand seven hun-
dred pesos, for the payment of expense of construction of warehouses
at the Iwahig Penal Settlement, as contemplated by resolution of the
Commission, dated November ninth, nineteen hundred and six.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The unexpended balance of funds appropriated by Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and seventy-nine, for the completion of the road
from Baguio to Trinidad, Benguet, is hereby made available for
expenditure as road and bridge funds of the Province of Benguet,
under the provisions of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-
six, as contemplated by resolution of the Commission, dated May
twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and six.
Total of appropriations for all purposes, eight hundred and thirty-
five thousand four hundred and seventy-two pesos and fifty-five cen-
tavos, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Sec. 2. All balances remaining unexpended when any public works
or permanent improvements appropriated for by this Act are com-
Eleted shall be returned at once to the Insular Treasury and shall not
B available for withdrawal or disbursement thereafter, but shall be
carried to the general revenues of the Islands.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
appropriation bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in
accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of pro-
cedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed Sep-
tember twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 22, 1906.
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AN ACT To equalise and secure uniformity in salaries of provincial governors
and treasurers.
By ofuthority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. On and after January first, nineteen hundred and
seven, the salaries of the provincial governors and provincial treas-
urers in the provinces hereinafter named shall be as follows :
(a) In the Provinces of Cebu, Hoilo, abd Pangasinan, six thousand
pesos per annum each ;
(6) In the Provinces of Albay, Ambos Camarines, Bulacan, Ilocos
Sur, La Laguna, Leyte, Occidental Negros, Pampanga, and Tayabas,
five thousand pesos per annum each ;
{c) In the Provinces of Batangas, Bohol, Cagayan, Rizal, Samar,
and Sorsogon, four thousand five nundred pesos per annum each ;
(d) In the Provinces of Capiz, Cavite, Ilocos Norte, La Union,
Misamis, Nueva Ecija, Oriental Negros, Surigao, and Tarlac, four
thousand pesos per annum each ; and
(e) In the Provinces of Antique, Bataan, Isabela, Romblon, and
Zambales, three thousand pesos per annum each :
Provided^ however. That if the provincial governor or provincial
treasurer in any of the foregoing provinces is now receiving a salary
greater than that herein fixed, this Act shall not apply to such om-
cial during his present term of office but shall take effect as to such
office upon the qualification of his successor.
Sec. 2. The public good requirinij the speedy ^lactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, December 22, 1906.
[No. 1582.]
AN ACT To provide for the holding of elections in the Philippine Islands, fbr
tlie organization of the Philippine Assembly, and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Short title, — ^This Act shall be known as the Election
Law.
Sec. 2. Definitions and general provisions. — ^Terms used in this Act
and in Acts amendatory thereor and supplementary thereto shall
have the meaning and be construed as follows, unless some other
meaning is plainly apparent from the language or context, or unless
stich construction is inconsistent with the manifest intent of the
le^lators :
The terms " board of inspectors " or " the board," when used herein
shall mean the board of inspectors of electipn and the poll clerk.
The board of inspectors shall act through its chairman upon a
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majority vote of the members, the poll clerk having neither voice
nor vote in its proceedings.
Whenever in this Act a provincial board, or a municipal coimcil,
is diarged with the doing of an act, the same shall be deemed to
include the Municipal Board of the city of Manila so as to charge
it with doing the corresponding act with respect to elections required
to be held in said citj.
Whenever a municipal secretary or provincial treasurer is charged
herein with the doing of an act the same shall be deemed to include
the secretary of the Municipal Board of the city of Manila so as
to charge him with doing the corresponding act with respect to elec-
tions required to be held in said city.
Sec. 3. Elections. — In all the municipalities in the provinces en-
titled to send Delegates to the Philippine A^embly and in the city
of Manila, which is deemed and hereby declared to be a province
within the meaning of section seven of the Act of Congress of July
first, nineteen hundred and two, an election to elect such Delegates
shall be held upon the thirtieth day of July, nineteen hundred and
seven. The Delegates elected at such election shall take office upon
the convening of the Philippine Assembly and shall hold office until
their successors are elected and qualified.
Subsequent elections for such Dele^tes shall be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November of nineteen hundred
and nine and of each odd-numoered year thereafter, and the Dele-
Sates elected at such elections shall take office upon the first day of
anuary next following such election and shall hold office for two
years or until their successors are elected and qualified.
In all the municipalities in the provinces entitled to elect gov-
ernors, an election for provincial •governor and third member of
the provincial board shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November of nineteen hundred and seven, and upon
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-
numbered year thereafter. The provincial governors and third
members elected at the elections in nineteen hundred and seven shall
hold office from the first Monday in March, nineteen hundred and
eight, until and including the thirty-first day of December, nineteen
hundred and nine, or until their successors shall have been duly
elected and qualified for office, and provincial governors and third
members thereafter elected shall take office on me first of January
next succeeding their election.
In all municipalities of the Philippine Islands an election shall
be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November of
nineteen hundred and seven, to elect municipal presidents and vice-
£ residents. The officers then elected shall take office on the first
[onday of January following their election and shall hold office
until tne first day of January, nineteen hundred and ten, or until
their successors are elected or appointed and qualified. Elections
for municipal president and vice-president shall oe held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday of November of each odd-numbered
year thereafter and the officers elected shall take office on the first of
January following their election and shall serve for two years or
until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified.
In all the municipalities of the Philippine Islands an election for
councilors shall be held on the fiirst Tuesday after the first Monday
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in November of nineteen hundred and seven to elect successors to
those councilors whose terms of office as fixed by law expire on the
first Monday of January, nineteen hundred and eight. The coun-
cilors elected at such election shall take office on the first Monday of
January, nineteen hundred and eight, and shall hold office until the
first day of January, nineteen hundred and twelve, and until their
successors are elected or appointed and qualified. An election shall
be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of
nineteen hundred and eleven and of every fourth year thereafter to
elect the successors of said councilors, and the persons elected at such
elections shall take office on the first day of January following their
election and shall hold office for four years and until their successors
are elected or appointed and qualified.
Those municipal coimcilors elected in nineteen hundred and six for
two years under the provisions of Act Numbered Eighty-two shall
hold office until the first day of January, nineteen hundred and ten
and until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified. An
election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of
November, nineteen hundred and nine, and every fourth year there-
after to elect their successors. The persons elected at sucii elections
shall take office on the first day of January following their election
and shall hold office for four years or until their successors are elected
or appointed and qualified.
So much of this Act as provides for elections of delegates to the
Philippine Assembly shall apply to the townships of Bulalacao, Cala-
pan, Caliiya Island, Lubang Island, Mamburao, Naujan, Pinamala-
yan, and Sablayan in Mindoro and in the townships or Caeavancillo,
Coron, Cuyo, Puerto Princesa, and Taytay in Palawan, ana the town-
diip of San Quintin in Ilocos Sur, which are hereby declared to be
municipalities and containing a sufficient proportion of civilized
people, for the purpose of electing delegates to the Philippine Assem-
bly, and for no other purpose. The provincial board of the province
in which said townships are situated shall perform the duties aevolved
by this Act upon municipal councils with respect to such elections for
Delecate to the Philippine Assembly and shall perform them suffi-
ciently in advance of the times herein prescribea that the rights of
the people or the times in which acts or duties are herein required or
permitted to be done shall not be abridged. In said townships at
said elections the duties herein devolved upon municipal secretaries
shall be done by the township secretary. The expense of such elec-
tions shall be borne by the townships in which they are held.
The Governor-General, with the consent of the Philippine Com-
mission, may postpone, tor such time as may be deemed necessary,
any municipal or provincial election, when in the exercise of his
reasonable aiscretion the presence of ladronism or anala^us cause,
or of sedition or rebellion or analagous cause, or of public calamity
or epidemic, shall render such action conducive to the public interest.
In all elections held under this Act a plurality of the votes legally
cast shall elect
Sec. 4. Vacancies and special elections. — ^Whenever a vacancy shall
occur in an elective provincial office the Governor-General shall
appoint a suitable person to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term
and until the election and qualification of a successor.
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Whenever a vacancy shall occur in an elective municipal office the
same shall be filled by appointment by the provincial board and the
officer so appointed shall serve until the first of January following
the next general election. If said next general election be one in the
middle or the term of office the successor shall be elected for the unex-
pired term.
Upon the failure to elect any Delegate at any election at which the
office is authorized to be filled, or upon the death or disqualification
of a person elected a Delegate before the beginning of his official term^
the Govemor-Greneral shall make a proclamation of a special election
to fill such office for the unexpired term, specifying the district in
which the election is to be held, and the date thereof, which shall not
be less than forty nor more than ninety days, reckoned from the date
of the proclamation.
Except in the case of a failure to elect as hereinbefore provided, a
special election shall not be held to fill a vacancy in the office of a
Delegate to the Assemblv, imless such vacancy occur on or before the
first day of February of the last year of the term of office, or imless
occurring thereafter and a special session of the Assembly be called
to meet bBfore the next general election.
Whenever a new municipality shall be created the Governor-Gren-
eral shall call a special election, to be held not more than three months
after such call, by the qualified voters of such new municipality imless
a general election is to he held within said three months or unless other-
wise provided in the Act creating the same. At such election a presi-
dent, vice-president, and the number of councilors appropriate to a
municipality of its class, shall be chosen; of the number of councilors
to be elected, the one-half receiving the smaller number of votes shall
be declared elected for a term which shall expire on January first fol-
lowing the general election next after the election at which they were
chosen; the one-half receiving the larger number of votes shall be
declared elected for a term two years longer. In case such division
can not be made by reason of a tie between two or more candidates,
the term of office of the tied candidates shall be determined by lot in
the manner prescribed in section twenty-six of this Act. The terms
of office of the president and vice-president shall expire on the first
of January of nineteen hundred and eight, nineteen hundred and ten,
nineteen hundred and twelve, or any second year thereafter, as the
case may be. The successors of all such officers shall be elected at the
funeral election preceding the expiration of their terms of office,
uch new municipality shall come into existence as a separate corpo-
rate organization upon the qualification of the newly elected president
and vice-president and a majority of the newly elected council. The
officers or the old municipality or municipalities who are residing in
the territory comprising the new municipality shall, unless an entire
barrio or barrios are included in the district so separated, hold their
offices until their successors are elected and qualined. For the first
election in new municipalities the provincial board shall divide the
new territory into election precincts and shall appoint the necessary
inspectors or election and poll clerks and a suitable person to perform
the duties of municipal secretary with respect to such election, all of
whom shall act until their successors are chosen and qualified as here-
inbefore provided, and shall designate the necessary polling places
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and provide the supplies for such election, the expense of all of which
shall be payable by the new municipality.
The boards of inspectors so appointed shall meet and register the
qualified voters as hereinafter provided, and the election shall proceed
under the provisions of this Act, the necessary funds therefor being
advanced oy the province and afterwards collected from the new
municipality. For such first election the provincial board shall act
as a board of canvassers.
Whenever a provincial or municipal election shall have resulted in
a failure to legally elect one or more officers and a special election shall
have been called and held thereafter for the office or offices to be filled
and shall have resulted in a failure to legally elect one or more of
such officers, the Governor-General, by and with the consent of the
Philippine Commission, shall appoint a citizen of the Philippine
Islands or of the United States to fill any such unfilled provincial
office, and the provincial board, by and with the consent of the Gov-
ernor-General, shall appoint a duly qualified elector of the municipal-
ity to fill any such uimlled municipal office. An officer so appointed
shall hold office for the term for which the office should have been
filled by election.
Sec. 6. The Philippine Assembly. — ^The Philippine Assembly shall
consist of eighty-one members, apportioned among the provinces as
follows: Albay, three; Ambos Camarines, three; Antique, one;
Bataan, one; Batangas, three; Bohol, three; Bulac&n, two; Caga-
y4n, two; Cdpiz, three; Cavite, one; Cebti, seven; Bocos Norte,
two; Ilocos Sur, three; Iloilo, five: Isabela, one; La Laguna, two;
La Uni6n, two ; Leyte, four ; Manila, two ; Mindoro, one ; Misamis,
two; Nueva Ecija, one; Occidental Negros, three; Oriental Negros,
two ; Palawan, one ; Pampanga, two ; Pangasindn^ five ; Bizal, two ;
Rombl6n, one; Samar, three; Sorsog6n, two ; Surigao, one; Tdrlac,
two ; Tayabas, two ; Zambales, one.
When another province not hereinbefore included be added to the
foregoing the Delegate or Delegates apportioned to it shall be in
addition to the number eighty-one, and such representation shall be
in the ratio of one for every ninety thousand or population and one
for an additional major fraction thereof. If at any time any change
shall be made in the boundaries of the provinces at present existing
or any new province shall be created, a readjustment of the appor-
tionment of Delegates of all provinces affected by such change of
boundaries or by tne creation of such new provinces shall be made on
the basis of the original adjustment herein provided for: Provided^
however^ That at no time shall the total number of Delegates exceed
one hundred.
In case any such new province shall be entitled to more than one
Delegate it shall be divided into as many districts as it is entitled
to E^legates. Said districts shall be composed of contiguous and
compact territory as near as may be and contain as nearly as practica-
ble an equal number of inhabitants.
Members of the Philippine Legislature, in all cases except treason,
breach of the peace, and felony which, for the purpos^ of this Act,
shall be considered a crime punishable by death or imprisonment
for four years or more, shall be privileged from arrest during their
attendance at the session of the Legislature, and in going to and in
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returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either
house they shall not be questioned in anv other place.
No Delegate to the Philippine Assembly shall, during the time for
which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the au-
thority of the Grovernment or the Philippine Islands which shall have
been created or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased
during such time; and no person holding any office under the Grov-
ernment of the Philippine Islands shall be a member of said Assem-
bly during his continuance in office.
Sec. 6. Compensation and expenses of Delegates to the Assembly, —
Unless otherwise provided by law each Delegate shall receive twenty
pesos per day for each day of actual sitting of the Assembly, and
shall also receive his actual and necessary expenses for transportation
and subsistence en route of himself only, from his residence to Manila
and return, once for each session he actually attends. No other com-
pensation or expenses shall be paid to any Delegate.
The Assembly shall choose a Recorder to the Philippine Assembly
who until otherwise provided by law shall receive twenty pesos for
each day of the session and for such additional days as may be au-
thorized by resolution of the Assembly for the purpose of completing
the records of the session. Such additional clerks, stenographers,
pages, and other subordinate employees to serve while the Assembly
IS in session as may be necessary shall be appointed by the Assemblv
at salaries, not to exceed that of the Recoraer, as may be by it fixed,
the whole sum for such purpose not to exceed twenty-five thousand
pesos for the first session.
The Executive Secretary shall be the custodian of the records of
the Legislature.
Stationery for the use of the Assembly shall be provided by the
Director oi Printing to the extent of not exceeding five thousand
pesos for the first session.
Sec. 7. Division into districts^ and representation. — Each district
for which provision is hereinafter made shall be entitled to elect one
Delegate to the Assembly : Provided^ however^ That the whole num-
ber elected from any province shall not exceed the number prescribed
for that province in section five of this Act.
The provinces hereinbefore mentioned as being entitled to elect
more than one Delegate are hereby divided into Assembly districts,
as follows :
Albay : First District — Composed of the municipalities of Bacacay,
Libog, Malilipot, Malinao, Tabaco, and Tivi. Second District —
Composed of the municipalities of Albay, Bat6, Calolbon, Daraga,
Legaspi, Manito, Pandan, Rapu-Rapu, Viga, and Virac. Third
District— Composed of the municipalities of Camalig, Guinobatan,
Jovellar, Libon, Ligao, Oas, and Polangui.
Ambos Camarines: First District — Composed of the municipalities
of Capalonga, Daet, Gainza, Indan, Labo, Libmanan, Lupi, Mambu-
lao, Milaor, Minalabac, Pamplona, Paracale, Pasacao, Ragay, San
Fernando, San Vicente, and Sipocot. Second District — (S)mposed
of th^ municipalities of Baao, Bato, Bula, Calabanga, Iriga, Maga-
rao, Nabua, Nueva Cdceres, and Pili. Third District — Composed of
the municipalities of Buhi, Caramoan, Groa, Lagonoy, Sagnay, San
Jos6, Siruma, Tigaon, and Tinambac.
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Batangas: First District — Composed of the municipalities of
Balayaii, Calaca, Lemery, Nasugbu, Taal, Talisay, and Tanauan.
Second ]Mstrict--0)mposed of the mmiicipalities of Batangas^ Bauan,
Cuenca, and Ibaan. Third District — Composed of the municipalities
of Lipa, Loboo, Rosario, San Jos6, San Juan de Bocboc, and Santo
Tomdk
Bohol: First District — Composed of the municipalities of Ante-
Juera, Badavon, Calape, Corella, Cort&, Dauis, Loon. Maribojoc,
^anglao^ and Ta^bilaran. Second District — Composed of the mu-
nici[>alities of ^burquerque, Balilihan, Batuan^ Bilar, C&rmen,
Dimiao, Inabanca, Loay, Loboc, Sevilla, and Tubigon. Third Dis-
trict— Composed of the municipalities of Anda, Candijaj, Duero,
Grarcfa-Hemandez, Guindulman, Jagna, Jetafe, Mabini, Sierra-
Bullones, Talibon, Ubay, and Valencia.
Bulacan : First District — Composed of the municipalities of Bula-
can, Calumjpit, Ha^noy. Malolos^ Paombong, and Quinj^a. Second
District — Composed of tne municipalities of Angat, Baliuag, Bocaue,
Meycauayan, Polo, San Miguel, and Santa Maria.
Cagayan: First District — Composed of the municipalities of
Alcali, Amulung, Aparri, Bag^o, Basco, Calayan, Camalaniugan,
Gattaran, Iguig, Lal-lo, Peiia Blanca, and Tuguegarao. Second Dis-
trict— Composed of the mimicipalities of Abulug, Claverla, Enrile,
Mauanan, Pamplona, Piat, S&nchez-Mira, Santo Nino, Solana, and
Tuao.
Capiz: First District — Composed of the municipalities of Capiz,
Dao, l^anay, Panitan, Pilar, and Pontevedra. Second District — Com-
posed of the municipalities of Dumalag, Dumarao, luisan, Jamindan,
Mambusao, New Washington, Sapi&n, Sigma, and Tapas. Thira
District — Composed of the mimicipalities of Buruanga, Calibo, Iba-
jay, Libacao^ Malinao, Nabas, and Taft.
Cebfi: First District — Composed of the municipalities of Bogo,
Borbon, Cdrmen, Catmon, Danao, Pilar, San Francisco, Tabogon.
and Tudela. Second District — Composed of the municipalities or
Cebti, Liloan, Mandaue, and Opon. Third District — Composed of
the municipalities of Carcar, Mmglanilla, Naga, San Fernando, and
Talisay. Fourth District— Composed of the mimicipalities of Ar^o,
Dala^ete. and Sibonga. Fifth District — Composed of the munici-
Ealities oi Ale^fa, Badian, Boljo-on, Ginatilan, Malabuyoc, Moal-
ual, Oslob, and Samboan. Sixth District — Composed of the munici-
palities of Aloguinsan,Barili,Dumanjug,Pinamunga]an,and Toledo.
Seventh District— Composed of the municipalities of Asturias.
Balamban, Bantayan, Daan-Bantayan, Medellm, San Bemigio, and
Tuburan.
Hocos Norte: First District — Composed of the municipalities of
Bacarra, Ban^, Laoag (exclusive of the barrio of San Nicolas) •
Pasuquin, Piddig, and San Miguel. Second District — Composed or
the municipalities of Badoc, Batac, Dingras, Paoay, and the barrio
of San Nicolas, Laoag.
Hocos Sur: First District — Composed of the municipalities of
Cabugao, Lapog, Magsingal, Santo Doming, Sinait, and Vi^an.
Second Distnct^-Composwi of the municipdities of Candon, Nar-
vacan, Santa Cruz, Santa Lucia, Santa Maria, Santiago, and
Tagudin. Third District — Composed of the municipalities of Ban-
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inied, Bucay, Dolores, La Paz, Pilar, San Quintin (township), and
Santa.
Iloilo: First District — Composed of the municipalities of Guim-
bal, Mia^o, Oton, and Tigbauan. Second District — Composed of
the municipalities of Arevalo, Buenavista, and Iloilo. Third Dis-
trict— Composed of the municipalities of Cabatuan, Leon, and
Santa Barbara. Fourth District — Composed of the municipalities
of Barotac Nuevo, Janiuay, and Pototan. Fifth District— Com-
posed of the municipalities of Balasan, Banate, Passi, and Sara.
La Lamina: First District — Composed of the municipalities of
Binan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Calauan, Los Bafios, Pila, San Pablo,
San Pedro Tunasan, and Santa Sosa. Second District— Composed
of the municipalities of Lilio, Luisiana, Lumban, Mabitac, Magda-
lena, Majayjayj Nagcarlan, Paete, Pagsanjan, Pangil, Santa Cruz,
and Siniloan.
La Union: First District — Composed of the municipalities of
Bacnotan, Balaoan, Bangar, Luna, San Fernando, and San Juan.
Second Districts-Composed of the municipalities oi Agoo, Aringay,
Bauang, Naguilian, Santo Tomas, and Tubao.
Leyte: First District — Composed of the municipalities of Alme-
rla, Baybay, Caibiran, Leyte, Merida, Naval, Ormoc, Palompon, and
San Isidro. Second District — Composed of the municipalities of
Bat6, Cabalian, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, Liloan, Maasin,
Malitbog, Matalom, San Ricardo, and Soffod. Third District —
Composed of the municipalities of Abuyog, Barugp, Burauen, Cari-
gara, Dagami, Hinunanga, and Jaro. Fourth District — Composed
of the municipalities of Alangalang, Babatungon, Dulag, Palo,
Tacloban, Tanauan, and Tolosa.
Manila: First District — Composed of the districts of BinonddJ
Intramuros, San Nicolas, and Tondo. Second District— Composed
of the districts of Ermita, Malate, Paco, Pandacan, Quiapo, Sam-
paloc, San Miguel, Santa Aiia, and Santa Cruz.
Misamis: First District— Composed of the municipalities of
Balingasag, Mambajao, Tagoloan, and Talisayan. Second Dis-
trict— Composed of the mumcipalities of Cagayan, Initao, Jimdnez,
Langaran, Misamis, and Oroouieta.
Occidental Negros: First District — Composed of the municipal-
ities of C4diz, Escalante, Manapla, Sagay, San Carlos, Saravia,
Silajr, and Victorias. Second District — Composed of the munici-
Salities of Bacolod, Bago, La Carlota, Murcia, Talisay, and Valla-
olid. Third District— Composed of the municipalitiee of Binal-
ba^an, Cauayan, Hog, Isabela, Jimamaylan, Jinigaran, and Ponte-
vedra.
Oriental Negros: First District — Composed of the municipalities
of Ayuouitan, Bais, Dumaffuete, Guiljungan, Tanjay, and Tayasan.
Second District — Composed of the municipalities of Bacon, Dauin,
Lazi, Larena, Luzuriaga, Siatoii^ Siquijor, and Tolong.
Pampanga: First District — Composed of the municipalities of
Angeles, Bacolor, Floridablanca, Guagua, Lubao, Macabebe. Porac,
and Santa Rita. Second District — Composed of the municipalities
of Apalit, Arayat, Candaba, Mabalacat, Magalan, Mexico, San Fer-
nando, and San Luis.
Pangasinan: First District — Composed of the municipalities of
Agno, Aguilar, Alaminos, Anda, Bani, Bolinao, Lifanta, Lingayen,
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Salasa, San Isidro, and Sual. Seccmd District — Composed of the
municipalities of Binmaley, Dagupan, Mangatarem, San Carlos,
and Urbiztondo. Third District — Composed of the municipcdities
of Alava, Bayambang, Calasiao, Malasiqui, Mangaldan, San Fabiin,
and Santa Barbara. Fourth District — Composra of the municipal-
ities of Alcala, Bautista, Binalonan, Manaoag, Pozorrubio, San
Jacinto, Urdaneta, and Villasis. Fifth District — Composed of
the municipalities of Asingan. Balungao, Natividad, Bosales, San
Manuel, San Nicolas, San Quintin, Santa Marfa, Tayug, and
Umingan.
Bizal: First District — Composed of the municipa,lities of Caloo-
can, Malabon^ Navotas, Paranaque, Pasay, San Felipe Neri, San
Pedro Macati, and Taffuiff. Second District — Composed of the
municipalities of Antipmo, Binangonan, Mariquina, Morong, Pasig,
Pililla, San Mateo, Tanay, and Taytay.
Samar: First District — Composed of the municipalities of Allen,
Bob6n, Calbayog, Capul, Catarman, Catubig, Laoang, Lavezares,
Oquendo, Palapag, Pambujan, and San Antonio. Second District —
Composed of the municipalities of Alma^ro, Basey, Calbiga^ Catba-
lo^n, G4ndara, Santa Kita^ Santo Nino, Tarangnan, Villareal,
"V^l^ight, and Zumarraga. Third District — Composed of the munic-
ipalities of Balangiga, Borongan, Dolores, Guiuan, Llorente, Oras,
ban Julian, Sulat, and Taft.
Sorsogon: First District — Composed of the mimicipalities of
Bacon, Barcelona- Bulusan, Casiguran, Castilla, Gubat, Irosin, Juban,
Matnog, Ih'ieto-Diaz, Santa Magdalena, and Sorsogon. Second Dis-
trict—<Jomposed of the municipalities of Aroroy, Sulan, Cataingan,
Dimasalang, Donsol, Magallanes, Mandaon, Masbate, Milagros, Mobo,
Pilar, Placer, Pulanduta, San Fernando, San Jacinto, San Pascual,
and Uson.
Tarlac: First District--Composed of the municipalities of Ca-
miling, Moncada, Panioui, and Pura. Second District — Composed
of the municipalities of Bamban, Capas, Concepci6n, La Paz, Tarlac,
and Victoria.
Tayabas: First District — Composed of the municipalities of Ati-
monan, Baler, Infanta, Lucban, Lucena, Mauban, Pagbilao, Polillo,
Sampaloc, Sariaya, Tayabas, and Tiaon. Second District— Com-
posea of the municipalities of Alabat, Boac, Calauag, Catanauan,
Gasan, Guinayangan, Gim\ac&, Lopez, Mulanay, Pitogo, Santa Cruzj
and Torrijos.
The provincial boards of each of the above-named provinces, within
ten we^ after the passage of this Act, shall cause to be prepared and
filed with the Executive Secretary an outline map or plan of each of
the Assembly districts within such province, showing the^ location
and names of the municipalities, or portions thereof, included in
each district A copy of the said map or plan shall also be posted
and kept posted in at least three conspicuous public places in each
municipality and barrio thereof composing each district, at least
ninety days prior to every general election.
Sec. 8. Ecection precincts. — ^Each municipality shall have at least
one election precinct. The municipal council in each municipality
containing more than four hundrea voters shall, at least sixty days
before the first election held under the provisions of this Act, divide
Hie municipality into precincts in such manner that the same, so far
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as practicable, shall be composed of contiguous and compact terri-
tory, and shall contain not to exceed four hundred voters : Provided^
however^ That wherever any barrio or barrios of any municipality
are made a part of a district in which the rest of the municipalitv
is not included^ the municipal council of the said municipality shall
define the precmcts of said barrio or barrios. If at anv election the
number of voters registered in any election precinct shall exceed four
hundred, the municipal council shall, at least four months before the
following election, redistrict said municipality as above provided.
Maps or plans plainly showing the boundaries of the precmct shall
be posted and kept posted at the polling place or places and at two
other conspicuous public places in each precinct for at least forty-five
days before each election, and the plans of all the precincts of the
municipality shall be kept posted at the municipal building for the
same number of davs before each election. Notice and plan of such
redivision shall be filed with the provincial treasurer.
Sec. 9. Designation and arrangement of polling places. — ^At least
sixtjr days before each general election the municipal council in each
mimicipality in which such elections are to be held shall designate
in each election precinct a place, as centrally located with respect
to the residences of the voters as is practicable, where the elections
and the meetings of the board of inspectors for registration herein-
after provided for shall be held during the year. Each such place
so designated shall, if practicable, be a room upon the lower floor,
of reasonable size, sufficient to admit and comfortably accommodate
twenty electors at one time outside the guard rails. No liquors shall
be sold or cockfights held in any building so designated from the
time of designation until the day after election. It for any cause a
place so designated shall thereafter and before election be destroyed
or for any cause can not be used, the municipal council shall forth-
with meet and designate some other suitable place for holding such
registry and election. Not more than one polling place shall be in
the same room, and not more than two pollmg places shall be' in the
same building. The municipal council snail provide for each polling
place at each election the necessary ballot and other boxes, guard
rail, booths, stationery and supplies necessary for the lawrui con-
duct of each registration and election thereat; shall preserve the
same when not in use and shall deliver all such ballot or other boxes
for each polling place at the opening of the polls of each election.
Whenever the municipal council shall be unable to procure suitable
places, or whenever it shall be more economical so to do, such council
may provide temporary or portable structures adequate to the purpose,
and shall take such measures as are proper and necessary for the
storing thereof and reerection of the same at the following election.
Such structures may be erected in any public street or plaza, but not
so as to block traffic thereon. No building owned or inhabited by any
person who is a candidate for any office for which votes are to be cast
m any precinct shall be used as a polling place for that precinct.
There shall be in each polling place during each election a sufficient
number of voting booths not less than one for every fifty voters in the
election precinct Each such booth ^all be at least one meter square,
shall have four sides inclosed, each at least two meters high, and the
one in front shall open and shut as a door swinging outward and
shall extend to within fifty centimeters of the floor. Each such booth
shall contain a shelf which shall be thirty centimeters wide extending
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across one side of the booth at a convenient height for writing, and
shall be kept furnished with indelible pencils to enable the voters to
conveniently prepare their ballots for voting. Each booth diall be
kept clearly lighted, while the polls are open and until the canvass is
completed, bv artificial lights if necessary. A guard rail shall be
placed at each polling place at least two meters from the ballot boxes
and from the booths, and no ballot box or booth shall be placed within
two meters of such rail, and each guard rail shall be provided with an
entrance and exit, the one separate from the other. The arrangement
of the polling place shall be such that the booths can onlv be reached
by passing within the guard rail, and that the booths, oallot boxes,
election officers, and every part of the polling place, except the inside
of the booths, shall be in plain view of the election omcers and of
persons just outside the guard rail. Such booths shall be so arranged
that there shall be no access thereto except by the door in the front of
said booth.
A printed copy of this Act, in English and Spanish, shall be hung
and kept in a conspicuous available position in every polling place
on all registration days and on election day and may be consult^ by
any voter or person offering to register.
Sec. 10. Liquors^ cockjfiffhtinOj and booths in vicinity, — No intoxi-
cating liquors shall be sold or dispensed within thirty meters of any
polling place on any registration day nor within one hundred and
fifty meters of any polling place on any election day during the hours
for voting; nor snail any temporary booths, tents, or shelters of any
kind for the sale or display of any wares, merchandise, or refresh-
ments, solid or liquid, or for any otner purpose whatsoever, be erected
or maintained on said days within said distances during the hours
aforesaid ; nor shall any cockfight be held in any municipality upon
any election day.
OEC. 11. Notices of special elections. — ^The Executive Secretary,
upon the filing in his office of the Governor-General's proclamation
ordering a special election, shall forthwith make and transmit to the
treasurer of each province a notice under his hand and official $eal,
stating the day upon which such election shall be held and stating
eadi office to be voted for at such election by the electors of the po-
litical division affected. If any such officer is to be elected to fill a
vacancy, the n.otice shall so state and shall state the term for which
such office is to be filled. The provincial treasurer upon the receipt
of such notice shall forthwith file and record the same in his office
and cause a copy thereof to be mailed to the secreary of each munici-
pality affected. Each municipal secretary upon receipt thereof shall
forthwith file and record the same and shall cause at least three copies
thereof to be posted in three conspicuous public places in each elec-
tion precinct of such municipality and one copy thereof at the munici-
pal building.
Sec. 12. Qualifications of officers. — ^A Delegate to the Philippine
Assembly must be at the time of his election a qualified elector of the
district n-om which he may be chosen, owing allegiance to the United
States, and not less than twenty-five years of age.
Provincial governors and third members of provincial boards must
be at the time of the election qualified electors in the province; they
must have been bona fide residents therein for at least one year prior
to the date of their election ; must owe allegiance to the United States,
and must be not less than twenty-five years of age: Provided^ how-
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evevy That the provisions of this section shall not apply to those per-
sons or cases wnere the Governor-General shall appoint a provincial
governor or third member of a provincial board under the existing
provisions of law.
An elective municipal officer must have been, at the time of the
election, a qualified voter and resident in the municipality for at
least one year, owing allegiance to the United States; he must be
not less than twenty-three years of age, and be able to read and write
intellig^itly either Spanish, English, or the local dialect : Provided,
That a person ineligible for office by reason of nonpayment of taxes
who is elected to any office may remove such ineligibility by the pay-
ment of the taxes before the date fixed by law for assuming office,
but not afterwards.
Unless fully pardoned, no person who has been convicted of a
crime which is punishable by imprisonment for two years or more
shall hold any public office, and no person disqualified from holding
public office by the sentence of a court or under the provisions of Act
Numbered Eleven hundred and twenty-six shall be eligible to hold
public office during the term of his disqualification.
The official acts of a person who is elected and assumes office when
ineligible thereto shall not be invalid, but such office shall be vacated
in the manner following immediately upon discovery of such ineli-
gibility:
Any member of a provincial board or other person who has infor-
mation that the provincial governor or third member is ineligible
shall at once report the matter to the Governor-General who shall
order an investigation by such officer or officers as he may appoint
for the purpose, giving the governor-elect or third member elect, as
the case may be, opportunitv to present evidence in his behalf, and
upon the report thereof shall declare the office vacant, or dismiss the
proceedings, as the facts may warrant.
Any councilor or other municipal officer or other person who has
information that a municipal officer is ineligible shall immediately
report the matter to the municipal council which shall hold an
investigation giving the officer opportunity to present the evidence
in his lavor. The council shall declare the office vacant or dismiss
the proceedings as the facts may warrant. A record of the proceed-
ings and evidence shall be kept and forwarded to the provincial
board which, within thirty days, shall affirm or reverse the action
of the council.
Sec. 18. Qualifications of voters, — Every male person twentv-three
years of age or over who has had a legal residence for a period of six
months immediately preceding the election in the municipality in
which he exercises the suffrage, and who is not a citizen or subject
of any foreign power, and who is comprised within one of the fol-
lowing three classes —
(a) Those who, prior to the thirteenth of August, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-eight, held the office of municipal captain, gober-
nadorcillo, alcalde, lieutenant, cabeza de barangay, or member of any
ayimtamiento ;
(6) Those who own real property to the value of five hundred
pesos, or who annually pay thirty pesos or more of the established
taxes;
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(c) Those who speak, read, and write English or Spanish shall
be entitled to vote at all elections: Provided, That officers, sol-
diers, sailors, or marines of the Army or Navy of the United States
shall not be considered as having acquired legal residence within
the meaning of this section by reason of their having been stationed
in the municipalities for the required six months.
Sec. 14. Dtsqualifications. — The following persons shall be dis-
qualified from voting:
(a) Any person who is delinquent in the payment of public taxes
assessed since August thirteenth, eighteen hundfred and ninety -eight;
(6) Any person who has been deprived of the right to vote by the
sentence of a court of competent jurisdiction since August thirteenth,
ei^teen hundred and ninety-eight ;
(c) Any person who has taken and violated the oath of allegiance
to the United States ;
Id) Any person who, on the first day of May, nineteen hundred
ana one, or thereafter, was in arms in the Philippine Islands against
the authority or sovereignty of the United States, whether such per-
son be an officer, soldier, or civilian:
(e) Any person who, since the last day of March, nineteen hun-
dred and one, has made or hereafter shall make contribution of money
or other valuable thing in aid of any person or organization against
the authority or sovereignty of the United States, or who shall
demand or receive such contribution from others, or who shall make
any contribution to any person or organization hostile to or in arms
against the authority or sovereignty of the United States, for the
purpose of securing any protection, immunity, or benefit ;
(/) Any person who, since the last day of March, nineteen hun-
dred and one, has or hereafter shall in any manner whatsoever give
aid and comfort to any person or organization in said Islands in
opposition to or in arms against the authority or sovereignty of the
United States ;
(g) Insane or feeble-minded persons :
Provided J That the provisions of subsection (d) shall not apply
to those persons who surrendered in Cebu to Brigadier-General
Huffhes or to thase who were on October thirty-first, nineteen hun-
dred and one, inhabitants of the town of Pilar in the Province of
Sorsoffon : And provided further, That the provisions of subsections
(rf), {e)j and (/) shall not apply to acts done prior to the surrender
by persons who surrendered to Brigadier-General Samuel Sumner
in the Province of La Laguna in the month of June, nineteen
hundred and one: And provided further, That the disqualifications
prescribed in the foregoing subsections (d), (e), and (/) shall
not apply to persons who have received the benefits of an amnesty
and have not since committed any of the acts set forth in sai5
subsections.
Sec. 15. Inspectors of election, — ^It shall be the duty of the munici-
pal council in each municipality wherein an election is to be held
to appoint on the first Tuesday of June of the year nineteen hun-
dred and seven and on the first Tuesday of September in each
year thereafter during which a regular election is to be held three
inspectors of election and one poll clerk for each election precinct
therein who shall hold office for two years from said Tuesday.
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Should there be in such municipality one or more political parties
or branches thereof which shall have polled thirty pjer centum or
over of the votes cast at the preceding general election, then two
of the said inspectors shall belong to the party which polled the
largest number of votes in said municipality at the said preceding
election and the other inspector shall belong to the party which polled
the next largest number of votes at said election : Provided^ however.
That at the first election held under this law appointments oi
inspectors and poll clerks may be made without regard to political
parties.
Said inspectors shall be ineligible to be elected or appointed to
any other office during their term of office. No person who holds
any public office, or is a candidate for public office, shall be eligible
to appointment as inspector or poll clerk, or serve as such after he
becomes a candidate.
All persons appointed inspectors of election or poll clerks shall be
qualified electors of their respective precincts, of good character, not
convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude and able to read,
write, and speak either English, Spanish, or the local dialect under-
standingly. The persons so appointed shall be notified and shall each
take and subscribe before the municipal secretary the following oath
of office within twenty days after the date of the notice of appoint-
ment:
Philippine Islands,
Municipality of
OATH OF INSPECTOR.
\ss
I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that I will faithfully and fairly perform the duties of inspector of election for
the Precinct of to the best of my knowledge,
understanding and ability; that I recognize and accept the supreme authority
of the United States of America in these Islands and will maintain true faith
and allegiance to the United States of America ; that I will support the Govern-
ment and laws of the United States of America and of the Philippine Islands;
that I will honestly and Justly administer my duties according to the election
law without prejudice or favor toward any person, candidate, party, society,
or religious sect, and that I take this oath freely and without evasion or mental
reservation whatsoever. So help me God.
(In case of affirmation the words "So help me God" should be stricken out)
(Signature.)
Sworn to before me this day of , 190>-
(Signature of officer administering oath.)
Whoever shall be appointed and sworn into office as inspector of
election or poll clerk shall receive a certificate of appointment from
the municipal president in such form as he shall prescribe, specifying
the election precinct, the name of the person appointed and the date
of the expiration of his term of office. In case of a vacancjr in the
office of inspector of election or poll clerk the same shall be filled for
the remainaer of the term by the municipal coimcil.
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Before otherwise entering upon their duties the inspectors of each
precinct shall meet and appoint one of their number chairman, or,
if a majority shall not agree upon such appointment thev shall draw
lots for such position. If at tne time of any meeting of the inspect-
ors there shall be a vacancy in the office of any inspector or poll
clerk, or if any inspector shall be absent from any such meeting,
except as provided m section seventeen of this Act, the inspector
or inspectors present shall appoint a qualified elector of the precinct
who, in case of an inspector, shall be a member of the same political
party as the absent inspector, to fill such vacancy until such absent
officer shall appear or tne vacancv be filled as hereinabove provided.
If at any sucn time the offices of inspectors are all vacant, or if no
inspector shall appear within one hour after the time fixed by law
for the opening oi such meeting the qualified electors of the precinct
present, not less than ten, may designate three qualified voters of the
precinct to fill such vacancies, or to act in the place of such inspectors
respectively until the absent inspectors respectively appear or their
vacancies are filled by the council as hereinabove pr6viaed. In case
of the filling of vacancies by the inspectors, or by the qualified voters
of the precinct, the inspectors so appointed shall take the oath before-
the chairman of the board, or if he oe not present shall administer it
among themselves, and such oaths shall be forwarded forthwith to
the municipal secretary for filing.
Sec. 16. Preservation of order hy inspectors. — ^AU meetings of the
board of inspectors shall be public. Tne said board and each indi-
vidual member thereof, shall have full authority to preserve peace
and good order at such meetings and around the polls, and to keep
the access thereto open and unobstructed, and to enforce obedience
to their lawful commands during their meetings. The said board
may appoint one or more electors to communicate their orders and
directions and to assist in the performance of their duties in this
section enjoined. If any person shall refuse to obey the lawful com-
mand of the inspectors, or by disorderly conduct, in their presence
or hearing, shall interrupt or disturb their proceedings, they may
make an order in writing directing any peace officer to take the
I)erson so offending into custody and detain him until the adjourn-
ment of that meetmg; but such order shall not be so executed as to
prevent the person so taken into custody from exercising his right
to vote at such election. Such order shall be executed by any peace
officer to whom the same shall be delivered; but if none shall be
present, by any other person deputed by such board in writing.
Sec. 17. Registry of voters. — The board of inspectors for each
election precinct in wnich an election is to be held shall hold four
meetings for the registry of voters at the place designated therefor
before each general election, on the sixth Friday, sixth Saturday and
the fifth Friday and fifth Saturday before the election. The said
inspectors shall also meet upon the Saturday next before election for
the purpose of correcting this list, by adding names thereto or strik-
ing names therefrom in accordance with the orders of the constituted
authorities, as hereinafter provided, and to number and complete the
list. Each meeting except the last shall begin at seven o'clock in the
morning and continue until seven o'clock in the evening with not
more than one intermission of one hour and a half.
The inspectors of each election precinct shall prepare at such
meetings a list of the names and residences of the persons qualified
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to vote in such precinct at such election who present themselves for
i*egistration, which, when finally completed, snail be the register of
the voters of the precinct for such election. Such lists shall be
arranged in columns. In the first column there shall be entered, at
the time of the completion of the registry, a number, opposite the
name of each person registered, beginninjg with one and continuing
in consecutive order to the end of the list In the second column
shall be placed the surname used generally by such persons in alpha-
betical order ; in the third column the respective Christian names of
such persons; in the fourth column the respective numbers of the
cedulas of such persons for the calendar year in which the election
is held ; in the fifth column the respective residences of such persons
by street and number or, if there oe none, by a brief description of
the locality thereof. At each meeting, except the last, a space shall
be left after each set of surnames feginning with the same letter
sufficient for the addition thereto at subsequent meetings of surnames
beginning with the same letter. Before any such names are added
at any such subsequent meeting there shall be written " added at the
second meeting," '' added at third meeting," or " added at fourth
meeting," as the case may be. Before any name is placed upon the
list the applicant for registration must first exhibit to the inspectors
his cedula for the calendar year in which the election is held or,
should he be exempt from having one by reason of age, such fact
shall be noted in the fourth column of the list. The following oath
shall also be administered to and subscribed by each applicant before
entering his name upon the list :
PHttippiNE Islands, 1
Municipality of J
elector's oath.
I, , do solemnly swear
(or affirm) that I am a male resident of the municipality of ,
In the Province of , residing at ,
and on the date of the forthcoming election I will be years
of age, and should I present myself to vote I will have resided in said munici-
pality continuously for the period of six months immediately preceding the said
election ; that I am not a citizen or subject of any foreign power ; that I have read
(or heard read) sections thirteen and fourteen of the election law, and that I have
the qualifications of a voter, and none of the disqualifications, prescribed in said
sections ; that I am not delinquent In the payment of any public taxes assessed
against or due from me since August thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-
eight, in any part of the Philippine Islands ; furthermore, that I recognize and
acc^t the supreme authority of the United States of America In the Philippine
Islands, and that I will maintain true faith and allegiance thereto ; that I will
obey the laws, legal orders, and decrees duly promulgated by its authority,
and that I impose upon myself this obligation voluntarily and without mental
reservation or purpose of evasion. So help me God.
(In case of affirmation, the words " So help me God " should be stricken out)
(Signature of elector.)
Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me this
day of , 190—
(Inspector of election, election precinct, municipality of )
Such oath may be administered by any one of the inspectors, but
only at a meeting and in presence of the board. Upon completion
of the lists by the board of inspectors all such oaths so taken shall
be filed with the municipal secretary who shall retain them until the
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completion of the registry lists and filing of the oaths for the next
general election.
At the close of each meeting for the registry of voters the inspectors
shall append to each of the lists their certificate that the list as it
then appears is a true and correct list of the names and residences
in such precinct of all persons who have personally appeared before
the board and who have requested that their names be placed thereon
and who are qualified at the forthcoming election.
One copy of such list, so certified, shall be deposited temporarily
in the office of the municipal secretary on the Monday following the
second and fourth meetings to be open to the inspection of the public
until the next meeting, or until election day, as the case may be, and
the other copies shall be retained by the inspectors who shall permit
their inspection by qualified voters of the precinct from eight o'clock
in the morning to five o'clock in the afternoon on -all days except
Sundays and legal holidays.
Any person who applies for re^stration, or who is registered,
may, at any of the first four meetings of the board, be challenged
by any inspector or any qualified elector of the precinct ; the board
shall thereupon examine him and take such other evidence as shall
to it seem necessary with respect to his qualifications and disquali-
fications and shall at the conclusion of such examination order his
name to be placed upon the list, or stricken therefrom, as the facts
warrant. The board of inspectors shall have the same powers to
subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance and testimony as is
now possessed by justices of the peace under the Code of Civil Pro-
cedure, but the fees of such witnesses and for service of process shall
be paid in advance by the party in whose behalf they are subpcenaed.
All such (questions shall be heard and decided without delay. At
the determination of the question the board shall, if requested, issue
to either party a brief certificate and statement of its action in the
matter and of the evidence upon which such action is based. Either
party thereto, or any person who has been refused registration, may
thereupon apply to the provincial board of the province or to the
judge of the Court of First Instance in the judicial district or any
contiguous district, if any such jud^ is more accessible than the
judge in the district, which board or judge is hereby given jurisdic-
tion in the premises, for an order directing said board of inspectors
to take the action deemed proper. Such application shall be made
by filing with said provincial Doard, or with said judge, a copy of
the certificate and statement aforesaid and of proof of service of a
notice of such application upon a member of the board of inspectors,
which notice shall state the time and place and tribunal to which
such application will be made. The tribunal with which such notice
is first filed shall have exclusive jurisdiction in determining the
matter. Such application may be accompanied by affidavits in sup-
port thereof; but copies of all such affiaavits shall be served upon
thef board of inspectors or party in interest with the notice of applica-
tion and may be rebutted by affidavits to be filed by the board of
inspectors or the opposing party. Upon such applications the board
of inspectors may oe represented by the provincial fiscal, or it may
delegate one of its members to appear upon the hearing, and in that
case the necessary traveling expenses of such member, not to exceed
the amount allowed the provincial officials in that province, shall be
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paid by the municipality. During the absence of such inspector the
Eoll clerk shall sit with the board for the purpose of preparing the
st of the absent inspector. At the meeting of the board on the
Saturday preceding election it shall be the duty of each inspector
to make in the registry list opposite the name of each person added
or stricken off the list a note of the date of the prder ana of the name
of the tribunal which issued it. No name shall be added to or
stricken from the list at the last meeting except in pursuance of such
orders.
No person shall vote at any general or special election held under
the provisions of this Act unless his name appears upon the list of
voters as completed by the board of inspectors.
Sec. 18. Registry for special elections. — At special elections there
shall be only one meeting for registry, which shall be ten days before
the day designated for such special election, and the register of
voters for the last preceding general election, to which shall be added
at such meeting, or to which snail have been added at previous similar
meetings, the names of such persons as present themselves who are
known or proven to be entitled to vote at such special election, shall
be the register of voters for the same.
Sec. 19. Pay of inspectors and expenses of election. — ^Each inspector
of election shall receive pay for eacn day or actual service at meetings
of the board except the meeting on the Saturday before election and
shall receive two days' pay for election day. Each poll clerk shall
receive pay for each day of his service during the absence of a mem-
ber and two days' pay for election day. The rate of pay shall be
fixed by the municipal council but shall not be less than two nor
more than five pesos per day and shall not be changed during the term
of office of the inspectors or of the clerk. The pay of election boards
and the expense oi stationery, ballots, and all other expenses of elec-
tion shall be paid out of the treasury of the municipality in which
the election is held.
Sec. 20. Official ballots.— Officidl ballots shall be provided at pub-
lic expense for every election held under this Act. There shall be at
each polling place but one form of ballot, which shall be of ordinary
white printing paper in shape a strip one hundred and fourteen milli-
meters wide and three hundred and four millimeters long, and con-
tain a printed heading of the title of each office to be voted for and
the number of candidates for which the voter may vote, with a corre-
sponding number of spaces underneath the title. Such titles shall be
printed both in Spanish and English in ten point (long primer) roman
type and at the top of the ballot shall appear in eight point (brevier)
gothic type both m English and Spanish the legend " Do not make
any mark on this ballot or write anything thereon but the names of
the candidates you vote for. Any violation of this instruction will
invalidate the ballot." The ballots shall be folded three times toward
the top, so that thev shall be one hundred and fourteen by thirty-
eight millimeters when folded. Upon the upper outside fold there
shall be printed in tj^pe which shall be discretionary with the Director
of Printing, but which shall be uniform throughout the Islands, the
words " Official Ballot," a representation of the Coat of Arms of the
Philippine Islands, the election precinct in which the particular bal-
lot is intended to be used, and the date of the election, such ballots to
be in substantially the following form:
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A [Bererae.]
2.5
OFFICIAL BALLOT
F1B8T Pbecinct of Manila.
[Date of election.]
[Fecha de la elecci6n.]
67
[Obyerse.]
OFFICIAL BALLOT.
Do not make any mark on this bal-
lot or write anything thereon but the
names of the candidates you vote for.
Any violation of this instruction will
Invalidate the ballot.
No se escriban en esta papeleta slno
los nombres de los candidatos por
quienes V. vota ni se haga en el la
marca alguna. Cualquier infracci6n
de esta orden invalidard la pai>eleta.
DELEGATE TO THE PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY.
DIPUTADO A LA A8AMBLEA FILIPINA.
(Vote for one.) (Vote por uno.)
PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR.
GOBERNADOR PROVINCIAL.
(Vote for one.) (Vote por uno.)
S THIRD MEMBER OF THE PROVINCIAL
g BOARD.
5 TERCER VOCAL DE LA JUNTA PROVINCIAL.
(Vote for one.) (Vote por uno.)
MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT.
PRESn>ENTE MUNICIPAL.
(Vote for one.) (Vote por uno.)
MUNICIPAL VICE-PRESIDENT.
VICE-PRESIDENTE MUNICIPAL.
(Vote for one.) (Vote por uno.)
MUNICIPAL COUNCILORS.
C0NCEJALE8 MUNICIPALES.
(Vote for ) (Vote por
H-
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No other ballot than the official ballot shall be used or counted,
except that in case of failure to receive the ballots, or their destruc-
tion at such time as shall render it impracticable to procure from
the Director of Printing a new supply, the provincial board or, if
there be not time therefor, then the municipal council, shall procure
from any available source another set which shall be as nearly like
those prescribed in this section as circumstances will permit and
which shall be uniform within each election precinct.
For each election precinct at least thirty sample ballots printed
upon colored paper but in other respects like the official ballots shall
be furnished the board of inspectors for posting and use in demon-
strating how to fill out and fold the official baUots properly. Five
of such sample ballots shall be posted in public places within the
precinct, including one at the polling place. In such demonstration
the names of actual candidates shall not be written on such ballots
nor shall such ballots be used for voting nor counted.
The ballots shall be furnished by the Director of Printing at the
expense of the municipality upon requisition therefor by tne pro-
vincial treasurer in the usual form, which requisition shall be for
such a number of ballots for each voting precinct as will provide one
and one-half as many ballots as there were persons registered in the
precinct at the last preceding election and ten per centum addi-
tional. In the case of newly-formed precincts the requisition shall
be for a number of ballots in like proportion to the estimated num-
ber of qualified voters in the precinct as adopted by the council
imder section eight hereof. The requisitions shall be forwarded at
least two and one-half months before the date of the election. They
shall also specify what offices are to be filled in each precinct. In the
case of special elections the Executive Secretary shall require the
Director of Printing to furnish the requisite ballots in the same
quantities as were requisitioned for the last regular election and the
cost of furnishing the same shall be a charge against the munici-
pality to which furnished.
Sec. 21. Conduct of elections. — ^At all the elections held under
the provisions of this Act the polls shall be open from seven
o'clock in the morning imtil five in the afternoon, during which
period not more than one member of the board of inspectors shall
be absent at one time, and then for not to exceed twenty minutes
at one time. The inspectors of election and poll clerks shall meet
one-half hour before the time fixed for the opening of the polls
at the place designated, and shall then and there have the ballot
box, box for spoiled ballots, the ballots and all other supplies
provided by law. At the opening of the polls the ballot box and
box for spoiled ballots shall be opened by the chairman, emptied
and exhibited to all the members and other voters present, and,
being empty, shall be closed, locked, and a seal placed over the
lock, and the boxes shall be kept closed and sealed until the polls are
closed, when the ballot box shall be opened to count the votes : Pro-
vided, however y That when necessary to make room for more ballots
the cnairman may open the box in the presence of all the board
and press down the ballots with his hands without removing any
therefrom; he shall then close, lock and seal the box, as herein-
before provided. In case of the destruction of the boxes or the
failure to deliver them at the polling place, the board of inspectors
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shall immediately provide other boxes or receptacles as nearly as
possible adequate for the purposes for which mtended. From the
time the polls are opened until the votes are coimted, and the result
announced as hereinafter provided, no person other than members
of the board of inspectors, or necessary police, Constabulary, or
ottier peace oflScer who may be present at the request of the board
to execute its orders, or to serve the process of a court, or to act as
messenger, and voters receiving or depositing their ballots, shall be
allowed within the guard rail in the polling olace, nor shall any be
or remain within thirty meters of the polls. No persons, other than
voters while waiting to vote or voting, shall congregate or remain
within the distance of thirty meters of the polling place, nor shall
any person solicit votes or do anv electioneering within such dis-
tance: Provided^ however j That during the counting of the votes
by the board, a number of qualified voters of the precinct, not to
exceed six, who shall represent as evenly as possible the opposing
candidates voted for, and be named by such candidates, shall be
allowed within the polling place, but not within the guard rail, as
watchers. Such watchers shall be allowed to freely witness the
count and to hear the proceedings of the board and to take notes
of what they see and hear, but shall not touch the ballots nor con-
verse with the inspectors nor any of them, nor with each other in
such manner as to interfere with or interrupt the proceedings.
No member of the board or election oflScer shall, before the announce- '
ment of the result, make any statement of the number of ballots
cast, the number of votes given for any person, the name of any per-
son who has voted or who has not voted, or of any other fact tend-
ing to show the state of the polls, nor shall he make any statement
at any time, except as a witness before a court, tending to show how
any person voted.
Sec. 22. Voting. — ^While the polls are open the voters who are
entitled to vote and who have not already voted at that election may
enter within the guard rail of the polling place in such order that,
besides the persons lawfully in such place for purposes other than
voting, there shall not be within said place at anv one time more than
twice as many voters as there are voting booths tlierein. Upon enter-
ing the voter shall give to one of the inspectors his name and resi-
dence together with such other information conc^ning himself as
should appear on the registry list and may be re(juested of him by
any of the inspectors. Said inspector shall then distinctly announce
the voter's name and residence in a tone loud enough to be plainly
heard throughout the polling place. If such person be entitled to
vote and be not challenged, or, if challenged and the same be decided
in his favor, the poll clerk shall deliver to him one ballot correctly
folded. No person other than an inspector or poll clerk shall deliver
to any person any official ballot, and no inspector shall deliver or
permit to be delivered any official ballot to any person other than a
voter at the time of voting, as herein provided, nor more than one
ballot to such voter at one time.
The voter on receiving his ballot shall forthwith retire alone to
one of the empty polling booths and shall there prepare his ballot by
writing in the proper space for each office the name of the person for
whom he desires to vote. A voter otherwise qualified who declares
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that he can not write, or that from blindness or other physical dis-
ability he is unable to prepare his ballot, may make an oath to the
effect that he is so disabled and the nature of his disability and that
he desires one or two of the inspectors named bv him to assist him in
the preparation of such ballot. The board shall keep a record of all
such oaths taken which shall show the name or names of the inspector
or inspectors assisting the voter and file the same with the municipal
secretary with the other records of the board after the election. The
inspector or inspectors so named as aforesaid shall retire with the
voter and prepare his ballot according to his wishes. The informa-
tion thus obtained shall be regarded as a privileged communication.
No voter shall l)e allowed to occupy a booth already occupied by
another voter, or to occupy a booth more than eight minutes in case
there are voters waiting to occupy booths, or to speak or converse
with anyone other than as herein provided while within the polling
place. It shall be unlawful to erase any printing from the ballot or
to add any distinguishing feature thereto, or to mtentionally tear or
deface the same, or to make any mark thereon other than the names of
the candidates voted for.
If a voter shall soil or deface a ballot so that it can not lawfully be
used, he shall surrender the same to the poll clerk, who shall, if neces-
sary, give him, one at a time, not to exceed two more. Each ballot
given to a voter shall be announced to the inspectors and a record
thereof kept opposite the name of the voter in the registry list in a
column provided for that purpose. Each spoiled ballot, as soon as
returned, and without opening, shall be distinctly marked " spoiled "
on the indorsement fold thereof and immediately placed in a ballot
box similar to the official ballot box, which shall be plainly marked
" spoiled ballots," together with the name of the municipality and
number of the election precinct in which used, which shall be used
for no other purpose and which shall be kept locked, and at the close
of election be sealed up and delivered to the municipal secretary.
No ballot, spoiled or otherwise, shall be taken from the pollin^g
place, except as hereinafter provided. After properly preparing his
ballot, the voter shall immediately return to the poll clerk, who shall
again announce his name and residence, and the chairman of the
board shall receive the ballot and without exposing the contents, shall
deposit it in the ballot box in the presence and view of the voter.
The fact that he has voted shall be recorded by placing a mark oppo-
site the voter's name on each of the registry lists m a column provided
for that purpose. The voter shall then depart.
Sec. 23. Challenges, — Any qualified voter of the election precinct,
if he believes that any person who is not registered is offering or
attempting to vote, or to vote in the name of another, or to vote
illegally in any manner, may challenge the vote of such person, and
the board shall thereupon take the oath of such person, or otherwise
satisfy itself that he is or is not a registered voter in said precinct.
For the purpose of receiving and counting the vote it shall be suffi-
cient if the person challenged shall prove that he is the identical per-
son duly registered as hereinbefore provided ; but the reception and
counting of the vote shall not be conclusive upon any court of the
legality of the registration or voting in an action against such person
for illegal registration or voting.
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If the person so offering to vote shall be challenged, the following
additional oath shall be administered by one of the inspectors :
" You do swear (or affirm) that you have not received or offered,
do not expect to receive, have not paid, offered or promised to pay,
contribute, offered or promised to contribute to another, to be paid
or used, aiiy money or other valuable thing or consideration as a
coinpensation or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote at
this election, and have not made any promise to influence the giving
or withholding of any such vote; and that you have not made, or
become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depend-
ingupon the result of this election."
The inspectors of election shall keep a minute of their proceedings
in respect to the challenging and administering of oaths to persons
offering to vote, in which shall be entered, by one of them, the name
of every person who shall be challenged, specifying in each case
whether either of the. oaths herein prescribed were taken. At the
close of the election, at each polling place, the inspectors therjeat
shall add to such minutes a certificate to the effect that the same
are all such minutes as to all persons challenged at such election,
and shall file the same with the registry lists and statements of result
as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 24. Counting of votes; announcement of results, — ^As soon
as the polls of an election are closed the board of inspectors shall
publicly count the votes and ascertain the result, and not adjourn or
postpone the count until it shall be full;^ completed. They shall
first compare the registry lists and ascertain the number of persons
who have voted as 3iown thereon. They shall then open the ballot
box of imspoiled ballots and count the ballots found therein without
unfolding them or exposing their contents, except so far as to as-
certain that each ballot is smgle, and shall compare the number of
ballots found in the box with the number shown Iby the registry lists
to have been deposited therein. If the ballots found in the box shall
be more than the number of ballots so shown to have been voted, the
ballots shall all be replaced, without being unfolded, in the box rrom
which they were taken and shall be thoroughlv mingled therein and
one of the inspectors designated by the board shall, without seeing
the same and with his back to the box, publiclv draw out as many
ballots as shall be equal to such excess, and without unfolding them
place them in a package which shall be then and there securely sealed
and marked " excess oa Hots," together with the signatures of the
inspectors, which package shall be returned in the box with the other
ballots and shall not be opened except as hereinafter provided. If in
the course of the above-mentioned count two or more ballots shall be
found folded together in such manner that they must have been so
folded before bemg placed in the box, then they shall be removed
therefrom and counted as a portion of the excess number hereinbefore
mentioned. In case ballots marked " spoiled " are found in the ballot
box they shall be placed with the spoiled ballots.. The ballots shall
then be opened and examined for marked ballots, and if any such be
found they shall be placed in a package securely sealed and inscribed
" marked ballots " together with the signatures of the inspectors and
be returned in the same manner as provided for excess ballots.
Marked ballots shall in no case be counted, and a majority vote of
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the board shall be sufficient to determine whether any ballot is marked
or not In case any ballot or ballots shall be objected to by any
inspector as marked and the board shall decide against such objection,
sucn ballot or ballots shall be counted but shall be marked upon the
indorsement fold in such manner as not to obliterate the feature
objected to, with the words, "objected to bv (adding the name of
the objecting inspector) as marked," and all such ballots, after the
count, shall oe placed m another separate package and returned in
all respects as herein provided for marked ballots. No ballot that
is not an official ballot shall be counted, except such as are voted in
accordance with the provisions of section twenty.
The board shall then proceed to count the votes in manner following :
The ballots shall be arranged in piles in front of the chairman, who
shall take them one by one and read therefrom, in the order in which
they appear thereon, the names of the persons voted for, and as soon
as read shall hand them to one of the other inspectors, who shall be
previously selected for that purpose by the board and shall be of the
political party opposite to the chairiAan, if two parties are repre-
sented on the board, who shall verify the reading of the chairman.
The other inspector and the clerk shall keep tally sheets upon forms
which shall be prepared by the Executive Secretary for the purpose
and furnished by the Director of Printing, on which they shall record
as read, the names of all persons voted lor for each office and of the
number of votes received by each. At the conclusion of the count
the totals shall be verified by the chairman and the other inspector,
and in case of disagreement a recount shall be made for such offices
as may be necessary. The tally sheets shall not be changed or
destroyed and shall be returned with the ballots in the ballot box.
All counting shall be made in plain view of the watchers. Upon the
completion of the coimt the inspectors shall make and sign a written
statement thereof in quadruplicate, showing the date of the election,
the name of the municipality and the number of the precinct in which
it was held, the whole number of ballots cast for each person for each
office, the whole number of ballots rejected as marked, and the whole
number objected to because marked but not rejected, writing out at
length in words and at the end thereof a certificate signeaby the
inspectors to the effect that the statement is in all respects correct.
Every such statement shall be made upon a single sheet of paper, or
if not so made, each sheet thereof shall be signed at the end tnereof
by the inspectors. Forthwith thereafter one copy thereof shall be
filed with the municipal secretary, one shall be securely sealed and
forwarded by the board by mail or special messenger to the provincial
board, and one shall be securely sealed and forwarded by the board
to the Executive Secretary. The ballots, together with the packages
hereinbefore referred to, shall be returned to the ballot box, which
shall be securely locked and sealed and returned to the municipal sec-
retary together with such statements. The spoiled ballots snail be
returned to the spoiled-ballot box, if removed therefrom, and such
box, similarly locked and sealed, shall be likewise returned. The
unused ballots shall all be placed in a sealed package, marked with
the date of the election, name of the municipality and the number of
the district, and similarly returned.
Upon the completion of such count and of the statements of the
result thereof, the chairman of the board of inspectors shall make
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public oral proclamation of the whole number of votes cast at such
election at such polling place for all candidates, by name, for each
office.
The statements, ballot boxes and unused ballots shall be returned
.to the municipal secretary immediately upon the completion of the
count, if practicable, and the municipal secretary shall Keep his office
open until midnight of each election day for the piq:pose oi receiving
the same and shall provide, at the expense of the municipality,
facilities therefor. Ii by reason of the length of time required for
the count, or the distance to the secretary's office, it shall be imprac-
ticable to return the same before midnight, they shall be retained by
the chairman of the board and delivered unchanged and with the
seals unbroken to the said secretary as early thereafter as practicable.
The municipal secretary shall retain the same unopened in his
possession until the final decision of any election contest, and in any
event for six months, subject to the order of a court of competent
jurisdiction or other officer specially authorized by law to open and
count the same.
Sec. 25. Canvass by provincial hoard. — In case statements from
all precincts are not fiiea the day after election, the municipal secre-
tary shall notify the members of the delinquent boards of inspectors
to file the same. All statements shall be sent to the provincial treas-
urer by mail, if the mails are reasonably regular and expeditious for
the purposes of this section, or by special messenger at the expense
of the municipality, if they are not. Delayed statements shall be
forwarded as fast as received. The provincial board shall meet as a
board of canvassers not later than tne twenty-fifth or, if that be a
holiday, the twenty-sixth dav of November, and the provincial treas-
urer shall then produce before it all such statements filed with or
delivered to him. If any statements be missing the board, by special
m^senger or otherwise, shall obtain such missing statements and shall
direct uie fiscal to prosecute the persons responsible for the delay, if
any, under section twenty-nine of this Act. The board shall also
examine the statements on file, and if it clearly appears that material
matters of form are omitted, such statements shall be returned for
correction to the board of inspectors by special messenger or in such
manner as may be most expeditious. Such statements may not, how-
ever, be returned for a recount. As soon as all statements are before
it, the board of canvassers shall proceed to a canvass of all the votes
cast in the province for Delegates to the Assembly or for provincial
officers, and upon completion thereof shall make one statement of all
votes cast for each candidate for the Assembly in each Assembly
district, and one statement of all the votes, if any, cast for provincial
officers. Upon the completion of such statements the board shall
determine merefrom what person has been elected to the Assembly
from each Assembly district, and what person has been elected to the
provincial offices. All such determinations shall be reduced to writ-
ing^ in duplicate, and signed by the members of the board or a
majority of them, and sealed with the provincial seal. One copy
thereof shall be filed with the provincial treasurer, one forthwith
with the Executive Secretary, and a certified copy thereof shall also
forthwith be delivered to each elected candidate.
Upon the filing of said certificate in the office of the Executive
Secretary, the Governor-General shall confirm the election of each of
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the candidates so certified unless there be a contest pending and unde-
termined in the courts, in which case he shall withhold confirmation
with respect to any person involved in such contest until a certified
copy of the decision of the court shall have been filed with the
Executive Secretary. The Governor-General may refuse to confirm*
the election of any person as provincial governor if there is reason-
able ground to suspect his loyalty to the constituted authorities, and
may refuse to confirm the election of a third member of the provincial
board as provided in Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and forty-five.
In case of refusal to confirm any provincial officer a special election
to fill the office shall be called and held as provided in section four
hereof, and at such special election a person whose confirmation was
so refused shall be ineligible and no vote shall be counted or can-
vassed for him.
In case the board of canvassers shall decide that an election for
Delegate to the Assembly results in a tie it shall certify its decision,
together with the statements and all papers upon which the same is
based, to the Assembly, which shall have jurisdiction of the matter
thereafter; in case the board of canvassers shall decide that an
election for provincial governor results in a tie it shall similarly
certify the matter to the Philippine Commission, which shall have
jurisdiction to declare either or the tied candidates elected or to
order a special election, as it may decide: Provided^ however^ That
nothing in this sentence contained shall bar the right of any candi-
date to contest an election as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 26. Canvass by municival council, — Immediately after the
election the municipal council snail meet in special session and shall
proceed to act as a municipal board of canvassers. The secretarjr
shall produce before it the statements filed with him and the council
shall canvass the votes cast for each municipal office in the same-
manner as hereinbefore provided for the provincial board, and to that
end shall have the same powers. The municipal board of canvassers
shall not have the power to recount the votes or to inspect any of
them, but shall proceed upon the statements rendered, as corrected,
if corrections are necessary. Its determinations shall be reduced to
writing in triplicate, signed by the members, or a majority of them,
and one copy shall be filed in the municipal secretary's office, one
with the provincial treasurer and one with the Executive Secretary
immediately on completion of the canvass.
In case the canvass results in a tie for any municipal office the
tied candidates shall draw lots in the presence of the board of can-
vassers, and the successful candidate shall be declared elected.
Sec. 27. Election contests, — The Assembly shall be the judge
of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its members. Contests
in all elections for the determination of which provision has not
been made otherwise shall be heard by the Court of First Instance
having jurisdiction in the judicial district in which the election was
held, upon motion by any candidate voted for at such election, which
motion must be made within two weeks after the election, and such
court shall have exclusive and final jurisdiction and shall forthwith
cause the registry lists and all ballots used at such election to be
brought before it and examined, and to appoint the necessary officers
therefor and to fix their compensation, which shall be payable in the
first instance out of the provmcial treasury, and to issue its manda-
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mus directed to the boards of canvassers to correct its canvass in
accordance with the facts as found. If in any case the court shall
determine that no person was lawfully elected it shall forthwith so
certify to the Governor-General, who shall order a special election to
fill the office or offices in question as hereinbefore provided^
Before the court shall entertain any such motion the party making
it shall give a bond in an amount to be fixed by the court with two
sureties satisfactory to it, conditioned that he will pay all expenses
and costs incident to such motion, or shall deposit cash in court in
lieu of such bond. If the party paying such expenses and costs
shall be successful they shall be taxed by the court and entered and
be collectible as a judgment against the defeated party.
All proceedings under this section shall be upon motion with
notice of not to exceed twenty days to all candidates voted for and
not upon pleadings or by action, and shall be heard and determined
by the court in me judicial district in which the election was held
regardless of whether said court be at the time holding a regular or
stated term. In such proceedings the registry list as finally cor-
rected by the board of inspectors shall be conclusive as to who was
entitled to vote at such election.
The clerk of the court in which any such contest is instituted shall
give immediate notice of its institution and also of the determination
thereof to the Executive Secretary.
Sec. 28. Corrupt practices. — No person, in order to aid or pro-
mote his own election as a candidate for public office, shall promise,
directly or indirectly, to secure or asisist in securing the appoint-
ment, nomination, or election of any other person to a public position
or employment or to any position of honor, trust or emolument.
No person shall pay any money in the name of any candidate,
falsely representing that he is doing so at the request of the candi-
date.
No person shall solicit, demand, ask, or invite from any person
who is a candidate for any election, any payment of money or valu-
able thing or promise of payment of money or valuable thing to be
used in such election.
Sec. 29. Penalties upon o-fficers, — ^Any inspector or poll clerk who
knowingly enters upon any registry or poll list or causes or allows
to be entered thereon the name of any person as a voter in a district
who is not a voter thereof, and any inspector of election who refuses
or willfully votes to refuse or willfully neglects to enter the name
of any qualified applicant for registration upon the registry list, or
who knowingly prevents or seeks to prevent the registration of any
legally qualified voter, or who is guilty of any fraud or corrupt con-
duct m the duties of his office, shall be punished by imprisonment for
not less than one month nor more than one year, or by a fine of not
less than two hundred pesos nor more than five hundred pesos, or
both, in the discretion oi the court.
Any member of any board of registration, board of inspectors, or
board of canvassers who knowingly makes any false count of ballots
or votes, or who willfully makes or signs a false statement or declara-*
tion of the result of a ballot, vote, or election, or who. willfully refuses
to receive any ballot offered by a person qualified to vote at such
election, or who willfully alters, defaces, or destroys any ballot cast,
or voting or registry list used thereat, or who willfully makes any
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false count or canvass, or who willfully declines or fails to perform
any duty or obligation imposed by this Act, shall be punished by im-
Erisonment for not less than one month nor more than one year, or
y a fine of not less than two hundred pesos nor more than five hun-
dred pesos, or both, in the discretion of the court
Any election officer who, before the public declaration of the result
of a vote at an election, as herein provided, makes any statement of
the number of ballots cast, of the number or votes given for any per-
son, of the name of any person who has voted, of the name of any
person who has not voted, or any other fact tending to show the state
of the polls, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than
thirty days or by a fine of not more than two hundred pesos, or both,
in the discretion of the court.
Any officer of election who before the ballots are opened for count-
ing reads or examines, or permits to be read or examined, the names
written upon the ballot or any voter, unless such ballot shall have
been prepared by him in accordance with the provisions of this Act,
shall oe punished by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or
by a fine of not more than two hundred pesos, or both, in the discretion
or the court.
Any municipal secretary or other officer having custody thereof who
examines or permits to be examined, except as prescribed by law, any
ballots returned to him by the board of inspectors, shall be punished
by a fine of not more than five hundred pesos.
Any officer having custody of any such ballots who shall willfully
destroy or mutilate the same, or permit the destruction or mutilation
thereof, except as prescribed by law, shall be punished by imprison-
ment for not less than one month nor more than two years, or by a
fine of not less than one hundred pesos nor more than one thousand
pesos, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Any person who knowing that he is disqualified assumes any office
shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred pesos nor
more than one thousand pesos.
No public officer shall offer himself as a candidate for election, nor
shall he be eligible during the time that he holds said public office to
election, at any municipal, provincial or assembly election, except for
reelection to the position which he may be holding, and no judge of
the Court of First Instance, justice of the peace, provincial fiscal, or
officer or employee of the Bureau of Constabulary or of the Bureau of
Education shall aid any candidate or influence in any manner or take
any part in any municipal, provincial, or Assembly election under
penalty of being deprived of nis office and being disqualified to hold
any public office whatever for a term of five years: Provided^ how-
ever^ That the foregoing provisions shall not be construed to deprive
any person otherwise qualified of the right to vote at any election.
Sec. 30. General penalties, — ^Whoever at any election votes or
attempts to vote, knowing that he is not entitled so to do, or votes or
attempts to vote under any name other than his own, or more than
once in his own name, or casts or attempts to cast more than one ballot,
•or willfully places any distinguishing mark upon a ballot or makes
any false statement as to his ability to fill out his ballot, or willfully
allows his ballot to be seen by any person, except as prescribed by
law, or willfully gives any false answer to any election officer touch-
ing any matter which is lawfully the subject of official inquiry, shall
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be punished by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more
than two years, or by a fine of not less than one hundred pesos nor
more than one thousand pesos, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Any person who shall offer, directly or indirectly, to any member of
the board of inspectors or any other election officer, or any member
of the board of inspectors or any other election officer who shall,
directly or indirectly, accept or agree to accept any money, goods or
chattels, or any banx note, bank bill, bond, promissory note, duebill,
bill of exchange, draft, order or certificate, or any security for the
payment of money or goods or chattels, or any deed in writing con-
taining a conveyance oi land or containing a transfer of any interest
in realestate, or any valuable contract in £)rce, or any other property
or reward whatsoever, in consideration that such member of the board
of inspectors or such election officer, as the case may be, will vote
affirmatively or negatively or that he will not vote, or that he will use
his interest or influence on any question, action, resolution, or other
matter or proceeding pending before the board of inspectors or before
any election officer, shall be removed from office, and both he and the
person making such offer as aforesaid shall be punished by imprison-
ment for not less than three months nor more than five years, or by a
fine of not less than two hundred pesos nor more than two thousand
pesos, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Any person who shall offer directly or indirectly to any voter, or any
person who shall directly or indirectly accept or agree to accept, any
money, goods or chattels, or any bank note, bank bill, bond, promis-
sory note, duebill^ bill of exchange, draft, order or certificate, or any
security for the payment of money or goods or chattels, or any deed in
writing containing a conveyance of land or containing a transfer of
any interest in real estate or any valuable contract in force, or any
other property or reward whatsoever in consideration that such p)er-
son shall ^ve or withhold any vote at any election, or who shall make
any promise to influence the giving or withholding of any such vote,
or who shall make or become directly or indirectly interested in any
bet or wager depending upon the result of any election, shall be pun-
ished by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than
five years, or by a fine of not less that two hundred pesos nor more
thantwo thousand pesos, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Any person who knowingly takes or subscribes any false oath, affi-
davit or affirmation before any election officer, or before any court or
other officer in relation to any material fact in any registration or
election proceeding, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less
than three months nor more than five years, or by a fine of not less
than two hundred pesos nor more than two thousand pesos, or both,
in the discretion of the court.
Any person, who, being challenged, shall refuse to take the oath or
affirmation prescribed in section twenty-three of this Act, and shall
cast his ballot, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hun-
dred pesos, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both,
in the discretion of the court.
Any person who causes or attempts to cause his name to be regis-
tered, knowing that he is not a qualified voter in the district in which
be registers, or who attempts to register, and any person who falsely
represents himself as some other person to any election officer or board
ofregistry, or who willfully gives a false answer relative to any mat-
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ter relating to the registration of a voter or to the right of any person
to vote, or who willniUy aids or abets any other person in doing any
of the acts above mentioned, shall be punished by imprisonment for
not less than one month nor more than one year, or by a fine of not
less than one hundred pesos nor more than five hundred pesos, or both,
in the discretion of the court.
Any person who refuses to obey the lawful orders or directions of
an election officer or member of a board of registry, or inspector, or
who interrupts or disturbs the proceedings of any election or registry
board at any registration or election, shall be pimished by imprison-
ment for not more than one month or a fine of not more than two
hundred pesos, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Any person who intentionally writes, prints, posts, or distributes, or
causes to be written, printed, posted, or distributed, any circular or
poster which is designed or tends to injure or defeat any candidate for
election to any public office, by criticising his personal character or
political action, unless there appears upon such circular or poster in
a conspicuous place the name of the writer who is responsible there-
for, with residence and the street and number thereof, if anv, and any
person who writes, prints, publishes, or utters, or causes to be written,
printed, published, or uttered, or aids and abets the printing, publica-
tion, or uttering of any anonymous or unsigned or fictitiously signed
letter, communication or publication not disclosing the name of the
author, criticising or reflecting upon the personal character, conduct,
or honor of any candidate for election, and any person who, know-
ingly, delivers or aids in the delivery of any such letter or communica-
tion, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three
months, or by a fine of not more than two hundred pesos, or both, in
the discretion of the court.
Any person who willfully or maliciously injures or destroys or
secretes or carries away a ballot box, re^stry list, poll list, statement,
ballot, stationery or other supplies furnished at any election, shall be
punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not
more than five nundred pesos, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Any person who willfully prevents any board of registry or of
inspectors, or any other officer or person charged with a duty under
the terms of this Act, or hinders or molests sudi board, officer, or per-
son from doing any such duty, or who aids or abets in preventing,
hindering, or molesting such board, officer, or person from doing any
such duty, shall be punished by imprisonment of not less than tnirty
days nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than two hundred
pesos nor more than five hundrea pesos, or both, in the discretion of
the court.
Any person who prints or distributees, or causes to be printed or
distributed, a ballot at an election, except as hereinbefore provided,
shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor
more than one year, or by a fine of not less than two hundred pesos
nor more than five hundred pesos, or both, in the discretion of the
court.
Any person who willfully and without lawful authority obstructs
or delays a voter while on his way to the polling place where he is
entitled to vote, or while he is voting or attempting to vote, or aids
or assists in any such obstruction or delay, and any person who inter-
feres or attempts to interfere with a voter while he is marking his
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ballot or is within the space inclosed by the guard rail, or endeavors
to induce a voter, before he has voted, to show how he marks or has
marked his ballot, and any person who willfully obstructs the voting
at an election, and any person who places a distinguishing mark on a
ballot not cast by himself, except as hereinbefore authorized, shall be
punished by imprisonment for not more than three months, or by a
fine of not more than one hundred pesos, or both, in the discretion of
the court.
Any person who, with intent to defraud, alters a ballot cast at an
election or, with such intent, deposits a ballot in the ballot box used
at an election, or in an envelope provided by law for the preservation
of ballots cast at an election or, with such intent, removes a ballot
fitHn any such ballot box or envelope, shall be punished by imprison-
ment for not less than one month nor more than one year, or by a
fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred pesos,
or both, in the discretion of the court.
Anv person who removes a ballot from the space inclosed by the
guard, rail before the close of the polls shall be punished by imprison-
ment for not more than three months or by a fine of not more than
one hundred pesos, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Any person who influences or attempts to influence a voter to give
or to withhold his vote at an election by threatening to discharge
such voter from his employment or to remice his wages, or by prom-
ising to give him employment at higher wages, and any person who
discharges any voter from his employment or reduces his wages for
^ving or withholding his vote at an election, shall be punished by
imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than one year,
or by a fine of not less than two hundred pesos nor more than five
hundred pesos, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Any person who, bv any manner of threat or intimidation, induces
a voter to give or withhold a vote shall be punished by imprisonment
for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by a fine of
not less than two hundred pesos nor more than five hundred pesos, or
both, in the discretion of the court.
Any person who violates the provisions of section twenty-eight
shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor
more than one year, or oy a fine of not less than two hundred pesos
nor more than five hundred pesos, or both, in the discretion of the
court.
Any person who, by any wrongful means, shall prevent or attempt
to prevent any voter from freely and fully exercising his right to
vote, or shall induce or procure any voter to refuse or neglect to
exercise his right, or shall so induce or procure any person to enter
upon the registry list the name of any person, or shall so induce or
procure the receiving of the vote of any person not legally qualified,
or shall so induce or procure any officer to give any certificate, docu-
ment, or evidence in relation thereto, or shall so induce any officer
in any manner to violate or to neglect his duty with respect to any
election, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than thirty
days nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than two hundred
pesos nor more than five hundred pesos, or both, in the discretion of
the court.
Any person who, being disqualified for an office for any reason
other than nonpayment of taxes, publicly announces his candidacy
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for any elective office, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two
hundred pesos nor more than five hundred pesos.
\Vhenever any person shall be convicted of an offense under this
Act the fine and costs imposed, if any, shall be extinguished by im-
prisonment at the rate of one day's imprisonment for each two pesos
of fine or costs remaining unpaid.
Sec. 31. Jurisdiction of courts. — Courts of First Instance shall
have exclusive original jurisdiction to issue process or conduct pre-
liminary investigations and shall have entire jurisdiction in any
criminal action or proceeding arising imder this Act.
Sec. 32. Repealing section. — Acts Numbered Seventy-ei^t, One
hundred and six, Three hundred and forty-three, Seven hundred
and eighty-two, sections six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve,
fourteen, twenty-three, ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-three, ninety-
four, and subsections {a) and (6) of section thirteen of Act Num-
bered Eighty-two, section four and the first two sentences of section
twenty-one of Act Numbered Eighty-three, section six of Act Num-
bered Four hundred and twenty -four, and all Acts and parts of Acts
amendatory of the Acts and sections herein enumerated or in any
way in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed :
Provided, however^ That the repeal of an amendment shall not be
construed to revive the amended statute nor shall any statute be
deemed revived by this repeal.
Sec. 33. This Act shall take effect on the fifteenth day of January,
nineteen hundred and seven: Provided^ That it shall not apply to
elections for provincial governors to be held in the Provinces of
Cavite and Isabela for the present year, in which provinces the said
elections shall be conducted under the laws existing at the time of the
passage of this Act.
Enacted, January 9, 1907.
[No. 1583.]
AN ACT Repealing Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and twenty-one, entitled,
"An Act abolishing the office of fiscal for the Province of Oriental Negros and
providing that the duties of the fiscal for that province shall be performed
by the fiscal of the Province of Cebu," and Act Numbered Thirteen hundred
and fifty-nine, amendatory thereof, and re-creating the office of fiscal for the
Province of Oriental Negros.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission J that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and twenty-one, enti-
tled "An Act abolishing the office of fiscal for the Province of Orien-
tal Negros and providing that the duties of the fiscal for that province
shall be performed by the fiscal of the Province of Cebu," and Act
Numbered Thirteen hundred and fifty-nine, amending said Act, are
hereby repealed, and the office of fiscal for the Province of Oriental
Negros is hereby re-created.
Seg. 2. The fiscal appointed for said Province of Oriental Negros
Eursuant to this Act snail receive the same salary as was provided
y law prior to the passage of the Acts hereby repealed, and such
fiscal shall perform all the duties imposed by law upon provincial
fiscals.
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Sec. 3. From and after the date on which this Act shall take
effect the salary of the fiscal of the Province of Cebu shall be the
same as was provided by law prior to the passage of Act Numbered
Thirteen hundred and twenty-one, and sucn fiscal shall perform all
the duties imposed by law upon provincial fiscals.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on the first day of February,
nineteen hundred and seven.
Enacted, January 10, 1907.
[No. 1584.]
AN ACT Amending section one of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and flfty-flye,
increasing the number of municipalities in the Province of Tarlac.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
fifty-five, increasing the number of mimicipalities in the Province of
Tarlac, is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Section 1. The nine municipalities of the Province of Tarlac,
as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty, shall, in
accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to ten, by
separating the former municipality of La Paz and the barrio of
Lauangcupang from the present municipality of Tarlac, and consti-
tuting with their territories and those of the barrios of Kaut and
Bantug, in the present municipality of Concepcion, a new munici-
pality which shall be known as La Paz, with the seat of municipal
government at La Paz."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 10, 1907.
[No. 1585.]
AN ACT Authorizing tlie Governor-General to appoint a committee to decide the
last protested municipal election held in the municipality of Malabon, Province
of Rizal, on September fifth, nineteen hundred and six.
Whereas action has not yet been taken bv the provincial board of
the Province of Rizal on the last protested election held in the munici-
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Sality of Malabon in said province on September fifth, nineteen hun-
red and six : and
Whereas, due to the absence on leave of the provincial governor of
said province on account of illness and to the pressure of business in
the office of the provincial treasurer, the said provincial board has not
been able up to the present time to decide the said protested elec-
tion; and
Whereas the public interests will suflFer in case there is further
delay in the decision of said protested election : Therefore,
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Governor-General is hereby authorized and directed
to appoint an impartial cqmmittee of three members to finally decide
the legality of the election held in the municipality of Malabon, in
the Province of Rizal, on September fifth, nineteen hundred and six,
and to determine the candidates duly and legally elected and returned
to fill the offices for which said election was held, and the eligibility
of said candidates for the offices to which elected. Said committee
shall proceed in like manner and with like authority as the provincial
board, and its decisions shall have the same eflFect as if made by said
provincial board. Upon the appointment and organization of said
committee all authority of the provincial board as to the election in
question shall cease and determine.
Sec. 2. The committee provided for in section one hereof, in its dis-
cretion, may avail itself of all records of investigations and testi-
mony had by the provincial board of Rizal, and all documents, papers,
and written evidence now on file with said provincial board.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 12, 1907.
[No. 1586.]
AN ACT Amending section seven hundred and eighty-flve of Act Numbered One
hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act Providing a Code of Procedure in Civil
Actions and Special Proceedings in the Philippine Islands," so as to permit
poor persons to prosecute or defend any action or special proceeding In Courts
of First Instance without being required to prepay fees.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Com^mission^ that:
Section 1. Section seven hundred and eighty-five of Act Num-
bered One hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act providing a Code
of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings in the Philip-
pine Islands," is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 785. (a) It shall be lawful for the clerk of the Supreme
Court, the clerks of Courts of First Instance, and commissioners
appointed by the Courts of First Instance, assessors in Courts of
First Instance and in courts of justices of the peace, governors as
officers of the court, sheriflFs, bailiffs, justices of the peace, notaries
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public, and other officers and persons hereinafter mentioned, together
with their assistants and deputies, to demand, receive, and take the
several fees hereinafter mentioned and allowed for any business
by them respectively done by virtue of their several offices, and no
more: Provided^ however^ That any poor person, not having sufficient
means to prosecute or defend an action, or special proceeding, may
apply to the Court of First Instance in which the action or special
proceeding is intended to be brought, or is pending, for leave to
prosecute or defend as a poor person; the Court of First Instance,
if satisfied upon full and careful investigation that such person has
not sufficient means to pay the court or clerk's fees required to be
paid for the prosecution or defense of the action, or special pro-
ceeding, as the case may be, may admit the applicant to prosecute
or defend as a poor person, and may in its discretion make an order
remitting, reducing, or postponing the payment of any court or clerk's
fees or charges required by law to be paid for filing papers, for
swearing witnesses on the trial, or for issuing process oi the court,
and thereafter all papers shall be filed, all witnesses on the trial shall
be sworn, and all process shall be issued in accordance with such
order, and all poor persons, whether plaintiffs or defendants, shall
have the same remedies in such an action or special proceeding as are
provided by law in other cases: Provided^ however^ That noming in
this Act shall be construed to authorize the remission, reduction, or
postponement of the payment of sheriff's fees for the service or
execution of process as at present required by law.
"(6) If a person so admitted be guilty of any improper conduct
or of any unjustifiable delay in the prosecution of such action or
special proceeding, as the case may be, or it be made to appear that
the allegation of povertj is untrue, or if the court be satisfied that
the alleged cause of action is frivolous or malicious, the court shall
annul such order and such partjr shall thereafter be deprived of all
benefit of the order admitting him to prosecute or defend as herein
provided, and such person shall be deemed to be guilty of contempt
of court and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hun-
dred pesos, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or
both, m the discretion of the court.
" {c) In the cases herein provided for, judgment may be rendered
for fees and costs at the conclusion of such action or special pro-
ceeding as in other cases.
"(rf) Clerks of courts shall include in their reports to the Insular
Auditor all actions or special proceedings brought or defended under
the provisions of this section, stating that, by order of the court, the
fees have been remitted, reduced, or postponed, as the case may be,
and upon the conclusion of such actions or special proceedings shall,
as in other cases, account for all fees that may be collected in such
actions or proceedings as is now or may be hereafter provided by
law."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 21, 1907.
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[No. 1687.]
AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Fonr hundred and thirteen, entitled "An Act
providing for the control and management of proyincial jails and of the
prisoners therein," so as to empower proTincial boards to cause prisoners to
clean, care for, or repair public buildings and grounds.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section thirteen of Act Numbered Four hundred and
thirteen, entitled "An Act providing for the control and management
of provincial jails and of the prisoners therein," is hereby amended to
read as follows:
" Sec. 13. The provincial board may in its discretion cause any or all
able-bodied male prisoners, except such as are held as witnesses or
awaiting trial, to work upon any of the public roads or highways or
other public works, or to clean, care for, or repair public buildings
and grounds, in the province where such prisoners are confined.
Such work shall be done under the direction and control of the officer
or officers in charge of such works, buildings, or grounds : Provided^
That while so employed the prisoners shall wear the regular prison
^rb and shall continue to be sufficiently and properly guarded by the
jailor or his deputies, or by the Philippines Constabulary if available
for that purpose."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedites in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws,^' passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 25, 1907.
[No. 1588.]
an act Increasing the number of municipalities in the Province of Bulacan
from thirteen to fourteen, by separating from Polo the former municipality of
Obando and giying the latter the territory which It comprised prior to the
passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-two.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The thirteen municipalities of the Province of Bulacan,
as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-two, shall,
in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to fourteen,
by separating from Polo the former municipality of Obando, which is
hereby reconstituted and shall consist of the territory of which it was
constituted prior to the passage of said Act Numbered Nine hundred
and thirty-two.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on August tenth, nineteen hundred
and seven.
Enacted, January 25, 1907.
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[No. 1589.]
AN ACT Granting the Manila Suburban Railways Ck>mpany an extension of
time within which to complete that portion of its line eastward of Fort
William McKinley ; granting the right to build a branch line from any point
along its present line eastward of the barrio of San Pedro MacatI, in a
southerly direction to the town of Taguig and to the Laguna de Bay; and
granting the right to transport freight, express packages, baggage, and the
malls over its lines, under reasonable regulations, and to make reasonable
charges for the same.
Whereas hy Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and forty-six of the
Philippine Commission, enacted January thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and six, a franchise was granted to Charles M. Swift to construct,
maintain, and operate an electric railway and to construct, maintain,
and operate an electric light, heat, and power ^stem from a point
in the city of Manila in an easterly direction to the town of Pasig, in
the Province of Rizal ; and
Whereas in accordance with section fourteen of the said Act the said
Charles M. Swift did, on July twentieth, nineteen hundred and six,
execute an assignment of the said franchise to the Manila Suburban
Railways Company ; and
Whereas the said Manila Suburban Railways Company has made
application for certain amendments and additions to the said fran-
chise: Therefore,
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. An extension of time until January thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and eight, is hereby granted to the Manila Suburban Rail-
ways Company to complete and put in operation that portion of its
line east of Fort William McKinley to the town of Pasig.
Sec. 2. The Manila Suburban Railways Company is hereby granted
the right to build a ,line from some connection with its present line,
east 01 the barrio of San Pedro Macati, in a southerly direction to the
town of Taguig and the Laguna de Bay, along a definitely located
line, after surveys made, map of which located line shall be submitted
to the Governor-General and approved by him before any work of
construction is commenced. The said line shall be built and operated
subject to all the terms and conditions of its present franchise : Pro-
videdj That the fares charged upon the adaitional portion of the
Manila Suburban Railways Company's lines granted under this Act
shall be subject to the limitations prescribed in section eighteen of
Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and forty-six, in the same way as if
this line had been constructed and made a part of the original
franchise.
Sec. 3. The Manila Suburban Railways Company shall have the
right to transport freight, express packages, and baggage over its
lines, the said right to continue during the life of its franchise or any
extensions thereof. The right is hereby given to the grantee to fix,
charge, and collect just and reasonable compensation for the carrying
of freight, express packages, and baggage. Such right, however^ for
the purpose of insuring ]ust and reasonable rates, 3iall at all times
be subject to effective regulation to be exercised, in the first instance,
by the Governor-General, and, upon appeal, by the Secretary of War
of the United States: Provided, That the Governor-General shall
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have the power and authority to make reasonable regulations govern-
ing the transportation of freight, express packages, and baggage over
the lines of the grantee, and for the purpose of carrying into effect
the provisions or the original franchise granted by Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and forty-six, and suDserving the rights of the
public thereunder.
Sec. 4. The grantee is hereby given the right, and is hereby obli-
gated, to carry the mails at reasonable rates and under reasonable
regulations, to be fixed, as above specified, for the carriage of freight,
express packages, and bag^ge.
Sec. 5. The public gocS requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeditea in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 1, 1907.
[No. 1590.]
AN ACT Repealing Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seventy- three, entitled
"An Act providing tliat one fiscal shall perform the duties of fiscal for the
Provinces of Pampanga and Tarlac, abolishing the ofl3ces of fiscal of the said
provinces as heretofore authorized by law, fixing the salary of the fiscal for
the two provinces, and making provision for traveling expenses for such fis-
cal," and providing that one fiscal shall perform the duties of fiscal for the
Provinces of Tarlac and Nueva Ecija, abolishing the office of fiscal of the lat-
ter province and that of fiscal for the Provinces of Pampanga and Tarlac
as heretofore authorized by law, and re-creating the office of fiscal for the
Province of Pampanga.
By authority of the United States^ he it endcted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Secttion 1. Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seventy-three,
entitled "An Act providing that one fiscal shall perform the duties of
fiscal for the Provinces of Pampanga and Tarlac, abolishing the
offices of fiscal of the said provinces as heretofore authorized by law,
fixing the salary of the fiscal for the two provinces, and making
provision for traveling expenses for such fiscal," is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. The duties of fiscal for the Provinces of Tarlac and Nueva
Ecija hereafter shall be performed bv one fiscal whose salary shall
be three thousand pesos per annum, of which one thousand five hun-
dred pesos shall be paid from the treasury of the Province of Tarlac
and one thousand five hundred pesos from the treasury of the Prov-
ince of Nueva Ecija. The fiscal of these two provinces shall reside
at Tarlac, Province of Tarlac, and shall perform all the duties
imposed by law upon provincial fiscals. The necessary expenses in
traveling from the capital of one of such provinces to that of the
other in the performance of his duties as fiscal shall be borne equally
bv the Provinces of Tarlac and Nueva Ecija. The expenses of such
clerical assistance, if any, as shall be authorized for the fiscal shall be
paid equally by the Provinces of Tarlac and Nueva Ecija.
Sec. 3. The office of the fiscal of the Province of Nueva Ecija and
that of fiscal for the Provinces of Pampanga and Tarlac as hereto-
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fore authorized by law are hereby abolished, and the office of fiscal
for the Province of Pampanga is hereby re-created, and from and
after the date on which this Act shall take effect the salary of the fis-
cal of the Province of Pampanga shall be two thousand seven hun-
dred pesos per annum, and said fiscal shall perform all the duties
imposed by law upon provincial fiscals.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage oi the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on February fifteenth, nineteen
hundred and seven.
Enacted, February 12, 1907.
[No. 1591.]
AN ACT To amend Acts Numbered Fifteen hundred and seven and Fifteen hun-
dred and twenty-seven, by removing the employees of the office of the Super-
vising Railway Expert from the Bureau of Public Works and establishing it
as a separate and independent office, and making additional appropriation for
the office of the Supervising Railway Expert.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the current expenses of the
office of the Supervising Railway Expert in lieu of those provided
by Acts Numbered Fifteen hundred and seven and Fifteen hundred
and twenty-seven.
SUPERVISING RAILWAY EXPERT.
For salaries and wages of one assistant, at eight thousand pesos
per annum ; one chief clerk and office assistant, at six thousand pesos
per annum; three assistant engineers, at five thousand five hundred
pesos per annum each; two senior inspecting engineers, at five thou-
sand nve hundred pesos per annum each, from December eighteenth,
nineteen hundred and six; five inspectors, at two thousand eight
hundred pesos per annum each, four being from December eighteenth,
nineteen nundred and six, and one from February first, nineteen
hundred and seven ; six time-keepers, at two thousand eight hundred
pesos per annum each ; one draftsman, at three thousand six hundred
pesos per annum; one draftsman, at three thousand two hundred
pesos per annum, from December eighteenth, nineteen hundred and
six ; one clerk, at three thousand two hundred pesos per annum ; one
clerk, at two thousand eight hundred pesos per annum ; one messen-
ger, at three hundred pesos per annum; for the hire of temporary
employees, including inspectors at not to exceed eight pesos per
diem each, axmen, rodmen, clerical assistants, and other skilled and
semi-billed employees at not to exceed five pesos per diem each ; and
for the hire of unskilled employees at rates to be approved by the
Secretary of Commerce and I^ohce; for contingent expenses, includ-
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ing the purchase of equipment, furniture, and supplies; for per
diems of officers and employees when traveling on official business;
transportation of officers, employees, and supplies; purchase and
maintenance of transportation; cablegrams; postage and tele^ams;
printing and binding; for the hire of official transportation in the
city 01 Manila; rents; and other incidental expenses; sixty-five
thousand pesos.
Sec. 2. So much of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and twenty-
seven, and of section two of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
seven, as are in conflict with the provisions of this Act, is hereby
repealed: Provided^ That the expenditures hereinbefore authorized
for salaries and wages prior to the date of passage of this Act shall
be payable from the appropriation for the Bureau of Public Works,
in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred
and twenty-seven.
Sec. 3. The provisions of sections two, three, five, six, seven, eight,
and nine of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and twenty-seven, are
hereby made applicable to the office of the Supervising Railway
Expert, as proviaed by section one of this Act.
Sec. 4. Whenever m the opinion of the Governor-General the
interests of the public service so demand, appointments may be made
to positions authorized by this Act without compliance with the
requirements of the civil service law and rules. Resolutions of the
Philippine Commission heretofore adopted authorizing appointments
to any of the positions included in this Act without compliance with
the Civil Service Law and rules, are hereby confirmed.
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two ot "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 13, 1907.
[No. 1592.]
AN ACT Amending Act Nnmbered Twelve hundred and fifty-eight entitled "An
Act making additional provisions to those contained in Act Numbered One hun-
dred and ninety, relating to the exercise of the right of eminent domain in
cases where the exercise of such power is invoked by a railroad corporation
for the purposes of constructing, extending, or operating its line."
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
C ommission,^ that:
Section 1. Section three of Act Numbered Twelve hundred and
fifty-eight, entitled "An Act making additional provisions to those
contained in Act Numbered One hundred and ninety, relating to the
exercise of the right of eminent domain in cases where the exercise of
such power is invoked by a railroad corporation for (he purposes of
constructing, extending or operating its line," is hereby amended by
adding at the end thereof the following language :
" When condemnation proceedings are brought by any railway cor-
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S ration, in any court of competent jurisdiction in the Philippine
ands, for the purpose of the expropriation of land for the proper
corporate use of such railway corporation, said corporation shall have
the right to enter immediately upon the possession of the land in-
volved, after and upon the deposit by it with the Treasurer of the
Philippine Islands of the value of the land, in money, as provision-
ally and promptly ascertained and fixed by the court having j\irisdic-
tion of the proceedings, said sum to be held by the Treasurer subject
to the orders and final disposition of the court: Provided^ however^
That the court may authorize the deposit with the Insular Treasurer
of a certificate of deposit of any depository of the Government of the
Philippine Islands m lieu of cash, such certificate to be payable to
the Insular Treasurer on demand in the amount directed by the court
to be deposited. The certificate and the moneys represented thereby
shall be subject to the orders and final disposition of the court. And
in case suit has already been commenced on any land and the money
deposited with the Insular Treasurer at the date of the passage of this
Act, the said money may, upon proper order of the court, be with-
drawn from the Treasury by the railway corporation which deposited
the same, and a certificate of deposit, as above described, may be de-
posited in lieu thereof. And the court is empowered and directed,
oy appropriate order and writ if necessary, to place the railway cor-
poration m possession of the land, upon the making of the deposit."
Sec. 2. The provisions of this Act shall apply to any railway cor-
poration in the Philippine Islands although its franchise may in
terms prescribe the deposit of actual cash.
Sec. 3. Tho public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen himdred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 14, 1907.
[No. 1593.]
AN ACT To amend section two of Act Numbered Twelve hundred and ninety-
eight, as amended by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seventy, by ex-
tending the time for the redemption of real property heretofore forfeited and
deeded to municipalities for nonpayment of taxes, and providing for the
redemption of real property so forfeited and deeded during the year rineteen
hundred and seven.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered Twelve hundred and
ninety-eighty as amended by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
seventy, entitled "An Act amending Act Numbered Twelve hundred
and mnety-eight so as to authorize provincial boards of tax revision
to revise and correct assessment lists of municipalities for the vear
nineteen hundred and five, and extending to December thirty-first,
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nineteen hundred and six, the time within which real estate which
has been forfeited to municipalities for nonpayment of taxes may be
redeemed," is hereby again amended by strilang out the words " nine-
teen hundred and five and nineteen hundred and six " wherever the
same are used in said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words
" nineteen hundred and five, nineteen hundred and six, and nineteen
hundred and seven: " Provided^ That nothing in this Act contained
shall be construed to revoke or amend any portion of Act Numbered
Fifteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled "An Act authorizing the
refund of moneys received at land tax sales and interest thereon
upon conveyance of such land to provincial treasurer as trustee by
Surchaser, extending the time for the redemption of realty by the
elinquent taxpayer and the reconveyance to him of such real estate
by purchaser, providing for the confiscation of such real estate in case
it is not redeemed, and for other purposes," nor to change, modify,
or affect any proceeding or action heretofore had, or which may be
in future had, under the terms thereof.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 15, 1907.
[No. 1594.]
AN ACT Reserving for the exclusive use of the Government the fishing rights
In the waters of the bay along the shore line of the eastern boundary of the
Iwahlg Penal Colony for a distance seaward of one and one-quarter statute
miles.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The fishing rights in the waters of the bay along the
shore line of the eastern boundary of the Iwahig Penal Colony,
Island of Palawan, for a distance seaward of one and one-quarter
statute miles are hereby reserved for the exclusive use of the Gov-
ernment, for the subsistence and maintenance of the prisoners, the
prison officials and their families in said colony, and such pardoned
or released prisoners as may continue to reside therein.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 15, 1907.
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[No. 1595.]
AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled
"An Act Increasing the number of municipalities In the Province of Bulacan
from thirteen to fourteen, by separating from Polo the former municipality
of Obando and giving the latter the territory which it comprised prior to the
passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-two," by providing that
the distribution of funds in the municipal treasury of Polo, resulting from the
. separation from Polo of the former municipality of Obando, shall be made as
of the date of the enactment of said Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
eighty-eight.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
eighty-eight, entitled "An Act increasing the number of munici-
palities in the Province of Bulacan from thirteen to fourteen, by
separating from Polo the former municipality of Obando and giving
the latter the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of
Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-two," is hereby amended
by adding at the end thereof the following proviso :
" Provided^ That the distribution of funds in the municipal treas-
ury of Polo, resulting from the separation from Polo of the former
municipality of Obando, shall be made as of January twenty-fifth,
nineteen hundred and seven^ the date of the passage of Act Num-
bered Fifteen hundred and eighty-eight."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 21, 1907.
[No. 1596.]
AN ACT Amending Act Numbered One hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act
providing a Code of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings in
the Philippine Islands," by providing that where a motion for a new trial is
made on the ground that the evidence is insufficient to Justify the decision
an exception may be taken to the order of the trial court overruling such
motion, and providing that in the hearing of a bill of exceptions based thereon
the Supreme Court may review the evidence adduced at the trial and affirm,
reverse, or modify by a preponderance of the evidence the Judgment of the
court below.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section four hundred and ninety-seven of Act Num-
bered One hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act providing a Code
of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings in the Philip-
pine Islands," is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 497. Hearings confined to matters of law^ with certain ex-
ceptions.— In hearings upon bills of exception in civil actions and
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special proceedings, the Supreme Court shall not review the evidence
taken in the court below, nor retry the questions of fact, except as in
this section hereinafter provided ; but snail determine only questions
of law raised by the bill of exceptions. But the Supreme Court may
review the evidence taken in the court below and, after giving due
weight to the fact that the judge who tried the case saw the witnesses
when they testified, affirm or reverse by a preponderance of the evi-
dence, or modify by such preponderance, the judgment there ren-
dered, as justice may require, in the following cases:
"(1) If before the final determination of an action pending in
the Supreme Court on bill of exceptions, new and material evidence
be discovered by either party, which could not have been discovered
before the trial in the court below, by the exercise of due diligence,
and which is of such a character as probably to change the result,
the Supreme Court may receive and consider such new evidence,
together with that adduced on the trial below, and may grant or
refuse a new trial, or render such other judgment as ought, in view
of the whole case, to be rendered, upon such terms as it may deem just.
The party seeking a new trial, or a reversal of the judgment on the
ground of newly discovered evidence, may petition the Supreme
Court for such new trial, and shall attach to the petition affidavits
showing the facts entitling him to a new trial and the newly dis-
covered evidence. Upon the filing of such petition in the Supreme
Court the court shall, on notice to both parties, make such oraer as
to taking further testimony by each party, upon the petition, either
orally in court, or by depositions, upon notice, as it may deem just.
The petition, with the evidence, shall be heard at the same time as
the bill of exceptions;
"(2) If the excepting party filed a motion in the Court of First
Instance for a new trial, upon the ground that the evidence was
insufficient to justify the decision, and the judge overruled said
motion, and due exception was taken to his overruling the same, the
Supreme Court may review the evidence and make such findings
upon the facts by a preponderance of the evidence, and render such
final judgment, as justice and equity may require. But, if the
Supreme Court shall be of the opinion that this exception is frivolous
and not made in good faith, it may impose double or treble addi-
tional costs upon the excepting party, and may order them to be paid
by the counsel prosecuting the bill of exceptions, if in its opinion
justice so requires."
Sec. 2. Section one hundred and forty-six of Act Numbered One
hundred and ninety is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 146. Method of procedure in applications for new trial, —
The application shall oe made by motion in writing, stating the
ground therefor, of which the adverse party shall have such reason-
able notice as the judge may direct. When the application is made
for a cause mentioneain the first or second subdivisions of the last
section, it must be made upon affidavits, and counter affidavits from
the adverse party may likewise be received.
"The overruling or granting of a motion for a new trial shall
not be a ground of exception, out shall be deemed to have been an
act of discretion on the part of the judge, within the meaning of the
second sentence of section one hundred and forty-one. If, however,
the motion for a new trial was made on the ground that the evidence
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was insufficient to justify the decision, an exception may be taken
to the order overruling such motion, and such exception may be
reviewed by the Supreme Court as in other cases."
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two oi "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage, and cases now
pending in the Supreme Court shall also be subject to its provisions.
Enacted, February 25, 1907.
[No. 1597.]
AN ACT Repealing Act Numbered Five hundred and fifty-three, and amending
paragraph one of section thirteen of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety,
so as to authorize certain persons to practice law in the Philippine Islands
without examination.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission J that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Five hundred and fifty-three is hereby
repealed.
Sec. 2. Paragraph one of section thirteen of Act Numbered One
hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act providing a Code of Procedure
in civil actions and special proceedings in the Philippine Islands," is
hereby amended to read as loUows :
" 1. Those who have been duly licensed under the laws and orders
of the Islands under the sovereignty of Spain or of the United States
and are in good and regular standing as members of the bar of the
Philippine Islands at the time of the adoption of this code : Provided^
That any person who, prior to the passage of this Act, or at any time
thereafter, shall have held, under the authority of the United States,
the position of Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of
First Instance, or Jud^ or Associate Judge of the Court of Land
Registration, of the Philippine Islands, or the position of Attorney-
General, Solicitor General, Assistant Attorney-General, Assistant
Attorney in the office of the Attorney-General, Prosecuting Attorney
for the City of Manila, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for the city of
Manila, City Attorney of Manila, Assistant City Attorney of Manila,
Provincial Fiscal, Attorney for the Moro Province, or Assistant At-
torney for the Moro Province, maj be licensed to practice law in the
courts of the Philippine Islands without an examination, upon motion
before the Supreme Court and establishing such fact to the satisfac-
tion of said court."
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 28, 1907,
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[No. 1598.]
AN ACT Amending certain subsections of section five of Act Numbered One
hundred and thirty-six, as amended by Acts Numbered Eight hundred and
sixty-seven and Eleven hundred and eighty-four, by modifying the provisions
relating to the leave of absence of Judges, and the provision relating to the
court vacation of the supreme court
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section five of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-
six, as amended by Acts Numbered Eight hundred and sixty-seven
and Eleven hundred and eighty-four, is hereby amended as f oUbws :
(1) By adding at the end of subsection {a) thereof the words:
^^Provided further^ That the court vacation of the Supreme Court
may be made to begin on the first of April and close with the first
of July in any year by a resolution to that effect adopted by the
court and entered upon'the minutes thereof."
(2) By striking out the second sentence of subsection {j) thereof,
reading: "The right to a leave of absence for five months shall
accrue to all judges who have served three years in the Islands and
who have not during that time visited the United States, and this
{)rovision shall be retroactive," and inserting in lieu thereof the fol-
owing: " The right to a leave of absence for five months shall accrue
to all judges who have served continuously for three years in the
Islands, either in the judicial service or in some other branch of the
Philippine civil service in which accrued leave is earned, and who
have not during that time visited the United States, the period of
service corresponding to any accrued leave enjoved prior to appoint-
ment as judge not to be counted as a part of such three years of
service: Provided^ however^ That judges who have not completed
three years of service in the Islands, but who have served more than
two years, may be granted five months' vacation, the period of such
vacation to include the regular court vacation : And provided further^
that no payment for the additional three months, or anv portion
thereof which may be included in the vacation taken, shall be made
to a judge granted leave prior to the completion of three years of
service, until he returns to duty and completes three years or service
in the Islands: And provided further^ That in any year wherein the
court vacation of the Supreme Court is extended by a resolution of
the court, six months' instead of five months' vacation may be
assigned to any member of the Supreme Court who is entitled to a
long vacation.''
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 9, 1907.
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[No. 1599.]
AN ACT To amend Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and thirty-seven by providing
that no races shall be held on Thursday or Friday of what is commonly called
" Holy Week," but that In lieu thereof races may be held on the two next
succeeding days.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Paragraph (6) of section one of Act Numbered Fifteen
hundred and thirty-seven is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the following :
'^Provided further^ That no races shall be held on Thursday or
Friday of what is commonly called ' Holy Week,' but in lieu thereof
races may be hfild on the two next succeeding days."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 9, 1907.
[No. 1600.]
AN ACT To amend Acts Numbered Eighty-three and Thirteen hundred and
ninety-six by enabling provincial governments to purchase and convey real
estate.
By authority of the United Staten^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered Eighty-three is hereby
amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 2. Every provincial government established under this Act
shall be a body corporate, with power to sue and be sued, to have and
use a corporate seal, to hold and, with the approval of the Governor-
General, to purchase and convey real property, to purchase and
convey personal property, to make contracts for labor and material
needed m the construction of duly authorized public works, and to
incur such other obligations as are expressly authorized by law."
Sec. 2. Section one of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-
six is hereby amended to read as follows :
" Section 1. A civil provincial government is hereby established
for each province of the Philippine Islands not organized under the
Provincial Government Act, Numbered Eighty-three, except the
Moro Province. Every provincial government established imder this
Act shall be a body corporate, with power to sue and be sued, to have
and use a corporate seal, to hold and, with the approval of the
Governor-General, to purchase and convey real propertv, to purchase
and convey personal property, to make contracts for labor and mate-
rial needed in the construction of duly authorized public works, and
to incur such other obligations as are expressly authorized by law."
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Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws, passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 11, 1907.
[No. 1601.]
AN ACT For the relief of the Province of Bataan by canceling, under certain
conditions, the ii^ebtednees of the province in the sum of si{ thousand pesos,
and providing for a new loan of six thousand pesos to said province for
general provincial purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The indebtedness of the Province of Bataan to the Gov-
ernment of the Philippine Islands arising from the loan of six thou-
sand pesos granted to said province by Act Nimibered Fourteen hun-
dred and ten, is hereby canceled on condition that the provincial gov-
ernment shall transfer from its revenues to the provincial school fund,
prior to January first, nineteen hundred and nme, an amoimt at least
equal to the indebtedness so canceled, which sum so transferred shall
be used only for the purpose of constructing school buildings. The
Insular Auditor shall require, as evidence of compliance with the con-
ditions herein set forth, the certificate of the Secretary of Public
Instruction to the effect that he has personally or by authorized rep-
resentative satisfied himself that the said condition has been met by
the province.
Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand
pesos, to be loaned to the Province of Bataan, and to be expended by
the provincial board of that province for general expenses of the
provincial government. The money so appropriated shall be paid to
the treasurer of Bataan upon the production by him to the Insular
Treasurer of a certified copy of a resolution of the provincial board of
Bataan accepting said loan and agreeing to repay the money, without
interest, on or before the expiration of two years from the date of the
acceptance of the loan by the provincial board of Bataan, the repay-
ment to be made in two equal annual installments.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Conunission
in the enactment of laws,'' passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 11, 1907.
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[No. 1602.]
AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Seven hundred and eighty, entitled '*An Act
providing for the examination and licensing of applicants for the positions
of master, mate, patron, and engineer of seagoing vessels in the Philippine
coastwise trade, and prescribing the number of engineers to be employed by
such vessels." /
By authority of tJie United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Seven hundred and
eighty, entitled "An Act providing for the examination and licens-
ing of applicants for the positions of master, mate^ patron, and
engineer or seagoing vessels in the Philippine coastwise trade, and
prescribing the numper of engineers to be employed by such vessels,"
IS hereby amended to read as follows :
" Section 1. A board is hereby created, to consist of the Insular
Collector of Customs, the supervising inspector of hulls and boilers,
and assistant inspector of hulls, one person holding an unexpired
license as master in the Philippine coastwise trade, and one other
competent person, whose duty it shall be to examine and certify for
licenses all applicants for licenses as watch officers and engineers upon
vessels of the Philippine Islands. The Insular Collector of Customs
shall be president of the board, ex officio, and any three members
thereof snail constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
This board shall be known and referred to as the " Board on Philip-
pine Marine Examinations." The Insular Collector of Customs is
authorized to desi^ate the persons who shall constitute the board,
from among the classes above enumerated, and to detail from the
clerical force provided for the Bureau of Customs a competent per-
son to serve as secretary of the board without additional compensa-
tion: Provided^ That nothing in this section shall be construed to
make such secretary a member of the board for any other purpose:
And provided further^ That the expenses of the said board shall be
paid from the regular appropriation for the Bureau of Customs."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 12, 1907.
[No. 1603.]
AN ACT Transferring, under certain conditions, to the respective school funds
of the provinces of La Union, Nueva Ecija, and Sorsogon, certain amounts
due from said provinces to the Insular Government
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission tnat:
Section 1. The amoimt due from the Province of La Union to
the Government of the Philippine Islands, to the extent of thirty-
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seven thousand pesos, is hereby transferred to the provincial school
fund of La Union, on condition that the provincial government shall
provide and pay into said school fund, in addition thereto, the sum
of thirteen thousand pesos, making a total of fifty thousand pesos,
which shall be expended, in amounts of one-seventh of the total each
year, in the construction and pi*eparation of suitable buildings in
said province for schools of arts and trades, domestic science, and
agriculture, as follows : The first one-seventh part to be made avail-
able on or before the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and
seven, the second one-seventh on or before the thirty-first day of
December, nineteen hundred and seven, and each of the remaining
one-seventh parts to be made available on or before the thirtieth day
of June of each year thereafter, until the total of fifty thousand pesos
shall have been provided and expended, as above prescribed.
Sec. 2. The amount due from the Province of Nueva Ecija to the
Government of the Philippine Islands, to the extent of fifteien thou-
sand pesos, is hereby transferred to the school fund of Nueva Ecija
on condition that the provincial government shall provide and pay
into said school fundj in addition thereto, the sum of five thousand
pesos, making a total of twenty thousand pesos, which shall be paid
into said school fund in four annual installments of five thousand
pesos each, the first installment to be made available on or before
the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and eight, and each of
the remaining three installments to be made available on or before the
thirtieth day of June of each year thereafter, and shall be used for
the construction and preparation of suitable buildings in said prov-
ince for school purposes until the total of twenty thousand pesos shall
have been provided and expended.
Sec. 3. The indebtedness of the Province of Sorsogon to the Gov-
ernment of the Philippine Islands arising from the loan of twenty
thousand pesos granted to the Province of Sorsogon by Act Num-
bered Twelve hundred and eighty-nine is hereby cancelea: Provided^
That the provincial government shall expend from its revenues prior
to January first, nineteen hundred and nine, an amount equal thereto
in the acquisition of land, construction of permanent school buildings,
and the purchase of equipment for provincial school purposes.
Sec. 4. The several installments of the funds provided for in sec-
tions one, two, and three hereof, as they become available, shall be
paid into the Insular Treasury as special deposits to be added to the
special provincial school fund of the province concerned, and shall
constitute with it, in each case, one total fund under the control of
the Secretary of Public Instruction, to be disbursed by the Bureau
of Education in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered
Thirteen hundred and eighteen. Should the Province of La Union,
or the Province of Nueva Ecija, as the case may be, fail to make
the said special deposits in the Insular Treasury on or before the
the dates prescribed by this Act, the Insular Auditor shall make suit-
able deduction from any funds which may be due the province, to
cover the same.
Sec. 5. The Insular Auditor shall require, as evidence of com-
pliance with the conditions set forth in section three of this Act,
tor the Province of Sorsogon, the certificate of the Secretary of
Public Instruction to the ei^ct that he has personally, or by author-
ized representative, satisfied himself to that effect.
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Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeditea in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 12, 1907.
[No. 1604.]
AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Seven bundred and fifteen, entitled " An Act
reducing the twenty-four municipalities of the Province of Oriental Negi'us
to fourteen," by' transferring the seat of the municipal government of the
municipality of Dauin from Zaml)oanguita to Dauin and that of the munici-
pality of Tayasan from Tayasan to Jimalalud.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by tlie Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Seven hundred and fifteen,
entitled "An Act reducing the twenty-four municipalities of the
Province of Oriental Negros to fourteen," is hereby amended as
follows :
{a) By striking out at the end of paragraph four the word " Zam-
boan^ita," and inserting in lieu thereof the word " Dauin."
(6) By striking out at the end of paragraph ten the word " Taya-
san," and inserting in lieu thereof the word " Jimalalud."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of " An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 12, 1907.
[No. 1605.]
AN ACT Forbidding, under penalty, bonded officers or bonded employees, or
former bonded officers or bonded employees, of the Insular Government, or of
any provincial or municipal government in the Philippine Islands, or the city
of Manila, from leaving or attempting to leave the Philippine Islands without
first securing a certificate from the Insular Auditor, and repealing Act Num-
bered Eleven hundred and sixty-one.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Com^mission, that:
Section 1. No bonded officer or bonded employee of the Insular
Government, or of any provincial or municipal government in the
Philippine Islands, or or the city of Manila, whether in the actual
service of such government or separated therefrom, shall leave or
attempt to leave the Philippine Islands without first securing a certifi-
cate n*om the Insular Auditor showing that his accounts with the
government of which he is or was such oonded officer or bonded em-
ployee have been finally settled by said Auditor. Every such officer
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or emplovee violating any of the provisions of this Act shall, on con-
viction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not exceeding six
months, or by a fine of not more than one thousand pesos, or bom, in
the discretion of the court.
Sec. 2. Act Numbered Eleven hundred and sixty-one, entitled " An
Act declaring any bonded officer or employee of the Civil Government
who leaves or attempts to leave the Hiilippine Islands without first
securing a clearance rrom the Auditor to be guilty of a misdemeanor,"
is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of " An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 12, 1907.
[No. 1606.]
AN ACT Amending Act Numbered One hundred and forty-six, relating to the
duties of the Purchasing Agent, by declaring the manner In which estimates
are to be submitted and purchases made thereunder.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
. Section 1. Act Numbered One hundred and forty-six, entitled
"Aji Act creatine the office of Insular Purchasing Agent for the
Government of the Philippine Archipelago, defining tne duties of
such officer, and making an appropriation of one hundred thousand
dollars for the purpose of carrying said Act into effect," is hereby
amended by striking out section five thereof and inserting in lieu
thereof the following :
" Sec. 5. Each head of a civil Department, Bureau, or Office shall
submit annually, within thirty days after the passage of each regular
annual appropriation bill, to the said Purchasing .^ent, an estimate
of articles or supplies which will probably be required for the trans-
action of its official business for the fiscal year for which appropria-
tions are made, such estimates to be used as a basis upon which the
Purchasing Agent may make necessary purchases. Such estimates
shall be accompanied by a certificate by tne head of Bureau or Office
submitting the estimate that there will Tbe, during the period in which
the supplies are to be delivered, sufficient funds with which to make
payment for the same, and said certificate shall be approved by the
Secretary of the Department to which the Bureau or Office belongs.
All supplies purchased in compliance with such estimates shall be
requisitioned for and paid for oy the Bureau or Office making the
estimate within the period for which the estimate was made : Pro-
vided^ That the Purchasing Agent, before making purchases in accord-
ance with such estimates, shall call the attention of the head of the
Bureau or Office making requisition to the fact that he has on hand,
if such be the case, similar articles, which, in his judgment; will
fairly answer the purposes of the requisition and the requisition shall
be returned to the head of the Bureau or Office concerned, and in
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case the said head of Bureau or Office shall refuse to accept the sub-
stitution proposed by the Purchasing Agent, it shall thereupon
become the duty of the head of the Department in which the requisi-
tion originated to determine whether the proposed substitution shall
or shall not be made."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 12, 1907.
[No. 1607.]
AN ACT To place Army officers serving with tlie Philippines Constabulary
under the provisions of Act Numbered One thousand and forty, in regard to
leave privileges.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission J that:
Section 1. The provisions of Act Numbered One thousand and
forty, in re^rd to all leave privileges, shall hereafter apply to Army
officers serving with the Philippines Constabulary: Provided^ how-
ever^ That the provisions of said Act in regard to half pay while
going to and returning from the United States shall apply only to
that portion of the compensation of said officers paid from Insular
funds.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedjr enactment of this bill,
the passage oi the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 13, 1907.
[No. 1608.]
AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Thomas Hardeman, deceased, late
treasurer of Pangasinan Province.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Com^mission^ that:
Section 1. The Auditor for the Philippine Islands is hereby
directed to credit the account of Thomas Hardeman, late treasurer
of Pangasinan Province, with the sum of nine hundred and forty-
eight pesos and seventy-four centavos, Philippine currency, and
the further sum of one hundred and fifty-four pesos and twenty-six
centavos, Mexican currency, on account of certain disallowances
made by the Auditor for the Philippine Islands because of certain
alleged unauthorized expenditures and credits taken by said Thomas
Hardeman while serving as treasurer of the Province of Pangasinan.
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Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 13, 1907.
[No. 1609.]
AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seven, known as " The
Reorganization Act," by abolishing the Bureau of Cold Storage as a separate
bureau, and constituting the same a division of the Bureau of Supply.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The Bureau of Cold Storage is hereby abolished as a
separate Bureau and is constituted a division of the Bureau of
Supply, to be known as the Division of Cold Storage. The Division
of Cold Storage, under the general supervision and control of the
Bureau of Supply, shall perform the duties and render the services
heretofore required of the Bureau of Cold Storage by laws in force
at the time of the passage of this Act.
Sec. 2. The position of Director of Cold Storage is hereby abol-
ished, and the position of Chief of Division of Cold Storage is hereby
created in the Bureau of Supply at a salary of four thousand eight
hundred pesos per annum.
Sec. 3. The runds appropriated for the Bureau of Cold Storage for
the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven are hereby made available
for the Division of Cold Storage in the Bureau of Supply.
Sec. 4. So much of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seven,
known as " The Reorganization Act," as is in conflict or inconsistent
with this Act, and all other Acts or parts of Acts in conflict or incon-
sistent with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 0. This Act shall take effect on April 1, 1907.
Enacted, March 14, 1907.
[No. 1610.]
AN ACT To prescribe penalties for failure to carry proper officers on Philippine
vessels.
By authority of the United States, he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The Insular Collector of Customs with the prior
approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, shall prescribe the
number and class of marine oflScers to be carried on vessels of the
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Philippine Islands, and in case any vessel shall navigate without its
full complement oi duly licensed officers as by the said Insular Col-
lector prescribed, the offending vessel may be fined not more than one
hundred pesos for each offense, but shall not be so fined for such
offense of tener than once in thirty days.
Sec. 2. Fines under the foregoing section shall be collected as pre-
scribed in sections three hundred and thirteen, three hundred and
thirteen (a), and three hundred and thirteen (6) of Act Numbered
Three hundred and fifty-five, as amended by Act Numbered Eight
hundred and sixty-four and Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
five, and it shall be a good defense to prove that the vessel did so
navigate only on account of causes beyond the control of the master,
agents, and owners.
Such fine when incurred shall be in addition to any penalty which
may be incurred through the employment of aliens as officers, as
already prescribed by law.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 14, 1907.
[No. 1611.]
AN ACT Amending paragraph (e) of section twenty-one of Act Numbered
Eighty-two, known as " The Municipal Code," as amended, so as to authorize
the deposit of municipal funds by any municipality in any duly authorized
depository of the government of the Philippine Islands located in such munic-
ipality.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Paragraph (^) of section twentv-onc of Act Numbered
Eighty-two, known as " The Municipal Code,^' as amended, is hereby
further amended by adding at the end thereof the following proviso :
''''Provided^ That the treasurer of any municipality, when specially
authorized by resolution of the municipal council and upon the
approval of the provincial treasurer ana the Executive Secretary,
may deposit the funds of the municipality in any duly authorized
depository of the Government of the Philippine Islands situated
within the municipality. The resolution of the council authorizing
any such deposit or deposits shall set forth clearly the period for
which the same shall be made, whether with or without interest, and
if with interest, the rate thereof."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeditecf in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 14, 1907.
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[No. 1612.]
AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in the Province of Occidental
Negros from twenty-one to twenty-two, by separating from Hog the former
. municipality of Cavancalan and reconstituting the same under the name of
Kabankalan.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy tJie Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The twenty-one municipalities of the Province of Occi-
dental Negros, as provided by Act Numbered Seven hundred and
sixteen, entitled "Aji Act reducing the thirty-four municipalities of
the Province of Occidental Negros to twenty-one," are hereby in-
creased to twenty-two, by separating from Hog the former munici-
pality of Cavancalan and reconstituting the same under the name
Kabankalan. The new municipality of Kabankalan shall consist of
the territory which was comprised by the former municipality of
Cavancalan prior to the passage of said Act Numbered Seven hun-
dred and sixteen.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on August tenth, nineteen hun-
dred and seven: Provided. That the distribution oi funds in the
municipality of Hog, resulting from the separation from Hog of
the former municipality of Cavancalan, shall oe made as of the date
of the passage of this Act.
Enacted, March 14, 1907.
[No. 1613.]
AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Three hundred and eight, entitled "An Act
providing for the establishment of municipal boards of health and fixing their
powers and duties."
By authority of the United States, be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
SEdioN 1. Section one of Act Numbered Three hundred and eight
is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words: '^ Pro-
vided, That with the approval of the respective municipal councils
and the approval of the Director of Health, the district health officer
may organize any two or more neighboring municipalities into a
municipal health district, and such municipalities composing a dis-
trict may employ jointly a president of the municipal health district
thus constituted who shall also act as president of the municipal
board of health of each municipality comprised in the said municipal
health district and shall receive such compensation as may be appro-
priated by the respective municipal councils and approved by the
Director of Health and shall be reimbursed by the municipality for
which travel is performed for traveling expenses necessarily incurred
in the discharge of his official duties, all other provisions of law to the
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contrary notwithstanding. Presidents of municipal health districts
shall be subject to the same requirements of law as other presidents
of municipal boards of health, except as to restriction of salary, and
shall be appointed in the same manner."
Sec. 2. Section three of the said Act is hereby amended by inserting
after the word "president " and before the words " The other mem-
bers of the boara shall serve without compensation " in the seventh
line, the words " but nothing in this section shall be construed so as
to prevent a duly appointed president of a municipal health district
from receiving such additional salary as may be appropriated for the
position and approved by the Director of H^lth."
Sec. 3. Section five of the said Act is hereby amended by inserting
after the word "members" and before the words "Subject to the
supervision and control " in the fourth line, the words ''Provided^
That in municipalities which are a component part of a municipal
health district, meetings shall be held at the call of the president."
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage or the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the C!om-
inission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 14, 1907. •
[No. 1614.]
AN ACT Amending section one of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-
three, entitled "An Act providing for the widening of the streets and the
adjustment of ownership of land located within certain specified limits in the
municipality of Cebu, Province of Cebu," by providing a change in the per-
sonnel of the committee appointed by resolution of the Philippine Commission
of March twenty-first, nineteen hundred and five, and Inserting a new para-
graph in said Act authorizing clerical assistance.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Com/mission^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and
ninety-three, entitled "An Act providing for the widening of the
streete and the adjustment of ownership of land located within
certain specified limits in the municipality of Cebu, Province of
Cebu," is hereby amended to read as follows :
" Section 1. The Governor-General, with the consent of the Philip-
Sine Commission, is hereby authorized to appoint a committee of
ve persons to continue the work of the committee appointed by reso-
lution of the Commission of March twenty-first, nineteen himdred
and five, to provide plans for the widening of such streets as may be
desirable and proper and to lay out new streets within the so-called
* burnt area' in the municipality of Cebu, Province of Cebu, to
adjust all questions of ownership of all land within the said burnt
area, and to make such equitable allotment and adjustment of the
land within the said burnt area as may be necessary and practicable,
caused by the widening of existing streets and in the laying out or
new streets. All future vacancies on the committee hereby estab-
lished shall be filled by appointment by the Governor-General. The
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committee heretofore appointed under the provisions of Act Num-
bered Thirteen hundred and ninety-three is hereby discharged from
further duty and shall turn over all books, papers, records, and ac-
counts to the committee appointed in accordance with this Act. The
Governor-General is hereoy authorized to confirm and approve the
acts of the Director of Public Works, Sergio Osmefia, provincial
governor of Cebu, T. Warren Allen, district engineer, and the presi-
dent of the municipality of Cebu, acting instead of the committee
authorized by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-three."
Sec. 2. Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-three is here-
by further amended by adding at the end of section six thereof the
following:
" The said committee is hereby authorized to employ such clerical
assistants as may be necessary at a salary of not to exceed one hundred
and fifty pesos per month each. The services of the said clerical
assistants shall be certified to by the chairman of the committee. The
expenses of this committee, to the extent of one thousand eight hun-
dred pesos, shall be borne by the Insular Government. The Civil
Service Acts and rules shall not necessarily be applicable to such
clerical assistants as are herein authorized: Provided^ That ap-
pointees under this Act who are members of the Civil Service, or
certified by the Bureau of Civil Service for appointment, shall lose
no right or privilege by reason of such appointment."
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take eflFect on its passage.
Enacted, March 18, 1907.
[No. 1615.]
AN ACT Providing for the cancellation of official bonds of registrars of property
and relieving their sureties from responsibility on such bonds executed prior
to August thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.
Whereas, under the Mortgage Law and the regulations for its exe-
cution in force in the Philippine Islands prior to American occupa-
tion, registrars of property were required to give bond conditioned
upon the faithful performance of their duties as such officers ; and
Whereas the provisions of said Mortgage Law and the regulations
for its execution providing for the release and delivery of such bonds
have become inoperative tecause of the change of soverei^t^ ; and
Whereas much hardship has been caused to the principals and
sureties of such bonds because of the impossibility of securing the
cancellation of said bonds which, in many cases, constitute legal in-
cumbrances upon the real property of said principals and their
sureties : Now, therefore,
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission J that:
Section 1. The official bond of any registrar of property or any
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surety of such official, executed prior to August thirteenth, eighteen
hundred and ninety-eight, and constituting a mortgage or lien upon
real property, may be canceled at the request of the principal or any
surety of said bond upon complying with the requirements of this
Act.
Sec. 2. The principal or surety desiring the cancellation of any such
bond shall present a petition in writing to the Court of First Instance
of the province in which the registrar officiated, stating under oath
the circumstances leading to the giving of such bond, making a copy
of such bond a part of such application, and requesting the cancella-
tion thereof.
Sec. 3. Upon the filing of said petition the clerk of the Court of
First Instance in which such petition is filed shall cause a notice
thereof to be published in a Spanish newspaper of general circulation
published in the province in which the registrar officiated, if any such
newspaper be published in said province, and also in a Spanish news-
paper of general circulation published in the city of Manila. Such
notice shall be published once a week in said newspapers for a period
of ten consecutive weeks and shall be posted and kept posted in a con-
spicuous place in the provincial building of the province in which
such registrar officiated for a period of six months. Said notice shall
inform all persons interested of the filing of such petition, and shall
require that all persons having claims arising out of the official mis-
conduct of such registrar shall^ within two months after the termina-
tion of the period for publication and posting of said notice, file in
said court their opposition to said petition, which said opposition
shall set forth, under oath, that legal proceedings have l)een com-
menced in the proper Court of First Instance for the enforcement of
legal claims against such registrar and his bondsmen. Unless such
opposition is filed within said period the bond shall be canceled.
Sec. 4. In case such opposition is filed, and proper proof is sub-
mitted to the Court of First Instance in which said petition is filed
that legal proceedings have been commenced against said registrar
and his bondsmen, action by said Court of First Instance upon the
petition for the cancellation of the bond shall be suspended until the
final determination of the suits commenced against the registrar and
his bondsmen : Provided^ however^ That such suits must be prosecuted
with proper diligence.
Sec. 5. Should those opposing the cancellation of the bond fail to
present satisfactory prooi that suits have been commenced as alleged
m their opposition, an order shall be entered by the Court of First
Instance canceling the bond in accordance with the prayer of the
petition.
Sec. 6. A copy of the order of the court canceling the bond shall be
filed with the registrar of deeds in the province where the property of
the principal and that of his bondsmen is situated, and thereupon said
property shall be immediately released from any lien or incumbrance
because of said bond.
Sec. 7. The court costs and other costs of proceedings for the can-
cellation of bonds under this Act shall be paid by the petitioner.
Sec. 8. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of '^Kn Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
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in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
himdred.
Sec. 9. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 19, 1907.
[No. 1616.]
AN ACT Changing the name of the uHinicipality of Almeria, Province of Lesrte,
to that of Kawayan, and transferring tlie seat of its municipal government
to the present barrio of Kawayan; also changing the name of the munici-
pality of San Ricardo in the said province to that of Pintuyan, and trans-
ferring the seat of its municipal government to the present barrio of
Pintuyan.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The mmiicipality of Almeria in the Province of Leyte,
as established by paragraph eleven of section one of Act Numberea
Nine hundred and fifty-four^ shall hereafter be known as Kawa-
yan, with the seat of the municipal government" at the present barrio
of Kawayan.
Sec. 2. The municipality of San Ricardo in the Province of Leyte,
as established by paragraph fifteen of section one of Act Numbered
Nine hundred and fifty-four, as amended by Act Numbered Nine
hundred and eighty-six, shall hereafter be known as Pintuyan.
with the seat of the mimicipal government at the present barrio oi
Pintuyan.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeditea in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 19, 1907.
[No. 1617.]
AN ACT Providing for the establislmient and maintenance of toll roads and
bridges.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Whenever the provincial board of any province shall
decide it to be necessary for the proper maintenance of any road
or highway within the province, it may designate any such road or
highway, or any part or any road or highway, or any bridge, which
is maintained or intended to be built and maintained wholly by pro-
vincial funds, as a toll road or toll bridge, and may fix, and from
time to time may change, the rates of toll to be paid for the use
thereof, which shall be reasonable and shall not be greater than is
necessary to produce the revenue requisite for the proper building,
maintenance, or improvement thereof during the period while the
toll rates are in force. The rates fixed shall be subject to the approval
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of the Govemor-Greneral : Provided^ That no toll shall be collected
from persons passing over such road or bridge on foot: And pro-
vided^ further^ That officers and enlisted men and civil employees
of the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps shall be exempt
from the payment of tolls or charges under this Act.
Sec. 2. The provincial board mav erect the gates and employ the
persons necessary to collect the toils on any such road or part of
road or bridge so designated, the tolls so collected to constitute a
special fund lor the repair and maintenance of said toll road.
Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person whatever to use any
toll road or bridge except as provided in section one hereof without
paying the tolls prescribed therefor, and any person who shall make
use thereof in violation of this section shall oe punished by a fine
of not to exceed fifty pesos and in default of the payment thereof
shall be imprisoned one day for each peso of fine ana costs impaid.
Sec. 4. Whenever either the Governor-General or the provincial
board shall decide that the financial situation of a province is such
that the collection of tolls on any road or part of a road or bridge
may be discontinued without injury to the welfare of such province,
the Governor-General or the provincial board, as the case may be,
shall so order and thereafter such road or part thereof shall be free
for public use, and in any case no road or highway shall be continued
as a toll road or highway for a longer periwi than five years.
Sec. 5. The pubuc good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 20, 1907.
[No. 1618.]
AN ACT Increasing the number of municipaUties in the Province of Misamis
from ten to eleven, by separating from Talisayan the former municipality of
Glngoog, giving the latter the territory which It comprised prior to the pas-
sage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and fifty-one, and providing for the dis-
tribution of funds in the municipal treasury of Talisayan, resulting from the
separation from Talisayan of the former municipality of Glngoog.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commiasian^ that:
Section 1. The ten municipalities of the Province of Misamis, as
established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and fifty-one, shall, in
accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to eleven, by
separating from Talisayan the former municipality of Gingoog*
which is nereby reconstituted and shall consist of the territory oi
which it was constituted prior to the passage of said Act NumtJered
Nine hundred and fifty-one.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage oi the same is hereby expedited in accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Cora-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
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Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on Au^st tenth, nineteen hun-
dred and seven: Provided^ That the distribution of funds in the
municipal treasury of Talisayan, resulting from the separation from
Talisayan of the former municipality of Gingoog, shall be made as
of the date of the passage of this Act.
Enacted, March 20, 1907.
[No. 1619.]
AN ACT Increasing the number of munieipaUties in the Province of Bulacan
from fourteen to fifteen, by separating from Baliuag the former municipality
of San Rafael, giving the latter the territory which It comprised prior to the
passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-two, and providing for the
distribution of funds in the municipal treasury of Baliuag, resulting from the
separation from Baliuag of the former municipality of San Rafael.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Com/mission^ that:
Section 1. The fourteen municipalities of the Province of Bulacan,
as established by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty -eiffht,
shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to
fifteen, by separating from Baliuag the former municipality of San
Rafael which is hereby reconstituted and shall consist of the territory
of which it was constituted prior to the passage of Act Numbered
Nine hundred and thirty-two.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill
the passage of the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of ''An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take eflFect on Au^st tenth, nineteen hun-
dred and seven: Provided^ That the distribution of funds in the
municipal treasury of Baliuag, resulting from the separation from
Baliuag of the former municipality of San Rafael, shall be made as
of the date of the passage of this Act.
Enacted, March 21, 1907.
[No. 1620.]
AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled
"An Act to encourage economy and saving among the people of the Philippine
Islands, and to that end to provide for the establishment of postal savings
banks and their administration through the, organization of a postal savings
bank division in the Bureau of Posts, and for other purposes."
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section eighteen of an Act Numbered Fourteen hundred
and ninety-three is hereby amended by adding at the end of para-
grap (h) the words " unless otherwise provioed by this Act, and
by adding at the end of the section the following additional para-
graphs :
"5. (a) Upon first mortgage or deed of trust to the bank of
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improved and unencumbered city real estate, with a title registered
in accordance with the Land Registration Act, situated in the cities
of Manila, Cebu, Iloilo, and Zamboanga: Provided^ however^ That
no investment shall be made upon a mortgage or deed of trust of any
parcel of such property without the approval of four-fifths of the
members of the investment board, nor m amount in excess of forty
per centum of the assessed value of such property, nor in amount in
excess of five per centum of the total amount of deposits in the bank,
nor in amouht in excess of fifty thousand pesos on any one piece of
property, nor for a longer time than three years: And provided
further^ That the investments upon such mortgages and deeds of
trust shall not exceed in the aggregate twenty-five per centum of the
total deposits in the bank.
"(6) Upon first mortgage or deed of trust to the bank of actually
cultivated, improved^ and unencumbered agricultural lands in the
Philippine Islands with a title registered in accordance with the Land
Registration Act: Provided, however^ That no investment shall be
made upon a mortgage or deed of trust of any parcel of such land
without the approval of all members of the investment board, nor in
amount in excess of twenty per centum of the assessed value of such
land, nor in amount in excess of ten thousand pesos on any one piece
of property, nor for a longer time than five years: Arid provided
further^ That investments upon such mortgages or deeds of trust
shall not exceed in the aggregate ten per centum of the total deposits
in the bank.
" Real estate acquired by the fok'eclosure of a mortgage or deed of
trust thereon shall be vested in the name of the Postal Savings Bank
and shall be sold by the investment board as soon as a price can be
obtained therefor sufficient to pay the amount of the mortgage or
deed of trust, interest, charges, insurance, and other expenses charge-
able against the property, and within three years after the same is
vested in the bank unless such time shall be extended by the Governor-
General. The chairman of the investment board, by direction of the
board, shall execute all necessary papers for the sale and transfer of
such real estate. The Director of Lands shall, under direction of the
investment board, undertake the management of any property title
to which may vest in the bank by operation of this law and shall
render to the board all reports for which it may call.
" The board shall be charged with the duty of verifying the reason-
ableness of the assessed vahie of all land upon which money is loaned
under the provisions of this Act.
" 6. In any securities the principal or interest of which is guaran-
teed by the Government of the United States or of the Philippine
Islands.
" 7. In loans on any securities the principal or interest of which
is guaranteed by the Government of the United States or of the
Philippine Islands : Provided^ That such loans shall not exceed eighty
per centum of the market value of such securities and that no loans
shall be made on such securities for a period longer than one year."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
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G^mmission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen himdred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 22, 1907.
[No. 1621.]
AN ACT To amend section forty-seven of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-
three, entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Manila," by providing that
the annual tax on the assessed value of real estate in the city of Manila for
the year nineteen hundred and seven shall be one and one-half per centum
thereof.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section forty-seven of Act Numbered One hundred
and eighty-three, entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Ma-
nila," is hereby amended by providing that the annual tax on the
assessed value of all real estate in the city of Manila subject to taxa-
tion shall be, for the year nineteen hundred and seven, one and one-
half per centum thereof instead of two per centum thereof as now
provided by said section. The requirement of said section that one
per centum of the assessed value of all such real estate shall be pay-
able on or before the first day of July, nineteen hundred and seven,
shall not be affected by the provisions of this Act. The remaining
one-half per centum shall be payable on or before the thirty -first day
of Decemoer, nineteen hundred and seven.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage oi the same is hereby expedited in accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 27, 1907.
[No. 1622.]
AN ACT Providing for the cancellation, under certain conditions, of the unpaid
balances remaining on loans made by the Insular Government to the provinces
of Capiz, Batangas, Iloilo, and Romblon.
By authority of the United States^ be it eruwted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The unpaid balance of fifty-five thousand pesos, owing
from the Province of Capiz to the Government of the Philippine
Islands, on the loans made to said province under Acts Numbered
One hundred and thirty-four and One hundred and ninety-six, is
hereby canceled, on condition that the government of said province
shall provide and pay into the provincial school fund of Capiz, to be
expended only for the purposes hereinafter set forth, an amount at
least equal to the indeoteaness hereby canceled, of which at least
sixteen thousand pesos shall be made available for expenditure in
accordance with tne terms of this Act on or before the first dav of
May, nineteen hundred and seven, and of which at least eight thou-
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sand pesos shall be made ayailable on or before the first day of June
of each year thereafter nntil the entire sum of fifty-five thousand
pesos shall have been prcmded and paid into the said provincial
school fund, as herein prescribed.
Sec. 2. Tlie unpaid balance of fifty-one thousand six hundred and
sixty-four pesos and forty-seven centavos owing from the Province
of Batan^s to the Government of the Philippine Islands on the
loans ma<fe to said province under Acts NumberiBd Four hundred and
seventy, Six hundred and ninety-eight, Seven hundred and ninety-
three, One thousand and ei^ty-five, and Eleven hundred and sixty-
six, is hereby canceled, on condition that the government of said prov-
ince shall provide and pay into the provincial school fxmd of Batan-
gas, to be expended only for the purposes hereinafter set forth, an
amount at least equal to the indebtedness hereby canceled, of which at
least five thousand one hundred and sixty-six p^os and forty-four
centavos shall be made available for expenditure in accordance with
the terms of this Act on or before the firet day of July, nineteen hun-
dred and seven, and of which a sum at least equal to the above shall
be made available on or before the first day of June of each year
thereafter until the entire amount of fifty-one thousand six hundred
and sixty-four pesos and forhr-seven centavos shall have been pro-
vided and paid into said school fund, as herein prescribed.
Sec. 3. The unpaid balance of fifty thousand p^os owinff from
the Province of Iloilo to the Grovemment of the Philippine Islands,
on the loan made to said province under Act Numbered One hundred
and riinety-six, is hereby canceled, on condition that the government
of said province shall provide and pay into the provincial sdiool fund
of Iloilo, to be expended only for the purposes hereinafter set forth,
an amount at least equal to the indebteaness hereby canceled, of which
at least eight thousand three hundred and thirty-three pesos and
thirty-three centavos shall be made available for expenditure in
accordance with the terms of this Act on or before the thirtieth day of
November, nineteen hundred and seven, and of which a sum at least
equal to the above shall be made available on or before the thirtieth
day of November of each year thereafter, until the entire amount of
fifty thousand pesc« shall have been provided and paid into said
school fund, as herein prescribed.
Sec. 4. The unpaid oalance of six thousand pesos^ owin^ from the
Province of Rorablon to the Government of the Philippine Islands on
the loan made to said province under Act Numbered One thousand
and seventy-six, is hereby canceled, on condition that the government
of said province shall provide and pav into the provincial school fund
of Romblon, to be expended only for the purposes hereinafter set
forth, an amount at least egual to the indebtedness hereby canceled, of
which at least one thousand pesos shall be made available for expendi-
ture in accordance with the terms of this Act on or before the thirtieth
day of June, nineteen hundred and seven, and of which a sum at least
equal to the above shall be made available on or before the thirtieth
day of June of each year thereafter, until the entire sum of six thou-
sand pesos shall have been provided and paid into said school fund,
as herein prescribed.
Sec. 5. The several installments of the funds provided for in sec-
tions one, two, three, and four hereof, as they become due and avail-
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able, shall be paid into the Insular Treasury as special deposits to be
added to the sjjecial provincial school fund of the province concerned
and shall constitute xvith it, in the case of each province, one total fund
under the control of the Secretary of Public Instruction, to be ex-
pended for no other purpose than the purchase of land and the pur-
chase and construction of building for intermediate and high school
instruction, including instruction in industrial work, manual training,
agriculture, and the arts and sciences, for the remodeling and repair
of such building and for the remodeling of other intermediate school
buildings, and tor the purchase of permanent equipment, tools, ma-
chinery, and implements not constituting current expendible supplies,
for use in connection with said buildings.
Sec. 6. The special provincial school funds created by this Act,
together with any other moneys subscribed, appropriated, or other-
wise lawfully added to the sums provided by this Act by any province,
municipality, or person for any or all of said purposes, shall be dis-
bursed by the treasurer of the province to which any such fund per-
tains, upon vouchers approved by the Director of Education, or the
Director of Public WorKs, or by both of them, as the Secretary of
Public Instruction may direct.
Sec. 7. In case the Province of Capiz, the Province of Batangas,
the Province of Iloilo, or the Province of Romblon, as the ca^ may be,
shall fail to make the special deposits in the Insular Treasury on or
before the respective dates prescribed by this Act, then the Insular
Auditor shall make the proper and corresponding deduction from any
funds which may be due the defaulting province, and shall deposit
the amounts so deducted in the Insular Treasury to the credit of the
special provincial school fund to which tliey belong.
Sec. 8. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
himdred.
Sec. 9. This Act shall take eflFect on its passage.
Enacted, March 27, 1907.
[No. 1623.]
AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in tlie Province of Tarlac
from ten, as establislied by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and flfty-flve, to
eleven, and separating from the municipality of Paniqui the barrios of San
Roman, Legaspl, San Agustln and Salcedo, and annexing them to the munici-
pality of Moncada.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The ten municipalities of the Province of Tarlac, as
established by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and fifty-five, shall,
in accordance with the pi-ovisions of this Act, be increased to eleven,
by separating from the municipality of Pura the former municipal-
ity 01 Gerona, which is hereby reconstituted and shall consist of the
territory of which it was constituted prior to the passage of Act
Numbered Nine hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered
Nine hundred and seventy-six. The location of the seat of the
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municipal government of Pura shall be as prior to the passage of
Act Nmnbered Nine hundred and seventy-six.
Sec. 2. The barrios of San Roman, jLegaspi, San Agustin, and
Salcedo, now a part of the municipality of Paniqui, are hereby sepa-
rated from said municipality and annexed to the present municipal-
ity of Moncada.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An. Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on Au^st tenth, nineteen hun-
dred and seven: Provided^ That the distribution of funds in the
municipal treasury of Pura, resulting from the separation from Pura
of the former municipality of Gerona, shall be made as of the date
of the passage of this Act: And provided further^ That in case of
the failure of the residents of Pura to have their municipal and
school buildings built and completed on or before the date set for
the next regular elections, the reestablishment of said municipality
as prior to the passage oi Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty,
shall not take effect until the tenth day of August immediately pre-
ceding the next regular election to be held after said municipal and
school buildings shall have been completed.
Enacted, March 27, 1907.
[No. 1624.]
AN ACTT Increasing the number of municipalities in the subprovince of Abra,
Province of IIocos Sur, from Ave to six, by separating from Bangued the for-
mer municipality of Tayum, giving the latter the territory which it comprised
prior to the passage of Act Numbered One thousand and one, and providing for
the distribution of funds in the municipal treasury of Bangued, resulting from
the separation from Bangued of the former municipality of Tayum.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ tnat:
Section 1. The five municipalities of the subprovince of Abra,
Province of IIocos Sur, as established by Act Numbered One thousand
and one, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be in-
creased to six, by separating from Bangued the former municipality
of Tayum, which is hereby reconstitutedand shall consist of the terri-
tory of which it was constituted prior to the passage of said Act Num-
bered One thousand and one.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws,^ passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on Au^st tenth, nineteen hun-
dred and seven: Provided, That the distribution of funds in the
municipal treasury of Bangued, resulting from the separation from
Bangued of the former municipality of Tayum, shall be made as of
the date of this Act.
Enacted, March 27, 1907,
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[No. 1625.]
AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in the Province of Rizal from
seventeen to nineteen, by separating from San Felipe Neri the former munici-
pality of San Juan del Monte and from Parafiaque the former municipality of
Las Pifias, giving to each the territory which it comprised prior to the passage
of Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-two, and providing for the distribu-
tion of funds in the municipal treasuries of said municipalities.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The seventeen municipalities of the Province of Rizal,
as established by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and forty-two,
shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to
nineteen, as follows :
{a) By separating from the municipality of San Felipe Neri the
former municipality of San Juan del Monte, which is hereby reconsti-
tuted and shall consist of the territory of which it was constituted
?rior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-two:
*rovided^ however, That the expenses of the new municipality of San
Juan del Monte shall not exceed its income; that the salary of the
municipal president shall not exceed four hundred pesos per annum
and that or the municipal treasurer three hundred pesos per annum ;
and that the said muncipal treasurer shall, in addition to the regular
duties of his office, perform the duties of municipal secretary without
additional compensation.
(b) By separating from the municipality of Parafiaque the former
municipality of Las Piiias, which is hereby reconstituted and shall
consist of the territory of which it was constituted prior to the passage
of Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-two.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws, ' passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take eflFect on August tenth, nineteen hun-
dred and seven: Provided, That the distribution of funds in the
municipal treasuries of San Felipe Neri and Paranaque, resulting
from the separation from said municipalities of the former munici-
palities of San Juan del Monte and Las Piiias, shall be made as of the
date of the passage of this Act.
Enacted, March 27, 1907.
[No. 1626.]
AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Nine hundred and tlilrty-nine, entitled **An
Act reducing the thirty municipalities of the Province of La Laguna to nine-
teen," as amended by Act Numbered One thousand and eight, by changing
the seat of the municipal government of the municipality of Los Bailos to Bay.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Paragraph seven of section one of Act Numbered Nine
hundred and thirty-nine, entitled "An Act reducing the thirty mu-
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nicipalities of the Province pf La Laguna to nineteen," as amended
by Act Numbered One thousand and eight, is hereby further amended
to read as follows:
" 7. The municipality of Los Banos shall consist of its present
territory and that of the municipality of Bay, with the seat of the
municipal government at Bay."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 29, 1907.
[No. 1627.]
AN ACT To amend certain sections of general orders, numbered fifty-elght»
series of nineteen hundred, and certain sections of Acts Numbered Eighty-
two, One hundred and thirty-six, One hundred and eighty-three as amended,
One hundred and ninety, One hundred and ninety-four as amended, Seven
hundred and eighty-seven as amended; also to repeal Acts Numbered Five
hundred and ninety as amended. Nine liundred and ninety-two, and Fourteen
hundred and fifty, and designed to unify the system of justice of the peace
courts, clarify existing legislation relative thereto, and further increase the
efficiency thereof.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section sixty-sev^n of Act Numbered One hundred
and thirty-six, as amended by section one of Act Nimibered Fourteen
hundred and fifty, is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 67. Appointment and term. — One justice of the peace and
one auxiliary justice shall be appointed by the Governor-General,
by and with the consent of the Philippine Commission, for the city
of Manila, for each municipality organized according to the Munic-
ipal Code, and for such other towns or places as may be determined
by resolution of said Commission. Whenever a vacancy occurs
therein the judge or judges of the Court of First Instance of the
district shall forward to the Governor-General a list of names of
persons qualified to fill said vacancy. In preparing said list pref-
erence shall be given to any justice of the province who may desire
to transfer to another station and whose record entitles him to pro-
motion. The Director of Education shall certify to the Governor-
General the names of all persons, otherwise qualified, who shall have
completed the course for magistrates at the Philippine Normal School
or University and have expressed their willingness to serve as i.us-
tices. Appomtments shall be made from the lists furnished as above
prescribed: Provided^ however, That in the Moro Province persons
so designated by the jud^ of First Instance may assume the duties
of justice of the peace while awaiting formal appointment, and shall
so continue until such designation is vacated by the Governor-
General.
" In case new municipalities are formed by the Commission the
Governor-General shall, in the same manner, designate which of tlie
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justices and auxiliary justices within the territory so formed into
the municipality shall continue in office and the powers of all others
therein shall cease. All justices of the peace and auxiliary justices
shall hold office during good behavior ana those now in office shall so
continue."
Sec. 2. Supervision; reports. — ^The judge of the Court of First In-
stance shall at all times exercise a supervision over the justices of the
peace within his district, and shall keep himself inrormed of the
manner in which they perform their duties, by personal inspection
whenever possible, from reports which he may require from them,
from cases appealed to his court, and from all other available sources.
In proper cases he shall advise and instruct them whenever requested,
or when occasion arises, and such justices of the peace shall apply to
him and not to the Attomey-Greneral for advice and instruction, and
any such inquiries received Dy the Attorney-General shall be referred
by'him to the judge of the proper district In lieu of the report now
required by section seventy-seven of Act Numbered One hundred and
thirty-six each justice or the peace hereafter shall, on or before
December first of each year, forward to said judge of the district a
report showing the number of suits begun in the court of said justice
during the current year, the nature thereof, whether civil or criminal,
the mode of disposition, whether by voluntary dismissal or iudgment,
the number still pending, the amount of costs and fees collected and
for what service, and the number of marriages solemnized. Such
report shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the Court of First
Instance, and said judge of the district shall, with the assistance of
said clerk, embody a summary of such reports for each province of his
district, together with other matters of mterest and importance rela-
tive to the administration of justice \herein, particularly with refer-
ence to justice of the peace courts, in a brief report, which he shall
forward by the close of each calendar year to the Secretary of
Finance and Justice.
Sec. 3. Section sixty-eight of Act Numbered One hundred and
thirty-six is hereby^ amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 68. Civil jurisdiction and powers, — In all civil actions (in-
cluding those mentioned in sections two hundred and sixty-two to
two hundred and seventy-two (as hereby amended), inclusive, and
chapter eighteen of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety) arising
in his municipality, and not exclusively cognizable by the Court of
First Instance, the justice of the peace shaU have exclusive original
jurisdiction where the value of the subject-matter or amount of the
demand does not exceed two hundred pesos, exclusive of interest and
costs; and where such value or demand exceeds two hundred pesos
but is less than six hundred pesos, the justice of the peace shall have
jurisdiction concurrent with the Court of First Instance. In forcible
entry and detainer proceedings the justice shall have ori^nal juris-
diction, but he may receive evidence upon the question of title therein
solely tor the purpose of determining character and extent of pos-
session and dama^ for detention.
"A justice of the peace shall have no jurisdiction to adjudicate
questions of title to real estate or any interest therein, and whenever
a case requiring such adjudication is brought before him it shall be
his duty, upon discovering the same, to suspend further proceedings
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therein and certify the cause forthwith to the Court of First Instance.
The jurisdiction of a justice of the peace shall not extend to civil
actions in which the subject of litigation is not capable of pecuniary
estimation, except in forcible entry and detainer cases; nor to those
which involve the legalitv of any tax, impost, or assessment ; nor to
actions involving admiralty or maritime jurisdiction; nor to matters
of probate, the appointment of guardians, trustees, or receivers ; nor
to actions for annulment of marriage.
"A justice of the peace shall have power, anywhere within his
territorial jurisdiction, to solemnize marriages, administer oaths,
take depositions and acknowledgments, and authenticate merchants^
books as provided by articles nineteen and thirty-six of the Code of
Commerce."
Sec. 4. Jurisdiction to try and sentence. — Justices of the peace,
except in the city of Manila, shall have original jurisdiction to try
parties charged with misdeameanors, offenses, and infractions of
, municipal ordinances, arising within the municipality, in which the
penalty provided by law does not exceed six months' imprisonment
or a fine of two himdred pesos, or both such imprisonment and fine;
and subdivision (a) of section eighteen of Act Numbered Eighty-two
is hereby repealea.
Sec. 5. Section seventy-one of Act Numbered One hundred and
thirty-six, as amended bv section six of Act Numbered Fourteen
hundred and fifty, is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 71. Aitait and settlement. — All fines and costs imposed by
a justice of the peace in criminal prosecutions and all fees charged
in civil suits or for any other service, and collected during any month,
shall be paid, on the first day of the month succeeding their collection,
to the municipal treasurer (in the city of Manila to the Collector of
Internal Revenue), to whom, at the same time, the justice shall
present a detailed statement of the amounts thus collected by him
since, his last previous report and of the amounts accruing to him
from the municipal treasury during the same period. His account
shall forthwith be audited by the municipal treasurer and president
(in Manila, by the Insular Auditor) and he shall thereupon receive
rrom the treasury the amount of his emoluments as allowed by such
audit not exceedmg for any month the monthly salary allowed by
law to the president of the municipality : Provided^ That in the city
of Manila uie justice of thepeaoe shall receive, in lieu of all fees, the
salary now fixed by law. The auditors above-mentioned shall exam-
ine tne records of the justice of the peace and any other papers or
persons deemed necessary, and all mutilated or spoiled receipts must
oe accounted for and turned in by said justice. But it shall not be
necessary for the justice to prove the insolvency of parties who have
failed to pay costs taxed against them. If said auditors are of the
opinion that needless prosecutions have been instituted for the purpose
of enhancing fees, they shall report the facts to the judge of the
Court of First Instance."
Sec. 6. Section seventy of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-
six, as amended by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty, is
hereby repealed, and section seventy-five of Act Numbered One hun-
dred and thirty-six is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 75. Service of process; offioers. — ^The president of the mu-
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nicipality shall serve, or cause to be served, through the municipal
pokce force, any process issued by the justice of the peace thereof
and delivered to said president Process of the justice may also be
served through the same channels as process from the Court of First
Instance, and civil process, other than executions, may be served by
any person designated by the justice for that purpose. The justice
of the peace of Aianila shall be allowed two derks with salaries to
be fixed in the annual appropriation Act for said city.''
Sec. 7. Section seventy-six of Act Numbered One hundred and
thirty-six, as amended by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty,
is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
^^ Sec. 76. The auxUiary justice ot the peace shall have the same
qualifications and be subject to the same restrictions as the regular
justice, and shall perform the duties of said office during any vacancy
therein or in case of the absence of the regular justice from the
municipality, or of his disability or disqualification, or in case of his
death or resignation until the appointment and qualification of his.
successor, or m any cause whose immediate trial the regular justice
shall certify to be specially urgent and which he is unable to try by
reason of actual engagement in another trial. The auxiliary justice
for such time as he shall perform the duties of justice shall receive
the compensation which would have aoorued to the office of justice:
Provided^ That the auxiliary justice of Manila shall receive for the
trial of each cause certified to him hy the regular justice, as above
provided, the sum of three p^os, which amount shall be deducted
from <^e salary of tlie regular justice."
Sec. 8. Section seventy-three of Act Numbered One hundred and
ninety is hereby amendea so as to read as follows :
"Sec. 73. DisgtudiflcaHon of the re^ar justice shall remit not
alone fr<Hn the disabilities mentioned in section eight of this Act
(One himdred and ninety), but also when he is related within the
sixth degree by marria^ to either party. In every case of disquali-
fication upon any of said grounds the regular justice shall notify the
auxiliary, who shall thereupon appear and try the cause, unless he
shall be likewise disaualifiea <^ otherwise disabled, in which event the
cause ^all be transierred to the i^xt nearest justice of the peace of
the province."
Sec. 9. Section fifty-one of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety
is hereby amended by adding at the end th^i^eof the following:
" But the time of appearance eliall be regulated not by the latter,
but by the former code, unless the defendant ^lall reside more than
fifteen kilometers from the poblaeionJ*^
Sec. 10. An8V>er, — ^The defendant may interpose any lawful defense
orally or in writing, but if on appeal it does not otherwise appear, he
^all be considered as having mterposed a general denial only. A
set-off, counterclaim, or reconvention for an amount within the
justice's jurisdiction may also be interposed but must be in writing,
and, if requested by the defendant, the justice shall reduce the same
to writing. The mrst sentence of section fifty-six of Act Numbered
One hunm^ed and ninety is hereby repealed.
Sec. 11. Demwrrer*-— 'The defendant may challenge, orally or by
written motion, the jurisdiction of the court over the subject-matter,
tli^ plaintiff's capacity to bring the action, or the sufficiency of the
complaint on the ground that it fails to state a cause of action.
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Sec. 12. Section sixty-five of Act Numbered One hundred and
ninety is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 65. Contempt proceedings. — ^A justice of the peace may sum-
marily impose a fiine of not more than ten pesos or a term of impris-
onment not exceeding one day, or both, upon any one g^iilty of mis-
conduct in the presence of the justice or so near as to interrupt the
proceedings of his court or in open defiance of his authority ; but the
party adjudged in contempt may api>eal from such sentence and the
same shall be stayed as in ordinary criminal cases."
Sec. 13. Section sixty-nine of Act Numbered One hundred and
ninety is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 69. Dockets; record. — ^Every justice of the peace shall keep
a well-bound book, labeled * Docket,' in which he shall enter for each
cause, civil or criminal :
" 1. Title of the proceeding, including the names of all parties.
" 2. Nature of the proceeding, whether civil or criminal, and if the
latter, the offense charged.
" 8. Date of issuing preliminary and mesne or intermediate proc-
ess, including orders or arrest and subpoenas and the time of return.
" 4. Appearance or default of the defendants.
" 6. Date of presenting the plea, answer, or demurrer and the
nature of the same.
"6. Minutes of the trial, including the date thereof and all
adjournments.
'' 7. Names and addresses of all witnesses.
^' 8. Date and nature of judgment, and, if in a civil cause, the
amount.
" 9. An itemized statement of the costs.
" 10. Date of execution^ if one be issued, and copy of the return.
" 11. Date of filing notice of appeal, if one be filed, and by whom.
" It shall not be necessary for the justice to take down in writing
the testimony of a witness in a cause, civil or criminal, except of the
accused in preliminary investigations, as provided in' section two of
Act Numbered One hundred and ninety-four, as hereby amended,
nor shall the justice be required to attend the sessions of the Court
of First Instance except when regularly subpoenaed. But in crim-
inal cases appealed to said court, and in preliminary investigations
where the accused is bound over, the justice shall forward to the
provincial fiscal a brief statement of the substance of the testimony.
All witnesses, including the complainant, shall be examined under
oath.'' Sections fifty-two and fiity-three of General Orders Num-
bered Fifty-eight, series of nineteen hundred, are hereby repealed.
Sec 14. Venue. — The territorial jurisdiction of a justice of the
peace, except in the case of ex officio justices and in other special
cases provided by existing law, shall be coextensive with his munic-
ipality and the civil process of his court shall not run beyond the
9ame except to summon a defendant impleaded with one who resides
and has h^n served therein or as provided in section fifteen of this
Act. Forcible entry and detainer actions shall be brought in the
municipality where the subject-matter thereof is situated. All other
proceeoings shall be instituted in the municipality wherein a defend-
ant resides or may be served with summons.
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Sec. 15. Section seventy-two of Act Numbered One hundred and
ninety is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 72. Execution. — If after fifteen days from the rendition of
the judgment no appeal shall have been perfected as provided in this
Act, the justice, at the request of the prevailing party, shall issue
upon such judgment an execution which may be enforced by the
proper officers in any part of the Philippine Islands."
Sec. 16. Section seventy-six of Act Numbered One hundred and
ninety is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 76. An appeal in civil causes shall be perfected by filing with
the justice of the peace, within fifteen days after the entry of the
judgment complained oi, a notice that the party intends to appeal,
and by depositing with such justice the appellate court docket fee
of sixteen pesos, and by filing with him a Dond in the sum of fifty
pesos, executed to the adverse party by the appellant and by at least
one sufficient surety, conditioned that the appellant will pay all costs
which the Court of First Instance may award against him. In lieu
of such a bond, the appellant may file with the justice a certificate of
the proper official that the appellant has deposited twenty-five pesos
with the municipal treasurer (in Manila with the Collector of Iiiter-
nal Revenue) and that said sum is available for the satisfaction of
any judgment for costs that may be rendered against appellant by
the appellate court in said cause. In case judgment is rendered in
appellant's favor the sum deposited in lieu of appeal bond shall be
returned to him by the official with whom it was deposited. Judg-
ments rendered by the Court of First Instance on appeal shall be final
and conclusive except in cases involving the validity or constitution-
ality of a statute or municipal ordinance."
Sec. 17. Section two hundred and seventy-two of Act Numbered
One hundred and ninety is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 272. Judgment. — After a trial of the issues the court shall
find in whom is the right of possession and the value of the property
and shall render judgment in the alternative for the delivery thereof
to the party entitled to the same or for the value, in case delivery can
not be made, and also for such damages as either party may prove,
and for costs."
Sec. 18. Section two hundred and twenty of Act Numbered One
hundred and ninety is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof
the following:
" But costs shall not be adjudged against a justice of the peace in
such a proceeding unless the court shall find that in exceeding the
jurisdiction he acted in bad faith.-"
Sec. 19. Section four hundred and seventy-four of Act Numbered
One hundred and ninety is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 474. Exarnvruttioti of judgment debtor; when and by whom
ordered, — ^When an execution a^inst property of a jud^ent debtor
or any one of several debtors m the same judgment, issued to the
sheriff or his deputy for the province where the defendant resides,
or, if he does not reside in the Philippine Islands, to the sheriff or
his deputy for the province where the judgment was rendered, is
returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part, the judgment creditor, at
any time after such return is made, shall be entitled to an order from
a judge of the Court of First Instance which rendered the judgment,
or if no appeal was taken from the justice's judgment, then from the
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justice of the peace in whose court the judgment was rendered, re-
quiring such judgment debtor to appear and answer concerning his
Eroperty before such judge, or before a referee appointed by him, or
efore such justice, as the case may be, at the time and place specified
in the order; but no judgment debtor shall be required to attend
before a judge or referee out of the province in which such debtor
resides or is found, or before a justice out of the municipality in
which such debtor resides or is found."
Sec. 20. Section four hundred and seventy-five of Act Numbered
One hundred and ninety is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 475. Preliminary steps. — After the issuance of execution
against property and upon proof, by affidavit of a party or otherwise,
to the satisfaction of the judge or the justice of tne peace, that said
execution remains unsatisfied and that any judgment debtor has
property subject to said execution which should be applied toward
the satisfaction of the judgment, such judge or justice majr, by an
order, require the judgment debtor to appear at a specified time and
place within the territorial limits fixed m the preceding section, to
answer concerning the same; and such proceedings may thereupon be
had for application of the property of the judgment debtor towards
the satisfaction of the judgment as are hereinafter prescribed. The
judge may require the appearance to be made before a referee
appointed by him."
Sec. 21. Section four himdred and seventy-six of Act Numbered
One hundred and ninety is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 476. Examination of debtor of judgment debtor. — After
the return of an execution against the property of a judgment
debtor, or of one of several debtors in the same judgment, unsatis-
fied in whole or in part, and upon proof by affidavit or sworn petition
to the satisfaction of the judge or justice of the peace, as the case
may be, that a person, corporation, or other legal entity nas property
of such judgment debtor, or is indebted to him, the judge or justice
of the peace may, by an order, require such person, corporation or
other legal entity or any officer or member tnereof , to appear and
answer concerning the same at a specified time and place, within
the province, and within the municipality in which such person,
corporation or other le^l entity is served with the order, if such
order is made by a justice of the peace. The service of the order
shall bind all credits due the judgment debtor and the money and
property in the possession or in the control of such person, cor-
poration, or legal entity from the time of service; and tne judge or
justice of the peace may also require notice of such proceedings to
DC given to any party to the action, in such manner as may seem to
him proper."
Sec. 22. Section four hundred and seventy-eight of Act Num-
bered One hundred and ninety is hereby amended so as to read as
follows :
" Sec. 478. Enforcement of attendance. — ^A party or witness may
be compelled, by an order or subpoena as in other cases, to attend
before a judge, justice of the peace, or referee, to testify in such
proceedings. Failure to obey such order or subpoena, duly served,
shall constitute contempt. In case of such contempt the referee
or justice of the peace may report the matter to the Court of
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First Instance of the province and such court may punish the
contemner accordingly."
' Sec. 23. Section four hundred and seventy-nine of Act Num-
bered One hundred and ninety is hereby amended so as to read as
follows :
" Sec. 479. Continua/nce. — ^The judge, justice of the peace or
referee acting under the provisions of this chapter, may continue
the proceedings from time to time until they are completed: Pro-
vided^ That such continuance, if granted by a justice of the peace
shall not exceed ten days."
Sec. 24. Section four hundred and eighty of Act Numbered One
hundred and ninety is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
" Sec. 480. Oath and record. — If the examination is before a
referee, it must be taken by the referee in writing and certified by
him to the judge. All examinations and answers before a judge,
justice of the peace, or referee must be under oath, and in case oi
a corporation or other legal entity the oath must be made by the
legal representative thereof upon whom process may be served."
Sec. 26. Section four hundred and eighty-two of Act Numbered
One hundred and ninety is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 482. Disposition of property; appeal. — ^The judge or jus-
tice of the peace may order any property of the judgment debtor,
or money due him, not exempt by law, in the hands of either him-
self or other person, or of a corporation or other legal entity, to be
applied towards the satisfaction of the judgment, subject to any
prior rights of the holders of such property; but the earnings of
the debtor for his personal services at any time within one month
preceding the order can not be applied when it is made to appear
by the affidavit of the debtor, or otherwise, that such earnings are
necessary for the support of his family. When the order is made
by a justice of the peace, an appeal may be taken as in other cases."
Sec. 26. Section seven hundred and ninety of Act Numbered One
hundred and ninety, as amended by section eight of Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and fifty, is hereby further amended so as to read
as follows:
" Sec. 790. Fee hill. — ^The following are the legal fees, in Philip-
pine currency, to which a justice of the peace shaU be entitled:
" For each criminal proceeding, including preliminary investiga-
tions, five pesos.
" Provided, that in prosecutions for infractions of municipal ordi-
nances or for non-payment of the cedula tax the fee shall be one peso
and fifty centavos.
" For each civil action, three pesos.
"For performance of marriage ceremony, including issuance of
certificate of marriage, one peso.
" For taking affidavit, fifty centavos.
" For taking acknowledgment, seventy-five centavos.
" For writing and certifying depositions, including oath, per one
hundred words, or fractional part thereof, twenty centavos.
" For certified copies of any record, per one hundred words, or frac-
tional part thereof, twenty centavos.
" For stamping and registering books, as required by articles nine-
teen and thirty-six of the Code of Commerce, each book, one peso.
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" The foregoing fee bill, in Spanish, English, and the native dialect
commonly spoken in the mimicipality, shall be posted in a conspicu-
ous place in the office of every justice."
Sec. 27. Fee hiUf exceptions: liability. — ^Testimony of witnesses in
preliminary investigations and in criminal proceedings shall not be
considered as depositions within the meaning of the previous sec-
tions : Provided^ That nothing in this section contained shall be con-
strued to require the taking of such testimony in writing except as
required in preliminary investigations by section thirteen of this Act.
In cases of non-suit or default the justice shall be entitled to but one-
half of the fees provided by this Act. In civil actions the fee may
be demanded from the plaintiff by the justice in advance, and shall l>e
taxed as a part of the costs against the defeated party. In criminal
actions the fee shall be paid by the municipality, but shall be taxed
as a part of the costs to oe paid bv the defendant, if he be convicted
and sentenced to pay the costs. No fee shall be collected from town-
ships organized under Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-
seven.
Sec. 28. Section four of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty
is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 4. Court room and supplies, — Each municipality shall pro-
vide its justice of the peace witn a room in the tribunal, or elsewhere,
suitable for holding court, and the necessary furniture, lights, and
janitor service therefor. All necessary supplies, including station-
ery, stamps, judicial blanks, and the dockets required by law, shall
be furnisned to each justice by the Bureau of Justice and paid for
from funds appropriated for that Bureau. The office of the justice
of the peace shall always be located in the poblacion^ but he may,
upon the written request of both parties to a cause, hear the same at
any other suitable place in his municipality, and his actual, necessary,
and reasonable traveling expenses, not exceeding two and one-half
pesos per day, to and from such place, may be taxed as costs in the
case: Provided^ however^ That if the trial of more than one of such
cases is requested in a particular locality, he shall arrange to try them '
as nearly as possible at the same time and place and divide the travel-
ing expenses among them proportionately to the time consumed in the
trial 01 each case.
Sec. 29. Section five of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty
is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 5. Qu^lificatioris and privileges. — No person shall be eli-
fible to appointment as justice of the peace or auxiliary justice unless
e shall be (1^ at least twenty-three years of age; (2) a citizen of the
Philippine Islands or of the United States; ^3) or good moral char-
acter; and (4) able to read and write Spanisn or English. He shall
be present as often as the business of his court requires, and at least
once each business day at an appointed hour in his office or at the
place where his court is held, but he may, during his incumbency,
with the permission of the Judge of First Instance of the district,
pursue any other vocation or hold any other office or position, not-
withstanding the provisions of Act Numbered One nundred and
forty-eight. But no justice or auxiliary justice may act as the attor-
ney for any party to a cause commenced m his court or elsewhere ex-
cept by special permission of the said judge."
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Sec. 30. Section nine of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty
is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 9. Criminal process may be issued by the justice, to be served
outside his province, when the judge of First Instance of the district,
or in his absence the provincial fiscal, shall certify that in his opinion
the interests of justice require such service."
Sec. 31. Section ten of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty
is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 10. Receipts; restrictions. — Upon receiving payment for any
fees, fines, or costs^ the justice shall execute duplicate itemized receipts
therefor, consecutively numbered, delivering one copy to the person
paying, and retaining the other. No justice or auxiliary' justice, or
employee, or either of them, shall receive any fees or other compensa-
tion in connection with his office, except as allowed by this Act; nor
shall any such justice or employee accept any present or reward in the
form of money or other valuable thing from any person who is, or is
likely to be, a litigant before such court; nor shall he purchase or
otherwise acquire an interest in any judgment rendered by such
justice."
Sec. 32. Section eleven of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
fifty is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 11. Complaints; removals. — If at anj time the judge of
First Instance has reason to believe that a justice of the peace is not
performing his duties properly, or if complaints are made which, if
true, would indicate that the justice is unfit for the office, he shall
make such investigation of the same as the circumstances may seem to
him to warrant, and may, for good cause, reprimand the justice, or
may recommend to the Governor-General his removal from office,
or nis removal and disqualification from holding office and may sus-
pend him from office pending action by the Governor-General. The
Governor-General may^ upon such recommendation or on his own
motion, remove from office any justice of the peace or auxiliary justice
of the peace."
Sec. 33. Section twelve of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
fifty is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
" Sec. 12. Assembly. — ^The judge of each judicial district shall hold
an assembly of the justices of the peace or each province therein at
least once each calendar year at a time and place to be fixed by him,
for the purpose of instructing them in their duties, and considering
questions relating to the proper administration of their offices. The
actual, necessary, and reasonable traveling expenses of Qach justice
for necessary travel to and from the place of holding said assembly,
not exceeding the maximum fixed by law for simflar expenses of
municipal presidents, shall be paid by the Bureau of Justice upon
Presentation of proper vouchers. The judge may excuse from atten-
ance any justice who has attended three successive assemblias or who
has other sufficient reasons, but, unless so excused, the non-attendance
of a justice shall justify his suspension or removal. The provincial
fiscal shall also attend and assist the judge in conducting the assem-
bly and the clerk of the court shall keep the minutes thereof and
preserve a record of the attendance and standing of each justice.
After three annual assemblies have been held in a province and the
judge is of the opinion that all the justices thereor have been suffi-
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ciently instructed, he may defer calling the assembly until further
need arises."
Sec. 34. Section forty-three of General Orders, Numbered Fifty-
eight, series of nineteen hundred, is hereby amended so as to read as
follows :
"Sec. 43. Appeals. — From all final judgments of the Court of
First Instance or courts of similar jurisdiction, and in all cases in
which the law now provides for appeals from said courts, an appeal
may be taken to the Supreme Court as hereinafter prescribed. The
convicted party ma^ appeal from any final judgment of a justice of
the peace m a criminal cause to the Court of First Instance bv filing
a notice of appeal with such justice within fifteen da^s after the
entry of judgment. Upon such notice being so filed, the justice shall
forward to the Court of First Instance all original papers and a
transcript of all docket entries in the cause, and the provincial fiscal
shall thereupon take charge of the cause in behalf of the prosecution.
The judgment of the Court of First Instance in such appeals shall
be final and conclusive except in cases involving the validitjr or con-
stitutionalty of a statute or the constitutionality of a municipal or
township ordinance." The last two sentences of section thirty-nine
{dd) of^Act Numbered Eighty-two are hereby repealed.
Sec. 35. Section sixty-four of General Orders, Numbered Fifty-
eight, series of nineteen hundred, is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
" Sec. 64. Pending appeal. — After judgment by a justice of the
peace, the defendant shall be admitted to Bail as of right, and, in all
non-capital cases after judgment by any other court, as a matter of
judicial discretion. The appellate court may grant bail even after
refusal by the lower court."
Sec. 36. Bail hy -fiscal. — In the absence of the judge of First
Instance from the province, the provincial fiscal shall have authority
to grant bail in a proper case, after commitment to the provincial jail,
subject to review by said judge.
Sec. 37. Prelirmnary ini'estigations. — Every justice of the peace,
including the justice of the city of Manila, shall have jurisdiction to
conduct preliminary investigations of all crimes and offenses alleged
to have been committed within his municipality and cognizable by
Courts of First Instance, but this shall not exclude the proper judge
of the Court of First Instance or of a municipal court from exercising
such jurisdiction. The justice of the peace of the provincial capital
or of the municipality in which the provincial jail is located, when
directed by an order from the judge of First Instance, shall have
jurisdiction to conduct such investigations at the expense of the
municipality wherein the crime or offense was committed, though
alleged to have been committed anywhere within the province, to issue
orders of arrest, subpoenas, and other necessary process therein, which
shall run throughout the province; to admit the accused to bail before
commitment ; to commit or dicharge him and otherwise exercise such
jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered One
Hundred and ninety-four. The first sentence of section one of Act
Numbered One hundred and ninety-four, and Act Numbered Five
hundred and ninety, as amended by Act Numbered Eleven hundred
and thirty-two, are hereby repealed.
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Sec. 38, Section seventy-eight of Act Numbered One hundred and
ninety is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 78. Transmittal of record. — ^The justice of the peace from
whose decision an appeal is taken, shall, within five days after the
perfection of said appeal, transmit to the clerk of the Court of First
Instance for the province a certified copy of the docket entries,
together with all the original papers and process in the case, and the
original appeal bond or certificate of def)osit in lieu thereof, together
witti the appellate court docket fee, upon receipt of all of which the
clerk shall docket the cause in the Court of First Instance, and the
same fees shall thereafter be charged upon such appeal as in suits
originating in said court."
Sec. 39. Section fifty-one of General Orders, Numbered Fifty-
eiffht, series of nineteen hundred, is hereby amended so as to read as
follows :
" Sec. 51. Comvlaint. — Except as otherwise provided by law, crim-
inal proceedings oefore a justice of the peace must be commenced by
complaint under oath setting forth the offense charged, with such
particulars as to time, place, person, and property as may be neces-
sary to enable the defendant to understand distinctly the character
of the offense charged, and to make answer thereto. Complaints for
the infractions of municipal ordinances or for nonpayment of cedula
tax, must be indorsed ' approved ' by the municipal president."
Sec. 40. Complaints for the prosecution of an offense under Act
Numbered Eleven hundred ana forty-seven, as amended, must be
indorsed " approved " by the treasurer of the province or his deputy,
both of whom shall have power, without such prosecution, to receive
the fees and minimum fine provided by said Act.
Sec. 41. Inqitests upon dead bodies. — ^Whenever a justice of the
peace outside thp city of Manila has information that any person has
died in his municipality under circumstances affording a reasonable
ground to suspect that such death was the result of a criminal act
or omission, or was the result of other than natural causes, it shall
be the duty of such justice forthwith to go to the place where the
corpse is, cause it to be exhumed if necessary, and hold an in(}uest as
to the cause of such death, calling and examining such witnesses
and making such investigations at the scene of death as may be
required. If, as a result of such inquest, the justice shall find that
the deceased died from the criminal act or omission of another who
is not in custody, the justice shall forthwith issue a warrant for
the arrest of such person, or, if necessary, may give oral direction
for such arrest to any officer authorized to serve such process, and
shall at once forward to the provincial fiscal a report of such inquest
and receive the same fee as in preliminary investigations. The fiscal
shall make such additional investigation as may be necessary. In
the absence or disability of both uie justice of the peace and the
auxiliary justice of the peace of any municipality, the auties enjoined
by this section upon them shall be performed by the municipal presi-
dent. The provisions of subdivision (;) of section eighteen of Act
Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-seven shall not be applicable
if there be a justice of the peace in the township.
Sec. 42. Act Numbered Nine hundred and nmetj^-two, and all sec-
tions of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty not expressly
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amended by this Act, and all other Acts and parts of Acts incon-
sistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 43. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeaited in accordance with
section two oi "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 44. This Act shall take effect on Juljr first, nineteen hundred
and seven, except section forty hereof, which shall take effect on
June first, nineteen hundred and seven.
Enacted, March 30, 1907.
The New Justice op the Peace Act (No. 1627).
A cursory explanation, showing changes from old law and some
OF THE REASONS THEREFOR.
Prepared by Hon. Chables S. Lobinoieb, Judge of the Court of First Instance^
District of Manila,
Section 1, — ^The changes in this section consist mainly in providing
for appointment, to continue during good behavior, and in giving
preference to those who have made special preparation for the office.
The purpose was, first, to provide a more stable tenure. Formerly
the appointment was for two years only, and, as no justice was sure
of bemg reappointed, he was not likely to take the same interest in
his position as if he had felt that there was a reasonable probability
of holding it a6 long as his services were satisfactory. Besides, as the
terms of all justices expired at the same time^ the work entailed upon
the judges of First Instance in recommending their successors was
much greater than under the new law, since the judge was required
to investigate and make recommendations for all applicants at about
the same time. It was often impossible to do this for each munici-
gality of a large district, whereas, with but a sii^le vacancy to be
lied, more careful investigation can be made. Tne new law does
not, however, make it any more difficult to get rid of an undesirable
justice. On the contrary, under section 32 the judge of First In-
stance has absolute power to suspend and the Governor-General to
remove on complaint or of his own motion.
By providing for promotions and especially by giving preference
to those who have taKen a regular magistrate's course, it ought to be
possible in the course of time to fill a large number of these positions
with qualified young men who would be willing to start in the posi-
tion of justice of the peace in the hope of obtaining higher posts in
the Bureau of Justice. The more promising justices ought, eventu-
ally, to afford material for fiscals.
The clause permitting justices in the Moro Province to assume
office upon being named by the judge was inserted to avoid the long
delays m communication with that province.
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SecHon 2.-^Thia is a new 8§ction designed to carry to its logical
conclusion the policy inaugturated by Aet No, 1450 of placing the
justices of the peace in each judicial district completely under the
supervision of the judj^ of Firs* Instance to whom they are now
required to address their inquiries, as recommended by the Attorney-
Qeneral (4 Off. Gaz., 77), as well as to swid their reports, while
the judge, with the aid of the court clerk, reports directly to the
Secretary of Finance and Justice, who is thus relieved of the necessity
of requiring a rf«x>rt on that subject from the Attorney-General.
Sections 3 and ^ cover the subject of jurisdiction and powers, it
beinjg thouffht more in the interests of clearness to devote one section
to civil ana another to criminal jurisdiction. There is substantially
no change in the former (for the justice probably had jurisdiction
before in actions to recover personal property [see 18 Am. & Eng.
Encyc. of Law, 2d ed., p. 28], and in many American jurisdictions
he may receive evidence as to title for the purposes mentioned in
section 3 [Id., vol. 13, p, 754]), ejw^pt in defining the jurisdiction
more specifically in order to avoid mistakes and confusion in this
most important subject.
The criminal jurisdiction of the justice is enlarged by this section
so as to include (1) all eases wherein the penalty does not exceed
both a fine of ¥200 and six months* imprisonment (whereas he
formerly had no jurisdiction if the penalty exceeded either of these) ,
and (2) prosecution for the infraction of municipal ordinances. By
the latter change the judicial power, instead of being partially exer-
cised by an executive oflScer— tn^ president-^is centemi in the justice
who, for the municipality, represents at coace the ludiciary and the
Central Government, and whose experience should fit him, better
than any municipal officer, to exercise that power. Executive and
judicial functions are thus kept separate and neither official need
invade the field of the other.
Section 5 changes the old by requiring all fees to be paid into the
public treasury and allowing the justice what is in eflfect a salary,
which in no ease may exceed that of the president, this limit afford-
ing a check, in addition to the audit, upon any tendency to increase
fees illegally.
Sections 39 and J^O provide a further check upon such a tendency
by requiring the president's written approval of all complaints for
tne infraction of municipal ordinances and similar approval by the
provincial treasurer or his deputy in the case of all prosecutions
under the Cattle Registration Law. This last change particularly
responds to a very general demand throughout the Archipelago, and
by permitting the treasurer to collect the fees and minimum fine
without suit much ground of complaint ou^ht to be avoided.
Section tf.— The principal chance here is in providing that the
president shall serve process issued by the justice, which under an
opinion of the Attorney-General he was not required to doj and
where he refused the process had first to be sent to the provincial
governor and await his convenience^ which often meant serious delay.
Section 7. — This section was rewritten for the purpose of making
a more condensed statement and also providing for the relief, espe-
cially needed in Manila, of the regular justice when the volume of
business becomes too large for him to handle.
Section 8 changes the old law by providing for the transfer of a
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cause, in case of the diaqutUfioation of both r^ular and auxiliary
justice, '^ to the next nearest justice '' instead of "* any justice of the
province," whidi might cause great confusion and inconvenience.
Section 9. — ^The addition here is to prevent the long delays in the
services of process occasioned by following the provisions of the
present Code of Civil Procedure, which were intended to govern
Courts of First Instance instead of justices of the peace. The twenty
days there provided was found to be too long for a case pending
berore a justice of tiit peace, while the eight days allowed by the old
code would seem to be amply sufficient in the ordinary case.
Section 10. — ^This is a new section designed to encoura^, but not
require, the filing of written answers in justices' courts. It is much
more satisfactory, especially on appeal, in order to determine what
the issues were, to know exactly the derense raised below. It is now
more important than formerly, since the Supreme Court has held
in several recent cases that the issues on appeal must be identical with
those in the lower court.
Section IL — ^This is also a new section, providing specifically
for the equivalent of a demuirer in justices' courts. It has lon^
been a mooted question whether such a pleading was permissible, it
bein^ allowed in some justices' courts and not in others. The Com-
mission believed that the question should be settled by allowing a'
motion on a limited number of pounds. This may, of course, re-
quire the justice to pass on certain technical questions of law. But
he must, in effect, pass on the sufficiency of the complaint and the
auestion of jurisdiction anyway when ne decides the case. With
tie opportunities for instnlction now provided by the annual assem-
blies these questions ought to be maae so clear that he need have
little difficulty, if he be of the right material, in deciding them.
Section 12, — The principal change here is in allowing an appeal
and stay of taecution in the case of a commitment for contempt.
The old section left it uncertain whether appeal lay or not, and it
was not believed to be wise to give the justice absolute power to com-
mit for contempt without anv opportunity for review.
Section 13. — This is a combination of section 69 of the old law and
section 53 of General Orders, No. 58, each of which relates to the sub-
ject of dockets, but having slightly different nrovisions and necessi-
tating the printing of two Kinds of dockets. One docket, if properly
prepared, will now suffice for both civil and criminal cases. The
other provisions are mainly a reenactment in more condensed lan-
guage of section 2 of Act iN o. 1450.
Section 11^. — ^Previous to the enactment of this section there was
no law specifically defining the territorial jurisdiction of a justice or
limiting his process, even in civil casesj, to the province. The result
was that great abuses have grown up m the way of issuing process
against a defendant living in a remote part of the Archipelago and
oompelling him to go at great expense to defend the case or permit it
to go by default This, of course, leads to the bringing of groundless
ana unjust actions on the theory that the nonresident defendant can
better afford to pay the claim than contest it. While it may sometimes
be inconvenient for a plaintiff to be required to sue at the defendant's
residence, yet as the plaintiff has the option to say whether he shall
sue or not, the dangers of abuse are not so great as under the old sys-
tem. At the same time the new law protects the bona -fide judgment
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creditor by providing (sec. 15, which is new) for enforcing his judg-
ment, once duly obtained, in any part of the Archipelago.
Section 16. — ^This is one of the most important sections of the act.
By limiting appeals to the Court of First Instance and requiring the
appellant to aeposit with the justice the appellate court docket ree of
^16 before permitting an appeal to be perfected, the Commission has
not only relieved the Supreme Court of a huge burden of small and
unimportant causes but has also dealt a body dIow to the practice of
taking appeals in such cases merely for the purpose of delay. There
had been much complaint about parties perfecting appeals below and
then failing to pay this fee, without which the clerk would refuse
to docket the case, thus leaving it in a state of suspension unless the
appellee paid the fee. This can no longer happen, and dilatory
appeals with such an object should cease. It was thought best to
permit payment to the justice to be remitted by him rather than to
require the appellant to pay the clerk of the Court of First Instance
which might often require a long trip to the provincial capital.
This section also changes the old law by extending the time for
perfecting an appeal from five to fifteen days. The period of five
days is entirely too short in some of the large municipalities in the
provinces where communication is difficult and the parties can not
obtain bondsmen readily. The period of fifteen days was selected
because it was believed to be a reasonable one and also because it
is the period allowed for all criminal appeals, and the time should be
uniform in both cases.
Another change is in permitting the deposit of the amount of the
bond instead of filing the bond itself, so'that where the appellant is
a stranger in the municipality and not able to get bondsmen he will
not be deprived of the right of appeal.
In reducing the amount of the appeal bond the Commission
heeded a loud complaint from the provinces that the' amount fixed
by the old law was too high and in many cases prevented the poor
from getting bonds at all. There was indeed a strong demand for
the total abolition of appeal bonds, but the middle course was
adopted of retaining the bond but reducing the amount to a figure
which ought, in addition to the docket fee, now made absolutely
secure, suffice to cover the costs in any ordinary case, since it ends
with the Court of First Instance. The Supreme Court has held
that the bond is not available for anything beyond costs, and increas-
ifig the amount of the bond, while it might embarrass the appellant,
would probably not help the appellee much. In an official expe-
rience of nearly three years in tne Philippines the writer has never
known of a recovery on such a bond.
Section /7.— The old section 272 of Act No. 190 failed to authorize
a judgment for the value of the property in replevin cases, providing
merely for the recovery of the property itself, and in cases where the
property could not be found this worked a great hardship which the
new section seeks to remedy. It also makes our code conform to
those of other jurisdictions and applies not only to justices of the
peace but to other courts.
Section 18. — This addition is in line with Act No. 1159, which
applies, however, only to Courts of First Instance. It was believed
that the same reasons entitled justices of the peace to be relieved
from the payment of costs in certiorari proceedings, at least when
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they had not been guilty of bad faith. The liability for such costs
has been one of the causes prevent^ig good men from taking the office.
Sections 19^ 20^ 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 were designed to extend the
provisions of the old law, providing for proceedings in aid of execu-
tions, to justice of the peace courts. As the matter stood previously,
the justice had no jurisdiction in such proceedings, and if a judgment
in his court remained unappealed from there was no way in which
garnishment proceedings could be instituted on the judgment or the
debtor brought in to te eaamined. A few slight amendments, add-
ing the words " justice of the peace " after Uie word " judge " in
these sections, renders the justices' courts much more efficient in this
regard and supplies what was apparently an oversight, as in the .
United States justices are vested with such jurisdiction.
Section 26, — This is desired to supply a simplified and tabulated
fee bill. The fees for incidental services are increased and new fees
added for registering merchants' books and solemnizing marriages.
Justices complained that their revenues were small at l^t and that
they were compelled to perform this marriage service and even issue
a certificate gratis. On the other hand, these and also the fees in
prosecuting infractions of municipal orainances and nonpayment of
cedula tax were made very small. Another change is in requiring
the fee bill to be posted in different languages in each justice's office.
Section 27. — This clears up an ambiguous point in the law relat-
ing to " townships " by exempting them from the payment of costs
in criminal cases, all fines being turned into the provincial treasuiy.
Otherwise the section is a consolidation and reenactment of certain
provision of the old law.
Section 28. — ^The principal change here is in providing for supplies
and other facilities tor the justice, one result being to dignify the office
and make it more independent and attractive to the better class of
citizens. Under the old law the justice had no room of his own,
shared his office with the municipal secretary (which, of itself, tended
to place him upon a scale below the president, when he should be
on a par with that official), was allowed no supplies, purchased his
own stamps and stationery, although his correspondence with the
Court of First Instance was considerable," and even paid for the
docket which the law required, although the president, with far less
need for it, was furnished a docket gratis. All this tended to dis-
criminate against his office and make it appear an inferior one. By
simplifying the character of the docket as provided in section 13 and
consoliaating the civil and criminal dockets into one, and especially
by cutting off the president's judicial powers so that he no longer
needs a docket, it was believed that one could be furnished to each
justice without greater expense to the Government than is now in-
curred. The Commission also thought that, as the justice is an
Insular official and as these supplies can be furnished cheaper at
wholesale than by requiring each municipality to purchase its own.
the Insular Government should assume that burden, and it selectee!
the Attorney-General as the official most likely to know the needs of
the justices and to be able to keep a check on extravagance.
Another check in this section is in providing a method by which the
justice can, at the request of parties and to meet their convenience,
try a case in a remote portifm of the municipality, while at the same
time retaining his office in the pohladon.
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Section 29. — The principal change here is in prescribing specifically
the qualifications or the justice and permitting him at the same time
to hold some other compatible office, leaving it to his supervisor — ^the
judge of First Instance-— to say whether the other office is compatible.
The previous policy of not permittinj^ this resulted in keepmg out
many cood citizens who would otherwise have acted as justices of the
peace but who preferred not to be deprived of some other office, like
councilman or member of the board or health.
The last sentence of the section is desigsed to prevent justices from
acting as dbogadilloa^ while at the same time making them available
for appointment by the court for defending pobres in provinces like
Samar, where there are no lawyers.
Section SO. — ^The principal change here is in expressly providing
that the process referred to is criminal only. The original was prob-
ably intended to be so restricted, but it has been construed in some
quarters to refer to civil process and has been made the basis for
sending the same to distant localities.
Section SI. — ^This is a combination of certain provisions, mostly
existing under the old law, but believed to be better included under
one section by themselves than in connection with another. It con-
tains little new matter.
Section SZ has already been referred to under section 1.
Section S3. — ^The first important change here is in providing for
the necessary traveling expenses of justices in attending the assembly.
Most officials who have served in the provinces will probably agree
that the Government g^ quite as good results from an assembly of
t'ustices of the peace as from an assembly of the presidents, yet the
Bitter ^re allowed their traveling expenses, while the former are not.
This appears like an unjust discrimina'tion and tends to make the
office or justice appear inferior, A justice is compelled to attend the
assembly; his income is smaller than that of the president, and it
would seem onlv fair that he should be reimbursed his actual travel-
ing expenses. No provision is made, however, for his subsistence.
Another change is to leave it to the discretion of the deciding
jud^ to suspend the holding of the assembly after three annua!
sessions until such time as it may be desirable to resume. This
should offset any tendency in the matter of extravagance, and if the
assemblies are properly conducted and the justices are not changed
too frequentW, it is believed that after three annual sessions they
should be sufficiently instructed to justify suspension of the assembly
for a time, at least.
Section S^. — The principal change here relates to appeals from
sentences for infractions of municipal ordinances. The latter are
as clearly criminal prosecutions as any other, but a different practice
has heretofore obtained. The new section provides one form of
appeal for alL
Section S6. — ^The principal chanjafe here is in discarding the pro-
vision for an appeal ivoai an acquittal, which was renders! obsolete
by the decision of the Federal Court in the case of U. S. vs. Kepner
(195 U. S., 100). The last sentence of the section is also new, and
settles an ambiguous point in the law.
Section 36, — ^This is a new section desimied to meet cases where
the judge of First Instance is abs^t from tne province and the party
in jail desires to furnish bail. To wait to communicate with the
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judge by mail would often entail great hardship and there ought t6
be some one in the province to whom this dif>cretion is given. The
Commission believed that this should be the fiscal.
Section 37. — The purpose ot this is to consolidate the provisions
relative to jurisdiction to conduct preliminary investigations and also
to limit the exercise of such jurisdiction on the part of the cabecBta
J'ustice to cases where he is directed so to exercise it by the judge of
•"irst Instance. This should prevent the abuses complained of in the
way of unnecessarily calling witnesses and parties from a distant
portion of the province.
The provision conferring upon the Manila justice the power to
conduct such an investigation is for the purpose of relieving the
Courts of First Instance of that burden. The office of the justice
is located so near that of the prosecuting attorney that the investi-
gation (which is usually a formal matter, thou^ often requiring
considerable time) may be conducted as conveniently before the
justice as in the Court of First Instance. Besides, it is at least
questionable whether the court who tries the case on the merits should
be the one to investigate.
Section 38 makes the change of requiring transmittal of the record
within five days as in criminal cases (G. O., No. 58, sec. 48) instead
of allowing delay until a 8ub9efi|uent term^ It also takes away die
right of the justice to change his docket entries and leaves that to
the Court of First Instance under its general power to order amend-
ments (Act No. 190, sec. 110).
Sections 39 and jO have been discussed under section 5.
Section kl provides for the first time in the provinces a system
equivalent to the coroner's inquest. Heretofore the Manila prose^
cuting attorney has had such powers and in some cases the president
could make a general investigation, but there has been no proviao«i
for a real inquest upon corpses. It was thought best to confer this
function upon the justice because it is a judicial one and he is the
judicial officer nearest the scene.
COKOLUSION.
Such in brief are the changes wrought by the act, whidi after
unusally careful consideration by the Commission will soon take
effect.
It is not imagined that in this, more than in other cases, a
perfect law has been enacted. Doubtless in due time deficiencies
will appear and new difficulties will need to be met. But it is
believed that this measure, if given a fair and friendly trial, ought
to have the effect to— •
(1) Elevate the office of JMntice of the peod^ and improit^ the
personnel of its incumbents; this by reason of enlarged opportunity
for careful selection and greater attractiveness to the better class
of citizens, through higher compensation, ampler privileges and
concessions, and added importimce, independence, and dignity in
the position.
(2) Increase the e^ciency of the justices^ courts as by ^ving
them jurisdiction in supplementary proceedings and to hold in-
quests, and making it clear that tliey can entertain actions to
i*ecover possession of personalty so thatt the barrio people need not
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be forced to an expensive suit in the Court of First Instance to get
back a stolen carabao or harota.
(3) Unify the, system of primary courts so that all, including
those of Manila, will be under the same kind of supervision, with
the same method of compensation, observing the same rules of
practice.
(4) Lessen the delays of litigation and especially the opportu-
nities for mere dilatory proceedings: this by cutting off second
appeals, requiring payment of docket lee in lower court, and prompt
transmittal of record.
That these results are of the utmost importance and value no
one will question. To attain them is it not worth while that all
classes — officials and private citizens, lawyers and litigants, judges
and justices — work together earnestly to carry out the spirit as well
as the letter of the new law and to render its provisions and purposes
effective?
[No. 1628.]
AN ACT Extending the time for filing declarations of property and for paying
property taxes for nineteen hundred and six without penalty in townships
organized under the Township Government Act.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The time for filing declarations of the value of prop-
erty and for paying property taxes for nineteen hundred and six,
without penalty, in townships organized under the Township Gov-
ernment Act is hereby extended to April first, nineteen hundred and
seven. No penalty shall be collected on any declaration filed or prop-
erty tax paid before said date.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 30, 1907.
[No. 1629.]
AN ACT To amend Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and sixty-seven by extend-
ing for one month the time allowed for the operations of the several boards
engaged in the assessment of land values and the time prescribed for the
organization of the central equalizing board.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
sixty-seven, entitled "An Act amending Act Numbered Fourteen hun-
dred and ninety-six by extending the time allowed for the operations
of the several boards engaged in the assessment of land values and
also authorizing municipal boards of assessors to remain in session
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during the entire month of December, niaeteen hundred and six,
and providing for the performance of additional duties by the Super-
visor of Land Assessments, should the same be required," is hereby
amended by striking out in paragraph (a) the words " March fif-
teenth, nineteen hundred and seven," and inserting in lieu thereof
the words "April fifteenth, nineteen hundred ana seven," and by
striking out in paragraph (6) the words " three months " and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the woras " four months."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two ot "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 30, 1907.
[No. 1630.]
AN ACT Amending section seventy of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
flfty-nine, entitled "The Corporation Law," as amended, by extending the
time within which foreign corporations shall comply with the provisions of
said Act
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Com/mission^ th(vb:
Section 1. Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine, en-
titled " The Corporation Law," is hereby amended by striking out in
section seventy, as amended, the words " thirteen months '.' and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the words " seventeen months."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two oi "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 30, 1907.
[No. 1631.]
AN ACT To amend section fifteen of Act Numbered Seven hundred and eighty-
seven, entitled "An Act providing for the organization and government of the
Moro Province."
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section fifteen of Act Numbered Seven hundred and
eighty-seven is hereby amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 15. In each district of the Moro Province there shall be
appointed by the provincial governor, with the consent of the legis-
lative council, a district governor and a district secretary. The office
of district governor may be filled by proper detail of an army officer,
with the consent of the legislative council. There shall also be a
district treasurer who shall oe appointed and his salary fixed by the
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provincial treasurer, with the approval of the legislative council, in
accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service Law. Whenever
the legislative council shall decide that the duties of any district
treasurer can be more economically or more efficiently performed by
the provincial treasurer or a deputy provincial treasurer it may
abolish the office of district treasurer in that district and require the
duties thereof to be performed by the provincial treasurer, and may
reestablish said office when it shall deem such action expedient. The
governors and the secretaries of the districts may be appointed with-
out previous examination, but they shall be able after eighteen months
of service to pass a satisfactory examination in the principal local
dialect of their respective districts, and a failure to pass such exami-
nation shall be sumcient cause for removal from office."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring, the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeaited in accordance with
section two oi "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, April 25, 1907.
[No. 1682.]
AN ACT To authorize graduates of the Philippine Medical School Who receive
therefrom the degree of doctor of medicine to practice medicine and snrgety
in the Philippine Islands without taking the examination pfescrlbed foy Act
Numbered Three hundred and ten, and to establish certain free scholarships
la the Philippine Medical School to be awarded upon competitive examinations,
and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Comndssion^ that:
Sbction 1. Any graduate of the Philippine Medical School^ estab-
lished by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifteen, entitled
"An Act establishing a medical school and defining the manner in
which it shall be controlled and conducted," who shall receive there-
from the degree of doctor of medicine shall, upon presenting his
diploma from said school to the Board of Medical Examiners for the
Philippine Islands, be entitled to receive- from said board, and said
board shall issue to him, without examination, a certificate of regis-
trati(»i, and upon duly recording the same in the office of the Register
of Deeds in the province or provinces within which he may practice,
or in the city or Manila, as the case may be, he shall be entitled to
practice medicine and surgery in the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 2. Persons practicing medicine or surgery in the Philippine
Islands under the terras of section one of this Act shall, in all other
respects, be subject to the provisions and liable to the penalties pro-
vided in Act Numbered Three hundred and ten.
Sec. 3. There is hereby established for each province of the Phil-
ippine Islands one free scholarship in the Philippine Medical School^
to be awarded under the following terms and conditions :
(a) There shall be held in each province, on June first, nineteen
hundred and seven, under the general supervision of the Director of
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Education and the immediate control of the division superintendent
of schools, a competitive examination, to be prescribed by the Secre-
tary of Public Instruction, which shall be at least equal to the exami-
nations reauired for graduation from the high schools in the Philip-
pine Islanos, and the competitor in each province obtaining the blu-
est general percentage above seventy-five per centum in each subject
shall be awarded the Medical School scholarship corresponding to
the province.
(o) The successful ownpetitors shall be certified by the Director of
Education to the board or control of the Philippine Medical School,
and upon the approval of that board shall be auly matriculated in
said school.
(c) Successful competitors shall thereupon become Government
students, and ^iiall be allowed the expenses of their transportaticm
to Manila, their board, subsistence, and maintenance while in Manila
attending the Philippine Medical School, not exceeding five hundred
pesos per annum each, and their transportation returning to their
provinces Jipon their receiving the degree of doctor of medicine:
Provided^, Tnat any student failing to pass the prescribed examina-
tions for entraiice into the next higher year of the Medical School, or
who shall vidiate «iy rule or regulation of said school resulting in
expulsion, shall be denied the further privileges of scholarship, and
shall be forthwith returned to his province at Government exoense.
(d) Ekch scholarship stud^it who shall graduate from the Medi*
oal School with the degree of doctor of medicine, unless he shall
accept appointment imder the Government of the Philippine Islands
or one of its branches, shall return to his province and practice medi-
cine and surgery therein for a period at least equal to the time of
his scholarship tuition, unless permission to do otherwise be granted
by the Secretary of the Interior. Failure to complv tvith the terms
of this section shall be deemed iwifficient grounds for revocation of
his license to practice medicine and surgery in the Philippine Islands
in the same manner as are other offenses described by section eight
of Act Numbered Three hundred and ten.
(e) No tuition, laboratory, or other fees shall be charged scholar-
ship students in the Philippine Medical School.
Sec. 4. The sum of fifteen thousand pesos, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury no* otherwise appropriated, for carrying out the
purposes of the preceding section of this Act. Said sum shall be
expended by the Bureau of Education under the same general condi-
tions as are the moneys appropriated for the education and main-
tenance of Philippine Government students in the United States.
Sec. 5. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, April 25, 1907.
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[No. 1633.]
AN ACT Separating from the municipality of Vlgan, Province of I locos Sur, the
former municipality of Santa Catalina, reestablishing it as a new munici-
pality and giving it the territory of which It was constituted prior to the
passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-four.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The former municipality of Santa Catalina, now a part
of the municipality of Vigan, in the Province of Ilocos Sur, as estab-
lished by Act Numbered Aine hundred and thirty-four, entitled "An
Act reducing the twenty-four municipalities of the Province of Ilocos
Sur to fourteen," shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act,
be separated from the present municipality of Vigan and reestab-
lishea as a new municipality, which shall consist of the territory of
which it was constituted prior to the passage of said Act Numbered
Nine hundred and thirty-four.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws, passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on August tenth, nineteen hundred
and seven : Provided, That the distribution of funds in the municipal
treasury of Vigan, resulting from the separation from Vigan of the
former municipality of Santa Catalina, shall be made as of the date
of the passage of this Act.
Enacted, April 26, 1907.
«
[No. 1634.]
AN ACT Providing that municipal and township privileges shall be let annually
or for a longer period, not exceeding five years, to the highest and best bidders
under certain conditions.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that: *
Section 1. The privilege of each fishery, and the right to operate each
fish-breeding ground, ferry, stable, market, and slaughterhouse belong-
ing to any municipality or township in the Philippine Islands shall
hereafter be let separately to the highest and best oidder annually or
for such longer period, not exceeding five years, as may be previously
approved by the provincial board of the province in which the muni-
cipality or township is located, unless otherwise directed by the Gov-
ernor-General in the case of a municipality, or the Secretary of the
Interior in the case of a township, and under conditions to be pre-
scribed, respectively, by said officers. The right shall be reserved by
the municipalities and townships to reject any or all bids, and the
maximum charges, rents, or fees which may be exacted by the lessees
of ferries, stables, markets, and slaughterhouses shall be fixed by the
municipalities and townships in advance and be stated in all pro-
posals lor bids. The decision of any municipality or township reject-
ing any bid or bids, or awarding any such privilege, shall be subject
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to a final appeal to the provincial board : Provided^ That in the case
of a township the decision of the provincial board shall be subject to
the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 2. All laws, regulations, and orders heretofore issued are here-
by repealed in so far as the same are inconsistent with the provisions
o J this Act.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribinff the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on May thirty-first, nineteen hun-
dred and seven.
Enacted, April 26, 1907.
[No. 1635.]
AN ACT To amend Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and eighteen, providing for
a loan of thirty-five thousand pesos to the Province of Albay, by increasing
the amount of said loan to sixty thousand pesos, and extending the time of
repayment thereof.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and eighteen, en-
titled " An Act providing for a loan of thirty-five thousand pesos to
the Province of Albay," is hereby amended as follows :
{a) By striking out section one of said Act and inserting in lieu
thereof the following :
'' Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in
the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of sixty
thousand pesos, to be loaned to the JProvince of Albay and to hie
expended by the provincial board of that province in altering, repair-^
ing, and making additions to the building at present occupied by the
provincial government for the use of the provincial offices and Court
of First Instance, such alterations, repairs, and additions to be made
in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Insular
Architect."
(6) By striking out section two of said Act and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
" Sec. 2. The money appropriated by section one hereof shall be
Eaid to the treasurer of tne Province of Albay upon the production
y him to the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands of a certified copy
of a resolution by the provincial board of said province accepting
said loan and agreeing to repay the same without interest in six
installments, ten thousand pesos on or before January first, nineteen
hundred and eight, and ten thousand pesos each year thereafter until
the total amount of said loan has been repaid."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeditea in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
(Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, April 26, 1907. ^
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[Na 1636.]
AN ACT To aid commerciaJ Interests by providing ways and means tor the
transmission of money witbin tbe islands tbrougb tbe sale of demand drafts
• and telegraphic transfers by the Insular Treasurer and provincial treasurers
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Connmisaion^ that:
Section 1. The Insular Treasurer is hereby authorized to exchange
for Philippine currency offered in sums of not less than five hundred
pesos, demand drafts and telegraphic transfers upon funds in the
hands of provincial treasurers when same can be done without em-
barrassment to the provincial treasury and the amount so received
shall be placed to the credit of such provincial treasurer on the books
of the Insular Treasurer.
Sec. 2. Provincial treasurers are hereby authorized to exchange
for Philippine currency offered in sums of not less than five hun-
dred pesos, demand drafts and telegraphic transfers upon funds to
the credit of the province with the Insular Treasury.
Sec. 3. Subject to regulations prescribed by the Insular Treasurer,
any provincial treasurer is hereby authorized to exchange for Philip-
pine currency offered in sums of not less than five hundred pesos,
demand draits and telegraphic transfers upon another provincial
treasurer when same can be done without embarrassment to the
pa:ovincial treasury upon which such drafts or transfers are drawn.
Sbc. 4. For any exchange issued in accordance with this Act a
premium, to be fixed and promulgated from time to time by the
Secretary of Finance and Justice, shall be charged, and the distribu-
tion of such premium shall be made in accordance with the regula-
tions of the Insular Treasurer with the approval of the Secretary of
Finance and Justice.
Sbc. 5. The Insular Treasurer b hereby authorized to prescribe and
.issue the necessary regulations, forms of applications and drafts,
and a telegraphic code for the carrying of this law into effect The
cost of special printing and transporting currency to meet the require-
ments of this Act shall be borne by the gold-standard fund. The
cost of postage, telcOTama, an<^ aU other charges incident to the
operation of this Act shall be a charge against the funds appro-
priated for the current expenses of the office making the expenditure
or affainst the gold-standard fund, as may be determined by the
Insular Treasurer with the approval of the Secretary of Finance
and Justice, There are hereby appropriated out of said gold-stand-
ard fund such sums as may be necessary to pay the expenses charge-
able against said fund under the provisions of this section, and such
appropriation shall be a permanent annual appropriation.
Sec. 6. The public good requirinj^ the speedy enactment erf this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeditea in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of £ws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, April 30, 1907.
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[No. 1637.]
AN ACT Providing for loans of sixty ttiousand pesos, seventy-five thousand
pesos, and sixty thousand pesos to the Provinces of Tayalms, Rlzal, and La
Lasuna, respectively, for the construction of provincial government buildings.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Ccmmi^sion^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sums of sixty thou-
sand pesos, seventy-five thousand pesos, and sixty thousand pesos to
be loaned to the Provinces of Tayabas, Bizal, and La Laguna,
respectively.
Sec. 2. The money appropriated in section one of this Act shall in
each case be paid to the treasurer of the province for which appro-
priated upon the production and delivery by him to the Insular
Treasure of a certified copy of a resolution of the provincial board
of his province accepting tne loan hereinbefore authorized and agree-
ing to repay the same, without interest, in annual installments of one-
tenth of the total amount, the fitst installment to be paid on or before
September first, nineteen hundred and eight.
Sec. 3. The money hereby appropriated shall be used in the con-
struction of provincial government ouildings^ and for no other pur-
pose, and shall be expended under the direction of the provincial
boards of said provinces: Provided^ That the plans and specifications
for the construction of said buildings shall be prepared by the Con-
sulting Architect.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this biU,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty*sisth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, April 30, 1907.
[No. 1638.]
AN ACT Providing for the retirement of officers and enlisted men of the Phil-
ippines Constabulary on part pay after twenty or more years of satisfactory
service, and amending Act Numbered Six hundred and nineteen.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commisnion^ that:
Sbction 1. When an officer of the Philippines Constabulary shall
have had twenty or more years of continuous, actual, and satisfac-
tory service, he mav, upon making application therefor, be retired
from active service by the Governor-General, and when so retired he
shall receive until his death an annual compjensation equal to two
and one-half per centum, for each year's active service theretofore
rendered by him, of the total current pay received annually by him
at the time he is retired. When an enlisted man shall have had
twenty or more years of continuous, actual, and satisfactory service
he may, upon making application therefor, be retired from active
service by the Governor-General, and when so retired shall receive
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until his death an annual compensation equal to two and one-half
per centum, for each year's active service theretofore rendered by him,
of the total current pay and allowances received annually by him at
the time he is retired: Provided^ That the service of any officer or
enlisted man shall be considered continuous if he be not separated
from the service at any time for a longer period than one year: And
provided further^ That no officer shall receive an annual compensa-
tion equivalent to more than seventy -five per centum of the total cur-
rent pay received by him at the time he is retired, and that no enlisted
man shall receive an annual compensation equivalent to more than
seventy-five per centum of the pay and allowances received by him
at the time he is retired: And provided further^ That the Govern-
ment of the Philippine Islands snail not be responsible for any com-
pensation or allowance provided by this Act to be paid to any officer
or enlisted man of the Philippines Constabulary : And provided fur-
ther^ That the amount required to be paid by section fourteen of Act
Numbered Six hundred and nineteen, as amended by Act Num-
bered Eight hundred and eighty-four, shall constitute a first lien on
the " Pension and retirement fund of the Philippines Constabulary,"
mentioned in section three hereof, and shall be paid before any pay-
ment ds made in accordance with this section.
Sec. 2. All officers and enlisted men of the Constabulary drawing
pensions or retirement pay and residing in the Philippine Islands
may at any time be called by the Governor-General for active service,
during the period of which service they shalt be entitled to receive
the full pay of their rank or grade. Refusal on the part of any
officer or enlisted man to perform such duty shall terminate his right
to further participation m the benefit of this fund, provided he is
physically fit for service, such fitness to be determinea under regula-
tions to be prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce and Police.
Sec. 3. The fund created by section eleven of Act Numbered Six
hundred and nineteen and the fund created by section fourteen of the
said Act, are hereby consolidated into one fund, to be known as the
'* Pension and retirement fund of the Philippines Constabulary," and
made available for the purposes of this Act as set forth in section
one : Provided^ That notning herein contained shall be so interpreted
as to repeal those provisions contained in section fourteen of the
above-mentioned Act relating to the pensioning for disability of
members of the Constabulary: And provided further^ That section
fourteen of Act Numbered Six hundred and nineteen, as amended, is
hereby further amended by adding after the words " The following
amounts shall be deducted and retained from the monthly pay of
members of the Constabulary " and before the words " From the
monthly pay of each captain and inspector, one dollar " the following
words :
" From the monthly pay of each colonel, three pesos and fifty
centavos.
" From the monthly pay of each lieutenant-colonel, three pesos.
" From the monthly pay of each major, two pesos and fifty cen-
tavos."
Sec. 4. The investment of the " Pension and retirement fund of
the Philippines Constabulary " provided for in section three of this
Act shall be in charge of the Postal Savings Bank Investment Board
provided for in section eighteen (a) of Act Numbered Fourteen hun-
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dred and ninety-three, subject to the conditions and restrictions set
forth in said section eighteen of said Act, as amended by Act Num-
bered Sixteen hundred and twenty.
Sec. 5. The " Pension and retirement fund of the Philippines Con-
stabulary" shall be kept as a separate trust fund by the Insular
Treasurer and shall be used for no other purposes than those ex-
pressly provided for in this Act and in Act Numbered Six hundred
and nineteen: Provided^ That said fund shall be audited by the
Insular Auditor.
Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred
and seven.
Enacted, April 30, 1907.
[No. 1639.]
AN ACT To prohibit the sale, gift, or other disposal of any intoxicating liquor,
other than the so-called native wines and liquors, to any member of a non-
Christian tribe within the meanhig of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and
ninety-seven, and to prohibit the use of such liquor by any member of such a
tribe.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The sale, gift, or other disposal to any native of the
Philippine Islands who is a member of a non-Christian tribe within
the meaning of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-seven, of
any ardent spirits, ale, beer, wine, or intoxicating liquors of any kind,
other than the so-called native wines and liquors which the members
of such tribes have been accustomed themselves to make prior to the
passage of this Act, is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful :
Providedj however^ That it shall be lawful to administer ardent
spirits, ale^ beer, wine^ or intoxicating liquors of any kind to a
member oi a non-Chnstian tribe upon a physician's prescription
therefor as a remedy for bona fide illness or physical injury, or to so
administer it without such prescription in a genuine emergency aris-
ing from dangerous illness or physical injury.
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawrul for any native of the Philippine
Islands who is a member of a non-Christian tribe within the meaning
of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-seven to buy, receive,
have in his possession, or drink any ardent spirits, ale, beer, wine, or
intoxicating liquors oi any kind, other than the so-called native wines
ajid liquors which the members of such tribes have been accustomed
themselves to make prior to the passage of this Act, except as pro-
vided in section one hereof; and it shall be the duty of any police
officer or other duly authorized agent of the Insular, or any provin-
cial, municipal, or township government, to seize and forthwith
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destroy any such liquors found unlawfully in the possession of any
member of a non-Christian tribe.
Sec. 3. Any person violating the provisions of section one or secti<m
two of this Act shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable for each
offense by a fine of not exceeding two hundred pesos, or by imprison-
ment for a term not exceeding six months, in the discretion of the
court.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws,'' passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 1, 1907.
[No. 1640.]
•
AN ACT Authorizing the Postal Savings Bank Investment Board to make loans
from funds available for investment to provinces of the Philippine Islands,
under guarantee of the Insular €k>vemment
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Postal Savings Bank Investm^it Board created
by section eighteen of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninety-
three, entitled "An Act to encourage economy and saving among the
people of the Philippine Islands, and to that end to provide for the
establishment of postal savings banks and their administration
through the organization of a postal savings bank division in the
Bureau of Posts, and for other purposes," is hereby authorized to
make loans from the funds under its control available for investment
to provinces of the Philippine Islands, under guaranty of the Insular
Government first had that the loan and interest thereon will be paid.
Sec. 2. Before making any such loan the Postal Savings Bank
Investment Board shall require a resolution of the provincial board
of the province to which the loan is to be made, requesting the loan,
stating that the same will be used solely for certain public improve-
ments specified therein, agreeing to repay the amount loaned within
a certain period with interest at a rate to be stated in said resolution,
and requesting the Insular Government to ^arantee the repayment
in full of said loan and interest. Said resolution shall further pro-
vide that the Insular Government may, from time to time, in con-
sideration of its guaranty, deduct from any funds in the Insular
Treasury belonging to the province sufficient sums to pay the interest
and principal as the same may become due.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 3, 1907.
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[No. 1641.]
AN ACT Granting to the city of Manila the right to institute condemnation
proceedings for the expropriation of land In the Province of Rlzal necessary
for the main for the new water system for the city of Manila.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section. 1. The city of Manila is hereby authorized to institute,
through its proper officers, in the Court of First Instance of the
Province of Kizal in the Philippine Islands, condemnation proceed-
ings for the expropriation of such land in the Province of Kizal as
may be necessary for the main for the new water system for the city
of Manila.
Sec. 2. Whenever the city of Manila has not obtained, by agree-
ment with the owners thereof, the lands in the Province of Kizal
necessary for the main for the new water system, it may in its com-
flaint, which in each case shall be instituted in the Court of First
nstance of the Province of Rizal, where the land is situated, join as
defendants all persons owning or claiming to own or occupy any of
the land sought to be condemned or any interest therein, showing, so
far as practicable, the interest of each defendant and stating with
certainty the riffht of condemnation and describing the property
sought to be condemned. Process requiring the defendants to appear
and answer to said complaint shall be served upon all occupante of
the land sought to be condemned and upon the owners and all per-
sons claiming interest therein, so far as known. If the title to any
lands sought to be condemned appears to be in the Insular Govern-
ment, though the lands are occupied by private individuals, or if it is
uncertain whether the title is in the Insular Government or in private
individuals or if the title is otherwise so obscure or doubtful that the
city of Manila can not with accuracy or certainty specify who are
the real owners, averment may be made by the city of Manila in its
complaint to that effect. Process shall be served upon residents and
nonresidents in the same manner as provided in Act Numbered One
hundred and ninety, and the rights of minors and persons of unsound
mind shall be safeguarded in the manner in such cases provided in
said Act. The court may order additional and special notice in any
case where such additional and special notice is in its opinion
required.
Sec. 3. In case it shall appear from the pleadings or from the
report of the commissioners or the court shall otherwise be satisfied
or the fact that the true ownership of the lands sought to be con-
demned is uncertain and that there are conflicting claims and diverse
interests in any of said parcels of land, the court, if satisfied that
the real owners of the land have been notified and are before the
court, shall, upon rendering judgment for condemnation and for
payment of the sum or sums fixed by the court as just compensation
for the land taken, order such sum or sums to be paid to the clerk of
the court for the benefit of the persons who shall ultimatelv be
adjudged entitled thereto. The sum or sums so awarded shall be
ffoverned by the rules laid down in section two hundred and forty-
tour of Act Numl)ered One hundred and ninety. When condemna-
tion procedings are brought by the city of Manila as herein provided,
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the said city of Manila shall have the right to enter immediately
upon the possession of the land involved, after and upon deposit by
it with the clerk of the Court of First Instance in which such action
is pending, the value of the land in money as provisionally and
promptly ascertained and fixed by the court having jurisdiction of
the proceedings, said sum to be held by the clerk of the court subject
to the orders and final disposition of the court; and the court is
empowered and directed by appropriate order and writ, if necessary,
to place the city of Manila in possession of the land upon the making
of such deposit. In case such payment is made into court the clerk
of the court shall be responsible upon his bond for the sum so paid
and shall be compelled to receive it.
Sec. 4. The effects of a bill of exceptions in such case, the provisions
as to the cost, as to the fees of the commission, as to final judgment
and its record and effect, as to the powers of a guardian, and as to
persons not notified of the condemnation proceedings, shall be such
as are defined in sections two hundred and forty-eight to two hundred
and fifty-three, inclusive, of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety.
Sec. 5. Any party claiming an interest in money paid into court
or deposited with the clerk of the Court of First Instance in accord-
ance with the provisions of section three hereof, may litigate in court
his claim thereto, and the court shall apportion the sum so paid in
among the various claimants thereto as justice shall require and shall
award such costs as to it may seem equitable. But the plaintiff in
the condemnation proceeding shall not be a necessary party to the
proceedings for the distribution of the sum or sums paid into court,
nor be answerable for any cause arising from such litigation.
Sec. 6. The court in its order of appointment may direct the com-
missioners to report when any particular portion of the lands shall
have been passed upon by the commissioners and may render judg-
ment upon such partial report and direct the commissioners to pro-
ceed with their work as to subsetjuent portions of the land sought to
be condemned and mav from time to time so deal with the lands
sought to be condemned.
Sec. 7. The proper judge of the Court of First Instance may act
upon complaints for condemnation of lands under this Act in vaca-
tion time as well as in term time and may make appointments of
commissioners, orders upon the reports of commissioners, and judg-
ments of condemnation for the award and apportioning of damages
at any time when it is convenient so to do, upon due notice to the
parties in interest, and may make any orders to expedite procedings
m the same manner and to the same effect as though made in regular
term time and in court. It shall be the duty of the court or judge to
expedite these proceedings as much as the interest of justice will
warrant.
Sec. 8. No judgments entered in pursuance of this Act apportion-
ing damages among rival claimants shall be conclusive as to the real
ownership of the land affected thereby in proceedings of the Court
of Land Registration for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of
title.
Sec. 9. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
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Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 10. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 6, 1907.
[No. 1642.]
AN ACT Providing for the establisbment of two subprovinces to be known as
the subprovince of Kalinga and the subprovince of Apayao.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby established a subprovince which shall
be known as the subprovince of Kalinga. The boundary of this sub-
province shall be a line beginning at a point in the hills immediately
west of the municipality of Malaueg, in the Province of Cagayan.
and extending to the hills immediately west of the municipafity of
Santa Maria, in the Province of Isabela, between the settlements of
Christian natives and of non-Christian tribes; thence in a southerly
direction, between the settlements of Christians and of non-Christians.
to the Kalinga settlement of Sili; thence west to the boundary or
Nueva Vizcaya; thence along the present line of the northeastern
boundary of Nueva Vizcaya to its intersection with the boundary
line of the subprovince of Bontoc; thence along the present eastern
line of the subprovince of Bontoc to the vicinity of the rancheria of
Gaan; thence due west to the crest of the watershed between the
Talodan and Chico Rivers ; thence north along the watershed between
these rivers so as to include the Talodan River valley, passing between
the settlements of Tanglac and Capigon ; thence west along the water-
shed between the Tabia and Saltan Rivers to the eastern £)undary of
the subprovince of Abra, so as to include the settlements of the Saltan
River valley ; thence north along the eastern line of the present bound-
ary of the subprovince of Abra to the vicinity of Dagara and the
settlements of tne southern branch of the Abulug River ; and thence
eastward to its point of origin in the hills immediately to the west of
Malaueg; the general purpose in fixing this boundary being to in-
clude within it all settlements of the Kalinga tribe west of the Rio
Grande de Cagayan, together with all settlements of non-Christians
in the Saltan River Valley. Prior to the actual survey of a definite
boundary line for this subprovince, parts of the line may be more
definitely fixed or changed oy order of the Governor-General. The
territory of the subprovince of Kalinga shall be a part of the Province
of Lepanto-Bontoc.
Sec. 2. There shall be a lieutenant-governor of the subprovince of
Kalinga, who shall receive compensation at the rate of three thousand
two hundred pesos per annum. Within the limits of his subprovince
he shall exercise the powers and perform the duties fixed by Act
Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six for the lieutenant-gov-
ernor of Bontoc. He shall reside and have his office at the capital of
the subprovince.
Sec. 3. The settlement of Tabuc is hereby designated as the capital
of the subprovince of Kalinga: Provided^ That should experience
demonstrate the desirability of making some other settlement the
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capital of the subprovince, this may be done by order of the Governor-
General.
Sec. 4. There is hereby established a subprovince which shall be
known as the subprovince of Apayao. . Its eastern boundary shall be
a line beginning in the hills immediately to the westward of the
municipality of Claveria, in the Province of Cagayan, and extending
in a general southeasterly and southerljr direction, between the settle-
ments of Christians ana of non-Christians, to the point in the hills
inmiediateljr to the westward of Malaueg at which the boundary of
the subprovince of Kalinga begins; its southern boundary shall be the
line fixed in section one of this Act for the northern boundary of the
subprovince of Kalinga ; its western boundary shall be the line fixed
bv existing law as the eastern boundary line of northern Abra and of
that portion of Ilocos Norte which at present abuts upon the Prov-
ince of Cagayan, extending to a point dire-ctly to the west of the
point of ongm in the hills west oi Claveria; its northern boundary
shall be a line extending due east from this point to the point imme-
diately to the westward of the municipality of Claveria, at which the
bounaary be^ns; the general purpose in fixing this boundary being
to include within the subprovince of Apayao all the non-Christian
inhabitants of the Province of Cagayan west of the Rio Grande de
Cagayan and north of Malaueg. The teritory of the subprovince of
Apayao shall form a part of the territory of the Province of Caga-
yan, and the governor and the provincial board of that province shall
exercise the powers and discharge the duties relative to this subprov-
ince fixed by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six for
the governor and provincial board of Lepanto-Bontoc relative to the
subprovince of Bontoc.
Sec. 5. There shall be a lieutenant-governor of the subprovince of
Apayao, who shall receive compensation at the rate of three thousand
two hundred pesos per annum. Within the limits of his subprovince
he shall exercise the powers and perform the duties fixed by Act
Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six for the lieutenant-gov-
ernor of Bontoc. He shall reside and have his office at the capital of
the subprovince.
Sec. 6. The settlement of Tauit is hereby designated as the capital
of the subprovince of Apayao: Provided^ That should experience
demonstrate the desirability of making some other settlement the
capital of the subprovince, this may be done by order of the Governor-
General.
Sec. 7. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the In-
sular Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of one thousand
pesos, of which five hundred pesos may be expended by the lieutenant-
f governor of Kalinga and five hundred pesos may be expended by the
ieutenant-governor of Apayao for the purchase of gifts to be em-
ployed in establishing friendly relations with the people of these sub-
provinces: Provided^ That the expenditure of these funds shall be
subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 8. Any unexpended balance of non-Christian inhabitants'
fimds of Cagayan and Isabela shall be expendable either in the sub-
province of Kalinga or the subprovince oi Apayao, as the Secretary
of the Interior may direct.
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to ascer-
tain and report to the Insular Auditor as soon as practicable the
approximate number of inhabitants in the subprovince of Kalinga
and in the subprovince of Apayao, and upon such certification the
Insular Auditor shaU redistribute internal-revenue payments in such
a way that the amount projyortionate to the number of inhabitants
removed from the territorial jurisdiction of the Provinces of Cagayan
and Isabela and transferred to that of Lepanto-Bontoc by the estab-
lishment of the subprovinces of Kalinga and Apayao shall oe deducted
from the non-Christian inhabitants' funds of tne former provinces
*and added to the non-Christian inhabitants' funds of Liepanto-
Bontoc; and thereafter in determining the amount of internal-
revenue funds due and payable to the municipalities and townships
of Cagayan the Insular Auditor shall take into account the number of
non-Christian inhabitants in the subprovince of Apayao as certified
to him by the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec 9. Disbursements other than those authorized in section seven
of this Act in the subprovinces of Kalinga and Apayao shall be made
by such officers as the Governor-General may from time to time direct.
Sec. 10. The public good requiring ihe speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 11. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted,.May 9, 1907.
[No. 1643.]
AN ACT Bztending the time for the payment of the eedula tax for the year
nineteen hundred and seven In the township of Imunan, Province of Nueva
Vlzcaya.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
CommisHon, that:
Section 1. The period for the payment without penalty of the
eedula tax for the year nineteen hundred and seven in the newlj
organized township of Imunan, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, is
hereby extended to September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeditea in accordance with
section two of " An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 10, 1907.
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[No. 1644.]
AN ACT Repealing Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and seventy-flye, entitled
**An Act providing that one fiscal shall perform the duties of fiscal for the
Provinces of La Union and Zambales, repealing the provisions of law author-
izing a separate fiscal for each of said provinces, fixing the salary for the
fiscal of the two provinces, and making provisions for traveling expenses of
such fiscal," providing for the performance of the duties of the fiscal for the
Province of La Union and providing that the Attorney-General may designate
any assistant attorney or fiscal to perform the duties of fiscal for the Province
of Zambales.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and seventy-five,
entitled "An Act providing that one fiscal shall perform the duties
of fiscal for the Provinces of La Union and Zambales, repealing
the provisions of law authorizing a separate fiscal for each of said
provinces, fixing tha salary for the fiscal of the twp provinces, and
making provisions for traveling expenses of such fiscal,'' is hereby
repealed.
Sec. 2. The office of fiscal of the Province of La Union is hereby
re-created, and from and after the date on which this Act shall take
effect the salary of the fiscal of said province shall be two thousand
six hundred pesos per annum, and said fiscal shall perform all the
duties imposed by laW upon provincial fiscals.
Sec. 3. The office of nscal of the Province of Zambales is hereby
abolished and the Attomey-Greneral is hereby authorized and di-
rected, whenever the necessity therefor arises, to designate any
assistant attorney or provincial fiscal to perform in the Province
of Zambales the duties of fiscal for said province, and said assistant
attorney or fiscal shall perform in the Province of Zambales all the
duties miposed by law upon provincial fiscals, and the necessary
traveling expenses of such assistant attorney or fiscal shall be borne
by the Province of Zambales, which shall reimburse the Bureau of
Justice, or the province from which the fiscal is detailed, in such
amount as shall be fixed by the Attorney-Creneral with the approval
of the Secretary of Finance and Justice.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeditea in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on June first, nineteen hundred
and seven.
Enacted, May 14, 1907.
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[No. 1645.]
AN ACT To legalize municipal elections, heretofore held under the provisions
of Act Numbered Eighty-two, on and after January fifteenth, nineteen hundred
and seven.
Whereas sundry elections for municipal officers were in good faith
held under the election provisions of the Municipal Code on and after
the fifteenth day of January, nineteen hundred and seven, in igno-
rance of the fact that said provisions were repealed on said <fete:
Now therefore, to give effect to the choice of the people and to avoid
the expense and disturbance of repeated elections :
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. All elections to fill municipal offices which were held
prior to the date of the passage of this Act and on or after the
fifteenth day of January, nineteen hundred and seven, under the
provisions of the Municipal Code in force prior to said fifteenth day
of January, nineteen hundred and seven, which have been or may
be confirmed by the provincial board in accordance with the said
Municipal Code are hereby legalized and declared to be of full force
and effect. The officers elected at such elections are hereby authorized
to assume and fill the respective offices to which they were elected for
the remainder of the respective terms for which they were elected.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 14, 1907.
[No. 1646.]
AN ACT Establishing a new boundary line l)etween the subprovlnce of Am-
burayan and the Provinces of Ilocos Sur and La Union, making the munic-
ipality of Tagudin the capital of the subprovince of Amburayan, and fixing
the powers and duties of provincial officers and, provincial boards in provinces
organized under the special provincial government act relative to munici-
palities organized under the Municipal Code.
By authority of the United States j he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The municipality of Tagudin, in the Province of Ilocos
Sur, is hereby transferred to the subprovince of Amburayan and
upon the transfer of the office of the lieutenant-governor shall be-
come the capital of the said subprovince. The municipal authorities
of Tagudin shall furnish adequate space in the municipal building
for the office of the lieutenant-governor until other provision is made
for such office.
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The boundary line between the subprovince of Amburayan and the
Province of Ilocos Sur shall be as follows :
Beginning at the Coast and Geodetic Survey station called " Bald
Peak, latitude sixteen degrees fifty-nine minutes forty-four and
ninety-five hundredths seconds, longitude one hundred and twenty
degrees twenty-eight minutes forty-four and fifty-four hundredths
seconds, thence South eighty -seven degrees eight minutes West, three
thousand and sixty-two and six-tenths meters to a wooden cross on
the west side of the main road and continuing t)n the same bearing
five hundred and eighteen meters more or less to the sea^ore. Start-
ing again at the above-mentioned Bald Peak and running thrice
South seventy-nine degrees twelve minutes East, toward a mgh and
prominent peak lying in the range of mountains to the east, until
this line intersects tne present north and south boundary between
Amburayan and Ilocos Sur.
Sec. 2. A new boundary line between the subprovince of Ambu-
rayan and the Province of La Union is hereby established as follows :
Beginning at a point called " Initial," from which the Tagiidin
churdi bell tower, latitude sixteen degrees fifty-six minutes eight
and five-hundred ths seconds, longitude one hundred and twenty
degrees twenty-six minutes twenty-four and nine-hundredths seconds,
bears North thirty-nine degrees fifty-five and five-tenths minutes
West, and the Bangar church cross, latitude sixteen degrees fifty-
three minutes forty-three and fifty-hundredths seconds, longitude
one hundred and twenty degrees twenty-five minutes eight and
ninety-four hundredths seconds, bears South fifty-four degrees six
and five-tenths minutes West, the two latter being Coast and Geodetic
Survey points; thence South sixteen degrees twenty-nine and five-
tenths minutes West, two thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine
and nine-tenths meters to a point called " Cruz," or " A2 ;" thence
South twenty-two degrees twenty-four and five-tenths minutes East,
two thousand six hundred and eighty and five-tenths meters to a
point called " Bangar," latitude sixteen degrees fifty-two minutes
nineteen and thirty-five hundredths seconds, longitude one hundred
and twenty degrees twenty-seven minutes twenty and sixty-five hun-
dredths seconds, which is a Coast and Geodetic Survey station of the
same name; thence South four degrees twenty -five minutes West,
one thousand five hundred and sixty and three-tenths meters to a
point called " Chow," or "A6 ; " thence South twenty-five degrees
nfty-seven and five-tenths minutes West, two thousand nine hundred
ana fifty-eight and two-tenths meters to a point called " San Fran-
cisco," or "A7 ; " thence South eighteen degrees fifty-one and five-
tenths minutes West, one thousana seven hundred and six and four-
tenths meters to a point called " Calat," or " X2 ; " thence South four
degrees fifty-six minutes West, two thousand eight hundred and
ninety-three meters to a point called " Bungcayo," or "A9 ; " thence
South eight degrees fifty-one and five-tenths minutes West, three
thousand two hundred and sixty-eight and two-tenths meters to a
point called " San Jose," or " A AlO ; " thence South thirty degrees
thirty-one minutes West, four thousand four hundred and sixty-four
and seven-tenths meters to a point called " Lacong No. 1," or "All ; "
thence South twenty degrees twenty-three minutes West, eight hun-
dred and five and seven-tenths meters to a point called " Lacong
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No. 2," or " A12 ; " thence South twenty-four degrees fourteen min-
utes West, one thousand two hundred and eighty-three and three-
tenths meters to a point called ^ Hill," or " Al3 ; " thence South two
degrees twenty-one minutes West, two thousand one hundred and
eighteen and seven-tenths meters to a point called " San Gabriel," or
"A14;" thence South twenty-six degrees forty-eight and five-tenths
minutes West, one thousand four himdred and sixty and five-tenths
meters to a point called " Road," or " X7 ; " thence South ten degrees
seven and five-tenths minutes East, two hundred and ninety-seven
and ei^ht-tenths meters to a wooden cross set on the south side of
the mam road from San Juan to San Gabriel; thence on the same
bearing. South ten dewees seven and five-tenths minutes East, one
thousand four hundred and nine and seven-tenths meters to a point
called " Final," or ^ X6," which point was the end of the boundary
line and is at the junction of the (Jabassitan and Baroro, or Cadaclan,
Rivers. From Final the Coast and Geodetic Survey station Saragosa,
latitude sixteen degrees forty-two minutes thirty-two and twenty-
seven hundredths seconds, longitude one hundred and twenty degrees
twenty-two minutes fourteen and sixty-six hundredths seconds, bears
North twenty-nine degrees forty-nine and five-tenths minutes West,
five thousand six hundred and ten and four-tenths meters.
Sec. 3. So much of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and three
as provides for the placing of certain non-Christian inhabitants of
the Province of La Union under the jurisdiction of the lieutenant-
governor of the subprovince of Amburayan and the governor and
provincial board of the Province of Lepanto-Bontoc is hereby
repealed.
For the jpurpose of electing delegates to the Philippine Assembly
at the election to be held on July thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
seven, the territory hereby added to the subprovince of Amburayan
shall constitute a part of the assembly districts of which it formed
a part prior to the passage of this Act, and the inhabitants of said
territory shall have the right, if otherwise qualified, to vote for
delegates to the Philippine Assembly at the elections to be held on
Julv thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, in the same manner
and to the same extent as if this Act had not been passed.
Sec. 4. Whenever in a province organized under the Special
Provincial Government Act a municipality is organized under the
Municipal Code, or when a municipality already so organized is
brought within the territory of a province organized under the
Special Provincial Government Act, the provisions of the Municipal
Cfede shall be of full force and effect and the powers and duties of
provincial officers and the provincial board as to such municipality
shall be those prescribed by the Municipal Code and the Provmcial
Government Act.
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed Septeniln^r twenty-
sixtih, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 15, 1907.
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[No. 1647.]
AN ACT Amending section seven hundred and eighty-nine of Act Numbered One
hundred and ninety providing for fees for governors, sheriffs, and other
persons serving process.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section seven hundred and eight-nine of Act Num-
bered One hundred and ninety is hereby amended by adding at the
end thereof the following proviso :
'' Provided J however^ That in serving summons and copy of com-
plaint upon defendants, if copy of the complaint is furnished by
the officer, there shall be charged for each one hundred words in excess
of three hundred and fifty words in the ori^nal complaint, in each
copy of the complaint served, five cents ; but if copy of complaint for
each defendant is furnished by the complainant no additional fee
shall be charged for said copy."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 16, 1907.
[No. 1648.]
AN ACT Further to amend Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-six, entitled
"An Act to provide for the adjudication and registration of title to lands In
the Philippine Islands," so as to provide for the taking of evidence and the
making of findings of fact in certain land registration cases by judges of the
Courts of First Instance, to empower judges of the Court of Land Registra-
tion to grant injtinctions, to establish a fixed table of fees for registration
cases, and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section four of Act Numbered Four hundred and
ninety-six is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing words :
"All cases arising in the Court of Land Registration in the city of
Manila shall be assigned to the regular judges of the court by rota-
tion, as nearly as may be, and all cases arising in said court outside
of the city oi Manila shall be assigned by districts to the regular
judges and the judges at large of the Court of First Instance perform-
ing the duties of judges of the Court of Land Registration. The
limits of said districts shall be determined by agreement among all
of the judges serving on the court. The juSge to whom a case is
once assigned shall thereafter have exclusive authority and jurisdic-
tion therein unless and until he shall be absent from the Philippine
Islands, or shall have voluntarily transferred such case to another
judge, or such transfer shall have been authorized by the Secretai^ of
Finance and Justice: Provided^ That any judge of the Court of First
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Instance outside of the city of Manila shall, whenever directed in
writing to do so by the Secretary of Finance and Justice, hear and
make finding of fact in land-registration cases at the times and
places prescribed by law for holding regular or special terms of the
Court of First Instance in his judicial district, whenever any appli-
cation or applications imder this Act shall have been duly published,
mailed, and posted for hearing at any such times and places. For
the purposes of any such hearing such judge of the Court of First In-
stance shall exercise all the powers exercised for like purposes by
judges of the Court of Land Kegistration, including the power to de-
termine whether the application has been duly published, mailed, and
posted for hearing, and the power of adjournment to such times and
places as may be convenient, and, after the hearing, such judge of
the Court or First Instance shall return the application and all
papers and documents filed in connection therewith and all evidence
Presented in support thereof or in opposition thereto, together with
is findings of lact, by official messenger or registered mail, to the
clerk in Manila, who shall thereupon transmit the papers and record
in the case to the judge to whom the case has been assigned for
decision. Such judge to whom the case has been assigned may, of
his own motion, or on motion for a new trial made by any party to
the case on proper grounds and in due time, reopen the case and, with
the previous approval in writing of the Secretary of Finance and Jus-
tice, return ijb to the judge of the Court of First Instance of the dis-
trict in which the findings of fact were originally made for further
hearing. Such judge of the Court of First Instance shall thereupon
conduct such further hearing and return the application, papers,
documents, and evidence and any further findings oi fact to the clerk
in Manila in the manner hereinbefore provided, to be again delivered
to the judge to whom the case has been assigned. Nothing in this
section contained shall be construed to prevent judges serving on the
Court of Land Registration from referring any such case to an exam-
iner of titles, as referee, to take testimony and make report thereon to
the court."
Sec. 2. Section seven of said Act, as amended, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
" Sec. T. There shall be a clerk and an assistant clerk of the Court
of Land Kegistration, who shall be appointed by the Attomey-Gen-
eraL with the approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice. The
derK and assistant clerk shall perform their duties under the control
and supervision of the senior judge of the court and may be removed
from office for cause by said senior judge.
" The clerk shall have authority, subject to the provisions of the
Civil Service Law and with the approval of the Attorney-General,
to appoint and employ the necessary deputies, assistants, clerks, trans-
latorS) stenographers, typewriters, messengers, and other subordinate
employees which may be authorized by law.
** TTie assistant clerk shall act as chief deputy to the clerk of the
court and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him
by the senior judge or the clerk of the court. In case of the death or
disability of the clerk, the assistant clerk shall perform the duties of
derk until the vacancy is filled or the disability is removed : Pro^nd^d^
however^ That any judge of the Court of Land Registration having
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jurisdiction over any particular case may issue such orders to the clerk
with reference to such case as he may deem proper, without the inter-
vention of the senior judge, and the clerk shall comply therewith."
Sec. 3. Section eight of said Act, as amended, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
" Sec. 8. Except as otherwise herein provided, the clerk shall have
the custody and control, under the general direction of the senior
judge of the court, of all papers and documents filed with him under
the provisions of this Act, and shall carefully number and index the
same. Said papers and documents shall be kept in the city of Manila,
in an office to be called the " Land Registration Office," which shall be
in the same building as the Court of Land Registration or near said
building.
" The clerk shall attend the sessions of the court and keep a docket
of all causes, and he shall affix the seal of the court to all process or
papers proceeding therefrom and requiring a seal.
"When an application is published for hearinff at the time and
flace for holding a regular or special term of the Court of First
nstance, as provided in section four of this Act, the clerk shall imme-
diately send the original application^ and all papers and documents
filed in connection therewith, by official messenger or registered mail,
to the judge of the Court of First Instance who is to conduct the
hearing." *.
Sec. 4. Section seventeen of said Act, as amended, is hereby further
amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
" The Court of Land Re^stration, in all matters over which it has
jurisdiction, may issue an injunction for the protection of either or
anv of the parties in interest, in the following cases:
"(1) When it appears by the application, by verified petition, or
by affidavits that the commission or continuance of some act during
the proceedings for registration of title would produce waste or great
or irreparable injury to the subject-matter or the registration pro-
ceeding.
"(2) When it appears during the pendency of the proceedings that
either or any of the parties in interest is doing, or is about to do, or
is threatening to do, or is procuring or suffering to be done, some act
in violation or to the prejudice of the rights of another party to the
action respecting the subject-matter of the proceedings and tending
to render the judgment ineffectual.
" Except as herein provided, preliminary and permanent injunc-
tions shall be obtained, enforced, dissolved, or modified in the same
manner as such injunctions are obtained, enforced, dissolved, or
modified under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure."
Sec. 5. Section thirty of said Act is hereby amended so as to read
as follows :
" Sec. 30. If the application is filed with the clerk, he shall forth-
with forward it by registered mail to the re^ster of deeds of the
province or city in which the land or any portion thereof lies. Im-
mediately upon the receipt of the application, whether from the
applicant or the clerk, the register of deeds shall search the books and
records of his office and attach to the application a certificate stating
that the land to which the application relates does not appear in such
books or records, or setting forth copies of all entries of such land, if
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any there be, and, if the applicant seeks the benefits of Act Numbered
Nine hundred and twenty-six, the register of deeds shall also obtain
from the examiner of titles and attach to the applicatioii the report
and certificate required by section sixty of said Act, and shall trans-
mit the application, such certificate and report, and the papers, plans,
and memorandum mentioned in section twenty of this Act by the first
registered mail to the clerk in Manila."
Sec. 6. Section thirty-one of said Act is hereby amended by strik-
injg out, at the beginning of said section, the words " If, in the opinion
or the examiner, the applicant has a good title, as allegea, and
proper for registration, or if the applicant, after an adverse opinion
of the examiner, elects to proceed further, the clerk of the court shall,
immediately upon the fihng of the examiner's opinion or the appli-
cant's election, as the case may be," and by inserting in lieu thereof
the words "Upon receipt of the application, certificate, and accom-
panying papers from the register of deeds the derk shall."
Sec. 7. Section one hundred and fourteen of said Act, as amended
by section nine of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eight, is hereby
further amended so as to read as follows:
" Sec. 114. Fees payable under this Act shall be as follows :
" From the time of filing the application until the final determina-
tion of each case, for all services performed by the clerk or his deputies
in each case, except the takinjg of affidavits or acknowledgments, in-
cluding filing, entering, indexing, and recording all documents, plans,
orders, decrees, and other papers, all notices by mail or publication,
and a certified copy of the decree of registration, if any there be, there
shall be paid by tne applicant to the clerk the sum in the following
table corresponding to the value of the property, which shall be the
assessed value if the property is assessed, otherwise the market value,
determined as provided in section ninety-nine of this Act :
" Property not exceeding one hundred dollars in value, five dollars.
'.' Property not exceeding five hundred dollars but over one hundred
dollars in value, fifteen dollars.
" Property not exceeding one thousand dollars but over five hundred
dollars in value, twenty dollars.
" Property not exceeding five thousand dollars but over one thou-
sand dollars in value, twenty -five dollars.
" Property not exceeding Iwenty-five thousand dollars but over five
thousand dollars in value, forty dollars.
" Property not exceeding fifty thousand dollars but over twenty-five
thousand dollars in value, fifty dollars.
" Property exceeding fifty thousand dollars in value, one hundred
dollars.
" For all services by a sheriff or other officer under this Act, the
same fees as are now provided by law for like services.
" For entry of original certificate of title, and issuing one duplicate
certificate, three dollars.
" For making and entering a new certificate of title, including issue
of one duplicate certificate, one dollar.
" For each duplicate certificate, after the first, fifty cents.
" For the re^stration of every instrument, whether single or in
duplicate or triplicate, including entering, indexing, and filing the
same, and attesting registration thereof, and also making and attest-
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ing copy of memorandum on one instrument or on a duplicate cer-
tificate when required, one dollar and fifty cents.
" For making and attesting copy of memorandum on each addi-
tional instrument or duplicate certificate if required, fifty cents.
" For filing and registering an adverse claim, three dollars.
" For entering statement of change of residence or post-office
address, including indorsing and attesting the same on a duplicate
certificate, twenty-five cents.
" For entering any note in the entry book or in the registration
book, twenty-five cents.
" For the registration of a suggestion of death or notice of bank-
ruptcy, insolvency, or analojTOus proceeding, twenty-five cents.
" For the registration of a discharge or release of mortgage or
other instrument creating an incumbrance, fifty cents.
" For the registration of any levy, or of any discharge or dissolu-
tion of any attachment or levy, or of any certificate of or receipt for
the payment of taxes, or notice of any pending action, or of a judg-
ment or decree, fifty cents.
" For indorsing on any mortgage, lease, or other instrument a
memorandum of partition, one dollar.
" For every petition filed under this Act after original registration,
one dollar.
" For a certified copy of anv decree or registered instrument, the
same fees as are provided by the Code of Procedure in Civil Actions
and Special Proceedings for clerks of Courts of First Instance for
like services,
" In all cases not expressly provided for by the law the fees of all
public officers for any official duty or service under this Act shall be
at the same rate as those prescribed herein for like services."
Sec. 8. Upon a decision being rendered by any judge sisrving on
the Court of Land Registration, either party in interest may, within
thirty days after the decision is rendered by such judge, petition the
court in banc^ consisting of all the judges serving on the court, or at
least three of said judges, for a rehearing of the case, and, if it shall
appear to such court in banc that the decision on which a rehearing is
asked is in conflict with any previous decision of the court, or of any
judge thereof, or with any decision of the Supreme Court of these
Islands, or of any other competent appellate tribunal, then the court
in banc^ may, in its discretion, by vote of a majority of its members,
grant the rehearing petitioned for, annul the decision of the single
judge, and rehear the case sitting in banc; and the decision of the
court in banc shall be the decision of the Court of Land Registration
in the case, and may be regularly appealed from as in other cases.
Sec. 9. AH Acts and parts or Acts inconsistent with this Act are
hereby, to that extent, repealed.
Sec. 10. The public, good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 11. This Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred
and seven.
Enacted, May 16, 1907.
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[No. 1649.J
AN ACT Declaring all of the territory comprised in the island of Marlnduque
a subprovince of Tayabas, and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. All of the territory comprised in the Island of Marln-
duque, Province of Tayabas, formerly constituting the Province of
Marinduque, is hereby declared to be the subprovince of Marindugue,
forming a part of the Province of Tayabas. There shall be a heu-
tenant-governor for the said subprovince, to be appointed by the Gov-
ernor-General, with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commis-
sion. He shall have his office in the municipality of feoac and shall
receive an annual salary of one thousand four hundred and forty pesos,
payable monthly from funds of the subprovince hereinafter provided
tor; he shall represent the provincial governor in the subprovince and
shall carry out the legal orders of tnat official transmitted to him
from time to time; he shall inspect the municipalities of the sub-
province at least once every six months and at such other times as
may be necessary and shall make report of such inspections to the
provincial board through the provincial governor; he snail make such
recommendations to the provincial board, through the provincial
governor, as he shall deem necessary for the best interests of the sub-
province; he shall employ and discharge, with the approval of the
provincial board, all subordinate employees of the subprovince that
may be authorized by the board; he shall be the custodian of the
public records and documents of the subprovince ; and, in general, he
shall exercise in the subprovince of Marinduque, subject to the super-
vision of the provincial governor, the powers and duties conferred
upon a provincial governor by the Provincial Government Act.
Sec. 2. The provincial government of Tayabas is hereby authorized
to establish a permanent suboffice of the provincial treasury of Taya-
bas at Boac, Island of Marinduque, and to provide adequate quarters
for the said suboffice.
Sec. 3. Seventy per centum of all taxes, imposts, or fines collected
on and after April first, nineteen hundred and seven, in behalf of the
Province of Tayabas in the subprovince of Marinduque, under the
provisions of existing law, or of laws which may hereafter be enacted,
shall remain in the subtreasury of Marinduque for the sole use and
benefit of the inhabitants of the subprovince; and the remaining
thirty per centum of such collections shall be transmitted to the pro-
vincial treasury of Tayabas and shall inure to the general funds of
the province.
Sec. 4. The funds provided for the subprovince of Marinduque
shall be expended on resolution of the provincial board of Tayabas,
and the deputy of the provincial treasurer in charge of the subtreasury
at Boac shall make payments from funds of the subprovince only by
direction of the lieutenant-governor of the subprovince, accompanied
by a certified copy of the resolution of the provincial board author-
izing the expenaiture. The salary of the aeputy of the provincial
treasurer in charge of the provincial subtreasury at Boac and the
salaries of the deputies of the provincial treasurer in the munici-
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palities of the subprovince of Marinduque shall be paid from the
funds of such subprovince.
Sec. 5. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 6. Thfe public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passa^ of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of " An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 7. 'Hiis Act shall take effect on August tenth, nineteen hundred
and seven.
Enacted, May 17, 1907.
[No. 1650.]
AN ACT Appropriating the stun of one hundred and seventy thousand pesos
from the funds realized from the sale of public-improvement bonds author-
ized by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and forty-four for the purpose of
improving the port of Iloilo.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The sum of one hundred and seventy thousand pesos
is hereby appropriated, out of funds realized from the sale of public-
improvement bonds authorized by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred
and forty-four, to be used in the improvement of the port of Iloilo,
for the construction of a section of new river wall, not less than three
hundred feet in length, beginning at Point Llorente and extending
along the edge of the channel of the Iloilo River, and to repair
the present river wall : Provided^ That not more than thirty thou-
sand pesos of such sum shall be used for the repair of the present
river wall: And provided further^ That in case there shall be raised
by private subscription and paid into the Insular Treasury within
three months after the date of the passage of this Act the sum of
twenty-five thousand pesos, the sum of fifty thousand pesos of the
funds provided by this Act shall be added to said twenty-five thou-
sand pesos raised by private subscription, making a total of seventy-
five thousand pesos, which latter sum, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, shall be used for dredging the channel and turning basin
in the Iloilo River.
Sec. 2. The Secretary of Commerce and Police is hereby author-
ized to advertise for bids for the construction of the new river wall
and for repairing the present river walls; and, in the event of a
subscription of twenty -five thousand pesos by private parties, as pro-
vided for in the preceding section, for the dredging of the Iloilo
River as herein provided. Said bids may be advertised for the entire
work herein mentioned or f.or such part or i)arts thereof as to the
Secretary of Commerce and Police may seem advisable, and shall
be made under such conditions as he may prescribe and upon plans
and specifications to be prepared by the Bureau of Navigation.
Subject to the approval of the Governor-General, the Secretary
of Commerce and Police shall award the contract for the entire
work to the best bidder, or, if the same is divided, and bids called
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for on parts of the work, then to the best bidder in each instance.
The ri^t shall be reserved to reject any or all bids, and in case
of the rejection of all bids the work may be done under the direction
of the Bureau of Navigation. In case said work is let by contract
such contract shall contain a provision under which at least ten
per centum of each partial payment due shall be retained until the
final acceptance of the work as additional security for the perform-
ance of tne contract: Provided^ That the Secretary of Commerce
and Police, if in his jud^ent it shall seem advisable to do so,
may order the Director of Navi^tion to undertake the dredging
of the Iloilo River without advertising for bids, and in such case the
Director of Navigation shall take immediate steps to undertake and
carry the work to completion.
Sec. 3. The Secretary of Commerce and Police is hereby author-
ized to enter into an agreement with the military authorities by which
the dredged material may be given to them free of charge, under
such conditions as may seem to him advantageous.
• Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 17, 1907.
[No. 1651.]
AN ACT To authorize graduates of i*ertaiu nchools of medicine and phannacy
in the PhiHppine Islands to practice medicine and 8urger>' and pharmacy
without taking the examinations prescribed by Acts Numbered Three hundred
and ten and Five hundred and ninety-seven, respectively, and for other
purposes.
By authmnty of the United States^ be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Any graduate of a school of medicine or of a school
of pharmacy in the Philippine Islands who shall receive therefrom
the degree of Doctor of Medicine or of Licentiate of Pharmacy »hall,
upon presenting his diploina from said school to the Board of Med-
ical Examiners for the Philippine Islands or to the Board of Phar-
maceutical Examiners, as the case may l)e, be entitled to receive from
the proper board, and the proper board shall issue to him, without
examination, a certificate of registration, entitling him to practice
medicine and surgery or pharmacy, and upon duly recording the
same in the office of the register of deeds in the province or provinces
within which he may intend to practice, or in the city of Manila, he
shall be entitled to practice medicine and surgery or pharmacy, as
the case may be, in the Philippine Islands: Provided^ however^ That
such school of medicine or pharmacy, as aforesaid, shall have been
duly incorporated as a university, college, or school in accordance
with Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine, entitled "An
Act providing for the formation and oimnization of corporations,
definmg their powers, fixing the duties oi directors and other officers
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thereof, declaring the rights and liabilities of shareholders and mem-
bers, prescribing the conditions under which such corporations may
transact business, and repealing certain articles of the Code of Com-
merce and all laws or parts of laws in conflict or inconsistent with
this Act," and shall also previous to the matriculation of said gradu-
ate in such school of memcine or pharmacy, as the case may be, have
been empowered in writing by the Secretary of Public Instruction,
under such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, to grant diplo-
mas and confer degrees in medicine and pharmacv pursuant to
section one hundred and sixtv-eight of said Act Numbered Fourteen
hundred and fifty-nine : And provided further^ That such school or
schools shall, in the judgment of the board of control of the Philip-
pine Medical School, have brought its instruction in medicine and
surgery or pharmacy to the standards prescribed for obtaining the
degree of Doctor of Medicine in said Philippine Medical School, or
to the standards of instruction fixed by said board of control for
granting the degree of Licentiate of Pharmacy, as the case may be :
And provided further^ That the board of control of the Philippine
Medical School shall have been permitted, directly or through its
agents, to make such inspections of the curriculum, text-books, labo-
ratory work, methods of instruction, and student work of any such
school of medicine or pharmacy, and to exercise such general super-
vision over the examinations given in such schools as to said board
of control may seem necessary and proper to carry out the purposes
of this Act.
Sec. 2. Persons practicing medicine and surgery or pharmacy in
the Philippine Islands under the terms of section one of this Act
shall, in an other respects, be subject to the provisions and liable to
the penalties prescribed in Acts Numbered Three hundred and ten
and Five hundred and ninety-seven, respectively.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 18, 1907.
[No. 1652.]
AN ACT To amend Act Numbered Eigbty-three by enabling provincial boards
to increase tbe amount of the cedula tax and apply the increased revenue to
the construction, repair, and maintenance of roads and bridges, and amending
sections one hundred and twenty-one and one hundred and forty-nine of Act
Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine to correspond.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commissions that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Eighty-three is hereby amended by add-
ing thereto a new section to be numbered forty-nve and to read as
follows :
" Sec. 45. The provincial board of any province organized under
the Provincial Government Act, when in its judgment the public
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interests so require, may in any year provide by resolution that the
cedula tax payable in said province for the following calendar year
shall be two pesos. Such resolution, before the first Monday in Jan-
uary of the calendar year for which it is made effective, shall be
duly published in the manner prescribed for proclamations by section
seventy-four of the Municipal Code, and a copy of such resolution
shall be conspicuously posted in every municipal treasurer's office in
the province and in each presidencia. The effect of such resolution
shall be to increase the amount of the cedula tax from one peso to
two pesos, and if such increased cedula tax is not paid on or before
the last Saturday of April of said calendar year no certificate of
registration shall be issued by the provincial treasurer or his author-
ized deputies except upon the payment of the sum of four pasos
therefor, and the resolution required by this section to be posted shall
contain a statement to that effect. The cedula forms issued for the
collection of the tax authorized in this section shall be similar to
the cedula forms now issued for the collection of the regular cedula
tax. In case the payment of the cedula tax is made, on or before the
last Saturday of April of said calendar year, the cedula or certificate
of registration shall have plainly printed thereon the words " Road
and Bridge Fund, One Peso," and, in case such cedula tax is not
paid until after the last Saturday of April of said calendar year, the
cedula or certificate of registration shall have plainly printed thereon
tht words " Road and Bridge Fund, Two Pesos." The Collector of
Internal Revenue shall be the custodian of all such cedulas or cer-
tificates of registration, and shall supply them to provincial treasur-
ers for issue in the same manner as the regular cedulas are issued or
sold under existing law. The Collector of Internal Revenue shall
report to the Insular Auditor the total number and value of all the
cedulas provided in this section received by him from the Bureau of
Printing and issued by him to provincial treasurers. All residents
of a province subject to the payment of a cedula tax wherein the
increase herein provided is in effect shall pay the same within that
province, and payment thereof in any province other than that of
tjieir residence shall not exempt such residents from paying also in
the province in which they reside the additional cedula tax for which
provision maj be made by resolution of the provincial board in
accordance with this section. All collections shall be made, and pay-
ment thereof enforced, in the manner provided in Act Numbered
Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, as amended, and under such rules
and regulations as the Collector of Internal Revenue may prescribe.
One-half of the total cedula tax collected under authority of a reso-
lution of a provincial board adopted in accordance with thi§ section
shall be disposed of as provided by existing law and the other half of
the total tax so collected shall be deposited in the road and bridge
fund of the province within which such collections are made and
shall be used solely for the construction, maintenance, and repair of
public highways and bridges.
" Every provincial board availing itself of the authority conferred
in this section shall transmit to the Executive Secretary, to the
Insular Auditor, and to the Collector of Internal Revenue certified
copies of the resolution of the provincial board imposing such
increased cedula tax for the purposes aforesaid. The resolution of
the provincial board provided for by this section shall be transmit-
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ted as aforesaid not later than the first day of October immediately
prenceding the first Monday in January of,, the calendar year for
which the cedula tax therein provided for is made effective."
Sec. 2. Section one hundred and twenty-one of Act Numbered
Eleven hundred and eighty-nine is hereby amended by adding at
the end thereof the following proviso :
'^And provided further^ That in those provinces wherein the price
of cedulas shall have been increased according to the provisions of
the Provincial Government Act, as amended, such price shall be as
fixed by the provincial board under the authority or the last-named
Act."
Sec. 3. Section one hundred and forty-nine of Act Numbered
Eleven hundred and eighty-nine is hereby amended by adding at the
end thereof the following proviso :
''Provided^ That in those provinces wherein the price of cedulas
shall have been increased according to the provisions of the Provincial
Government Act, as amended, the additional amount collected by
virtue thereof shall be applied to the purposes therein specified."
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 18, 1907.
[No. 1653.]
AN ACT To amend Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eleven, entitled "Tlie
Philippine Road Law," by enabling municipalities to avail themselves of its
provisions in the absence of a provincial vote of acceptance and by enabling
provinces and municipalities to avail themselves of Its provisions for a
limited period of time.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section eighteen of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred
and eleven, entitled " The Philippine Road Law," is hereby amended
so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 18. This Act shall not take effect throughout any province
until it has been accepted by the provincial board and by the munici-
pal councils of a majority of the municipalities in the province, but
upon the affirmative vote of the municipal council it may become
effective in any municipality in a province where there has been no
vote of acceptance. The vote of any province and its municipalities
to make this Act effective throughout the province, or by any munici-
pality to make it effective in such municipality, may be for a desig-
nated period of time, which shall not be less than one year: Provided^
That m the Moro Province this Act shall become erfective when ac-
cepted by the legislative council without submission to the vote of the
presidents: And provided further^ That section sixteen shall be ap-
plicable to all provinces of the Philippine Islands, irrespective of
whether the other provisions of this Act are or are not extended
thereto."
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Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeditedf in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 18, 1907.
[No. 1654.]
AN ACT To provide for the leasing of reclaimed land for commercial purposes,
for the leasing of the foreshore and lands under water, and to regulate the
construction of bridges over navigable waterways.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The control and disposition of the foreshore as defined
in existing law, and the title to all Government or public lands made
or reclaimed by the Government by dredging or filling or otherwise
throughout the Philippine Islands, shall oe retained by the Govern-
ment without prejudice to vested rights and without prejudice to
rights conceded to the city of Manila m the " Luneta Extension."
Sec. 2. {a) The Secretary of the Interior shall cause all Govern-
ment or puolic lands made or reclaimed by the Government by dredg-
ing or filling or otherwise to be divided into lots or blocks, with the
necessary streets and alleyways located thereon, and shall cause plats
and plans of such surveys to be prepared and filed in the Bureau of
Lands.
(6) Upon the completion of such plats and plans the Governor-
General shall ffive notice to the public that such parts of the lands
so made or reclaimed as are not needed for public purposes will be
leased for commercial and business purposes, and upon receipt of an
application or applications for a lease or leases, the Governor-General
shall designate and specify certain portions or the land for such use,
and shall give notice by public advertisement that such applications
have been made and that the Government will lease lots or blocks,
to be specified in said advertisement, for commercial and business
purposes, such leases to run for a period of ninetjr-nine years at a
rental of three per centum per annum of the appraised value of the
Earcel of land leased, the appraisal to be made by the Director of
.ands subject to approval by the Secretary of the Interior and con-
ditioned that a new appraisal of said land so leased shall be made
in the same manner ten vears from the date of the lease and every ten
years thereafter, and tnat the rental after such appraisal shall be
based upon the new appraised value at the same rate per centum per
annum.
(c) If after any reappraisal a tenant shall consider the new valu-
ation to be excessive, he shall have the right, within three months, to
appeal to the Court of First Instance of the district in which the land
is situated, and the said court is hereby ffiven jurisdiction to determine
the appraisal and fix a just valuation for the land for the period of
ten years. Either party shall have the right to appeal from the Court
of First Instance to the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands:
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Provided^ however^ That the tenant shall pay rent on the basis of the
reappraisal pending final determination of the matter by said Court
of First Instance. Should the Court of First Instance determine to
fix a valuation for the land lower than that fixed in the reappraisal
the tenant shall be entitled to a refund of the excess rent paid by him
on the basis of such reappraisal.
{d) The lease of the said lands shall be executed by the Director
of Lands and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and shall
specifically provide, among other things, that improvements thereon
of a kind to be approved by the Consulting Architect, as provided
in subsection (/) of this section, shall be commenced within twelve
months of the date of the execution of the lease and shall be com-
pleted within a time to be fixed in said lease, and that in case of fail-
ure to make such improvements within the time prescribed by the
lease or to comply with any or all of the terms and conditions or said
lease the same shall thereupon be forfeited, and that all improvements
made on the leased property shall vest in and become the property
of the Government of the "Philippine Islands: Provided^ however^
That the Governor-General may, in his discretion, and upon such
terms as he may prescribe, waive the forfeiture herein provided for,
or extend the time within which said improvements shall be com-
menced and completed.
Every such lease shall also contain a provision for the payment
of the tax or taxes levied on said land or improvements ana pro-
viding that upon the failure of the lessee to pay any such tax or taxes
or any part thereof the lease shall forthwith cease and determine.
{e) The leases above provided for shall be disposed of to the
highest and best bidder therefor, subject to such regulations and
safeguards as the Governor-General may by executive order prescribe.
(/) Plans for buildings or improvements shall be approved by the
Consulting Architect, and no buildings or improvements shall be
permitted until such approval has been obtained in writing. Such
improvements shall also be subject to the ordinances of the proper
municipality. In case of difference or dispute between the Consulting
Architect and the lessee, final decision shall be made by the Governor-
General.
Sec. 3. {a) The original cost of the construction of streets, alley-
ways, and curbing on such reclaimed lands shall be borne by the
Insular Government. The cost of putting in sewers and water mains
and keeping in repair the streets, alleyways, and curbing constructed-
at the expense of the Insular Government shall be borne by the
municipality in which such lands are situated, and it shall be the
duty of such municipality to maintain and keep in repair streets,
alleyways, and curbing constructed by the Insular Government as
herein provided.
(ft) Franchises for the use of said streets and alleyways on said
lands for private or public purposes may be granted by the Insular
Government or, subject to the approval of the Governor-General, by
the municipality in which saia lands are situated. Franchises
granted under this section for the construction and operation of
street railways, electric light and power, and telephone lines shall
be subject to the provisions of the law then in force governing all
such franchises.
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Sec. 4. All lands leased under the provisions of the foregoing sec-
tions of this Act, and all improvements thereon, shall be subject to
local taxation against the lessees, their heirs, executors, adminis-
trators, successors, or assies, to the same extent as if such lessees,
their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or assigns, were the
owners of both land and improvements.
Sec. 5. Upon receipt of an application or applications for the lease
of any portion of the foreshore or lands under water in the Philippine
Islands for the purpose of erecting and maintaining wharves, docks,
piers, marine railways, or other appropriate structures, and upon
the recommendation of the Secretary or Commerce and Police, the
Governor-General may designate and specify such portions or the
foreshore or lands under water for such use, and shall give notice
by public advertisement that such applications have been made and
that the Government will lease such portion of the foreshore, to be
specified in said advertisement, for wharves, docks, piers, marine rail-
ways, or other appropriate structures for a term not to exceed ninety-
nine years, with the right on the part of the lessee to erect and main-
tain such wharves, docks, piers, marine railways, or other appropriate
structures, or to make such other beneficial use of such leased fore-
shore or lands under water as may be specified in the lease, subject,
however, to all vested rights or easements of owners of lands adjacent
to such foreshore or lands under water.
Sec. 6. The lease mentioned in the section immediately preceding
shall, among other things, contain the following provisions :
(a) For the payment by the lessee, his heirs, executors, adminis-
trators, successors, or assigns, of an annual rental, which shall be fixed
at not less than one per centum of the appraised value of the improve-
ments which the lessee, his heirs, executors, administrators, successors,
or assigns, may be authorized to niake by the lease. Such appraisal
shall be made in the same manner and subject to the same conditions
as provided in this Act in the case of a lease by the Government of
made or reclaimed lands.
(6) That plans and specifications of all wharves or other marine
structures authorized by the lease shall be subject to the approval of
the Director of Navigation.
(c) That on the termination of the lease or any extension thereof,
all the improvements made by the lessee, his heirs, executors, admin-
istrators, successors, or assigns, shall vest in and become the property
of the Government of the Philippine Islands.
(d) For the regulation by the Secretary of Conunerce and Police
of all rates and fees charged to the public, and for the submission to
him annually for approval of all tariffs of such rates and fees.
(e) For the continuance of the easements of the coast police and
other easements reserved in the Law of Waters now in force in the
Philippine Islands.
Sec. 7. Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Commerce
and Police and the approval of the Governor-General, every steam-
ship companv granted a lease of the foreshore as hereinbefore pro-
vided may, by proper condemnation proceedings, acquire, for the
purpose of erecting wharves or other structures for the better han-
dling of its steamship business, land not under water adjacent to the
f ore^ore for which such company obtained a lease.
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In order to secure the approval of the Governor-General, such
steamship company shall file with the Secretary of Commerce and
Police an application stating in detail the situation and extent of the
land desirea, the nature ancTextent of the wharves or other structures
to be erected on the land not under water adjacent to the foreshore,
and the character of the business and use to which the applicant
desires to put such land.
Sec. 8. In order to encourage municipalities and provinces to con-
struct wharves, piers, docks, and other structures for the convenience
of shipping, the Insular Government, through the Bureau of Navi-
gation, shall, without cost, provide such municipalities and provinces
with plans and specifications for the construction thereof.
Sec. 9. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sl:C. 10. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 18, 1907.
[No. 1665.]
AN ACT For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated
or mlsbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors,
and for regulating traflBc therein, and for other puri>08es,
By authority of the United States^ he it encicted by the Philippine
Commission J that:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture
within the Philippine Islands any article of food or drug which is
adulterated or misbranded, within the meaning of this Act ; and anv
person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall,
for each offense, be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand
pesos or by imprisonment for one year, or by both such fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of the court, and for each subsequent
offense he shall be punished by a fine of not less than two thousand
pesos nor more than five thousand pesos, or hj imprisonment for one
year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the
court.
Sec. 2. The introduction into the Philippine Islands from the
United States or from any foreign country, or the shipment to the
United States or to any foreign country from the Philippine Islands,
of any article of food or drugs which is adulterated or misbranded,
within the meaning of this Act, is hereby prohibited ; and any person
who shall ship or deliver for shipment from the Philippine Islands
to the United States or to a foreign country, or who shall receive in
the Philippine Islands from the United States or from any foreign
country, and having so received, shall deliver, in original unbroken
packages, for pay or otherwise, or offer to deliver to any other person,
any such article so adulterated or misbranded within the meaning or
this Act, or any person who shall sell or offer for sale in the Philip-
pine Islands any such adulterated or misbranded foods or drugs, or
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export or offer to export the same to the United States or to any for-
eign country, shall be punished for the first offense by a fine not to
exceed four hundred pesos, and for each subsequent offense he shall
be punished by a fine not to exceed six hundred pesos, or by imprison-
ment not to exceed one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment,
in the discretion of the court: Provided^ That no article shall b^
deemed misbranded or adulterated within the provisions of this Act
when intended for export to the United States or to any foreign
country and prepared or packed according to the specifications or
directions of the purchaser in the United States or m any foreign
country when no substance is used in the preparation or packing
thereof in conflict with the laws of the United States or of the forei^
country to which said article is intended to be shipped; but if said
article shall be in fact sold or offered for sale for domestic use or
consumption in the Philippine Islands, then this provisio shall not
exempt said article from tne operation of any of the other provisions
of this Act.
Sec. 3. The Insular Collector of Customs, the Director of Health,
and the Collector of Internal Revenue of the Philippine Islands
shall make uniform rules and regulations, subject to the approval of
the Secretary of the Interior of the Philippine Islands, for carrying
out the provisions of this Act, including the collection and examina-
tion of specimens of foods and dru^ manufactured or offered for
sale in the Philippine Islands or which shall be received from the
United States or from any foreign country, or intended for shipment
to the United States or to any foreign country, or which may be sub-
mitted for examination by the Director of Health for the Philippine
slands.
Sec. 4. The examinations of specimens of foods and drugs shall be
made in the Bureau of Science, or under the direction and supervision
of that Bureau, for the purpose of determining from such examina-
tions whether such articles are adulterated or misbranded within the
meaning of this Act ; and if it shall appear from any such examina-
tion that any of such specimens is adulterated or misbranded within
the meaning of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior of the Philip-
pine Islands shall cause notice thereof to be given to the party from
whom such sample was obtained. Any party so notified shall be given
an opportunity to be heard, under such rules and regulations as may
be prescribed as aforesaid, and if it appears that any of the provisions
of this Act have been violated by such party, then the Secretary of the
Interior of the Philippine Islands shall at once certify the facts to
the Attorney-General of the Philippine Islands with a copy of the
results of the analysis or a report of the examination of such article
duty authenticated by the analyst or officer making such examination,
unaer the oath of such officer. After judgment of the court, notice
shall be given by publication in such manner as may be prescribed
by the rules aiid regulations aforesaid.
Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General of the Phil-
ippine Islands, to whom the Secretary of the Interior of the Philip-
pine Islands shall report any violation of this Act, or to whom the
Director of Health shall present satisfactory evidence of any such
violation, to cause appropriate proceeding to be commenced and
prosecuted in the proper courts of the Philippine Islands, without
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delay, for the enforcement of the penalties as in such case herein
provided.
Sec. 6. The term " drug/' as used in this Act, shall include all
medicines and preparations recognized in the United States Phar-
macopoeia or National Formulary for internal or external use, and
any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used for the
cure, miti^tion, or prevention of disease of either man or other
animals. The term " food," as used herein, shall include all articles
used for food, drink, coniectionery, or condiment by man or other
animals, whether simple, mixed, or compounded.
Sec. 7. For the purposes of this Act an article shall be deemed to
be adulterated :
In case of drugs :
First. If, when a drug is sold under or by a name recognized in the
United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary, it differs from
the standard of strength, quality, or purity, as determined by the test
laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formu-
lary, official at the time of investigation: Provided^ That no drug
denned in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary
shall Tt)e deemed to be adulterated under this provision if the standard
of strength, quality, or purity be plainly stated upon the bottle, box,
or other container thereof although the standard may differ from that
determined by the test laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia
or National Formulary.
Second. If its strength or purity fall below the professed standard
or quality under which it is sold.
In case of confectionery :
If it contain terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome yellow, or other min-
eral substance or poisonous color or flavor, or other ingredient dele-
terious or detrimental to health, or any vinous, malt, or spirituous
liquor or compound or narcotic drug.
In the case of food :
First. If any substance has been mixed and packed with it so as to
reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength.
Second. If any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for
the article.
Third. If any valuable constituent of the article has been wholly or
in part abstracted.
Fourth. If it be mixed, colored, powdered, coated, or stained in a
manner whereby damage or inferiority is concealed.
Fifth. If it contain any added poisonous or other added deleterious
ingredient which may render such article injurious to health: Pro-
vided, That when in the preparation of food products for shipment
they are preserved by any external application applied in such manner
that the preservative is necessarily removed mechanically, or by
maceration in water, or otherwise, and directions for the removal of
said preservative shall be printed on the covering or the package, the
provisions of this Act shall be construed as applying only when said
products are ready for consumption.
Sixth. If it consists in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or
putrid animal or vegetable substance, or any portion of an animal
unfit for food, whether manufactured or not, or if it is the product of
a diseased animal, or one that has died otherwise than by slaughter.
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Sec. 8. The term *' misbranded," as used herein, shall apply to all
drugs, or articles of food, or articles which enter into the composition
of food, the package or label of which shall bear any statement,
design, or device regarding such article, or the ingredients or sub-
stances contained therein, which is false or misleading in any partic-
ular, and to any food or drug product which is falsely branded as to
the State, Territory, or country in which it is manufactured or pro-
duced, i
That for the purposes of this Act an article shall also be deemed to
be misbranded :
In case of drugs :
First. If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the name of
another article. *
Second, If the contents of the package as originally put up shall
have been removed, in whole or in part, and other contents shall have
been placed in such package,.or if the package fail to bear a statement
on the label of the quantity or proporton of any alcohol, morphine,
opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis
indica, chloral hydrate, or acetanilide, or any derivative or prepara-
tion of any such substances contained therein.
In the case of food :
First. If it be an imitation of, or offered for sale under, the dis-
tinctive name of another article.
Second. If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the
purchaser, or purport to be a foreign product when not so, or if the
contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed
in whole or in part and other contents shall have been placed in such
package, or if it fail to bear a statement on the label of the quantity
or proportion of any morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta
eucaine, chloroform, cannabis inaica, chloral hydrate, or acetanilide
or any derivative or preparation of any of such substances contained
therein.
Third. If in packages form, and the contents are' stated in terms of
weight or measure, they are not plainly and correctly stated on the
outside of the package.
Fourth. If the package containing it or its label shall bear any
statement, design, or device regarding the ingredients or the sub-
stances contained therein, which statement, design, or device is false
or misleading in any particular: Provided^ That an article of food
which does not contain any added poisonous or deleterious ingre-
dients shall not be deemed to be adulterated or misbranded in the
following cases :
First. In the case of mixtures or compounds which may be now or
from time to time hereafter known as articles of food, under their
own distinctive names, and not an imitation of or offered for sale
under the distinctive name of another article, if the name be accom-
panied on the same label or brand with a statement of the place where
said article has been manufactured or produced.
Second. In the case of articles labeled, branded, or tagged so as to
plainly indicate that they are compounds, imitations, or blends, and
the word " compound," "imitation," or " blend," as the case may be,
is plainly stated on the package in which it is offered for sale: Pro-
-yicferfjTnat the term blend as used herein shall be construed to mean a
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mixture of like substances, not excluding harmless coloring or flavor-
ing ingredients used for the purpose of coloring and flavoring only :
And provided further^ That nothing in this Act shall be construed as
requiring or compelling proprietors or manufacturers of proprietary
foods which contain no unwholesome added ingredient to disclose
their trade formulas, except in so far as the provisions of this Act
may require to secure freedom from adulteration or misbranding.
Sec. 9. No dealer shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this
Act when he can establish a guaranty signed by the wholesaler, job-
ber, manufacturer, or other party residing in the Philippine Islands,
from whom he purchases such articles, to the effect that the same is
not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act, desig-
nating it. * Said guaranty, to afford protection, shall contain the
name and address of the party or parties making the saleiof such
articles to such dealer, and in such case said party or parties shall be
amenable to the prosecutions, fines, and other penalties which would
attach, in due course, to the dealer under the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 10. Any article of food, drug, or liquor that is adulterated or
misbranded within the meaning of this Act, that, having been trans-
ported, remains unloaded, unsold^ or in original unbroken packages,
or if it be sold or offered tor sale m the Philippine Islands, or if it be
imported from the United States or a foreign country for sale, or if
it IS intended for export to the United States or to a jforeign country,
shall be liable to be proceeded against in the Court of First Instance
in the Philippine Islands of the judicial district within which the
same is found, and shall be seized for confiscation and condemnation,
and may be confiscated and condemned by said court in the proceed-
ings so initiated. And if such article is condemned as being adul-
terated or misbranded, or as of a poisonous or deleterious character,
within the meaning of this Act, the same shall be disposed of by
destruction or sale, as the said court may direct, and the proceeas
thereof, if sold, less the legal costs and charges, shall be paid into the
Treasury of the Philippine Islands, but such goods shall not be sold
in any jurisdiction contrary to the provisions of this Act or to the
laws of that jurisdiction : Provided^ however^ That upon the payment
of the costs of the proceedings as provided in this section and the
execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond to the effect that
such articles shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the
provisions of this Act or the laws of the United States, or of any
State, Territory, District, or insular possession of the United States,
the court may order direct that such articles be delivered to the owner
thereof. The proceedings hereinbefore mentioned shall conform, as
near as may be, to the proceedings in admiralty in the Courts of First
Instance of the Philippine Islands, and all such proceedings shall be
at the suit of and in the name of the United States.
Sec. 11. The Insular Collector of Customs shall deliver to the
Director of Health, upon his request from time to time, samples of
food and drugs which are being imported into the Philippine Islands
or offered for import, giving notice thereof to the owner or consignee,
who may appear before the Secretary of the Interior of the Philip-
pine Islands or any official designated by him and have the right to
introduce testimony, and if it appear from the examination of such
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samples that any article of food or drug offered to be imported into
the Philippine Islands is adulterated or misbranded within the mean-
ing of this Actj or is otherwise dangerous to the health of the people
of the Philippine Islands, or is of a kind forbidden entry into^ or
forbidden to be sold or restricted in sale in the country in which it is
made or from which it is exported, or is otherwise falsely labeled in
any respect, the said article shall be refused admission, and the Insu-
lar Collector of Customs shall refuse delivery to the consi^ee and
shall cause the destruction of any goods refused delivery which shall
not be exported by the consignee within three months from the date
of notice of such refusal under spch regulations as the Insular Col-
lector of Customs may prescribe: Provided^ That the Insular Col-
lector of Customs may aeliver to the consignee such goods pending
examination and decision in the matter, on execution of a penal bond
for the amount of the full invoice value of such goods, together with
the duty thereon, and on refusal to return such goods for any cause
to the custody of the Insular Collector of Customs, when demanded,
for the purpose of excluding them from the country, or for any other
purpose, said consignee shall forfeit the full amount of the bond:
And provided further^ That all charges for storage, cartage, and
labor on goods which are refused admission or delivery shall be paid
by the owner or consignee, and in default of such payment shall
constitute a lien against any future importation made by such owner
or consignee.
Sec. 12. The word " person " as used in this Act shall be construed
to import both the plural and the singular, as the case demands, and
shall include corporations, companies, societies, associations, and
other commercial or legal entities. TVTien construing and enforcing
the provisions of this Act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer,
agent, or other person acting for or employed by any corporation,
company, society, association, or other commercial or legal entity,
within the scope of his employment or office, shall in every case be
also deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such corporation,
company, society, association, or other commercial or legal entity, as
well as that of the person.
Sec. 13. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 14. This Act shall take effect on its passage: Provided^ That
any article, the importation, offer, sale, transportation, or use of
which is prohibited or restricted by this Act, which is in transit to
the Philippine Islands at the time of the passage of this Act, shall
not be subject to the fines, penalties, or forfeitures herein prescribed,
but may, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by tne Insular
Collector of Customs, and approved by the Secretary of Finance and
Justice, be returned to the port from which it was shipped : Provided
further^ That this privilege shall not be extended beyond a period of
sixty days after the date of the passage of this Act.
Enacted, May 18, 1907.
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RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT
OF THE PURE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
GENERAL.
Regulation 1. — Short title of the act.
The act entitled "An Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or
transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or dele-
terious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic
therein, and for 'Other purposes," enacted May 18, 1907, shall be
known and referred to as " The Pure Food and Drugs Act."
Regulation 2. — Original unbroken package.
The term '' original unbroken package " as used in this act is the
original package, carton, case, can, box, barrel, bottle, phial, or other
receptacle put up by the manufacturer, to which the label is attached,
or which may be suitable for the attachment of a label, making one
complete package of the food or drug article. The original package
contemplated includes both the w^holesale and the retail package.
Regulation 3. — Collection of samples.
(Section 2.)
(a) WTienever a customs, health, or internal-revenue officer has
cause for believing or suspecting that an article of food or drug
which is being imported into, manufactured, or offered for sale in
the Philippine Islands, or which is for the purpose of exportation
from the Philippine Islands to the United States, or any foreign
countrv, or which has been imported into the Philippine Islands
from the United States, or any foreign country, a sample or specimen
of the articles suspected as being adulterated or misbranded, except
in the cases provided for in Regulations 17 to 20, will be seized from
the owner thereof and a receipt given therefor, and such sample will
be forwarded to the Director of Health through the Chief of the
Bureau to which the seizing officer belongs with a full and complete
statement of the case, giving name of the person from w^hom taken,
quantity of same on hand, in which capacity the person from whom
taken was acting — whether as an importer, a manufacturer of the
article, or dealer therein, or a consumer thereof — and will furnish
such other information as in the opinion of the customs, health, or
internal-revenue officer will be of assistance in the proper administra-
tion of the law.
(i) Representative samples shall be taken, discretion being used
as to the amount thereof; m general, one kilogram of bulk goods, or
one liter of liquid goods being sufficient. Much smaller samples will
serve in the case or drugs. In the case of bottled goods, one bottle
will usually be found to be sufficient.
{c) Sample of bulk goods will be immediately placed in tin boxes
or other suitable coverings and sealed by the officer taking the same.
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{d^S In all cases where samples of goods are to be taken tih© owner
will De ffiven such notice thereof as the circumstances of the case per-
mit, ana wherever possible, samples shall be taken and sealed in his
presence. Samples shall be taken and sealed in duplicate, one such
sample to be transmitted as above stated to the Bureau of Health, and
the other to be delivered to the importer or owner thereof, if he desire
the same.
In order properly to perform the duties set forth above, customs,
health, and internal-revenue officers should give all publicity to the
fact that they are charged with the duty of carrying out the provisions
of The Pure Food and Drugs Act, and should invite complaints and
reports from all persons in their respective districts regarding adul-
teration or misbranding articles of food or drugs.
Regulation 4. — Hearings,
(Section 4.)
{a) When the examination or analysis shows that the provisions
of The Pure Food and Drugs Act have been violated, notice of that
fact, together with a copy of the findings, shall be furnished to the
party or parties from whom the sample was obtained or who executed
the guaranty as provided in The Pure Food and Drugs Act, and a date
.shall be fixed at which such partv or parties may be heard before the
Secretary of the Interior, or other officer designated by him. The
hearings shall be had at a place, to be designated by the Secretary of
the Interior, most convenient for all parties concerned. These hear-
ings shall be private and confined to questions of fact. The parties
interested therein may appear in person or by attorney and may pro-
pound proper interrogatories and submit oral or written evidence to
show any fault or error in the findings of the analyst or examiner.
The Secretary of the Interior may order a reexamination of the sample
or have new samples drawn for lurther examination.
(Z>) If the examination or analysis be found correct the Secretary
of the Interior shall give notice to the Attorney-General of the
Philippine Islands as prescribed.
{e) Any customs, health, or internal-revenue officer who shall
obtain satisfactory evidence of any violation of the Pure Food and
Drugs Act, as provided in section 5 thereof, shall first submit the
same to the Director of Health, through the Chief of his Bureau, in
order that the former may cause notice to be given to the guarantor
or to the party from whom the sample was obtained.
Regulation 5. — Publication,
(Section 4.)
(a) When a judgment of the court shall have been rendered there
may be a publication of the findings of the examiner or analyst,
together with the findings of the court.
(6) This publication may be made by means of circulars, notices,
or bulletins, or the Official Gazette, as the Secretary of the Interior
may direct, not less than thirty days after judgment.
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(o) If an appeal be taken from the judgment of the court before
such publication, notice of the appeal shaU accompany the publica-
tion.
Regulation 6. — Standards for drugs.
(Section 7.)
(a) A drug bearing a name recognized in the United States Phar-
macopoeia or National Formulary, without any further statement
respecting its character, shall be required to conform in strength,
auality, and purity to the standards prescribed or indicated for a
arug of the same name recognized in the United States Pharma-
copoeia or National Formulary, official at the time.
(6) A drug bearing a name recognized in the United States Phar-
macopoeia or National Formulary, and branded to show a different
standard of strength, qualitj^, or purity, shall not be regarded as
adulterated if it conforms to its declared standard.
Regulation 7. — Formulas — Proprietary fodds,
(Section 8, second paragraph.)
(a) Manufacturers of proprietary foods are only rec[uired to state
upon the label the names ana percentages of the materials used, in so
far as the Director of Health may find this to be necessary to secure
freedom from adulteration and misbranding.
(6) Factories in which proprietary foods are made shall be open at
all reasonable times to the inspection provided for in Regulation 15.
Regulation 8. — Forun of guaranty,
(Section 9.)
(a) No dealer in food or drug products will be liable to prosecu-
tion if he can establish that the goods were sold under a guaranty by
the wholesaler^ manufacturer, jobber, dealer, or other party residing
in the PhUippme Islands from whom purchased.
(6) A general guaranty may be filed with the Director of Health
by the manufacturer or dealer and be given a serial number, which
number shall app)ear on each and every package of goods sold under
such guaranty with the words, " Guaranteed under The Pure Food
and Drugs Act."
(c) The following form of guaranty is suggested:
I (we), the undersigned, do hereby guarantee that the articles of food or
drugs manufactured, paciced, distributed, or sold by me (us) (specifying the
same as fully as possible) are not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning
of The Pure Food and Drugs Act
(Signed in Ink)
(Name of place of business of wholesaler, dealer, manufacturer, jobber, or other party.)
(rf) If the guaranty be not filed with the Director of Health as
above, it should identify and be attached to the bill of sale, invoice,
bill or lading, or other schedule, giving the names and quantities of
the articles sold. '
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ADULTERATION.
Regulation 9. — Confectionet'y.
(Section 7.)
{a) Mineral substances of all kinds (except as provided in Regula-
tion 14) are specifically forbidden in confectionery whether they be
poisonous or not.
(6) Only harmless colors or flavors shall be added to confectionery.
{c) The term " narcotic drugs " includes all the drugs mentioned in
section 8, The Pure Food and Drugs Act, relating to foods, their
derivatives and preparations, and all other drugs of a narcotic nature.
Regulation 10. — Substances mixed and packed with foods.
(Section 7, under " Food.")
No substances may be mixed or packed with a food product which
will reduce or lower its quality or strength. Not excluded under this
provision are substances properly used in the preparation of food
products for clarification or refining, and eliminated in the further
process of manufacture.
Regulation 11. — Coloring^ powdering^ coating^ and staining.
(Section 7, under " Food.")
(a) Only harmless colors may be used in food products.
(6) The reduction of a substance to a powder to conceal inferiority
in character is prohibited.
(<?) The term " powdered " means the application of any powdered
substance to the exterior portion of articles of food, or the reduction
of a substance to a powder.
{d) The term " coated " means the application of any substance to
the exterior portion of a food product.
{e) The term " stain " includes any change produced by the addi-
tion of any substance to the exterior portion of foods which in any
way alters their natural tint.
Regulation 12. — Natural poisonous or deleterious ingredients.
(Section 7, paragraph 5, under ** Food.'*)
Any food product which contains naturally a poisonous or dele-
terious ingredient does not come within the provisions of The Pure
Food and Drugs Act, except when the presence of such ingredient is
due to filth, putrescence, or decomposition.
Regulation 18. — External application of preservatives.
(Section 7, paragraph 5, under "Food," proviso.)
(a) Poisonous or deleterious preservatives shall be applied ex-
ternally only, and they and the food products shall be of a character
which shall not permit the permeation of any of the preservative to
the interior, or any portion of the interior, of the product.
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(b) When these products are ready for consumption, if any por-
tion of the added preservative shall have penetrated the food prod-
uct, then the proviso of section 7, paragraph 5, under " Foods,"
shall not obtain, and such food products shall then be subject to the
regulations for food products in general.
(c) The preservative applied must be of such a character that,
until removed, the food products are inedible.
Regulation 14. — W holesomeness of colors and preservatives.
(Section 7, paragraph 5» under "Food.")
(a) Respecting the wholesomeness of colors, preservatives, and
other substances which are added to foods, the Director of Health
shall determine, from chemical or other examination, the names of
those substances which are permitted or inhibited in food products;
and such findings shall, wnen published, become a part of these
regulations.
(6) The Director of Health shall determine from time to time
the principles which shall guide the use of colors, preservatives, and
other substances added to foods, and the principles so established
shall, when published, become a part of these regulations.
Regulation 15. — Character of raw tnaterials,
(Section 7, paragraph 1, under "Drugs;" paragi^aph (>, under "Foods/')
(a) The Director of Health, when he deems it necessary, shall
cause to be examined the raw materials used in the manufacture of
food and dru^ products, and determine whether any filthy, decom-
posed, or putrid substance is used in their preparation.
(6) The Director of Health shall cause such examinations to be
made as often as he may deem necessary.
misbranding.
Regulation 16. — Label.
(Section a)
{a) The term " label " applies to any printed, pictorial, or other
matter upon or attached to any package of a food or drug product,
or any container thereof.
. (6) The principal label shall consist, first, of all words which The
Pure Food and Drugs Act specifically requires, to wit : The name of
the substance or product; the name of the place of manufacture in
the case of food compounds or mixtures; the words which show that
the articles are compounds, mixtures, or blends; the words "com-
pound," " mixture," or " blend ;" or words designating the substances
or their derivatives and proportions required to be named in the case
of drugs and foods. All these required words shall appear upon the
principal label with no intervening descriptive or explanatory read-
ing matter. Second^ if the name of the manufacturer and place of
manufacture are given, they shall also appear upon the principal
label. Third, elsewhere upon the principal label other matter may
appear in the discretion of the manufacturer.
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(<?) The principal label on food or drugs for domestic commerce
shall be printed in English (except as provided in Regulation 18),
with OD without the foreign label in the language of the country
where the food or drug product is produced or manufactured. The
size of type shall not be smaller than eight-point (brevier) capitals :
Provided^ That in case the size of the package will not permit the
use of eight-point capital type the size of the type may oe reduced
proportionately.
{d) The form, character, and appearance of the labels, except as
provided above^ are left to the judgment of the manufacturer.
{e) Descriptive matter upon the label shall be free from any state-
ment, design^ or device regarding the article or ingredients or sub-
stances contained therein, or quality thereof, or place of origin, which
is false or misleading in any particular.
(/) An article containing more than one food product or active
medicinal agent is misbranded if named after a single constituent.
In the case of drugs the nomenclature employed by the United
States Pharmacopoeia and the National Formulary shall obtain.
{g) The term " design " or " device " applies to pictorial matter
of every description, and to abbreviations, characters, or signs for
weights, measures, or names of substances.
In every case where weights or measures are given for articles
manufactured in the Philippine Islands, the same shall be expressed
in the metric system.
(A) The use of any false or misleading statement, desig^, or device
shall not be justified by any statement given as the opinion of an
expert or other person, appearing on any part of the label, nor by
any descriptive matter explaining the use of the false or misleading
statement, design, oj* device.
{i) The regulation regarding the principal label will not be en-
forced until January 1, 1908, in the case of labels printed and now on
hand, whenever any statement therein contained which is contrary
to The Pure Food and Drugs Act, as to character of contents, shall
be corrected by a supplemental label, stamp, or paster. All other
labels now printed and on hand may be used witnout change until
January 1, 1908.
Regulation 17. — Name and address of manufactitrer.
(Section 8.)
{a) The name of the manufacturer or producer, or the place where
manufactured, except in case of mixtures and compounds having a
distinctive name, need not be given upon the label, but if given, must
be the true name and the true place. The words " packed for ,"
" distributed by ," or some equivalent phrase, shall be added to
the label in case the name which appears upon the label is not that of
the actual manufacturer or producer, or the name of the place not the
actual place of manufacture or production.
(6) When a person, firm, or corporation actually manufactures or
produces an article of food or drug in two or more places, the actual
place of manufacture or production of each particular package need
not be stated on the label except whwi in the opinion of the Director
of Health the mention of any such place, to the exclusion of the
others, misleads the public.
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Regulation 18. — Character of name,
(Section 8.)
(a) A simple or unmixed food or drug product not bearing a dis-
tinctive name shall be designated by its common name in the English
language, or, if a drug by any name recognized in the United States
Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary. No further description of
its components or qualities is required, except as to contents of alco-
hol, morphine, etc.
(6) The use of a geographical name shall not be permitted in con-
nection with a food or drug product not manufactured or produced
in that place, when such name indicates that the article was manufac-
tured or produced in that place.
{c) The use of a geographical name in connection with a food or
drug product will not be deemed a misbranding when by reason of
long usage it has come to represent a generic term and is used to indi-
cate a style, tvpe, or brand; but in allsuch cases the State, Territory,
country, or (dependency where any such article is manufactured or
i)roduced shall be stated upon the principal label.
{d) A foreign name which is recognized as distinctive of a product
of a foreign country shall not be used upon an article of domestic
origin except as an indication of the type or style of quality or manu-
facture, and then only when so qualified that it can not be offered for
sale under the name of a foreign article.
{e) Where the only fault found with an importation is the failure
properly to mark or brand the name of the place of origin as above
req^uirea, such marks or brands may be added under customs super-
vision at the expense of the importer, and when properly branded,
goods may be delivered upon payment of such charges. In this case
it is not necessary to send samples to the Director of Health.
Regulation 19. — Dwtinctive name.
(Section 8.)
{a) A "distinctive name'' is a trade, arbitrary, or fancy name
which clearly distinguishes a food product, mixture, or compound
from any other food product, mixture, or compound.
(6) A distinctive name shall not be one representing any single
constituent of a mixture or compound.
{c) A distinctive name shall not misrepresent any property or
quality of a mixture or compound.
{d) A distinctive name shall give no false indication of origin,
character, or place of manufacture, nor lead the purchaser to sup-
pose that it is any other food or drug product.
Regulation 20, — Compounds^ imitations, or hl^nds without distinc-
tive name,
(Section 8.)
{a) The term " blend " applies to a mixture of like substances,
not excluding harmlei5s coloring or flavoring ingredients used for
the purpose of coloring and flavoring only.
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(6) If any age is stated, it shall not be that of a single one of its
constituents, but shall be the average of all constituents in their
respective proportions.
M Coloring and flavoring can not be used for increasing the
weignt or bulk of a blend.
(3) In order that colors or flavors may not increase the volume
or weight of a blend, they are not to be used in quantities exceeding
1 pound to 800 pounds of the blend.
(e) A color or flavor can not be employed to imitate any natural
product or any other product of recognized name and quality.
(f) The term " imitation " applies to any mixture or compound
which is a counterfeit or fraudulent simulation of any article of
food or drug.
Regulation 21. — Articles without a label,
(Section 8, paragraph 1, tinder "Drugs;" paragraph 1, under "Foods.")
It is prohibited to sell or offer for sale a food or drug product
bearing no label upon the package or no descriptive matter what-
ever connected with it, either by design, device, or otherwise, if
said product be an imitation of or offered for sale under the name
of another article.
Regulation 22. — Proper branding not a complete guaranty.
Packages which are correctly branded as to character of contents,
place of manufacture, name of manufacturer, or otherwise, may be
adulterated and hence not entitled to enter into, or to be sold,
bartered, exchanged or given away in the Philippine Islands.
Regulation 23. — Incompleteness of branding.
A compound shall be deemed misbranded if the label be incom-
plete as to the names of the required ingredients. A simple prod-
uct does not reguire any further statement than the name or dis-
tinctive name thereof, except as provided in Regulations 18 (a)
and 27.
Regulation 24. — Substitution,
(Sections 7 and 8.)
{a) When a substance of a recognized quality commonly used in
the preparation of a food or drug product is replaced by another
substance not injurious or deleterious to health, the name of the
substituted substance shall appear upon the label.
(6) When any substance which aoes not reduce, lower, or inju-
riously affect its quality or strength is added to a food or drug
f)roduct, other than that necessary to its manufacture or refining, the
abel shall bear a statement to that effect.
Regulation 25. — Waste materials,
(Section 8.)
When an article is made up of refuse materials, fragments, or
trimmings, the use of the name of the substance from which they
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are derived, unless accompanied by a statement to that effect, shall
be deemed a misbranding. Packages of such materials may be labeled
" pieces," " stems," " trimmings," or with some similar appellation.
Regulation 26. — Mixtures or compounds with distinctive names,
(Section 8, first proviso under "Food," paragraph 1.)
{a) The terms "mixtures" and "compounds" are interchange-
able and indicate the results of putting together two or more food
products.
(6^ These mixtures or compounds shall not be imitations of other
articles, whether simple, mixed, or compound, or offered for sale
under the name of other articles. They shall bear a distinctive name
and the name of the place where the mixture or compound has been
manufactured or produced.
(<?) If the name of the place be one which is found in different
States, Territories, countries, or dependencies, the name of the State,
Territory, country, or dependency, as well as the name of the place,
must be stated.
Regulation 27. — Substances named in drugs and foods.
(Section 8, second under " Drugs; ** second under ** Food.**)
(a) The term " alcohol " is defined to mean common or ethyl
alcohol. No other kind of alcohol is permissible in the manufacture
of drugs except as specified in the United States Pharmacopoeia or
National Formulary.
(6) The words "alcohol," "morphine," "opium," etc., and the
quantities and proportions thereof, shall be printed in letters corre-
sponding in size with those prescribed in Regulation 16, para-
graph (c).
(<?) A drug, or food product, except in respect of alcohol, is mis-
branded in case it fails to bear a statement on the label of the quantity
or proportion of any alcohol, morphine, opium, heroin, cocaine, alpha
or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate, or ace-
tanilide, or any derivative or preparation of any such substances con-
tained therein.
(d) A statement of the maximum quantity or proportion of any
such substances present will meet the requirements: Provided^ That
the maximum stated does not vary materially from the average
quantity or proportion.
{e) in case the actual quantity or proportion is stated it shall be
the average quantity or proportion with the variations noted in
Begulation 28.
(/) The following are the principal derivatives and preparations
made from the articles which are required to be named upon the label :
Alcohol, ethyl (Cologne spirits, grain alcohol, rectified spirits, spirits, and spirits
of wine) :
Derivatives —
Aldehyde, ether, ethyl acetate, ethyl nitrite, and paraldehyde.
Preparations containing alcohol —
Bitters, brandies, cordials, elixirs, essences, fiuid extracts, spirits,
sirups, tinctures, tonics, whiskies, and wines.
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Morphine, alkaloid:
Derivatives —
Apomorphine, dionine, peronine, morphine acetate, hydrochloride, sul-
phate, and other salts of morphine.
Preparations containing morphine or derivatives of morphine —
Bougies, catarrh snuif, chlorodyne, compound powder of morphine,
crayons, elixirs, granules, pills, solutions, sirups, suppositories, tab-
lets, triturates, and troches.
Opium, gum :
Preparations of opium —
Extracts, denarcotized opium, granulated opium, and powdered opium,
bougies. Brown mixture, carminative mixtures, crayons, Dover's
powder, elixirs, liniments, ointments, paregoric, pills, plasters, sirups,
suppositories, tablets, tinctures, troches, vinegars, and wines.
Derivatives —
Codeine, alkaloid, hydrochloride, phosphate, sulphate, and other salts
of codeine.
Preparations containing codeine or its salts —
Elixirs, pills, sirups, and tablets.
Cocaine, alkaloid:
Derivatives —
Cocaine hydrochloride, oleate ,and other salts.
Preparations containing cocaine or salts of cocaine —
Coca leaves, catarrh powders, elixirs, extracts, infusion of coca, oint-
ments, paste pencils, pills, solutions, sirups, tablets, tinctures, troches,
and wines.
Heroin : ,
Preparations containing heroin —
Sirups, elixirs, pills, and tablets.
Alpha and beta eucaine :
Preparations —
Mixtures, ointments, powders, and solutions.
Chloroform :
Preparations containing chloroform —
Chloranodyne, elixirs, emulsions, linin>ents, mixtures, spirits, and
sirups.
Cannabis indica :
Preparations of cannabis indica —
Corn remedies, extracts, mixtures, pills, powders, tablets, and tinctures.
Chloral hydrate (chloral, United States Pharmacopo&ia, 1890) :
Derivatives —
Chloral acetophenonoxim, ctUoral alcoholate, chloralamide, chloral-
imide, chloral ortboform, chloralose, dormiol, hypnal, and uraline.
Preparations containing chloral hydrate or Its derivatives —
Chloral camphorate, elixirs, liniments, mixtures, ointments, supposi-
tories, sirups, and tablets.
Acetanilide ( antif ebrine, pbenylacetamlde) :
Derivatives —
Acetphenetidine, citrophen, diacetanilKle, lactophenln, methoxy-
acetanillde, methylacetanlllde, para-lodoacetanlllde, and phenacetlne.
Preparations containing acetanilide or derivatives —
Analgesics, antineuralgics, antirheumatics, cachets, capsules, cold
remedies, elixirs, granular effervescing salts, headache powders,
mixtures, pain remedies, pills, and tablets.
Regulation 28. — Statement of weight or measure,
(Section 8, paragraph 3, under "Food.")
(a) A statement of the weight or measure of the food contained
in a package is not required. If any such statement is printed, it
shall be a plain and correct statement of the average net weight
or volume, either on or immediately above or below the principal
label, and of the size of letters specified in Regulation 16.
(6) A reasonable variation from the stated weight for individual
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packages is permissible, provided this variation is as often above as
below the weight or volume stated. This variation shall be deter-
mined by the inspector from the changes in the humidity of the
atmosphere, from the exposure of the package to evaporation or
to absorption of water, and to the reasonaole variations wliich attend
the filling and weighing or measuring of a package.
Regulation 29. — Method of stating qiuintity or proportion.
(Section 8.)
In the case of alcohol the expression " Quantity " or " proportion "
shall mean the average percentage by volume in the finished prod-
uct. In the case of the other ingredients required to be named
upon the label, the expression " quantity " or " proportion " shall
mean grains or minims per ounce or fluid oimce, and also, if desired^
the metric equivalents therefor, or milli^ams per gram or per
cubic centimeter, or grams or cubic centimeters per kilogram or
Eer liter; provided tnat these articles shall not oe deemed mis-
randed if the maximum of quantity or proportion be stated, as
required in Regulation 27 (d).
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF FOODS AND DRUGS.
Regulation 30. — Preparation of food products for export.
(Section 2.)
(a) Food products intended for export may contain added sub-
stances not permitted in foods intended for local consumption when
the addition of such substance does not conflict with the laws of the
countries to which the food products are to be exported and when
such substances are added in accordance with the directions of the
foreim purchaser or his agent.
(6) The exporter is not required to furnish evidence that the
goods have been prepared or packed in compliance with the laws
of the f orei^ country to which said goods are intended to be shipped,
but such shipment is made at his own risk.
(c) Food products for export under this regulation shall be kept
separate and labeled to indicate that thev are for export.
(d) If the products are not exported tney shall not be allowed to be
consumed locally.
Regulation 31. — Imported food and drug products.
(Section 11.)
(a) Meat and meat food products Imported into the Philippine
Islands shall be accompanied by a certificate of official inspection of a
character to satisfvr the Director of Health that they are not danger-
ous to health, and each package of such articles shall bear a label
which shall identify it as covered by the certificate, which certificate
shall accompany or be attached to the invoice on which entry is made.
(6) The certificate shall set forth the official position of the in-
spector and the character of the inspection.
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(c) Meat and meat food products as well as all other food and drug
products of a kind forbidden entry into or forbidden to be sold or
restricted in sale in the country in which made or from which ex-
ported, will be refused admission.
Regulation 32. — Denaturing,
(Section 11.)
Unless otherwise declared on the invoice or entry, all substances
ordinarily used as food products will be treated as such. Shipments
of substances ordinarily used as food products intended for technical
purposes must be accompanied by a declaration stating that fact, and
must be so denatured as to prevent their use as foods.
Regulation 33. — Bondy imported foods and drugs.
(Section 11.)
(a) Unexamined packages of food and drug products may be
delivered to the consignee prior to the completion of the examination
to determine whether the same are adulterated or misbranded, upon
the execution of a penal bond by the consignee in the sum of the
invoice value of such goods with the duty added, for the return of the
goods to customs custody.
(b) In case the goods have already been delivered on ten days'
penal bond for return of unexamined packages and it is desired to
hold them for examination under The Pure Food and Drugs Act,
demand must be made upon the importer for return within the ten
days of the ori^al bond!, when a bond under section (a) above may
be accepted in lieu of ^n actual physical return of the goods to cus-
toms custody.
(c) Where the importer does not desire to keep possession of the
goods they will be stored in the warehouse of the custom-house, or
in a public bonded warehouse at his expense for storage, cartage, and
labor.
(d) No delivery of imported food or dru^ suspected of being adul-
terated or misbranded will be made until the question is finally
settled as hereafter provided, nor shall final liquidation of the entry
be made while such question is pending.
Regulation 34. — Notifieation of violation of the law,
(Section 11.)
{a) If the sample on analysis or examination be found not to com-
ply with the law, the importer shall be notified of the nature of the
violation, the time and place at which final action will be taken upon
the question of the exclusion of the shipment, and that he may be
present, and submit evidence in connection therewith.
Regulation 35. — Appeal to the Secretary of the Interior.
(Section 11.)
All applications for relief from decisions arising under the execu-
tion of the law shall be addressed to the Secretary of the Interior.
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Bbgulation 36. — Shipment beyond the jurisdiction of the Philippine
Islands,
(Section 11.)
The time allowed the importer for representations regarding ship-
ment may be extended at his request to permit him to secure such
evidence as he desires, provided that this extension of time does not
entail any expense to the Bureau of Health. If at the expiration of
this time, in view of the data secured in inspecting the sample and
such evidence as may have been submitted by the manufacturers or
importers, it appears that the shipment can not be legally imported
into the Philippine Islands, the Director of Health shall request the
Insular Collector of Customs to refuse to deliver the shipment in
question to the consignee, and to require its reshipment as authorized
by law.
Reoflation 37. — Samples,
The samples made necessary under The Pure Food and Drugs Act,
and by these regulations, shall be furnished by the owner or tne im-
porter thereof, at his expense.
Regulation 38. — Inspection of samples.
All articles of food and all food and drink sold or offered for sale,
and all places for their preparation, manufacture, or sale, shall be at
all times subject to inspection by the Director of Health or the Col-
lector of Internal Revenue, or tneir duly authorized representative^?.
Necessary samples of food or drink shall be furnished for examina-
tion upon the written request of the Director of Health or the Col-
lector of Internal Revenue, and no remuneration shall be charged or
paid therefor. %
Regulation 39. — Alteration and amendment of regulations.
By and with approval of the Secretary of the Interior these regula-
tions may be altered or amended at any time, without previous notice,
with the concurrence of the Insular Collector of Customs, the Director
of Health, and the Collector of Internal Revenue, or any two of them.
H. B. McCoy,
Acting Insular Collector of Customs,
Victor G. Heiser,
Director of Health.
Jno. S. Hord,
Colector of Internal Revenue,
Approved, May, 23, 1907,
Dean C. Worcester,
Secretary of the Interior.
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[No. 1666.]
AN ACT Appropriating the sum of four hundred tliousand pe^os, in addition to
the sum appropriated by Act Numl)ered Fifteen hundred and forty-seven,
for the construction of the sewer and water-supply systems in the city of
Manila.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. In addition to the sum heretofore appropriated by Act
Numbered Fifteen himdred and forty-seven, there is hereby appro-
Eriated, out of the funds realized from the sale of bonds authorized
y Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and twentj-three, for the con-
struction of the sewer and water-supply systems in the city of Manila,
the sum of four hundred thousand pesos, to be expended by the
department of sewer and waterworks construction, city of Manila, in
meeting contract obligations for the balance of the fiscal year nineteen
hundred and seven, subject to the provisions of Act Numbered Fifteen
hundred and forty-seven.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of " An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take eflfect on its passage.
Enacted, May 18, 1907.
[No. 1657.]
AJ<J ACT To amend section five of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and sixty
so as to authorize the city of Manila to lease or sell for hotel purposes
the tract of land on the Luneta extension described in said section, and
providing the terms and conditions upon which bidding for the lease or pur-
chase of said land may be made, the terms and conditions upon which it
may be leased or sold, and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section five of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and
sixty is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
" Sec. 5. The city of Manila is hereby authorized to set aside a
tract of the reclaimed land formed by the Luneta extension author-
ized by this Act at the north end of said tract, not to exceed five
hundred feet by six hundred feet in size, for a hotel site, and to
lease the same, with the approval of the Governor-General, to a
responsible person or corporation for a term of not to exceed ninety-
nine j^ears. Such lease shall be made to the person or corporation
who, in the opinion of the Municipal Board and the Governor-
General, shall make the highest and best bid for the same. Should
the Municipal Board of the city of Manila deem it advisable it is
hereby authorized to advertise for sale and to sell said tract of land
to the highest and best bidder therefor upon the following terms
and conditions, which shall be set out in the deed conveying said
tract to the successful bidder, to wit ;
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"(1) That the grantee, his heirs, executors, administrators, suc-
cessors, or assies, shall construct on said tract, in accordance with
plans and specifications duly approved by the Consulting Architect,
a first-class hotel, the reasonaole cost of which construction shall
not be less than four hundred thousand pesos. The cost of the
construction of the hotel shall be determined by the Auditor for
the Philippine Islands after an examination of the construction
accounts, Dooks, and vouchers of the grantee, his heirs, executors,
administrators, successors, or assigns, and the decision and deter-
mination of the Auditor in that behalf shall be final unless an
appeal be taken to the Governor-Greneral from such decision and
determination of the Auditor, in which case the decision and deter-
mination of the Governor-General shall be final.
"(2) That the actual construction of the said hotel building or
buildings shall begin within six months after the city en^neer
shall have certified to the grantee, his heirs, executors, administra-
tors, successors, or assigns, that construction work on said tract
may properly be commenced, and said hotel shall be fully completed
according to said plans and specifications, and fully equipped and
ready to operate as a first-class hotel in every respect within two
3'ears after the issuance by the city engineer of his certificate that
work may properly beffin on said tract: Provided^ however^ That
should the grantee, his heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or
assigns, be prevented from commencing or completing the construc-
tion of said hotel as herein prescribed, by act of God, the public
enemv, usurped or military power, martial law or riot, the time
thereby lost in commencing the construction or in completing the hotel
as herein prescribed shall be added to the time hereby allowed for
commencing the work or for fully completing said hotel, as the case
may be: And provided further^ That shoulcTthe hotel buildings or
any of them be destroyed by fire or earthquake, the grantee, his heirs,
executors, administrators, successors, or assigns, shall, within one year
after such destruction shall have taken place, and in accordance with
plans and specifications approved by the Consulting Architect, rebuild
and restore the buildings so destroyed by fire or earthquake, and
should the operation of the hotel be suspended by reason of the
destruction oi its principal buildings, the grantee, his heirs, executors,
administrators, successors, or assigns, shall resume the operation of
said hotel within three months after ^the rebuilding or restoration
of same.
"(3) That the grantee, his heirs, executors, administrators, suc-
cessors, or assigns, shall maintain and operate on said tract a first-
class hotel, according to American standards, with such appur-
tenances and conveniences as are usual in such first-class hotels, and
that said tract shall be used for hotel purposes as herein prescribed,
and shall not be devoted to any other purpose or object whatever.
"(4) That should the grantee, his heirs, executors, administrators,
successors, or assigns, fail, refuse, or neglect to comply with the first,
second, and third terms and conditions hereinbefore set forth, or
either of them, or should the grantee, his heirs, executors, adminis-
trators, successors, or assigns, tail, refuse, or neglect, after said hotel
shall have once been put in operation, to maintain and operate on
said tract a first-class hotel according to American standards, then
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and in that case the title to said tract of land sold, conveyed, and
transferred to the grantee shall revert to the city of Manila, and said
city of Manila shall thereupon become entitled to the immediate
possession of said tract of land: Provided, however^ That said title
to said tract shall not revert to the city oi Manila, and said city of
Manila shall not become entitled to the possession thereof when the
grantee, his heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or assigns,
are prevented from operating said hotel by reason of riot, martial
law, usurped or military power, the public enemy, or act of God,
but said grantee, his heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or
assigns, shall immediately resume the operation of said hotel as soon
as such extraordinary conditions shall have ceased."
Sec. 2. In case sale of said land is made by the city of Manila, pay-
ment therefor may be made in cash, or -part cash and part exchange
of other lands in the city of Manila, or part cash and the balance, not
exceeding seventy-five per centum of the purchase price, payable in
three equal installments with interest at tne rate of six per centum
per annum. The first installment shall be due and payable within
three years after the transfer of the property, the second installment
shall be due and payable within four years after such transfer, and
the third installment shall be due and payable within five years after
such transfer. Bids for the lease or purchase of said land must be
accompanied by a certified check for two thousand pesos, drawn on a
bank established in Manila, as a guaranty that should a bidder receive
the award he will execute a contract or lease or purchase under the
terms of the bid, and that he will execute an appropriate and accept-
able bond in the sum of twenty thousand pesos for tne commencement
of the construction of a hotel and its completion within the time
prescribed by this Act. The right is reserved to the city of Manila
to reject any and all bids and to waive any defects. The contract of
lease, in case the successful bidder desires to lease, and the document
of conveyance, in case the successful bidder desires to purchase, shall
be approved by the Gk)vemor-General.
Sec. 3. All buildings erected and improvements made on such land
shall be security for deferred payment of the purchase price, and the
city of Manila shall have a prior lien on said buildings and improve-
ments for such deferred payments, with interest thereon.
Sec. 4. No taxes on the tract oi land by this Act authorized to be
sold shall be charged or collected from the grantee, his heirs, execu-
tors, administrators, successors, or assigns, tor a period of ten years
after the purchase of said land has been consummated. No taxes on
any improvements made by the grantee, his heirs, executors, adminis-
trators, successors, or assigTis, on said tract of land shall be charged
or collected during the period prescribed by this Act for the cotnple-
tion of the hotel buildings and structures.
Sec. 5. The public go<S requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws/' passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 18, 1907.
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[No. 1658.]
AN ACT To provide for the granting of a franchise to (construct, maintain, and
operate teleplione and telegraph systems, and to carry on other electrical
transmission business in and between the provinces, cities, and municipalities
of the Island of Luzon.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby ffranted, for a period of fifty years
from and after the passage of tnis Act, upon the considerations and
conditions herein contained to William H. Allen and J. H. Brown,
and their successors or assigns, the right and privilege to construct,
maintain, and operate in the Island of Luzon, and in and between
the provinces, cities, and municipalities thereof, a telephone and
telegraph system, to carry on the ousiness of transmitting messages
and signals by means or electricity in and between said provinces,
cities, and municipalities, and for the purpose of operating said tele-
phone and telegraph systems and of transmitting messages and sig-
nals by means of electricity to construct telephone and telegraph
lines in and between said provinces, cities, and municipalities, to
construct, maintain, and operate and use all apparatus, conduits, and
appliances necessary for the electrical transmission oi messages and
signals, to erect poles, string wires, build conduits, lay cables, and to
construct, maintain, and use such other approved and generally
accepted means of electrical conduction in, on, over, or under the
public roads, highways, lands, bridges, streets, lanes, alleys, avenues,
and sidewalks of saia provinces, cities, and municipalities as may be
necessary and best adapted to the transmission of messages and sig-
nals by means of electricity : Provided^ however^ That all poles erected
and all conduits constructed or used by the grantees, their successors
or assigns, shall be located in the places designated by provincial,
city, or municipal authorities, as the case may he, and poles shall be
straight and smooth and erected and painted in a good, substantial,
and workmanlike manner to the satisiaction of such authorities, but
it shall not be obligatory on the grantees, their successors or assigns,
to paint poles except in cities and centers of population or munici-
palities: And provided further^ That said poles shall be of such a
height and the wires or conductors strung or used by said grantees
shall be so placed and safeguarded as to prevent danger to life or
property by reason of contact with electric light, power, or street-
railway wires or conductors : And provided further, That upon rea-
sonable notice and by resolution of the proper Insular, provincial,
city, or municipal authorities, the grantees, their successors or assigns,
may be required to relocate poles or remove or raise wires or other
conductors so as to permit the passage of buildings or other struc-
tures from one place to another, one-half the actual cost of such relo-
cation of poles or raising or removal of wires or other conductors to
be paid by the person at whose instance the building or structure is
moved; and, at the expense of the grantees, their successors or
assigns, to relocate conduits, poles, and wires and to raise or remove
wires or other conductors, when the Insular, city, or any provincial
or municipal government declares that the public interest so requires:
Provided J however, That from any order or regulation of a provincial
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or municipal government requiring the ^antees, their successors or
assigns, to relocate conduits, poles, or wires, or to raise or remove
wires or other conductors, the said grantees, their successors or
assigns, shall have the right of appeal to the Governor-General, whose
decision in the matter shall be final and conclusive.
Should the grantees, their successors or assigns, fail, refuse, or
neglect within a reasonable time to relocate their poles, conduits,
or wires or other conductors, or to raise their wires or other con-
ductors when so directed by the proper Insular, provincial, city, or
municipal authorities, then said authorities may relocate said poles,
conduits, or wires or other conductors or raise said wires or other
conductors at the expense of the grantees, their successors or assigns :
And provided further^ That the installation of all instruments, the
inside wiring, and all outside construction work shall be done in
accordance with the rules, regulations, or ordinances covering elec-
trical work adopted by Insular, provincial, city, or municipal author-
ities: And provided further^ That whenever twenty-five or more pairs
of open wires or other conductors are carried on one line of poles in
a city or municipal center, said wires or conductors shall be placed in
one cable ; and that whenever more than one himdred pairs of wires
or other conductors in cables are carried on one line of 'poles, said
cables shall be placed underground : And provided further^ That the
^antees, their successors or assies, under this franchise, shall install
m the city of Manila, within eighteen months from the date of the
passage of this Act, undergroimd conduit equivalent to at least one
nundred and twenty thousand feet of single conduit: And provided
further^ That the poles erected, wires and cables strung, or conduits
laid by virtue of this franchise shall be so placed as not to impair the
efficient and effective transmission of messages or signals under the
franchise granted to the Philippine Islands Telephone and Telegraph
Company, or to impair the eflScient and effective transmission of
messages or signals of any other company whose poles are erected,
whose wires and cables are strung, or whose conduits are actually
laid at the time that poles are to be erected, wires and cables are to
be strung, or conduits are to be laid under and by virtue of this
franchise.
Sec. 2. For the purpose of erecting and maintaining poles or other
supports for said wires or other conductors or for the purpose of
laying and maintaining underground said wires, cables, or other
conductors, it shall be lawful tor the grantees, their successors or
assigns, under such regulations and orders as may be prescribed by
Insular, provincial, city, or municipal authorities, to make excava-
tions and lay conduits in any of the public places, lands, roads,
highways, streets, lanes, alleys, avenues, bridges, or sidewalks in
or between the said provinces, cities, or municipalities: Provided^
however. That any public place, road, highway, street, lane, alley,
avenue, oridge, or sidewalk disturbed, altered, or changed by reason
of the erection of poles or other supports or the laying underground
of wires or other conductors or of conduits, shall, wherever disturbed,
altered, or changed, be repaired and replaced in a good, substantial,
and workmanlike manner oy said grantees, their successors or assi^.is,
to the satisfaction of the Insular, provincial, city, or municipal
authorities, as the case may be. Should the grantees, their successors
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or assigns, after reasonable written notice from said authorities, fail,
refuse, or neglect to repair and replace in a good, substantial, and
workmanlike manner to the satisfaction of said Insular, provincial,
city, or municipal authorities any part of a public place, road, high-
way, street, lane, alley, avenue, bridge, or'isidewalk altered, changed,
or disturbed by said grantees their successors or assigns, then the
Insular, provincial, city, or municipal authorities, as the case may
be, shall have the right to have the same properly repaired and placed
in good order and condition at the cost and expense of the grantees,
their successors or assigns.
Sec. 3. All telegraph and telephcile lines and systems for the
transmission of messages and signals by means of electricity owned,
maintained, or operated by the grantees, their successors or assigns,
shall be maintained and operated at all times in a complete, modern,
first-class style as understood in the United States, and it shall be
the further duty of said grantees, their successors or assigns, to
modify, improve, and change such telephone and telegraph system,
or systems, for the transmission of messages by means of electricity,
in such manner and to such extent as the progress of science and
improvements in the method of transmission of messages and signals
by means 'of electricity may make reasonable and proper.
Sec. 4. The grantees, their successors or assigns, shall keep a sepa-
rate account of the gross receipts of the telephone, telegraph, and
electrical-transmission business transacted by them in tne city of
Manila and in each of the municipalities oi the various provinces
and shall furnish to the Insular Auditor and the Insular Treasurer
a copy of such account not later than the thirty-first dav of July of
each vear for the twelve months preceding the first day of July.
For the purpose of auditing the accounts so rendered to the Insular
Auditor and Insular Treasurer, all of the books and accounts of the
grantees, their successors or assigns, shall be subject to the official
inspection of the Insular Auditor, or his authorized representatives,
ana in the absence of fraud or mistake the audit and approval by the
Insular Auditor of the accounts so rendered to him and to the Insular
Treasurer shall be final and conclusive evidence as to the amount of
said gross receipts.
Sec. 5. The grantees, their successors or assigns, shall be liable to
pay the same taxes on their real estate, buildings, and personal prop-
erty exclusive of the franchise as other persons or corporations are
now or hereafter may be required by law to pay. The grantees, their
successors or assigns, shall turther pay to the Insular Treasurer each
year, within ten days after the audit and approval of the accounts as
prescribed in section four of this Act, two per centum of all gross
I'eceipts of the telephone, telegraph, or other electrical transmission
business transacted under this franchise by the grantees, their suc-
cessors or assigns, and the said percentage shall be in lieu of all taxes
on tilie franchise or earnings thereof.
Sec. 6. As a guaranty that the franchise has been accepted in good
faith and that within eighteen months from the date of the passage
of this Act, the grantees, or their successors or assigns, will have con-
structed, or reinforced concrete or other material approved by the
Director of Public Works, a main central building m the city of
Manila, which building, including the site on which it is constructed.
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shall cost not less than eighty thousana pesos, and the structure itself
not less than sixty thousand pesos; that thev will have placed under-
ground conduit equivalent to one hundrea thousand feet of single
conduit: that they will begin the business of transmitting messages
by telephone and will be fully equipped and ready to operate accord-
ing to the terms of this franchise one thousand telephones in the city
of Manila, the said grantees shall deposit at the time of such accept-
ance, with the Insular Treasurer, fifty thousand pesos or negotiable
bonds of the United States or other securities, approved by the
Governor-General, of the face value of fiftj thousand pesos: Pro-
vided^ however^ That if the deposit is made in money the same shall
be deposited at interest in some interest-paying bank approved bv
the Governor-General and all interest accruing and due on sucn
deposit shall be collected by the Insular Treasurer and paid to the
grantees, their successors or assigns, on demand: And provided
further. That if the deposit made with the Insular Treasurer be
negotiable bonds of the United States or other interest-bearing se-
curities approved by the Governor-General, the interest on such bonds
or securities shall be collected by the Insular Treasurer and paid
over to said grantees, their successors or assigns, on demand. Should
the said grantees, their successors or assigns, for any cause other
than the act of God, the public enemy, usurped or military power,
martial law, riot, civil commotion, or inevitable cause, fail, refuse, or
neglect to construct the building or lay the conduit prescribed by this
Act within eighteen months after its passage, or fail, refuse, or neg-
lect to begin within eighteen months from the date of the passage of
this Act the business of transmitting messages by telephone, or fail,
refuse, or neglect to be fully equipped and readv to operate within
eighteen months from the date of the passage of this Act one thou-
sand telephones in the city of Manila according to the terms of this
franchise, then the deposit prescribed by this section to be made with
the Insular Treasurer, whether in money, bonds, or other securities,
shall become the property of the Insular Government as liquidated
damages caused to such Government by such failure, refusal, or
neglect, and thereafter no interest on said bonds or other securities
deposited shall be paid to the grantees, their successors or assigns:
Provided^ That a reasonable extension of time, for proper cause
shown, mav be granted by the Governor-General for the completion
of the work.
Should the said grantees, their successors or assigns, construct the
building and lay the conduit as prescribed by this Act and begin the
business of transmitting messages bv telephone and be ready to oper-
ate according to the terms of this franchise one thousand telephones
in the city of Manila within eighteen months from the date of the
passage oi this Act, then and in that event the deposit prescribed by
this section shall be returned by the Insular Government to the
grantees, their successors or assigns.
Sec. 7. The books and accounts of the grantees, their successors or
.assigns, shall be subject to oiRcial inspection at any and all times by
the Insular Auditor or his authorized representatives.
Sec. 8. The rights herein granted shall not be exclusive, and the
right and power to grant to any corporation, association, or person
other than the grantees franchises for the telephonic, telegraphic, or
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electrical transmission of messages or signals shall not be impaired
or affected by the granting of this franchise: Provided^ That the
poles erected, wires strung, or conduits laid by virtue of any franchise
lor telephone, telegraph, or other electrical transmission of messages
and signals granted subsequent to this Act shall be so placed as not
to impair the efficient and effective transmission of messages or sig-
nals under this franchise hy means of poles erected, wires strung, or
conduits actually laid and in existence at the time of the granting of
said subsequent franchise: And provided further^ That the grantees
of this franchise may be reouired by the Governor-General to remove,
relocate, or replace their poles, wires, or conduits, but in such case the
reasonable cost of the removal, relocation, or replacement shall be
paid by the grantees of the subsequent franchise or their successors or
assigns to the grantees of this franchise or their successors or assigns.
Sec. 9. The grantees of this franchise, their successors or assigns,
shall hold the Insular, provincial, city, and municipal governments
harmless from all claims, accounts, demands, or actions arising out
of accidents or injuries, whether to property or to persons, caused by
the construction or operation of the telephone, telegraph, or other
electrical-transmission system of the said grantees their successors or
assigns.
Sec. 10. The city of Manila, and the municipalities in which the
grantees, their successprs or assigns, may establish telephone, tele-
gjraph, or any other system of electrical transmission of messages and
signals shall have the privilege of using, without compensation, the
poles of the grantees, their successors or assigns, for the purpose of
installing, maintaining, and operating a fire and police telegraph or
telephone alarm system, but the wires of sudi telegraph or telephone,
fire, and police alarm shall be so placed, strung, stretched, and insu-
lated as not to interfere with the efficient transmission of messages and
signals by the grantees, their successors or assigns. In consideration
of the city of Manila permitting drainage into the new sewers of the
city from the ducts of the grantees, their successors or assigns, and in
consideration of the said city permitting the grantees, their successors
or assigns, to hang their wires and cables on its poles, the said grantees,
their successors or assigns, shall give to the city iree of charge the
exclusive use of one duct throughout its underground conduits for its
fire and police alarm wires: Provided^ however^ That any drainage
from the ducts into the sewers shall be under reasonable rules and
regulations prescribed by the Municipal Board of Manila, and in case
permission to drain from the ducts into the sewers is not granted to
the grantees of this franchise, or their successors or assigns, before
construction work is commenced, then no free use of the duct shall be
required as aforesaid: And provided further^ That in case the gran-
tees, their successors or assigns, shall hang their wires and cables on
the poles of the said city oi Manila, they shall be so placed, strung,
stretched, and insulated as not to interfere with the efficient transmis-
sion of fire and police alarm messages and signals by the city of
Manila, and the placing, stringing, stretching, and insulating o{ the
wires and cables of the grantees, their successors and assigns, on poles
of the city of Manila shall be done in accordance with regulations
prescribed bv the city of Manila.
Sec. 11. Within sixty days after the passage of this Act the grantees
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shall file with the Secretary of Commerce and Police their written ac-
ceptance of the franchise granted by this Act and of all the terms and
conditions thereof, and tEe grantees shall begin the construction of
their telephone system in the city of Manila within eight months from
the date of such acceptance and shall begin the business of transmitting
messages by telephone and be fully ecjuipped and ready to operate at
least one thousand telephones in said city within eighteen months
from the date of the passage of this Act unless prevented by act of
God, the public enemy, usurped or military power, martial law, riot,
civil commotion, or inevitable cause.
The failure, refusal, or neglect to comply with any of the terms
and conditions required of the grantees, their successors or assigns,
by this Act shall subject the franchise to forfeiture unless such
failure, refusal, or neglect was directly and primarily caused by
act of God, the public enemy, usurped or military power, martial
law, riot, civil commotion, or inevitable cause. The time during
which the grantees are prevented from carrying out the terms and
conditions of this franchise by any of the causes cited herein shall be
added to the time allowed by this franchise for compliance with its
provisions.
Sec. 12. The rates to be charged by the grantees, their successors
or assigns, shall not exceed the following :
(a) Subscribers for telephones other than residence telephones,
having an individual and metallic circuit, with unlimited exchange
switching, shall pay monthly in advance a flat rate not to exceed ten
pesos;
(&) Subscribers 'having residence telephones on an individual and
metallic circuit, and unlimited exchange switching, shall pay monthly
in advance a flat rate of not to exceed nve pesos;
(c) Subscribers for telephones, residence or otherwise, having a
party wire, with not exceeding two subscribers on the same line, and
unlimited exchange switching, shall each pay monthly in advance a
flat rate of not to exceed sixty-five per centum of the rate charged
subscribers for residence or other telephones, respectively, havmg
individual and metallic circuits.
These rates shall apply within the corporate limits of the city of
Manila. No subscribers for telephones authorized by this Act shall
be obliged to purchase instruments or to make any deposit whatever
for telephone installation.
Sec. 13. The right is hereby reserved to the Government of the
Philippine Islands to regulate the rates to be charged by the grantees,
their successors or assigns, but any rates which may hereafter be fixed
shall be sufficient to yield a reasonable return to the grantees, their
successors or assigns, upon the capital invested after making due
allowance for the maintenance, operation, and other necessary ex-
penses.
Sec. 14. The grantees may transfer, sell, or assign this franchise
to the Automatic Telephone Construction Company, formed and
organized under the laws of the State of California, and such com-
pany shall have the right to buy and to own said franchise, but the
grantees shall not transfer, sell, or assign this franchise to any other
person, firm, company, corporation, or other commercial or legal
entity without the written approval of the Gtovemor-General first
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had. Any corporation to which this franchise is sold, transferred,
or assigned shall be subject to the corporation laws of the Philippine
Islands, now existing or hereafter enacted, and any person, firm, com-
pany, corj)oration, or other commercial or legal entity to which this
franchise is sold, transferred, or assigned shall be subject to all the
conditions, terms, restrictions, and limitations of this franchise as
fully and completely and to the same extent as if the franchise had
been originally granted to said persons, firm, company, corporation,
or other commercial or legal entity.
Unless otherwise authorized by the Governor-General, the person,
firm, company, corporation, or other commercial or legal entity to
which this franchise may be transferred, sold, or assigned shall oper-
ate the automatic telephone system in the city of Manila during the
life and under the terms of this franchise, and the property of the
person, firm, company, corporation, or other commercial or legal
entity concerned snail be security for the carrying out of the terms
of this section and of this franchise; and for the failure to operate
the automatic telephone system in the city of Manila in accordance
with the terms of this franchise, and for the period for which this
franchise is granted, all property of the grantees, or their successors
or assigns, in the city oi Manila shall become the property of the
Government of the Philippine Islands as liquidated dumages.
Sec. 15. No private property shall be taken for any purpose under
this franchise without just compensation paid or tenoered therefor,
and any authority to take and occupy land shall not authorize the
taking, use, or occupation of any land except such as is required for
the actual necessary purposes for which the franchise is granted. All
lands or rights of use and occupation of lands granted to the grantees,
their successors or assigns, shall, upon the termination of this fran-
chise or upon its revocation or repeal, revert to the Insular Govern-
ment or the provincial or municipal government to which such lands
or the right to use and occupy them belonged at the time the grant
thereof or the right to use or occupy the same was conceded to the
grantees, their successors or assigns. The grantees, their successors
or assigns, shall hot issue stock or bonds except in exchange for actual
cash or for property at a fair valuation equal to the par value of the
stocks or bonds issued, and said grantees, their successors or assigns,
shall not declare any stock or bond dividend. The grantees, their
successors or assigns, shall not use, employ, or contract for the labor
of persons claimed or alleged to be held in inyoluntary servitude.
This franchise is granted subject to amendment, alteration, or repeal
by the Congress or the United States.
Sec. 16. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeaited in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 17. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 18, 1907.
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[No. 1659.]
AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and flfty-nlne, entitled " The
Corporation Law," as amended, by exempting certain corporations operating
under special franchises granted by the Philippine Commission from com-
pliance with the provisions of certain sections of said law.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Any corporation operating at the time of the passage of
this Act under a special franchise granted by the Philippjine Commis-
sion is hereby exempted from compliance with the provisions of sec-
tions sixty-eight, sixty-nine, seventy, and seventy-one of the Corpora-
tion Law : Provided^ however^ That the corporation so exempted shall
be obliged to name an agent residing in the Philippine Islands
authorized by the corporation to accept service of summons and proc-
ess in all legal proceedings against the corporation and of all notices
affecting the corporation and shall file its designation of such agent
in the Division oi Archives, Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-Marks of
the Executive Bureau, together with a duly authenticated copy of its
articles of incorporation, and pay a fee of fifty pesos for tne filing
of said designation and copy of articles of incorporation, on or before
the first day of August, nineteen hundred and seven: And provided
further^ That any corporation by this section exempted from compli-
ance witih sections sixty -eiffht, sixty-nine, seventy, and seventy-one of
the Corporation Law, as above provided, shall file with the Division
of Archives, Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-Marks of the Executive
Bureau a statement of the amount of stocks and bonds actually issued
and the cash or property consideration for such issue of stocks or
bonds. In case stocks or bonds were issued in consideration of prop-
erty transferred or conveyed to such corporation, then such state-
ment shall contain a declaration of the fair valuation of such prop-
erty: And provided further^ That all other sections of the Corpora-
tion Law which are applicable to foreign corporations or to corpora-
tions not formed or organized under the laws of the Philippine
Islands shall be applicable to corporations exempted by this section
from compliance with the provisions of sections sixty-eight, sixty-
nine, seventv, and seventy-one of the said Corporation Law.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, May 18, 1907.
[No. 1660.]
AN ACT Malting additional appropriations for sundry expenses of the Insular
Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
Heven, and other periods.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine ^
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be
respectively necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in
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the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in part compensa-
tion for the service of the Insular Government for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred aiid seven, and thereafter
until expended, unless otherwise stated :
EXECUTIVE.
The unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated under
this head is hereby made available for payment to Jackson A. Due,
private secretary to Governor-General ide, of salary and traveling
expenses while engaged in preparing the report of the Philippine
Commission for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six, to the Sec-
retary of War, while en route to the United States, as authorized by a
resolution of the Commission dated September seventeenth, nineteen
hundred and six, six hundred and sixty-three pesos and sixty- four
centavos.
PHIUPPINB COMMISSION.
The unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated under
this head is hereby made available for the payment of expenses inci-
dent to the work of compilation and codification of the laws of the
Philippine Islands, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commis-
sion dated May ninth, nineteen hundred and seven ; and the resolution
of the Commission dated April twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and
seven, postponing the leave of absence of Charles H. I^obingier, judge
of First Instance, on account of his appointment on the said commit-
tee, is hereby confirmed.
JUDICIABY.
Judiciary :
Supreme Court:
One employee, at three thousand six hundred pesos per annum,
and one employee, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum, from
February first, nineteen hundred and seven.
Courts of First Instance, Third District :
One employee, at three hundred pesos per annum, from July first,
nineteen hundred and six.
Courts of First Instance, Eighth District :
One deputy clerk, Albay, at seven hundred and twenty pesos per
annum, from January first, nineteen hundred and seven.
For the payment of ten pesos to Doctor C. Sorrarain for services
rendered in making a medical examination in a criminal case by
order of the Court of First Instance of the First Judicial District";
for the payment of reasonable charges authorized by the Attorney-
Gjjeneral for chemical or medical examinations when in his opinion
tne provisions of section fifteen of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred
and eighty-seven are insufficient to secure the proper administration
of justice or for other technical or professional services necessarily
incident to criminal proceedings conducted in the Courts of First
Instance or of justices of the peace; and for expenditure under the
provisions of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and twenty-seven;
thirty-nine thousand pesos.
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Supreme Court library: From the unexpended balance of funds
heretofore appropriated for the Bureau of Justice there is hereby
made available the sum of five thousand pesos for the purchase of
books for the library of the Supreme Court, subject to tne direction
of the Chief Justice, said funds to continue to be available until
expended in accordance with the terms of the resolution of the Com-
mission dated January eleventh, nineteen hundred and seven. The
proceeds of fees collected from applicants for admission to the bar
since July first, nineteen hundred and seven, and hereafter until
otherwise provided by law, shall be deposited to the credit of this
appropriation. Expenses incident to the examination of applicants
for admission to the bar which are lawful charges against the Insular
Government and not otherwise provided for shall be paid from this
appropriation upon approval by the Chief Justice.
EXEOUTIYE BUREAU.
Executive Bureau: The unexpended balance of funds heretofore
appropriated under this head is hereby made available for the pay-
ment of the following salaries : Chief of the translating division, at
seven thousand pesos per annum, from April first, nineteen hundred
and seven, in lieu of chief of division, class three;, chief of law divi-
sion, at six thousand pesos per annum, chief of administration
division, class three, and assistant chief of said division, class four,
from January first, nineteen hundred and seven, in lieu of chief clerk,
at five thousand five hundred pesos per annum, law clerkj at four
thousand five hundred pesos per annum, and chief of division, class
four; two clerks, class seven, from January first, nineteen himdred
and s6ven, in lieu of two clerks, class eight ; two clerks, class seven,
and two clerks, class nine, from January eleventh, nineteen hundred
and seven; one clerk. Class B, from May seventh, nineteen hundred
•and seven; for the payment to David Lewis Cobb of three hundred
and forty-six pesos for services rendered by him in compiling volume
three of the thUippine Reports while on leave of absence in the
United States; and for the payment to Anna M. Campbell of not to
exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty pesos per month from
January twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and seven, for extra services
performed in verifying citations for the Philippine Reports, as
authorized by a resolution of the Commission dated February ninth,
nineteen hundred and seven, the provisions of existing law to the
contrary notwithstanding.
BUBEAU OF CIVIL SEBVtCE.
Bureau of Civil Service: The unexpended balance of funds here-
tofore appropriated under this head is hereby made available for the
payment of salary at the rate of eight thousand pesos per annum to
the first Assistant Director of Civil Service and at the rate of seven
thousand pesos per annum to the second Assistant Director of Civil
Service, in lieu of their regular salaries, from January first, nineteen
hundred and seven, during the absence of the Director on leave with-
out pay; for one examiner, class three, in lieu of one examiner, class
eight, and one clerk, class nine, from March twelfth, nineteen hun-
dred and seven.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUKEAU OF HEALTH.
Bureau of Health: The unexpended balance of funds heretofore
appropriated under this head is hereby made available for reimburse-
ment to the department of police, city of Manila, in the sum of seven
thousand pesos for the services of sanitary police, as contemplated by
a resolution of the Commission dated March nineteenth, nineteen
hundred and seven; for quarters and subsistence for the chaplain at
the Culion leper colony from August fourth, nineteen hundred and
six; for the subsistence of Sisters of Charity while en route from
Manila to the Culion leper colony and return from July first, nine-
teen hundred and six; for one hospital attendant. Class C, from
September twelfth, nineteen hundred and six ; for the payment of a
free dispensary in connection with the office of the district health
officer at Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, as contemplated by a resolu-
tion of the Commission dated March twelfth, nineteen hundred and
seven ; for the payment of traveling expenses incurred by Dr. Antonio
Olba, ex-president of the provincial board of health of Leyte, in
returning from Tacloban to Manila, as contemplated by a resolution
of the Commission dated October second, nineteen hundred and six.
For the expense of collecting lepers and transporting them from
their homes to the Culion leper colony, as contemplated by a resolu-
tion of the Commission dated January fifth, nineteen hundred and
seven, to be available until expended, ten thousand pesos.
BUREAU OF SCIENCE.
Bureau of Science: The unexpended balance of funds heretofore
appropriated under this head is liereW made available for the com-
pensation of one fishery expert, class nve, from March Iprst, nineteen
hundred and seven; for per diems to officers of the Federal service
who may be detailed by competent authority for the Bureau of
Science from January tenth, nineteen hundred and seven, the rate to
be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior with the concurrence of the
Governor-General in each instance: and for the purchase of two
thousand cppies of the mining numoer of the Far Eastern Review.
BUREAU OF FORESTRY.
Bureau of Forestry: For expenditure in accordance with the pro-
visions of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and twenty-seven, five
thousand pesos.
BUREAU OF QUARANTINE SERVICE.
Bureau of Qicarantine Servic: Free postal and telegraph service
is hereby granted the Bureau of Quarantine Service for such period
from March eleventh, nineteen hundred and seven, as the same
privilege shall be granted to the United States Army and Navy^ and
the provisions of existing law to the contrary are hereby accordingly
amended.
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DEPARTMENT OF CX)MM£BC£ AND POLICE.
BUBKAU OF GONSTABULABT'.
Bureau of Conatahulary: The unexpended balance of funds here-
tofore appropriated under this head is hereby made available for the
purchase of additional arms, ammunition, and equipment, as con-
templated by resolutions of the Commission dated October fifth,
nineteen hundred and six, and February thirteenth and March
eleventh, nineteen hundred and seven; for the payment of charges
incurred under the contract for the maintenance of the transporta-
tion service between Dagupan and Baguio, as contemplated by a reso-
lution of the Commission dated February ninth, nineteen hundred and
seven ; for the subsistence of volunteers, municipal police, cargadores,
and prisoners, as contemplated by a resolution oi the Commission
dated December seventh, nineteen hundred and six; and Act Num-
bered Fifteen hundred and twenty-seven is hereby amended to provide
that the total expenditure on account of the Bureau of Constabulary
during the fiscal year shall not exceed three million one hundred and
fifty-one thousand ei^ht hundred pesos except with the approval of
the Philippine Commission first had.
BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Bureau of Public Works : The unexpended balance of funds here-
tofore appropriated under this head is hereby made available for the
employment of one architectural draftsman, class six, from May
eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seven; for the employment of
inspectors and assistant inspectors from February thirteenth, nine-
teen hundred and seven, as contemplated by a resolution of the Com-
mission of that date.
For alteration and repair of buildings, as authorized by resolution
of the Commission since the enactment of Act Numbered Fifteen
'hundred and twenty-seven, three thousand four hundred pesos.
For the maintenance and repair of the Benguet Road, as contem-
plated by a resolution of the Commission dated December eighteenth,
nineteen hundred and six, thirty thousand pesos.
In all, for the Bureau of Public Works, thirty-three thousand four
hundred pesos.
BUREAU OF NAYIOATION.
Division of Port Works^ Bureau of Navigation: For expenditure,
as contemplated bv a resolution of the Commission dated January
eleventh, nineteen hundred and seven, eighty-eight thousand six hun-
dred pesos.
For the repair and reconstruction of wharf at the Manila post-
office building, one thousand pesos.
For the operation of a dredge in the lower Cagayan River, as
contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated March twenty-
fifth, nineteen hundred and seven, six thousand pesos.
For the repair of wharf at Cebu, as authorized by a resolution
of the Commission dated March twenty-seven, nineteen hundred and
seven, one thousand pelsos.
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And for repairs to the bulkhead and for retaining walls of the
Luneta extension, as authorized by resolutions of the Commission
dated February fifteenth and April thirtieth, nineteen himdred and
seven, ten thousand pesos.
In all, for the Bureau of Navigation, one hundred and six thousand
six hundred pesos : Provided^ 'Kiat the foregoing appropriations for
specific purposes shall be available until expended.
The unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated for
expenditure on account of or under the direction of the Bureau of
Port Works is hereby made available for expenditure under this
head, as contemplated by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and sixty-
eight for the purposes contemplated by the respective appropriation
Acts.
BUBEAU OF POSTS.
Bureau of voats: For expenditure under the provisions of Act
Numbered Fiiteen hundred and twenty-seven; for the employment
from January first, nineteen hundred and seven, of one postmaster,
class four; two postmasters, class five; four postmasters, class six;
four postmasters, class seven ; five postmasters. Class B ; five postmas-
ters. Class C; ten postmasters, Class D; ten postmasters, Class E;
ten postmasters, Class F ; three clerks, class five ; one clerk, class six ;
two clerks, Class A; four clerks, Class C; one clerk, Class F; five
clerks, Class G ; six clerks, Class H ; in excess of the number of post-
masters and post-office clerks authorized for each of these grades
in Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and twenty-seven, in lieu of one
postmaster, class eight ; five postmasters, class nine ; twenty-five post-
masters, class ten; fifteen postmasters. Class A; five postmasters,
Class G; five clerks, class eight; two clerks, class nine; seven
clerks, class ten: and one clerk. Class B; and for the payment of
interest upon deposits in the Philippine Postal Savings Bank pay-
able within or at the end of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and seven, as provided in sections ten and nineteen
of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninety-three, fifty-five thou-
sand six hundred pesos.
There is hereby transferred to this appropriation f roiri the appro-
priation for the Weather Bureau, as oi date January first, nineteen
hundred and seven, the sum of six thousand pesos to be expended
in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred
and twenty-seven, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission
dated December fourteenth, nineteen hundred and six: Provided^
That the Bureau of Posts shall transmit weather notes to and from
Manila without charge as one of its proper functions until otherwise
provided by law, the provisions of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred
and seven to the contrary notwithstanding.
SIGNAL SEBVICE.
Signal Service^ appropriation from military line receipts: For
expenditure in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered
Fifteen hundred and twenty-seven, five thousand six hundred and
seventy-one pesos and seventy-four centavos, to be withdrawn from
the appropriation " Bureau or Posts."
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BUREAU OF COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY.
Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey: Free postal and telegraph
service is hereby granted the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey
for such period fiom March eleventh, nineteen hundred and seven,
as the same privilege shall be granted to the United States Army
and Navy, and the provisions of existing law to the contrary are
hereby accordingly amended.
SUPERTISINO RAILWAY EXPERT.
The unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated under
this head is hereby made available for the employment of one clerk,
in lieu of one draftsman, at three thousand two hundred pesos per
annum, from May sixth, nineteen hundred and seven; and for pay-
ment to Frederic A. Molitor of the sum of two thousand seven hun-
dred and fifty-one pesos and fifty centavos on account of traveling
expenses of himself^ and family returning from Manila to his home
in the United Stat^ upon resignation from the position of Super-
vising Railway Expert, as contemplated by a resolution of the Cfom-
mission dated February twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and seven.
DEPABTMENT OF FINANCE AKD JUSTICE.
BUREAU OF AUDITS.
Bureau of Audits :
Railway division :
One clerk, class six; one clerk, class eight; one clerk. Class D;
one clerk, at one thousand pesos per annum; two clerks^ Class G;
three clerks. Class H; purchase of equipment and supplies; in all,
for railway division, from March first, nineteen hundred and seven,
four thousand pesos.
General :
For reimbursement to the department of police, city of Manila,
for services rendered, as contemplated by a resolution of the Com-
mission dated March eleventh, nineteen hundred and seven; and for
expenditure under the provisions of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred
and twenty-seven ; two thousand pesos.
In all, for the Bureau of Audits, six thousand pesos.
BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
Bureau of Internal Revenue: The unexpended balance of funds
heretofore appropriated under this head is hereby made available
for the employment of one watchman, at fifty pesos per month,
from February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and seven; and for the
payment of salary and expenses incident to the medical attendance
and transportation of Damian Maguddatu, an emplovee of this
Bureau who was wounded April ninth, nineteen hundred and seven,
while coming to the assistance of Agent Wright when the latter was
attacked, said salary and expense payments to continue for such
period as Maguddatu may be incapacitated by reason of said injury,
not to exceed six months from date of injury.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
BUBEAU OF EDUCATION.
Bureau of Education: For expenditure in accordance with the
provisions of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and twenty-seven ; for
BT diem of ten pesos to the United States naval officer detailed as
irector of the Philippine Nautical School from not earlier than
December nineteenth, nineteen hundred and six ; for the employment
of a trained nurse instructor, class nine, from June first, nineteen hun-
dred and six ; for an honorarium not to exceed forty pesos to each of
fifteen teachers assigned as special instructors at the annual vacation
assembly, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated
February fifth, nineteen hundred and seven, the provisions of existing
law regarding additional compensation to the contrary notwitlistana-
ing; for ten free scholarships of two hundred and forty pesos per
annum each for young women in the nurses' training "course ; for
rental of the additional building for the girls' dormitory, Philippine
Normal School, Manila, as contemplated by a resolution of the Com-
mission dated December nineteenth, nineteen hundred and six; and
for transfer to the Bureau of Science of the sum of nine thousand
one hundred and eighty-eight pesos and one centavo on account of
the division of ethnology; one hundred and eighty-two thousand
seven hundred and ninety pesos.
Funds accruing from sale of schoolbooks and supplies shall be
deposited to the credit of the current appropriation lor the Bureau
of Education and be available for the purchase of additional books
and supplies, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated
February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and seven.
PHILIPPINE MEDICAL SCHOOL.
Philippine Medical School: For expenditure, as contemplated by
Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifteen and resolutions of the
Commission dated December thirteenth, nineteen hundred and six,
March nineteenth, and May ninth and eighteenth, nineteen hundred
and seven, six thousand pesos.
BUREAU OF PRISONS.
Bureau of Prisons: The unexpended balance of funds heretofore
appropriated under this head is hereby made available for the em-
ployment, temporarily, of three first-class guards, at not to exceed
Tour and one-naif pesos per diem each from March twenty-first,
nineteen hundred and seven; chaplain of the Iwahig Penal feettle-
inent, at eighteen hundred pesos per annum, from DeSember seventh,
nineteen hundred and six; one agriculturist, at two thousand eight
hundred pesos per annum, and one mechanic, at two thousand four
hundred pesos per annum at the Iwahig Penal Settlement, from
October twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and six ; and for the recon-
struction of the outer gate at Bilibid Prison.
The resolution of the Commission dated March twentieth, nineteen
hundred and seven, authorizing the personal use of unsalable produce
by officers and employees at the Iwahig Penal Settlement without
charge, is hereby confirmed.
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BUBBAU OF PMItTING.
Bureau of Printing: The unexpended balance of funds heretofore
.appropriated under this head is hereby made available for the pay-
ment to John S. Leech, Director of Printing, in accordance with
resolution of the Commission dated Mav first, nineteen hundred and
seven, of the sum of three hundred and eighty pesos.
Hereafter there shall be no free distribution of any public docu-
ment, pamphlet, or publication except by express authority of the
Secretary of Public Listruction. The Director of Printing is author-
ized to nx the prices of all public documents, pamphlets, or publica-
tions, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Department for
which the printing was done.
FROVINCIAIi GOVERNMENT OF BENGUET.
The unexpended balance of fimds heretofore appropriated under
this head is hereby made available for the employment of one deputy
of the provincial treasurer, at four hundred and eighty pesos per
annum; one road foreman, at five pesos per diem; two "messengers,
at eight pesos per month each, and two laborers, at two pesos per
week each ; all being from July first, nineteen hundred and six.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF LEPANTO-BONTOC.
The unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated under
this head is hereby made available for an allowance of one himdred
pesos per month to the Constabulary officer designated as acting
provincial governor, from June twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred
and six, the provisions of existing law to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF NUEVA VIZCAYA. '
The resolution of the Commission dated March eleventh, nineteen
hundred and seven, authorizing the expenditure of fimds appro-
priated under this head for the maintenance of the Padre Villa verde
trail from San Nicolas, Pangasinan, to Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, .
is hereby confirmed.
MISCELLANEOUS.
For the payment of recorder and messenger services for the Eco-
nomical Association of the Philippines from January fifteenth, nine-
teen hundred and seven, as contemplated by a resolution of the Com-
mission dated February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and seven,
one thousand five hundred pesos.
For final payment to D. H. Burnham under the provisions of Act
Numbered Thirteen hundred and sixty-one and resolution of the
Commission dated March twelfth, nineteen hundred and seven, one
thousand one hundred and twenty-seven pesos and ninety centavos.
For R. C. Baldwin and C. G. Clifford for extra compensation as
members of the committee to count and verify mutilated currency
in the Insular Treasury, at one hundred pesos each, two hundred
pesos, anything in existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
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For payment to George Curry in lieu of commutation of accrued
leave earned under the provisions of Act Numbered Eighty, the pro-
visions of section two (^) of Act Numbered One thousand and forty
to the contrary notwithstanding; and for services rendered prior to
taking over of office of provincial governor of Isabela and also subse-
quent to relief as provincial governor of Samar; eight hundred and
fifty pesos.
For reimbursement to the appropriation, " Executive Bureau," on
account of services rendered by the cutter Palawan^ as authorized by
a resolution of the Commission dated November seventh, nineteen
hundred and six, two hundred and fifty-eight pesos and thirty-three
centavos.
For payment to Ramon F. Santos on account of expenditures made
by him from his personal funds for food, clothing, and other neces-
saries for persons who voluntarily surrendered during the disturb-
ance of public order in the Province of Albay in nineteen hundred
and three, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated
May sixth, nineteen hundrea and seven, four thousand three hun-
dred and fifty-seven pesos.
For payment to the provincial government of Bulacan on account
of expenses incurred for salaries and traveling expenses of gangers
of spirits stationed at distilleries in that province for the purpose of
carn^ing into effect the Internal Revenue Law during the months
of tfanuary, February, and March, nineteen hundred and five, two
thousand three hundred and thirty-four pesos and forty-five centavos.
For payment to the provincial government of Cebu on account of
expenditures incurred, as contemplated by a resolution of the Com-
mission dated February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, in
the restoration of public order, three thousand pesos.
For the purposes of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-
three as amended, one thousand eight hundred pesos.
For payment to the Bureau of Navigation tor services of cutters
and launches assigned to ,duty in connection with the operation of
government forces in the restoration of public order in the Island
of Leyte, as authorized by a resolution of the Commission dated
December seventh, nineteen hundred and six, and March eleventh,
nineteen hundred and seven, twenty-nine thousand pesos, or so much
thereof as may be necessary.
For payment to the provincial government of Leyte on account
of expenses incurred in the aid and maintenance of volunteers and
otherwise in the restoration of public order in that province, seven
thousand five hundred pesos.
For payment to the Bureau of Navigation on account of services
rendered by cutters and launches in connection with the restoration
of public order in the Island of Samar, twenty-nine thousand five
hundred and fifty-six pesos and fifty-one centavos.
For payment to the provincial government of Samar on account
of expenses incurred in the aid and maintenance of volunteers en-
gaged in the restoration of public order in that province, as authorized
by resolutions of the Commission dated October twenty-second, nine-
teen hundred and six, and January fifth, nineteen hundred and
seven, six thousand pesos.
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For reimbursement to the provincial government of Samar on
account of the purchase of arms and ordnance supplies, as author-
ized by resolutions of the Commission dated August thirtieth and
September tenth, nineteen hundred and six, one thousand one hun-
dred and ninety-six pesos and six centavos: Provided^ That there
shall be refunded to the Insular Treasury such amount as may be
received by the provincial government of Samar from the Bureau of
Constabulary on account oi.the transfer of said arms and ordnance
supplies to the latter, as directed by a resolution of the Commission
dated March eleventh, nineteen hundred and seven.
For payment to the Bureau of Navigation for services of the
launch used by the provincial governor of Sorsogon for the purpose
of inspecting the municipalities of the subprovince of Masbate, as
authorized by a resolution of the Commission dated March twelfth,
nineteen hundred and seven, seven hundred and seventy pesos.
For payment to the Bureau of Navigation for services of the Coast
Guard cutter in connection with the restoration of public order in
the Province of Tayabas, as authorized by a resolution of the Com-
mission dated Mav fourteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, two
thousand five hundred pesos.
For payment to the bureau of Navigation for the services of a
cutter in connection with the industrial and a^icultural fair held
at Zamboanga during the month of February, nineteen hundred and
seven, as authorized by a resolution of the Commission dated Jan-
uary twenty-first, nineteen himdred and seven, three thousand one
hundred pesos.
For expenses incident to the return of Igorots and Ne^itos from
the United States to their homes, as authorized by resolutions of the
Commission dated October eighteenth, nineteen hundred and six, and
March eleventh, nineteen hundred and seven, twenty-one thousand
one hundred and twenty-three pesos and sixty-eight centavos.
The resolution of the Commission dated May fourteenth, nineteen
hundred and seven, waiving certain provisions of section two of Act
Numbered One thousand and eighty, in so far as concerns the Execu-
tive Secretary, is hereby confirmed.
The resolution of the Commission dated October twenty-fourth,
nineteen hundred and six, relieving Lieutenant Michael Flaherty,
Philippines Constabulary, from accountability for certain funds paid
by him for services rendered in the restoration of public order in the
Province of Cavite, is hereby confirmed.
The action of certain provincial boards and municipal councils
heretofore in appropriating funds for the employment of vaccinators
and sanitary inspectors and otherwise assisting the work of the
Bureau of Health is hereby ratified ^nd confirmed, as contemplated
by a resolution of the Commission dated May first, nineteen hundred
and seven.
The action of the provincial board of Bulacan in appropriating
for payment to S. i . Fountain the prize offered to the successful
contestant in a competition for plans for a provincial government
building is hereby authorized and confirmed, as contemplated by a
resohition of the Commission dated March eleventh, nineteen hun-
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dred and seven, anything in existing laws to the contrary notwith-
standing.
The resolution of the provincial board of Cagayan of October
thirty-first, nineteen hundred and six, authorizing the employment
of two foremen, at five pesos per diem each, from July first, nineteen
hundred and six, is hereby confirmed, anything in existing laws to-
the contrary notwithstanding.
The salary of the lieutenant-governor of the subprovince of Abra,
Province or Ilocos Sur, is hereoy fixed kt three thousand pesos per
annum effective as of date January first, nineteen hundred and seven,
and the provisions of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and six are
accordingly amended.
The payment of Dr. Manuel Llora of fees earned as justice of the
Cace while president of the municipal board of health of Baybay,
yte, is hereby authorized and confirmed, as contemplated by a res-
olution of the Commission dated March thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and seven, anything in existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
The action of the provincial board of Oriental Negros in appro-
priating for payment to W. J. Wood and L. Rovira for legal services
is hereby authorized and confirmed, as contemplated by a resolution
of the Commission dated March eleventh, luneteen hundred and
seven.
The resolution of the Commission dated February fifteenth, nine-
teen hundred and seven, authorizing the payment to the governor of
Samar of his actual and necessary traveling expenses in addition to
the salary and allowance provided by Act Numbered Four hundred
and nineteen, is hereby authorized and confirmed.
The payment of the sum of one hundred and thirty-four pesos and
eiffhty-eight centavos to Washington Com, chief of provincial police
of Samar, on account of fees and per diems as sheriff, is hereby
authorized and confirmed, as contemplated by a resolution of the
Commission dated March eleventh, nineteen hundred and seven, any-
thing in existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
The payment to Andres Atega of tees earned as justice of the peace
while municipal treasurer of Cabarbaran, Surigao, is hereby author-
ized and confirmed, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commis-
sion dated December thirteenth, nineteen hundred and six, anything
in existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding.
Total of appropriations for all purposes, five hundred and sixty
thousand five hundred and sixty-three pesos and ninety-three centavos.
Sec. 2, Subject to approval by the head of the proper Department
upon recommendation by the Insular Auditor, reiunas may be made
by Chiefs of Bureaus or independent offices on account of receipts
from sale of fabricated articles or supplies, or services rendered to
other branches of the Government or private parties, when such
action shall be consistent with good business practice and equity,
from funds to be designated in eadi case by the Insular Auditor.
Sec. 3. The provisions of the first paragraph of section three of Act
Numbered Eight hundred and seven, providing the manner in which
withdrawals of moneys appropriated in said Act shall be made, are
hereby made applicable to the withdrawal of moneys appropriated
under this Act.
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Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
appropriation bill, the passage of tne same is hereby expedited in
accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of pro-
cedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed Septem-
ber twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June 27, 1907.
[No. 1661.]
AN ACT Making additional appropriations for sundry expenses of the govern-
ment of the city of Manila for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and seven, and for other related purposes.
By anthcrity of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be
respectively necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in
the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in part compensa-
tion for the service of the municipal government of the city of Manila
for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven,
and thereafter until expended, unless otherwise stated :
MUNICIPAL BOARD.
Contingent expenses^ Municipal Board: The unexpended balance of
funds heretofore appropriated under this head is hereby made avail-
able for the payment of six hundred pesos as authorized by a resolu-
tion of the Commission dated March eleventh, nineteen hundred and
seven.
LAW DEPARTMENT.
Salaries and v^ages^ o^ce of the prosecuting attorney: The resolu-
tion of the Commission dated May fourteenth, nineteen hundred and
seven, transferring the sum of six hundred pesos to this head from that
of " Salaries and wages, Municipal Board, is hereby confirmed.
Contingent expenses^ oMce of the prosecuting attorney: The resolu-
tion of the Commission dated May fourteenth, nineteen hundred and
seven, transferring the sum of one thousand three hundred pesos to
this head from that of " Salaries and wages. Municipal Board," for
expenditure in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Fif-
teen hundred and forty-six, is hereby confirmed.
DEPARTMENT OF CITY SCHOOLS.
Contingent expenses ^ department of city schools: The unexpended
balance of fimds heretofore appropriated under this head is hereby
made available for alterations and otherwise fitting up for school pur-
poses the premises formerly occupied by the United States Army quar-
termaster shops, as authorized by a resolution of the Commission aated
March twentieth, nineteen hundred and seven.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS.
Salaries and tcages, department^ of engineering and public works:
The unexpended balance of .funds heretofore appropriated under this
head is hereby made available for the employment in the division of
'' water supply and sewers " of one clerk, at five hundred and forty
pesos per annum, in lieu of one clerk, Class J, and in the division of
** city repair shops " two mechanics, at two thousand one hundred and
sixty pesos per annum each, in lieu of two mechanics, class ten, from
July nrst, nineteen hundred and six.
The resolution of the Commission dated December twenty-ninth,
nineteen hundred and six, authorizing the continuance of the city
repair shops to April first, nineteen hundred and seven, is hereby
confirmed.
DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION AND TRANSPORTATION.
/Salaries and wages ^ department of sanitation and transportation:
The imexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated under this
head is hereby made available for the employment of one clerk, class
eight, and one clerk, Class D, in lieu of one clerk, class nine, and one
superintendent of cemeteries, class nine, from February fifteenth, nine-
teen hundred and seven.
PUBLIC WORKS.
For straightening and widening of streets as may be necessary, two
thousand two hundred and seventv-four pesos ahd ninety-six centavos.
For two-fifths of the expense or constructing a fireproof vault in the
city hall for the Court oi Land Registration, as contemplated by a
resolution of the Commission dated February twenty-first, nineteen
hundred and seven, one thousand six hundred pesos.
For final payment to H. D. Burnham and Pierce Anderson in
accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred
and fifty-six, two thousand two hundred and fifty-five pesos and
eighty centavos.
In all, for public works, six thousand one hundred and thirty
pesos and seventy-six centavos.
Total of appropriations for all purposes, six thousand one hun-
dred and thirty pesos and seventy-six centavos: Provided^ That each
chief of department shall certify to the Auditor the amount of his
outstanding obligations on account of the fiscal vear nineteen hun-
dred and six and prior fiscal years, and the Auciitor shall transfer
from the appropriations standing on his books, on account of the
fiscal vear nineteen hiuidred and six, to the funds in the Treasury
available for appropriation, such amounts as may be in excess of
those required to meet such outstanding obligations.
Sec. 2. The provisions of the first paragraph of section three of
Act Numbered Eight hundred and seven, providing the manner in
which withdrawals of moneys appropriated in said Act shall be
made, are herebv made applicable to the withdrawal of money appro-
priated under this Act.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
appropriation bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in
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accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of
procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed Sep-
tember twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June 27, 1907.
[No. 1662.]
AN ACT Making appropriations for certain public worlss, permanent improve-
ments, and other purposes of the iQsular (Government.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted- by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The following sums, in Philippine currency, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any
funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for certain
{>ublic works, permanent improvements, and other purposes of the
nsular Government:
BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS.
For the construction of an assay house for the Bureau of Science,
as authorized by a resolution of the Commission dated January
twenty-third, nineteen hundred and seven, one thousand nine hun-
dred and sixty-five pesos.
For changes in construction of the high-school building at Baco-
lod, Occidental Negros, as authorized by a resolution ot the Com-
mission dated February twelfth, nineteen hundred and seven, three
thousand pesos.
For the expense of constructing a fireproof vault for the Court
of Land Registration in the city hall^ Manila, at a cost not to exceed
four thousand pesos, two-fifths of which shall be borne by the govern-
ment of the city of Manila, as contemplated by a resolution of the
Commission dated February twenty-first, nineteen hundred and
seven, two thousand four hundred pesos.
For the construction of an immigration detention station on the
site of and utilizing so far as practicable the old port- works buildings
on the south side of the Pasig River, Manila, as contemplated by a
resolution of the Commission dated March twenty-nintn, nineteen
hundred and seven, ten thousand pesos.
For the construction of a dairy barn for the Bureau of Agricul-
ture at Alabang near Muntinlupa, six thousand six hundred pesos.
For the construction of a hospital building at Baffuio, Benguet,
as authorized by a resolution of the Commission dated May second,
nineteen hundred and seven, fifty thousand pesos.
For the construction of a wagon road from San Miguel de Ma-
3rumo to Sibul Springs, Bulacan, as authorized by resolutions of the
Commission dated March fifteenth and April twenty-fourth, nine-
teen hundred and seven, forty-three thousand pesos.
For the improvement of the Taytay-Antipolo, Rizal, road, five
thousand pesos.
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For the clearance of the Bayabas and Norzagaray Rivers, Bulacan,
as authorized by a resolution of the Commission dated April thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and seven, six thousand six hundred pesos.
For the restoration of the Magallanes Monument at Mactan, Opon,
Cebu, as authorized by a resolution of the Cc«nmission dated April
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, one thousand eight hundred
and fifty pesos.
To contmue the construction of the Pagbilao-Atimonan, Tavabas,
road, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated May
eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, one hundred and twenty
thousand pesos.
Artesian wells. — ^There is hereby created under the foregoing desig-
nation a permanent reimbursable appropriation to the credit of whicn
shall be deposited the sum of thirty-seven thousand pesos hereby
appropriatea, together with receipts which may accrue from Insular
Bureaus, provincial and municipal ffovernments, and other sources
on account of services rendered ana supplies furnished in sinking
artesian wells and, when required, equipping said wells with the
necessary pumping machinery, storage tanks, and so forth, necessary
to provide potable water or fire protection, or both, when demanded
by the public interests : Provided^ That the selection of projects and
determination of rates to be charged shall be made by the Director
of Public Works under the supervision of the Secretary of Com-
merce and Police: And proviaed further^ That the rates charged
shall not exceed such as may be necessary to reimburse this appro-
priation on account of all expenses, including a surcharge to cover
the cost of unsuccessful projects, for which no charge shall be made.
There shall be paid from this appropriation salaries and wages of
necessary employees whose rates of compensation and other condi-
tions of employment shall be fixed by the Director of Public Works
with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, and all
other expenses incident and necessary to the purposes hereinl^efore
stated, including transportation of employees and the purchase and
transportation of equipment and supplies.
In all, for the Bureau of Public Works, two hundred and eighty-
seven thousand four hundred and fifteen pesos.
The resolution of the Commission dated May eighteenth, nineteen
hundred and seven, setting aside for the construction of new school
buildings at Baguio, Benguet, the sum of six thousand two hundred
pesos re<;eived from the sale of the industrial-school buildings at
that place, is hereby confirmed.
BUBEAU OF NAVIGATION.
For the construction of a third-order light on Batag Island and
minor lights on Isabel Island, Point Pata, and San Aliguel Island,
as authorijsed by a resolution of the Commission dated January
eleventh, nineteen hundred and seven, one hundred thousand pesos.
BUREAU OF EDUCATION.
For the construction of schoolhouses in the municipalities of
Barcelona, and Bulusan, Sorsogon, as authorized by a resolution of
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the Commission dated April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven,
two thousand pesos.
Total of appropriations for all purposes, three hundred and
eirfity-nine thousand four hundred and fifteen pesos.
^BC. 2. All balances remaining unexpended when any public
works or permanent improvements appropriated for by this Act are
completea shall be returned at once to the Insular Treasury and shall
not oe available for withdrawal or disbursement thereafter, but shall
be carried to the general revenues of the Islands.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
appropriation bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in
accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of
procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed Sep-
tember twentj-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June 27, 1907.
[No. 1663.]
AN ACT Renewing certain appropriations in Acts Numbered Fifteen hundred
and twenty-seven. Fifteen hundred and forty-six, Sixteen hundred and sixty,
and Sixteen hundred and sixty-one until such time as the regular appropria-
tions for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight shall have been made.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ thai:
Section 1. All appropriations for the necessanr operations of the
Insular Government and the city of Manila under the fixed digest
subheadings as expressed in Acts Numbered Fifteen hundred and
twenty-seven. Fifteen hundred and forty-six. Sixteen hundred and
sixty, and Sixteen hundred and sixty-one are hereby renewed in simi-
lar amounts, for the general purposes therein specified, until such
time as the regular appropriations for the Insular Government and
for the city of Manila for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight,
or any part thereof, shall have been passed. This Act shall not be
construed to renew any appropriations in said Acts for specific or
temporary purposes not continuous in character. A sufficient sum is
hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the purposes named, and made available
on July first, mneteen hundred ana seven.
Sec. 2. All withdrawals of funds by warrant under this Act shall
be transferred from this Act and charged on the books of the Audi-
tor to the re^lar appropriations for the Insular Government and the
city of Mamla for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, when
the same shall have been made.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June 27, 1907.
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[No. 1664.]
AN ACT To provide a method of equalization and revaluation of land assess-
ments and annual rental values in the Province of Samar.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The provincial board of Samar is hereby authorized
and directed to prepare and immediately submit to the central
equalizing board a general schedule of values and annual rental
values upon which the real property in the various municipalities
of that province may be equitably graded. The central equalizing
board, upon receipt of such general schedule, shall examine the
same, and if it is of the opinion that its use as a basis upon which
valuations and annual rental values may be graded will result in a fair
and just valuation of property and annual rental values and secure
uniformity between the Province of Samar and the other provinces
of the Philippine Islands to which Act Numbered Fourteen hundred
and fifty-five, as amended, applies, it shall approve the same and certify
its action to the provincial board of Samar. If the central equaliz-
ing board, however, is of the opinion that the use of the general
schedule submitted by the provincial board of Samar as a basis upon
which to grade values will not result in a fair and just valuation of
real property and annual rental values, or wiU not secure uniformity
between the Province of Samar and the other provinces to which Act
Numbered Fourteen himdred and fifty-five, as amended, applies, it
shall amended the same, and the amended general schedule when
certified to the provincial board of Samar shall form the basis upon
which valuations and annual rental values of real property in Samar
shall be graded.
Sec. 2. The provincial board of SAmar, upon receipt of the schedule
certified to it by the central equalizing board, shall immediately
prepare schedules for each municipality of said province, using the
said certified schedule as a basis upon which to ffrade the various
classes of real property. These mimicipal schedules when adopted
by the provincial board shall be at once applied by it to all the real
property in the province. The provincial Tboard shall complete the
revision of real property in accordance with the municipal schedules
adopted, on or before October thirty-first, nineteen hundred and
seven. Upon completion of the revision before mentioned, the origi-
nal declarations containing the revision made by the provincial board
in accordance with the said municipal schedules ^all be returned to
the municipalities to which they pertain and be filed with the mimic-
ipal secretary for one month, during which time any property
owner may ascertain the revised valuation placed on his property by
the provincial board. At the expiration or this period tiie property
declarations will be returned to tne provincial treasurer, and filed in
his office. Notice that the declarations are on file in the municipal
secretary's office and for the period of one month mav be examined
during the usual office hours, specifying the dates, shall be posted by
the municipal secretary in a public and conspicuous place in each bar-
rio of the municipality concerned, and at the municipal building. Any
person aggrieved by the action of the provincial board may appeal
to that board for relief, and in the event that it is denied the right
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is hereby granted of further appeal to the Executive Secretarj^, who.
with respect to the Province of Samar, is hereby vested with all
the duties, responsibilites, and powers, with reference to individual
complaints, that are now vested in the central equalizing board by
the provisions of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-five, as
amended: Provided^ That all appeals to the provincial board must
be mailed or filed on or before December first, nineteen hundred and
seven, and all appeals to the Executive Secretarv must be mailed or
filed on or before January first, nineteen hundred and eight.
Sec. 3. The revised values and annual rental values, fixed as herein
provided, shall constitute the lawful assessment of real property and
improvements, and the annual rental value thereof, in the several
municipalities of the province imtil another general assessment shall
be made. The provisions of existing law, as modified by this Act,
in relation to the assessment and collection of taxes upon real estate
and improvements, and the annual rental value thereof, shall be ap-
plicable to the assessment and collection of taxes upon the values in
this Act provided for, unless a new system of taxation shall by legis-
lative enactment be inaugurated, based upon annual rental values in
lieu of the collection of taxes upon assessed values.
Sec. 4. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage oi the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June 29, 1907.
[No. 1665.]
AN ACT To annex the Province of Romblon to the Province of Capiz.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The territory heretofore comprised in the Province
of Romblon as organized under the Act Numoered One hundred and
four, with the exception of the Island of Maestro de Campo, is hereby
annexed to and included in the Province of Capiz and shall be gov-
erned in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered One
hundred and fifteen, entitled "An Act extending the provisions of
the Provincial Government Act to the Province of Capiz." The
Island of Maestro de Campo is hereby made a part of the Province
of Mindoro.
Sec. 2. All property and assets of the Province of Romblon
including uncollected taxes, except as hereinafter provided, and all
contracts and obligations, except such as are hereinafter specially
referred to as canceled, are hereby transferred to the Province of
Capiz.
Sec. 3. All provincial funds in the provincial treasury of Romblon
of whatever nature, on the date of the passage of this Act, and any
other provincial funds which may be paid into the treasury of the
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province prior to the date this Act takes effect, shall be expended
in the liquidation of the outstanding indebtedness of the Province
of Romblon and for the running expenses of the provincial govern-
ment up to July fifteenth, nineteen hundred ana seven. The net
balance, if any, remaining in the provincial treasury on July fif-
teenth, nineteen hundred and seven, after all outstanding indebtedness
has been paid, shall remain in the subtreasury of Romblon for the
sole use and benefit of the subprovince.
There shall accrue to the treasury of the subprovince of Romblon,
as constituted by this Act, for the sole use and benefit of the inhabit-
ants thereof, seventy per centum of such proportion of internal
revenue which by law accrues to the Province of Capiz as the number
of inhabitants of such subprovince, as shown by the last official
census, bears to the total population of the province of which it forms
a part, as shown by the last official census.
Sec. 4. The obligations of the former Province of Romblon under
Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and twenty-two shall be assumed by,
and are hereby imposed upon, the subprovince of Romblon.
Sec. 5. The territory hereby annexed to the Province of Capiz shall
be known hereafter as the subprovince of Romblon. There shall be
a lieutenant-governor for the subprovince of Romblon who shall be
appointed by the Governor-General by and with the consent of the
Philippine Commission. He shall have his office in the municipality
of Romblon and shall receive an annual salary not to exceed one thou-
sand four hundred and forty pesos, payable monthly from funds of
the subprovince; he shall represent the provincial governor in the
subprovince and shall carry out the lawful directions of that officer as
transmitted to him from time to time ; he shall inspect the municipali-
ties in the subprovince at least once every six months and shall make
report between July first and July fifteenth of each jear of the com-
mercial, economic, financial, industrial, and political conditions
therein to the provincial board, througli the provincial governor; he
shall from time to time make such recommendation to the provincial
board, through the provincial governor, as he shall deem necessary for
the b€«st interests or the subprovince ; he shall employ and discharge,
with the approval of the provincial board, all subordinate employees
of the subprovince that may be authorized by the board ; he shall be
the custodian of the public records and documents of the subprovince ;
and, in general, he snail exercise, subject to the supervision oi the pro-
vincial governor, the powers and duties conferred upon a provincial
governor by the Provincial Government Act.
Sec. 6. The provincial government of Capiz is hereby authorized
to establish permanently a suboffice of the provincial treasury of
Capiz at Romblon, in the subprovince of Romblon, and to provide
suitable quarters for such office.
Sec. 7. Except as provided in section three of this Act, seventy per
centum of all taxes, imposts, or fines collected for the Province of
Capiz in the subprovince of Romblon shall remain in the provincial
subtreasury of Romblon for the sole use and benefit of the said sub-
province; and the remaining thirty per centum of such collections
shall be transmitted to the provincial treasury of Capiz and shall
inure to the general funds of the province. The funds provided for
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the subprovince of Romblon shall be expended by resolution of the
provincial board of Capiz, and the deputy of the provincial treasurer
m charge of the sub-treasurv of Romolon shall make payments from
funds or the subprovince only by direction of the lieutenant-governor
of the subprovince, accompanied by a certified copy of the resolution
of the provincial board authorizing the expenditure. The salary of
the deputy of the provincial treasurer in charge of the provincial
subtreasurjr at Romolon and the deputies of the provincial treasurer
in the municipalities of the subprovince shall be paid from the funds
of the subprovince of Romblon.
Sec. 8. The judge of the Court of First Instance for the Fifteenth
Judicial District 5iall continue to hold court in Romblon in and for
the subprovince of Romblon, commencing on the second Tuesdav of
February and August of each year. The duties of the clerk of the
court for the subprovince of Romblon shall be performed by the pres-
ent clerk of the court for the Province of Komblon, and he shall
receive the compensation now authorized by law for the position:
Provided^ That whenever the Secretary of Finance and Justice may
deem such action advisable, he may direct that said duties be per-
formed by a clerk in the office of the lieutenant-governor of said sub-
province, in which case the office of clerk of the court shall cease and
determine, and the clerk designated as above provided shall be ex
oMcio clerk of the court. In case of the designation of a clerk in the
office of the Ueutenant-govemor as ex oMdo clerk of the court as above
provided, the salary of said clerk while performing his duties as
clerk in the office of the lieutenant-governor and as clerk of the court
shall be fixed by the provincial board and shall be equitably distrib-
uted by said board, with the approval of the Secretary ot Finance
and Justice, between the Insular Government and the Provincial
Government.
Sec. 9. The office of fiscal for the Provinces of Romblon and Capiz
as heretofore authorized by law is hereby abolished and the office of
fiscal of the Province of Capiz is hereby recreated with the salary
hereinafter fixed to be paid from the treasury of the Province of
Capiz.
Sec. 10. From and after the taking effect of this Act the compensa-
tion to be paid provincial officers of the Province of Capiz shall be at
the foUowmg rate per annum.
For the provincial governor, four thousand five himdred pesos.
For the provincial treasurer, four thousand five hundred pesos.
For the provincial fiscal, two thousand seven hundred pesos.
Sec. 11. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 12. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeaited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 13. This Act shall take effect on July fifteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and seven, except section three hereof, which shall take effect
immediately.
Enacted, July 2, 1907.
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fNo. 1666.]
AN ACT Appropriating one hundred thousand pesos from the Congressional re-
lief fund to be loaned under certain conditions to the provinces and munici-
palities of the Philippine Islands for public works.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of the Congressional
relief fund in the Insular Treasurv not otherwise appropriated, or
which may hereafter become available for appropriation, the sum of
one hundred thousand pesos, to be loaned under the direction of the
Governor-General at an annual interest of four per centum to the
various provinces and municipalities of the Phihppine Islands for
the purpose of constructing artesian wells, bridges, municipal govern-
ment office buildings, markets, slaurfiterhouses, ferries, and public
works of a permanent character : Provided^ That the provincial
board of anv province to which a loan is made, or of any municipality
to which a loan is made, under authority of this Act, snail guarantee
in writing the repayment of the loan, and the provincial treasurer is
hereby authorized and directed to deduct from the revenues of the
f)rovince or municipality, as the case may be, the amount due on such
oan and deposit the same in the Insular Treasury. Loans made
under authority of this Act for a period of two years or more shall
be repaid in annual installments.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-4
teen himdred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 2, 1907.
[No. 1667.1
an act To amend section sixty-one of act numbered thirteen hundred md
ninety-seven, entitled " The Township Government Act"
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section sixty-one of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred
and ninety-seven, entitled "The Township Government Act," is
hereby amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 61. Whereas many of the non-Christian inhabitants of the
Philippine Islands have not progressed sufficiently in civilization to
make it practicable to bring tnem under any form of municipal gov-
ernment, and whereas many of the Christian settlements in the prov-
inces organized under the Special Provincial Government Act are so
small that their organization as municipalities or townships is unde-
sirable and so remote that their organization as barrios of municipal-
ities or townships is impracticable, the provincial governors of such
provinces are authorized, subject to the approval of the Secretary of
the Interior, in dealing with such non-Cnristian tribes and small
Christian settlements, or members thereof, to appoint officers for their
settlements, to fix the designations and badges of office of such officers,
and to prescribe their powers and duties : rrovided^ That the powers
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and duties thus prescribed shall not be in excess of the powers con-
ferred upon township officers by this Act."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 5, 1907.
[No. 1668.1
AN ACT Appropriating the sum of two hundred and twenty thousand two hun-
dred and seventy-four pesos from the funds realized from the sale of publlc-
improTement bonds authorized by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and forty-
four, for certain public works and permanent improvements of the Insular
Government
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The following sums, in Philippine currency, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of the fimds
realized from the sale of public-improvement bonds authorized by
Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and forty-four, for certain public
works and permanent improvements of the Insular Government :
bureau of public works.
For continuing the construction of the Wright-Taft road and
branch trail to Magtaon, Island of Samar, as authorized by a resolu-
tion of the Commission dated February thirteenth, nineteen hundred
and seven, and in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered
Fourteen nundred and ninety, five thousand pesos.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
For compensation of necessary office assistants and employees of
the division of port works and for engineering staff engaged in work
on the deep-water harbor at the port of Manila, from January first,
nineteen hundred and seven, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
eight, seventy-seven thousand five hundred pesos : Provided^ That the
rates of compjensation shall be fixed by the chief of the division of
port works with the concurrence of the Director of Navigation and
approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police.
For placing additional riprap along the west breakwater at the
port of^ Manila, as authorized by a resolution of the Commission of
February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, and to continue the
project as authorized by a resolution of the Commission of July
third, nineteen hundred and seven, to the extent of sixty-eight thou-
sand seven hundred and seventy-four pesos, one hundred and thirty-
seven thousand seven hundred and seventy- four pesos.
In all, for the Bureau of Navigation, two nundred and fifteen
thousand two hundred and seventy-four pesos.
Total of appropriations for all purposes, two hundred and twenty
thousand two nundred and seventy-four pesos.
Sec. 2. All balances remaining "unexpended when any public work
or permanent improvement appropriated for by this Act is completed
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shall be returned at once to the Treasury of the Philippine Islands
and shall not be available for withdrawal or disbursement thereafter,
but shall be carried to the account of funds realized from the sale or
public-improvement bonds.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeditea in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
j-ixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 5, 1907.
[No. 1669.]
AN ACT To annex the municipalities of the late province of Bomblon to the
third assembly district of Capiz for the purposes of the election to be held
.July thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, and amending the election law
by reducing the number of delegates to the Philippine assembly to eighty and
redistrictlng the province of Caplz for the assembly election to be held In
nineteen hundred and nine and thereafter.
Whereas the late Province of Romblon has been made a subprov-
ince of Capiz and has thus lost its identity as a province and its right
to separate representation in the Philippine Assembly; and
WTiereas it is necessary that the qualified electors in the subprov-
ince of Romblon be not disfranchised in the forthcoming assembly
election; and
Whereas it is not practicable at the present time to make an entire
new division of the Province of Capiz into assembly districts, inas-
much as such entire division would take effect so late as to be an
injustice to a great number of electors and their candidates: Now,
therefore.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commusion^ that:
Section v. The first paragraph of section five of Act Numbered
Fifteen hundred and eighty -two is hereby amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 5. The Philippine Assembly.— The Philippine Assembly
shall consist of eighty members, apportioned among the provinces as
follows :
Albay
three
Leyte
four
Ambos Caniarines
three *
Manila
two
Antique
one
Mindoro
one
Bataan
one
Misamis
two
Batangas
three
Nueva EcIJa
one
Bohol
three
Ocidental Negros
three
Bulacan
two
Oriental Negros
two
Cagayan
two
Palawan
one
Capiz
three
Pampanga
two
Cavite
one
Pangasinan
five
Cebu
seven
Rizal
two
I locos Norte
two
Samar
three
Ilocos Sur
three
Sorsogon
two
Hollo
five
Surlgao
one
Isabela
one
Tarlac
two
La Laguna
two
Tayabas
two
La Union
two
Zambales
one."
Sec. 2. The municipalities of Badaioz, Cajidiocan, Looc, Odion-
gan, Romblon, excepting the Island or Maestro de Campo, and San
Fernando are hereby added to the third district of Capiz.
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The posting of notices and maps required for Assembly districts
by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two is hereby declared
to be unnecessary for the election to be held July thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and seven, within the district hereby created, and the re^-
tration heretofore effected and the registry lists made in the various
municipalities and precincts in said district, as such lists shall be
corrected in accordance with the provisions of said Act, shall be used
as the registry lists within the various municipalities in the said new
district, and, generally, all official acts don^ with respect to said
election in the municipalities and precincts affected by this Act as
they were constituted prior to the passage hereof and which were
legal at the time that they were done are hereby ratified and con-
firmed and made applicable to the election to be held on the thirtieth
day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, in the new district hereby
created.
Sec. 3. For the purposes of the election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November^ nineteen hundred and
nine, and elections subsequent thereto, the ninth paragraph of sec-
tion seven of said Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two
is hereby repealed and a new paragraph substituted therefor to read
as follows:
" Capiz : First District — Composed of the municipalities of Capiz,
Dao, Dumarao, luisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, JPontevedra, and
Sigma. Second District — Composed of the municipalities of Calibo,
Dumalag, Jamindan, Mambusao, New Washington, Sapian, and
Tapas. Third District — Composed of the municipalities of Badajoz,
Buruanga, Cajidiocan, Ibajay, Looc, Malinao, Nabas, Odiongan,
Romblon, excepting the Island of Maestro de Campo, San Fernando,
and Taft"
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. Sections one, two, and four of this Act shall take effect
on July fifteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, and section three shall
take effect on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
nineteen hundred and nine.
Enacted, July 8, 1907.
[No. 1670.]
AN ACT Authorizing the trustees or directors of asylums and institutions where
poor children are maintained ut public expense to place such children in
charge of suitable persons and providing for the adoption of such children.
By autJiority of the United States^ be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The board of trustees or directors of any asylum or
institution in which poor children are cared for and maintained at
public expense are hereby authorized, with the consent of the Director
of Health, to place any orphan or other child so maintained therein
whose parents are unknown, or being known are unable or unwilling
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to support such child, in charge of any suitable person who may
desire to take such child and shall furnish satisfactory evidence of
his ability suitably to maintain, care for, and educate such child.
Sec. 2. The entrusting of any child to a person as provided in the
preceding section shall not constitute a legal adoption and shall not
affect the civil status of such child or prejudice the right of any
person entitled to its legal custody or guardianship.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of any person who shall take any poor
child from an asylum^or institution, as provided in section one of
this Act, suitably "to maintain, care for, and educate such child while
in his custody. The Director of Health shall visit such child per-
sonally or by agent at least once every three months and make all
needful inquiries as to its welfare.
Sec. 4. If the Director of Health shall find that any child so taken
from any asylum or institution is not being properly maintained,
cared for, and educated, or if the person with whom such child has
been placed shall no longer desire to retain the custody thereof, the
Director of Health shall again place the child in the asylum or insti-
tution from which it was taken.
Sec. 5. Upon the application of any person to the trustees or
directors of any asylum or institution where poor children are main-
tained at public expense to adopt any child so maintained therein,
it shall be the duty of such trustees or directors, with the approval
of the Director of Health, to report the fact to the provincial fiscal,
or in the city of Manila to the city attorney, and such official shall
thereupon prepare the necessary adoption papers and present the
matter to the proper court. The costs of such proceedings in court
shall be de o-fiew.
Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 8, 1907.
[No. 1671.]
AN ACT To amend Act Numl>ere(l Three hundred and forty-five, entitled "An
Act designating the days which shall be observed as public holidays in the
Philippine Islands," as amended, so as to malie election days public holidays.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ tnat:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Three hundred and
forty-five, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows :
" Section 1. The first day of each week, commonly called Sun-
day, the first of January, the twenty-second of February, Thursday
and Friday of what is commonly called Holy Week, the thirtieth
of May, to l>e Imown as lyiomorial Day in honor of the soldiers and
sailors of the ITnited States who giwe up their lives for their coun-
try, the fourth of July, the thirteenth of August, Thanksgiving
Day, the twenty-fifth of December, and the thirtieth of December
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shall be public holidays. The thirtieth of July, nineteen hundred
and seven, and the first Tuesday after the first Monday of Novem-
ber of each odd numbered year and the days which may be pro-
claimed by virtue of section two hereof shall also be public holidays
in all those provinces and Assembly districts in which elections
are held under Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two.
Public holidays shall not be legally recognized as days for present-
ing for payment or acceptance, for the maturity and protest, and
for giving notice of the dishonor of bills of exchange, bank checks,
and promissory notes, or other commercial or negotiable paper;
and all notes, drafts, checks, or other commercial or negotiable
Eaper falling due or maturing on any of said public holidays shall
e deemed as having matured on the day previous : Provided^ That
in the case of notes, drafts, checks, or other commercial or negotia-
Ifle paper falliujg due or maturing on any public holiday when the
preceding day is also a public holiday, the* same shall be deemed
as having matured on the last preceding day which is not a public
holiday.'"
Sec. 2. Whenever a day shall have been specially designated by
proclamation of the Governor-General for the election of a Delegate
to the Philippine Assembly or for the election of provincial officials
as provided tor in section four of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred
and eighty-two, the Governor-General may in his discretion also
proclaim said day to be a« public holiday within the district or prov-
ince in which said special election is to be held.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 9, 1907.
[No. 1672.]
AN ACT To amend Act Numbered Eighty-three by providing for the estab-
lishment and maintenance under certain conditions of provincial toll ferries.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Secthon 1. Act Numbered Eighty-three is hereby amended by add-
ing thereto a new section to be numbered forty-six and to read as
f oUows :
" Sec. 46. Whenever for thirty days after service of a request by
the provincial board any municipality declines or neglects to estab-
lish and maintain a suitable system ]^ of ferries for public use, the
provincial board may designate, subject to revocation by the Gov-
ernor-General, such ferries as provincial toU ferries, may make appro-
priations from the provincial road and bridge fund for the construc-
tion, maintenance, and operation thereof, and may from time to
time, subject to the approval of the Governor-General, establish
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reasonable rates of tolls to be paid for the use thereof: Provided^
That officers and enlisted men and civil employees of the United
States Armj^, Navy, and Marine Corps and other branches of the
Federal service shall be exempt from the payment of tolls or charges
under this Act. The pr(K»eeas from any such provincial toll ferry
shall go into and become a part of the provincial road and bridge
fimd of the province in which the ferry is operated.
"Whenever either the Govemor-Oeneral or the provincial board
shall decide that the financial situation of a province is such that
the collection of tolls on any ferry may be discontinued without
injurj to the welfare of the province, the Govemor-Gteneral or the
provincial board, as the case may be, shall so order and thereafter
such ferry shall be free for public use.
" It shall be unlawful for any i>erson whatever to use any such
provincial toll ferry except as provided in this section without pay-
ing the toll provided tiierefor, and anv person who shall make use
thereof in violation of this section shall be punished by a fine not to
exceed fifty pesos and in default of the payment thereof shall be
imprisoned one day for each peso of fine and costs unpaid."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two oi "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take eflFect on its passage.
Enacted, July 9, 1907.
[No. 1673.]
AN ACT Amending sections four and twelve of Act Numbered Seven hundred
and eighty-seven, as amended by sections one and five of Act Numbered
Twelve hundred and eighty-three, by providing for the organization of the
legislative council of the Moro Province and for the subordinate positions of
engineer and superintendent of schools of the Moro Province.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the PMlippine
Commissions that:
Section 1. Section four of Act Numbered Seven hundred and
eighty-seven, entitled '^An Act providing for the organization and
government of the Moro Province," as amended by section one of
Act Numbered Twelve hundred and eighty-three, is hereby amended
so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 4. The Governor-General, by and with the consent of the
Philippine Commission, shall appoint, for the Moro Province, a gov-
ernor, attorney, secretary, and treasurer. The provincial governor
and secretary may be officers of the Army, detailed on request of the
Philippine Commission by the commanding general of the Philip-
pines Division, to perform the duties of provincial governor arid sec-
retary of the Moro Province. In the event of a vacancy occurring
in any of the offices hereinbefore mentioned, it shall be promptly
reported to the Governor-General by the provincial governor. The
provincial governor may, until such vacancy is fillSi, require any
provincial officer to perform the duties of the vacant office in addition
to the regular duties of such provincial officer."
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Sec. 2. Section twelve of Act Numbered Seven hundred and eighty-
seven, as amended by section five of Act Numbered Twelve hundred
and eighty-three, is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 12. The governor, the secretary, the treasurer, and the
attorney of the province shall constitute the legislative council of
the province and each shall have a right to vote therein. Three
memoers shall constitute a quorum for legislative action. In case
of a tie vote on any proposed enactment the proposition which shall
have received the vote or the governor shall prevail.
" The legislative council may create the positions of engineer of
the Moro Province and superintendent of scnools of the Moro Prov-
ince, assign the duties and fix the compensation therefor: Provided^
That the engineer mav be an officer of the Army detailed on request of
the legislative council by the commanding general of the Department
of Mindanao to perform the duties of such office. The engineer and
superintendent of schools shall be appointed by the provincial gov-
ernor subject to confirmation by the legislative council."
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws,'- passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take eflFect on its passage.
Enacted, July 20, 1907.
[No. 1674.]
AN ACT Authorizing the Governor-General to consolidate any two or more
appointive positions and later to restore them to their previous status whenever
in his judgment such action will promote the public interest.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Whenever in his judgment the public interest will be
promoted by the consolidation of two or more appointive positions
the Governor-General may declare such positions to be consolidated,
may fix the salary of the position resulting therefrom at not to exceed
seventy-five per cent of the sum of the salaries of the positions con-
solidated, and may apportion the payment thereof among the branches
of the Government served by the official or employee receiving the
same.
Sec. 2. Whenever two or more appointive positions have been con-
solidated as provided in section one of this Act, the Governor-General
may restore them to their previous status when in his opinion the pub-
lic interest is no longer served by such consolidation, and thereupon
the salaries payable to the separated positions shall be the same as
were paid at the time of consolidation.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 22, 1907.
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[No. 1675.]
AN AC5T Amending Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six, as amended, by
creating the office of reporter of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Sections thirt;^, thirty-one, and thirty-two of Act Num-
bered One hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An Act providing for
the organization of courts in the Phihppine Islands," as amended, are
hereby further amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 30. Reporter of decisions, — The Governor-General, with the
advice and consent of the Philippine Commission, and upon nomina-
tion by the Supreme Court, shall appoint a reporter of the decisions
of the Supreme Court, who shall receive a salary at the rate of seven
thousand pesos per annum. The reporter shall have such clerical and
other assistants as from time to time may be authorized by law. He
shall be provided with a suitable office and office facilities.
" Sec. 31. Reporter a ministerial officer, — The reporter shall be a
ministerial officer, subject to the orders of the Supreme Court. He
shall prepare and publish with each case a concise synopsis of the
facts necessary to a clear understanding of the decision, and shall
state the names of counsel, and concisely the material and con-
troverted points made, and the authority therein cited by them, and
shall prefix to each case a syllabus, which shall be confined, as near as
may be, to points of law decided by the court on the facts of the case,
without a recital therein of the facts. He shall make all necessary
translations of the decisions from the Spanish into the English lan-
guage, and shall verify all translations or the decisions made from the
English into the Spanish language. He shall also edit and publish the
Official Gazette in its present form, shall compile the annual volumes
of the public laws, and shall perform such other duties as may be as-
signed to him by the court : Provided^ however^ That in the editing and
publishing of the Official Gazette, and in the desi^ation of such mat-
ter as shall be published therein, and in the compilation of the annual
volumes of the public laws, the reporter shall be subject to the general
direction and supervision of the Governor-General: And provided
further^ That the printing, sale, and distribution of the Gazette shall
be performed by the Director of Printing in accordance with existing
law.
" Sec. 32. What cases reported^ and how reported, — ^The judges
shall prepare and furnish to the reporter report of the opinions oy
them severally given, embracing such decisions of the court as may be
deemed by the court of sufficient importance to be printed and pub-
lished, as rapidly as such decisions are promulgated. Dissenting opin-
ions may be published with the majority opinions if the dissenting
judge or judges so direct."
Sec. 2. Subsections {c) and (A) of section three of Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and seven, entitled " The Reorganization Act," and
all other Acts or parts of Acts in conflict or inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act, are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
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two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws, passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred..
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 23, 1907.
[No. 1676.]
AN ACT To amend section three of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and forty-
nine, entitled "An Act declaring all of the territory comprised in the Island of
Marinduque a subprovince of Tabayas, and for other purposes," by providing
for the return of a portion of the internal-revenue collections to the treasury
of the subprovince of Marinduque for the sole use and l;>enefit of the inhabit-
ants thereof.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section three of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and
forty-nine, entitled "An Act declaring all of the territory comprised
in the Island of Marinduque a subprovince of Tabayas, and for
other purposes," is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the
foUowmg:
^' Provided^ That there shall accrue to the treasury of the sub-
province of Marinduque as constituted by this Act, for the sole use
and benefit of the inhabitants thereof, seventy per centum of such
proportion of internal revenue which by law accrues to the Province
of Tayabas as the number of inhabitants of said subprovince, as
shown by the last official census, bears to the total population of the
province of which it forms a part, as shown by the same census."
Sec. 2. This Act shall be retroactive in eflFect and the proportion of
internal-revenue collections allowed in section one hereof shall accrue
to the subprovince of Marinduque from the date of its establishment
as a subprovince.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, July 24, 1907.
[No. 1677.]
AN ACT To provide anatomical material for the advancement of medical
science.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The body of any deceased person which is to be buried
at public expense and which is unclaimed by relatives or friends for
a period of forty-eight hours after death shall be subject to the dis-
position of the iBureau of Health, and, bv order of the Director of
Health, may be devoted to the purposes oi medical science and to the
advancement and promotion or medical knowledge and information,
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subject to such regulations as said Director of Health with the ap-
proval of the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. The regula-
tions of the Director of Health shall provide for the decent burial
of the remains and for defraying the necessary expenses incident
thereto.
Sec. 2. The making use of the bpdy of any deceased person for
scientific investigations, except for the purposes of an autopsy, or as
in this Act provided, shall be punishea by a fine not exceeding two
hundred pesos, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by
both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 6, 1907.
[No. 1C78.]
AN ACT Providing for the publication in the Official Gazette of certain notices
of the court of land registration and amending Act Numbered Four hundred
and ninety-six, as amended.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section thirty-one of Act Numbered Four hundred and
ninety-six, as amended by section six of Act Numbered Sixteen hun-
dred and forty-eight, is hereby further amended so as to read as
follows :
"Sec. 31. Upon receipt of the application, certificate, and accom-
panying papers from the register of deeds, the clerk shall cause notice
of the filing of the application to be published twice, in successive
issues of the Official Gazette, in both the 'English and the Spanish
languages. The notice shall be issued by order of the court, attested
by the clerk and shall be in form substantially as follows :
*' Registration of Title.
" Province (or city) of
" Court of Land Registration.
"To [here insert the names of all persons appearing to have an interest and the
adjoining owners so far as known], and to all wliom it may concern:
"Whereas an application has been presented to said court by [name or names,
and addresses in full] to register and confirm his (or their) title in the follow-
ing-described lands [insert description], you are hereby cited to appear at the
Court of Land Registration, to be held at , in said Province (or
city) of , on the day of
, A. D., nineteen hundred and , at
o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause. If any you have, why the prayer of said
application shall not be granted. And unless you appear at such court, at the
time and place aforesaid, your default will be recorded and the said applica-
tion will be taken as confessed, and you will be forever barred from contesting
said application or any decree entered thereon.
"Witness: Judge of said court, this
day of , in the year nineteen hundred and '
"Attest I
''Clerk of said Court:*
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Sec. 2. The publication in the Official Gazette of the notice pro-
vided for in section one of this Act shall be in lieu of the publication
thereof in the newspapers as heretofore provided, and all Acts and
parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on October first, nineteen hundred
and seven.
Enacted, August 8, 1907.
[No. 1679.1
AN ACT Making appropriations for sundry expenses of the" Insular Govern-
ment for the flsoal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight,
and other designated periods.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted hy tlie Philippine
Commission^ that :
Section 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as mav be
respectively necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funcls in
the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in part compensa-
tion for the service of the Insular Government for the fiscal year end-
ing June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, and thereafter until
expended, unless otherwise stated :
EXECUTrVE.
For salaries as follows : Governor-General, at thirty thousand pesos
per annum; Secretary of the Interior, at twenty-one thousand pesos
per annum ; Secretary of Commerce and Police, at twenty-one thou-
sand pesos per annum ; Secretary of Finance and Justice, at twenty-
one thousand pesos per annum; Secretary of Public Instruction, at
twenty-one thousand pesos per annum; private secretary to the
Governor-General, at five thousand pesos per annum; four private
secretaries, at four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum each;
one hundred and thirty-eight thousand two hundred pesos.
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
For salaries of the President and four Commissioners, at ten thou-
sand pesos per annum each; three Commissioners, not secretaries of
departments, at fifteen thousand pesos per annum each ; Secretary of
the Commission, at six thousand pesos per annum, which position is
hereby created, effective as of the date of the organization of the
Philippine Legislature; three private secretaries, at two thousand
eight hundred pesos per annum each; for payment of expenses inci-
dent to the work of compilation and codification of the laws of the
Philippine Islands, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commis-
sion dated May ninth, nineteen hundred and seven; and for the
expenses of a joint committee to serve during recess of the Philip-
pine Legislature : Provided^ That neither the President nor any Com-
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missioner serving on such joint committee shall be entitled to addi-
tional compensation thereior; one hundred thousand pesos.
The Secretarjr of the C!ommission shall be appointed oy resolution
of the Commission and shall perform the duties which would prop-
erly be required of the Recorder of the Commission under existing
law after the organization of the Philippine Legislature and such
other duties as may be fixed by resolution of the Commission. He
shall also act as chief of the division of legislative records of the
Executive Bureau.
PHILIFPINE ASSEMBLY.
For per diems of Delegates, two hundred and eighty-eight thou-
sand pesos; for traveling expenses of Dele^at^, salaries and wages
of the necessary subordinate personnel, printing and binding, postage
and telegrams, rental of a suitable building or Duildings for the pur-
poses of the Assembly, expenses of a joint committee to serve during
recess of the Philippine Legislature, including additional compensa-
tion to be fixed by joint resolution of the Commission and Assembly
for the seven Delegates representing the Assembly on said committee,
and other necessary expenses to be disbursed in accordance with res-
olutions of the Assembly, two hundred and twelve thousand pesos.
EXECUTIVE BUREAU.
Executive Bureau: For salaries and wages of Executive Secretary,
at eighteen thousand pesos per annum; Assistant Executive Secre-
tary, at twelve thousand pesos per annum; Second Assistant Execu-
tive Secretary, at seven thousand pesos per annum ; Special Agent, at
eight thousand pesos per annum, who shall be appointed by the
Governor-General, with the advice and consent of the Commission,
and perform such duties as the Executive Secretary shall direct;
Recorder of the Commission, at five thousand pesos per annum up to
but not including the date of the organization of the Philippine
Legislature.
Division of le^slative records:
A division of legislative records is hereby authorized from and
after the date of the organization of the Philippine Legislature. The
Secretary of the Commission shall be chief of said division, as here-
inbefore provided, and as such shall perform the duties of the posi-
tion under the supervision of the Executive Secretary, and such other
duties as may be assigned to him by the Executive Secretary. He
shall be allowed the following force : One clerk, class six ; two clerks,
class seven ; one clerk, class nine ; one clerk, class ten ; one messenger,
at three hundred pesos per annum ; and such other employees as may
be necessary from time to time and as may be assigned to his office
by the Executive Secretary from the authorized force of the Execu-
tive Bureau. Pending the establishment of the division of legisla-
tive records, the Recorder of the Commission shall be allowed the
force herein authorized for the Secretary of the Commission, except-
ing one clerk class six.
Translating division :
Chief of division, at seven thousand pesos per annum; assistant
chief, olass four; one clerk, class five; two clerks, class six; one clerk,
class seven ; one clerk, at three thousand pesos per annum ; one clerk,
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class eight; two clerks, Class A; one clerk, Class F; one messenger,
at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum.
Division of archives, patents^ copyrights, and trade-marks :
Chief of division, at six thousand pesos per anniun; one clerk,
class seven; three employees, class eight; one clerk, class ten; one
clerk, Class C; two clerks. Class D; two clerks. Class F; three clerks.
Class H ; one clerk. Class I ; two clerks, Class J ; two messengers, at
three hundred pesos per annum each.
Law division :
Chief of division, at six thousand pesos per annum; one clerk,
class six; one clerk, class seven; one clerk, at three thousand pesos
per annum; one clerk, class eight; one clerk, Class B; one clerk.
Class C ; one clerk. Class H ; one special employee, at seven hundred
and twenty pesos per annum; one messenger, at two hundred and
forty pesos per annum.
Administration division :
Chief of division, class three ; assistant chief of division, class four ;
one clerk, class five ; three clerks, class six ; eight clerks, class seven ;
three clerks, class eight ; four clerks, class nine ; one employee, at two
thousand one hundred and sixty pesos per annum ; three clerks. Class
A ; two clerks, Class B ; one clerk, Class D ; one clerk, Class E ; four
messengers, at four hundred and eighty pesos per annum each ; eleven
messengers, at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum each; two
messengers, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum each.
Records division :
Chief of division, class four; one clerk, class five; one clerk, class
' six ; four clerks, class seven ; four clerks, class eight ; three clerks,
class nine; one clerk, class ten; one clerk. Class A; one clerk. Class
B ; two clerks, Class C ; four clerks, Class D ; two clerks. Class E ; two
clerks. Class F ; three clerks, Class G ; two clerks. Class H ; two clerks.
Class I ; five messengers, at four hundred and eighty pesos per annum
each ; four messengers, at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum
each.
Custodian force:
One janitor, Class A; one watchman, Class G; ten laborers, at
twenty-five pesos per month each ; four laborers, at twenty pesos per
month each.
Miscellaneous :
For compensation of supervisor of land assessments, members of
central equalizing board, and clerk, as authorized by Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and seventy-two.
Per diems of ten pesos for the United States Army officer detailed
as aid-de-camp to the Governor-General.
For hire of temporary employees, including translators.
Contingent expenses :
For contingent expenses, including purchase of office furniture and
supplies; per diems of officers and employees when traveling on offi-
cial business; transportation of officers, employees, and supplies;
cablegrams; postage and telegrams; printing and binding; advertis-
ing; subscription to newspapers; for a fund to be expended in the
discretion ofthe Governor-General ; for a special fund to be expended
in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior for such purposes
as may be considered necessary in establishing and promoting friendly
relations with non-Christian tribes and suppressing head-hunting,
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six thousand pesos; for electric lighting, ice, distilled water, and sup-
plies for the Ayuntamiento Building; telephone rent, Ayuntamiento
Building; for contingent expenses of Malacafian, including lighting
of park and buildings, purchase and repair of furniture and supplies,
maintenance of buildings and grounds, telephone rent, hire and main-
tenance of transportation; and other incidental expenses; four hun-
dred and eighty thousand pesos.
BUREAU OF AUDITS.
Bureau of Audita: For salaries and wages of —
Administration :
Insular Auditor, at twelve thousand pesos per annum; Deputy
Insular Auditor, at seven thousand five hundred pesos per annum;
two Assistant Auditors, at six thousand pesos per annum each ; four
clerks, class three; two clerks, class four; two clerks, class five; five
clerks, class six; eight clerks, class seven; eleven clerks, class eight;
eight clerks, class nine; five clerks, class ten; three clerks. Class A;
two clerks, Class B ; three clerks. Class C ; two clerks. Class D ; two
clerks. Class E ; four clerks. Class F ; four clerks, Class G ; two clerks.
Class H; fifteen clerks. Class I; eight clerks. Class J; one messenger,
at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum; three messengers, at
two hundred and forty pesos per annum each.
Provincial division:
Chief District Auditor, at six thousand pesos per annum; two
clerks, class four; ten clerks, class five; ten clerks, class six; four
clerks, class seven j two clerks, class eight; two clerks, class nine.
Bond division:
One clerk, class six ; two clerks, class nine ; one clerk. Class J.
Railway division:
One clerk, class six; one clerk, class eight; one clerk. Class D; one
clerk, at one thousand pesos per annum; two clerks. Class G; three
clerks. Class H ; one messenger, at two hundred and forty pesos per
annum.
Miscellaneous :
For reimbursement to the Bureau of the Treasury of portion of
expense of watchman service furnished by that Bureau for the
Intendencia Building, one thousand five hundred pesos; for service
of policemen at the Bureau of Printing in connection with the
printing of stamps and other matter having a cash value; and for
hire of temporary employees.
Contingent expenses :
For contingent expenses, including purchase of office furniture and
supplies; per diems of officers and employees when traveling on
official business; transportation of officers^ employees, and supplies;
cablegrams; postage and telegrams; prmting and binding; and
other incidental expenses; three hundred and sixty-six thousand six
hundred pesos.
From the clerks authorized for the Bureau of Audits the Insular
Auditor is authorized to designate a sufficient number as District
Auditors to carry out the provisions of existing law.
Fidelity hiond premiums :
For the payment of premiums on the fidelity bonds, twenty-five
thousand pesos.
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The Bureau of Audits is hereby transferred from the Department
of Finance and Justice to the executive control and supervision of
the Governor-General, and sections twenty-eight and thirty-one of
Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seven are hereby amended
accordingly.
BUREAU OF CIVIL SERVICE.
Bureau of CivU Service: For salaries and wages of Director of
Civil Service, at ten thousand pesos per annum, and two Assistant
Directors of Civil Service, at six thousand i)esos per annum each :
Provided^ however^ That in case of the resignation or separation
from the service or any one of the incumbents of the positions of
Assistant Director of Civil Service, the authorized officials of the
Bureau shall be the following: One Director of Civil Service, at
eight thousand pesos per annum, and one Assistant Director of Civil
Service, at seven thousand pesos per annum: Provided^ That the
salary of the present incumbent of the office of Director of Civil
Service shall not be chang:ed; one- examiner, class three; one exam-
iner, class four; one examiner, class five; two examiners, class six;
two examiners, class seven; three examiners, class eight; one clerk,
class nine; one clerk, Class A; one clerk, Class B; one clerk, Class
C; one clerk. Class D;.one clerk. Class E; one clerk. Class F; one
clerk, Class G ; one clerk. Class H ; one clerk. Class I ; one messen-
ger, Class J; one messenger, at three hundred and sixty pesos per
annum; one messenger, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum;
and hire of temporair employees ; for conting^ent expenses, including
purchase of books, office furniture, and supplies; per diems of officers
and employees when traveling on official business; for transporta-
tion of officers, employees, and supplies; cable^ams; postage and
telegrams; printing and binding; and other incidental expenses;
Provided^ That the cost of cablegrams sent at the request of other
branches of the Government shall be borne by the office making such
request; seventy-eight thousand three hundred pesos.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OP HEALTH.
Bureau of Health: For salaries and wages of —
General office:
Director of Health, at twelve thousand pesos per annum ; chief
clerk, class four; three clerks, class seven; one clerk, class nine;
three clerks, Class A; one clerk. Class E; one clerk. Class I; one
clerk, Class J; five employees, at thirty pesos per month each; one
employee, at twenty pesos per month.
Inspection division:
Assistant Director of Health, at seven thousand five hundred
pesos per annum; one district health officer, Cebu and Oriental
Negros, at five thousand pesos per annum ; one district health officer,
Albay and Ambos Camarines, at four thousand pesos per annum;
one district health officer, Palawan, at four thousand pesos per
annum; one district health officer, Lepanto-Bontoc, at four thou-
sand pesos per annum; one district health officer, Pampanga, at
three thousand four hundred pesos per annum; one district health
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officer, Batangas and Tavabas, at three thousand two hundred pesos
per anniun ; one district health officer, Iloilo, at three thousand pesos
per annum; one district health officer, Leyte and Samar, at three
thousand pesos per annum; one district health officer, Bataan, Cavite,
and Rizal, at two thousand eight hundred pesos per annum ; one dis-
trict health officer, Mindoro and Romblon, at two thousand eight
hundred pesos per annum ; one district health officer, Bulacan, at two
thousand seven hundred pesos per annum ; one district health officer,
Occidental Negros, at two thousand seven hundred pesos per annum ;
one district health officer. La Laguna, at two thousand four hundred
Cs per annum ; one district health officer, Bohol, at two thousand
hundred pesos per annum ; one district health officer, Cagayan, at
two thousand lour hundred pesos per annum ; one district health officer,
Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur, at two thousand four hundred pesos per
annum; one district health officer, Isabela, at two thousand four
hundred pesos per annum; one district health officer. La Union and
Zambales, at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum ; one dis-
trict health officer, Misamis, at two thousand four hundred pesos per
annum; one district health officer, Nueva Ecija, at two thousand four
hundred pesos per annum ; one district health officer, Pangasinan, at
two thousand tour hundred pesos per annum ; one district health
officer, Sorsogon and subprovmce oi Masbate, at two thousand four
hundred pesos per annum ; one district health officer, Surigao, at two
thousand four hundred pesos per annum; one district health officer,
Tarlac, at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum ; one district
health officer, at one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum: Pro-
vided^ That the Provinces of Cagayan and Isabela may be merged
into one district upon petition oi both provincial boards and when
in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior such merger is de-
manded by the public interest: And provided further^ That payments
to district health officers at lar^e, on account of salaries and travel-
ing expenses since July first, nineteen hundred and six, are hereby
authorized and confirmed; one medical inspector, at five thousand
four hundred pesos per annum ; one medical inspector, at five thou-
sand pesos per annum ; one medical inspector, at four thousand eight
hundred pesos per annum ; three medical inspectors, at four thousand
five hundred pesos per annum each; thirteen medical inspectors, at
four thousand pesos per annum each ; one clerk, class eight ; one sani-
tary inspector, class ten; five employees, at thirty pesos per month
each ; eleven employees, at twenty pesos per month each.
Division of sanitary engineering :
Chief of division, at seven thousand pesos per annum; one clerk,
class nine; two sanitarv inspectors, class ten; one clerk. Class G;
one junior draftsman. Class G.
Division of statistics:
Chief of division, at five thousand pesos per annum; one clerk,
class eight ; two clerks. Class C ; one clerk, Class D ; one clerk, Class
I; two clerks. Class J.
Division of property :
Chief of division, class six; one clerk, Class A; one clerk, Class F;
one clerk. Class I ; four employees, at thirty pesos per month each.
Division of vaccination :
For the employment of vaccinators in the city of Manila and in the
Srovinces, under such restrictions as the Secretary of the Interior may
irect, the provisions of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding.
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Sanitary stations :
Seven saiytary inspectors, class ten ; three municipal physicians, at
one hundred and forty -one pesos and sixty-seven centavos per month
each; five municipal physicians, at one hundred and twenty-five
pesos per month each ; ten assistant sanitary inspectors, at fifty pesos
per month each.
Disinfecting division :
One disinf ector, class nine j two assistant disinf ectors, Class A ; six
disinfectors' assistants, at thirty pesos per month each.
Central free dispensary :
One pharmacist, class ten ; one assistant pharmacist, at ninety pesos
per month ; one employee, at forty pesos per month.
General hospital division :
One supervising nurse, class nine, with subsistence and quarters in
kind; two internes, at one thousand pesos per annum each; two in-
ternes, at six hundred pesos per annum each ; four internes, at three
hundred pesos per annum each : Provided^ That internes may be al-
lowed subsistence, quarters, and laundry in kind with or without
other compensation and at the expense of the hospitals or other insti-
tutions at which said internes shall be assigned to duty : Provided
further^ That said internes shall be selected by the Director of Health
after competitive examination to be prescribed by him, and the pro-
visions of Act Numbered One thousand and forty and the Acts amend-
atorv thereof shall not apply to these positions ; and that in the event
of tlie selection for appointment to the position of interne of a per-
son residing outside oi the Philippine Islands, such person shjill be
entitled to actual and necessary traveling expenses from his place of
residence to Manila, and after two years or satisfactory service he
shall be entitled to actual and necessary traveling expenses from
Manila to his place of residence if such expenses be not greater than
to place of appointment.
San Lazaro Hospitals division :
One superintendent, class eight, one steward, class ten, one cook,
at eighty pesos per month, one laborer, at thirty pesos per month,
two laborers, at twenty-five pesos per month each, one driver, at
twenty pesos per month, with subsistence and quarters in kind ; two
watchmen, at ninety pesos per month each or one hundred and thirty
pesos per month each if subsistence and quarters be not furnished;
one engineer, at forty -eight pesos per month; two carpenters, at
forty-eight pesos per month each ; four laborers, at twenty pesos per
month each.
Insane department : Nine attendants. Class C, one matron, at forty-
eight pesos per month, two employees, at thirty pesos per month each,
six employees, at twenty pesos per month each, seventeen employees,
at fifteen pesos per month each, with subsistence and quarters in kind.
Leper department : One house physician, class ten, two employees,
at forty pesos per month each, nve employees, at twenty pesos per
month each, seven employees, at fifteen pesos per month each, one em-
ployee, at twelve pesos per month, twelve leper police, at twenty cen-
tavos per diem each, with subsistence and quarters in kind.
Contagious disease department: One chief trained nurse, at two
thousand and forty pesos per annum, four trained nurses. Class A,
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one cook, at forty pesos per month, two employees, at thirty pesos per
month each, one employee, at twenty-five pesos per month, three em-
ployees, at twenty pesos per month each, four employees, at fifteen
pesos per month each, with subsistence and quarters in Kind.
Morgue and crematory department: One morgue attendant. Class
C, one cemetery inspector, at thirty pesos per month, two employees,
at twenty-five pesos per month each, with subsistence and quarters in
kind.
Culion leper colony division :
Chief of Culion leper colony division, at seven thousand pesos per
annum, with quarters in kind ; one steward, class nine ; one assistant
steward and engineer, class ten; one physician, class ten; one chap-
lain, at one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; one chaplain
with quarters and subsistence ; two clerks, Class F ; for compensation
of Sisters of Charity in leper hospital at rates to be fixed by the Di-
rector of Health with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior,
not to exceed five thousand four hundred pesos; one employee, at
fifty-eight pesos per month, six employees, at thirty pesos per month
each, two employees, at twelve pesos per month each, one employee, at
fifty pesos per month, two employees at twenty-five pesos per month
each, one employee, at ten pesos per month, eleven employees, at six
pesos per month each, twenty leper police, at twenty centavos per
diem each, with subsistence and quarters in kind.
Civil Hospital division :
Chief, Civil Hospital division, at seven thousand pesos per annum;
one superintendent, class eight, two house surgeons, class nine^ one dis-
pensing clerk, class nine, one clerk, class nine, one clerk and interpre-
ter. Class D, one matron, at two thousand and forty pesos per annum,
one dietist. Class B, one operating nurse. Class B, thirteen nurses,
Class C, two attendants. Class C, eight attendants. Class D, one prac-
ticante, at twenty pesos per month, one chief cook, at seventy pesos
per month, two cooks, at fifty pesos per month each, one employee, at
thirty pesos per month, with siibsistence and quarters in kina ; six em-
ployees, at twenty-six pesos per month each, six employees, at twenty-
two pesos per month each, seven employees, at eighteen pesos per
month each, thirteen employees, at fourteen pesos per month each,
with subsistence in kind : Provided^ That the Director of Health may
employ, without the intervention of the Bureau of Civil Service, an
adaitional house surgeon for the Civil Hospital division, without pay,
such house surgeon to receive subsistence and quarters, if accommoda-
tion can be found for him in the buildings at present used in connec-
tion with the Civil Hospital division, or in lieu thereof the Director
of Health may designate one qualified physician, employee of the Gov-
ernment, to be given board and quarters as additional compensation
for his services during hours not engaged with his regular d!uties, the
provisions of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Benguet Sanitarium division :
One superintendent and cashier, class nine, one nurse and house-
keeper, at one thousand nine hundred and twenty pesos per annum,
two nurses, Class C, one cook, at fifty pesos per month, one employee,
at thirty pesos per month, two employees, at sixteen pesos per month
each, one employee, at ten pesos per month, with subsistence and
quarters in kind ; for subsistence and quarters as additional compen-
sation to any employee of another branch of the Government whose
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partial services may be required and secured, the provisions of exist-
ing law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided^ That the charges
at the Sanitarium as fixed by law prior to November first, nineteen
hundred and five, may thereafter be changed by the Director of
Health with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
Prison sanitation division :
One dispensing clerk, class nine, two hospital attendants. Class A,
three practicantes, at seventy pesos per month each, with quarters in
kind.
Miscellaneous :
Foi* the secretary-treasurers' and examiners' fees as provided by
law, for the Board of Medical Examiners, Board of Pharmaceutical
Examiners, and Board of Dental Examiners.
For the hire of temporary employees : Provided^ That quarters and
subsistence may be furnished to such temporary employees if rcjgular
employees engaged in similar work are entitled to quarters ana sub-
sistence.
Contingent expenses:
For contingent expenses, including purchase of office, hospical.
plant, station, dispensary, and disinfecting furniture, equipment, ana
supplies; per diems of officers and employees when traveling on
official busmess; transportation of officers, employees, and supplies.;
cablegrams; postage and telegrams; printing and binding; for the
support and maintenance of hospitals, plants, and stations; for the
suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests; for
subsistence of inmates of hospitals, plants, and camps for communi-
cable diseases, and of other persons entitled thereto : Provided^ That
commutation of subsistence, at rates to be approved by the Secretary
of the Interior, may be paid in lieu of subsistence in kind : Provided
further^ That the city of Manila shall pay at rates to be approved by
the Secretary of the Interior for the maintenance of all insane per-
sons committed after the date of this Act, who shall have resided in
Manila for a period of one or more years prior to date of application
for commitment, so long as the number of insane persons maintained
at the expense of the Insular Government on account of the city of
Manila shall exceed the latter's pro rata share of such persons on the
basis of population ; for transportation of Sisters of Charity to and
from Culion when sick; for subsistence of Sisters of Charity while
en route from Manila to Culion and return; for payments to the
Hospicio de San Jose, to the Colegio de Santa Isabel, and to the
Saint Vincent de Paul Orphan Asylum, for the maintenance of
orphans and other indigent persons : Provided^ That in the event of
the marriage of any female inmate of a charitable institution who is
maintained at the expense of the Government, a dowry equal to the
expense of maintenance for two years may be paid to her from this
appropriation in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior; for
the free dispensing of medicines and medical supplies to indi^nt
persons, or to Government employees, upon prescriptions of qualified
physicians, in accordance with existing law; for custodian's charges;
rents; repairs; for renewal and extension of plants; for vaccine
virus; sera; telephones; photographs; ice; surgical instruments;
medical and professional books and periodicals ^ electric current and
illuminating supplies; cleaning vaults and pails; hire and mainte-
nance of official tran6i)ortatioQ; in the discretion of the Director of
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Health, gratuities of twenty centavos per week to the inmates of Gov-
ernment leper institutions; for subsistence and quarters of medical
officers of the Bureau of Health, in accordance with the provisions of
Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and sixteen, when assigned to duty
in institutions maintained by the Bureau of Health; collection of
lepers; and other incidental expenses; one million two hundred and
eighty thousand pesos.
So much of the funds accruing from the license and internal-
revenue taxes under the provisions of Act Numbered Fourteen hun-
dred and sixty-one as may be necessary are hereby made available
for the payment of the reasonable expenses in some reputable hos-
pital of persons desiring to cure themselves of the opium habit, and,
m the discretion of the Director of Health, of the traveling expenses
from and to their place of residence in the provinces of sucn patients
as reside outside of Manila and are in needy circumstances, and for
other expenses incident thereto: Provided^ That no patient shall be
treated at the expense of the Government imder the foregoing pro-
visions for a longer period than sixty days : Provided furtlver^ That
the expenditure of funds hereinbefore made available shall be under
the direction and control of the Director of Health.
BUREAU OF LANDS.
Bureau of Lands: For salaries and wages of Director of Lands,
at twelve thousand pesos per annum-; Assistant Director of Lands,
at seven thousand five hundred pesos per annum; one chief clerk,
class four; two clerks, class three; one chief surveyor, class three;
one clerk, cla"fes five; five surveyors, class five; three clerks, class
six; one computer, class six; seven surveyors, class six; one drafts-
man, class six; seven clerks, class seven; fifteen transitmen, class
seven; seven clerks, class eight; one superintendent of irrigation,
class eight; twenty-two transitmen, class eight; one draftsman, class
eight; nine clerks, class nine; six transitmen, class nine; six clerks,
class ten; four transitmen, class ten; one clerk, Class A; two clerks.
Class C ; three clerks. Class D ; six clerks. Class E ; one clerk. Class F ;
two junior draftsmen. Class F; seven clerks. Class G; two junior
draftsmen, Class G; four clerks, Class H; six junior draftsmen.
Class H; six clerks. Class I; eight junior draftsmen. Class I; eight
clerks. Class J; two junior draftsmen. Class J; one clerk, at tlu'ee
hundred and sixty pesos per annum; four student surveyors, at
thirty pesos per month each; fifteen student surveyors, at thirty
pesos per month each, from January first, nineteen hundred
and eight; fifteen student surveyors, at twenty pesos per month
each, from July first to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred
and seven: Provided^ That the provisions of sections one and two
of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninety-one be and are
hereby amended so as to permit students who have satisfactorily
completed the second year of provincial or Manila high school in-
struction to be certified by the Director of Education to the Director
of Lands as student surveyors, and all student surveyors shall con-
tinue their course of instruction in such school as the Secretary of
Public Instruction may determine ; one clerk, at three hundred pesos
per annum ; one clerk, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum ;
two messengers, at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum each;
one office lx>y, at twenty-five pesos per month; one office boy^ at
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twenty pesos per month; for hire of overseers, foremen, irrigation
ditch tenders and laborers, chainmen. semiskilled and unskilled la-
borers for survey parties; for special attorneys retained in "friar
lands" cases; and for hire of temporary employees; for contin-
gent expenses, including purchase oi office furniture and supplies;
per diems of officers and employees not members of survey parties,
including appraisers for public lands and " friar lands " estates, when
traveling on official business; transportation of officers and em-
ployees, of survejr parties, and of supplies; cablegrams; postage and
telegrams; printing and binding; for the payment of sheriffs', reg-
isters', and court fees in cases heretofore or nereafter instituted by or
against the Government of the Philippine Islands affecting the pub-
lic or other lands owned by the Government; for the purchase of
drafting supplies, instruments, and equipment for field parties; for
the purchase of subsistence and incidental supplies for survey par-
ties; rents; repairs; for the purchase and maintenance of transpor-
tation for managers of " friar lands " estates ; for an allowance of
twenty pesos per month each to officers and employees in the prov-
inces for each authorized horse furnished and maintained by said
officers and employees for official transportation : Provided^ That the
Director of Lands is hereby authorized in his discretion to advance
to officers and employees not to expeed one hundred and twenty-five
pesos for the purchase of each horse required for transportation,
such advances to be reimbursed to the Government by monthly de-
ductions of ten per centum from the officers' and employees' salaries,
and for such advances this appropriation is hereby made available ;
for repairs to irrigation dams and ditches and to buildings on " friar
lands'' estates; lor the erection of survey monuments, and other
incidental expenses; five hundred and sixty-eight thousand pesos.
The resolution of the Commission dated May seventeenth, nineteen
hundred and seven, approving the employment of Ciriaco Nazareno
bj.the Bureau of Lands from February first, nineteen hundred and
SIX, at four pesos per diem, while municipal president of Naic and
receiving salary as such, is hereby confirmed, the provisions of exist-
ing law to the contrary notwithstanding.
BUBEAU OF SCIENCE.
Bureau of Science: For salaries and wages of Director of the Bu-
reau of Science, at twelve thousand pesos per month ; chief of the bio-
logical laboratory, at ten thousand pesos per annum j chief of the divi-
sion of mines, at six thousand pesos per annum ; chief of the division
of ethnology, at six thousand pesos per annum ; chief of the chemical
division, at six thousand pesos pe^^ annum ; one employee, class one ;
two employees, class two ; one employee, at five thousand four hundred
pesos per annum ; four employees, class three ; three employees, class
four; seven employees, class five; seven employees, class six; eight
employees, class seven; two employees, at three thousand pesos per
annum each; six employees, class eight; one employee, class nine; two
employees, class ten ; four employees. Class A ; two employees. Class
C ; five employees. Class D ; one employee. Class E ; two employees, at
nine hundred pesos per annum each; one employee, Class G; seven
employees. Class H ; seven employees. Class I ; four employees. Class
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J; two employees, at forty pesos per month each; one employee, at
thirty-six pesos per month ; two employees, at thirty pesos per month
each ; twenty employees, at twenty-nve pesos per month each ; ten em-
ployees, at twenty pesos per month each ; for per diems to officers of
the Federal service who may be detailed by competent authority for
the Bureau of Science, the rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the
Interior with the concurrence of the Governor-General in each
instance; and for hire of emergency laborers and employees; for con-
tingent expenses, including purchase of office furniture and supplies ;
per diems of officers and employees when traveling on official business;
Sir diems and traveling expenses of Elmer D. Merrill, botanist of the
ureau of Science, as authorized by a resolution of the Commission,
dated May tenth, nineteen hundred and seven ; transportation of offi-
cers, employees, and supplies; cablegrams; postage and telegrams;
printing ana binding; for the purchase of animals and food for same;
scientific and technical instruments; books, magazines, periodicals,
and other publications ; office, laboratory, engineering, scientific, and
field equipment; repairs; engine supplies, fuel, and illuminating oil;
chemicals; hire and maintenance of land transportation in the city of
Manila ; window curtains or awnings ; for expense of collecting and
S reserving natural history and botanical specimens; subsistence of
eld parties entitled thereto ; rental of fire-alarm boxes ; photographic
supplies; janitor's supplies; advertising the Philippine Journal of-
Science; and other incidental expenses; three hundred and seven
thousand seven hundred pesos.
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE.
Bureau of Agriculture: For salaries and wages of Director of
Agriculture, at ten thousand pesos per annum; Assistant Director
oi Agriculture, at six thousand five hundred pesos per annum;
superintendent of agricultural extension work, at five thousand pesos
per annum; five employees, class five; eight employees, class six;
seven employees, class seven; three employees, at three thousand
pesos per annum each ; five employees, class eight ; eleven employees,
class nine ; twelve employees, class ten ; two employees. Class A ; one
employee. Class B ; one employee, Class C ; two employees, Class D :
two employees, Class E; two employees, Class F; three employees,
Class G ; two employees. Class H ; for hire of inoculators, live stock
inspector, mechanics, teamsters, and laborers at stations and farms;
for contingent expenses, including purchase of office furniture and
supplies; per diems of officers and employees when traveling on
official business; transportation of officers, employees, and supplies;
cablegrams; postage and telegrams; printing and binding; for col-
lection and purchase of seeds, plants, and so forth, for experimental
purposes and distribution; for purchase of instruments and appa-
ratus j live stock, vehicles, harness, and stable supplies; forage;
machinery, implements, tools, and repairs; station and farm sup-
plies; building materials: purchase and manufacture of serum;
rents; for the purchase or rights of lessees and other occupants of
lands required for farms and stations j for the maintenance of quar-
antine and inoculation station : Provided^ That the location of sta-
tions shall be in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior; and
other incidental expenses; three hundred thousand pesos.
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BUBEAU OF FORESTRY.
Bureau of Forestry: For salaries and wages of Director of For-
estry, at eight thousand pesos per annum ; one forester, at four thou-
sand eight hundred pesos per annum ; three foresters, class five ; three
foresters, class six; one chief clerk, class six; one manager of timber
testing laboratory,, class six ; three foresters, class seven ; one prop-
erty clerk, at three thousand pesos per annum; one forester, class
eignt; one clerk, class eight; one assistant forester. Class A; two
assistant foresters. Class C; six assistant foresters. Class D; one
clerk, Class E ; ten rangers. Class G ; one clerk. Class G ; ten rangers,
Class H ; two clerks. Class H ; one draftsman, Cla&s II ; two messen-
gers, at three hundred pesos per annum each ; one laborer, at twenty
{)esos per month: and for hire of temporary employees, including
aborers for field parties; for contingent expenses, including pur-
chase of supplies and office furniture; per diems of officers and
employees when traveling on official business; transportation of
officers, employees, and supplies ; cablegrams ; postage and telegrams ;
Printing and binding; purchase of specimen forest products; per
iems of fifty centavos each for employees stationed in the provinces
in lieu of cost of forage for horses to be furnished by them and used
as means of official transportation; rents; maintenance and repair of
equipment; expenses incident to examinations under the provisions
of law regarding homesteads, sale and lease of public lands; and
other incidental expenses; one hundred and eleven thousand pesos.
BUREAU OF QUARANTINE SERVICE.
Bureau of Quarantine Service : For salaries, allowances, and com-
mutation of quarters of officers of the United States Public Health
and Marine-Hospital Service as provided for by the regulations of
said service; one officer, at four thousand four hundred pesos per
annum; one officer, at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum;
one engineer, class nine; two clerks, at two thousand and forty pesos
per annum each; one clerk and disinfect or, at one thousand nine
hundred and twentv pesos per annum; one chief disinfector. Class
A; one night watchman. Class C; two disinfectors. Class D; two
engineers. Class F; one assistant engineer, Class F; one vaccinator
and disinfector. Class F: two disinfectors, Class H; one cook, Class
H; two clerks and disiniectors, Class I; two clerks and disinfectors.
Class J J one employee, at four hundred and eighty pesos per annum;
two disinfectors^ assistants, at four hundred pesos per annum each;
one messenger, at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum ; fifteen
attendants, at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum each; seven
employees, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum each;
one patron, at one thousand and eighty pesos per annum; two
patrons, at eight hundred and forty pesos per annum each;
one engfineer, at one thousand and eighty pesos per annum;
two en^neers, at eight hundred and forty pesos per annum each;
one assistant engineer, at seven hundred and eighty pesos per annum;
one quartermaster, at five hundred and forty pesos per annum; two
quartermasters, at three hundred pesos per annum each ; two firemen.
at five hundred and forty pesos per annum each; four firemen, at
three hundred pesos per annum each; four sailors, at three hundred
and sixty pesos per annum each; six sailors, at two hundred and
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forty pesos per annum each; for temporary employees; for the pay-
ment of necessary fees not to exceed twenty pesos per vessel to med-
ical officers of the United States Army or Navy, or other qualified
physicians, for quarantine inspection of vessels at ports of entry
where no reg;ular officer of the United States Public Health and
Marine-Hospital Service is available; for labor for the maintenance
of grounds at quarantine stations; for contingent expenses, includ-
ing purchase of office furniture and supplies; per diems or traveling
expenses of officers and employees when traveling on official business;
transportation of officers, employees, and supplies ; cablegrams ; post-
age and telegrams; printing ana binding; lor the purchase of appa-
ratus, equipment, subsistence, and other supplies for the maintenance
and operation of quarantine stations and of barges and launches:
Provided^ That commutation of subsistence, fuel, and ice, at rates to
be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, may be paid in lieu of
subsistence, fuel, and ice, in kind ; repairs to buildings, to eauipment
and furniture, launches and barges, to wharves, and to lighting,
sewer and water systems; rent; hire and maintenance of official
transportation in the city of Manila and at quarantine stations:
launch hire and towing; uniforms for launch crews; allowance ot
sixty pesos per month, in lieu of subsistence, to the pharmacist
stationed on the Island of Cauit; professional publications; and
other incidental expenses; one hundred and twenty-eight thousand
pesos.
WEATHER BUBEAU.
Weather Bureau: For salaries and wages of Director of the
Weather Bureau, at five thousand pesos per annum; three assistant
directors of the Weather Bureau, at three thousand six hundred pesos
per annum each ; one secretary, at three thousand two hundred pesos
per annum; four observers, at one thousand eight hundred pesos
per annum each ; four calculators, at one thousand four hundrea and
forty pesos per annum each ; three assistant observers, at one thousand
two hundred pesos per annum each; three assistant calculators, at
six hundred pesos per annum each; one draftsman, Class C; one
draftsman. Class D ; one employee. Class C ; one employee. Class D ;
one employee. Class G; one employee. Class I; two employees, at
three hunarea pesos per annum each ; two messengers, at three hun-
dred pesos per annum each; seven chief observers, at one thousand
two hundred pesos per annum each; seven assistant observers, at two
hundred pesos per annum each; ten second-class observers, at six
hundred pesos per annum each; twenty-six third-class observers, at
three hundred and sixty pesos per annum each ; twelve observers for
rain stations, at one hundred and eighty pesos per annum each ; one
observer-telegrapher, at one thousand eight hundred pesos per an-
num ; for contingent expenses, including purchase of office and station
equipment, furniture and supplies; per diems of officers and em-
ployees when traveling on official business ; transportation of officers,
employees, and supplies; cablegrams; postage and tele^ams; printing
and binding; for installation of instruments and repairs to same; for
an allowance of thirty pesos per month to the Director in lieu of
official transportation in the city of Manila; rent; and other inci-
dental expenses: Provided^ That the Director of the Bureau, with
the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may reduce, suppress,
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or transfer any station maintained by it; one hundred and twenty-
three thousand five hundred pesos.
The provisions of Act Numbered Sixteen himdred and sixty, under
the head " Bureau of Posts," for free transmission by the Bureau of
Posts as one of its proper functions of weather notes to and from
Manila are hereby repealed as of date July first, nineteen hundred
and seven : Provided^ That it shall be the duty of telegraph operators
at telegraph stations located at points not weather stations to post as
bulletins weather notes for the information of the public, and no
special charge shall be made by the Bureau of Posts on account of
this service.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND POLICE.
BUBBAU OP C0N8TABULABY.
Bureau of Constabulary: For salaries and wages including the
difference between pay and allowances of brigadier-general and
colonels, respectively, and that of their respective ranks in the United
States Army, of the officers detailed as Director and Assistant Di-
rectors of the Bureau of Constabulary, pursuant to the provisions of
the Act of Congress of the United States entitled " An Act to promote
the eflBciencv of the Philippines Constabulary, to establish the rank
and pay or its commandmg officers, and for other purposes," ap-
proved January thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, the provisions
of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seven to the contrary not-
withstanding: Provided^ That in the event of the vacation of the posi-
tion of Director of Constabulary by an Army officer, the Governor-
General may fill the position by the appointment of a civilian, at a
salary of twelve thousand pesos per annum : And provided further^
That upon the vacation of the positions of Assistant Directors now
occupied by Army officers, the Governor-General may fill the position
by the appointment of civilians, at seven thousand pesos per annum
each.
Field officers:
Two colonels and Assistant Directors, at seven thousand pesos per
annum each; three lieutenant-colonels and Assistant Directors, at five
thousand five hundred pesos per annum each; five majors and senior
inspectors, at four thousand pesos per annum each.
Line officers:
Fifty-one captains and inspectors, at an average of three thousand
four hundred pesos per annum each; fifty-one first lieuienants and
inspectors, at an average of two thousand six hundred pesos per
annum each ; seventy second lieutenants and inspectors, at two thou-
sand four hundred pesos per annum each ; seventy-nine third lieuten-
ants and inspectors, at two thousand two hundred pesos per annum
each ; twenty subinspectors, at one thousand two hundred pesos per
annum each; twenty-five subinspectors, at nine hundred and sixty
pesos per annum each ; for additional compensation of three hundrea
and sixty pesos per annum for each of the five officers detailed as
district adjutants; for additional compensation of one hundred pesos
per annum for each officer of the Constabulary, not a native of the
Philippine Islands, who proves his ability to speak and read one of
the native dialects, and to each officer, a native of the Philippine
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Islands, who proves his ability to speak and read the English lan-
guage, as provided in Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-
lour ; for additional compensation to officers who have completed five
vears' service, subject to the provisions of section two of Act Num-
bered Thirteen hundred and ninetv-four: Provided^ That such addi-
tional compensation shall be paid at the completion of five years'
service regardless of the date an officer may have been promoted, the
first proviso of section two of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and
ninety-four to the contrary notwithstanding.
Enlisted strength :
For pay of enlisteJmen of the " line," including the necessary com-
Slement of noncommissioned officers, under the provisions of Act
fumbered Fourteen hundred and sixteen, seven hundred and ninety-
one thousand pesos: Provided^ That each enlisted man who shall re-
enlist within two months after his discharge by expiration of term of
enlistment shall receive one peso per month additional pay for each
enlistment subsequent to his first enlistment.
Band:
One conductor, with rank of captain and inspector, at three thou-
sand six hundred pesos per annum; one chief musician, at seventy
pesos per month; one first sergeant, at fifty pesos per month; two
principal musicians, at forty-five pesos per month eacn ; ten sergeants,
at forty pesos per month each ; seventeen corporals, at thirty-five pesos
per month each ; forty-nine privates, at thirty pesos per month each.
Office of the Director:
One clerk, class seven; one messenger, at three hundred pesos per
annum.
Executive division :
One major and executive inspectorj at four thousand five hundred
pesos per annum; one clerk, class six; one clerk, class seven; two
clerks, class eight ; five clerks, class nine ; one clerk. Class A ; two
clerks. Class D ; two clerks. Class E ; one clerk. Class G ; three mes-
sengers, at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum each; three
messengers, at three hundred pesos per annum each.
Inspectors' division:
For per diems of ten pesos for each of the United States Army
officers detailed as inspectors for Constabulary ; one clerk, class eight.
Information division:
One major and superintendent, at five thousand pesos per annum ;
one captain and assistant superintendent, at three thousand six hun-
dred pesos per annum; one clerk, class eight; one clerk, class nine;
two agentsj at three thousand six hundred pesos per annum each;
two agents, at three thousand two hundred pesos per annum each;
three agents, at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum each ;
one agent, at one thousand two hundred pesos per annum ; one agent,
at eight hundred and forty pesos per annum; one agent, at six hun-
dred pesos per annum ; four agents, at three hundred and sixty pesos
per annum each ; one messenger, at three hundred pesos per annum ;
and for hire of additional assistance as required from time to time,
at varying rates of pay, not to exceed nine thousand five hundred
pesos.
Office of the chief supply officer :
One major and assistant chief supply officer, at four thousand five
hundred pesos per annum; two clerks, class seven; one clerk, class
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eight; one clerk, Class F; one captain and paymaster, at four thou-
sand five hundred pesos per annum ; one clerk, class eight ; one clerk,
Class D ; one clerk, Class G ; one captain and quartermaster, at four
thousand five himdred pesos per annum; one clerk, class eight; one
clerk. Class C ; one clerk. Class G ; one clerk. Class H ; one checker,
at six pesos per diem ; one teamster, at five pesos and fifty centavos
per diem ; one storekeeper, at four pesos and seventy-five centavos per
diem ; one assistant storekeeper, at three pesos per diem ; for hire of
unskilled laborers; one captain, conunissary and ordnance officer, at
four thousand five hundred pesos per annum ; one derk, class nine ;
one storekeeper and shipper, at eight pesos and fifty centavos per
diem.
Medical division:
One captain and superintendent, at four thousand five hundred
pesos per annum ; four captains and surgeons, at four thousand pesos
per annum each ; five first lieutenants and medical inspectors, at three
thousand two hundred pesos per annum each ; six second lieutenants
and medical inspectors, at two thousand eight hundred pesos per an-
num each ; five sergeants, at thirty-three pesos per month each ; seven
cor j)orals, at twenty-eight pesos per month eacn ; forty-five privates,
at eighteen pesos per month each; one clerk. Class G,
Headquarters, First District :
One clerk, class eight; one clerk, class nine; one messenger, at three
hundred and sixty pesos per annum; and for hire of agents as re-
auired from time to time, at varying rates of pay, not to exceed one
dousand eight hundred pesos.
Headquarters, Second District:
One clerk, class seven; one clerk, class ten; one teamster, at four
pesos per diem ; three teamsters, at twenty pesos per month each ; and
for hire of agents as required from time to time, at varying rates of
pay, not to exceed one thousand four hundred pesos.
Headquarters, Third District:
One clerk, class seven ; one clerk, class nine ; one clerk. Class I ; one
corral foreman, at four pesos and fifty centavos per diem ; one jani-
tor, at one hundred and eighty pesos per annum ; one driver, at one
himdred and eighty pesos per annum; one driver, at one peso and
Seventy-five centavos per diem; and for hire of agents as required
from time to time, at varying rates of pay, not to exceed one thousand
four hundred pesos.
Headquarters, Fourth District :
One clerk, class eight ; two clerks, class I ; one janitor, at one hun-
dred and eighty pesos per annum ; and for hire of agents as required
from time to time, at varying rates of pay, not to exceed four hun-
dred pesos.
Headquarters, Fifth District:
One clerk, class eight; one clerk, class ten; one clerk. Class I; one
janitor, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum; one driver, at
two pesos and fifty centavos per diem ; and for hire of agents as re-
quired from time to time, at varying rates of pay, not to exceed three
hundred pesos.
Supply officers:
For extra compensation to supply officers, not to exceed an aggre-
gate of eighteen thousand pesos; for pay of clerks for supply oflttcers,
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not to exceed an aggregate of two thousand pesos; for hire of emer-
gency clerical labor: Provided^ That additional compensation diall
not oe paid hereunder, one thousand pesos.
Constabulary school:
One clerk, class eight; one fencing master and physical instructor,
with the assimilated rank of third lieutenant, at two thousand two
hundred pesos per annum; one corral foreman, at five pesos and
seventy -five centavos per diem.
Miscellaneous :
For hire of temporary employees.
Contingent expenses :
For contingent expenses, including purchase of material and manu-
facture of clothing and equipage; allowance to enlisted men for
clothing not drawn in kind ; tor the purchase, repair, and pr^erva-
iion of arms, ammunition, equipments, and musical instruments:
Provided^ That articles of clothmg, equipage, and equipment may
be sold to officers and enlisted men for their personal use, at cost
price, under such restrictions as the Director of Constabulary may
prescribe, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and
Police: And provided further^ That clothing and other necessaries
of life, excepting food supplies, may be sold by the Constabulary
civil supply stores to members of the non-Christian tribes at points
to be designated by the Secretary of the Interior, under the same
conditions as sold to Insular and provincial employees, the provisions
of Act Numbered Two hundred and forty-two to the contrary not-
withstanding; for allowance and commutation for offices and quar-
ters, under the provisions of Act Numbered Seven hundred and
six and Eight hundred and seven; for rent of offices, guardhouses,
arsenals, barracks, storehouses, stables, and telephones, and neces-
sary repairs to buildings, and construction of temporary buildings:
for fuel, illuminating and cleaning supplies; for transportation or
officers, enlisted men, employees, prisoners, rations, and supplies;
for transportation and subsistence of persons necessarily required by
the Director and Assistant Directors in the transaction of public
business subject to approval by the Secretary of Commerce and
Police: Provided^ That this provision shall be retroactive as con-
templated by a resolution of the Commission dated July twenty-
fourth, nineteen hundred and seven ; for travel of enlisted men upon
their discharge to places of enlistment or homes ; for forage, veteri-
nary attendance, medicines, shoeing, and incidentals for animals ; for
purchase and hire of draft and riding animals^ harness, carts, wagons,
and so forth; for hire of water transportation; for subsistence or
per diems of officers and employees while traveling on official busi-
ness: Provided^ That the subsistence and traveling expenses of offi-
cers and the traveling expenses of enlisted men on escort duty shall
be paid by the Bureau of Constabulary, and not by the Bureau or
province at whose request the escort is furnished, the provisions
of section one of Act Numbered Four hundred and four to the con-
trary notwithstanding: And provided further^ That the Bureau of
Constabulary shall pay the cost bf transportation of prisoners from
the place oi arrest to the place where they are turned over to the
province or to a court official for trial, that thereafter, and until
turned over to the Bureau of Prisons, all necessary transportation
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shall be paid by the province concerned: And provided further^
That forage in kind for one private animal used in the public service
may be furnished the officer owning it, on his certificate, approved
by his senior inspector and district director: And provided further^
That forage may be sold, at cost price, to any omcer of the Con-
stabulary stationed outside of Manila on his certificate that it is for
his personal use ; for a contingent fimd to be used for secret-service
purposes, and for the payment of rewards for the apprehension of
the deserters, in the discretion of the Director of Constabulary for
expenses connected with the deportation of vagrants, for the pay-
ment of rewards leading to the capture and conviction of brigands
and other criminals, authorized under the provisions of Act Num-
bered Five hundred and twenty-two, as amended, and for the dis-
covery and prevention of crime, not to exceed eleven thousand eight
hundred pesos : Provided^ That payment of rewards hereunder may
be made to persons employed in the service of the Insular, provin-
cial, and municipal governments when in the discretion of the Gov-
ernor-General such payments are in the interest of the public service,
the provisions of Act Numbered One hundred and forty-eight to the
contrary notwithstanding; for subsistence of enlisted men, except
bandsmen ; for subsistence of cargadores and of municipal police and
volunteers operating under the Constabulary, subject to the provi-
sions of Act rf umbered One thousand and forty-nine, for subsistence
of prisoners and destitute witnesses; for subsistence of enlisted men,
officers, other employees of the Insular Government, and of officers,
enlisted men, and employees of the United States Army, sick in
Constabulary hospitals, at forty centavos a day each: Provided^
That all collections, at rates fixed by the Director of Constabulary,
for the treatment of employees of the Government and employees
and members of the United States Army, excepting enlisted men of
the Constabulary, shall be deposited in the Insular Treasury as a
credit to this appropriation : And provided further^ That when sub-
sistence of enlisted men is lost through unavoidable causes, the Sec-
retary of Commerce and Police may authorize, upon proper evidence
being submitted, reimbursement to the company sustaining such
loss: And provided further^ That company commanders and medical
officers in charge oi hospitals shall be charged with the duty of
making requisition for, disbursing, and accounting for subsistence
funds and subsistence supplies for their respective commands; for
purchase of office furniture, stationery and supplies ; for the payment
of premiums on official bonds of officers detailed as supply officers in
addition to their regular duties: Provided^ That no additional com-
pensation shall be paid in such cases on account of services as supply
officers ; newspapers and professional books ; postage and telegrams ;
printing and oinding, including emergency printing at the various
district headquarters, the provisions of Act Numbered Two hundred
and ninety-six to the contrary notwithstanding; for medical treat-
ment of officers and enlisted men under the provisions of Act Num-
bered Eight hundred and seven; for medical, surgical, and hospital
supplies, including hospital laundry work; for burial of offixiers,
enlisted men, and secret-service agents, including the purchase of
cemetery lots ; for the payment of three hundred and eighteen pesos
and nineteen centavos to Eugenic Daylo on account of merchandise
taken by Captain Beasley, Philippines Constabulary, for the mainte-
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nance of cargadores and volunteers operating in the Province of
Leyte; and other incidental expenses; three million and fifty thou-
sand pesos.
BUBEAU OF PUBLIC WOBKS.
Bureau of Public Works: For salaries and wages of —
General office:
Director of Public Works, at twelve thousand pesos per annum ;
Assistant Director of Public Works, at seven thousand nve hundred
pesos per annum; Second Assistant Director of Public Works, at
six thousand pesos per annum, who shall be appointed by the
Governor-General, with the advice and consent of the Philippine
Commission, and perform such duties as the Director of Public
Works shall prescribe; one chief clerk, class four; one clerk, class
six ; two clerks, class seven ; seven clerks, class eight ; one clerk^ Class
E ; one clerk. Class F; one clerk. Class G; seven clerks. Class I; four
messengers, at thirty i>esos per month each.
Division of designing and drafting:
One chief draftsman, class four; three junior draftsmen. Class F;
three junior draftsmen. Class G; two junior draftsmen. Class H;
three junior draftsmen, Class I; two employees, at fifty pesos per
month each.
Provincial division:
Five district engineers, class two; three district engineers, class
three; three district engineers, class four; two district engineers,
class five; five assistant engineers, class six; five assistant engineers,
class seven; five transitmen, class eight: six overseers, class eight;
six overseers, class nine; four clerks, class ten; nine overseers, at
one hundred and fifty pesos per month each ; six clerks, at nine hun-
dred pesos per annum each ; six clerks, Class I ; four clerks. Class J ;
five surveymen, at thirty pesos per month each ; eight cocheros, at an
average of fifteen pesos per month each.
Division of building construction and repair :
One master builder, class two; one building inspector, class five;
three building inspectors, class six; one electrician, class six; one
clerk, class seven ; six building inspectors, class eight ; one clerk. Class
A; one general foreman, class eight; two employees, at two thousand
six hundred pesos per annum each ; tour assistant building inspectors,
class nine ; one clerk. Class G ; one messenger, at twenty-five pesos per
month ; nine laborers, at twenty-five pesos per month each ; five watch-
men, at twenty-five pesos per month each.
Engineering division:
Four assistant engineers, class three ; one road superintendent, class
three ; one assistant en^neer, class four ; two assistant engineers, class
five; one road superintendent, class five; one superintendent of
machinery, class six ; two assistant engineers, class six ; two assistant
engineers, class seven; two transitmen, class eight; eight overseers,
class nine ; four surveymen, at fifty pesos per month each ; eight sur-
veymen, at thirty pesos per month each.
Division of building custody :
One superintendent of buildings, class five; one j'anitor. Class D;
one foreman, at sixty pesos per month ; three foremen, at torty pesos
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per month each; forty-one laborers, at twenty-five pesos per month
each.
Office of the Consulting Architect :
One assistant architect, class one; one architectural draftsman,
class five; two architectural draftsmen, class six; one architectural
draftsman, class seven ; one clerk, class seven ; three junior draftsmen,
Class F; four junior draftsmen. Class G; one junior draftsman, Class
H ; one clerk. Class I ; one messenger, at thirty pesos per month.
Miscellaneous :
For the hire of such assistant engineers, draftsmen, surveyors, and
temporary employees, with the approval of the Secretary of Com-
merce ana Police, as may be necessary from time to time to accom-
plish authorized work.
Contingent expenses:
For contingent expenses, including purchase of supplies and sur-
veying instruments; per diems of officers and employees when travel-
ing on official business; transportation of officers, employees, and
supplies; cable^ams; postage and telegrams; printing and binding;
for hire of official transportation in the city of Manila; for an allow-
ance of twenty pesos per month each to district engineers and their
assistants, in the provmces, for each authorized horse furnished and
maintained by said engineers and their assistants for official trans-
portation; periodicals and technical books; telephones and hire of
operators; electric current; janitors' supplies and other incidental
expenses: Provided^ That the cost of janitors' services and supplies,
telephone service, electric current, ice water, laundry, and incidental
expenses pertaining to the building-custodian service, shall be pro-
rated and collected oy the Bureau of Public Works from the Bureaus
and Offices served: And provided further^ That no additional tele-
phone service shall be installed for Insular Government offices in the
city of Manila, except under the supervision of the Bureau of Public
Works, upon approval by the head of the Department having juris-
diction over the Bureau or Office requiring the service ; four hundred
and eirfity-five thousand pesos.
Public works:
For expenses in connection with such public works, examinations,
and surveys as mav be authorized by the Philippine Commission,
including cost of labor and necessary equipment ; for maintenance oi
Benguet road, including salaries of employees, supplies, transporta-
tion, and caminero system ; per diems of four pesos to the treasurer of
the Province of Benguet when absent from Baguio on official business
as special disbursing officer of funds appropriated for the Bureau of
Public Works: Provided^ That employees of the Bureau of Public
Works shall be entitled to medicines and medical attendance while
engaged on any authorized public works at places where usual med-
ical atendance is not accessible, and the Director of Public Works
may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and
Police, appoint such physicians, at fixed monthly salaries, as may be
in his judgment for the best interest of the service, when such medical
attendance and supplies can not be furnished by the Bureau of
Health or the Bureau of Constabulary; for the maintenance, altera-
tion, and repair of public buildings, including leased buildings the
contract for which provides that maintenance, alteration, or repairs
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shall be made at the expense of the Government: Provided^ That no
expenditure shall be made hereunder except upon approval by the
Governor-General ; one hundred and forty-two thousand three hun-
dred pesos.
BUBEAU OF NAVIGATION.
Bureau of Navigation: For salaries and wages of —
Office of the Director :
Director of Navigation, at ten thousand pesos per annum : Assistant
Director of Navigation, who shall perform the duties oi Superin-
tendent of Interisland Transportation, at six thousand five hundred
pesos per anniun: Provided^ That so long as the division of port
works remains a part of this Bureau, the salary of the Director of
Navigation shall be at the rate of twelve thousand pesos per annum
and that of the Assistant Director of Navigation at seven thousand
five hundred pesos per annum ; Assistant to the Director, at six thou-
sand pesos per annum ; chief clerk, class five ; one clerk, class eight ;
one tilerk, Class H ; two employees, at three hundred and sixty pesos
per anniun each ; two messengers, at three hundred pesos per annum
each.
Division of accounts :
One cashier, class six; one clerk. Class D; one clerk. Class I; one
messenger, at three hundred pesos per annum.
Division of vessels :
Marine superintendent^ at five thousand pesos per annum: Pro-
vided^ That during the time this position shall be nlled by an officer
detailed from the United States Navy, said officer shall receive per
diems of ten pesos in lieu of the salary of the position; one inspector
of machinery, class one; one property clerk, class six; two clerks,
class eight ; one clerk, class nine ; one clerk. Class H ; one storekeeper,
class nine; one messenger, at three hundred pesos per annum; for
officers, petty officers, and crews of cutters and launches, at rates of
compensation as provided by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
sixteen, except as nave been or may be authorized by the Secretary of
Commerce and Police: Provided^ That a ten per centum increase in
salaries may be paid to officers on the cutter assigned to duty trans-
porting lepers to Culion ; laborers for handling freight, stores, and so
forth ; for subsistence of fleet : Provided^ That the officers assigned to
duty on the cutter, to be designated by the Director of Navigation as
subject primarily to emergency-service requirements, shall be allowed
three pesos per diem eadi for subsistence: Provided further^ That
funds herein appropriated may be used for subsistence and aid of
shipwrecked sailors or other persons in distress, as demanded bv the
laws of humanity and the customs of maritime nations; for subsist-
ence of postal clerks while on duty on vessels of the Bureau of
Navigation.
Interisland transportation :
One clerk, class seven; two clerks, class nine; one messenger, at
three hundred pesos per annum.
Miscellaneous :
For hire of temporary employees.
Contingent expenses:
For contingent expenses, including purchase of office furniture and
supplies; per diems of officers and employees when traveling on
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official business; transportation of officers, employees, and supplies;
cablegrams; postage and telegrams; printing and binding; hire of
land transportation ; maintenance of Engineer Island ; for the pur-
chase and construction of launches, lighters, and any other water
craft required; for the salvage of wrecks and disabled vessels; for
purchase of coal and supplies; repair of vessels; pilotage; and other
incidental expenses: Provided^ Tnat the funds appropriated under
this head shall be available for the purchase of medals and other
rewards when authorized by resolution of the Philippine Commission
for officers and employees of the Bureau who display especial bravery
or render distinguished service in saving life and property; seven
hundred and twenty-two thousand pesos.
Light-hotise service j Bureau of Navigation: For salaries and wages
of light-house en^neer, at six thousand pesos per annum: Provided.
That during the time this position shall be filled by an officer detailea
from the United States Army or Navy said officer shall receive per
diems of ten pesos in lieu of the salary of the position ; assistant light-
house engineer, at four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum:
Provided^ That during the time this position shall be filled by an
officer detailed from uie United States Army or Navy said officer
shall receive per diems of five pesos in lieu of the salary of the posi-
ti(Mi; one light-house inspector, at four thousand five hundred pesos
per annum; one clerk, class six; one clerk, class seven; one clerk,
class nine; two clerks. Class A; one clerk. Class H; one clerk. Class
J ; one draftsman, class seven ; one storekeeper, at one hundred and
fifty pesos per month ; one messenger, at three hundred and sixty
pjesos per annum ; for salaries of light keepers, assistants, and appren-
tices, at the rates of compensation provided by Act Numbered Four-
teen hundred and sixteen; wages oi keepers of lights of lesser classes,
laborers, and boatmen; apprentices to be stationed at the discretion
of the Director of Navigation : Provided^ That in the event of more
lights being found necessary for the public service, authority for the
employment of the personnel of such lights may be granted by the
Secretary of Commerce and Police, at salaries corresponding to the
same classes of lights, and the funds appropriated by this Act are
hereby made available for their payment; for the hire of mechanics
and laborers at the light-house machine shop and warehouse ; rations
for San Bernardino, Cape Engaiio, Apo Reef, Mataja, Ungay Point,
Sialat Point, and lor such other light stations as it may, in the
opinion of the Director of Navigation, be necessary to ration, and for
newly appointed keepers and apprentices ; and for hire of temporary
employees.
Contingent expenses :
For contingent expenses, including purchase of office furniture and
supplies; subsistence and per diems of officers and employees when
traveling on official business; transportation of officere, employees,
and supplies; cable^ams ; postage and telegrams; printing and bind-
ing; illuminating oil for light stations; supplies for light stations,
including paints, cleaning materials, and so forth; for hire of trans-
portation; for furniture and implement cases for light stations;
house rent for keepers not provided with dwellings; buoyage, twenty-
five thousand pesos; for necessary repairs to light stations; for the
purchase and installation of minor lights and burners, the improve-
ment of existing lights, and the conversion of polygonal lanterns into
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cylindrical lanterns by the substitution of curved panes; and other
incidental expenses; three hundred and thirteen thousand pesos.
Division of port worka^ Bureau of Navigation: For salaries and
wage of chief of division, at eight thousand pesos per annum;
Provided^ That so long as this position shall be filled by an officer
detailed from the United States Army said officer shall receive per
diems of ten pesos in lieu of the salary of the position ; for the com-
pensation of the engineering staff; office employees; personnel re-
quired to operate the dredging plant and otherwise engaged in river
and harbor maintenance; for expense of inspection oi materials in
the United States and foreign countries; and for compensation of
harbor-survey parties, not exceeding twenty-four thousand pesos.
Contingent expenses :
For contingent expenses, including purchase of office furniture and
supplies; per diems of officers and employees when traveling on
official business; transportation of officers, employees, and supplies;
cablegrams; postage and telegrams; printing and binding; for pur-
chase of materials and supplies; for the maintenance and operation
of the plant ; for renewal and repairs to the plant ; for advertising not
otherwise provided for; and other incidental expenses; two hundred
and fifty-three thousand pesos.
In all for the Bureau of Navigation, one million two hundred and
eighty-eight thousand pesos.
Appropriations for current expenses of the division of port works
shall oe available, subject to approval by the Governor-Ueneral, to
meet the expense of repairs necessary to preserve river and harbor
improvements.
Subject to approval by the Governor-General, work may be exe-
cuted by the aivision of port works for private parties, the total
expense thereof to be collected and deposited to the credit of appro-
priations for current expenses of the division of port works and
become available therefor.
BUBEAU OP POSTS.
Bureau of Posts: For salaries and wages of— r
Office of the Director :
Director of Posts, at twelve thousand pesos per annum : Provided^
That the Director of Posts shall act as postmaster of Manila ex officio;
Assistant Director of Posts, at seven thousand five hundred pesos per
annum ; superintendent postal division, at six thousand five hundred
pesos per annum ; superintendent telegraph division, at six thousand
pesos per annum; chief Postal Savings Bank division, at six thou-
sand pesos per annum; one clerk, class three; two clerks, class five;
three clerks, class six; six clerks, class seven; ten clerks, class eight;
five clerks, class nine; six clerks, Class D; two clerks. Class F; one
clerk. Class G ; one clerk. Class H ; one clerk, Class I ; one clerk, Class
J; one employee, class eight; two mechanics, at two hundred pesos
per month each ; two mechanics, at seventy pesos per month each ; two
mechanics, at forty pesos per month each ; four mechanics, at thirty-
five pesos per month each ; one messenger^ at three hundred and sixty
pesos per annum ; fifteen employees, at thirty pesos per month each.
District inspectors :
Four district inspectors, class six; six district inspectors, class
seven; fifteen district inspectors, class eight
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Post-offices:
One cashier, Manila post-office, class two, whose duties shall include
the receipt and accounting in the name of the postmaster for all
money which may be received in the transaction of the postal, money-
order, telcOTaph, telephone, and Postal Savings Bank business at
said post-office, and who shall sign, in the name of the postmaster,
such accounts and official papers, including money orders, as the
Director of Posts may direct ; one postmaster, class four ; three post-
masters, class five; five postmasters, class six; six postmasters, class
seven ; fifteen postmasters, class eight ; twenty postmasters, class nine ;
five postmasters, class ten ; five postmasters. Class A ; ten postmasters,
Class B ; ten postmasters, Class C ; fifteen pk)stmasters. Class D ; fif-
teen postmasters. Class E ; fifteen postmasters. Class F ; fifteen post-
masters, Class G; twenty postmasters. Class H; twenty postmasters.
Class I; twenty-five postmasters. Class J; four hundred and fifty
postmasters at not exceeding four himdrfid and twenty pesos per
annum each; four operators, class six; four operators, class seven;
ten operators, class eight; fifteen operators, class nine; ten operators,
class ten; twenty operators. Class A; twenty operators. Class H;
thirty operators, Class I ; thirty operators, Class J ; four clerks, class
five ; four clerks, class six ; four clerks, class seven ; twelve clerks, class
eight; ten clerks, class nine; five clerks, class ten; five clerks. Class
A ; five clerks. Class C ; five clerks, Class D ; five clerks. Class E ; six
clerks, Class F ; ten clerks. Class G ; twelve clerks, Class H ; ten clerks,
Class I; thirty clerks, at not exceeding four hundred and twenty
pesos per annum each; one watchman, Manila post-office, Class C;
fifty-five employees, Manila post-office, at thirty pesos per month
each; one hundred employees at other offices, at twenty pesos per
month each.
Mail transportation:
For salaries and wages of postal clerks on mail trains and mail
steamers, at not to exceed two thousand four hundred pesos per
annum each; one foreman, at one hundred and eighty pesos per
month; one driver, at sixty pesos per month; and eight drivers, at
thirty pesos per month eacn, at Manila.
Construction, maintenance, and repair of telegraph and tele-
phone lines:
Ten linemen, class nine; thir^ linemen, class ten; fifteen linemen.
Class A ; fifteen linemen, Class B ; two hundred and forty linemen, at
not exceeding four hundred and twenty pesos per annum each; for
the hire of semiskilled, unskilled, and emergency labor.
Free deliverj service:
Four letter carriers. Class B, at Manila; fourteen letter carriers,
Class D, at Manila ; and for letter carriers for other post-offices, at
rates of compensation to be fixed by the Director of Posts, with the
approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police.
Miscellaneous :
For hire of temporary employees.
Contingent expenses :
For contingent expenses, including railroad and other. inland mail
transportation; sea transportation of mails; transportation of mails
through foreign countries; construction, maintenance, and repair of
telegraph and telephone lines; traveling expenses of linemen; for an
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allowance of twenty pesos per month each to linemen for each author-
ized horse furnished and maintained by said linemen for oiRcial trans-
portation; per diems of officers and employees when travelinff on
official business; transportation of officers, employees, and supplies;
cablegrams; printing and binding; mail and office equipment; letter
boxes; telegraph and telephone Tine materials and supplies; manu-
facture of stamps, including necessary plates ; expenses of not exceed-
ing ten stamp agencies at Manila, at four pesos per month each;
omQial transportation in the city of Manila; interest upon deposits
in the Philippine Postal Savings Bank payable within or at the end
of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight,
as provided in sections ten and nineteen of Act Numbered Fourteen
hundred and ninety-three; office furniture, fixtures, and supplies;
rent; light; telephones; electric current; repairs to offices, furniture
and fixtures; and other incidental expenses: Provided^ That the
Director of Posts is hereby authorized, m his discretion, to advance
from this appropriation to linemen not to exceed one hundred and
twentj^-five pesos for the purchase of each horse required for trans-
portation, such advances to be reimbursed to the Government by
monthly deductions of ten per centum from the linemen's salaries;
six hundred and eighty -eight thousand pesos.
The Director of Posts may, without regard to the Civil Service Act,
as amended, or rules, appoint and remove postmasters who are re-
quired to perform the duties of telegraph operators, postmasters at
Army posts only whose compensation does not exceed one thousand
two hundred pesos per annum each, operators, and linemen, but such
appointees shall not be entitled to the benefits of Act Numbered One
thousand and forty; and all such appointments and separations shall
be reported by the Director of Posts to the Bureau of Civil Service.
The funds appropriated for the Signal Service by Act Numbered
Sixteen hundred and sixty-three shall be withdrawn from this ap-
propriation for the Bureau of Posts.
BUBEAU OF COAST AND GEODETIC SUBVEY.
Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey: For salaries and wages of
one clerk, class seven ; one clerk, at three thousand pesos per annum ;
one clerk, class eight; one clerk. Class C; five clerKs, Class D; two
clerks, Class E, one being for six months only ; seven clerks. Class F ;
two clerks. Class G; one clerk. Class H; four employees, at thirty
pesos per month each ; for temporary employees ; for pay and rations
of petty officers and crews; for reimbursement to the Bureau of the
Treasury of portion of expense of watchman service furnished by
that Bureau for the Intendencia Building, five hundred pesos; for
hire of field hands and other labor ; two employees, class six ; hire of
temporary employees; for contingent exi>enses, including purchase
of office furniture and supplies ; repairs ; per diems of employees when
traveling on official busmess; transportation of employees and sup-
plies ; cablegrams ; postage and telegrams ; printing ana binding ; for
repairs and supplies for the maintenance and operation of steamers
engaged in survey work: Provided^ That minor and emergency re-
pairs may be made at the nearest available point when vessels are
away from Manila, without the intervention of the Bureau of Navi-
gation ; medical treatment, medicines and uniforms for petty officers
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and crews; hire of launches; purchase of saddle and pack animals,
camp outfits and supplies; lumber and other signal material; photo-
lithography and map printing; repairs of offices; and other incidental
expenses; two hundred and five thousand pesos.
CONSULTING ARCHITECT.
For salary of the Consulting Architect, twelve thousand pesos:
Provided^ That the expense of authorized assistants, office supplies,
I)er diems, and other necessair charges shall be paid from appropria-
tions for the Bureau of Public Works.
SUPEBVISINO RAILWAY EXPERT.
Supervising Railway Expert: For salaries and wages of Supervis-
ing Railway Expert, at twenty- four thousand pesos per annum ; one
assistant, at eight thousand pesos per annum; one chief clerk, class
one; four inspecting engineers, class two; two clerks, class seven; one
messenger, at three hundred pesos per annum ; for expense of inspec-
tion of materials and so forth in the United States and foreign coun-
tries ; and for hire of temporary employees, at rates of compensation
to be approved by the Secretary of Commerce and Police; for con-
tingent expenses, including purchase of equipment, furniture, and
supplies; per diems of officers and employees when traveling on offi-
cial business; transportation of officers, employees, and supplies; pur-
chase and maintenance of transportation; cablegrams; postage and
telegrams ; printing and binding ; rents ; official transportation in the
city of Manila; and other incidental expenses; one hundred and
eleven thousand five hundred pesos.
The Supervising Railway Expert, in addition to other duties pro-
vided by law, may be assigned bv the Governor-General to perform
the duties of chief of an Insular feureau, or act in charge of or in an
advisory capacity in connection with any special project or matter,
without additional compensation.
D£PABTM£NT Or FINANCE AND JUSTICE.
BUREAU OF JUSTICE.
Bureau of Justice: For salaries and wages of Attorney-General, at
twelve thousand pesos per annum ; Solicitor-General, at ten thousand
pesos per annum ; Assistant Attorney-Greneral, at nine thousand pesos
per annuiti ; one assistant attorney, at six thousand pesos per annum ;
two assistant attorneys, at five thousand pesos per annum each; one
assistant attorney, at four thousand nine nundred pesos per annum;
one assistant attorney, at four thousand five hundred pesos per an-
num ; five assistant attorneys, at four thousand pesos per annum each ;
one assistant attorney, at three thousand two hundred pesos per an-
num ; chief clerk, at four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum ;
one employee, class six ; five employees, class seven ; three employees,
class eight ; one employee, Class A ; one employee, Class B ; one em-
ployee, at one thousand three hundred and twenty pesos per annum ;
two employees, Class D; one employee. Class F; two employees, Class
I; one employee, Class J; one employee, at three hundred and sixty
pesos per annum ; two employees, at two hundred and forty pesos per
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annum each; and for hire of temporary employees; for contingent
expenses, including purchase of office furniture and supplies; re-
pairs; sheriffs' fees and per diems; per diems of officers ana einploy-
ees when traveling on official business; transportation of oflScers,
employees, and supplies; cablegrams; postage and telegrams; print-
ing and binding; and other incidental expenses; oneliundrea and
six-ty-two thousand pesos.
BUREAU OP CUSTOMS.
Bureau of Customs: For salaries and wages of —
Insular Collector of Customs, at twelve thousand pesos per anmun;
one clerk, class three ; two clerks, class seven.
Board of protests and appeals:
One clerk, class seven; one clerk, Class A; one clerk. Class H.
Insular Deputy Collector of Customs, at eight thousand five hun-
dred pesos per annum ; one clerk, class seven.
Marine division :
Chief of division, class five; one clerk, class six; one clerk, class
seven ; two clerks, class eight ; one clerk, class nine ; two clerks, class
ten ; one clerk. Class A ; one clerk. Class D ; one clerk, Class F ; two
clerks. Class I ; two messengers, at fifteen pesos per month each.
Liquidation division:
Chief of division, class five ; one clerk, class seven ; one clerk, class
eight; one liquidator, class nine; one liquidator, class ten; three liqui-
dators. Class D; two liquidators. Class F; one clerk. Class G; two
messengers, at fifteen pesos per month each.
Appraisers' division:
Appraiser of the port, class one; one assistant appraiser of the port,
who shall also act as appraiser of textiles, class three ; two assistant
appraisers, class four; two assistant appraisers, class five; five exam-
iners, class six J five examiners, class seven; seven examiners, class
eight ; six examiners, class nine ; two examiners, Class D ; two examin-
ers. Class E ; one clerk. Class I ; two clerks, Class J ; six employees,
at twenty pesos per month each ; two messengers, at fifteen pesos per
month each.
Cashier's division:
Cashier, class one; one assistant cashier, class five; one receiving
teller, class six ; one clerk, class eight ; one clerk, class ten ; one teller,
class ten; two clerks. Class C; one clerk. Class F; one clerk. Class H;
one clerk. Class I ; two clerks. Class J ; one clerk, at twenty pesos per
month ; two messengers, at fifteen pesos per month each.
Insular Special Deputy Collector of Customs, at eight thousand
pesos per annum ; one clerk, class seven.
License section:
One clerk, class seven; one clerk. Class D; one clerk, Class F; one
clerk. Class H ; one clerk, Class I.
Immigration division:
Chief of division, class five; one immigration inspector, class seven;
one clerk, class seven; one immigration inspector, class eight; three
immigration inspectors, class nine ; one Chinese interpreter, class nine ;
two clerks, Class I ; one guard, Class J ; one employee at twenty-five
pesos per month; two employees, at twenty pesos per month each;
one messenger, at fifteen pesos per month.
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Statistical division:
Chief of division, class five; one clerk, class seven ; five clerks, class
nine; one clerk, class ten; one clerk, Class A; two clerks. Class B;
two clerks, Class C; three clerks. Class D; one clerk. Class E; one
clerk, Class F; one clerk. Class G: one clerk. Class H; one clerk,
Class I ; one clerk. Class J ; one employee, at twenty pesos per month ;
one messenger, at fifteen pesos per month.
Insular Surveyor of Customs, at eight thousand pesos per annum ;
one deputy surveyor, class two; two clerks, class seven.
Admeasurer's section:
One admeasurer, class five ; two clerks, Class E ; one clerk. Class F.
Hull and boiler section :
One supervising hull and boiler inspector, class four ; one inspector
of boilers, class six ; one inspector of hulls, class six ; one clerk, class
eight.
Harbormaster's section :
One harbormaster, class five ; one assistant harbormaster, class nine ;
two guards. Class I; one launch inspector. Class J; one guard, at
twenty-five pesos per month.
Semaphore section :
One supermtendent, at one thousand two hundred and sixty pesos
per annum; one assistant superintendent, Class G; three employees,
at thirty-two pesos per month each.
Revenue-cutter section :
One captain, class eight, three captains, class nine, four mates,
Class D, four engineers, Class C, with commutation of rations, at one
peso each per diem ; four assistant engineers, at thirty-five pesos per
month each, eight quartermasters, at twenty-five pesos per month
each, four stewards, at thirty pesos per month each, twelve fireman,
at twenty-two pesos per month each, sixteen sailors, at twenty pesos
per month each, with conmiutation of rations, at thirty centavos each
per diem.
Inspector's division :
Chief of division, class five; one inspector, class seven; two in-
spectors, class eight; two inspectors, class nine; two inspectors, class
ten ; sixteen inspectors. Class A ; one inspector. Class B ; two inspec-
tors. Class C; two inspectors. Class E; two weighers. Class F; two
clerk. Class F; twenty guards. Class I; eighty guards. Class J; ten
weighers. Class J.
Baggage division:
lief of divii
Chief of division, class five; one inspector, class eight; three in-
spectors, class ten ; one inspector, Class D ; four employees, at twenty
pesos per month each.
Harbor launch division:
Launch foreman, class ten; one clerk, class nine; one clerk. Class D;
one employee, at tnirty pesos per month; one patron. Class D; five
patrons. Class F; one patron. Class H; one engineer. Class E; five
engineers, Class F; one engineer. Class H; one engineer. Class I; two
assistant engineers. Class I ; one assistant engineer, Class J ; thirteen
firemen, at four hundred pesos per annum each; two employees, at
twenty-five pesos per month each; twenty-two employees, at twenty
pesos per month each.
One additional Deputy Collector of Customs, class one.
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Bookkeeping section :
One clerk, Class D; one clerk, Class G; one clerk, Class I.
Record section :
One clerk, class six ; one clerk. Class* A ; one clerk, Class D ; one
clerk, Class F ; one clerk, Class (i ; four clerks. Class H ; four clerks,
Class I; two clerks. Class J; one employee, at twenty pesos per
month.
Correspondence section:
Two clerks, class seven ; one clerk, class eight ; two clerks. Class H ;
one clerk. Class J ; two messengers, at thirty pesos per month each ;
two messengers, at twenty pesos per month each.
Property section :
One clerk, class seven ; two clerks, Class I.
Accounting section:
One clerk, class six ; two clerks, class seven ; one clerk. Class D.
Iloilo custom-house:
Collector of customs, at eight thousand pesos per annum; deputy
collector of customs, class five; surveyor of customs, class six; one
clerk, class six; one appraiser, class seven; two clerks, class eight;
one clerk, class nine ; three inspectors, Class A ; three clerks. Class D ;
one inspector of hulls. Class E; one assistant engineer. Class H; one
clerk, Class G ; one clerk, Class I ; two guards, Class I ; one patron,
Class I ; five guards. Class J ; one fireman, Class J ; one sailor. Class
J; two messengers, at thirty pesos per month each; one messenger,
at twenty pesos per month; two lookouts, at twenty-five pesos per
month each; one warehouseman, at twenty -two pesos and fifty cen-
tavos per month ; one clerk, at twenty pesos per month ; two sailors,
at eighteen pesos per month each ; two laborers, at fifteen pesos per
month each; emergency guards, at not exceeding forty pesos per
month each.
Cebu custom-house:
Collector of customs, at eight thousand pesos per annum; deputy
collector of customs, class five; surveyor of customs, class six; one
clerk, class six; one appraiser, class seven; one examiner, class eight;
one clerk, class eight ; one inspector, class ten ; one inspector, Class A ;
one clerk. Class D; one clerk. Class F; one patron, Class G; one engi-
neer. Class G; three employees. Class H; two firemen. Class J; twenty-
six guards. Class J; three sailors, at thirty pesos per month each; two
employees, at twenty pesos per month each ; emergency employees, at
not to exceed an aggregate of twenty pesos per month.
Jolo custom-house :
Collector of customs, class three; one examiner, class seven; one
clerk, class ten; one clerk. Class A; one clerk, Class I; one guard,
Class I ; three guards, Class J ; three employees, at twenty pesos per
month each.
Zamboanga custom-house:
Collector of customs, class two ; one examiner, class seven ; one clerk,
class nine; one clerk. Class I; four guards, Class J; one patron, at
twenty pesos per month; four boatmen, at fifteen pesos per month
each ; one employee, at fifteen pesos per month.
Bongao custom-house:
Deputy collector of customs, class seven; one clerk. Class G; two
boatmen, at twelve pesos per month each.
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Balabac custom-house :
Deputy collector of customs, class seven ; one clerk, Class D ; four
boatmen, at fifteen pesos per month each.
Jurata custom-house :
Deputy collector of customs, class seven ; one clerk, Class G ; four
boatmen, at twelve pesos per month each.
Sitanki custom-house:
Deputy collector of customs, class seven ; one clerk. Class H ; four
boatmen, at twelve pesos per month each.
Interior ports:
Three coast district inspectors, class eight
Miscellaneous :
For a fund to be expended in the discretion of the Insular Collector
of Customs, for pay of secret agents while eifiployed in apprehending
violators of the customs, inmiigration and revenue laws ; tor hire of a
superintendent of building, watchmen, janitors, and laborers, at the
port of Manila, at rates or compensation to be fixed by the Collector
of Customs with the approvail of the Secretary of Finance and
Justice ; and for hire of temporary employees.
Contingent expenses:
For contingent expenses, including purchase of office furniture and
supplies ; per diems of officers and employees when traveling on official
busmess; transportation of officers, employees, and supplies; cable-
grams; postage and telegrams; printing and binding; for a fund to
be expended in the discretion of the Insular Collector of Customs for
the expenses of secret agents, in the detection and punishment of vio-
lations of the customs, immigration, and revenue laws ; for fuel, sup-
plies, emergency rations, repairs, alterations, and other incidental ex-
penses for harbor launches and customs cutters: Provided^ That
minor and emergency repairs may be made at the nearest available
point when vessels are away from Manila, without the intervention of
the Bureau of Navigation ; clothing allowance of three suits, two hats,
and two handkerchiefs per annum for each petty officer and member
of crew of said launches and cutters; for purchase of apparatus and
fixtures ; repairs ; rents ; for deportation of Chinese who lail to comply
with the provisions of Act Numbered Seven hundred and two; sub-
sistence of customs officials while on duty on board United States
Army or Navy vcvssels; for per diems for expert testimony of mer-
chants, and services of marine officers or other persons appointed on
marine examination boards; for the hire and maintenance of land
transportation; for hire of water transportation; for removal of
wrecks which obstruct the navigable waters of the Archipelago;
coolie hire for handling supplies; and other incidental expenses:
Provided^ that expenditures on account of the customs service in the
Moro Province shall be made under the general authority of the
Insular Collector of Customs, as provided in section eighty -one of
Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and two, but appropriations there-
fore shall be made from the funds of the Moro Province by the
legislative council thereof: And provided further^ That the cost of
maintenance of customs cutters or other vessels detailed ;for patrol
duty in the waters of the Moro Province may be borne in whole or
in part by the appropriations for the Bureau of Customs; eight
hundred and forty thousand pesos.
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BUBBA.U OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
Bureau of Internal Revenue: For salaries and wages of Collector
of Internal Revenue, at twelve thousand pesos per annum; Deputy
Collector of Internal Revenue, at eiffht thousana five hundred pesos
per annum: Provided^ That upon the vacation of the oiRce by the
present incumbent the salary shall be seven thousand five hundred
pesos per annum ; one deputy, at six thousand pesos per annum ; chief
clerk, class four ; law clerk, class four ; cashier, class four ; three chiefs
of division, class four; five chiefs of division, class five; five clerks,
class six ; four clerks, class seven ; nine clerks, class eight; four clerks,
class nine; three clerks, class ten; four clerks, Class A; one clerk,
Class B ; two clerks. Class C ; one clerk, at one thousand three hundred
and twenty pesos per annum; seventeen clerks. Class D; thirteen
clerks. Class E ; sixteen clerks. Class F ; twenty-one clerks. Class G ;
twelve clerks. Class H; fifty-two clerks, Class I; twenty-two clerks,
Class J; seven clerks, at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum
each ; twenty-five clerks, at three hundred pesos per annum each ; six
clerks, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum each ; one messen-
ger, at three hundred pesos per annum ; two messengers, at t^o hun-
dred and forty pesos per annum each; one agent at large, at four
thousand five hundred pesos per annum ; six agents, at four thousand
pesos per annum each; nine agents, at three thousand six hundred
pesos per annum each ; fourteen agents, at three thousand two hun-
dred pesos per annum each ; three agents, at three thousand pesos per
annum each ; twelve agents, at two thousand eight hundred pesos per
annum each; nineteen agents, at two thousand four hundred pesos per
annum each ; for temporary storekeepers, at hot to exceed -seventy
pesos per month each ; one" employee, at four hundred and eighty
pesos per annum; ten laborers, at seventy centavos per diem; one
watchman, at fifty pesos per month; and for temporary office em-
ployees; for contingent expenses, including purchase of office furni-
ture and supplies ; per diems of officers and employees when traveling
on official business; transportation of officers, employees, and sup-
plies; cablegrams; postage and telegrams; printing and binding; for
a special fund to be expended in the discretion of the Collector of
Internal Revenue for expenses incident to the detection and pun-
ishment of violators of the internal revenue law, three thousand
pesos; riding equipment for agents; testing and gauging instruments;
launch repairs and supplies: Provided^ That minor and emergency
repairs may be made, without the intervention of the Bureau of Navi-
S.tion, at the nearest available point when vessels are away from
anila: And provided further^ That the sum of four thousand six
hundred pesos appropriated by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
twenty-seven for the purchase of launches shall be continued avail-
able for expenditure during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and
eight ; for an allowance of twenty pesos per month each to agents in
the provinces for each authorized horse furnished and maintained by
said agents for official transportation: Provided^ That the Collector
of Internal Revenue is hereby authorized in his discretion to advance
to agents not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five pesos for the
purchase of each horse required for transportation, such advances to
be reimbursed to the Government by monthly deductions of ten per
centum from the agents' salaries, and for such advances this appro-
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priation is hereby made available; newspapers, magazines, and pe-
riodicals; janitor's supplies; and other incidental expenses; five hun-
dred and seventy-eight thousand pesos.
BtJBEAU OF THE TBEASUBT.
Bureau of the Treasury: For salaries and wages of the Insular
Treasurer, at fourteen thousand pesos per annum; Assistant Insular
Treasurer, at eight thousand pesos per annum.
Cash room :
One clerk, class one; one clerk, class two; two clerks, class six;
two clerks, class seven ; one clerk, class eight ; one clerk, class nine ;
three clerks, Class D; one clerk. Class F; two clerks. Class H; one
clerk. Class I; one employee, at four hundred and eighty pesos per
annum ; one office boy, at thirty pesos per month.
Miscellaneous division :
One chief clerk, class three ; one clerk, class five ; two clerks, class
six ; two clerks, class seven ; one clerk, class eight ; one clerk. Class F ;
one clerk. Class H ; one clerk. Class J ; one messenger, at three hun-
dred and sixty pesos per annum.
Division of disbursements :
Insular Disbursing Officer, at seven thousand pesos per annum;
one clerk, class five; three clerks, class six; one clerk, class seven;
one clerk, Class A ; one clerk, Class D ; one derk, Class E ; one clerk,
Class F ; one clerk. Class G ; one clerk. Class H ; one special messen-
ger, at six hundred pesos per annum ; one messenger, at four hundred
and eighty pesos per annum.
Miscellaneous :
Three watchmen, at one hundred and fifty pesos per month each,
and three guards, at sixty pesos per month each from August first,
nineteen hundred and seven; for hire of temporary employees.
Contingent expenses:
For contingent expenses, including purchase and repair of office
furniture and supplies; per diems of officers and employees when
traveling on official business; transportation of officers, employees,
and supplies; cablegrams; postage and telegrams; printing and bind-
ing; for expenses incurred in the transfer of Insular funds; books
and periodicals; and other incidental expenses; one himdred and
forty-two thousand five hundred pesos.
DEPARTMENT OP PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
BUREAU OF EDUCATION.
Bureau of Education: For salaries and wages of —
Office of the Director:
^ Director of Education, at twelve thousand pesos per annum ;' As-
sistant Director of Education, at seven thousand five hundred pesos
per annum ; Second Assistant Director of Education, at six thousand
pesos per annum; chief clerk, class five; property clerk, class six;
two clerks, class six ; two clerks, class seven ; eight clerks, class eight ;
eight clerks, class nine ; one clerk. Class D ; two clerks. Class E ; four
clerks. Class H; four clerks, Class I; two clerks, Class J; two car-
penters, at two pesos and forty centavos per diem each ; four packers,
at one peso and fifty centavos per diem each ; eight laborers, at one
peso per diem each.
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Offices of the division superintendents :
One division superintendent, at six thousand pesos per annum;
three division superintendents, at five thousand pesos per anum each ;
eleven division superintendents, at four thousand five hundred pesos
per annum each ; six division superintendents, at four thousand pesos
per annum each ; seven division superintendents, at three thousand six
nundred pesos per annum each; eight division superintendents, at
three thousand two hundred pesos per annum each ; three clerks, class
nine; ten clerks. Class D; eighteen clerks, Class E; eight clerks,
Class F; eleven clerks. Class I; eleven clerks, Class J: Provided^
That authorized salaries maj^ pe paid to school superintendents and
clerks, irrespective of the divisions to which they are assigned, the
provisions of Act Numbered Six hundred and seventy-two to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Insular schools :
Superintendent of Philippine Normal School, at six thousand pesos
per annum ; superintendent of Philippine School of Arts and Trades,
at four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum ; superintendent of
Insular Agricultural School, at four thousand eight hundred pesos
per annum.
General teaching force :
One instructor in agriculture, class five; ten teachers, class six;
fifteen teachers, class seven; sixty -five teachers, at three thousana
pesos per annum each; one hundred and forty teachers, class eight,
thirty of whom must be industrial teachers ; seventy teachers, at two
thousand six hundred pesos per annum each; three hundred and
ninety teachers, class nine ; thirty teachers, at two thousand two hun-
dred pesos per annum each; ninety teachers, class ten; twenty-nine
teachers. Class A; fourteen teacners. Class D; twenty teachers.
Class E; thirty- four teachers. Class F; twenty teachers. Class G;
twenty teachers. Class H; two hundred teachers. Class I; one hun-
dred and thirty-two teachers, Class J; one instructor in nursing,
class nine ; for night-school teachers^ at not to exceed three pesos per
night each: Provided^ That the Director of Education, subject to
approval by the Secretary of Public Instruction, may detail or assim
any teacher to perform such duties in any branch or division of the
Bureau of Education as the service reauires, the provisions of Act
Numbered Four hundred and thirty to tne contrary notwithstanding.
Division of the American Circulating Library Association of
Manila, P. I. :
One librarian, class eight; one assistant librarian, class nine; one
assistant librarian and cataloguer, class nine ; one assistant librarian,
Class A; one clerk, Class H; one clerk, at four hundred and twenty
pesos per annum; three messengers and janitors, at two hundred and
forty pesos per annum each: Provided^ That all receipts on every
account of the American Circulating Library of Manila shall w
duly accounted for to the Auditor and deposited by the librarian in
the Insular Treasury : And provided^ That a permanent appropria-
tion of all receipts deposited under the preceding provisions, except
from the sale of catalogues and lists, is hereby made for the purchase
of books and pamphlets for the library, such funds to be withdrawn
upon requisition of the Director of Education : And provided further^
that the American Circulating Library may purchase books, peri-
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odicals, and other reading matter without the intervention of the
Purchasing Agent, the provisions of Act Numbered One himdred
and forty-six, as amended, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Miscellaneous :
Normal School, Maiiila, two janitors, at thirty pesos per month
each; six janitors, at twenty pesos per month each; Trade School,
Manila, one mechanic, at two pesos and forty centavos per diem,
seven janitors, at twenty pesos per month each; Nautical School,
Manila, two janitors, at thirty pesos per month each.
For hire of temporary employees and emergency laborers.
One superintenaent of Filipmo students in the United States, at
five thousand pesos per annum.
Contingent expenses:
For contingent expenses, including purchase of office furniture and
supplies; per diems of officers and employees when traveling on offi-
cial business; transportation of officers, employees, and supplies;
cablegrams; postage and telegrams; printing and binding; tor the
purchase of school books, furniture, and supplies; equipment, ma-
chinery, and tools for industrial schools, and equipment for industrial
departments in intermediate and high schools, sixty thousand pesos;
apparatus, equipment, and supplies for Nautical School ; for ice and
distilled water for Insular schools and dormitories in Manila ; for fuel
and lights for Insular schools and dormitories in Manila ; medical at-
tendance for pupils attending normal school, including that of dormi-
tory for pupils attending normal school ; for an allowance of not to
exceed twenty pesos per month each to division superintendents and
supervising teachers, in the provinces, for each authorized horse fur-
nished and maintained by said division superintendents and super-
vising teachers for official transportation, in the discretion of the Di-
rector of Education, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Pub-
lic Instruction : Provided^ That said authorized horses shall be fur-
nished by division superintendents and supervising teachers at their
own expense; rents; for the actual and necessary cost of education
and maintenance, including traveling expenses, of not to exceed one
hundred and seventy-one students in the United States, at one thou-
sand pesos each per annum, under the provisions of Act Numbered
Eight hundred and fifty-four, and for the actual and necessary liv-
ing and incidental expenses while in Manila, in the discretion of the
Secretary of Public Instruction, and for traveling expenses of such
students from Manila to their homes in the provinces; for ten free
scholarships of two hundred and forty pesos per annum each for
young women in the nurses' training course; medical attendance to
Grovernment students, as provided by Act Numbered Eleven hundred
and thirty-three ; for the actual and necessary traveling expenses of
the superintendent of students in the United States, of an assistant
accompanying students from San Francisco to their places of estab-
lishment m the United States, and of necessary attendants accom-
panying parties of students from Manila to San Francisco under the
provisions of Act Numbered Twelve hundred and twenty-five; and
other incidental expenses.
For the establishment and maintenance of educational work among
the non-Christian tribes, including subsistence and clothing of pupils
in industrial schools to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary
of Public Instruction, seventy-five thousand pesos.
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For the support of primair instruction in municipalities located
on " friar lands " estates, to be allotted by the Secretary of Public
Instruction, twenty-five thousand pesos.
In all, for the Bureau of Education, three million five hundred and
ten thousand pesos.
PHn.IPPINE MEDICAL SCHOOL.
Philippine Medical School: For appropriation by the board of con-
trol, for the ends specified by law, m accordance with section three,
letter (c), of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifteen, including
the purchase of necessary, apparatus for the outdoor clinic of said
school, and the payment of the premium on the bond of the property
clerk of said school, one hundred and twenty-two thousand pesos.
For the establishment and maintenance of fifty free beds for clin-
ical purposes in a hospital or hospitals to be designated by the board
of control, twenty-five thousand pesos.
In all, lor the Philippine Medical School, one hundred and forty-
seven thousand pesos.
The Governor-General is hereby authorized to appoint two mu-
nicipal physicians as externes in obstetrics in the Philippine Medical
School, with compensation at not to exceed sixty pesos per month
each, from July nrst, nineteen hundred and seven, to be paid from
the appropriation for the Philippine Medical School, the provisions
of Act Numbered One hundred and forty-eight to the contrary not-
withstanding:
BUREAU OP SUPPLY.
The provisions of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and twenty-
seven under this head are hereby repealed and the following sub-
stituted in lieu thereof :
^^ Bureau of Supply: The appropriation heretofore desi^ated
' Purchase of supplies ' shall hereafter be known as ' Bureau of Sup-
ply,^ In addition to the purposes for which this appropriation was
available prior to the enactment of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred
and twenty-seven, it shall be available for the payment of the neces-
sary operating expenses of the Bureau of Supply, exclusive of the
division of cold storage, including the salaries of the Purchasing
Agent, at ten thousand pesos per annum; Assistant Purchasing
Agent, at six thousand five hundred pesos per annum ; and the sal-
aries and wages of one disbursing omcer and cashier, at five thou-
sand five hundred pesos per annum ; one property officer, at four thou-
sand pesos per annum ; one buyer, class five ; one buyer, class six ; four
clerks, class six ; six clerks, class seven ; one superintendent of hard-
ware, at three thousand pesos per annum ; one superintendent and in-
spector of lumber, class eight ; one superintendent of coal yard, class
eight; eleven clerks, class eight; ten clerks, class nine; two clerks,
class ten; one chief watchman. Class A; three clerks. Class A; two
clerks, Class B; one clerk. Class C; six watchmen. Class C; eight
clerks, Class D; eight clerks. Class E; nine clerks. Class F; four
clerks. Class G ; one clerk. Class H ; two clerks. Class I ; ten messen-
gers, at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum each ; for hire of
forcha crews; for hire of not more than two assistant foremen, at
seven pesos or less per diem each ; assistant foremen as may be neces-
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sary, at not to exceed six pesos per diem each ; emergency clerks and
laborers as may be necessary from time to time in the coal and lum-
ber yards and for handling supplies; for hire of temporary em-
ployees; service allowances of officers and employees upon appoint-
ment, resignation, or death, as authorized by law ; and other expenses,
including cost of office furniture and supplies; cable^ams; postage
and telegrams; printing and binding; rents; repairs; hire and mainte-
nance of transportation ; and for an other purposes necessarily inci-
dent to the maintenance and operation of the service : Provided^ That
no surcharge shall be made upon the cost of freight on delivery of
supplies by the Bureau of Supply."
Division of cold storage: The appropriation heretofore designated
^''Bureau of Cold Storage " shall hereafter be known as " division of
cold storage.^'* The provisions of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
twentv-seven under the head " Bureau of Gold Storage " are hereby
repealed and the following substituted in lieu thereof :
''Division of Cold Storage: There is hereby created under the above
desiffnation a permanent reimbursable appropriation to the credit of
whidi shall be deposited all receipts of the division of cold storage on
account of services or supplies furnished to other branches of the
Government and to other persons.
" There shall be paid from this appropriation the salaries and wages
of: Office division — Chief of the division, at four thousand eight
hundred pesos per annum; one clerk, class six; three clerks, class
seven; one clerk, class eight; two clerks, class nine; one clerk, Class
A ; one clerk. Class D ; one clerk. Class H ; two salesmen, at one peso
and fifty centavos per diem each ; two issue clerks, at one peso and
fifty centavos per diem each ; three messengers, at one peso and twenty
centavos per diem each. Manufacturing division — One chief engi-
neer, at four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum ; one assistant
engineer, class five, one assistant engineer, class seven; one assistant
engineer, class nine; two junior engineers, at four pesos and fifty
centavos per diem each; one machinist, class eight; three machinists,
at four pesos and fifty centavos per diem each ; one electrician, at five
pesos per diem ; one assistant electrician, at two pesos per diem ; one
pipe-fitter, ^at five pesos per diem ; three oilers, at one peso and fifty
centavos per diem each ; three watertenders, at one peso and fifty cen-
tavos per diem each; ten laborers, at one peso and fifty centavos per
diem each; forty laborers, at one peso per diem each. Cold-storage
division — One overseer, class eight ; one clerk, at one peso and seventy-
five centavos per diem ; one foreman, at one peso and thirty-five centa-
vos per diem; twenty laborers, at one peso per diem each. Land
transportation division — One overseer, class nine; one teamster, at
five pesos per diem ; nine teamsters, at four pesos per diem each ; three
teamsters, at two pesos per diem each ; one wheelwright, at two pesos
and fifty centavos per diem ; six laborers, at one peso and sixty centa-
vos per diem each; seventeen laborers, at one peso per diem each.
Water transportation division — One foreman, at two pesos per diem ;
four patrons, at one peso and thirty -five centavos per diem each;
eighteen sailors, at one peso per diem each. Care and maintenance of
buildings and grounds — One mechanic, class nine; two watchmen, at
four pesos and fifty centavos per diem each ; three watchmen, at four
pesos per diem each ; two carpenters, at two pesos and forty centavos
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per diem each ; one overseer, at one peso and sixty centavos per diem ;
one storekeeper, at one peso and eighty centavos per diem; seven
laborers, at one peso and twenty centavos per diem each; service
allowances of officers and employees upon appointment, resignation,
or death, as authorized by law ; and other expenses, including cost oi
equipment, furniture, and supplies; cablegrams; postage and tele-
grams; printing and binding; hire, maintenance, and renewal of
transportation; maintenance, renewal, repair, and improvement of
plant ; and all other purposes necessarily incident to the maintenance
and operation of the service.
" The net earnings of the division of cold storage shall be certified
on the first day of each month for the preceding month by the chief
of the division, and, upon approval of such certification by the Pur-
chasing Agent and the head of the Department, said net earnings
shall be transferred by the Insular Auditor to the credit of ' miscella-
neous revenues ' of the Insular Government."
BUREAU OF PRISONS.
Bureau of Prisons: For salaries and wages of Director of Prisons,
at seven thousand five hundred pesos per annum ; Assistant Director
of Prisons, at six thousand pesos per annum ; Second Assistant Di-
rector of Prisons, at three thousand eight hundred pesos per annum ;
one clerk, class seven; three clerks, class eight; one steward, class
eight ; three clerks, class nine ; one baker, class nine ; three inspectors
of the guard, class eight; three inspectors of the guard, class nine;
ihirty-one first-class guards, under the provisions of Act Numbered
Twelve hundred and twenty-five; one interpreter. Class A; one
clerk. Class A; one overseer, Class C; three clerks, Class D; one
teamster, at four pesos and fifty centavos per diem; one overseer,
Class D ; two clerks, Claas H ; two sergeants of the guard, under the
provisions of Act Numbered Twelve hundred and twenty-five; six-
teen keepers, under the provisions of Act Numbered Twelve hundred
and twenty-five; forty -five second-class guards, under the provisions
of Act Numbered Twelve hundred and twenty-five ; two chaplains, at
six hundred pesos per annum each; one matron, at sixty-two pesos
and fifty centavos per month; two Sisters of Charity, at thirty pesos
per month each with quarters in kind to be assigned by the Director
of Prisons ; one clerk. Class J ; two drivers, at one peso and fifty cen-
tavos per diem each ; two cocheros, at eighty centavos per diem each ;
two laborers, at twenty-four pesos per month each; for additional
compensation to executioner, at twenty pesos per execution ; band in-
struction, at two pesos per hour; Provided^ That payment thereof
may be made as additional compensation to an official or employee
pertaining to another branch oi the service upon approval by the
neads of the departments concerned, the provisions of existing law to
the contrary notwithstanding; for such proportion of office salaries
of the industrial division as shall be fixed by the Secretary of Public
Instruction.
Iwahig penal settlement:
One superintendent, class one; one overseer and assistant super-
intendent, at four thousand pesos per annum ; one farming instructor,
at three thousand pesos per annum; one trades instructor, at two
thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; one chaplain, Class A;
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one assistant overseer, Class D; one clerk, Class H; one assistant
overseer. Class I; two assistant overseers, Class J: Provided^ That
the superintendent of the Iwahig penal settlement, with the approval
of the Director of Prisons^ is authorized to employ, as assistant over-
seers, such suitable colonists, prisoners who have been legally dis-
charged, as may, in his judgment, be necessary within the limits
of this Act.
Miscellaneous :
For hire of t;pmporary employees.
Contingent expenses:
For contingent expenses, including purchase of office furniture and
supplies; per diems of officers and employees when traveling on
omcial business; transportation of officers, employees, and supplies;
cablegrams; postage and telegrams; printing and binding; subsist-
ence of prisoners; nospital special diet; medical and hospital equip-
ment and supplies; surgical instruments; ice for hospitals; supplies
for prisoners, including clothing, bedding, soap, tobacco, mess Kits,
and Darber supplies ; building inaterials and tools for general renew-
als and repairs ; postage for prisoners' mail ; photographers' supplies ;
guards' equipment, including firearms, ammunition for target prac-
tice and emergency supplj^, and repair of arms and shackles; burial
of deceased prisoners; reimbursement to prisoners of earning^ as
hired laborers outside of prison prior to American occupation; for
one suit of clothing of value not exceeding five pesos and a gratuity
not exceeding ten pesos to each prisoner upon release in cases when,
in the discretion or the Director of Prisons, such clothing and gratu-
ity are necessary; transportation of discharged prisoners to their
homes in the Philippine Islands; electric current; band and athletic
supplies ; purchase, hire, and maintenance of land and water trans-
portation 5 fuel and kitchen equipment and supplies; water and sewer-
age supplies and fire hose ; for the maintenance of the Iwahig penal
settlement; purchase of agricultural implements; tools; seeds; mis-
cellaneous supplies for maintenance and repair of plant; transpor-
tation of prisoners to and from the settlement : Provided^ That when,
in the judgment of the Secretary of Public Instruction, a first-class
prisoner merits consideration, his wife, family, or fiancee, may be
permitted to join him at the Iwahig penal settlement, and that the
transportation from their homes to Iwahig may be paid from this
appropriation ; steam road roller with engine to run rice huller, band
saw, and rock crusher for the Iwahig penal settlement ; illuminating
supplies; maintenance of prisoners in reform schools or other author-
ized private or public mstitutions; maintenance of Hospital B,
including rent and repairs; and other incidental expenses; nve hun-
dred andeighty-three thousand two hundred pesos.
Indiistrim dhnsion^ Bureau of Prisons: The second paragraph of
that portion of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and twenty-seven,
which provides for the industrial division. Bureau of Prisons, is
hereby amended to read as follows :
" There shall be paid from this appropriation the necessary ex-
penses of the industrial division, including the salaries and wages
of such superintendents, foremen, clerks subject to the civil-service
rules, mechanics, skilled workmen, and temporary employees as may
be necessary, who shall be appointed by the Assistant Director of
Prisons, unless otherwise directed by the Secretary of Public Instruc-
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tion, at rates of compensation approved by the latter: Provided^
That such portion of the compensation of employees of this division
as shall be approved by the Secretary of Public Instruction shall be
charged to the appropriation for current expenses of the Bureau of
Prisons; service allowances of officials and employees upon appoint-
ment, resignation, or death, as authorized by law; and the cost of
equipment, including machinery, and supplies, necessary for the
maintenance, operation, and improvement of the plant.
" The assets of the ' carabao cart fund ' of wnaltver nature are
hereby consolidated with and made a part of the capital account of
this aivision."
General store ^ Iwahig penal settlement: The superintendent of the
Iwahig penal settlement, with the approval of the Secretary of
Public Instruction, is hereby authorized to establish and maintain
a general store for the sale of merchandise which may be required
by the residents of the settlement, and for the purchase of pixxiuce
which, under authority from the Secretary of Public Instruction,
prisoners residing at the settlement may dispose of for their own
profit: Provided. That no additional compensation nor piecuhiary
profit shall be allowed any officer or employee of the Government on
account of services rendered in connection with this store. To carry
out the purposes hereinbefore stated, there is hereby created a per-
manent reimbursable appropriation under the designation ^^General
store ^ Iwahig penal settlement ^^'^ to the credit of which shall be depos-
ited cash receipts of the store from all sources, and from which shall
be paid the cost of supplies and other necessary incidental expenses.
The Secretary of Public Instruction shall prescribe the articles which
may be purchased and sold by the general store, the organization and
methods of administration, and the surcharge which shall be made
to cover loss from wastage and other unavoidable causes. To furnish
the necessary funds to permit the establishment of the store, the sum
of five hundred pesos is hereby appropriated.
BUBEAU OP PBINTINO.
Bureau of Printing : The third paragraph under this head in Act
Numbered Fifteen hundred and twenty -seven is hereby repealed and
the following is substituted in lieu thereof: "There shall be paid
from the reimbursable appropriation of the Bureau of Printing sal-
aries and wages of a Director of Printing, at ten thousand pesos per
annum ; an Assistant Director of Printing, at six thousand five hun-
dred pesos per annum ; Superintendent of Work, class one ; one crafts-
man instructor, class three; eight craftsmen instructors, class four;
four craftsmen instructors, class five; three craftsmen instructors,
class six; five craftsmen instructors, class seven; one deliveryman,
class nine ; one clerk, class five ; two clerks, class six ; one clerk, class
seven ; one clerk, class ten ; two employees, class ten ; one clerk. Class
B; two watchmen, Class C; three clerks. Class D; five clerk^ Class
G ; one clerk, Class I ; salaries and wages of the necessary craftsmen,
junior craftsmen, apprentices, carpenters, laborers, and such other
clerical, mechanical, miscellaneous, and temporary employees; for
night work; overtime pay; and extra compensation accruing under
the provisions of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and forty ; serv-
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ice allowances of oflScials and employees upon appointmentj resigna-
tion, or death, as authorized by law ; and other expenses, including
cost of equipment, furniture, and supplies; lithographing; cable-
grams; postage and telegrams; hire, maintenance, and renewal of
transportation; rents; repairs; and all other expenses necessarily
incident to the maintenance, operation, and improvement of the plant,
including buildings."
Section one of Act Numbered Six hundred and fifty is hereby re-
pealed. Hereafter the number, qualifications, classification, and com-
pensation of apprentices shall be deten^wned and regulated by the
head of Department: Provided^ That the extra compensation pro-
vided in section two of Act Numbered Six hundred and fifty, as
amended by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and forty, shall be-
come effective as to apprentices from the date of their entrance into
the third year of apprenticeship.
The Director of Jrrinting is nereby authorized to detail a suitable
employee of the Bureau of Printing who may be on leave in the
United States for duty for one month in the city of Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia, for the purpose of securing information m regard
to the system of cost accounting recently adopted by the United
States Government, and said employee shall be entitled to his travel-
ing expenses from his home in the tinited States to the city of Wash-
ington and return, and to his actual and necessary living expenses
while in Washin^n on this duty ; and the expenses incident to the
foregoinjg authorization are hereby made a proper charge against the
appropriation '''Bureau of Printing.'*'*
JUDICIARY.
Judiciary : For salaries and wages — :
Supreme Court:
Chief Justice, at twenty thousand pesos per annum; six associate
justices, at twenty thousand pesos per annum each; clerk of the court,
at six thousand pesos per annum ; one deputy clerk, at four thousand
pesos per annum; two employees, class six; three employees, class
seven; one emplovee. Class B; one employee. Class C; one employee.
Class D ; one employee, Class E ; one employee, Class F ; one employee,
Class G; three employees. Class H; one employee, Class I; five em-
plovees, Class J; nve employees, at three hundred pesos per annum
each; one employee, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum.
Reporter of the Supreme Court :
Reporter of the Supreme Court, from August first, nineteen hun-
dred and seven, at seven thousand pesos per annum; one employee,
class six; two employees, class seven; one employee, class eight; one
employee, class nine; two employees, class ten; one employee. Class
A ; one employee, at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum.
Court of First Instance, Manila :
Three judges, at eleven thousand pesos per annum each ; clerk, at
four thousand pesos per annum ; one assistant clerk, at three thousand
two hundred pesos per annum; two deputy clerks, at two thousand
four hundred pesos per annum each ; five employees, class seven ; one
employee, class eight; three employees, class nine; eight employees.
Class H; five employees, at three hundred pesos per annum each.
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Courts of First Instance, First District :
One judge, at nine thousand pesos per annum; one employe, class
eight; one employee, Class C; one clerk, Cagayan, at one thousand
six hundred pesos per annum ; one clerk, Isabela, at one thousand four
hundred pesos per annum; two employees. Class J; two employees,
at two hundred and forty pesos per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Second District :
One judge, at nine thousand pesos per annum; one clerk, Ilocos
Norte, at one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; one clerk,
Ilocos Sur, at one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum ; one em-
ployee. Class C ; one employee. Class D ; four employees, Class J ; two
employees, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Third District:
One judge, at ten thousand pesos per annum; one employee, class
seven ; one employee, class nine ; one clerk. La Union, at one thousand
eight hundred pesos per annum ; one clerk, Pangasinan, at two thou-
sand two hundred pesos per annum ; one clerk, Zambales, at one thou-
sand six hundred pesos per annum ; one deputy clerk, Pangasinan, at
seven hundred ana twenty pesos per annum ; one employee. Class J ;
one employee, at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum ; one em-
Sloyee, at three hundred pesos per annum ; one employee, at two hun-
red and forty pesos per annum.
Courts or First Instance, Fourth District :
One judge, at ten thousand pesos per annum; one employee,
Class A; one employee, Class H; one clerk, Nueva Ecija, at one
thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; one clerk, Fampanga,
at two thousand pesos per annum ; one clerk, Tarlac, at one thousand
eight hundred pesos per annum; one deputy clerk, Pampanga, at
six hundred pesos per annum ; one employee. Class J ; two employees,
at three hundred pesos per annum each ; three employees, at two nim-
dred and forty pesos per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Fifth District :
One judge, at ten thousand pesos per annum; one clerk, Bula-
*can, at two thousand pesos per annum; one clerk, Rizal, at one
thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; one employee. Class C;
one employee. Class G ; one employee, Class H ; one employee. Class
J; one employee, at three hundred, and sixty pesos per annum; two
employees, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Sixth District:
One judge, at ten thousand pesos per annum; one clerk, Bataan,
at one thousand six hundred pesos per annum; one clerk, Cavite, at
one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum ; one clerk. La Laguna,
at one thousand eight hunared pesos per annum; one employee.
Class C ; four employees, Class J ; two employees, at three hunared
and sixty pesos per annum each; three employees, at two hundred
and forty pesos per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Seventh District:
One judge, at ten thousand pesos per annum ; one employee, class
eight; one employee, class nine; one clerk, Batangas, at two thousand
two hundred pesos per annum; one clerk, Mindoro, at one thou-
sand six hundred pesos per annum; one clerk, Tayabas, at one
thousand eight hunared pesos per annum; one clerk, subprovince of
Marinduque, at eight hundred pesos per annum; four employees.
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Class J; one employee, at three hundred and. sixty pesos per annum;
four employees, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Eighth District:
One judge, at ten thousand pesos per annum; one employee, class
seven; one employee, class nine; one clerk, Albay, at one thousand
eight hundred pesos per annum ; one clerk, Ambos Camarines, at
one thousand eiffht hundred pesos per annum; one clerk, Sorsogon,
at one thousand six hundred pesos per annum ; one deputy clerk,
Albay, at seven hundred and twenty pesos per annum; three em-
ployees. Class J; one employee, at three himdred and sixty pesos
per annum; one employee at three hundred pesos per annum; two
employees, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum each.
Court of First Instance, Ninth District:
One judge, at ten thousand pesos per annum 5 one employee, class
seven; one employee, class nine; one clerk, Hoilo, at two thousand
four hundred pesos per annum; two employees. Class H; one em-
ployee, at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum; one employee,
at two hundred and forty pesos per annum.
Courts of First Instance, Tenth District :
One judge, at ten thousand pesos per annum; one derk. Antique,
at one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; one clerk. Occi-
dental Negros, at two thousand two hundred pesos per annum; one
employee. Class C ; two employees. Class J ; one employee, at three
hundred and sixty pesos per annum; one employee, at two hundred
and eighty-eight pesos per annum ; one employee, at one hundred and
eighty pesos per annum.
Courts of First Instance, Eleventh District :
One judge, at ten thousand pesos per annum; one employee, class
seven ; one clerk, Bohol, at two thousand pesos per annum ; one clerk,
Cebu, at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum ; one clerk.
Oriental Negros,. at one thousand six hundred pesos per annum; one
deputy derk, Cebu, at one thousand two hundred pesos per annum ;
one employee. Class D ; two employees. Class H ; two emplx)yees. Class
J; one employee, at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum; one
employee, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum ; one employee,
at one hundred and twenty pesos per annum ; translating assistants,
not to exceed two hundred pesos.
Courts of First Instance, Twelfth District:
One judge, at ten thousand pesos per annum; one employee, class
eight ; one clerk, Leyte, at two thousand pesos per annum ; one clerk,
Samar, at one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; one em-
ployee. Class A ; two employees, Class J ; two employees, at two hun-
dred and forty pesos per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Thirteenth District :
One judge, at nine thousand pesos per annum; one employee, class
nine; one clerk, Misamis, at one thousand eight hundred pesos per
annum; one clerk, Surigao, at one thousand six hundred pesos per
annum; one clerk, district of Lanao, at six hundred pesos per annum;
one clerk, subdistrict of Dapitan, at six hundred pesos per annum;
one employee. Class J ; one employee, at three himdred and sixty pesos
per annum ; four employees, at two hundred and forty pesos per an-
num each.
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Courts of First Instance, Fourteenth District :
One judge, at nine thousand pesos per annum; one clerk, Jolo, at
two thousand pesos per annum ; one clerk, Zamboanffa, at two thou-
sand four hunored pesos per annum ; five deputy clerks, at four hun-
dred pesos per annum each ; four employees, at two himdred and forty
pesos per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Fifteenth District :
One judge, at nine thousand pesos per annum; one employee. Class
A; one employee, Class C; one clerk, Capiz, at one thousand eight
hundred pesos per annum ; one clerk, Palawan, at six hundred pesos
per annum; one clerk, subprovince of Masbate, at eight hundred
pesos per annum ; one clerk, subprovince of Romblon, at one thousand
p>esos per annum; one deputy clerk, Palawan, at four hundred and
eighty pesos per annum; two employees. Class J; one employee, at
three hundrea and sixty pesos per annum; two employees, at two
hundred and forty pesos per annum each.
Courts of First Instance, Mountain District:
One judge, at nine thousand pesos per annum ; one fiscal, at three
thousand two hundred pesos per annum ; one clerk, at three thousand
two hundred pesos per annum; three deputy clerks, at six hundred
pesos per annum each ; one employee, at two himdred and forty pesos
per annum ; clerical, interpreting, and translating assistants to fiscal,
not to exceed one thousand eight hundred pesos.
Judges of First Instance and employees at large :
Four judges, at nine thousand pesos per annum each ; one employee,
class seven ; two employees, class eight ; two employees, class nine.
Court of Land Kegistration :
One judge, at ten thousand pesos per annum; one judge, at nine
thousand pesos per annum ; clerk of court, at five thousand pesos per
annum; one examiner of titles, Manila, at three thousand pesos per
annum; one assistant clerk of court, at three thousand six hundred
pesos per annum ; two employees, class six ; two employees, class seven ;
five employees, class eight ; tour employees, class nine ; one employee,
class ten ; three employees, Class A ; two employees. Class C ; two em-
ployees. Class D ; tnree employees. Class E ; five employees. Class F ;
three employees. Class G; ten employees. Class H; ten employees, at
three hundred and sixty pesos per annum each.
Miscellaneous :
For hire of special interpreters and other emergency employees.
Contingent expenses:
For contingent expenses, including purchase of office furniture and
supplies ; per diems of officers and employees, when traveling on offi-
cial business, including all per diems of judges of First Instance and
of the Court of Land Kegistration, from July first, nineteen hundred
and seven, the per diems and transportation of judges while traveling
on official business being hereby made a charge against this appro-
priation exclusively; transportation of officers, employees, and sup-
plies, including the traveling expenses of justices of the peace, as pro-
vided by section thirty-three of Act Numbered Sixteen nundred and
twenty-seven; cablegrams; postage and telegrams; printing and bind-
ing j repairs; sheriffs' fees and per diems; purchase of five hundred
copies of Lobingier's Manual de Juzgados de Paz ; expenses incurred
under section ten of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and seventy-
six, and the per diems of clerks of courts under section five of tne
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same Act being hereby authorized, the provisions of existing law to
the contrary notwithstanding ; for advertising not otherwise provided
for ; for the payment of reasonable charges authorized by the Attor-
ney-General for chemical or medical examinations when in his opin-
ion the provisions of section fifteen of Act Numbered Fourteen hun-
dred ana eighty-seven and sections thirty-seven and forty-one of Act
Numbered Sixteen hundred and twenty-seven are insufficient to secure
the proper administration of justice, or for other technical or profes-
sional services necessarily incident to criminal proceedings conducted
in Courts of First Instance or of justices of the peace ; and other inci-
dental expenses ; eight hundred and ten thousand pesos. The Bureau
of Justices shall be charged with the disbursement of appropriations
under this head.
The resolution of the Commission dated Augiist sixth, nineteen
hundred and seven, granting to Henry C. Bates, judge of First In-
stance, Ninth Judicial District, certain leave of absence privileges is
hereby confirmed.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF BENOUET.
For salaries and wages, including salary of provincial governor, at
four thousand pesos per annum ; provincial treasurer, at three thou-
sand pesos per annum ; provincial secretary, at one thousand two hun-
dred pesos per annum ; additional compensation, at the rate of fifty
pesos per month to J. O. Wagner during such portions of the fiscal
years nineteen hundred and seven and nineteen hundred and eight as
he shall have acted as provincial governor, the provisions of existing
law to the contrary notwithstanding; for salaries and wages of such
employees as may be authorized by resolution of the provincial board,
witn the approval of the Executive Secretary ; for general provincial
expenses, including the actual and necessary traveling expenses and
per diems of officers and employees, under the provisions oi Act Num-
bered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six; for the transportation of
supplies; for the purchase of office furniture and supplies; postage
and telegrams; prmting and binding; maintenance of official trans-
portation: repairs to provincial buildings; rents; construction and
repairs oi bridges, roads, and trails: court expenses; subsistence of
prisoners; sanitary and burial fund tor indigent persons; for a fund
to be expended by the provincial governor as provided in Act Num-
bered Six hundred and eighty-two under the head of " Provincial
government of Lepanto-Bontoc ; " and other incidental expenses;
twenty-six thousand pesos.
The collection of license fees from stores, tailor shops, laundries,
horseshoeing establishments, butcher shops, silversmiths, shoe shops,
barber shops, saloons, and bread shops m the township of Baguio,
Benguet, between December twenty-second, nineteen himdred and
six, and May twentieth, nineteen hundred and seven, is hereby
validated.
The collection of five days' road tax in addition to the ten days'
road tax required by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-
six by the township of Tublay, Province of Benguet, ille^Uy im-
posed by resolution of the township council of Tublay on February
twenty-third, nineteen hundred and seven, and subsequently discon-
tinue, is hereby validated.
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The resolution of the Commission dated April twenty- fourth,
nineteen hundred and seven, validating the collection of the so-called
" Igorot cedula " tax is hereby confirmed.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF LEPANTO-BONTOC.
For salaries and wages, including salary of provincial governor,
at four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; provincial sec-
retary-treasurer, at three thousand two hundred pesos per annum;
provmcial supervisor, at three thousand pesos per annum; lieu-
tenant-governor for the subprovince of Amburayan, at two thou-
sand eight hundred pesos per annum; lieutenant-governor for the
subprovince of Bontoc, at three thousand pesos per annum; lieu-
tenant-governor for the subprovince of Kannga, at three thousand
two hundred pesos per annum; for salaries and wages of such em-
ployees as may be authorized by resolution of the provincial board,
with the approval of the Executive Secretary; for general provin-
cial expenses, including the actual and necessary traveling expenses
and per diems of officers and employees, under the provisions of Act
Numoered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six : for the transportation
of supplies; for the purchase of office rurniture and supplies;
postage and telegrams; printing and binding; maintenance of
public animals, including breeding animals loaned by the Bureau of
Agriculture; repairs to provincial buildings; rents; construction
and repairs of bridges, roads, and trails; court expenses; subsist-
ence 01 prisoners; for a fund to be expended by the provincial gov-
ernor as provided in Act Numbered Six hundred and eighty-two;
and other incidental expenses; twenty-six thousand six hundred
pesos.
PROVINCIAL. GOVERNMENT OF MINDORO.
For salaries and wages, including per diems of ten pesos each to
the United States Army officers detailed as provincial governor
and provincial supervisor-treasurer; provincial secretary, at three
thousand pesos per annum ; provincial fiscal, at two thousand eight
hundred pesos per annum; for salaries and wages of such em-
ployees as may oe authorized by resolution of the provincial board,
with the approval of the Executive Secretary; for general pro-
vincial expenses, including the actual and necessary traveling ex-
penses of officers and employees, under the provisions of Act Num-^
bered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six; for the transportation of
supplies; for the purchase of office furniture and supplies; postage
and telegrams; printing and binding; hire and maintenance of
official transportation; court fees; subsistence of prisoners; for a
fund to be expended by the provincial governor as provided in Act
Numbered Six hundred and eighty-two under the head of " Provin-
cial government of Lepanto-Bontoc ; " and other incidental expenses ;
twenty-one thousand pesos.
The resolution of the Commission dated July eighth, nineteen
hundred and seven, waiving the application of the provisions of
law as to contracts in section seventeen of Act Numbered Thirteen
hundred and ninety -six, in so far as concerns the construction of the
pier at Calapan, Mindoro, is hereby confirmed.
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PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF NUEVA VIZCAYA.
For salaries and wages, including salary of provincial governor,
at four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; provincial sec-
retary-treasurer, at three thousand two hundred pesos per annum:
Provided^ That in the event of acting as provincial governor, he
shall receive the salary authorized for the latter position in lieu of
that of provincial secretary-treasurer; for salaries and wages of
such employees as may be authorized by resolution of the provincial
board, with the approval of the Executive Secretary; for general
provincial expenses, including the actual and necessary traveling
expenses and per diems of officers and employees, under the provisions
of Act If umbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six ; for the transpor-
tation of supplies ; for the purchase of office rumiture and supplies :
postage and tele^ams ; printing and binding ; rents ; court expenses ;
subsistence of prisoners ; for the maintenance of the Padre Villa verde
trail from San Nicolas, Pangasinan, to Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya ;
for a fund to be expended by the provincial governor as provided in
Act Numbered Six himdred and eighty-two imder the head of
" Pi^ovincial government of Lepanto-Bontoc ; " and other incidental
expenses ; twenty thousand six hundred pesos.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF PALAWAN.
For salaries and wages, including per diems of ten pesos to the
United States Army officer detailed as provincial governor; provin-
cial secretary-treasurer, at three thousand two hundred pesos per an-
num ; for salaries and wages of such employees as may be authorized
by resolution of the provincial board, with the approval of the
Executive Secretary; for general provincial expenses, including the
actual and necessary travenng expenses and per diems of officers and
employees, under the provisions of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred
and ninety-six ; for the transportation of supplies ; for the purchase
of office furniture and supplies: postage and telegrams; printing and
binding; maintenance of official transportation; maintenance and re-
pair of provincial buildings and equipment; court expenses; subsist-
ence of prisoners; for a fund to be expended by the provincial gov-
ernor as provided in Act Numbered Six hundred and eighty-two
under the nead of " Provincial government of Lepanto-Bontoc;" and
other incidental expenses ; fifteen thousand five hundred pesos.
GENERAL PURPOSES.
General purposes under provisions of Act Numbered Fifteen hun-
dred and nine: For the payment and commutation of all claims of
officers and employees for salary, half salary, accrued leave, travel-
ing expenses and transportation lawfully incurred and the pajmient
and commutation of which out of the funds of the appropriate Offices
or Bureaus are not otherwise provided for, fifty thousand pesos.
MISCELLANEOUS.
For the salaries of the chief and assistant chief of police of the
municipality of Cavite as provided by Act Numbered Twelve hun-
dred and eighty-one, an allowance of forty pesos per month in lieu
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of transportation in kind for said chief or acting chief of police from
January first, nineteen hundred and seven, and for salaries of sub-
stitutes when necessary, seven thousand six hundred and eigh^ pesos.
For the expenses incident to the trip of the Secretary or War and
the official members of his party from Washington to the Philippine
Islands, for the proper ceremonial opening of the Philippine Assem-
bly and reception of the Secretary oi War and members of the Assem-
bly, to be expended by the Executive Secretary in the discretion of
the Grovemor-Gteneral, fifteen thousand pesos.
For the office expenses of the Economic Association of the Philip-
pines, two thousand eight himdred and eighty pesos.
For payment to the Bureau of Navigation on account of services
rendered by coast-guard cutters and launches in connection with the
restoration of pubfic order in the Islands of Leyte and Samar, thir-
teen thousand six hundred and seventy pesos.
For payment to the Bureau of Navigation on account of services
of a coast-guard cutter to carry election forms to the Batanes Islands,
one thousand five hundred and fifty pesos.
For supply of coal under agreement with the Federal Govern-
ment for the United States Fish Commission boat Albatross^ fifteen
thousand pesos.
For payment as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission
dated February ninth, nineteen hundred and seven, on account of
transportation service oetween Dagupan and Baguio, from July first,
nineteen hundred and seven, nineteen thousand two hundred pesos*
to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce ana
Police.
Section three of Act Numbered One hundred and twenty-nine is
hereby amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 3. The disbursing agent shall receive a salary of three thou-
sand pesos per annum."
The loan of ten thousand pesos made to the provincial government
of Bulacan for the purpose or furnishing employment on public works
to persons whojvere temporarily without means of making a liveli-
hood for themselves and their families on account of the suspension
of the operation of distilleries immediately following the beginning
of the operation of the internal-revenue law, is hereby canceled, upon
condition that the provincial government of Bulacan devote an equal
amount from its general funds to the construction of roads and
bridges before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and nine.
The employment of certain temporary clerks, at an expense of two
hundred ana sixty-one pesos and sixty-one centavos, provincial
funds, in connection with the work of land assessment by the pro-
vincial board of tax appeals of Oriental Negros, is hereby authorized
and confirmed, the provisions of existing law to the contrary not-
withstanding.
The employment of one foreman, at five pesos per diem, in lieu
of one foreman, at four pesos per diem, from January first to March
eighteenth, nineteen himdred and seven, by the provincial board of
Pangasinan, is hereby authorized and confirmed.
The provincial board of Samar is hereby authorized to appropriate
from provincial funds for payment of additional compensation to
Major J. B. Murphy, Philippines Constabulary, such sum as may be
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necessary in addition to his salary as a Constabulary officer to make
his total salaiy at the rate of six thousand pesos per annum during
the time he snail fill the position of governor of the Province of
Samar, beginning May twenty-first, nineteen himdred and seven.
The payments made from funds of the provincial government of
Leyte to Eduardo Feito on account of salary while on leave of absence
are hereby confirmed and authorized.
Total of appropriations for all purposes, seventeen million four
hundred and nmety-five thousand nine hundred and eighty pesos.
Sec. 2. Officers and employees of the Insular Government when
traveling on official business or when absent from their permanent
stations may receive, in the discretion of the chief of Bureau or head
of Department, in lieu of traveling expenses other than transporta-
tion, per diems or fractional parts thereof as follows: Provided^ how-
ever^ That chiefs of Bureaus shall make such examination in passing
upon per diems as may be necessary to satisfy their minds that the
per diems aUowed will not more than reimburse employees for neces-
sary traveling expenses and will not constitute an increase of salary;
Officers and employees receiving a salary of less than one thou-
sand two hundred pesos per annum, a per diem of one peso ;
Those receiving one thousand two hundred pesos or more per an-
num, but not exceeding one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum,
a per diem of two pesos;
Those receiving more than one thousand eight hundred pesos per
annum, but not exceeding two thousand four hundred pesos per an-
num, a per diem of three pesos ;
Those receiving more than two thousand four hundred pesos per
annum ; but not exceeding six thousand pesos per annum, a per diem
of four pesos J and
Those receiving more than six thousand pesos per annum, a per
diem of five pesos: Provided^Thht members of field parties and other
officers and employee, for whom subsistence in kind or other special
provision shall be made to cover traveling expenses other than trans-
portation, shall not be paid the per diem herein stated : And provided
further^ That in the discretion of a chief of Bureau, employees whose
compensations are stated at rates other than per annum may be given
the allowances authorized by this section for employees at a corre-
sponding per annum compensation : And provided further^ That when
traveling dv water transportation which does not mclude subsistence,
officers and employees diall receive in lieu of per diems, reimburs-
ment of the amounts actually and necessarily expended by them for
subsistence : And provided further^ That all per diems and traveling
expenses of the judges of the Courts of First Instance and of the
Court of Land Registration, beginning July first, nineteen hundred
and seven, shall be paid from the appropriation for the judiciary^ at
the rates provided by this section tor other officers receiving similar
salaries: And provided further^ That officers of the United States
Army or Navy detailed tor duty with the Insular Government shall
receive, when traveling on official business of this Government, the
per diems corresponding to the salary of the position which the offi-
_ cer is filling und^r detail, and, if no salary be fixed by law for such
position, the officer shall be considered as included in the class for
which a per diem of five pesos is authorized, subject to the provisions
applicable to officers of tne Insular Government.
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Sec. 3. Upon the approval of the Governor-General or proper head
of Department first had, a vacancy in a position of any class may be
filled oy the employment of one person or more of a lower class:
Provided^ That the aggregate of salaries paid is not greater than that
authorized.
Sec. 4. All positions and employments authorized by this Act the
compensations of which are not stated at a per annum rate shall be in
the unclassified service, and no privileges provided by Act Numbered
One thousand and forty shall accrue to appointees lo such positions:
Provided^ That nothing in this section shall be deemed to remove
craftsmen, junior craftsmen, and apprentices of the Bureau of Print-
ing from the classified civil service: Provided further^ That all ap-
pointments and separations above the grade of semiskilled laborer
under the provisions of this section shain)e reported to the Bureau of
Civil Service by the proper chief of Bureau or OflSce, in case of dis-
charge stating reasons therefor : And provided further^ That unless
otherwise authorized by law, no payment may be made for overtime
work.
Sec. 5. Unclassified employees of the Insular Government includ-
ing laborers, who are injured in clear line of duty, mav, in the discre-
tion of the chief of the Bureau and with the approval of the head of
the Department under which they are employed, continue to receive
their regular compensation during the period of disability not exceed-
ing ninety days : Provided, That tne Governor-General or proper head
of Department may, in his discretion, authorize payment of medical
attenclance, necessary transportation, and hospital fees for officers and
employees injured in clear line of dutv, but such payment shall not be
made from the appropriation for "General purposes" when the
Bureau or Office concerned has an available appropriation for contin-
gent expenses or public works, as the case may be, from which such
payment can be made, nor shall the provisions of this section be con-
strued to cover sickness as distinguished from physical wounds.
Sec. 6. The Governor-General or proper head of Department may,
in his discretion, commute accrued leave of absence to persons entitled
thereto, and authorize payment of the amount so accrued in a gross
sum from the appropriation from which their salaries should prop-
erly be paid.
Sec. 7. The appropriations herein made for each Bureau, province,
or Office shall be available for payment of authorized commutations
of accrued leave of absence of the officers and employees thereof, and
for payment of such expenses as may accrue to such Bureaus, prov-
inces, or Offices by reason of the operations of Act Numbered Fifteen
hundred and nine.
Sec. 8. In all cases in which provision for a position or employ-
ment heretofore provided by law is not made by this Act, such posi-
tion or employment is hereby authorized from July first, nineteen
hundred and seven, until not later than August thirty-first, nineteen
hundred and seven, and any funds appropriated for salaries and
wages for the Bureau or Office to which the position or employment
pertains are hereby made available for payment of the services
rendered.
Sec. 9. Inter-bureau transfers of property not otherwise provided
for may be made by purchase or otherwise, with the approval of the
Governor-General or proper head of Department,
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Sec. 10. For services and supplies furnished to other branches of
the Government or other persons, a chief of Bureau or Office may
charge the cost or such other rate or rates as shall have been prescribed
by law or approved by the proper head of Department; and may
spend the proceeds of such charges for duly authorized purposes in
the discretion of the head of suck Department: Provided^ That the
sums collected under this section shall be deposited in the Insular
Treasury to the credit of the current account of the Bureau or Office
concerned : And provided further^ That the proceeds of all fees, fines,
and court costs ; the net proceeds of all receipts of the Bureau of Cus-
toms, except for import, export, wharfage, and immigration dues,
coastwise license fees, and customs revenue stamps; and all other
receipts of Bureaus or Offices of the Insular Government and of the
Judiciary, the disposition of which is not otherwise specifically pro-
vided by law shall be considered as coming within the provisions of
this section the purpose of which is to require the separation of rev-
enue receipts which may properly be termed process of taxation
from those funds which accrue from inter-bureau transactions and
specific services to private persons.
Sec' 11. Subject to approval by the head of the proper Department
upon recommendation by the Insular Auditor, rerunos may be made
by chiefs of Bureaus or Offices on account of receipts from sale of
fabricated articles or supplies, or services rendered to other branches
of the Government or private parties, when such action shall be con-
sistent with good business practice and equity, from funds to be desig-
nated in each case by the Insular Auditor.
Sec. 12. Expenditures of funds appropriated by this Act shall be
classified in accordance with such regulations as shall be prescribed by
the Auditor with the approval of the Governor-General.
Sec. 13. Tlie public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
appropriation bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in
accordance with section two or "An Act prescribing the oraer of pro-
cedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed Septem-
ber twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 14. This Act shall take effect as of date July first, nineteen
himdred and seven.
Enacted, August 10, 1907.
[No. 1680.]
AN ACT Providing for the appointment by provincial governors of bailiffs in
courts of first instance and in the court of land registration, and amending
Acts Numbered One hundred and thirty-six, and One hundred and ninety and
Four hundred and ninety-six, as amended.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section sixty-one of Act Numbered One hundred and
thirty-six, entitled "An Act providing for the organization of courts
in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
" Sec. 61. Ofjicer of the Court of First Instance. — ^The officer of
the Court of First Instance to serve its process and enforce good order
in and about the court room shall be the governor of the province
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in which the court is held, or his deputy, and the governor is hereby
authorized to designate, for the purpose of attending the sessions
and enforcing good order in and about the court room, a provincial
guard or a member of the mimicipal police of the town in which the
court is held, or, if none .such is available, to appoint a bailiff at a
salary not to exceed twenty-five pesos per month, to be paid from the
approj)riation for the Judiciary, for such time as the court may be
in session in said province. In the city of Manila the officer or the
Court of First Instance shall be the sheriff or his deputy."
Sec. 2. Section seven hundred and eighty-nine of Act Numbered
One hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act providing a Code of Pro-
cedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings in the Philippine
Islands," as amended by section one of Act Numbered Six Hunared
and forty-two and section one of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and
forty-seven, is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 789. GovemorSy sherifSy and other persons serving process. —
For executing process, preliminary and final judgments, and decrees
of any court, for each mile of travel in the service of process, reckoned
from the place of service to the place to which the process is return-
able, six cents; for serving an attachment against the property of
defendant, one dollar, together with a reasonable allowance to be
made by the court for expenses, if any, necessarily incurred in caring
for property attached; for arresting each defendant, fifty cents; for
servmg summons and copy of complaint for each defendant, one*
dollar; but if the complamt exceeds three hundred and fifty words,
then for each additional one hundred words, five cents; but in special
proceedings, testamentary or administrative, where several members
of a family residing at the same place are deiendants, the fee for each
defendant shall be fifty cents ; for serving subpoenas, for each witness
served, ten cents besides travel fees; for each copy of any process
necessarily deposited in the office of the registrar of deeds, five cents
for each one hundred words, but not less than fifty cents in each case;
for taking bonds or other instruments of indemnity or security for
each^ twenty-five cents; for executing a writ of process to put a per-
son m possession of real estate, one dollar; for attending with pris-
oner on habeas corpus trial, one day, one dollar; for transporting
each prisoner on habeas corpus or otherwise, when required, for every
mile going and returning, ten cents; for furnishing food for pris-
oner, for each day, twenty cents ; for advertising sale, oesides printer's
charge, 50 cents; for taking inventory of gowis levied upon, to be
charged only when the inventory is necessary, a sum fixed by the
court not exceeding the actual reasonable cost of same to be shown
by vouchers; for summoning assessors, six cents for each assessor
summoned besides travel; for levying an execution on property, one
dollar.
" On aU money collected by him by order or any decree, execution,
attachment, or any other process, the following sums, to wit:
" On the first one hundred dollars or less, two per centum; on the
second one hundred dollars, one and one-half per centmn; on all
sums between two hundred doUars and one thousand dollars, one per
centum ; on all sums in excess of one thousand dollars, one-half per
centum: Provided^ however^ That in serving summons and copy of
complaint upon defendants, if copy of the complaint is furnished by
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the officer, there shall be charged for each one hundred words in
excess of three hundred and fifty words in the orig^inal complaint,
in each copy of the complaint served, five cents; but if copy of com-
plaint for each defendant is furnished by the complainant no addi-
tional fee shall be charged for said copy. -
" During the sessions of the Supreme Court, at other places than
in the city of Manila, the officer of the court shall receive tnree dollars
per day, in money of the United States, for each day the Supreme
Court IS in session in his province for attendance at such court by
himself and necessary deputies."
Sec. 3. Section seventeen of Act Numbered Four hundred and
ninety-six, entitled "An Act to provide for the adjudication and reg-
istration of titles to lands in the Philippine Islanas," as amended by
section five of Act Nmnbered Eleven hundred and eight and by sec-
tion four of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and forty-eight, is hereby
further amended so as to read as follows :
"Sec. 17. The Court of Land Registration, in all matters over
which it has jurisdiction, may enforce its orders, judgments, or de-
crees in the same manner as orders, judgments, and decrees are
enforced in the Court of First Instance, including a writ of pos- -
session directing the governor or sheriff of any province, or the sheriff
of the city of Manila, to place the applicant in possession of the
property covered by a decree of the court in his favor ; and, upon the
request of the judge of the court of Land Registration, the governor
or sheriff of any province or the sheriff of the city of Manila, as the
case may be^ shall assign a deputy to attend the sittings of the court
in that province or city ; and for the purpose of attending the sessions
of the court and enforcing good order in and about the co\irt room,
the provincial governor is nereby authorized to designate a provincial
guard or a member of the municipal police of the town in which the
court is held ; or if none such is available, to appoint a bailiff, at a
salary not to exceed twenty-five pesos per month, to be paid from
the provincial treasury, for such time as the court may be in session
in said province. • ^
" The Court of Land Re^stration, in all matters over which it has
jurisdiction, may issue an injunction for the protection of either or
any of the parties in interest in the following cases:
"(1^ When it appears by the application, by verified petition, or
by affidavits that the commission or continuance of some act during
the proceedings for registration of title would produce waste or great
or irreparable injury to the subject-matter or the registration pro-
ceedings.
" (2) When it appears during the pendency of the proceedings that
either or any of the parties in interest is domg, or is about to do, or
is threatening to do, or is procuring or suffering to be done, some act
in violation or to the prejudice of the rights of another party to the
action respecting the subject-matter of me proceedings and tending
to render the judgment ineffectual.
" Except as herein provided, preliminary and permanent injunc-
tions shall be obtained, enforced, dissolved, or modified in the same
manner as such injunctions are obtained, eniorced, dissolved, or modi-
fied under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure."
Sec. 4. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby
repealed*
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Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedj^ enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on October first, nineteen hundred
and seven.
Enacted, August 12, 1907.
[No. 1681.]
AN ACT To amend section eighteen of the Municipal Code, as amended, by
authorizing the Governor-GJeneral to remove municipal treasurers from office
for cause.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission J that:
Section 1. Paragraph (1) of section eighteen of the Municipal
Code as amended by section two of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred
and eighty-two is hereby amended to read as follows :
"(1) He shall appoint, by and with the consent of the majority of
all the members^ or the council, the municipal secretary and all non-
elective officers aitd employees who may be provided for by law or by
ordinance, with the exception of the municipal treasurer and the
employees of his office; and at any time, for cause, he may suspend
any such officer or employee thus appointed for a period not exceed-
ing ten days, which suspension may be continued for a longer period
by the council ; and b^ and with the consent of a majority of all the
members of the coimcil he may discharge any such officer or employee.
" The municipal treasurer shall be appointed by the provincial
treasurer, subject to the approval of the provincial board, and may
be removed from office by the provincial board or the Governor-
General for cause. The position of municipal treasurer shall be
classified and subject to all the provisions of the Civil Service Aot
and Rules.
" The municipal treasurer shall appoint such clerks and other em-
ployees as are necessary to aid him in the discharge of his duties
when the number and salaries thereof are determined in the manner
provided by this Act. In case it shall appear that the number or
salaries authorized by the municipal council are manifestly inade-
quate it shall be withm the power of the provincial board, on appli-
cation, to modify the number or salaries fixed by the municipal coun-
cil for such clerks or other employees. The municipal treasurer may,
for cause, suspend from office any emplojree thus appointed and shall
immediately notify the municipal council of any such action. The
municipal coimcil shall, within ten days after the receipt of this
notice, take such action as the circumstances of the case may justify
and order the reinstatement or the removal from office of the sus-
pended employee, or may confirm his suspension until full evidence
m the case can be presented before the council and final action taken
thereon. Where reinstatement is ordered, the municipal council may
direct payment of compensation for all or any part of the period of
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suspension, but in case suspension results in a removal no compensa-
tion shall be paid from and after the date of such suspension."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage ot the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 14, 1907.
[No. 1682.]
AN ACT To amend section two of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and twenty-
six, entitled **An Act for the purpose of empowering provincial boards to
subpoena witnesses and to require testimony under oath in conducting certain,
investigations, and for other purposes," by extending the authority of the
governor-general to disqualify from holding office all officials removed for
cause.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and
twenty-six is hereby amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 2. In all cases where an official shall be removed from office
for cause by the action of any official or branch of the Government,
the Governor-General is hereby empowered, in his discretion, to de-
clare such official disqualified thereafter from holding office. Such
disqualification may be either special or general and either temporary
or permanent."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeditea in accordance with
section two oi "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in ^ the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 14, 1907.
[No. 1683.]
AN ACT To amend section five of Act Numl^ered Seven hundred and eighty-one
by making it the duty of municipal officers to furnish notice of ladrones im-
mediately, l)oth to the provincial governor and the nearest constabulary officer.
By authority of the United States ^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section five of Act Numbered Seven hundred and
eiffhtv-one as amended is hereby amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of all municipal oflScers and all officers
and members of municipal police forces to give notice immediately,
both to the provincial governor and the nearest Constabulary officer
or station in the province, provided that said officer or station is
within fifteen kilometers of such mxmicipal officer or member of the
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police force, of the presence of any bands of ladrones or brig[ands or
other persons threatening the peace of the community within their
jurisdiction, or any act of robbery or theft bv such bands, when the
offenders or any of the members of such bands are at large; and any
officer or person violating the provisions of this section shall be pun-
ished by a fine not exceeding two thousand pesos and imprisonment
not exc5eeding two years."
Sec. 2. Section four of Act Nimibered Eleven hundred and twenty-
one is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactments of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-six, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 14, 1907.
[No. 1684.]
AN ACT Prohibiting the importation by private persons of sillcworms, their
eggs or cocoons.
Whereas the Bureau of Science has succeeded in importing silk-
worms into the Philippine Islands without the introduction of any
of the diseases which have caused serious injury to the silk industry in
other countries; and
Whereas said Bureau of Science is prepared to furnish, without
charge, eggs or unhatched cocoons of silkworms in reasonable numbers
to the people of these Islands ; and
Whereas the importation of silkworms, their cocoons or eggs, by
Srivate persons would ultimately result in the introduction of disease:
lOw, therefore,
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The importation, except by the Bureau of Science, into
the Philippine Islands of silkworms, their eggs or cocoons, or of the
moths which produce silkworm eggs, is hereby prohibited, and any
of the aforementioned objects which are imported, or of which the im-
portation is attempted, shall be liable to forfeiture under due process
of law. The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Col-
lector of Customs for the Philippine Islands in accordance with the
Provisions of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five, as amended
y Act Numbered Eight hundred and sixty-four, as amended.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of " An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 14, 1907.
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[No. 1685.]
AN ACT To amend Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled
"An Act to prevent the use of explosives and poisons for taking flsh in the
waters of the Philippine Islands," by providing that the Secretary of the
Interior may authorize the use of explosives and poisons for t&king fish in
limited numbers for scientific purposes.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
ninety-nine, entitled " An Act to prevent the use of explosives and
poisons for taking fish in the waters of the Philippine Islands," is
hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Section 1. The use of dynamite or other explosive for the killing
or taking of fish, or under water for anv purpose except in the execu-
tion of bona fide engineering work and tne destruction of wrecks or
obstructions to navigation, shall: be unlawful : Provided^ That noth-
ing in this Act shall be understood to interfere with or prohibit the
use of mechanical bombs for the killing of whales, crocodiles, sharks,
or other large dangerous fishes : And provided further ^ That the Sec-
retary of the Interior may issue permits for the use of explosives in
taking fish in limited numbers for scientific purposes only."
Sec. 2. Section two of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninety-
nine is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 2. The use of any poisonous substance liable to cause the
death of fishes for the taking of the same, or the placing of any such
substance in fresh or marine waters of the Philippine Islands where
it may cause the death of fishes and is intended to cause such death,
shall be unlawful : Provided^ That the Secretary of the Interior may
issue permits for the use of poisonous substances in taking fish in
limited numbers for scientific purposes only."
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of " An act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 14, 1907.
[No. 1686.]
AN ACT To provide for the reimbursement to the provinces and municipalities
of fifty per centum of the sums which they will lose by reason of the sus-
pension of the land tax for the last half of the calendar year nineteen
hundred and seven, to appropriate for such reimbursement such sums as
may be necessary from any funds In the insular treasury not otherwise
appropriated, and to repeal section two of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred
and seventy-nine.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Whenever the assessment provided for by Act Nmn-
bered Foiirteen hundred and fifty-five, as amended, and Act Num-
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bered Sixteen hundred and sixty-four, is completed, the provincial
boards of all provinces contemplated in section one or Act Numbered
Fifteen hundred and seventy-nine shall certify to the Executive
Secretary the total assessed valuation of the taxable real propertv
in such provinces as shown by the total assessed valuation of each
of the municipalities therein. If the Executive Secretary deems the
valuations thus certified to be correct he shall approve the same and
forward them to the Insular Auditor. The Insular Auditor is
hereby directed to ascertain and determine the amount which would
be egual to fifty per centum of the maximum tax collectible at the
maximum rate in such provinces and in each of the municipalities
therein, basing his calculation upon the assessed valuation as certi-
fied and approved in accordance with the requirements of this Act.
From the sum thus ascertained and determined the Auditor shall
then deduct the total credits received by such provinces and munici-
palities under sections three and four or Act Numbered Fifteen hun-
dred and seventy-nine, and he shall thereupon cause to be deposited
to the credit of such provinces a sum eaual to the remainder as above
determined. For the purpose of enabling such deposit to be made
an appropriation of such sum as may be necessary is hereby made
out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
If it should be found that any municipality has already received in
credits under sections three and four of Act NunJ;)ered Fifteen hun-
dred and seventy-nine, an amount in excess of its due share of the
fifty per centum as determined by the Auditor under the provisions
of this Act, he is hereby authorized and required to make the neces-
sary adjustments and, to this end, to withhold and charge back the
amount of such excess. Two-sevenths of the total amount as above
determined by the Auditor to be due to such provinces and munici-
palities shall accrue to the provincial general fund, one-seventh to
the provincial road and bridge fund, and four-sevenths shall be
divided among the municipalities of the provinces in such proportion
as the total assessed valuation of the taxable real property of each
municipalitv bears to the total assessed valuation oi the taxable real
property of the province of which such municipality forms a part.
The sums found and determined to be due to such municipalities
shall be equally divided between the municipal general fimd and the
municipal school fund.
Sec. 2, Section two of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and seventy-
nine is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 17, 1907.
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[No. 1687.]
AN ACT To Increase the number of municipalities in the province of Nueva
EiCiJa from fourteen to fifteen, by separating from Gabanatuan the former
municipality of Santa Rosa, reconstituting the latter as a municipality, and
giving to each the territory which it comprised prior to the passage of Act
Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-three.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The fourteen municipalities of the Province of Nueva
Ecija, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-
three, as amended by Act Numbered Twelve hundred and thirty-two,
shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to
fifteen, by separating the former municipality of Santa Rosa from the
municipality of Gabanatuan. The municipality of Gabanatuan shall
consist of tne territory of which it was constituted prior to the pas-
sage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-three, and the munici-
pality of Santa Rosa is hereby reconstituted and shall consist of the
territory of which it was constituted prior to the passage of said Act :
Provided^ That the expenses of the new municipality of Santa Rosa
shall not exceed its income ; that the salary of the municipal president
shall not exceed four hundred pesos per annum and that oi the mu-
nicipal treasurer three hundred pesos per annum; and that the said
municipal treasurer shall, in addition to the regular duties of his
office, perform the duties of municipal secretary without additional
compensation.
Sec. 2. The first municipal elections for the new municipality of
Santa Rosa shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November, nineteen hundred and seven, and in accordance with the
provisions of " The Election Law " relative to elections in new munic-
ipalities. Until the officials elected for the new municipality of Santa
Kosa, as described in section one of diis Act, shall nave qualified,
the present organization of the municipality of Gabanatuan shall con-
tinue: Provided^ That Uie distribution of funds in the municipal
treasury of Gabanatuan resultinp from the separation from said mu-
nicipality of the mimicipality of Santa Rosa, shall be made as of the
passage of this Act.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passaj^e of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two oi "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Gommission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 17, 1907.
[No. 1688.]
AN ACT Making appropriations for certain public works, permanent improve-
ments, and other purposes of tbe Insular Qovemment.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The following sums, in Philippine currency, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any
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funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, unless
otherwise specified, for certain public works, permanent improve-
ments, and other purposes of the Insular Government:
BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS.
For the construction of the Loboc-Bilar road, one hundred thou-
sand pesos ; for the completion of the Cebu-Toledo road, one hundred
and sixty-seven thousand pesos; for the construction of permanent
bridges and completion of the Carcar-Barili road, one hundred and
three thousand pesos ; for the construction of permanent bridges and
completion of the Tabaco-Ligao road, one hundred and eipity-six
thousand six hundred pesos; for the construction of permanent
bridges and the completion of the Bay-Tiaong road, forty-two thou-
sand three hundred pesos ; for the construction of permanent bridges
on the Calamba-Los jBanos-Bay road, thirtv-two thousand pesos; for
the completion of the Capas-fba-O'Donnell road, ninety-eight thou-
sand two hundred pesos; for the improvement of the Benguet road,
thirty-eight thousand pesos; for the construction of the Pasay-Camp
Hayson road, fifty-four thousand one hundred and twenty-five pesos :
Provided^ That the government of any province, organized under the
Provincial Government Act, traversed by any one or more of the
above-mentioned road projects shall accept the provisions of Act
Numbered Sixteen hunared and fifty-two, and by resolutions of the
respective provincial boards guarantee by continuing annual appro-
priations the establishment and maintenance, at the expense of pro-
vincial funds, of such conservation system as shall be necessary in the
judgment of the Director of Public Works: Provided^ That in the
event of the failure of any provincial government to carry out the
terms of the resolutions adopted by it, as aforesaid, and to make the
annual appropriations for the establishment and maintenance of
such conservation system, the Govemor-Greneral may direct the
Insular Auditor to withhold from the portion of internal revenue
accruing to the province, or from any other moneys in the Insular
Treasury belongmff to said province, an amount equal to the unpro-
vided cost of said conservation system, and the Governor-General
may also direct the expenditure of the funds so withheld for the
carrying out of the terms of the original resolution and for the
maintenance of the roads and bridges to which said resolution refers;
and for the construction, improvement, and, when necessary, for the
maintenance of roads and bridges in tne provinces, to be allotted in
the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, five hundred
thousand pesos : Provided^ That unexpended funds from the amounts
stated for tiie foregoing specific projects may be utilized for general
road and bridge construction and improvement projects in the dis-
cretion of the Secretary of Commerce and Police upon recommenda-
tion by the Director of Public Works; in all, one million three hun-
dred and twenty-one thousand two hundred and twenty-five pesos.
For the construction of a general hospital at Manila, seven hundred
and eighty thousand pesos.
For the construction and maintenance of irrigation plants and sys-
tems in the provinces, subject to allotment, and regulaticm as to use
of water and charge therefor, by the Searetary of Comm^rc^ an^
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Police, two hundred dnd fifty thousand pesos: Provided^ That this
shall be a permanent reimbursable appropriation.
For the construction of walls on the south side of the Pasig River,
one hundred and sixty-eight thousand four hundred and fifty pesos.
For filling behind Pasig River walls, twenty-six thousand seven
hundred pesos.
For the construction of necessary buildings at the Alabang station
of the Bureau of Agriculture, thirty-nine thousand one nundred
For the construction of necessary buildings at the Baguio station
of the Bureau of Agriculture, eight thousand two hundred and fifty
For the construction of a stallion bam at the Trinidad stock farm
of the Bureau of Agriculture, two thousand one hundred and twenty-
nine pesos.
For the construction of a calf stable, extension of the vaccine
stables, and for purchase and installation of gas-producer plant for
the Bureau of Science, thirteen thousand five hundred pesos.
For the roofing of two hundred feet of wharf at the Mariveles
quarantine station, four thousand four hundred pesos.
For the construction of Constabulary barracks and quarters, to be
allotted by the Secretary of Commerce and Police, one hundred thou-
sand pesos.
For the construction of a fireproof vault in the Oriente Building,
Manila, ten thousand four hundred pesos.
For the construction of a storehouse for acids and chemicals for the
Bureau of Customs at Manila, two thousand pesos.
For the construction and restoration of building on " friar lands "
estates for the Bureau of Lands, fourteen thousand five hundred
pesos.
For the construction and restoration of irrigation plants and sys-
tems on " friar lands " estates for the Bureau of Lands, forty-nve
thousand five hundred pesos.
For the construction and restoration of the irrigation plant at
Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya: Provided^ That under regulations to
be presented by the Secretary of Commerce and Police, a sufficient
charge shall be made for water to reimburse the Government on
account of expenditures incurred in connection with this project;
eleven thousand seven hundred and seventy-five pesos.
For the reconstruction and relocation of the Magallanes Monument,
Manila, five thousand pesos.
For the improvement of the Baguio town site, twenty thousand
For the construction of guards' quarters at Bilibid Prison, Manila,
twelve thousand pesos.
For the substitution of reinforced concrete in lieu of wooden floors,
and otherwise substituting fire-resisting for inflammable construction
in the Intendencia Building, ten thousand pesos.
Artesian wells. — ^The provisions of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred
and sixty-two under this head are hereby repealed, and the following
substituted in lieu thereof: Provided^ however. That the appropria-
tion df thirty-seven thousand pesos made under this head by Act
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Numbered Sixteen hundred and sixty -two shall stand confirmed and
not revoked nor repealed by this Act :
" There is hereby created under the foregoing desimation a perma-
nent reimbursable appropriation, to the credit or which shall be
deposited the sum of thirty-seven thousand pesos hereby appropriated,
together with receipts which may accrue from Insular Bureaus,
provincial and municipal governments, and other sources on account
of services rendered and supplies furnished in sinking artesian wells,
and when required, equippmg said wells with the necessary pumping
machinery, storage tanks, and so forth, necessair to provide potable
water or fire protection, or both, when demanded by tne public inter-
est: Provided^ That the selection of projects and determination of
rates to be charged shall be made by the Director of Public Works
with the approval of the Secretary of (Commerce and Police: Avid
provided further^ That the rates charged shall not exceed such as
may be necessary to reimburse this appropriation on account of ex-
penses, exclusive of unsuccessful projects, tne entire expense of which
shall be reimbursed to this appropriation from the appropriations for
current expenses of the Bureau or Public Works, which are hereby ac-
cordingly made available in such amount as may be necessary."
In all, for the Bureau of Public Works, two million eight hundred
and forty-four thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine pesos.
The sum of three hundred and fifty thousand pesos is hereby made
available from the appropriation " Bureau of Supply " for the con-
struction of permanent Government storehouses at Manila.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
To continue the work of placing riprap along the west breakwater
at the port of Manila, as provided by Act Numbered Sixteen hundred
and sixty -eight, twelve thousand two hundred and twenty-six pesos.
For the construction of a signal tower on Engineer Island, Manila,
three thousand pesos.
For the construction of a second story on the building now occupied
by the light-house division as a warehouse on Engineer Island,
twenty-one thousand five hundred pesos ; and an equal amount, or so
much thereof as may necessary, hereby made available for this
project from anv unexpended funds appropriated by Act Numbered
Sixteen hundred and seventy-nine for current expenses of the Bureau
of Navigation or any division thereof, in addition to the sum herein-
before appropriated.
In all, toT the Bureau of Navigation, thirty -six thousand seven hun-
dred and twenty-six pesos.
BUREAU OP EDUCATION.
For the construction of school buildings, except in the Moro Prov-
inccj including quarters for teachers in districts inhabited by non-
Chnstian tribes, to be allotted by the Secretary of Public Instruction :
Provided^ That upon recommendation of the Secretary of Public
Instruction, the provisions of existing law requiring that construction
be by contract, if practicable, may m waived by tne Governor-Gen-
eral and any project in whole or in part be carried through by volun-
tary or other labor; three hundred and fifty thousand pesos.
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PHILIPPINE MEDICAL SCHOOL.
For the construction of necessary buildings at Manila, two hundred
and fifty thousand pesos.
For installation of gas plant at Manila, as authorized by a resolu-
tion of the CJommission dated May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and
seven, one thousand pesos.
In all, for the Philippine Medical School, two hundred and fifty-
one thousand pesos.
MISCELLANEOUS.
For expenditure under the direction of the provincial board of
La Laguna in the construction and improvement of the roads of said
province, as authorized by a resolution of the Commission dated July
thirteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, including the guarding,
maintenance, and supervision of convict labor, twenty thousand pesos.
The unexpended balance of funds appropriated by Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and seventy-nine for tne extension of the stone
causeway and construction of a new timber wharf at Puerto Princesa,
equipment, and other property used in the construction of a wharf
at Puerto Princesa, are hereby transferred to the provincial govern-
ment of Palawan, and made available for the sinking of an artesian
well and such other public works projects as may be necessary and
feasible.
Total of appropriations for all purposes, three million five hundred
and two thousand six hundred ana fifty-five pesos.
Sec. 2. The amounts herein or at any time hereafter appropriated
out of Insular funds for provincial works or projects may, upon the
direction of the Insular Auditor, be paid into the treasury of the
province for the benefit of which such appropriation, or any allot-
ment out of any such appropriation, is made, upon warrant. Such
appropriation or allotment shall thereupon be disbursed by the treas-
urer of the province concerned as special provincial funds, under the
control of the Chief of Bureau or Ofiice ror which the appropriation
is made, and for the specific purpose set forth in such appropriation,
upon vouchers approved by the chief of Bureau or Office concerned,
or by the duly authorized representative of such chief. The Auditor
is hereby directed, upon the certificate, of the chief of Bureau or Office
that the works or projects for which such appropriation or allotment
was made have been completed and that all obligations arising there-
under have been paid, to cause to be refunded to the proper appro-
priation any unexpended balance remaining therein. Any unex-
pended balance at any time remaining to the credit of previous Insu-
lar appropriations for provincial works or projects shall be com-
bined and consolidated with any or all subse<juent Insular appropria-
tions or allotments for such identical provincial works or projects and
shall constitute one fund or appropriation, and the preceding pro-
visions of this section, regarding tne manner of disbursing fisular
appropriations for provincial works or projects, shall apply to such
combined and consolidated appropriation or fund.
Sec. 3. All balances remaining unexpended when any public works
or permanent improvements appropriated for by this Act are com-
pleted shall be returned at once to the Insular Treasury and shall
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not be available for withdrawal or disbursement thereafter, but shall
be carried to the general revenues of the Islands.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
appropriation bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in
accoraance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of pro-
cedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed Sep-
tember twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Abt ^all take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 17, 1907.
[No. 1689.]
AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled
**The Township Government Act," so as to authorize the collection of certain
license fees, to provide a method of enforcing the payment of the property
tax by delinquents who are absent from the province or are nonresidents
thereof, and to provide that the popular representative shall continue to be
a resident of the province during his term of office.
By authority of the United Staten^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that\
Section 1. Paragraph (Ic) of section thirty-eight of Act Num-
bered Thirteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled " The Township
Government Act," is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
" (A) License public carriages, carts, and hearses kept for hire;
caffe, restaurants, hotels, inns, and lod^ng houses; horse races; and
license, regulate, or prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors, subject
to the provisions of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and thirty-
nine."
Sec. 2. Paragraph (a) of section forty-three of said Act is hereby
amended to read as follows :
"(a) Fees for the granting of the privilege of fisheries, the privi-
lege of keeping dogs, and for licensing public carriages, carts, and
hearses kept for hire; cafes, restaurants, hotels, inns, and lodging
houses ; horse races ; and saloons, bars, or drinking places for the sale
of intoxicating liquors:"
Sec. 3. Section fifty-four of said Act is hereby amended to read as
follows :
" Sec. 54. On the basis of the declaration made and of the findings
of the board of assessors, if any, the secretary shall prepare, on or
before February fifteenth of each year, a list of the persons from
whom a proper^ tax Is due, with the amount of such tax due from
each of them. This list shall be kept open to public inspection in
his office. All persons from whom a property tax is due shall be
notified by the councilors of their respective barrios to appear before
the secretary and learn the amount of such tax, which shall be stated
to them verbally by the secretary, if they can not read: Provided.
That in case of residents temporarily absent from the province, and
nonresidents of the province, it shall be sufficient if a written notice
be deposited, postage paid, in the post-office addressed to the owner,,
at his last biown place of residence, or if no place of residence be
known then to the barrio and municipality in which the property is
situate."
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Sbc. 4. Section fifty-six of said Act is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
" Sbc. 66. All persons who have not paid their property taxes in
full on or before the thirty-first day of July of each year shall be
deemed delinquent taxpayers, after such delinquency shall have been
adjudged, upon due notice to the alleged delinquent, by the court
provided for in section eighteen, subsection (g). If any taxpayer
shall fail to pay the delinquent taxes adjudged against him within
twenty-four hours after judgment, he shall oe made to satisfy the
amount due by labor upon public works within the township at a
rate per day to be fixea ^ the provincial board, with the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior first had, either performing such
work in person or providing a substitute to perform it : Provided,
That at any time after he or his substitute shall have begun work he
may secure release from obligation to work by payment of the
amount of the tax originally due in full: And provided further^
That if such delinquents are absent from the province or are nonresi-
dents of the province all the provisions of sections seventy-five to
eighty-six. inclusive, of The Municipal Code as amended, shall apply
and be eniorceable as to them and their property.
Sbc. 5. Paragraph (6) of section sixty-nve of said Act is hereby
amended to read as follows :
"(6) At its first convention during any calendar year the assem-
bly or presidents of the townships and settlements organized under
the provisions of this Act in any province shall have the right to elect
a popular representative, who shall be chosen bj a majority vote of
all the presidents present and who shall be a resident of the province
at the time of his election and shall continue to be a resident thereof
while serving as popular representative."
Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws,'' passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 19, 1907.
[No. 1690.]
AN ACT To increase the number of manlcipalities In the province of La Laguna
from twenty-one to twenty-two by separating from the municipality of San
Pablo the former municipality of Alaminos, reconstituting the latter as a
municipality and giving to it the territory of which it was comprised prior to
the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-nine.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Com/mission^ that:
Section 1. The twenty-one municipalities of the Province of La
Laguna, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-
nine, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased
to twenty-two, by separating the former mimicipality of Alaminos
from the'municipality of San Pablo. The municipality of San Pablo
shall consist of t&e territory of which it was comprised prior to the
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passa^ of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-nine, and the
municipality of Alaminos is hereby reconstituted and shall consist of
the territory of which it was comprised prior to the passage of said
Act.
Sec. 2. The first municipal election for the new municipality of
Alaminos shall be held on tne first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, nineteen hundred and seven, and in accordance with the
provisions of " The Election Law " relative to elections in new mu-
nicipalities. Until the officials elected for the new municipality of
Alaminos as described in section one of this Act shall have qualified,
the present organization of the municipality of San Pablo shall con-
tinue : Provided^hsX the distribution or funds in the municipal
treasury of San Fablo resulting from the separation from San Pablo
of the lormer municipality of Alaminos, shall be made as of the date
of the passage of this Act.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commi^ion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on September fifteenth, nineteen
hundred and seven.
Enacted, August 19, 1907.
[No. 1691.]
AN ACT To amend section four of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled "The
municipal code," as amended, by prescribing the maximum percentage of gen-
eral funds of municipalities which may be expended for salaries and wages of
municipal officers and employees not employed upon public works, and for
other purposes.
By authority of the United States', be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ tnat:
Section 1. Section four of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled
" The Municipal Code," as amended by section one of Act Num-
bered Three hundred and three, and section one of Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and thirty-three, is hereby amended to read as
follows :
" Sec. 4. (a) Incorporated municipalities shall be of four classes,
according to the number of inhabitants. Municipalities of the first
class shall be those which contain not less than twenty-five thousand
inhabitants, and shall have eighteen councilors; of the second class,
those containing eighteen thousand and less than twenty-five thou-
sand inhabitante, and shall have fourteen councilors; of the third
class, those containing ten thousand and less than eighteen thousand
inhabitants, and shall have ten councilors; of the fourth class, those
containing less than ten thousand inhabitants, and shall have eight
councilors.
" There shall not be exjjended during any calendar year for sal-
aries and wages of municipal officials and employees, of every de-
scription, excluding those employed on public works, but including
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fees paid justices of the peace and auxiliary justices of the peace, in
municipalities of the first class more than fifty per centum, m muni-
cipalities of the second class more than sixty per centum, in muni-
cipalities of the third class more than sixty-five per centum, and in
municipalities of the fourth class more than seventy-five per centmn,
of the annual revenues accruing to the municipal general funds, dur-
ing said calendar year, exclusive of all balances carried forward from
preceding years, and any and all appropriations, loans, or gifts made
from Insular, provincial, or private funds; anything contained in
section twenty-two (o) of this Act to the contrary notwithstanding:
Provided^ however^ That the provincial board, by and with the ap-
proval of the Governor-General, may by resolution authorize any
mcorporated mimicipality to exceed the foregoing percentages upon
such conditions and under such limitations as may be prescribed by
such resolution: And provided further^ That nothing herein con-
tained shall be construed to prevent the payment from the mmiicipal
school fund of salaries of such mimicipal teachers and other school
employees as may be approved by the division superintendent of
schools.
"(6) MunicipalitiBs of less than two thousand inhabitants may be
incorporated under the provisions of this Act, or may, upon petition
signed by a majority of the qualified electors thereof, be attached as
a oarrio to an adjacent and incorporated municipality, if the council
of the latter shaU grant said petition, and the Commission shall
approve it.
"(c) A barrio or barrios with an aggregate population of more
than two thousand may be incorporateounder the provisions of this
Act as a separate municipality, upon the granting by the Commis-
sion of a petition signed by two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof.
"(c?) In case of controversy, the Commission shall determine to
which class a town shall belong, and thereafter, if its population shall
sufficiently increase or dimimsh, it shall pass to a nigher or lower
class by order of the provincial board.
"(«) In case the class of a municipality shall be raised the addi-
tional councilors appropriate to its new class shall be obtained by
electing at the regular election next following the change one-half
of the total number of councilors prescribed for municipahties of that
class and at each succeeding election an e(jual number. During the
interim between the change and the seating of the councilors first
elected thereafter the council shall consist of the former number of
councilors. After the seating of said first elected councilors and
until the seating of those next elected it shall consist of a number
midway between the former number and the number prescribed for
the new class.
" ( /) In case a municipality is reduced in class all of the councilors
m office shall be allowed to serve out their full terms, except that in
case of death, resignation, or removal of any such councilor thB
vacancy thereby caused shall not be filled unless such vacancy reduces
the number of councilors below that prescribed for the new class, in
which case the vacancy shall be filled as hereinafter in this Act pro-
vided. At the election next following the change of class the number
of councilors elected shall be equal to one-half of the number pre-
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scribed for the new class, and at each succeeding election an equal
number shall be elected."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passa^ of the same is hereby expeditcKl in accordance with section
two of "All Act prescribing the order of procedure by tiie Commission
in the enactment of laws,'' passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred
and eight.
Enacted. August 20, 1907.
[No. 1692.]
AN ACT To amend section eight of Act Numbered Two hundred and ninety-
two, so as to prevent the utterance of speeches or the use of language viola-
tive of good order or tending to disturb the public peace.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section eight of Act Numliered Two hundred and
ninety-two, entitled "An Act defining the crimes of treason, insurrec-
tion, sedition, conspiracies to commit such crimes, seditious utterances,
whether written or spoken, the formation of secret political socie-
ties, the administering or taking of oaths to commit crimes, or to
prevent the discovering of the same, and the violation of oaths of
allegiance, and prescribing the punishment therefor," is hereby
amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 8. Every person who shall utter seditious words or speeches,
or who shall wnte, publish, or circulate scurrilous libels against the
Government of the United States or against the Government of the
Philippine Islands, or who shall print, write, publish, utter, or make
any statement, or speech, or do any act which tends to disturb or
obstruct any lawful officer in executing his office or in performing his
duty, or which tends to instigate others to cabal or meet together for
unlawful purposes, or which suggests or incites rebellious conspira-
cies or which tends to stir up the people against the lawful authori-
ties, or which tends to disturb the peace of the community or the
safety or order of the Government, or who shall knowingly conceal
such evil practices from the constituted authorities, shall be pimished
by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars. United States currency,
or bv imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion
of the court."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage oi the same is hereby expedited in accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 20, 1907.
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[No. 1693.]
AN ACT Creating the Province of Agusan and the suhprovinces of Bntuan,
Bukidnon, and Batanes, empowering the proYincial board of Cagayan to
apply the proTisions of " The Township Government Act " to the municipail-
tiee and settlements of the Babuyanes Islands, and providing tliat the salaries
of the lieutenant-governor of the subprovince of Apayao and of any duly
authorized employees of said subprovince shall be payable from Insular
funda
By ofuthority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Comrmasian^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby established a province which shall be
known as the Province of Agusan. It shall be composed of two sub-
j)rovinces, which shall be known as Butuan and Bukidnon, respec-
tivelv. The boundary line of the subprovince of Butuan shall be a
line beginning at the northern point or the present boundary line be-
tween the Provinces of Suri^ao and Misamis, and extending in a
general southerly direction along this line to the eighth parallel of
north latitude; thence due east ^ong said parallel of latitude to the
crest of the watershed between the Agusan River Valley and the
Pacific Ocean ; thence in a northerly direction along the crest of this
watershed to the northern extremity of the Island of Mindanao;
thence along the seacoast to its point of origin, the general purpose in
establishing this boundary beingto include within it all municipalities
and settlements in the Agusan jRiver Valley and all settlements west
of the crest of the watershed in the northern peninsula of the Prov-
ince of Surigao.
The boundary line of the subprovince of Bukidnon shall be the
western boundary line of the subprovince of Butuan from its point
of origin to its mtersection with the ei^th parallel of north lati-
tude; and from this point shall extend in such a wa;^ as to sepa-
ratCj so far as may be practicable, the territory inhabited by non-
Chnstian tribes in the Province of Misamis from the territory of the
municipalities of that province organized under the Municipal Code.
Prior to the survey ana adoption of definite boundaries for these sub-
provinces, the boundaries above described may be more definitely
nxed or changed by executive order of the Governor-General.
The municipality of Butuan is hereby designated as the capital
of the Province of Agusan : Provided^ That should experience dem-
onstrate the desirability of making some other municipality or town-
ship the capital of the province, this may be done by executive order
of the Governor-General.
Sec. 2. The officers of the provincial government of Agusan shall be
a provincial governor, at four thousand pesos per annum, who shall
discharge, in addition to his regular duties, the duties of provincial
supervisor ; and a provincial treasurer, at three thousand two hundred
pesos per annum, who shall discharge, in addition of his regular
duties, the duties of provincial secretary. The provincial treasurer
shall give a bond as provided by section four of Act Numbered Thir-
teen hundred and ninety-six^ entitled " The Special Provincial Gov-
ernment Act" The provincial governor and the provincial treasurer
shall be appointed by the Governor-General by and with the consent
of the Commisaion. They shall reside and have their offices at the
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capital of the province. The provincial ^vemor, the provincial
treasurer, and a third member to be appointed by the Governor-
Greneral, by and with the consent of the Commission, shall constitute
the provincial board. The provincial governor shall be a justice of
the peace ex officio with jurisdiction throughout the province. The
fiscal for the Provinces of Suri^o and Misamis shall perform, with-
out additional compensation, the duties of provincial fiscal as pre-
scribed by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled
" The Special Provincial (Jovemment Act." The salaries of the offi-
cers and employees of the Province of Agusan shall be payable from
Insular funds.
Sec. 3. There shall be a lieutenant-governor of the subprovince of
Bukidnon, who shall receive compensation at the rate of three thou-
sand two hundred pesos per annum payable from Insular funds. He
shall be appointed oy the Governor-General by and with the consent
of the Commission. Within the limits of his subprovince he shall
exercise the powers and perform the duties fixed by Act Numbered
Thirteen hundred and ninety-six for the lieutenant-governor of Bon-
toc. He shall reside and have his office at the capital of the sub-
province, which shall be fixed and mav be changed by executive
order of the Governor-General. He shall be a justice of the peace ex
officio with jurisdiction throughout the subprovince.
Sec. 4. Tne provisions of section one to twenty-two, inclusive, of
Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled " The Spe-
cial Provincial Government Act," as amended, and the provisions of
Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled '*The
Township Government Act," as amended, shaU apply to the Province
of Agusan, and the governor and the provincial board of Agusan
shall exercise the powers and discharge tne duties relative to the sub-
province of Bukidnon fixed for the governor and the provincial board
of Lepanto-Bontoc relative to the subprovince of Bontoc by Act Num-
bered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six, as amended. The provincial
board mav, by resolution approved by the Secretary of the Interior,
provide lor the or^nization under "The Township Government
Act" of any municipality within the territory of the Province of
Agusan.
Sec. 5. There is hereby established a subprovince which shall be
known as the subprovince of Batanes. Its territory shall consist
of the entire group of islands known as the Batanes Islands and shall
form a part of the Province of Cagayan.
There shall be a lieutenant-governor of the subprovince of Batanes,
who shall be appointed by the Governor-General by and with the
consent of the Commission. He shall receive compensation at the
rate of three thousand six hundred pesos per annum. Within the
limits of his subprovince, he shall exercise the powers and perform
the duties fixed for the lieutenant-governor of Bontoc by Act Num-
bered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled " The Special Pro-
vincial Government Act." He shall be a justice of the peace ex
officio with jurisdiction throughout the subprovince. He shall reside
at Santo Domingo de Basco on the Island of Batan, which shall be
the capital of the subprovince, and shall have his office in the former
provincial building at that place. If, after supplying the necessary
office room for the offices of the subprovince and for the station of
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the Weather Bureau, the building affords sufficient accommodation
for the residence of the lieutenant-governor, he may occupy it for this
purpose. The assignment of rooms in said building for the offices
of the subprovince, the station of the Weather Bureau, and the resi-
dence of the lieutenant-governor shall be made by the provincial
board of Caj^yan.
The salaries of the lieutenant-governor and such subordinate em-
ployees as may be duly authorized for the subprovince of Batanes
shall be payable from Insular funds.
Sec. 6. Any unexpended balance of non-Christian inhabitants'
funds of Surigao and Misamis shall be expendable in the Province
of Agusan or the subprovince of Bukidnon, as the Secretary of the
Interior may direct The Secretary of the Interior is authorized
and directed to ascertain and certify to the Insular Auditor as soon
as practicable the approximate number of inhabitants of the sub-
province of Butuan, of the subprovince of Bukidnon, and of the
subprovince of Batanes; and upon such certification the Insular
Auditor shall redistribute internal-revenue funds in such manner
that thereafter the amount proportionate to the number of inhabit-
ants removed from the territorial jurisdiction of the Provinces of
Surigao and Misamis and transferred to that of the Province of
Agusan by the establishment of said province shall be deducted from
the funds of the former provinces and added to the non-Christian
inhabitants' fund of Agusan ; and the amount proportionate to the
number of inhabitents included within the subprovince of Batanes
shall be deducted from the internal-revenue funds of the Province
of Cagayan and shall constitute a " tewnship and settlement fund "
for the benefit of the inhabitants of the subprovince of Batanes as
provided by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and twenty-eight.
There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Province of Misamis
a sum equivalent to the amount actually derived by said province
from taxes collected in the territory comprised in the subprovince
of Bukidnon during the fiscal vearending June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and seven; and for tKe Province of Surigao an amount
equal to the amount actually derived by said province from taxes
collected in the territory comprised in the subprovince of Butuan
during' the same period ; as certified by the provincial treasurers of
the ftovinces of Surigao and Misamis as such provinces existed
prior to the passage of this Act.
Sec. 7. The provisions of sections one to twenty-two, inclusive, of
Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled "The
Special Provincial Government Act," as amended, and the provi-
sions of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled
"The Township Government Act," as amended, shall apply to the
subprovince of Batanes: Provided^ That subject te the approval of
the Governor-General, the governor and the provincial ooard of
Cagayan shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties relative
to the subprovince of Batanes fixed for the governor and the pro-
vincial board of Lepanto-Bontoc relative to the subprovince of Bon-
toc by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six. The pro-
vincial board may, by resolution approved by the Governor-General,
provide for the reorganization of any organized municipality within
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the territory of the subprovince of Batanes under " The Township
Government Act."
Sec. 8. Subject to the approval of the Grovemor-(Jeneral, the pro-
vincial board of Cagayan is nereby authorized to apply, by resolution,
to municipalities, settlements, and barrios of the Babuyanes Islands
the provisions of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-seven,
entitled " The Township Government Act," as amended.
Sec. 9. Section five of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and forty-
two, entitled "An Act providing for the establishment of two sub-
provinces to be known as the subprovince of Kalinga and the sub-
province of Apayao," is hereby amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 5. There shall be a lieutenant-governor of the subprovince
of Apayao, who shall receive compensation at the rate of three thou-
sand two hundred pesos per annum payable from Insular funds.
Within the limits of his subprovince he shall exercise the powers and
perform the duties fixed by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and
ninety-six for the lieutenant-governor of Bontoc. He shall reside
and have his office at the capital of the subprovince."
Sec. 10. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insu-
lar Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum which shall be nec-
essary to pay, during the remainder of the current fiscal year, the
salary of the governor and treasurer of Agusan, the salary or the
lieutenant-governor of Bukidnon, the salary of the lieutenant-gov-
ernor of the subprovince of Batanes, and, rrom the date of his ap-
pointment, the salary of the lieutenant-governor of the subprovince
of Apayao, together with the salaries of such subordinate employees
as may be duly authorized in the Province of Agusan and the sub-
provinces of Butuan, Bukidnon, Batanes^ and Apayao, and the reim-
bursement of any salary paid out of provincial funds by the Province
of Cagayan to the lieutenant-governor of the subprovince of Apayao
is hereby authorized.
Sec. 11. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeaited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactmAit of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 12. This Act shall take effect in the Province of Agusan upon
the appointment of the provincial governor ; and in the subprovince
of Batanes upon the appointment of a lieutenant-governor therefor.
Section eight, nine, and ten shall take effect upon the passage of this
Act.
Enacted, August 20, 1907.
[No. 1694.]
AN ACT To repeal section fourteen of Act Numbered Three hundred and nine,
entitled "An Act providing for the compulsory vaccination of the Inhabitants
of the Philippine Islands."
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section fourteen of Act Numbered Three hundred and
nine, entitled "An Act providing for the compulsory vaccination of
the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands,'' is hereby repealed.
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Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage or the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
Baission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 20, 1907.
[No. 1695.]
AN ACT Amending Act Nombered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, entitled
•• The internal revenue law of nineteen hundred and four," by adding to the
road and bridge funds of the provinces ten per centum of the revenues accru-
ing under said Act, and by devoting an additional five per centum of said
revenues to the maintenance of free public primary schools in the several
municipalities.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Section one hundred and fifty of Act Numbered Eleven
hundred and eighty-nine, entitled " The Internal Revenue Law of
Nineteen himdrSi and four," as amended by section sixteen of Act
Numbered Twelve hundred and eighty-three, and section one of Act
Numbered Fourteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby further
amended so as to read as follows:
" Sec. 150. Of the revenues accruing to the Insular Treasury by
virtue of the provisions of this Act, ten per centum shall be set apart
for the benefit of the provincial governments for general provincial
purposes, and twenty per centum shall be set apart for the mimicipal
governments for general municipal purposes in accordance with law
and for school purposes as hereinafter provided in this Act, and for
the purposes oi this Act the city of Manila, shall be considered to be
both a province and a municipality, and shall receive the apportion-
ment pertaining both to a province and a municipality as hereinafter
prescribed: Provided, however, That to such province or provinces
as shall, through their provincial boards, accept for one or more cal-
endar years the provisions of sections forty-five of Act Numbered
Eighty-three, as amended, there shall be allotted, from the revenues
accruing to the Insular Treasury by virtue of the provisions of this
Act, not only the ten per centum hereinbefore mentioned for general
provincial purposes, but also, for each calendar year during which
said acceptance continues in effect, ten per centum of said revenues to
be paid into the road and bridge funas of such provinces, said ten
per centum to be apportioned according to their respective popula-
tions among the provmces so accepting section forty-five of Act Num-
bered Eighty-three, as amended. And for the foregoing purpose the
city of Manila, in its status as a province, shall be represented by its
Municipal Board, and such funds as may accrue to it by virtue of
its acceptance of section forty-five, as aforesaid, shall be used exclu-
sively tor the construction, repair, and maintenance of its streets,
highways, roads, and bridges. In the case of provinces, the road and
bndge luuds shall be used, first, in the repair and maintenance of im-
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proved roads, and second, in the improvement of roads and bridges
now existing, and third, in the construction, repair, improvement, and
maintenance of new roads and bridges.
" The amounts by this section set aside shall be apportioned among
the several provinces and municipalities in proportion to their respec-
tive populations as shown by the official census last taken before the
making of such apportionment, and shall be returned bv settlement
warrant to the provincial treasurers and the city of Manila quarterly,
after January nrst, nineteen hundred and five, for disbursement and
payment to the proper municipalities.- Such return shall be made as
soon after the close of each quarter as the accounts of the collections
for said quarter shall have been settled and adjusted bv the Auditor,
and for this purpose a permanent appropriation of the sums so
required is hereby made : Provided^ That of the twenty per centum
of the revenues set apart by this section for the benefit of the several
municipal governments, one-half thereof shall be utilized solely for
the purposes of the maintenance of free public primary schools in the
respective municipalities, including the payment of teachers, the
building of schoolnouses, and other expenaitures appertaining to the
maintenance of the public schools: And provided further^ That the
amount to be apportioned for the Moro I'rovince and the municipal-
ities therein shall accrue to the treasury of the Moro Province without
division and shall constitute a part of the general funds of the Moro
Province to be expended in the discretion of the legislative council
for provincial, district, and municipal purposes: Ai^ provided fur-
ther^ That in every province organized imder the Provincial Govern-
ment Act which contains non-Christian inhabitants, such proportion
of the internal revenue which by law accrues to the municipalities of
said province as the number of non-Christian inhabitants bears to the
total population of said province shall be set aside in the provincial
treasury as a fund to be known as the 'non-Christian inhabitants'
fimd,' and such fund shall be expended by the provincial board upon
advance approval of the Secretair of the Interior, for the benefit of
such non-Cnristian inhabitants: Aiid provided further^ That in every
province organized under The Special Provincial Government Act
such part of the internal revenue as would by the Internal Revenue
Law accrue to mimicipalities shall be set aside as a fund to be known
as the ' township and settlement fund ' and shall be expended by the
Provincial board, upon advance approval of the Secretary or the
nterior, for the benefit of the municipalities, townships, and settle-
ments of said province. The approval of an expenditure by tLe Sec-
retary of the Interior shall be final in the settlement of the accounts."
Sec. 2. Section sixteen of Act Numbered Twelve hundred and
eighty-three and section one of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
twenty-six are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 20, 1907.
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[No. 1696.]
AN ACT To prohlMt the display of fla^Bt banners, emblems, or devices used in
tbe Philippine Islands for the purpose of rebellion or insurrection against the
authority of the United States and the display of Katipunan flags, banners,
emblems, or devices, and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ irutt:
Section 1. Anjr person who shall expose or eause or permit to be
exposed to public view on his own premises, or who shall expose or
cause to be exposed to public view either on his own premises or else-
where, any flag, banner^ emblem, or device used during the late insur-
rection in the Philippine Islands to designate or identify those in
armed rebellion against the United States, or any flag, banner, em-
blem, or device used or adopted at any time by the public enemies of
the United States in the Philippine Islands for the purposes of public
disorder or of rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the
United States in the Philippine Islands, or any flag, banner, emblem,
or device of the Katipunan Society or which is commonly known as
such, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred pesos
nor more than five thousand pesos, or by imprisonment for not less
than three months nor more than five years, or by both such fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 2. Any person or persons having charge of any banquet, pub-
lic entertainment, public meeting, or reunion, or any parade, proces-
sion, or review, who shall display or cause or permit to be displayed
at such banquet, public entertainment, public meeting, or reunion, or
in such parade, procession, or review, or who shall expose or cause to
be exposed to public view any flag, banner, emblem, or device used
during the late insurrection m the Philippine Islands to designate
or identify those in armed rebellion against the United States, or any
flag, banner, emblem, or device used or adopted at any, time by the
public enemies of the United States in the Philippine Islands for
the purposes of public disorder or of rebellion or insurrection against
the authority of the United States in. the Philippine Islands, or any
flag, banner, emblem, or device of the Katipunan Society or which is
commonly faiown as such, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
five himited pesos nor more than five thousand pesos, or by imprison-
ment for not less than three months nor more than five years, or by
both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful tor any person to expose or cause or
permit to be exposed to public view on his own premises, or to expose
or cause to be exposed to public view either on his own premises or
elsewhere, or to display or cause to be displayed at any banquet, public
entertainment, meeting, or reunion, or in any parade, procession, or
review, or for any person having charge of such banquet, public
entertainment, meeting, or reunion, or of such parade, procession, or
review, to permit to be displayed or exposed to public view, any flag,
or banner the use or display of which is pronibited by executive
order of the Govemor-Gteneral. Any person who shall violate the
provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than
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five hundred pesos nor more than five thousand pesos, or by imprison-
ment for not less than three months nor more than five years, or by
both such fine and impriswiment, in the discretion of the court: Pro-
vided, however^ That nothing in this section contained shall be con-
strued to authorize the Gk)vemor-General to permit the use or display
of any flac, banner^ emblem^ or device whose use, display, or exposi-
tion to public view is prohibited by the preceding sections of this Act
Sec. 4. Any person who shall wear, use, or expose to public view
in any parade, procession, or review, any uniform or dress or part
thereof, adopted or used during the late insurrection in the Philip-
pine Islands to designate or identify those in armed rebellion a^inst
the United States, or any uniform or dress or pai^; thereof adopted
or used at any time by the public enemies of the United States in the
Philippine Islands for the purposes of public disorder or of rebellion
or insurrection against the authoritv of the United States in the
Philippine IslancS, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five
hundred pesos nor more than five thousand pesos, or by imprisonment
for not less than three mcmths nor more tnan five years, or by both
such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage ox the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixdi,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 23, 1907.
[No. 1697.]
AN ACT Authorizing the appointment of commiSBionerB to make official investi-
gations and fixing their powers, for the payihent of witness fees and for tlie
punishment of perjury in official investigations.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Whenever, in the discretion of the Gk)vemor-Gteneral, it
is necessary for the good of the public service to investigate any action
or conduct of any person or persons in the Insular, provincial, or
municipal service, he may by order designate a suitable person to
make such investigation and to take the testimony of any person or
persons which, in his judjgment, may be relevant thereto and may
detail or authorize the said person designated to procure stenogra-
phers and interpreters to assist in the same. Such person so desig-
nated shall have such full power to subpoena witnesses and require
the production of documentary evidence and to administer oaths to
witnesses as is possessed by Courts of First Instance in criminal
actions and may invoke the summary process of such courts for the
punishment of contempts in failure to apijear or to produce evidence
or to ffive testimony. All interpreters acting in any such proceeding
shall be first duly sworn well and truly to interpret between the
counsel^ the witQ^sses^ and the person so desi^ated, and the stenogra-
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phers shall be sworn to make a true transcript of the testimony given
on such proceeding.
Sec. 2. Witness^ in proceedings under this Act and in investiga-
tions held by provincial boards under Act Numbered Three hundred
and fourteen or by district auditors or fiscals shall be entitled to the
same compensation as is now or may hereafter be provided for wit-
nesses in criminal actions in Courts of First Instance, payable in the
same manner upon the certificate of the board or officer conducting
the investigation.
Sec. 3. Any person who, having taken an oath before a competent
tribunal, officer, or person, in anv case in which a law of the Philip-
pine Islands authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will
testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimonv,
declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed is true, wifl-
fully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material mat-
ter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury, and shall
be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand pesos and by
imprisonment for not more than five years; and shall, moreover,
thereafter be incapable of holding any public office or of giving testi-
mony in any court of the Philippine Islands until such time as the
judgment against him is reversea.
Sec. 4. Any person who causes or procures another person to com-
mit perjury as aefined in the preceding section is guilty of subornation
of perjury and shall be punished as in said section prescribed.
Sec. 5. Section two of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and sixty-
two is hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 23, 1907.
[No. 1698.]
AN ACT For the regulation of the Philippine civil service.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. This Act shall apply to appointments to all positions
and employments in the Philippine civil service, Insular or provincial,
or of the city of Manila, now existing or hereafter to be created, the
compensations of which are authorized at an annual, monthly, or
daily rate, or otherwise, except the employment of semi-skilled or
unskilled laborers whose rate of compensation is seven hundred and
twenty pesos or less per annum, and the employment of all other
persons whose rate of compensation is two hundred and forty pesos
or less per annum : Provided^ That the examination requirements of
this Act for entrance into the civil service or for promotion therein
shall not apply to positions filled by thfe following:
(a) Elected officers;
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(b) Employeesof the Philippine Assembly selected by it:
(c) Persons appointed by the Governor-&eneral with the advice
and consent of tne Philippine Commission, unless otherwise specif-
icallv provided by law ;
{a) One private secretarv to the Governor-General and to each of
the other members of the Philippine Commission ;
{e) Persons in the military, naval, or civil service of the United
States who may be detailed for the performance of civil duties;
(f) Officers and employees in the Department of Commerce and
Police whose duties are of a quasi-military or quasi-naval character;
{g) Officers and employees in the office of the Supervising Railway
Expert who are exempted by the Governor-General from compliance
witn the civil-service law and rules.
(A) Postmasters and customs inspectors whose rates of compensa-
tion do not exceed six himdred pesos and three hundred ana sixty
pesos per annum, respectively, and who may lawfully perform the
duties of postmaster or customs inspector in connection with other
official duties or in connection with their private business, such duties
of postmaster or inspector requiring only a portion of their time;
postmasters who are required to perform the duties of telegraph
operators : Provided^ That in the oiscretion of the Director of jPosts
such postmasters may be appointed subject to the examination require-
ments of this Act; postmasters at Army posts whose compensation
does not exceed twelve hundred pesos per annum each ; and operators
and linemen in the Bureau of Posts;
(i) Detectives, secret agents, sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs;
(j) Temporary and emergency employees: Provided^ That when
the work to be performed is temporary in character, or whenever an
emergency shall arise requiring work to be done before it is practi-
cable to obtain the prior approval of the Director of Civil Service, the
chief of a Bureau or Office may immediately employ any person,
giving preference to elicibles if available, but he shall without delay
request approval of such temporary or emergencv employment, and
the employment of a noneligible shall cease when the Director of Civil
Service certifies an available eligible who accepts temporary or
probational appointment.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Director of Civil Service —
(a) To keep a record of all officers and employees filling positions
in the classified service and of all officers and employees in the un-
classified service who are entitled to leave of absence provided for in
this Act, and for the purpose of this record he is hereby authirized to
i-equire each chief of a Bureau or Office to furnish the necessary infor-
mation, in such form and manner as the Director of Civil Service
diall prescribe with the approval of the Govemor-Greneral. An offi-
cial roster shall be published at intervals to be fixed by the Grovernor-
General.
(&) To keep a record of the absences of aU officers and employees
entitled to the leave of absence provided for in this Act, and for the
purpose of this record he is hereby authorized to require each chief
of a Bureau or Office to cause to be kept a record oi the attendance
of such officers and employees and to report to the Director of Civil
Service, in the form and manner prescribed by him and approved by
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the Govemor-Geheral, all absences from duty of such officers and
employees from any cause whatever.
(<?) To render an annual report, on or before the first day of July
of each year, to the Governor-General showing the work performed
by the Bureau of Civil Service, the rules which have been certified by
the Director of Civil Service and approved by the Governor-General
and the practical effect thereof, and suggestions for carrying out more
effcKstually the purpose of this Act, which is hereby declared to be the
maintenance of an efficient and honest civil service in all the executive
branches of the Government of the Philippine Islands.
(d) To supervise the preparation and rating and have control of
all examinations in the Philippine Islands under this Act. The
Director of Civil Service, with the approval of the Governor-General
or proper head of Department, may designate a suitable number of
persons in the Philippme civil service to conduct examinations and to
serve as members of examining committees. When examiners with
special, technical, or professional qualifications are required for the
preparation or rating of examination papers the Director of Civil
Service may designate competent persons in the service for such
special duty. The duties required of members of examining com-
mittees, or of special examiners, shall be considered as part of their
official duties and shall be performed without extra compensaticHi.
When persons can not be found in the Philippine service with the
necessary qualifications for such special examining work as may be
required, the Director of Civil Service is authorized to employ at a
reasonable compensation persons not in public employment for such
work, which compensation shall be paid on the order of the Director
of Civil Service out of the general funds appropriated for the pur-
poses of the Bureau of Civil Service.
(e) To make investimtions and report upon all matters relating
to the enforcement of this Act and the rules adopted hereunder. In
maldn^ such investigations the officers and duly authorized examin-
ers of me Bureau of Civil Service are empowered to administer oaths,
to summon witnesses, and to require the production of official books
and records which may be relevant to such investigation, and they
may also administer such oaths as may be necessary in the transaction
of any official business of the Bureau of Civil Service.
(/) To prepare and certify to the Governor-General rules adapted
to the carrying out of the provisions of this Act. It shall be the duty
of all officers m the Philippine civil service to aid, in all proper ways,
in carrying said rules ana any modifications thereof into effect : Pro-
vided, That the rules so prepared and certified shall not take effect
until approved by the Governor-General and promulgated by his
executive order.
Sec. 3. The rules to be prepared and certified by the Director of
Civil Service shall, among other things, provide —
(a) For the preparation and holding m Manila and in the prov-
inces of open competitive examinations for testing the fitness of
applicants for appointment to the classified service, and for the prepa-
ration and the holding of examinations in the United States under the
auspices of the United States Civil Service Commission.
(o) For the holding of competitive examinations when practicable:
Provided, That appointment to those positions requiring technical,
professional, or scientific knowledge may be made as a result of com-
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petitive or noncompetitive examination: And provided further. That
noncompetitive examinations may be given when applicants tail to
compete after due notice has been j^ven of an open competitive ex-
amination, or when in the opinon of the Director of Civil Service the
holding of a competitive examination would not result in securing
competitors.
{c) For the selection of skilled workmen by such examinations,
competitive or noncompetitive, as may be practicable, and which need
not relate to more than the capacitv of the applicants to labor, their
habits of industry and sobriety, and their hones^.
{d) For the examination of applicants in Spanish and English
whenever a knowledge of both lanjguages is essential to an efficient
discharge of the duties of the position sought
{e) For a thorough physical examination by a competent physi-
cian of every applicant for examination in the United States, for such
physical examination in the Philippine Islands as in the discretion
of the Director of Civil Service may oe necessary, and for rejection of
every applicant found to be physically disqualified for efficient serv-
ice in the Philippine Islands.
(/) For the allowance in examinations of credit for experience.
g) For certification by the Director of Civil Service to the diflfer-
ent Bureaus and Offices of those rated highest according to average
percentage on the civil-service list of eligibies.
(A) For a period of probation bejEore the appointment or employ-
ment is made permanent.
(t) For competitive or noncompetitive promotion examinations
whenever practicable.
{]) For transfers from one branch of the classified service to an-
other, or from the Federal classified civil service of the United States
to the classified civil service of the Philippine Islands, under limita-
tions to be fixed by the rules.
(k) For the conditions under which reinstatements in the service
mav be made.
u) For fixing age limits of applicants for entrance into the classi-
fiea service.
(m) For eliciting from all applicants for examination and from
persons now in the service full information as to their citizenship,
nativity, age, education, physical qualifications, and such other infor-
mation as may reasonably be required affecting their fitness for the
service.
{n) For the procedure in making appointments to the service, sepa-
rations therefrom, and suspensions and reductions therein.
{o) For regulating hours of labor and the allowance of leaves of
absence (including the withholding of salary for leave granted) and
of traveling expenses and half salary for persons entitled thereto.
Sec. 4. The bureau of Civil Service shall have a permanent office
in the city of Manila. When examinations are held by the Bureau
of Civil iService, either in Manila or in the provinces, officers having
the custody of public buildings shall allow the reasonable use thereof
for the purpose of holding such examinations.
Sec. 5. (a) No person shall be appointed or employed in the civil
service of the Philippine Islands except as provided by law, or, in
the provincial service, by a resolution of the proper provincial board
approved by the Executive Secretary, and in accordance with this
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Act. No person appointed to or employed in the classified service in
violation of law or of civil service rules diall be entitled to receive
salary or wages from the Government, but the chief of the Bureau or
Office who makes such unauthorized appointment or employment shall
be personally responsible to the person illegally appointed for the
salary which would have accrued to him had the appointment or
employment been made in accordance with law and civu-service rules,
and payment shall be made to him out of the salary of such chief of
the Bureau or Office by the disbursing officer. When the Director of
Civil Service shall find that any person is holding a position in the
classified civil service in violation of law, he shall certify information
of the fact to the Insular Auditor and to the disbursing officer
through whom the payment of salary or wages to such person is by
law required to be made. If the Insular Auditor shall find that a
disbursmg officer has paid or permitted to be paid salary or wages to
any person ille^Uv holding a classified position, the whole amount
paid shall be disallowed and the disbursing officer shall not receive
credit for the same unless the Insular Auditor shall find that the
chief of the Bureau or Office is responsible, as above provided, for the
payment of salary or wages to sucn person and that such payment is
not due to the failure or the disbursing officer to obtain proper evi-
dence as herein required. In case the disbursing officer is not respon-
sible for the ille^i payment, he shall be directed to withhold from* the
salary of the chief of the Bureau or Office responsible for the illegal
employment an amount equal to that disallowed by the Insular
Auditor. A disbursing officer, the head of anv Department^ Bureau,
or Office, or the Insular Auditor, may apply tor, and the Director or
Civil Service shall render, a decision upon any question as to whether
a position is in the classified or in the unclassified civil service, or
whether the appointment of anv person to a classified position has
been made in accordance with law, which decision, when rendered,
shall be final unless reversed by the Grovemor-General on appeal.
(b) No person appointed to any uncla^fied position shall be
assigned to or employed in a position the duties of which are clerical,
nor diall he be assigned to or employed in any other position in the
clasidfied service.
(<?) No person appointed to a position in the classified service shall,
without the approval of the Director of Civil Service, be assigned to
or employed m a position of a grade or character not contemplated
by the examination from the resmts of which appointment was made,
unless otherwise provided by law.
Sec. 6. In the appointment of officers and employees under the pro-
visions of this Act, tiie appointing officer in his selection from the list
of eligibles furnished to him by the Director of Civil Service shall,
where other ({ualifications are e^jual, prefer —
First. Natives of the Philippine Islands or persons who have, under
and by virtue of the Treaty of Paris, acquired the political rights of
natives of the Islands.
Second. Persons who have served as members of the Army, Navy,
or Marine Corps of the United States and have been honorably dis-
charged therefrom.
Third. Citizens of the United States.
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Provided however^ That with the approval of the Governor-Gen-
eral, persons other than those hereinbeiorB named in this section may
be appointed.
Sec. 7. If competent persons are foimd in the service who in the
jud^ent of the appointing power are available and possess the quali-
fications required, vacancies in the position of chiefs and of assistant
chiefs of Bureaus and Offices and m the position of superintendent
shall be filled by promotion of such persons without examination:
Provided^ however/Thtit an examination may be given when requested
by the Governor-General or proper head of Department.
Sec. 8. Any person who snail willfully and corruptly, by himself
or in cooperation with one or more persons, defeat, deceive, or obstruct
any person in the matter of his ri^ht of examination by the Bureau of
Civil Service; or who shall willfmly or corruptly mal^ a false rating,
grading, estimate, or report upon tne examination or standing of any
person examined hereunder, or aid in so doing; or who shall willfully
or corruptly make any false representations relative thereto or con-
cerning the persons examined; or who shall willfully and falsely or
corruptly use or furnish anv information for the purpose of injuring
the prospects or chances or employment, appointment, or promotion
of any person so examined or to be examined, or who shall willfully
furnish any special or secret information which will give to the person
to be examined an imfair advantage in the examination, shall for
each offense be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand pesos,
or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or by both
such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 9. Any person who shall willfully become the beneficiary of
an act in violation of the last preceding section shall be punished as
provided in that section.
Sec. 10. No person in the Philippine civil service shall be under
obligation to contribute to a political fund or to render any political
service, nor shall he be removed or otherwise pi'ejudiced for refusing
to contribute or render any such service, and no officer or employee in
the Philippine civil service shall directly or indirectly solicit, collect,
or receive from any other officer or employee subject to his orders or
under his jurisdiction, any money or other valuable thing to be ap-
plied to the promotion of any political object whatever. Any pei^son
violating any of the provisions of this section shall be removed from
office and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand pesos
or by imprisonment not exc^ing six months, or by both such fijue and
imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 11. No inquiry shall be made and no consideration whatever
shall be given to any information relative to the political or religious
opinions or affiliations of persons examined, or to be examined, for
entrance into the service, or of officers or employees in the matter of
promotion : Provided^ however. That disloyaW to the United States
of America as the supreme autnoritv in these Islands shall be a com-
plete disqualification for holding oMce in the Philippine civil service :
And provided further^ That no person shall be eligible for examina-
tion or appointment under the provisions of this Act who, after the
thirtieth day of April, nineteen himdred and one, has been in arms
against the authority of the United States in the Philippine Islands,
or who has given aid and comfort to enemies of the United States or
who after the passage of this Act shall have been in arms against the
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authority of the United States in the Philippine Islands or shall
have^ven aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States ; this
provision shall not apply to those persons who were in arms ajgainst
the authority and sovereignty of the United States in the Philippine
Islands, or their aiders or abettors, prior to July fourth, nineteen
hundred and two, who came within the provisions of the proclamation
of amnesty of the President of the United States issued upon said
date, and who have complied with the terms of said proclamation.
Sec. 12. Every applicant for admission to the Philippine civil
service shall, before beinc^ admitted to examination in tne Islands,
take and subscribe the following oath before a notary public or other
officer authorized to administer oaths :
" OATH or APPLICANT.
"I , having applied for admiSBlon to the civil service
of the Philippine Islands, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I recognize and
accept the supreme authority of the United States of America in these Islands
and will maintain true faith and allegiance thereto ; that I will obey the laws,
legal orders, and decrees promulgated by its duly constituted authorities ; that
I impose upon myself this obligation voluntarily, without mental reservation or
purpose of evasion. So help me God. (The last four words to be stricken out
in case of affirmation.)
(Signature) "
" Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me this day of
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The oath of the applicant shall be filed with his application for
examination.
Sec. 13. The officers and employees in the Philippine civil service
shall be arranged in the following classes, and, unless otherwise pro-
vided by law, it shall be understcwd that the minimum amount speci-
fied for each class indicates the annual salary of each officer or
employee in that class : ^
Class 1. All persons receiving an annual salary of six thousand
I)esos or more, or a compensation at the rate of six thousand pesos or
more per annum.
Class 2, All persons receiving an annual salary of five thousand
five hundred pesos or more, or a compensation at the rate of five
thousand five hundred pesos or more, but less than six thousand pesos
per annum.
Class 3. All persons receiving an annual salair of five thousand
pesos or more, or a compensation at the rate of five thousand pesos
or more, but less than five thousand five hundred pesos per annum.
Class If, All persons receiving an annual salary of four thousand
five hundred pesos or more, or a compensation at the rate of four
thousand five hundred pesos or more, but less than five thousand pesos
per annum.
Class 5. All persons receiving an annual salary of four thousand
pesos or more, or a compensation at the rate of four thousand pesos
or more, but less than four thousand five hundred pesos per annum.
Class 6, All persons receiving an annual salary of three thousand
six hundred pesos or more, or a compensation at the rate of three
thousand six hundred pesos or more, but less than four thousand pesos
per annum.
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Cl(M8 7. All persons receiving an annual salary of three thousand
two hundred pesos or more, or a compensation at the rate of three
thousand two nundred pesos or more, but less than three thousand six
himdred pesos per annum.
Class 8. All persons receiving an annual salary of two thousand
eight hundred pesos or more, or a compensation at the rate of two
thousand eight nundred pesos or more, but less than three tiiousand
two hundred pesos per annum.
Class 9. All persons receiving an annual salary of two thousand
four hundred pesos or more, or a compensation at^the rate of two
thousand four hundred pesos or more, but less than two tiiousand
eight hundred pesos per annum.
Class 10. All persons receiving an annual salary of two thousand
pesos or more, or a compensation at the rate of two thousand pesos
or more, but less than two thousand four hundred pesos per annum.
Class A. All persons receiving an annual salary of one thousand
eight hundred pesos or more, or a compensation at the rate of one
thousand eight himdred pesos or more, but less than two thousand
pesos per annum.
Cla^s B. All persons receiving an annual salary of one thousand
six hundred and eighty pesos or more, or a compensation at the rate
of one thousand six hundred and eighty pesos or more, but less than
one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum.
Chiss (7. All persons receiving an annual salary of one thousand
four hundred and forty pesos or more, or a' compensation at the rate
of one thousand four hundred and forty pesos or more, but less than
one thousand six hundred and eighty pesos per annum.
Chiss D. All persons receiving an annual salary of one thousand
two hundred pesos or more, or a compensation at the rate of one thou-
sand two hundred pesos or more, but less than one thousand four hun-
dred and forty pesos per annum.
Class E. All persons receiving an annual salary of one thousand
and ftghty pesos or more, or a compensation at the rate of one thou-
sand and eighty pesos or more, but less than one thousand two hun-
dred pesos per annum.
Class F. All persons receiving an annual salary of nine hundred
and sixty pesos or more, or a compensation ^at the rate of nine hun-
dred and sixty pesos or more, but less than one thousand and eighty
pesos per annum.
Class G. All persons receiving an annual salary of eight hundred
and forty pesos or more, or a compensation at the rate oi eight hun-
dred and rorty pesos or more, but less than nine hundred and sixty
pesos per annum.
Class H. All persons receiving an annual salary of seven hundred
and twenty pesos or more, or a compensation at the rate of seven hun-
dred and twenty pesos or more, but less than eight hundred and forty
pesos per annum.
Class /. All persons receiving an annual salary of six hundred
pesos or more, or a compensation at the rate of six hundred pesos or
more, but less than seven hundred and twenty pesos "per annimi.
Class J. All persons receiving an annual salary of four hundred
and eighty pesos or more, or a compensation at the rate of four hun-
dred and eighty pesos or more, but less than six hundred pesos per
annum.
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Class K. All persons receiving an annual salary of less than four
hundred and eighty pesos, or a compensation at the rate of less than
four hundred and eighty pesos per annum.
Sec. 14. All appoinfments to and removals from subordinate posi-
tions in the Philippine civil service shall be made by the chiefs of
Bureaus or Offices subject to the approval or direction of the Gov-
ernor-General or proper head of Department: Provided^ however,
That semi-skilled or imskilled laborers whose emplojrment is author-
ized by law may be employed and discharged by cniefs of Bureaus or
Offices under the general control of the Governor-General or proper
head of Department. The employment or discharge of temporary
or emergency employees shall be made and reported in accordance
with the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 15. In case of the temporary absence or disability of the chief
of any Bureau or Office, or in case of a vacancy in such position, any
officer or employee in such Bureau or Office may be designated by the
Qt)vernor-General or proper head of Department temporarily to per-
form the duties of such chief of Bureau or Office without additional
compensation unless there is a vacancy in the position or the chief is
absent from duty without pay and unless the order desi^ating such
person shall provide additional compensation, in which latter case
the person designated shall receive the compensation provided in
said order, not exceeding the salary authorized by law for said posi-
tion. In case of the temporary absence or disability of any subordi-
nate officer or employee in any Bureau or Office, the chief of such
Bureau or Office may designate any other subordinate officer or
employee in his Bureau or Office temporarily to perform the duties
of the officer or employee who is thus absent or disabled, and it shall
be the duty of the person so designated to perform the duties so
assigned to him without additional compensation. Whenever any
officer of employee shall be designated by proper authoritv for the
temporary performance of the duties of chief or of any subordinate
officer or employee of a Bureau or Office, the person so designated
shall be reimbursed for any additional expense which he is obliged
to incur on account of a bond premium in the position to which he
has been so designated, and such reimbursement shall be made from
the appropriation for the Department, Bureau, or Office in which the
services are rendered by reason of such designation : Provided^ That
no reimbursement shall be made to persons receiving the full com-
pensation attached to the position the duties of which they are desig-
nated to perform as herein set forth.
Sec. 16. For neglect of duty or violation of reasonable office regu-
lations, or in the mterests of the public service, chiefs of Bureaus or
Offices are hereby authorized to reduce the salary or compensation of
any subordinate officer or employee, to deduct from his pay a sum not
exceeding one month's pay, or as a punishment to suspend him with-
out pay for a period not exceeding two months : Provided^ however^
That it the officer or employee thus punished is in the classified serv-
ice or is entitled to the accrued leave provided for in this Act such
deduction from pay or such suspension without pay a^ a punishment
shall receive the approval of the Governor-General or proper head of
Department, after naving been submitted to the Director of Civil
Service for recommendation : And provided further^ That any reduc-
tion in salary or deduction of pay or any punishment by suspension
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without pay as provided for in this section shall not affect the right of
the person thus disciplined to accrued leave of absence, but in the
event of his suspension from duty no accrued leave of absence shall be
allowed for the time he is thus suspended as a -punishment: And pro-
vided further^ That when the chief of a Bureau or Office suspends an
officer or employee pending investigation of charges against such
officer or employee, and subsequentlv restores such officer or emplovee
to duty, no payment shall be made for the period of suspension unless
otherwise directed by the Gk)vernor-General or proper head of
Department.
Sec. 17. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the Philip-
pine Commission n^m making appointments to or removals from
positions in the Philippine civfl service of its own motion under the
general powers conferred upon it by the instructions of the President
of the United States.
Sec. 18. Upon the approval of the Gtoyemor-General or proper
head of Department first had, a vacancy in a position of any class
may be fiUed by the appointment of one person or more of a lower
class: Provided^ That the aggregate of salaries paid is not greater
than the salary authorized by law for that position.
Sec. 19. With the approval of the Governor-General or proper
head of Department, and after the recommendation of the Director
of Civil Service has been had as to the matter, any chief of Bureau
or Office may make changes in the authorized positions and salaries
of his Bureau or Office : Provided^ That the total charge for salaries
and wages shall not exceed the amount authorized by law : And pro-
vided further^ That the positions or salaries of omcials appointed
by the Secretary of War, or by the Governor-General with the advice
and consent of the Philippine Commission, shall not be subject to
change as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 20. Whenever in his judgment the public interest will be pro-
moted by the consolidation of two or more appointive positions, the
Governor-General may declare such positions to be consolidated,
may fix the salary of the position resulting therefrom at not to ex-
ceea seventy-five per centum of the sum of the salaries of the posi-
tions consolidated, and may apportion the salary so fixed among the
branches of the Government served by the officer or employee receiv-
ing the same.
Sec. 21. Whenever two or more appointive positions have been
consolidated as provided in the preceaing section of this Act, the
Governor-General may restore them to their previous status when
in his opinion the public interest is no longer served by such con-
solidation, and thereupon the salaries payable to the separated posi-
tions shall be the same as were authorized at the time of consolidation.
Sec. 22. The required office hours of all Bureaus and Offices in the
Philippine civil service shall be fixed by executive order of the Gov-
ernor-General, but they shall not be less than six and one-half
hours of labor each day, not including time for lunch and exclusive
of Sundays and of days declared public holidays by law or executive
order : Provided^ That when the nature of the duties to be performed
or the interests of the public service require it, officers and employees
may, by direction of the chief of the bureau or Office, be required
to work on Sundays and holidays without additional compensation
unless otherwise specifically authorized by law. It shall be the duty
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of chiefs of Bureaus or Offices to require of all employees, of whatever
^ade or class, not less than the number of hours of labor authorized
by law or executive order, but the head of any Department, Bureau,
or Office mav, in the interests of the public service, extend the daily
hours of labor therein specified for any or all of the employees
under him, and in case of such extension it shall be without addi-
tional compensation unless otherwise provided by law: Provided^
however^ That on Saturdays throughout the year the Governor-
General may, by executive order, reduce the required number of
hours of labor to five hours. This executive order shall not oblige
the head of a Department, Bureau, or Office in the Philippine civil
service to reduce the hours of labor to five hours, but it shall be
within his discretion to reduce the number of hours if consistent with
the needs of the public service; nor shall this provision be regarded
as conferring a right upon officers or employees. Unless specifically
authorized by law no payment may be made for overtime work. The
lenffth of sessions of the courts shall be regulated by existing law,
and the provisions of this section shall not apply to judges. The
number of hours for the daily sessions of the puDiic schools shall be
fixed by the Secretary of Public Instruction, but they shall not be
less than five hours a day.
Sec. 28. (a) After at least two years' continuous, faithful, and sat-
isfactory service, the Gt)vemor-General or proper head of Depart-
ment shall, subject to the necessities of the public service, and upon
proper aDplication therefor, grant each regularly and permanently
appointea officer or employee in the civil service, Insular or pro-
vincial, or of the city of Manila, except as hereinafter provided,
accrued leave of absence with full pay, inclusive of Sundays and of
days declared public holidays by law or executive order, for each year
of service in accordance with the following schedule: An employee
receiving an annual salary of less than eighteen hundred pesos shall
be granted twenty days' leave; an employee receiving an annual
salary of from twelve hundred to eiffhteen hundred pesos with board
and quarters, and an officer or employee receiving an annual salary
of eighteen hundred pesos or more, but less than three thousand six
hundred pesos, shall be granted thirty days' leave; an officer or
employee receiving an annual salary of three thousand six hundred
pesos or more shall be granted thirty-five days' leave. Leave shall
accrue while an officer or employee is on duly authorized leave of
absence with pay.
(6) If an officer or employee elects to postpone the taking of any
or all of the leave to which he is entitled under this section, such leave
may accumulate and if his salary chan^ he shall receive the same
amount of leave and pay as if he had taken the leave while receiving
the salary at which it accrued : Provided^ however. That after Janu-
ary first, nineteen hundred and five, no person shall at any time have
to his credit more than the accrued leave, allowed for five years'
service.
{c) An officer or employee who has served in the Islands for three
J^ears or more, and who has accumulated to his credit tiie accrued
eave allowed for two full years, may be granted permission to visit
the United States or any other country in the discretion of the
Gtevemor-General or proper head of Department, with the half-pay
and traveling-expense auowance, hereinafter provided: Proviaedy
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That such permission shall not be granted oftener than once in every
three years.
(rf) A person in the teaching service shall not be granted accrued
leave in accordance with the schedule provided in this section, but in
lieu thereof he may be granted leave on full pay during vacation
periods, with permission to spend a vacation period in the United
States or in any other country with the approval of the Secretary of
Public Instruction, not oftener than once m every three years.
(^e) In case an oflScer, teacher, or other employee is granted leave to
visit the United States, he shall be allowed, with half pay in addition
to the leave granted, sixty davs for the time occupied by him in going
to and returning from the iTnited States if he is serving in Manila,
and if serving in the provinces sixty days plus the actusu and neces-
sary time consumed from date of departure from station to date of
departure from Manila, and on returning, from date of arrival at
Manila to date of arrival at station, such half salary to be paid
on return to duty; if he is granted permission to visit any other
country he shall be allowed under the same conditions, and in lieu
the sixty days' half pay above provided, actual and necessary travel-
time with half pay not exceeding sixty days. On the completion of
two years of continuous, faithful, and satisfactory service, after
returning to the Islands from leave of absence to visit the United
States granted for three or more years' service, he shall be allowed
his actual and necessary traveling expenses from his place of resi-
dence in the United States to Manila if he come by the route and
steamer directed, and if returning from any other country or from
the United States, not residing therein, he shall be allowed his actual
and necessary traveling expenses to Manila from the port of embarka-
tion in the United States or such other country not exceeding four
hundred pesos.
(/) The following classes of persons shall not be entitled to the
leave provided in this section :
1. Semiskilled and unskilled laborers and skilled laborers hereafter
appointed whose rate of compensation is less than two thousand pesos
per annum ;
2. Temporary and emergency employees;
3. Persons whose compensations are authorized at other than a per
annum rate, except officers detailed from the military, naval, or civil
service of the United States;
4. Persons enlisted for a term of years ;
5. Detectives hereafter appointed except where appointment is by
transfer from a leave-earning position, and secret agents;
6. Messengers and watchmen ;
7. Postmasters who are required to perform the duties of tele-
graph operators except postmasters who are appointed subject to the
examination requirements of this Act, postmasters at Army posts
whose compensation doe^ not exceed one thousand two hundred pesos
per annum each, and operators and linemen in the Bureau of Posts;
8. Persons who receive compensation for official duties performed
in connection with private business, vocation, or profession, such
duties requiring only a portion of their time.
iff) The provisions of this section shall be retroactive in effect so
as to entitle officers and employees of the Philippine civil service,
whether serving as such by regukr appointment or by detail from the
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Army, the Navy, or the civil service of the United States, previous
to the passage of this Act, to any accrued leave to which they would
have been entitled had Act Numbered Eighty, as amended, been ap-
plicable to them at the date of their employment or detail, computing
the leave in the case of an officer on the basis of the salaiy and allow-
ances received while on detail, and in the case of an enlisted man on
the basis of first salary received in the Philippine civil service. No
application for leave of absence presented by an officer or employee
shall be considered if his application is not presented withm six
months of the date of the acceptance of his resignation.
(A) An officer or emplovee separated from the service for cause, or
who commits an act which requires his separation from the service,
shall not be granted leave or any of the other privileges provided in
this section and in the following sections.
Sec. 24. After at least six months' continuous, faithful, and satis-
factory service the Governor-General or proper head of Department
may, in his discretion, ^ant to each officer or employee entitled to the
accrued leave provided in this Act, in addition to such accrued leave,
vacation leave of absence with full pay, inclusive of Sundays and of
days declared public holidays by law or executive order, for each
calendar year of service, in accordance with the following schedule :
An officer or employee receiving an annual salary of less than two
thousand pesos may be granted twenty-one days' vacation leave; an
officer or employee receiving an annual salary of two thousand pesos
or more, or a trained nurse, may be granted twenty-eight days' vaca-
tion leave. Vacation leave must be taken within the calendar year in
which it is earned, or in the first two months of the following calendar
year. The vacation leave provided for only one calendar year may be
allowed in connection with accrued leave granted. In cases of resig-
nation, vacation leave shall not be allowed in addition to accrued
leave. All applications for vacation leave shall be made on a form
prescribed by the Director of Civil Service.
Sec. 25. (a) Absence from duty of teachers, due to illness, shall be
charged a^inst their vacations, and with the consent of the Secre-
tary of Pxiblic Instruction they may remain on duty during vacations
for a period equal to that lost on account of illness, in which case no
deduction of pay shall be made on account of absence caused by
illness.
(b) Absence of other reigularly and permanently appointed officers
ana employees in the Philippine civil service on account of illness
shall be charged first against vacation leave and then against accrued
leave, until both are exhausted, when further absence shall be without
pay-
(c) Payment of salary to an officer or employee for any absence
during his first six months of service properly chargeable to vacation
leave, or during his first two years of service properly chargeable to
accrued leave, shall be withheld until such leave may properly be
taken under the provisions of this Act: Provided, however^ That in
case of alxsence due to illness the Governor-General or proper head of
Department may direct that payment for such absence be not with-
held if not in excess of the vacation and accrued leave to his credit.
(d) In case an officer or employee in the civil service, Insular or
provincial, or of the city of Manila, permanent or temporary, is
wounded or injured in the performance of duty, the Governor-General
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or proper head of Department may direct that absence dming the
period of disability caused by such 'wound or injury shall be on full
pay for a period not exceeding six months: Provided^ That if the
officer or employee is entitled S) the vacation leave provided in sec-
tion twenty-four of this Act, absence for this reason shall be charged
first against such vacation leave: And provided further^ That the
Govemor-Greneral or proper head of Department may, in his discre-
tion, authorize paym^it of medical attendance, necessary transporta-
tion, and hospital fees for officers and employees so wounded or
injured: And provided further^ That payments made under this
paragraph shall not be made from the appropriation for general pur-
poses when the Bureau or Office concerned has an available appro-
Sriation for contingent expenses or public works, as the case may be,
[•om which such payments can be made, nor shall the provisions or
this section be construed to cover sicfaiess as distinguished from
physical wounds.
Sec. 26. If a regularly appointed officer or employee in the Philip-
pine civil service who has rendered faithful and satisfactory service
shall die while in the service, the unused accrued leave that might
have been granted at the time of death shall be determined, and the
salary equivalent of the accrued leave shall be paid to the person or
persons entitled to receive his estate.
Sec. 27. The Governor-General or proper head of Department may,
in his discretion, commute accrued leave of absence granted to persons
entitled thereto and vacation granted to teachers, and authorize the
payment of the amounts so granted to teachers and authorize the
payment of the amounts so granted in a gross sum from the appro-
priation from which their salaries should properly be paid : Provided^
That whenever upon the resignation or death of an oracer or employee
it is in the interests of the public service that the position occupied
by him be immediately filled, the Governor-General or proper head
of Department may direct that the leave granted him be commuted
from any unexpended available funds appropriated for salaries and
wages in the Bureau, Office, or province m)m which separated : And
provided further^ That except on retirement from the service, leave
of absence shall not be commuted to any officer or employee who re-
mains in the Islands during the period of his leave :^4nrf provided
further^ That no officer or employee whose leave of absence has been
commuted shall be permitted to return to duty before the expiration
of the period covered by such leave until he has refunded to the
proper disbursing officer the money value of the unused portion of
the leave of absence commuted: And provided further^ That in the
case of an officer or employee separated from the service through lack
of work or the abolition of his position, the Governor-General or
proper head of Department may, in his discretion, allow the reinstate-
ment of such officer or employee without requiring the refund of
the money value of the unused portion of the leave of absence herein-
before mentioned.
Sec. 28. All applications for accrued leave of absence shall be
made on a form prescribed by the Director of Civil Service, and shall
be first acted upon by the chief of the Bureau or Office, and by him
submitted to the Director of Civil Service for recommendation. The
application shall then be forwarded to the head of the Department in
which the applicant is employed for his final decision, except in
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respect to those Bureaus or Offices not under any Department, in
which case it shall be forwarded to the Governor-General for his
final decision: Provided^ however^ That the Governor-General or
proper head of Department may authorize the Director of Civil Serv-
ice to grant accrued or vacation leave of absence in all cases in which
he approves the recomendations of the chief of the Bureau or Office
in regard to such leave.
Sec. 29. The appointment of all persons residing in the United
States to the Philippine Civil Service, whether by transfer from the
United States civil service or otherwise, shall be subject to the follow-
ing conditions:
{a) A person residing in the United States who is appointed to
the Philippine civil service may pay his traveling expenses from the
place of his residence in the United States to Manila: Provided.
That if any part of his traveling expenses is borne by the Government
of the Philippine Islands, ten per centum of his monthly salary shall
be retained until the amount retained is equal to the amount borne
by the Governmenl: And ^provided further^ That if he shall come
by the route and steamer directed his actual and necessary traveling
expenses shall be refundexl to him at the expiration of two years'
satisfactory service in the Philippines.
(6) He shall be allowed half salary from the date of embarkation
and full salary from the date of his arrival in the Islands : Provided^
That he proceed directly to the Islands; otherwise he shall l)e allowed
half salary for such time onlv as is ordinarily required to perform the
journey by the route directed : And provided further^ That such half
salary shall not be paid until after the expiration of two years of
satisfactory service in the Philippines.
(<?) A person residing in the United States accepting an appoint-
ment to a position in the civil service of the Government of the
Philippine Islands, under the conditions named in this Act, shall,
before receiving such appointment, execute a contract and deliver it
to the Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department,
wherein the appointee shall stipulate that he will remain in the serv-
ice of the Government of the Philippine Islands for at least two years
unless released by the Governor-Greneral or proper head of Depart-
ment. A breach of the conditions provided in the contract or a
removal for cause shall require the proper officer to withhold pay-
ment of all salary and traveling expenses due to the person employed
and who has violated the conditions of his contract or been removed
for cause, and shall debar such person from ever entering again the
Jiublic service of the Philippine Government in any of its branches,
n such case an action shall lie for the recovery of the amount
expended by the Government in bringing the employee to the Philip-
pine Islands.
{d) Irrespective of leave granted, a regularly appointed officer or
employee who has rendered continuous, faithful, and satisfactory
service for three years or more after arrival in the Philippine Islands,
shall, upon his retirement from the service, be allowed half salary
for thirty days in addition to full salary for the period which may be
^nted nim as leave of absence under the provisions of this Act ; and
if appointed prior to January twelfth, nmeteen hundred and four,
he snail also be furnished transportation fnnn Manila to San Fran-
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cisco, or transportation of equal cost to the Government by any other
route: Provided^ That such transportation must be used within six
months after retirement from the service.
Sec. 30. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to judges of the
Supreme Court, the Courts of First Instance, or the Court of Land
Registration, but their leaves of absence and traveling expenses shall
be governed bv existing law or such law as may be hereafter enacted.
Sec. 31. All special contracts made with appointees of the Phil-
ippine civil service prior to the passage of this Act shall remain
unaffected bv the terms and provisions of this Act.
Sec. 32. Act Numbered Five as amended by Act Numbered Forty-
seven, section two of Act Numbered Seventy-eight, sections three and
four of Act Numbered One hundred and sixty-seven as amended by
sections one and two of Act Numbered Three hundred and six, Act
Numbered One hundred and sixty -eight. Act Numbered Two hundred
and twenty, Act Numbered Three hundred and six, Act Numbered
Five hundred and eighty-nine, and Act Numbered One thousand and
seventy-two; Act Numbered Twenty -five as amended by Act Num-
bered Three hundred and one. Act Numbered Three hundred and
twenty-nine, Act Numbered Five hundred and eighty -eight, and Act
Numliered One thousand and ninety-six; sections one and nineteen
of Act Numbered One hundred and two ; Act Numbered Three hun-
dred and ninety-two; Act Numbered Four himdred and eight as
amended by Act Numbered Eleven hundred and ninety-seven; Act
Numbered Six hundred and twenty-six; Act Numbered One thou-
sand and forty as amended by Act Numbered Twelve hundred and
seventy-six; Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and seven; Act Num-
bered Sixteen hundred and seventy-four; sections three, four, five,
and six of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and seventy-nine ; and all
other Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act, are hereby
repealed: Provided^ That nothing in this section shall be deemed to
revive Act Numbered Eighty or any other Act repealed by any of the
Acts herein mentioned.
Sec. 33. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 34. This Act shall take effect on August thirty-first, nineteen
hundred and seven, and shall be known as me Revised Civil Service
Act.
Enacted, August 26, 1907.
[No. 1699.]
AN ACT Providing that the provincial flscals and the attorney for the Moro
Province shall perform the duties of the register of deeds In their respective
provinces, abolishing the position of examiner of titles, and amending Acts
Numbered Elghty-tliree, Four hundred and ninety-six, Seven hundred and
eighty-seven, and Nine hundred and twenty-six, as amended.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section eleven of Act Numbered Eighty-three, entitled
^^A general Act for the organization of provincial governments in
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the Philippine Islands," as amended by section one of Act Numbered
Two hundred and twenty-three and section one of Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and forty-three, is hereby amended so as to read as
follows :
" Sec. 11. The provincial fiscal shall be the attorney and legal ad-
viser of the provincial government and of each of its officers, when
called upon, and they may require from him written opinions. He
shall i*epresent the provincial government in all suits brought on its
behalf or against it in the courts of the province or in the courts
of any other province. He shall be the legal adviser of the council
and president of each nuiiiicipality of the province, and shall upon
the request of any president or council submit in writing his views
ujx)!! any question properly arising in the discharge of their public
duties. He shall in the courts of the province represent the public
in all criminal cases and perform such duties with reference to the
institution of all criminal prosecutions as the Code of Criminal Pro-
cedure shall require. In cases where the interests of anv municipality
and of the provincial government are opposed, he shall act on behalf
of the provincial government, and the municipality shall be obliged
to employ special counsel.
" He shall also represent each municipality of his province or prov-
inces in all litigation pending for or against such municipality in any
court, except in cases where the interests of the municipality and of
the provincial government are opposed, in cases where two munici-
palities are adverse parties to the same litigation, and in cases arising
under Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and seventy-six, in all ot
which cases the municipalities shall be obliged to employ special
counsel.
" He shall also perform the duties of the register of deeds.
" The Attorney-General shall represent the provincial govenmient,
except as hereinafter provided, in all suits for or a^inst it which
shall come into the Supreme Court; but if he deems it nece&sary he
may authorize the provincial fiscal to assist him in the hearing of
the cause before the Supreme Court. In suits by the government
of one province against the government of another the Attorney-
General shall take no part, and the provinces engaged in the liti^-
tion shall be represented in the Supreme Court by their respective
provincial fiscals. When anv criminal case is appealed to the
Supreme Court the provincial fiscal shall forthwith make a report
to the Attorney-General, explaining the quastion of law and fact
appearing therein and the conclusions of the court ; and if the Attor-
ney-General directs, tlie provincial fiscal shall appear in such crimi-
nal cases in the Supreme Court on appeal. The Attorney-General
shall have general supervision of all provincial fiscals, shaU prepare
rules for their guidance, may require reports from them as to the
condition of public business in the courts of their respective prov-
inces, and shall make an annual report through the Govemor-Gren-
eral to the Commission of the conditions of the public business in
litigation throughout the Islands.
" Whenever the provincial fiscal is absent from the province, or
fails or refuses to discharge his duty by reason of illness or other
cause, or by reason of personal interest in a prosecution or other mat-
ter is disqualified to act therein as provincial fiscal, the judge of the
Court of First Instance for the province is authorized and required
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to appoint a temporary fiscal^ who shall be paid out of the provincial
treasury the same compensation per day as that provided by law for
the regular provincial fiscal for the days actually employed. The
fiscal thus temporarily appointed shall discharge all the duties of the
?irovincial fiscal as provided by law which the regular provincial fiscal
ails or is unable to perform. The provincial fiscal of any province
may, by authority of the provincial Doard, have a deputy fiscal, and
a clerk or clerks, to be appointed by the provincial fiscal, at such
salaries, out of the provincial treasury, as may be allowed, with the
concurrence of the Insular Treasurer: Provided^ That after the first
of March, nineteen hundred and two, such clerk or clerks shall be
selected in acxjordance with the rules and restrictions of the Civil
Service Act."
Sec. 2. Section nine of Act Numbered Seven hundred and eighty-
seven, entitled "An Act providing for the organization and govern-
ment of the Moro Province," is hereby amended so as to read as
follows :
" Sec. 0. The provincial attorney shall be the attorney and legal
adviser of the provincial government and of each of its officers and
of the legislative council hereinafter constituted and shall, when called
upon by the council or by any officer, furnish a written opinion on
questions of law arising in the administration of the government.
He shall represent the provincial government in all suits brought on
its behalf or against it in the courts of the province or in the courts
of any province or district. He shall be the legal adviser of the
municipal authorities of any municipality organized in the province
and shall, upon recjuest, submit in writing his views upon any ques-
tion properly arising in the discharge of the public duties of such
officers or authorities. He shall exercise supervisory control in the
courts in the province over the district fiscals for whose appointment
and salaries the legislative council may have provided. The pro-
vincial attorney shall, when the public interest requires it, appear to
take charge of prosecutions for the government in any court within
the province. In cases where the interests of any municipality and
of the province are distinct or opposed he shall act on behalf of the
provincial government and the municipality shall be obliged to em-
ploy special counsel. The provincial attorney shall discharge his
duties under the general supervision of the Attorney-General of the
Insular Government, and the Attorney-General shall represent the
Provincial government in all suits for or against it which shall come
efore the Supreme Court, but if the Attorney-General deems it nec-
essary he may require the provincial attorney to assist in the presen-
tation of the cause before the Supreme Court. In every criminal case
appealed to the Supreme Court irom the Court of First Instance held
in the province the provincial attorney shall forthwith make a report
to the Attorney-General, explaining the questions of law and fact
appearing therein and the conclusions of the court. The provincial
attorney shall make an annual report to the Attorney-General of the
Philippine Islands as to the conditions of public and private litiga-
tion in the courts throughout the province, and shall discharge such
other duties as may be required by the legislative council.
" He shall also perform the duties of the register of deeds."
Sec. 8. Section four of Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-
six, entitled "An Act to provide for the adjudication and registra-
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tion of titles to lands in the Philippine Islands^" as amended by
section one of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and forty-eight, is
hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 4. The authority and jurisdiction of the Court of Land
Registration shall begin and take eflFect as soon as the judges thereof
are appointed and qualified in the manner required by law for
judicial officers. The court may be held by a single judge, and
when so held shall have all the authority and jurisdiction committed
to said court. Different sessions may be held at the same time,
either in the same province or in different provinces, as the judges
may decide, and they shall so arrange sessions as to insure a prompt
discharge of the business of the court.
"All cases arising in the Court of Land Registration in the city
of Manila shall be assigned to the regular judges of the court by
rotation, as nearly as may be, and all cases arising in said court out-
side of the city of Manila shall be assigned by districts to the regular
judges and the judges at large of the Court of First Instance per-
forming the duties of judges of the Court of Land Registration. The
limits of said districts shall be determined by agreement among all
of the judges serving on the court. The judge to whom a case is once
assigned sliall thereafter have exclusive autliority and jurisdicticm
therein unless and until he shall be absent from the Philippine
Islands, or shall have voluntarily transferred such case to another
judge, or such transfer shall have been authorized by the Secretary
of Finance and Justice: Prorided^ That any judge of the Court of
First Instance outside of the city of Manila shall, whenever directed
in writing to do so by the Secretary of Finance and Justice, hear and
make findings of fact in land-registration cases at the times and
places prescribed by law for holding regular or special terms of the
Court of Fii'st Instance in his judicial district wnenever any appli-
cation or applications under this Act shall have been duly published,
mailed, and posted for hearing at any such times and places. For the
purposes of any such hearing such judge of the Court of First In-
stance shall exercise all the powers exercised for like purposes by
judges of the Court of Land Registration, including the power to
determine whether the application has l)een duly published, mailed,
and posted for hearing, and the power of adjournment to such times
and places as may be convenient, and, after the hearing, such judge
of the Court of First Instance shall return the application and all
papers and documents filed in connection therewith and all evidence
presented in support thereof or in opposition thereto, together with
his findings of fact, by official messenger or registered mail, to the
clerk in Manila, who shall thereupon transmit the papers and record
in the case to the judge to whom the case has been assigned for
decision. Such judge to whom the case has been assigned may, of
his own motion, or on motion for a new trial made by any party to
the case on proper grounds and in due time, reopen the case, and,
with the previous approval in writing of the Secretary of Finance
and Justice, return it to the judge of the Court of First Instance of
the district in which the findings of fact were originally made for
further hearing. Such judge of the Court of First Instance shall
thereupon conduct such further hearing and return the application,
papers, documents, and evidence and any further findings of fact to
the clerk in Manila in the manner hereinbefore provided, to be again
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delivered to the judge to whom the case has been assigned. But
the judges of the Court of Land Registration shall have the same
powers of appointing referees in all cases coming before them as are
conferred by law upon judges of the Courts of First Instance.*'
Sec. 4. Section ten of Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-
six, as amended by section two of Act Numbered Six hundred and
fourteen, is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 10. There shall be a register of deeds in the city of Manila
and one in each province. The register of deeds for the city of Ma-
nila shall be appointed at a salary of four thousand pesos per annum
and removed m the manner provided for the appointment and re-
moval of judges by section three. The provincial fiscals and the
attorney for the Moro Province shall perform the duties of the reg-
ister of deeds in their respective provinces. The duties of the register
of deeds in the Provinces of Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Lepanto-Bon-
toc, Zambales, Palawan, and Agusan shall be performed by the
respective provincial treasures of said provinces. The registers of
deeds, after any land within their respective districts has been regis-
tered under .this Act, shall have the same authority as the clerk of the
Court of Land Registration to make all memoranda affecting the
title of such land, and to enter and issue new certificates of tit leas pro-
vided herein, and to affix the seal of the coui*t to such certificates and
duplicate certificates of title; but in executing the provisions of this
Act the registers of deeds shall be subject to the general direction of
the Court of Land Registration, in order to secure uniformity
throughout the Islands, and their official designation shall be register
of deeds for the province or for tlie city of Manila, in which their
duties are to be performed, as the case may be."
Sec. 5. Section eleven of Act Numbered Four
six is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 11. The clerk of the Court of Land Registration and all
registers of deeds shall be sworn Ix^fore any official authorized to
administer oaths, and a record thereof shall be made in the records
of the court. They shall each give a bond to the Government of
the Philippine Islands for the benefit of whom it may concern in
a sum to oe fixed by the court for the faithful performance of their
official duties, before entering upon the same. The judge and the
associate judges and the clerk of the Court of Land Registration and
all registers of deeds will have power to administer oaths in all mat-
ters and cases in which an oath is required, whether pertaining to the
registration of lands or otherwise. The clerk and his deputy and all
registers of deeds shall keep an accurate account of all moneys re-
ceived, as fees or otherwise, which shall be subject to examination by
the Insular Auditor in the city of Manila and by the district auditors
in the several provinces, and to re\'ision thereof by the Insular Audi-
tor, and they ^all pay over such moneys at the end of each calendar
month to the Insular Treasurer, except such monevs as are otherwise
disposed of by the provisions of section thirteen of this Act.
" In case of a vacancv in the office of the register of deeds for the
city of Manila, or his absence or disabilitv, the clerk of the Court of
Land Registration shall perform the duties of the register. In case
of a vacancy in the office of provincial fiscal or that of the attorney
for the Moro Province, or their absence or disability, the deputy fiscal
or assistant attorney, or, if there is no deputy or assistant, the pro-
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vincial treasurer, shall perform the duties of the register of deeds.
The clerk of the Court oi Land Registration and all registers of deeds
may require a bond of indemnification from all dejputies, assistants,
and employees in their respective offices. The register of deeds for
the city of Manila may appoint such deputies, assistants, clerks,
stenographers, and translators as may be authorized by law."
Sec. 6. Section thirteen of Act Numbered Four hundred and
ninety-six, as amended by section one (6) of Act Numbered Eight
hundred and nine and section one of Act Numbered Thirteen hun-
dred and twelve, is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 13. The salary of the judge of the Court of Land Registra-
tion shall be ten thousand pesos per annum, and that of the associate
judge shall be nine thousand pesos per annum, and that of the clerk
of me court shall be five thousand pesos per annum ; the salary of any
associate judge appointed after July first, nineteen hundred and five,
under this Act shall be eight thousand pesos per annum for the first
two years of service, and thereafter nine thousand pesos per annum.
"All salaries and expenses of the court, including those for neces-
sary interpreters, translators, stenographers, typewriters, and other
employees, as well as those of deputy or assistant clerks duly author-
ized, shall be paid from the Insular Treasury, but the salary of the
regjister of deeds for the city of Manila and of all of his deputies,
assistants of clerks duly authorized and appointed, and all the ex-
penses of every kind incident to the.oflSce or register of deeds, includ-
ing necessary books and stationery, shall be paid out of the respective
provincial treasuries or out of the Insular Treasury from funds be-
longing to the city of Manila, as the case may be. All fees payable
under this Act for the services of the clerk of the Court of Land Reg-
istration shall be paid into the Insular Treasury. All fees payable
under this Act for the services of the register of deeds or his deputy
or clerks, including those for entry of original certificate of title,
issuing all duplicates thereof, for the registration of instruments,
making and attesting copies of memorandum on instruments, for
filing and registering adverse claims, for entering statement of change
of residence or post-office, for entering any note on registration boc^,
for registration of a suggestion of death or notice of proceedings in
bankruptcy, insolvency, or the like, for the registration of a discharge
of a lease or a mortgage or instrument creating an incumbrance, for
the registration of any levy or any discharge or dissolution of attach-
ment or levy or of any certificate of or receipt for payment of taxes
or a notice oi any pending action, of a judgment or decree, for in-
dorsing of any mortgage Ren or other instrument, memorandum of
partition, certified copies of registered instruments, shall be paid into
the appropriate provincial treasury or into the Insular Treasury for
the city or Manila, as the case may be.
"All fees payable under this Act for services by sheriff or other
officer shall be paid to the officer or person entitled thereto.
" Registers of deeds shall pay over to the provincial treasury or
to the Insular Treasury, as the case may be, at the end of each
calendar month, all funds received by them in accordance with the
provisions of this Act."
Sec. 7. Section thirty of said Act Numbered Four hundred and
ninety-six, as amended by section five of Act Numbered Sixteen
hundred and forty-eight, is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
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^' Sec. 30. If the application is filed with the clerk, he shall forth-
with forward it by re^stered mail to the register of deeds of the
province or city in which the land or any portion thereof lies. Im-
mediately upon the receipt of the application, whether from the
applicant or the clerk, the register of deeds shall search the books
and records of his office and attach to the application a certificate
stating that the land to which the application relates does not appear
in such books or records, or setting forth copies of all entries or such
land, as the fact may be, and shall transmit the application, such
certificate, and the papers, plans, and memorandum mentioned in
section twenty of this Act by the first registered mail to the clerk
in Manila."
Sec. 8. Section thirty-five of said Act Numbered Four hundred
and ninety-six is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 35. If no ^person appears and answers within the time
allowed, the court may at once upon motion of the applicant, no
reason to the contrary appearing, order a general deiault to be
recorded and the application to be taken for confessed. By the
description in the notice, ' To all whom it may concern,' all the
world are made parties defendant and shall be concluded by the
default and order. After such default and order the court may
enter a decree confirming the title of the applicant and ordering
reristration of the same.
Sec. 9. Section thirty-six of said Act Numbered Four hundred
and ninety-six, as amended by section eight of Act Numbered Eleven
hundred and eight, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
" Sec. 36. If m any case an appearance is entered and answer filed,
the case shall be set down for hearing on motion of either party, but
a default and order shall be entered against all persons who do not
appear and answer, in the manner provided in the preceding section.
The court may hear the parties and their evidence or may refer the
case or any part thereof to a referee, to hear the parties and their
evidence and make report thereon to. the court. The trial before
the referee may occur at any convenient place within the province
or city, and the time and place of trial shall be fixed by the referee
and reasonable notice thereof shall be given by him to the parties.
The court shall render judgment in accordance with the report as
though the facts had been found by the judge himself, unless the court
shall for cause shown set the report aside or order it to be recommitted
to the referee for further findmg: Provided^ nevertheless^ That the
court may in its discretion accept the report in part or set it aside in
part. The court may in any case before decree require a survey to be
made for the purpose of determining boundaries, and may order dura-
ble bounds to Tbe set, and referred to m the application, by amendment.
The expense of survey and bounds shall be taxed in the costs of the
case and may be apportioned among the parties as justice may require.
If no person appears to oppose the application, such expense shall be
borne by the applicant. If two or more applications claim the same
land, or part of the same land, the court may order the hearings upon
all such applications to be consolidated, it such consolidation is in
the interest of economy of time and expense.
"The surveying required by the provisions of this section, or by
any rules and directions of the Court of Land Registration, and the
drafting of any plans required, may be done by any private surveyor
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of sufficient qualifications, to be approved by the judges of the Court
of Land Registration, or by a surveyor or surveyors to be detailed for
that purpose from the clerical force authorized by law for the Court
of Land Kegistration, whose duty it is hereby made to provide in its
clerical force a sufficient number of competent surveyors for the
purpose of carrying put the provisions of this section. The judges
of the Court of Land Registration shall fix in each case the fee toTbe
charged by the expense of a survey and necessary drafting, which
shall be paid by the applicant, or apportioned among the parties,
as justice may require. The fees so charged shall be paid into the
Insular Treasury, except in cases where a private surveyor, to be
approved by the judges, is employed."
Sec. 10. Section fifty-nine of Act Numbered Nine hundred and
twenty-six, entitled " The Public Land Act," is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
" Sec. 59. Upon the filing of claims and applications for registra-
tion in the Court of Land Registration, under this chapter, the
same procedure shall be adopted in the hearing of such cases and
in the matter of appeal as is by the Land Registration Act provided
for other claims, except that a notice of all such applications, together
with a plan of the lands claimed, shall be immediately forwarded
to the Director of Lands, who shall be represented in all questions
arising upon the consideration of such applications by the Attorney-
General or by any subordinate or assistant to the Attorney-General
appointed for that purpose : Provided^ That prior to the publication
for hearing, all of the papers in such case shall be transmitted by the
clerk to the Attorney-General in order that he may, if he considers it
advisable fer the interests of the Government, investigate all of the
facts alleged in the application or otherwise brought to his attention.
The Attorney-General shall return such papers to the clerk as soon
as practicable within three months."
Sec. 11. In lieu of one examiner of titles for the city of Manila,
which position is by this Act abolished, authority is hereby given for
the employment by the Court of Land Registration of a clerk of class
eight, and the sum of three thousand pesos, which was appropriated
for the payment of the salary of the examiner of titles under the pro-
visions of Act Numbered Sixteen himdred and seventy-nine, is hereby
made available for the payment of the salary of such clerk so author-
ized to be employed.
Sec. 12. Section twelve of Act Numbered Four hundred and
ninety-six. Acts Numbered Six hundred and six, Eight hundred
and ninety-four, Nine hundred and ninety-one, and Eleven hundred
and seven, and section sixty of Act Numbered Nine hundred and
twenty-six, and all acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 13. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two oi "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 14. This Act shall take effect on the first day of October, nine-
teen hundred and seven.
Enacted, August 30, 1907.
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AN ACT To grant to the Lepanto Mining Company, Incorporated, a franchise
to construct a highway from a point near Comillas, Province of Lepanto-
Bontoc, in a general westerly direction to the China Sea at a point near the
town of Bangar, Province of La Union ; and theron to take toll, to operate
as a common carrier, and, at its option, to construct a railroad.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission J that:
Section 1. Authority is hereby granted to the Lepanto Mining
Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under and by
virtue oi the laws of the Philippine Islands, and to its successors and
assigns, to locate and construct, and, for a period, of fifty years from
the date of the passage of this Act, to maintain, use, and operate a
highway, under the terms and conditions set forth in this Act. The
said highway shall have a minimum width of four and twenty-five
hundredths meters, and shall extend from a point on the Abra River
near Comillas, Province of Lepanto-Bontoc, and about four miles
south of Cervantes, in a general westerly direction to the China Sea
at a point near the town of Bangar, Province of La Union.
Sec. 2. During the continuance of this franchise the grantee shall
enjoy the following powers, privileges, and exemptions :
(a) To occupy, with the prior approval of the Governor-General,
any part of the public domain necessary for the purpose of the
enjoyment of the franchise granted by this Act.
(6) With the written approval of the Governor-General, to open
and work quarries and gravel pits on any public lands and to take
from such lands earth, stone, timber, and other materials for the con-
struction and maintenance of the said highway. Where, however,
the said highway runs through any public lands, the ^antee shall
not cut any trees growing within thirty-five meters of either side of
the center line of the said highway, except such as are necessarv to
clear sufficient ground for the construction of the said highway : Pro-
vided^ however^ That in the event of the grantee availing itself of
the right to construct the railroad as authorized by this Act, then the
grantee's right, if any, to cut trees within the said tract of land shall
be determined by the concessionary contract hereinafter provided
for. The provisions of the foregoing portions of this section shall
only apply to public lands available tor homestead settlement or for
sale under the Public Land Act, or to timber lands of the Philippine
Government, and shall not apply to lands used and assigned for other
purposes.
(c) To acquire by condemnation proceedings land for the pur-
pose of constructing the said highway where its course lies through
private lands. The width of the right of way so obtained shall
be no ^eater than necessary for the location and construction of the
said highw^ay and shall be approved by the Director of Public
Works. The right of condemnation or eminent domain shall be
exercised by the grantee in accordance with the laws of the Philip-
pine Islands at the time being in force.
{d) With the approval of the Governor-General, to cross or
occupy such parts of public highways, roads, trails^ alleys, avenues,
and squares, and, witn similar approval, to acquire title to such
other municipal or provincial lands as may be necessary for the
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location and construction of the said highway, on terms to be a^eed
upon by the grantee and the proper provincial or municipal authori-
ties, as the case may be, and in case of failure to agree upon the
terms thereof, such terms shall be fixed by the Governor-General.
Lands or rights of use and occupation of lands, granted imder the
foregoing provisions of this section, shall revert to the governments
by v^rhich tney are respectively granted, upon the termination of this
franchise or concession, or upon its revocation or repeal.
(e) To acquire from corporations or private individuals, by pur-
chase, contract, lease, grant, or donation, any lands which may be
necessary or useful for the construction, maintenance, and operation
of the said highway.
(/) To establish along the length of the said highway, telegraph,
telephone, and electrical transmission lines for the exclusive use oi
the grantee and for such other purposes as may be approved by
the Secretary of Commerce and Police. All posts for such lines
shall carry free of charge the number of wires which the Philip-
pine Government may consider it necessary to install for public
service.
(ff) To act as common carrier over the said highway and to carry
passengers, freight, and produce for hire in all classes of vehicles,
including those drawn or propelled by mechanical power: Provided^
however^ That the grantee shall establish at such points as may be
fixed by the Director of Public Works, with the approval of the
Secretary of Commerce and Police, suitable turnouts of such width
as will enable vehicles of all classes to pass each other.
(h) To erect suitable tollgates and to collect tolls or charges for the
passage over the said highway of all classes of vehicles carrying pas-
sengers, freight, or produce for hire, including those drawn or pro-
pelled by mechanical power.
All tolls or rates whether charged by the said grantee for the use
of the said highway or for its services as common carrier, shall be
reasonable and nondiscriminating and shall be subject to regulation
in accordance with any general or special Act of the Philippine Com-
mission or other legislative authority of the Philippine Government.
(i) To construct upon the said highway a railroad to be operated
by steam, electricity, or other motive power. In order to avail itself
of the right to construct a railroad the OTantee must organize a rail-
road corporation under the laws of the Philippine Islands, or under
the laws of the United States or of any State thereof, and this fran-
chise may be thereupon transferred to such railroad corporation, and
thereafter the grantee shall have the right to maintain and operate
a railroad upon the said highway.
The railroad shall be constructed, equipped, maintained, and oper-
ated in accordance with the laws of the Philippine Islands govern-
ing railroad corporations at the time being in force, and under a
concessionary contract to be entered into between the said corporation
and the Philippine Government. The Governor-General is hereby
authorized to determine the terms and conditions of the said contract
and to execute the same on behalf of the Philippine Government.
(;) To recover, in an action at law, with costs, the actual damages,
and also exemplary damages of not less than five pesos, nor more
than one hundred pesos, from any person who may unlawiully —
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1. Cut, break down, or otherwise destroy any tollgate or remove
earth, stone, or timber from the said highway to the damage of
the same; or
2. Draw or haul any logs, timber, or other material on the bed
of the said highway, unless the same shall be entirely lifted, on
wheels, above the surface of the road ; or
3. Drive or lead upon the said highway any vehicle with the
wheels rigid with the axle to which they are attached, or any sled,
or any vehicle for the purpose of handhng freight or produce with
a tire of less width than authorized by the laws of the Philippine
Islands, at the time being in force, in regard to the use of well-
constructed or improved public roads by vehicles: Provided^ how-
ever^ That the said highway is hereby expressly exempted from any
provisions of law authorizing the Governor-General to suspend tem-
porarily the laws regulating the width of tires ; or
4. Divert any stream of water, and thereby cause water to over-
flow^ any part of the said highway ; or
5. Remove from the said highway any tool or roadmaking mate-
rial belonging to the grantee ; or
6. Do any act by which the roadbed or any ditch, gutter, sluice,
culvert, drain, or bridge pertaining to the said highway shall be
injured or obstructed; or
7. Cause any of the above acts to be done.
The provisions of section sixteen of Act Numbered Fifteen hun-
dred and eleven, and of any law of the Pliilippine Islands whereby
any of the Acts enumerated in subsection (j) of this section are
made criminal offenses if committed on public highways, are hereby
made a part of this franchise ; and the offender or offenders may be
prosecuted criminally thereunder should the grantee elect not to
recover damages for the said acts in a civil action.
{k) To recover in an action at law three times the amount of
said toll, wnth costs, payable to the grantee, from any person who,
being subject to toll, may unlawfully refuse to pay the same, or
may turn out of the said highway and pass a tollgate and again
enter the said highway with intent to avoid payment of the toll.
For the better enforcement of the provisions of subsections {j)
and {k) of this section, the provincial boards of the respective
provinces within which the said highway lies may, upon the petition
of the grantee first had, appoint as many of the persons in the
employment of the said grantee as may be necessary to act as
special police officers on the said highway. Every special police
officer, whose appointment is hereby authorized, shall be sworn
before a justice or the peace and shall hold office until his appoint-
ment is duly revoked by the proper provincial board or until the
grantee shall give due notice to the provincial board that it no
longer reqiiires the services of the said officer.
Sec. 3, It shall be the duty of the grantee —
ia) To make a proper survey of the proposed location and route
of the said highway, and to submit a map, profile, and description of
such location and route for the approval in writing of the Governor-
General. The map and description shall show the location of the trees
which the grantee desires permission to cut in order to clear sufficient
ground for the construction of the said highway.
(h) To submit detailed plans and specifications for a substantial
and permanent highway to the Secretary of Commerce and Police,
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through the Director of Public Works. The approval of the Secre-
tary of Commerce and Police shall be necessary before construction
is commenced on any section of the said highway.
(c) To establish a system of maintenance of the said highwav
which shall be approved by the Director of Public Works and shall
provide for an average of at least one man continually employed in
the maintenance of each kilometer of road in the rainy season, and an
average of at least one man for each two kilometers oi the road in the
dry season, and to keep and maintain said highway in good repair.
The system of maintenance provided for in this paragraph shall be
immediately put in operation on any completed portion of the said
highway and shall be continued in operation during the life of this
franchise or until the grantee shall construct a railroad on the said
highway, as authorized by this Act.
(d) Whatever the means of transportation used by the grantee,
to carry the mails, in the event of the Director of Posts so (fesiring,
upon such terms and conditions and at such rates as may be agreed
upon between the Director of Posts and the grantee. In case the
Director of Posts and the grantee can not agree on terms, condi-
tions, or as to rates of transportation of the mails, the Governor-
General of the Philippine Islands, after giving the grantee oppor-
tunity to be heard, shall fix the rates of transportation and the terms
and conditions under which the mails shall be carried by the grantee
over the said highway.
(e) To permit the public, after the said highway has been opened
for travel, to make free and unrestricted use of the same, subject to
no toll or charge therefor except such as has already been provided
for in this Act: Provided^ however^ That no public road, highway, or
trail occupied or used under the provisions of subsection {d) of section
two of this Act shall be closed to travel or use by the public for any
cause whatever, without the prior approval of the Governor-General :
And provided further^ That after the highway to be constructed
under this franchise has been opened for travel tne same shall not be
closed to travel or to the use of the public without the approval of the
Secretary of Commerce and Police. Should the grantee elect to con-
struct a railroad on such highway, the concessionary contract therefor
shall define the future status of the said highway in regard to its use
by the public.
(/) To deposit at the time of acceptance of this franchise with the
Insular Treasurer, ten thousand pesos, or negotiable bonds of the
United States or other securities, approved by the Secretary of Com-
merce and Police, of the face value of ten thousand pesos, as a guar-
anty that the franchise has been accepted in good faith and that the
construction of said highway shall be begun on or before the first day
of November, nineteen hundred and eight, and shall be completed and
ready for use on or before the thirty-first day of December, nineteen
hundred and ten.
If the deposit is made in money, the same shall be deposited at
interest in some interest-paying bank approved by the Insular Treas-
urer, and all interest accruing or due on said deposit or negotiable
bonds of the United States or other securities shall be collected by the
Insular Treasurer and paid to the grantee. Should the grantee for
any cause other than the act of God, the public enemy, usurped or
military power, martial law, riot or civil commotion, or inevitable
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cause, fail, infuse, or neglect to begin construction and complete said
highway within the time prescribed by this franchise, then the
deposit prescribed by this section to be made with the Insular Treas-
urer, whether in money, bonds, or other securities, shall become the
property of the Philippine Government as liquidated damages
caused to such Government by such failure, refusal, or neglect, and
thereafter no interest on said bonds or other securities shall be paid
to the grantee. Should the said grantee observe all the terms and
conditions of this franchise, the said deposit, bonds, or other securi-
ties deposited shall be returned by the Insular Treasurer to the
grantee.
(ff) To pay the Insular Treasurer, annually, after any portion of
the said highway, or of the said railroad, is opened for traffic, one and
one-half per centum of all «TOss receipts from any business author-
ized by this Act, and the said percentage shall be in lieu of all taxes
on the franchise or earnings thereof.
Sec. 4. The right is hereby reserved to the Philippine Govern-
ment to purchase the said highway from the grantee at any time after
the expiration of twenty years from the date of the passage of this
Act. The purchase price shall be the fair value of the saiahighway
at the date of the purchase, and shall be appraised by a board consist-
ing of one appraiser selected by the grantee, one selected by the
Governor-General, and the third to be chosen by the two thus selected,
or, in case of their failure to agree, the third to be appointed by the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Should the grantee fail or refuse
to select an appraiser within thii-ty days, the Chief Justice of the
Supi*eme Court of the Philippine Islands, the senior associate justice
of the said Supreme Court, and the appraiser selected by the
Governor-General shall act as such board. The award of the ma-
jority of the appraisers shall be deemed the award of the board.
Sec. 5. The said highway shall be a post route and military road,
subject to the use of the Philippine Government and the United
States of America, for postal, military, naval, and other govern-
mental service, and also subject to such reasonable regulations as the
Philippine Government, with the approval of the Secretary of War,
shall impose restricting the charges for such Government" transpor-
tation.
Reasonable compensation shall be allowed for the urgent trans-
portation of mail, troops, bullion, ammunition, or freight for the
Government at other hours or on a different schedule than ordina-
rily maintained by the grantee as a common carrier. The grantee
shall provide such facilities for such purposes as may be necessary at
any hour, day or night.
Sec. 6. The failure, refusal, or neglect to comply with any of the
terms and conditions required of the grantee by this Act shall forfeit
this franchise, and said highway or railroad, as the case may be, and
all improvements and equipment thereon, and all property pertain-
ing thereto, shall thereupon become the property of the Philippine
Government, unless such failure, refusal, or neglect was directly and
primarily caused by an act of God, the public enemy, usurped or mili-
tary power, martial law, riot or civil commotion, or inevitable cause.
The time during which the grantee is prevented from carrying out
the terms and conditions of this franchise by any of the causes cited
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herein shall be added, by executive order of the •Governor-General,
to the time allowed by this franchise for compliance with its pro-
visions.
Sec. 7. The books and accounts of the grantee shall be subject to
official inspection at any and all times by the Insular Auditor, his
authorized representatives, or any other representative of the Gov-
ernment appointed by the Governor-General.
Sec. 8. This franchise or concession is subject to amendment, altera-
tion, or appeal by the Congress of the United States; no stock or
bonds shall be issued by the grantee hereunder except in exchange
for actual cash, or for property at a fair valuation equal to the par
value of the stock or bonas so issued ; the grantee shall not declare
stock or bond dividends.
The foregoing and all other terms and provisions of section
seventy-four of the Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen
hundred and two, entitled "An Act temporarily to provide for the
administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine
Islands, and for other purposes," and of sections four and five of
the Act of Congress approved February sixth, nineteen hundred and
five, relating to the construction of railroads in the Philippine
Islands in so far as the same are applicable to* this franchise, are
hereby applied to, incorporated into, and made a part of this fran-
chise 'with the same effect as if they were set out herein at length.
Sec. 9. The word " grantee " herein shall be held to include and
apply to the successors and assigns of said grantee.
Sec. 10. The grantee may assign, transfer, or sell this franchise
only after the approval of the Governor-General in writing has been
obtained: Provided^ however^ That in the case of the assignment,
transfer, or sale to a railroad corporation as provided in this Act,
such approval shall not be necessary. In any event, the assignment,
transfer or sale shall be made only to a corporation organized under
the laws of the Philippine Islands or of any State of the United
States of America.
Sec. 11. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
biU, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 12. This Act shall take effect upon its passage: Provided^
however^ That the grant of the franchise shall not become operative
or effective unless the grantee shall, within nine months after the
passage of this Act, file with the Secretary of Commerce and Police
its acceptance of the franchise and its agreement to comply with all
the terms of the Act and make the deposit required by section three
(/) of this Act. With this acceptance shall be filed an amendment
to the charter of the grantee, in a form satisfactory to the Attorney-
General of the Philippine Islands, wherein the saia corporation shall
be duly authorized to enjoy all powers, privileges, and exemptions
granted by this Act.
Enacted, August 30, 1907,
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[No. 1701.]
AN ACT To equalise and secure uniformity in salaries of provincial flscals, to
empower the Govemor-Geueral to consolidate tbe offices of flscals of two or
more provinces, to declare vacant the position of fiscal of any province and
assign the duties thereof to the office of the Attorney-General, and to restore
the status existing prior to such consolidation or abolition, and for other
purposes.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commisnion^ that:
Section 1. The provincial fiscals, in the provinces hereinafter
named, shall receive the following salaries :
(a) In the Provinces of Cebii, Iloilo, and Pangasinan, not less than
four thousand five hundred pesos nor more than five thousand pesos
per annum each ;
(&) In the Provinces of Albay, Ambos Camarines, Bulacan, Ilocos
Sur, La Laguna, Levte, Occidental Negros, Pampanga, and Tayabas,
not less than four thousand pesos nor more than four thousand five
hundred pesos i>er annum each ;
(c) In the Provinces of Batangas, Bohol, Cagayan, Capiz, Rizal,
Samar, and Sorsogon, not less than three thousand five hundred i^esos
nor more than four thousand pesos per annum each ;
(d) In the Provinces of Cavite, ilocos Norte, La Union, Misamis,
Nueva Ecija, Oriental Negros, Surigao, and Tarlac, and in the Moun-
tain District, not less than three thousand pesos nor more than three
thousand five hundred pesos per annum eacn ;
(e) In the Provinces of Agusan, Antique, Bataan, Isabela, Min-
doro, Palawan, and Zambales, not less than two thousand five hundred
pesos nor more than three thousand pesos per annum each ;
Sec. 2. The Governor-General shall, upon the recommendation of
the Secretary of Finance and Justice, fix the salaries of the respective
provincial fiscals within the above limitations.
Sec. 3. Whenever, in his judgment, the public interests will be
promoted by the consolidation of the offices of two or more provincial
fiscals, the Governor-General may, upon the recommendation of the
Secretary of Finance and Justice, declare such positions consolidated,
appoint a fiscal thereto, fix the salary of the position resulting there-
from at not to exceed seventy -five per centum of the sum of the sala-
ries of the positions consolidated, determine the residence of the fiscal
so appointed, and apportion amon^ the provinces served the charges
for salary, traveling expenses, clerical and other necessary expenses
incident to the periormance of the duties of the combined office.
Sec. 4. Whenever, in his judgment, the public interests will be
promoted thereby, the Governor-General may, upon the recommenda-
tion of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, declare the position of
provincial fiscal in any province vacant, and direct that the duties
imposed by law upon the provincial fiscal of such province be per-
formed by an assistant attorney of the Bureau of Justice designated
by the Attorney-General; and such province shall reimburse the
Bureau of Justice for the necessary traveling expenses, salary of such
assistant attorney, and other expenses necessarily incident to the
services rendered, in such amount as shall be fixed by the Attorney-
General, with the approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice,
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not exceeding seventy-five per centum of the salary previously fixed
for the fiscal of said province.
Sec. 6. Whenever the oflGioes of two or more provincial fiscals have
been consolidated, and whenever the oflGice of the provincial fiscal in
any province has been declared vacant, as provided by this Act, the
Governor-General, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of
Finance and Justice, may restore them to their previous status when,
in his opinion, the public interest is no longer served by such consoli-
dation, and thereupon the salaries payable to the separate positions
shall be the same as were payable at the time of consolidation.
Sec. 6. Acts Numbered Twelve hundred and ninety-five. Fourteen
hundred and thirty-seven, Fifteen hundred and thirty-six, Fifteen
hundred and seventv-two, Fifteen hundred and ninety, and Sixte^i
hundred and forty-tour, providing for the consolidation of the offices
of provincial fiscals in certain provinces, and any Acts or parts of
Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed.
Sec. 7. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 8. This Act shall take effect on October first, nineteen hundred
and seven.
Enacted, August 31, 1907.
[No. 1702.]
AN ACT TO amend sections fourteen, thirty-six, and seventy-one of Act Nnm-
bered One hundred and ninety, providing a code of civil procedure in civil
actions and special proceedings In the Philippine Islands.
* By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that :
Section 1. Section fourteen of Act Numbered One hundred and
ninety is hereby amended hy striking out the wotA " twenty-three "
in the third line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the vi^ord
" twenty-one," so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows :
" Sec. 14. Qualification of applicants. — Any resident of the Phil-
ippine Islands, not a subject or citizen of any foreign government,
of the age of twenty-one years, of good moral character, and who
possesses the necessary qualifications of learning and ability, is en-
titled to admission as a member of the bar of the Islands and to prac-
tice as such in all their courts."
Sec. 2. Section thirty-six of Act Numbered One himdred and
ninety is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 36. Judges as lawyers.— Judges of the Supreme Court, Court
of First Instance, Court of Land Rejjistration, the municipal court
of Manila, the Attorney-General, Solicitor-General, Assistant Attor-
ney-General, the assistant attorneys in the Bureau of Justice, the
prosecuting attorney of the city of Manila, and his assistants, the
city attorney, and assistant attorney of the city of Manila, the
attorney and assistant attorney for the Moro Province, provincial
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fiscals, the fiscal for the Mountain District, and the clerks of court
shall not while holding office engage in private practice as attorneys
at law or give professional advice to clients."
Sec. 8. Section seventy-one of Act Numbered One hundred and
ninety is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
'' Sec. 71. Final disposition of dockets. — Whenever any justice of
the peace shall die or resign or shall be removed from office or shall
remove from the municipality to which he was appointed, or when-
ever his office shall in any way become vacant, such justice of the
peace, or his legal representative in case of his death, shall, within
ten days after such death, resignation, removal from office, removal
from the municipality, or vacancy in the office, deliver his docket,
process, papers, oooks, and all records relating to his office to the
justice appointed to fill such vacancy or to the auxiliary justice
appointed for such municipality; and if any justice of the peace,
or his legal representative m case of his death, refuses or neglects
to deliver as hereby prescribed such docket, process, papers, books,
and records to such newly appointed justice or to the said auxiliary
justice of the peace, as the case may be, he shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment of not more
than six months, or by both.
" Such auxiliary justice of the peace shall, during the time he shall
perform the duties of the office, keep in his office tne docket, process,
papers, books, and records delivered to him and shall, while kept by
him, certify copies thereof whenever lawfully demanded, and. upon
the appointment and qualification of a justice of the peace to fill such
vacancy, the said auxiliary justice shall, within ten davs after such
appointment and Qualification, deliver to such justice oi the peace so
appointed and qualified such docket, together with all process, papers,
books, and records relating to his office, and if any auxiliary justice
of the peace, or his legal representative in case of his death, refuses or
neglects to deliver such docket, process, papers, books, and records to
sudi justice of the peace, as herein prescribed, he shall, on convictioil
thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or
by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both.
" If there shall be on such docket any judgment unexecuted while
such docket, process, papers, books, and records are in the custody of
the auxiliary justice of the peace or the justice appointed to fill such
vacancy, the auxiliary justice, or such newly appointed justice, as the
case may be, may issue execution upon such judgment, and the execu-
tion so issued shall have the same effect as if issued by the justice who
rendered the judgment.
" Whenever the office of any justice of the peace shall become vacant
for any cause and there shall be pending biefore him any matter or
action undetermined, apd the books and papers of such justice shall
have been delivered pursuant to law to the justice appointed to fill
such vacancy or to the auxiliary justice of the peace, as the case may
be, such newly appointed justice or auxiliary justice, as the case may
be, shall proceed to hear, try, and determine such matter or action;
and in case the time fixed lor the trial of such matter or action by
such ex-justice shall have passed, the newly appointed justice or the
auxiliary justice, as the case may be, shall cause at least three days'
notice of the time of such hearing to be given to the parties to such
action or proceeding."
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Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
s-ection two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 31, 1907.
[No. 1703.1
AN ACT To define and fix the status of prisoners and the responslhility for
their niaintenauc-e, and for other punwses.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The following persons shall hereafter be considered to
be municipal prisoners:
(a) All persons detained or sentenced for violation of municipal
or city ordinances.
(6) All persons detained, pending trial before justices of the
peace or berore municipal courts.
(c) All persons sentenced to the payment of a fine in cases where
the subsidiary imprisonment for nonpayment of such fine is not to
exceed one month, or sentenced to arrest o menor or to arresto menor
and fine, even in those cases where the person sentenced is subject to
subsidiary imprisonment.
(rf) All persons sentenced to imprisonment not exceeding thirty
\e) All persons detained by order of a justice of the peace, or
of a judgfe of a municipal court, pending preliminary investigation
of the crime charged, until the court shall remand them to the Court
of First Instance.
Sec. 2. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all municipal
prisoners shall be maintained by the city or municipality in which
the offense was committed.
Sec. 3. Except as hereinbefore provided the following persons
shall hereafter be considered to be provincial prisoners:
{a) All persons detained pending preliminary investigation l>efore
a judge or the Court of First Instance or pending trial before the
Court of First Instance.
(b) All persons sentenced by a court of original jurisdiction to
arresto mayor or to presidio correccional or prision correcciorKil for
a period not exceeding one year, or to pay a fine not exceeding five
hundred pesos, or toooth penalties, even in those cases where the
person sentenced is subject to subsidiary imprisonment: Provided^
hovever^ That the subsequent status of such prisoners shall be deter-
mined in accordance with section seven of this Act.
(c) All persons sentenced by a court of original jurisdiction to
imprisonment for more than thirty days and not exceeding one year.
Sec. 4. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all provincial
prisoners shall oe maintained by the province in which tne offense
was committed.
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Sec. 5. All prisoners who are neither municipal nor provincial
prisoners shall be considered Insular prisoners: Provided^ however^
That all persons sentenced for violation of the immigration or Chinese
exclusion laws, the customs and navi^tion laws, or Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and eleven, prohibiting the exportation of silver
coins from the Philippine Islands, whatever the sentence imposed,
shall be considered to be Insular prisoners.
Sec. 6. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all Insular
prisoners shall be maintained out of the appropriation for the Bureau
of Prisons: Provided^ however^ That no prisoner at present under
sentence in a provincial jail who has less than one year to serve, after
deducting from his sentence all allowances which he may have earned
for good conduct up to the date of this Act, shall be deemed to be an
Insular prisoner.
Sec. 7. Pending an appeal, the status of a prisoner shall not be
changed, and whenever upon appeal to, or review bv, a higher court,
the status of a prisoner, as herembefore fixed, shall be changed by an
increase or dimmution of his sentence, the responsibility of the Insular
Government or the provinces or municipalities, as the case may be, for
the maintenance of such prisoner due to such change in sentence shall
take effect from the date of judgment of the higher court and shall
not be retroactive.
Sec. 8. All actual and necessary expenses incurred in the transpor-
tation and guarding and subsistence of prisoners during transporta-
tion from municipal jails to provincial jails, except the expenses of
Constabulary escorts, if any, shall be paid from the funds of the
proper municipality.
Sec. 9. All actual and necessary expenses incurred in the transpor-
tation and guarding and subsistence during transportation of Insular
prisoners from provincial jails to an Insular prison, reformatory, or
Insular penal institution, except the expenses of the Constabulary
escort, ii any there be, shall be borne bv the proper province. The
return transportation of all discharged tnsular prisoners from their
place of confinement to their homes shall be paid out of the appropria-
tion for the Bureau of Prisons.
Sec 10. The Governor-General shall have the power and is hereby
authorized to designate and establish Insular penal institutions or
settlements. He mav direct the transfer of Insular prisoners be-
tween Insular penal institutions, and the reasonable and actual
expenses incurred in the transportation, guarding, and subsistence
of such prisoners ^hall be paid out of tne appropriation for the
Bureau of Prisons: Provided^ however^ That when such prisoners
are guarded by Constabulary escorts all expenses of such escorts
shall be borne by the Bureau of Constabulary.
Sec. 11. All hnally convicted able-bodied male prisoners may be
compelled to work in and about prisons, jails, public buildings,
grounds, roads, and other public works of the Insular Government,
the provinces, or the municipalities, under general regulations to
be prescribed by the Director of Prisons, with the approval of the
Secretary of Public Instruction: Provided^ however^ That this sec-
tion shall not apply to persons over sixty years of age : And provided
further^ That all prisoners who continue in prison pending a deter-
mination of their appeals may be compelled to police their cells,
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and to perform such other labor as may be deemed necessary for
hygienic or sanitary reasons: And provided further^ That finally
convicted female prisoners may be assigned to work suitable to their
sex and physical condition.
Sec. 12. The Governor-General may, from time to time, by exec-
utive order, detail finally convicted Insular prisoners to work in any
part of the Islands upon any public work specified by him, and the
Secretary of Public Instruction shall fix the terms and conditions
upon which any branch of the Government may receive the labor of
such Insular prisoners.
Sec. 13. Provincial boards may, with the approval of the Gov-
ernor-General, direct the confinement of municipal prisoners in pro-
vincial jails when by reason of the lack, inadequacy, or insecurity of
mimicipal jails such action becomes necessary. Tne cost of mamte-
nance of such prisoners while confined in the provincial jails shall be
a charge against the municipality to which the prisoners pertain at
a per capita rate per day, not exceeding twenty centavos, to be fixed
by the provincial board.
Sec. 14. Whenever, in the discretion of the Governor-Greneral, the
insanitary or insecure condition of any provincial or municipal jail
makes it advisable, or whenever the public interests require, he may
transfer to any Insular prison or penal institution all or any of the
prisoners committed to such jail, and may also direct the return of
said prisoners to provincial or municipal jails whenever it mav be
deemed expedient. Such order of transfer may include any prison-
ers now serving sentence in any provincial or municipal jail, or now
awaiting preliminary examination or trial. The order of commit-
ment ot such prisoners, together with a copy of the order directing
their transfer as hereinbefore provided, shall accompany the prison-
ers and be delivered with them to the officer in charge of the penal
institution to which they are sent.
Sec. 15. Proceedings to release on bail any prisoner awaiting trial
who may have been transferred to any Insular prison or penal in-
stitution under the next preceding section shall be brought in the
court before which said prisoner's case is pending, and in case bail
is offered and accepted such prisoner shall be released on order of the
court accepting and having jurisdiction to accept bail, and, if he so
elects, shall be returned to the province from which he was trans-
ferred, at the cost of the Insular Government, payable out of the
appropriation for the Bureau of Prisons.
Sec. 16. The expenses of the transportation, guarding, subsistence,
care, and maintenance of any prisoner transferred to any Insular
prison or penal institution, or returned to any province for trial,
under section fourteen of this Act, shall be a charge against the
treasury of the province from which he was transferred^ and the
amount of said expenses shall be fixed by the Secretary of Public In-
struction, with the approval of the Governor-General.
Sec. 17. For the purposes of this Act the city of Manila shall be
considered to be both a province and a municipality.
Sec. 18. Nothing in this Act contained shall be so construed as to
change the provisions of section ten of Act Numbered Four hundred
and uiirteen, permitting provinces having no jails to arrange for the
detention of their provincial prisoners in the ]ails of other provinces
and to defray the expense of the maintenance of such prisoners, or
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SO as to change the provision of section eleven of said Act providing
for the detention of fugitives from justice and their maintenance.
Sec. 19. Nothing contained in Acts Numbered Fifteen hundred
and twenty-four and Fifteen hundred and sixty-one, relating to the
enforcement of conditional pardons and of paroles, and nothing
contained in Act Numbered P ifteen hundred and thirty-three, relat-
ing to diminution of sentences for good behavior, shall be construed
to change the original status of prisoners nor to transfer the respon-
sibility for their maintenance as defined and fixed by this Act.
Sec. 20. Subsection (r?) of section twentv-five of Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and seven is hereby amended to read as follows;
"(e) The actual cost of guarding, maintaining, and supervising
prisoners confined in Bilibid Prison who are charges on the funds
of the provinces or municipalities or of the city of Manila shall be
calculated by taking the total current annual expense of Bilibid
Prison, or of anv other institution w^here they are confined, deduct-
ing therefrom the receipts accruing* from manufactures made by
them, and obtaining an average net cost "per capita,
"A separate set of books shall be kept for each penal institution,
and each of the provinces and municipalities and the city of Manila
shall pay for such of their prisoners as may be detained or confined
in any Insular prison or penal institution according to the per capita
fixed as above stated."
Sec. 21. Section three of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
thirty-eight is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
" Sec. 3. Minor prisoners now confined in Bilibid Prison or in
any provincial jail who, if males, were under the age of sixteen at
the time of commitment, or, if females, under the age of eighteen
at the time of commitment, may be transferred by executive order
of the Governor-General for the period of the unex^pired portion of
their sentences to any of the institutions mentioned in section one
hereof: Provided^ however^ That the Governor-General prior to
making transfer of any minor from Bilibid Prison or any provincial
prison or jail to any such institution shall take into consideration
the religion of the minor and that of his parents or next of kin and
shall not transfer such minor without the approval of the parents or
next of kin to any private institution not under the control and
supervision of the religious sect or denomination to which such minor
and his parents or next of kin beloni?: And provided further^ That
any minor transferred as prescribed m this section to any of the in-
stitutions mentioned in section one hereof may be retransferred by
executive order of the Governor-General to the prison or jail from
whicli he was transferred, there to be confined for the unexpired
portion of his sentence. All reasonable and actual expenses incurred
111 the transportation, guarding, and subsistence of such minor
prisoners shall l)e borne by the province in which said minor pris-
(mers were sentenced, if they be provincial prisoners, or by the appro-
priation for the Bureau of Prisons, if they be Insular prisoners. '
Sec. 22. Section five of Act Numbered Fourteen liundred and
thirty-eight is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
" Sec. 5. Institutions to which minors are committed in accordance
with this Act shall, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Pub-
lic Instruction, adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary
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for the safe custody, instruction, and educational training of the
minors so committea, and, in so far as such minors are concerned,
such institutions shall be under the supervision and control of the
Secretary of Public Instruction/'
Sec. 23. Acts Numbered Five hundred and sixteen and Nine hun-
dred and sixty-two, section twenty-five (e) of Act Numbered Four-
teen hundred and seven, and section thirteen of Act Numbered Four
hundred and thirteen, as amended by section one of Act Numbered
Fifteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all other Acts or parts of
Acts inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed.
Sec. 24. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeaited in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 25. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 31, 1907.
[No. 1704.]
AN ACT To amend Act Numberetl Fourteen hundred and fifteen, entitled "An
Act establishing a medical school and defining the manner in which it shall
be controlled and conducted/' by providing that the Philippine Medical School
shall be a body corporate.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Sections one and two of Act Numbered Fourteen hun-
dred and fifteen, entitled "An Act establishing a Medical School and
defining the manner in which it shall be controlled and conducted,"
are hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Section 1. There is hereby established in the city of Manila a
medical school for the purpose of giving medical instruction to quali-
fied students. It shall be known as the Philippine Medical School.
This school is hereby made a bodj corporate, under the name and
designation of the Philippine Medical School.
" Sec. 2. The powers or the corporation are hereby vested in a body
to be known as the board of control of the Philippine Medical School,
which shall consist of the Secretary of Public Instruction, the Sec-
retary of the Interior, one member of the Philippine Commission,
and one other member to be designated by the Governor-General.
The dean of the faculty of the school, after the establishment of said
faculty, also shall be a member of the board of control."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 31, 1907.
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AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Two hundred and seventy-nine, as amended,
by providing for the signing of contracts and leases for cold-storage space in
the division of cold storage of the Bureau of Supply.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Two hundred and sev-
enty-nine, entitled "An Act prescribing the method of executing
leases of real estate to or by wie Insular Government," as amended
by section one of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and three and section
one of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby
further amended so as to read as follows :
" Section 1. All deeds and leases of houses and other real estate
or other contracts for the use and occupancy of property made to or
by the Insular Government or any Department or Bureau thereof
shall be executed for and in behalf of the Insular Government by the
Governor-General, except as hereinafter provided, to wit :
"(a) Leases of portions of the San Lazaro estate under the pro-
visions of Executive Order Numbered Seven, series of nineteen him-
dred and one, as amended, shall be executed bv the Director of Lands,
by and with the approval of the Secretary ot the Interior.
"(&) Leases of portions of the public aomain imder the. provisions
of Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-six, known as ' The Pub-
lic Land Act,' and deeds and leases under Act Numbered Eleven hun-
dred and twenty, known as ' The Friar Lands Act,' shall be executed
by the Director of Lands, with the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior.
"(c) Contracts and leases for cold-storage space in the division of
cold storage. Bureau of Supply, shall be executed by the Purchasing
Agent, with the approval or the Secretary of Public Instruction."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 31, 1907.
[No. 1706.]
AN ACT Making appropriations for sundry expenses of the government of the
city of Manila for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and eight.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Com^mission^ that:
Section 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be
respectively necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in
the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in part compensa-
tion for the service of the ^vemment of the city of Manila for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, and
thereafter until expended, unless otherwise stated:
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MUNICIPAL BOARD.
Administration^ Municipal and Advisory Boards^ public charities:
President of the Municipal Board, at ten thousand pesos per
annum; three members of the Municipal Board, at nine thousand
pesos per annum each.
Office of the Secretary of the Municipal Board :
Secretary, at seven thousand pesos per annum; one chief clerk,
class six; three employees, class seven; one employee, class eight;
one employee. Class C ; one employee, Class E ; two employees, (Sass
I; three messengers, at three himdred and sixty pesos per annum
each.
Disbursing office :
Disbursing oflacer, at five thousand five hundred pesos per annum ;
one employee, at three thousand nine hundred pesos per annum ; one
employee, class six; one employee, class eight; one employee. Class
A; one messenger, at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum:
Provided^ That the salary of the employee authorized above, at three
thousand nine hundred pesos per annum ; shall be payable from funds
appropriated for expenditure under the department of sewer and
waterworks construction.
Advisory Board:
Authorized tees of twelve members, not to exceed six thousand two
hundred and forty pesos; secretary, at three thousand two hundred
Cs per annum: Provided^ That the secretary of the Advisory
rd may be required to perform additional official duties in the
discretion of the president without extra compensation.
Miscellaneous :
For compensation of necessary personnel to conduct elections ; and
for hire of temporary employees.
Contingent expenses:
For contingent expenses, including repair of office furniture and
purchase of supplies; advertising; cablegrams; postage and tele-
grams; printing and binding; official transportation; music; main-
tenance of prisoners; premiums on official bonds; decoration of public
buildings, parades, entertainments, and other expenses ipcident to
public celebrations; traveling expenses of employees; election ex-
penses; care and maintenance of injured, sick, and insane paupers;
burial of pauper dead; and other incidental expenses; two hundred
and six thousand six himdred and two pesos.
LAW DEPARTMENT.
Law Department:
Office of the city attorney :
City attorney, at seven thousand pesos per annum; assistant city
attorney, at four thousand pesos per annum; one clerk, class eight;
one clerk, class ten ; one clerk. Class A ; one messenger, at two hun-
dred and forty pesos per annum.
Office of sheriff:
For additional compensation to the clerk of the Court of First
Instance as ex o-fflcio sheriff of Manila, at two thousand pesos per
annum ; one deputy sheriff, at two thousand eight hundred pesos per
annum; one deputy sheriff, Class D; one deputy sheriff, Class F;
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two deputy sheriffs, Class H; one deputy sheriff, at four hundred and
eighty pesos per annum; one clerk, Class H; for hire of janitors and
laborers.
Municipal court:
Judge, at seven thousand pesos per annum; clerk of court, class
eight ; one interprter, Class A ; two deputy clerks, Class D ; one mes-
senger, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum.
Office of register of deeds :
Kegister of deeds, at four thousand pesos per annum; one clerk.
Class D ; three clerks. Class G ; two clerks. Class H ; one clerk, Class
I ; one messenger, at three hundred pesos per annum.
Justice of the peace court :
Justice of the peace, at three thousand pesos per annum ; one clerk,
Class H ; one clerk, at three hundred pesos per annum ; one clerk, at
two hundred and forty pesos per anum.
Miscellaneous :
For substitutes for the judge of the municipal court and justice of
the peace ; and for hire of temporary employees.
Contingent expenses:
For contingent expenses, including repair of office furniture and
purchase of supplies; advertising; cablegrams; postage and tele-
grams; printing and binding; official transportation; interpreters',
registers', translators', and other authorized fees; revenue stamps;
court fees in proceedings conducted in the names of private parties to
enable the city to purchase land for public use in cases where the
owners of such land have not sufficient means to pay fees ; and other
incidental expenses.
Office of the prosecuting attorney :
Prosecuting attorney, at eight thousand pesos per annum; first
assistant prosecuting attorney, at five thousand pesos per annum;
second assistant prosecuting attorney, at four thousand pesos per an-
num; third assistant prosecuting attorney, at three thousand six
hundred pesos per annum; one clerk, class seven; one clerk, class
eight : one clerk, class nine ; one clerk, class ten ; one clerk. Class B ;
one clerk, Class F; one messenger, at three hundred and sixty pesos
per annum ; for contingent expenses, including repair of office furni-
ture and purchase of supplies; cablegrams; postage and telegrams;
printing and binding; official transportation; court costs in criminal
cases in Court of Firk Instance; lor the expenses of indigent wit-
nesses, and for securing testimony and the presence in Manila of such
witnesses in criminal cases from the provinces; and other incidental
expenses; twenty-seven thousand four nundred and seventy pesos.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Fire Department: Chief of the fire department, at six thousand
pesos per annum ; city electrician, at four thousand five hundred pesos
per annum; deputy chief, at three thousand six hundred pesos per
annum; chief engineer, at three thousand pesos per annum; one
mechanic, at two thousand one hundred and sixty pesos per annum;
one lineman, at two thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; one
lineman, at two thousand six hundred pesos per annum; three line-
men, at seven hundred and twenty pesos per annum each; two em-
ployees, at twenty-five pesos per month each; eight captains, at two
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thousand eight hundred pesos per annum each ; thirteen lieutenants,
at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum each; five engineers,
first class, twelve thousand six hundred pesos: Provided^ That the
Eay of engineers, first class, shall be at the rate of two thousand four
undred pesos per annum each for the first year of service, and may
be at the rate of two thousand six hundred pesos per annum each for
the second and succeeding years; nine engineers, second class, ten
thousand six hundred and eighty pesos: Promded^ That the pay of
engineers, second class, shall be at the rate of nine hundred ana sixty
pesos per annum each for the first year of service, and may be at the
rate oi one thousand two hundred pesos per annum each for the second
and succeeding years; forty-five firemen, first class, ninety-six thou-
sand two hundred pesos : Provided^ that the pay of firemen, first class,
shall be at the rate of one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum
each for the first year of service, and may be at the rate or two thou-
sand pesos per annum pach for the second year, two thousand one
hundred ana sixty pesos per annum each for the third year, and two
thousand two hunared and eighty pesos per annum each for the
fourth and succeeding vears; fifty firemen, second class, thirty-five
thousand pesos: Provided^ That the pay of firemen, second class,
shall be at the rate of four hundred ana eighty pesos per annum each
for the first year of service, and may be at the rate of six hundred
pesos per annum each for the second year, six hundred and sixty
pesos per annum each for the third year, and seven hundred and
twenty pesos per annum each for the fourth and succeeding years:
And provided further^ That in computing the service of firemen,
credit for previous service in the police department, city of Manila,
may be allowed to employees transferred to the fire department;
clerk, at three thousand pesos per annum; one clerk, class eight;
and for hire of temporary employees; for contingent expenses, in-
cluding repair of office furniture and purchase ana repair of station
apparatus, furniture, and supplies; advertising; cablegrams; postage
and telegrams; printing and binding; official transportation; pur-
chase of horses, harness, hose, parts tor apparatus and small equip-
ment; electrical apparatus, supplies and tools, including those
necessary for maintenance of alarm system; forage; horseshoeing;
fuel ; and other incidental expenses ; two hundred and ninety-nine
thousand two hundred and fifty pesos.
DEPARTMENT OF EN(ilNEEKIN(J AND PUBLIC WORKS.
Department of engineertng and puhlir works:
General office: *
City engineer, at nine thousand pesos per annum; first assistant
city engineer, at five thousand pesos per annum ; two second assistant
city engineers, at three thousand six hundred pesos per annum each ;
chief clerk, at four thousand four hundred pesos per aimum; one
clerk, class seven ; one clerk, class ten ; three clerks. Class C ; one clerk.
Class D ; one inspector of buildings, class six ; one inspector of plumb-
ing, class six; one mechanic, class nine; one building inspector, class
nine; one building inspector, class ten; one building inspector, Class
C; one building mspector. Class D; one clerk, Class G; two clerks.
Class I ; and for hire of mechanics and other labor as may be neces-
sary for the maintenance and repair of public buildings.
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Sanitary inspection :
One inspector, at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum;
one messenger, at three hundred and sixty pesos per annum.
Water supply and sewers:
Superintendent, at five thousand pesos per annum; inspector of
boilers and machinery and chief engineer at pumping station, at
four thousand pesos per annum; chief inspector, class eight; one
assistant engineer at pumping station. Class B ; one assistant engineer
at pumping station, at one thousand five hundred and sixty pesos per
annum ; two foremen, class nine ; one foreman, class ten ; one foreman,
water supply shops, Class C; six meter inspectors. Class D; one junior
draftsman, Class II ; one clerk. Class I ; one clerk, at five hundred
and forty pesos per annum; and for hire of assistant engineers at
pumping station, foremen, mechanics, and other labor as may be
necessary.
Drafting and surveys:
Assistant engineer, class eight; surveyor, at three thousand pesos
per annum; transitman, class nine; two jimior draftsmen. Class G;
one junior draftsman, Class H; one junior draftsman, Class I; and
for hire of axmen, chainmen, rodmen, and other labor as may be
necessary.
Street construction and bridges:
Superintendent, at five thousand pesos per annum; one inspector,
class seven; one inspector, class eight; one inspector, class nine; one
foreman, class nine ; one clerk. Class C ; one clerk, Class I ; for hire
of foremen, launch officers and crews, mechanics, divers, and other
labor as may be necessary; and for subsistence allowance of launch
crews, at twenty centavos per diem each employee when necessary.
Miscellaneous :
For hire of temporary employees.
Contingent expenses :
For contingent exj^enses, including purchase of office supplies and
repair of office furniture; advertising; cablegrams; postage and
telegrams; printing and binding; official transportation; purchase of
tools and miscellaneous supplies; repairs to bridges and operation of
Binondo lift bridge ; purchase and supply of materials for the main-
tenance of streets and roads; purchase of coal, oil, and waste; repairs
to pumping machinery and boilers; repair of Santolan road and
transportation of supplies to pumping station; cleaning and repair
of drains and sewers ; repairs to launches and equipment ; repair and
maintenance of public buildings; electrical service for parks, public
buildings, and streets, including telephone service and purchase of
minor electrical supplies; rents; janitors' supplies: Provided^ That
the cost of janitors^ services and supplies, telephone service, electric
current, ice, water, laundry, rents, shall be prorated, or otherwise
charged, as the Municipal Board shall direct, and collected by the
department of engineermg and public works from the departments
and offices served ; four hundred and twenty-eight thousand one hun-
dred and seventy-eight pesos.
DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND COLLECTIONS.
Department of assessments and collections: For reimbursement to
the Insular Government on account of expenses incident to property
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assessment, collection of city taxes, and other work of the city assessor
and collector by the Bureau of Internal Revenue during -the fiscal
year, in addition to interdepartmental charges and other enonomic
receipts, thirty-nine thousand two hundred and forty pesos.
DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION AND TRANSPORTATION.
Department of sanitation and transpoi^tation: There is hereby
created as of date July first, nineteen hundred and seven, under the
above designation, a permanent reimbursable appropriation to the
credit of which shall be deposited all receipts oi the government of
the city of Manila from and after the above date on account of serv-
ices rendered or supplies furnished by the department of sanitation
and transportation to other branches of the Government, or to other
[)ersons, under the provisions of existing law : Protnded^ That re-
ceipts on account or markets, mataderos, pail system, vault cleaning,
sale of niches and other cemetery charges, pound receipts, transporta-
tion of meat, and other sources of revenue within the jurisdiction of
the department, toother with any others which may be assigned
thereto by the Municipal Board, shall be construed as pertaining to
this aj)propriation : And provided further^ That as frequently as the
Municipal Board shall direct, and at least once annually, there shall
be transferred to the credit of " Miscellaneous receipts " of the govern-
ment of the city of Manila the net earnings of the department which
shall have accrued prior to the date as of which transfer shall be
made.
There shall be paid from this appropiation the salaries and wages
of: Chief of department, at five thousand five hundred pesos per
annum, with quarters in kind in Botanical Gardens; assistant chief, at
four thousand pesos per annum; superintendent of sanitation, class
seven, with quarters at dock ; veterinary surgeon, at three thousand two
hundred pesos per annum, with quarters at city stables ; superintend-
ent of transportation, class eight, with quarters at city stables ; super-
intendent or parks ajid cemeteries, class eight, with quarters at the
Cementerio del Norte; one clerk, class ei^t; two stable foremen,
class nine ; one clerk. Class A ; one clerk. Class C ; two clerks. Class D ;
three clerks. Class F ; two clerks. Class G ; for temporary employees ;
for hire of foremen, not to exceed seven pesos pjer diem; additional
foremen, watchmen, skilled, semiskilled, and unskilled laborers as may
be necessary; for master of steam barge Pluto^ not to exceed seven
pesos per diem, with allowance of one peso per diem for subsistence ;
one chief engineer of steam barge Pluto^ at not to exceed seven pesos
per diem, with allowance of one peso per diem for subsistance; one
assistant engineer of steam barge Pluto^ at not to exceed three pesos
and twenty-five centavos per diem, with allowance of thirty centavos
per diem for subsistance; the necessary petty officers and crew, in-
cluding allowance of thirty centavos per diem each for subsistence ; for
the reimbursement of other branches of the government for services
rendered and supplies furnished, at rates to be determined by the
Municipal Board; service allowances authorized by law for officers
and employees upon appointment, resignation, or death; and other
expenses, including the purchase and repair of office furniture and
supplies; advertising: cablegrams; postage and telegrams; printing
and binding; purchase of means of transportation and other neces-
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sary apparatus and equipment ; purchase of gi'avel, sand, stone, and
other necessary materials; purchase of brooms, disinfectants, paint,
and miscellaneous supplies ; forage ; fuel ; maintenance of and repairs
to plant, including buildings and equipment of all classes; rents; for
subsistence of animals in public pound and Botanical Gardens; and
for all other purposes necessarily incident to the improvement, main-
tenance, and operation of the services assigned, or which may hereaf-
ter be assignea, to the department. The equipment, material, and
supplies or the department of sanitation and transportation now on
hand, or which have been requisitioned for prior to the passage of
this Act, are hereby transferred to the account of this appropriation.
To furnish the necessary funds for the prompt settlement of obli-
gations, notwithstanding delays necessarily incident to the collections
due and accruing this appropriation, and to cover such deficit as may
occur by reason of the expense incident to the street cleaning and
other duties on account of which no receipts accrue, there is hereby
apropriated the sum of sixty -one thousand five hundred and ninety-
five pesos.
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE.
Department of police: Chief of police, at seven thousand pesos per
annum ; assistant chief of police, at five thousand pesos per annum ;
six captains, at four thousand pesos per annum each.
Office force:
One clerk, class six; one clerk, class seven; one clerk, at three
thousand pesos per annum ; two clerks, class eight ; two clerks, class
nine ; three clerks. Class A ; one clerk. Class E ; one clerk, Class F ;
two messengers, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum each.
Secret-service force:
One chief of secret service, at six thousand pesos per annum ; two
detectives, at four thousand pesos per annum each; one detective, at
three thousand two hundred pesos per annum; one detective, at
three thousand pesos per annum ; one aetective, at two thousand eight
hundred pesos per annum; five detectives, at two thousand four
hundred pesos per annum each ; two detectives, at two thousand pesos
per annum each ; one detective, at one thousand eight hundred pesos
per annum; three detectives, at one thousand two hundred pesos per
annum each; three detectives, at nine hundred and sixty pesos per
annum each; six detectives, at four hundred and eighty pesos per
annum each.
First class police:
Thirty-two sergeants, at two thousand six hundred pesos per annum
each; one hundred and sixty-eight patrolmen, not to exceed three
hundred and twenty-one thousand three hundred and twenty pesos:
Provided^ That the pay of patrolmen, first class, shall be at the rate
of one thousand eignt hundred pesos per annum each for the first
year of service, two thousand pesos per annum each for the second
year, two thousand one hundred and sixty pesos per annum each for
the third year, and two thousand two hundred and eighty pesos per
annum each for the fourth and succeeding years.
Second and third class police:
Sixteen sergeants, at one thousand two hundred pesos i>er annum
each; two hundred and eighty-four patrolmen, not to exceed two
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hundred and five thousand eight hundred and forty pesos : Provided^
That the pay of patrohnen, second class, shall be at the rate of six
hundred pesos per annum each for the first year of service, seven hun-
dred and fifty pesos per annum each for the second year, eight hun-
dred and twenty-four pesos per annum each for the third year, and
nine hundred pesos per annum each for the fourth and succeeding
years; And vrovided further^ That the pay of patrolmen, third class,
shall be at tne rate of four hundred and eighty pesos per annum each
for the first year of service, six hundred pesos per annum each for the
second year, six hundred and sixty pesos per annum each for the third
year, and seven hundred and twenty pesos per anum each for the
fourth and succeeding years.
Miscellaneous :
For hire of labor ; for maintenance of alarm system ; and for hire
of temporary employees.
Contingent expenses:
For contingent expenses, including repair of office and station
furniture ana purchase of supplies; advertising; cablegrams; pjost-
age and telegrams; printing and binding; official transportation;
alarm system apparatus and supplies, care and subsistence of pris-
oners confined in police stations ; rents of buildings ; fund to be used,
subject to the provisions of Act Numbered Eight hundred and four,
in securing iniormation, photographs of criminals, subsistence, vehi-
cle hire and traveling expenses or detectives, decoys, and prisoners
working outside the limits of the cit^ of Manila ; for the purchase
of materials for uniforms; and other incidental expenses; Provided,
That materials for uniforms may be sold at cost price to members of
the uniformed force for their personal use, receipts from such sales
to be deposited to the credit of this appropriation and to be available
for expenditure in accordance with its provisions, and in addition
thereto; five hundred and forty-four thousand five hundred pesos.
DEPARTMENT OF CITY SCHOOLS.
Department of city schools:
Office force :
One clerk, class six ; one clerk. Class D.
Day-school teachers:
Four teachers. Class C; four teachers, at one thousand three hun-
dred and twenty pesos per annum each; five teachers. Class D; nine
teachers. Class E ; twenty-four teachers. Class F ; fifty-six teachers.
Class G ; fiftv-three teachers, Class H ; thirty teachers. Class I ; fifty
teachers, at lour hundred and eighty pesos per annum each.
Kight-school teachers:
Seven principals, at four pesos per night each; and forty-five
teachers, at three pesos per night eacn, not to exceed an aggi*egate of
twenty-three thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight pesos.
Miscellaneous :
Refund to Bureau of Education for half expense of medical
examination of school children for the purpose of correcting errors
in vision and other abnormal physical conditions which interfere
with the education of the children; for hire of janitors, messengei-s.
and other necessary laborers, not to exceed ten thousand two hundred
and eighty pesos ; and for hire of temporary employees.
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Contingent expenses :
For contingent expenses, including purchase and repair of office
and school furniture and supplies; expense of preparation of base-
ball fields and purchase of out-of-door gymnasium equipment; adver-
tising; cablegrams; postage and telegrams; printing and binding;
official transportation ; supplies and equipment for instruction in do-
mestic science and manual trades; rents of buildings; janitors' sup-
plies; paints; and other incidental expenses; two hundred and
eighty-nve thousand five himdred pesos.
MISCELIANEOrS.
For reimbursement to the Province of Rizal for expense of con-
struction of bridges at Mariquina, as contemplated by a resolution of
the Commission dated April twenty- fourth, nineteen hundred and
seven, one thousand five hundred pesos.
Inmirance fund: There is hereby created under the foregoing desig-
nation a continuing annual appropriation of ten thousand pesos, or
so much as may be necessary, to constitute, not later than July first,
nineteen hundred and seventeen, an insurance fund of one hundred
thousand pesos which shall be available as may be required to repair,
reconstruct, or replace buildings and other property of the govern-
ment of the city of Manila which shall be damaged or destroyed b^
earthquake, fire, lightning, water, or wind. Payments from this
appropriation shall be made upon the order of the Municipal Board
in such sums as shall be determined by the Board with the concurrence
of the Insular Auditor to be required to carry out the purposes of this
Act, wholly or in part, as hereinbefore set forth, and expenses neces-
sarily incident thereto; Provided^ That no payment shall be made
from these fimds as additional compensation to an}'' official or em-
ployee of the government: And provided further^ That in the event
that arrangement is entered into between the Insular Government and
the government of the city of Manila by which the former undertakes
to insure the property oi the latter, this fund mav l^e discontinued
during the life of such arrangement, and payments l>e made from the
moneys pertaining hereto as may be necessary to carry out the terms
of said arrangement by the governments mentioned.
The moneys pertaining to the insurance fund shall be available
for investment by the Insular Treasurer subject to approval by
the Municipal Board and Governor-General, and the earnings which
shall accrue from such invcvstments shall be deposited to the credit
of the fund and be considered a part of the annual appropriation
of ten thousand pesos hereinbefore made until the funa shall reach
its maximum of one hundred thousand pesos, and thereafter shall
be deposited to the credit of the permanent appropriation for street
improvement if such there be, otherwise to the credit of "Miscel-
laneous revenues " of the government of the city of Manila.
Total of appropriation for all purposes, one' million nine hundred
and three thousand eight hundred and thirty-five pesos.
Sec. 2. For the purposes of section fifteen of Act Numbered One
hundred and eighty-three the total amount of this appropriation
shall be reduced by the balances of appropriations heretofore made
for the city of Manila under its existing Charter, and turned back
into the Treasury, and the Insular Auditor is hereby authorized and
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directed to so adjust his records, the provisions of existing law to
the contrary notwithstanding: Provided. That nothing in the afore-
said provisions shall be construed to reduce or increase the specific
amounts herein appropriated for each object of this Act.
Sec. 3. In all cases in which provision for a position or employ-
ment heretofore provided by law is not made by this Act, such posi-
tion or employment is hereby authorized from July first, nineteen
hundred and seven, imtil not later than September thirtieth, nine-
teen himdred and seven, and any funds appropriated for salaries
and wages for the department or office to which the position or
employment pertains are hereby made available for payment of the
services rendered.
Sec. 4. The appropriations herein made for each department or
office shall be available for payment of authorized commutations of
accrued leave of absence of the officers and employees thereof, and
for payment of such expenses as may accrue to such departments or
office by reason of the operations of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred
and nine.
Sec. 5. Interdepartmental transfers of property not otherwise
provided for may^be made bv purchase or otherwise with the ap-
proval of the Municipal Board.
Sec. 6. For services and supplies furnished to other branches
of the government, or other persons, a chief of department or office
may charge the cost or such other rate or rates as shall have been
prescribed by law or approved by the Municipal Board: Provided^
That in case of question arising between the Municipal Board and
any Insular Bureau or Office, provincial or municipal government,
as to the reasonableness of charges approved by the former, appeal
may be had to the Govemor-Gtenerai whose decision in the matter
shall be final; and may spend the proceeds of such charges for
duly authorized purposes in the discretion of the Municipal Board :
Provided^ That the sums collected imder this section shall be de-
posited in the Insular Treasury to the credit of the current account
of the department or office concerned: And provided further^ That
municipal court fees and fines, justice of the peace fees, fees pertain-
ing to the offices of city attorney, register of deeds, and sheriff, shall
be considered receipts of the law department ; electrician fees, of the
fire department; boiler inspector and building permit fees, and water
rents, of the department of engineering and public works ; live stock
registration fees, transfer fees, and weights and measures fees, of the
department of assessments and collections; cemetery, market, pail
system, public pound, slatighter-house, transportation, and vault
cleaning receipts, of the department of sanitation and transportation ;
municipal license fees, of the police department; and the Municipal
Board is hereby authorized to make such assignments of other receipts
of the government of the city of Manila as may be necessary to carry
out the purposes of this section which is to require the separation of
revenue receipts which may properly be termed proceeds of taxation
from those funds which accrue from inter-Bureau and departmental
transactions and specific services to private persons; and to make
from time to time such readjustment of the duties and receipts of the
several departments as the public interest may demand, the provi-
sions of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding.
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Sec. 7. Subject to approval by the Municipal Board, upon recom-
mendation of the Insular Auditor, refunds may be made by chiefs
of departments on account of receipts from sale of fabricated articles
or supplies, or services rendered to other branches of tlie Government
or private parties when such action shall be consistent with good busi-
ness practice and equity; and also on account of taxes and licenses,
or parts thereof, erroneously collected, the refunds of which have
been or shall be duly authorized in accordance with law : Provided^
That refunds made in prusuance of this appropriation shall be
charged in whole to the government of the city of Manila.
Sec. 8. Expenditures of funds appropriated by this Act shall be
classified in accordance with such regulations as shall be prescribed
by the Insular Auditor with the approval of the Governor-General.
Sec. 9. The city of Manila is hereby transferred from the Depart-
ment of Finance and Justice to the executive control of the Governor-
General, and sections twenty-eight and thirty-one of Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and seven are hereby amended accordingly.
Sec. 10. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
appropriation bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in
accordance with section two or "An Act prescribing the oraer of pro-
cedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed Septem-
ber twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 11. This Act shall take effect as of date July first, nineteen
hundred and seven.
Enacted, August 31, 1907.
[No. 1707.]
AN ACT Making appropriations from the funds realissed from the sale of
bonds authorized by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and twenty-three for
the purpose of constructing sewers in the city of Manila and to famish it
with an adequate sewer and drainage system and supply of water.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The unappropriated balance of funds realized, or
which may hereafter be reaEzed, from the sale of bonds authorized
by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and twenty-three is hereby
appropriated for the construction of the proposed sewer and water-
supply systems in the city of Manila, as contemplated and provided
in the Act hereinbefore mentioned, and expenses necessarily inci-
dent thereto, including salaries and wages of the chief engineer, at
fifteen thousand pesos per annirni ; two principal assistant engineers,
at nine thousand pesos per annum each; one assistant engineer, at
six thousand pesos per annum; two assistant engineers, at four thou-
sand five hundred pesos per annum each ; two assistant engineers, at
four thousand pesos per annum each; four assistant engineers, at
three thousand six hundred pesos per annum each ; two draftsmen, at
nine himdred and sixty pesos per annum each; one derk. Class F;
hire of temporary inspectors as may be necessary ; hire oi labor for
survey work; reimbursement, at the rate of three thousand nine hun-
dred pesos per annum, to the appropriation for the disbursing office,
city of Manila, on account of services rendered by that office; for the
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purchase and repair of field equipment and furniture; supplies and
tools; advertisinff; cablegrams; postage and telegrams; printing
and binding; official transportation; telephone service; traveling
expenses; exchange; maintenance of road along pipe line; expro-
priation of property for the right of way along pipe line ; for sewer
pumping stations and other necessary purposes; custom duties on
materials; construction of storm- water sewers and drains; extension
of water-supply distribution system ; payments on contracts for con-
struction and installations; and for other purposes necessarily inci-
dent to the completion of the projects authorized by law.
Sec. 2. The provisions of sections three, four, five, six, seven, and
eight of Act' Numbered Seventeen hundred and six are hereby made
applicable to the department of sewer and waterworks construction.
Sec. 3. The funds appropriated by this Act shall be expended in
accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred
and twenty-three.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage oi the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws,'' passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen himdred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect as' of date July first, nineteen
hundred and seven.
Enacted, August 31, 1907. .
[No. 1708.]
AN ACT To amend sections five, seven, and twenty-seven of Act Numbered
Eight hundred and sixty-seven, as amended, by separating? the Province of
Sorsogon from the Eighth Judicial District and annexing it to the Fifteenth
Judicial District, by separating the Province of La Union from the Third
Judicial District and annexing it to the Mountain Judicial District, and
changing the times at which Courts of First Instance shall be held in the
provinces of said districts, repealing part of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred
and thirty-seven, and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhUlippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section five of Act Numbered Eight hundred and sixty-
seven, as amended, establishing the judicial districts throughout the
provinces of the Philippine Islands, is hereby further amended by
separating the Province of Sorsogon from the Eighth Judicial Dis-
trict and annexing it to the Fifteenth Judicial District, by separating
the Province of La Union from the Third Judicial District and
annexing it to the Mountain Judicial District, so that said section
five shall read as follows:
" Sec. 5. Judicial districts. — ^The following judicial districts for
CJourts of First Instance in the Philippine Islands are hereby es-
tablished:
"The city of Manila shall constitute one judicial district, to be
known as tne Judicial District of Manila, and the other judicial dis-
tricts shall severally consist of the provinces and islands as herein-
after stated:
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"The First Judici?,! District shall consist of the Provinces of
Ca^ayan and Isabela.
'^The Second Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of
Hocos Norte and Hocos Sur^ including the subprovince of Abra.
" The Mountain Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of
Lepanto-Bontoc, Ben^et, Nueva Vizcaya, and La Union.
"The Third Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of
Pangasinan and Zambales.
"The Fourth Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of
Tarlac, Pampanga, and Nueva Ecija.
"The Fifth Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of
Bulacan and Rizal.
"The Sixth Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of
La Laguna, Cavite, and Bataan.
" The Seventh Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of
Batangas, Tayabas, and Mindoro.
"The Eighth Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of
Albay and Ambos Camarines.
" The Ninth Judicial District shall consist of the Province of Iloilo.
"The Tenth Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of
Occidental Negros and Antique.
" The Eleventh Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of
Cebu, Oriental Negros, and Bohol. The judge of First Instance at
large resident at Cebu may hold any Court of First Instance in the
Eleventh Judicial District upon written assignment by the regular
judge of the district, and without the action by the Governor-General
required by law in respect to holding of court by judges of First
Instance at large in other cases.
" The Twelfth Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of
Samar and Leyte.
" The Thirteenth Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of
Surigao, Agusan, and Misamis, the district of Lanao, and the sub-
district of Dapitan, of the Moro Province.
"The Fourteenth Judicial District shall consist of the Moro
Province, except the district of Lanao and the subdistrict of Dapitan.
" The Fifteenth Judicial District shall consist of the Provinces of
Capiz, with the subprovince of Romblon, Sorsogon, with the sub-
province of Masbate, and of the Province of Palawan."
Sec. 2. That part of section seven of said Act Numbered Eight
hundred and si3rty-seven, as amended, which provides for the times
and places of holding Courts of First Instance in the Mountain,
Thira, Eighth, Thirteenth, and Fifteenth Judicial Districts, is hereby
amended so as to read as follows :
"At Baguio, in and for the Province of Benguet, commencing on
the first Tuesdays of April and October of each year.
"At San Fernando, m and for the Province of La Union, com-
mencing on the first Tuesdavs of January and July of each year.
"At Bayombong, in and for the Province of Nueva Vizcaya, com-
mencing on the first Tuesdays of June and December of each year.
"At Cervantes, in and for the Province of Lepanto-Bontoc, com-
mencing on the first Tuesday of May and the second Tuesday of
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November of each year. In Courts of First Instance in the Mountain
District process shall be served by the governor of the province in
which the court is held acting as an officer of the court as in other
provinces, by a sheriff appointed and qualiiSed as in other provinces,
by a lieutenant-governor, if anv, or by a member of the Constabulary,
or by a deputy appointed by tne governor, as he may elect."
"third district.
"At Lingayen, in and for the Province of Pangasinan, commencing
on the first Tuesdays of January, July, and November of each year.
"At Iba, in and tor the Province of Zambales, commencing on the
third Tuesday of April and the first Tuesday of December of each
year."
"eighth district.
"At Nueva Caceres, in and for the Province of Ambos Camarines.
commencing on the first Tuesdays of January, July, and December oi
each year. Daet shall not, as heretofore, be a regular place for hold-
ing a Court of First Instance exercising jurisdiction over Camarines
Norte, but the court at Nueva Caceres shall exercise jurisdiction and
hear causes arising in every part of the Province of Ambos Cam-
arines.
"At Albav, in and for the Province of Albay, commencing on the
third Tuesday of February and the first Tuesday of September of
each year."
" At Cagayan, in and for the Province of Misamis and for the
subprovince of Bukidnon of the Province of Agusan, commencing on
the first Tuesdays of January and July of each year.
"At Iligan, in and for tlie district of Lanao of the Moro Province,
commencing on the first Tuesdays of February and August of each
year.
" At Dapitan, in and for the subdistrict of Dapitan of the Moro
Province, commencing on the first Tuesdays of March and October
of each year.
"At Suriffao, in and for the Province of Surigao and for the sub-
province of Butuan of the Province of Agusan, commencing on the
first Tuesdays of April and November of each year."
" FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
" At Capiz, in and for the Province of Capiz, commencing on the
first Tuesdays of July and December of each year.
" At Romblon, in and for the subprovince of Romblon, commenc-
ing on the fourth Tuesdays of January and August of each year.
" At Masbate, in and for the subprovince of Masbate, commencing
on the third Tuesdays of February and September of each year.
"At Sors^on, in and for the Province of Sorsogon, commencing
on the first Tuesdays of March and October of each year.
"At Cuyo, in and for that part of the Province of Palawan in-
cluded in the Cuyo, Calamianes, and Cagayanes groups of islands,
commencing on the second Tuesday of April of each year.
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" At Puerto Princesa, in and for the remainder of the Province of
Palawan, commencing on the third Tuesday of April of each year."
Sec. 3. That part of section twenty-seven of said Act Numbered
Eight hundred and sixty-seven, relating to the clerk and deputy
clerks for the Mountain District, is hereby amended so as to read
as follows :
" For the Provinces of Benguet, Lepanto-Bontoc, and Nueva
Vizcaya, one clerk at an annual salary of three thousand two hun-
dred pesos, who shall act as clerk of the Courts of First Instance
in said three provinces, and, in addition thereto, shall serve as official
court stenographer and interpreter and translator for the whole of the
Mountain Jucncial District, and shall accompany the judge to each
court of said district. There shall be apFK)inted in said district three
deputy clerks, one for each of the Provinces of Benguet, Lepanto-
Bontoc, and Nueva Vizcaya, at an annual salary of six nundred pesos
each. Such deputy clerks shall be justices of the peace, with juris-
diction as such throughout their respective provinces."
Sec. 4. The Attorney-General shall furnish the Insular Auditor
with a list revising the appropriation for the Mountain, Third,
Eighth, and Fifteenth Judicial Districts, and showing the position,
salary, and name of incimibent of all employees in said districts
whose positions have been transferred from one district to another
by the enactment of this Act, and the appropriation for " Salaries
and wages " fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight for " Judiciary "
shall stand amended to conform to such list of positions affected by
this Act, but the salary rate of each of the positions so transferred
shall remain as fixed in said appropriation Act, unless changed
pursuant to law.
Sec. 5.* Section three of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
thirty-seven, amending that part of section seven of Act Numbered
Eight hundred and sixty-seven relating to the times and places for
holding the Court of First Instance in the Province of Bataan is
hereby repealed, and the times and places for holding the Court of
First Instance in said province shall be as fixed in section seven of
Act Numbered Eight hundred and sixty-seven prior to the enactment
of said Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and thirty-seven.
Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, August 31, 1907.
[No. 1709.]
AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two, known as
"The election law."
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission that:
Section 1. The second paragraph of section four of Act Numbered
Fifteen hundred and eighty- two is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows :
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"Whenever a vacancy shall occur in an elective municipal office
the same shall be filled by apointment by the provincial board and
the officer so appointed shall serve for the full unexpired term and
until his successor has been elected and has qualified, unless such
appointment shall be vacated or annulled by order of the Grovemor-
General/'
Sec. 2. The ninth paragraph of section seven of said Act Num-
bered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two, as substituted by section
three of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and sixty-nine, is hereby
amended to read as follows :
" Capiz : First District — Composed of the municipalities of Capiz,
Dao, Dumarao, luisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, and
Sigma. Second District — Composed of the mimicipalities oi Ca-
libo, Dumalag, Jamindan, Libacao, Mambusao, New Washin^on,
Sapian, and Tapas. Third District — Composed of the municipal-
ities of Badajoz, Buruanga, Cajidiocan, Ibajay, Looc, Malinao,
Nabas, Odion^n, Bomblon, San Fernando, and Taft."
Sec. 3. Section twelve of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
eighty-two is hereby amended by adding, between the second and
third paragraphs tfiereof, two new paragraphs to read as follows:
" No person shall be eli^ble to election as a delegate to the Phil-
ippine Assembly, provincial governor, or third member of a pro-
vincial board unless, not less than ten days before the day set for the
election, he shall have filed with the proper provincial board a
written certificate, over his signature, that he thereby announces, or
permits to be announced, his candidacy for the position to be men-
tioned in said certificate. Said certificate shall contain a statement
that the person offering his candidacy is a resident of the Assembly
district or of the province, as the case may be, in which his candidacy
is offered, that he is a duly qualified elector of said Assembly district
or province, as the case may be, and that he is eligible to hold the
office for which he is a candidate: Provided^ however^ That in case
of the death or disqualification of any candidate who has duly
announced his candidacy, occurring within the ten days next pre-
ceding the day of election, as hereinbefore mentioned^ it shall be
lawful for any other duly qualified person to file, on or before noon
of the day set for the election, a certificate of his candidacy for
the position for which the deceased or disqualified person was a
candidate.
" Upon receipt of any certificate as to candidacy it shall be the
duty of the provincial board to spread a copy of the same upon the
minutes of tne next succeeding meeting of said board, and to mail
promptly a copy thereof to the Executive Secretary. The original
of the certificate shall be filed with the official records of the
province."
Sec. 4. The sixth paragraph of section seventeen of said Act
Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Any person who applies for rCjgistration, or who is registered,
may, at any of the first four meetings of the board^ be challenged
by any inspector or any qualified elector of the precinct; the board
shall thereupon examine him and take such other evidence as shall
to it seem necessary with respect to his qualifications and disqualifi-
cations and shall at the conclusion of such examination order his
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name to beplaced upon the list, or stricken therefrom, as the facts
warrant. Ine board of inspectors shall have the same powers to
subpopna witnesses and compel their attendance and testimony as
are now possessed bv justices of the peace under the Code of Civil
Procedure, but the tees of such witnesses and for service of process
shall be paid in advance by the party in whose behalf they are sub-
poenaed. All such questions shall be heard and decided without
delay. On the determination of the question the board shall, if
requested, issue to either party a brief certificate and statement of
its action in the matter and of the evidence upon which such action
is based. Either party thereto, or any person who has been refused
registration, may thereupon apply to the provincial board of the
province, or to the judge of the Court or First Instance of the
judicial district, or to anv judge assigned to dutv therein, for an
order directing said boara of inspectors to take the action deemed
proper, and said board or judge is herebv ffiven jurisdiction in the
premises. Such application shall be made by filiii^ with said pro-
vincial board, or with said judge, as the case may be, a copy or the
certificate and statement aforesaid, together with proof or service
of a notice of such application upon a member of the board of
inspectors, which notice shall state the time and place and tribunal
to which such application will be made: Provided^ however^ That
after the fourth day of registration and not later than ten days
before the Saturday next before election any qualified elector in
the precinct, upon giving the notice herein prescribed and upon
serving copies thereof upon the persons affected, if they can be
found, may apply to sucn judge or provincial board for an order
striking from the list the names of any person or persons claimed
to be erroneously or wrongfully registered. The decision of the
judge, if any there be, shall be controlling in any such matter, not-
withstanding any decision of the provincial board to the contrary.
Such application may be accompanied by affidavits in support
thereof; out copies or all such affidavits shall be served upon the
board of inspectors or party in interest with the notice of applica-
tion and may be rebutted by affidavits to be filed by the board of
inspectors or the opposing party. Upon such applications the board
of inspectors may be represented by the provincial fiscal, or it may
delegate one of its members to appear upon the hearing, and in
that case the necessary traveling expenses of such member, not to
exceed the amount allowed the provincial officials in that province,
shall be paid by the municipality. During the absence of such
inspector the poll clerk shall sit with the board for the purpose of
preparing the list of the absent inspector. At the meeting of the
board on the Saturday preceding election it shall be the duty of
each inspector to make m the registry list opposite the name of
each person added to or stricken off the list a note of the date of
the order and of the name of the tribunal which issued it. No
name shall be added to or stricken from the list at the last meeting
except in pursuance of such orders: Provided^ That the order of
the judge of First Instance taking jurisdiction of the matter shall be
final and controlling."
Sec. 5. The third paragraph of section twenty-four of said Act
Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two is hereby amended by
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strikinff out the words " provincial board " and inserting in lieu
thereof the words " provincial treasurer."
Sec. 6. The eighth paragraph of section twenty-nine of said Act
Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two is hereby amended to read
as follows :
"No person holding any appointive or elective public office or
employment within ninety days of any general election or within
sixtj days of any special election shall, except for reelection to tte
position which he may be holding, offer himself as a candidate for
election, or be eligible to hold any elective public office or employ-
ment to be filled at such general or special election : Provided^ That
the foregoing provisions shall not apply to tiiie general election to be
held in November, nineteen hundred and seven, for the purposes of
which election no person who has held any appointive or elective
public office or employment within thirty aays prior thereto shall,
except for reelection to the position which he may be holding, offer
himself as a candidate for election, or be eligible to hold any dective
public office or employment to be filled at such general election. No
judge of the Court or First Instance, justice of the peace, provincial
fiscal, or officer or employee of the Bureau of Constabulary or of the
Bureau of Education shall aid any candidate or influence in any man-
ner or take any part in any municipal^ provincial, or Assembly elec-
tion. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be
deprived of his office or employment and shall be disqualified to hold
any public office or employment whatever for a term of five years:
Provided^ however^ That the foregoing provisions shall not be con-
strued to deprive any person otherwise qualified of the right to vote
at any election.''
Sec. 7. Section thirty of said Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
eighty-two is hereby amended by adding, between the sixth and sev-
enth paragraphs thereof, a new paragraph to read as follows :
"Any person who, being a candidate for election as Delegate to the
Philippine Assembly, provincial governor, or third member of a pro-
vincial board, shall "make the certificate as to candidacy prescribed in
section twelve of this Act, as amended, and in said certificate shall
declare himself to be a resident or a duly qualified elector of any
Assembly district or of any province, as the case may be, when he is
not a resident or duly qualified elector of such district or province, as
the case may be, or any person who, in said certificate as to candidacy,
shall declare himself to be eligible to hold the office for which he is a
candidate when he is ineligible to hold the same, shall be punished by
imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than three
years, in the discretion of the court."
Sec. 8. The eleventh paragraph of section thirty of said Act Num-
bered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two is hereby amended to read as
follows :
"Any person having custody of any official ballot or ballots who
shall deliver any ballot to any other person not then and there duly
authorized by law to receive it, or any person who prints or distrib-
utes, or causes to be printed or distributed, a ballot at an election^
except as hereinbefore provided, shall be punished by imprisonment
for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by a fine of
not less than two hundired pesos nor more than five hundred pesos, or
both, in the discretion of the court."
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Sec. 9. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance, with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws, passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
himdred.
Sec. 10. This Act shall take effect on September fifteenth, nineteen
hundred and seven.
Enacted, August 31, 1907.
[No. 1710.]
AN ACTT Providing for the filing, with the divslon of archives, pat^its, copy-
rights and trade-marks of the Executive Bureau, of the first mortgage and
contract of guaranty, dated May first, nineteen hundred and sev^i, executed
by the Philippine Railway Company with the Government of the Philippine
Islands and the Bankers' Trust Company, trustee, creating and fixing upon
the property covered by said instrument a lien at and from the time of filing
the same, and exempting said instrument from the payment of stamp taxes.
By autJwrity of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The first mortgage and contract of guaranty, dated
May first, nineteen hundred and seven, executed by the Philippine
Railway Company with the Government of the Philippine Islands
and the Bankers' Trust Company, trustee, shall become a lien upon
all of the property covered by the said instrument at and from
the time the said instrument shall have been filed with the division
of archives, patents, copyrights, and trade-marks of the Executive
Bureau, which said lien shall be prior to and take precedence of any
and all liens and incumbrances which may thereafter arise against
the said property, except such liens as arise from the imposition of
lawful taxes, fines, and assessments upon the same; and any sub-
sequent conveyance of the said property, or any part thereof, or any
interest therein, shall be subject to the aforesaid lien.
Sec. 2. Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed as depriv-
ing the grantees or beneficiaries under said instrument of any right
or lien in connection therewith which eidsts by law independent of
this Act.
Sec. 3. The chief of the division of archives, patents, copyrights,
and trade-marks of the Executive Bureau shall, upon the filing oi the
instrument provided for in this Act, indorse thereon the date and
hour when the same was filed, with his official signature thereto,
and the said indorsement shall be prima facie evidence of the date
and hour when the instrument was filed for record.
Sec. 4. The said instrument shall be preserved and indexed in
the same manner as the papers and documents of corporations
filed with the division of archives, patents, copyrights, and trade-
marks under the provisions of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred
and fifty-nine and amendments thereto.
Sec. 5. The chief of the division of archives, patents, copyrights,
and trade-marks shall collect for the filing of the instrument pro-
vided for in this Act the sum of twenty-five pesos.
Sec. 6. The said instrument is hereby exempted from the pay-
ment of the stamp taxes provided by section one hundred and sixteen
of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, as amended.
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Sec. 7. A copy of the said instrument, certified by the chief of
the division of archives, patents, copyrights, and trade-marks of the
Executive Bureau, shall oe of and nave the same legal effect as the
orijnnaL
Sec. 8. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of **An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commisiaon in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 9. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 3, 1907.
[No. 1711.]
AN ACT Providing for the apprehension, detention, segregation, and treatment
of lepers In the Philippine Islands.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commisaionj that:
Section 1. The Director of Health and his authorized agents are
hereby empowered to cause to be apprehended, and detained, iso-
lated, segregated, or confined, all leprous persons in the Philippine
Islands, and upon application of the Director of Health it shall be
the duty of every Insular, provincial, or municipal official having
police powers to cause to be arrested and delivered to the Director
of Health, or his agents, any person alleged or believed to be a
leper, and it shall be the duty of such officers to assist in the con-
veyance of any person so arrested to such place as the Director of
Health or his agents may require, in order that such person may be
subject to medical inspection, and such other procedure as may be
necessary to establish a diagnosis, and thereafter to assist in remov-
ing such person to a place for detention, treatment, isolation, or
segre^tion, if so required by the Director of Health or his agents:
Provtdedj That all protests and petitions shall be given careful con-
sideration and if tne diagnosis is questioned, no person shall be
permanently removed to Culion leper colony, or other place of
segregation or detention, until the diagnosis of leprosy has been
confirmed by bacteriological methods. Whenever the detention,
treatment^ isolation, or segregation of leprous persons shall involve
the security of property and money belonging to or held by said
leprous persons, the provincial treasurer^ or such person as he may
designate, shall act as guardian pendmg the appointment of a
guardian by the Court of First Instance having jurisdiction in the
province in which such person resides.
Sec. 2. Whoever shall knowingly detain or harbor on premises
subject to his control, or shall in any manner conceal or secrete, or
assist in concealing or secreting, any person afflicted with leprosy,
with the intent that such person be not discovered or delivered to
the Director of Health or his agents, or who shall support or assist
in supporting any leper living in concealment, shall, upon con-
viction, be punished as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of every police officer or other peace
officer having reason to believe that any person within his district is
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afflicted with leprosy to report the fact forthwith to the district
health officer of the district in which the case occurs. Any police
officer or other peace officer who shall willfully fail to comply with
the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished as
hereinafter provided.
Sec. 4. The Director of Health is authorized to cause to be estab-
lished hospitals and detention camps at such places as may be neces-
sary, and where such hospitals and detention camps are established
he may order the treatment of leprous patients in tne incipient stace
in order to attempt a cure, and he may discharge such patients as he
shall deem cured or free from leprosy, and send to a place of seffre-
^tion and isolation all such patients as shall be considered by him
incurable or capable of spreading the disease of leprosy. The Di-
rector of Health may permit any duly qualified and reputable physi-
cian to engage in the treatment of lepers or any person supposed to
have leprosy : Provided^ That such treatment shall be under the con-
ditions and regulations prescribed by the Director of Health. The
Director of ELealth or his agents may require from patients such
reasonable amount of labor as may be recommended by the attending
physician and the Director of Health may further make and publish
such rules and regulations as he may deem advisable for the ameliora-
tion of the condition of lepers.
Sec. 5. Voluntary helpers or friends living with lepers segregated
under orders by the Director of Health or his agents shall be under the
control of the Director of Health for a reasonable time and may be
isolated from those free from the disease.
Sec. 6. Any person violating any section, or part thereof, of this
Act shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed two
hundred pesos, or imprisonment for not to exceed six months, or both,
in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 7. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passaj^e of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of precedure by the
Commission in the enactoient of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 8. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 12, 1907.
[No. 1712.]
AN ACT To increase the number of municipalities in the province of La Lasnma
from twenty-two to twenty-three, by separating from Luisiana the former
municipality of Cavlnti and giving to it the territory which it comprised
prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-nine.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The twenty-two municipalities of the Province of La
Laguna, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-
nine, as amended by Acts Numbered One thousand and eight. Twelve
hundred and forty. Thirteen hundred and eight, Fifteen himdred
and fifty-three, and Sixteen hundred and ninety, shall, in accordance
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with the provisions of this Act, be increased to twenty-three, by
separating the former municipality of Cavinti from the municipality
oi Luisiana. The municipality of Luisiana, with the seat of
municipal government at Luisiana, shall consist of the territory
which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hun-
dred and thirty-nine, apd the municipality of Cavinti is hereby recon-
stituted with the seat of municipal government at Cavinti and shall
consist of the territory which it comprised before the passage of
said Act.
Sec. 2. The first municipal elections for the new municipality of
Cavinti shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, nineteen hundred and seven, and in accordance with the
provisions of The Election Law relative to elections in new munici-
palities. Until the officials elected for the new municipality of
Cavinti, as described in section one of this Act, shall have qualified,
the present organization of the municipality of Luisiana shall con-
tinue: Provided^ That the apportionment of assets resulting from
the separation from Luisiana of the former municipality of Cavinti
shall be made as of the date of the passage of this Act and in accord-
ance with the provisions of Act Numbered Seven hundred and
twenty-six.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedv enact^ient of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 12, 1907.
[No. 1713.]
AN ACT To anthorize provincial boards organized under the provincial govern-
ment act to remit the collection of the land tax In their respective provinces.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ tnat:
Section 1. With the approval of the Govemor-Greneral first had,
the provincial board of any province organized under the provisions
of Act Numbered Eighty-three may, by reason of general failure of
crops or for other good and sufficient cause, remit oy resolution the
collection of the land tax in that province in whole or in part for a
period not exceeding one year at a time, anything in the provisions of
existing law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided^ That the
Govemor-Gteneral, in his discretion, may of his own motion remit the
collection of the land tax in any province in which he deems the
Eublic interest demands such action. The resolution of the provincial
oard must clearly state the reasons for such remission and must be
submitted to the Governor-General not later than the first day of
December of the year preceding that for which such remission is
sought.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited iti accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
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sion in the enactment of laws/' passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 18, 1907.
[No. 1714.]
AN ACT To amend subdivision (d) of section one of Act Numbered Fifteen
hmidred and ten so as to authorize a change of the railroad route therein
prescribed, and authorizing and providing for the construction of mileage
equivalent to that of the route abandoned, and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Subdivision {d^ of section one of Act Numbered Fifteen
hundred and ten, entitled "An Act ^nting to the Manila Railroad
Company a concession for railwaj lines in the Island of Luzon, and
providing in respect of proceedings for condemnation of land by
public-service corporations," is hereby ajnended so as to read as
follows :
"(flf) A concession for a line from Nueva Caceres to Tabaco by way
of Legaspi, an estimated distance of eightjr miles; and for branches
from such line from Pili to Lagonoy, an estimated distance of thirty-
one miles, and from Ligao toward Tabaco, an estimated distance of
four miles, and from Tabaco toward Li^o, an estimated distance of
four miles, and from Nueva Caceres, in either a northerly or westerly
direction as may be determined hj the Qovernor-Gteneral, a further
distance of seven miles, with the right, at the option of the grantee,
of extending said line to a point on the west coast of the Island of
Luzon, to be approved by the Govemor-Greneral."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws " passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval by the Secre-
tary of War and upon the filing by the Manila Railroad Company
witn the Executive Secretary of its acceptance, duly executed in
writing, of the terms of Act Numbered Fifteen himdred and ten as
hereby amended.
Enacted, September 18, 1907.
[No. 1716.]
AN ACT To authorize a continuing annual and reimbursable appropriation to
meet the obligations of the Insular Government incurred by reason of con-
tracts authorized by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ten, and of other
similar contracts herein provided for.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ t/iat:
Section 1. A continuing annual appropriation of two hundred and
thirty thousand pesos is hereby made, from any funds in the Insular
[•pose of paying obli
reason of contract
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gations of the Insular Grovemment incurred by reason of contracts
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authorized by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ten, and defined
by resolutions of the Philippine Commission dated April thirtieth,
May fifteenth, July eleventh, and July twenty-first, nineteen hundred
ana six, and August fourteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, and
such other contracts as are authorized by this Act: Provided^ how-
ever^ That this appropriation shall terminate at the expiration of five
J ears after the execution of the contract authorized and executed
uly twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and six, under Act Numbered
Thirteen hundred and ten.
Sec. 2. The Secretary of Commerce and Police is hereby authorized
to modify or renew the aforesaid contracts when necessary, or to enter
into new contracts at any time on the general terms and conditions
set forth in section one oi Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ten :
Provided^ however^ That —
(a^ Bids therefor need not be advertised for in the United States;
(6) Such contracts shall be approved by the Governor-General in
place of the Philippine Commission ;
{c) No contract shall be entered into or renewed for a period ex-
tending beyond July twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and eleven.
Such contracts may contain a provision for the payment of sub-
sidies from this appropriation to the contracting steamship com-
panies: Provided^ however^ That the total subsidy payments called
for by the terms of the contracts entered into under the authority of
Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ten and the resolutions men-
tioned in the first section of this Act, and the contracts authorized
by this section, shall in no year exceed the funds available under the
provisions of tnis Act.
Sec. 3. This appropriation shall be disbursed in accordance with
the general provisions of law governing the disbursement of Insular
funds and Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ten, and shall be a
reimbursable appropriation to the credit of which shall be deposited
all fines or payments to be made by the contractors under the terms
and conditions of the contracts; and the unexpended balance in any
year shall be credited to the appropriation for the following year.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 18, 1907.
[No. 1716.]
AN ACT To amend Acts numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-one, as amended,
and Seventeen hundred and one, by advancing the government of the Province
of Batangas from the third to the second class.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
eighty-one, entitled "An Act to equalize and secure uniformity in
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salaries of provincial governors and treasurers," as amended, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
" Section 1. On and after Ckitober first, nineteen hundred and
seven, the salaries of the provincial governors and provincial treas-
urers in the provinces hereinafter named shall be as follows :
"(a) In the Provinces of Cebu, Iloilo, and Pangasinan, six thou-
sand pesos per annum each ;
" (o) In the Provinces of Albay, Ambos Camarines, Batangas,
Bulacan, Hocos Sur, La Laguna, Leyte, Occidental Negros, Pam-
panga, ahd Tayabas, five thousand pesos per annum each ;
"(c) In the Provinces of Bohol, Cagayan, Capiz, Rizal, Samar,
and Sorsogon, four thousand five hundred pesos per annum each;
"(flf) In the Provinces of Cavite, Ilocos Norte, Xa Union, Misa-
mis, JIueva Ecija, Oriental Negros, Surigao, and Tarlac, four thou-
sand pesos per annum each : and
"(e) In the Provinces or Antique, Bataan, Isabela, and Zambales,
three thousand pesos per annum each :
'*'Provided^ however^ That if the provincial governor or provincial
treasurer in any of the foregoing provinces is now receiving a
salary greater than that herein fixed, this Act shall not apply to
sudb official during his present term of office, but shall take effect as
to sudi office upon the qualification of his successor."
Sec. 2. Paragraphs (&) and (c) of section one of Act Numbered
Seventeen hundred and one, entitled "An Act to equalize and secure
uniformity in salaries of provincial fiscals, to empower the Governor-
General to consolidate the offices of fiscals of two or more provinces,
to declare vacant the position of fiscal of any province and assign
the duties thereof to the office of the Attomey-GenOTal, and to restore
the status existing prior to such consolidation or abolition, and for
other purposes," are hereby amended to read as follows :
" (6) In the Provinces of Albay, Ambos Camarines, Batangas,
Bulacan, Ilocos Sur, La Laguna, Leyte, Occidental Negros, Pam-
panga, and Tayabas, not less than four thousand pesos nor more
than four thousand five hundred pesos per annum each ;
"(<?) In the Provinces of Bohol, Cagayan, Capiz, Rizal, Samar,
and Sorsogon, not less than three thousand five nimdred pesos nor
more than four thousand pesos per annum each."
Sec. 8. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two oi "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on October first, nineteen hun-
dred and seven.
Enacted, September 18, 1907.
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[No. 1717.]
AN ACT To increase the number of municipalities in the Province of Nueva
Ek^lja from fifteen to twenty-one, by separating from the present municipali-
ties of Cuyapo, Allaga, San Antonio, San Isidro, Pefiaranda, and Talavera the
former municipalities of Namplcuan, Zaragoza, Jaen, Cabiao, San Leonardo,
and Santo Domingo, respectively, and giving to each the territory which it
comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-
three.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The fifteen municipalities of the Province of Nueva
Ecija, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-
three, as amended by Acts Numbered Nine hundred and forty-eight,
Twelve hundred and thirty-two, and Sixteen hundred and eighty-
seven, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be in-
creased to twenty-one, by separating the former municipalities of
Nampicuan, Zaragoza, Jaen, Cabiao, San Leonardo, and Santo
Domingo from the present mimicipalities of Cuyapo, Aliaga, San
Antonio, San Isidro, Pefiaranda, and Talavera, respectively. The
municipalities of Cuyapo, Aliaga, San Antonio, San Isidro, Pefia-
randa, and Talavera shall consist of the territory of which they
were constituted prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hun-
dred and thirty-three, and the barrios of Nampicuan, Zaragoza, Jaen,
Cabiao, San Leonardo, and Santo Domingo are hereby reconstituted
as municipalities and shall consist of the territory which they com-
prised prior to the passa^ of said Act.
Sec. 2. The first municipal elections for the new municipalities of
Nampicuan, Zaragoza, Jaen, Cabiao, San Leonardo, and Santo
Dpmmgo shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November, nineteen himdred and seven, and in accordance with
the provisions of The Election Law relative to elections in new mu-
nicipalities. Until the officials elected for the new municipalities
of Nampicuan, Zaragoza, Jaen, Cabiao, San Leonardo, and Santo
Domingo, as described in section one of this Act, shall have quali-
fied, the present organization of the municipalities of Cuyapo, Aliaga,
San Antonio, San Isidro, Pefiaranda, and Talavera shall continue:
Provided^ That the distribution of funds in the municipal treasuries
of Cuyapo, Aliaga, San Antonio, San Isidro, Pefiaranda, and Tala-
vera resulting from the separation from said municipalities of the
municipalities of Nampicuan, Zaragoza, Jaen, Cabiao, San Leon-
ardo, and Santo Domingo, hereby constituted, shall be made as of the
date of the passage of this Act and in accordance with the provisions
of Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-six.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 20, 1907.
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[No. 1718.]
AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities In the Province of Cavite from
twelve to thirteen, by separating from the present municipality of Noveleta
the former municipality of Cavite Viejo, and giving to the latter the territory
which it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and
fortj-seven, and changing the name of the municipality of Cavite Viejo to
Kawlt
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The twelve municipalities of the Province of Cavite,
as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-seven, as
amended by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and fifty-one, shall, in
accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to thirteen,
by separating the former municipality of Cavite Viejo from the
present municipality of Noveleta. The municipality of Noveleta shall
consist of the territory of which the municipalities of Noveleta and
Rosario were constituted prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine
hundred and forty-seven, and the municipality of Cavite Viejo is
hereby reconstituted and shall consist of the territory of which it was
constituted prior to the passage of said Act Numbered Nine hundred
and forty-seven. The municipality of Cavite Viejo shall hereafter
be known as " Kawit."
Sec. 2. The municipal election for the new municipality of Kawit
shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
nineteen hundred and seven, ana in accordance with the provisions of
The Election Law relative to elections in new municipalities. Until
the officials elected for the new municipality of Kawit, as described
in section one of this Act, shall have qualified, the present organiza-
tion of the municipality of Noveleta shall continue: Provided^ That
the distribution or funds in the municipal treasury of Noveleta re-
sulting from the separation from said municipality of the former
municipality of Cavite Viejo, now Kawit, shall be made as of the
date of the passage of this Act and in accordance with the provisions
of Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-six.
Sec 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, ninteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 20, 1907.
[No. 1719.]
AN ACT Increasing the number of municipalities in the Province of Pampanga
from sixteen to eighteen, by separating from the present municipalities of
Macabebe and San Luis the former municipalities of San Miguel and San
Simon, respectively, and giving to each the territory which it comprised prior
to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-three, and changing
the name of the new municipality of San Miguel to that of Masantol.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The sixteen municipalities of the Province of Pam-
panga, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-three,
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as amended by Acts Numbered Nine hundred and eighty-two, One
thousand and nine, and Twelve hundred and eight, shall, in accord-
ance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to eighteen, by
separating the lormer municipalities of San Miguel and San Simon
from the present municipalities of Macabebe and San Luis, respec-
tively. The municipalities of Macabebe and San Luis shall consist
of the territory of which they were constituted prior to the passage
of Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-three, and the municipal-
ities of San Miguel and San Simon are hereby reconstituted and shall
consist of the territory of which they were constituted prior to the
passage of said Act. The municipality of San Miguel shall hereafter
be known as " Masantol."
Sec. 2. The municipal elections for the new municipalities of Ma-
santol and San Simon shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, nineteen hundred and seven, and in accordance
with the provisions of The Election Law relative to elections in new
municipalities. Until the officials elected for the new municipal-
ities of Masantol and San Simon, as described in section one of this
Act, shall have qualified, the present organization of the municipal-
ities of Macabebe and San Luis shall continue: Provided^ That the
distribution of funds in the municipal treasuries of MacabebQ and
San Luis resulting from the separation from said municipalities of
the municipalities of Masantol and San Simon, hereby constituted,
shall be made as of the date of the passage of this Act and in accord-
ance with the provisions of Act Numbered Seven hundred and^
twenty-six.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage or the same is hereby expedited in accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 20, 1907.
[No. 1720.]
AN ACTP Increasing the number of municipalities In the Province of Rlzal to
twenty, by separating from the present municipality of Pililla the former
municipality of Jalajala and giving the latter the same territory which it
comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-two.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The nineteen municipalities of the Province of Bizal, as
established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-two, as
amended by Acts Numbered Nine hundred and eighty-four. One
thousand and eight. Thirteen hundred and eight. Fourteen hundred
and forty-two, and Sixteen hundred and twenty-five, shall, in
accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to twenty,
by separating the former municipality of Jalajala from the present
municipality^ of Pililla. The municipality of Pililla shall consist
of the territory of which the municipalities of Pililla and Quisao
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were constituted prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hun-
dred and forty-two, and the former municipality of Jalajala is
hereby reconstituted and shall consist of the territory which it com-
prised prior to the passage of said Act Numbered Nine hundred and
lorty-two.
Sec. 2. The municipal election for the new municipality of Jalajala
shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monaay in November,
nineteen hundred and seven, and in accordance with the provisions
of The Election Law relative to elections in new municipalities.
Until the officials elected for the new municipality of Jalajala, as
described in section one of this Act, shall have qualified, the present
organization of the municipality of Pililla shall continue: Provided^
That the distribution of funds in the municipal treasury of Pililla
resulting from the separation from said municipality of the new
municipality of Jalajala^ hereby constituted, shall be made as of the
date oi the passage of this Act and in accordance with the provisions
of Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-six.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
ninefeen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 20, 1907.
[No. 1721.]
AN ACT Increasing the number of mimicipalities in the Province of Tayabas
from twenty-four to twenty-six, by organizing the barrio of Candelarla, now
a part of Sariaya, into a new municipality, and separating from Baler the
former municipality of Casiguran, giving the latter the same territory which
it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and fifty.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The twenty-four municipalities of the Province of
Tayabas, as established bv Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and fifty,
amendatory of Acts Numbered Nine hundred and fifty-six. One thou-
sand and twenty-seven, and Twelve hundred and nine, shall in
accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to twenty-six,
by separating from the present municipality of Sariajra the barrio
or Candelaria, which is nereby constituted a new municipality and
shall consist of the territory comprised in said barrio, and hy sepa-
rating from the present municipality of Baler the former municipality
of Casiguran, which is hereby reconstituted as a municipality and
shall consist of the territory which it comprised prior to the passage
of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and fiftj^. The municipality of
Sariaya shall, with the exception of the territory of the new munici-
pality of Candelaria, consist of the territory which it comprised prior
to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and fifty-six, ana the
municipality of Baler shall consist of the territory which it comprised
prior to the passage of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and fifty.
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Sec. 2. The municipal elections for the new municipalities of Can-
delaria and Casiguran shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, nineteen hundred and seven, and in accordance
with the provisions of The Election Law relative to elections in new
municipalities. Until the officials elected for the new municipalities
of Candelaria and Casiguran, as described in section one of this Act,
shall have qualified, the present organization of the municipalities of
Sariaya ana Baler shall continue : Provided^ That the distribution of
funds in the municipal treasuries of Sariaya and Baler resulting
from the separation from said municipalities of the municipalities of
Candelaria and Casiguran, hereby constituted, shall be made as of the
date of the passage of this Act and in accordance with the provisions
of Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-six.
Sec. 3. Section one of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and fifty,
entitled "An Act consolidating the present municipality of Casiguran
with the municipality of Baler, both in the Province or Tayabas, and
annexing the barrios of Cabulihan, San Roque, and Calantas with the
sitios 01 Anos and Tubas, of the municipality of Gumaca, to the
municipality of Pitogo, in the same province," is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeaited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 20, 1907.
[No. 1722.]
AN ACT Extending until December first, nineteen hundred and seven, the time
for the payment, without penalty, of the cedula tax for the year nineteen
hundred and seven by the inhabitants of the municipalities of the subprovince
of Batanes and of the Babuyanes Islands, Province of Cagayan.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The period for the payment, without penalty, of the
cedula tax for the year nineteen hundred and seven by the inhabitants
of the municipalities of the subprovince of Batanes and of the Ba-
buyanes Islands, Province of Cagayan, is hereby extended until
December first, nineteen hundred and seven.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall be retroactive and take effect as of April
twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and seven.
Enacted, September 20, 1907.
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[No. 1723.]
AN ACT To define and fix the status of prisoners confined In the Iwahig Penal
Colony, and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of
Public Instruction, any prisoner confined at the Iwahig Penal Colony
may be provisionally granted a suitable plot of land within the
reservation for the purpose of cultivating and improving the same,
and may be furnished with such tools, implements, and agricultural
supplies as may be deemed necessary for the proper cultivation of
said land. Such prisoners, under regulations approved by the Secre-
tary of Public Instructi9n, may also be allowed to have their wives,
children and women to whom they are to be married transported to
the Iwahig Penal Colony at Government expense and to have their
families live on the reservation. Prisoners' families shall be subject
to the rules and regulations of the colony. The privilege hereby
granted certain prisoners of having their families live with them at
the Iwahig Penal Colony may be revoked at any time by order of
the Superintendent of the Colony.
Sec. 2. Prisoners' families transported to the Iwahig Penal Colony
under the preceding section may be subsisted from the general prod-
ucts of the colony under such rules and regulations as may be pre-
scribed by the Superintendent, with the approval of the Secretary
of Public Instruction, until such time as the land cultivated by pris-
oners having families at the colony shall be sufficiently productive to
support said families.
Sec. 3. Prisoners confined at the Iwahig Penal Colony may be
divided into classes and graded according to conduct, efficiency and
length of service, and may receive such extraordinary privileges as,
in the judgment of the Superintendent of the Colony, their conduct,
behavior, habits of industry, and length of service may justify, sub-
ject always to the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Public
Instruction.
Sec. 4. Subject to the approval of the Secretair of Public Instruc-
tion, the Superintendent of the Iwahig Penal Colony is hereby
authorized to sell the products of the Colony, manufactured or other-
wise, and to allow to prisoners of the higher grades or classes such
Percentage of the value of said products as may be approved by the
ecretary of Public Instruction.
Sec. 5. In addition to the subsistence for prisoners' wives and
children authorized by Section two of this Act, the Superintendent
of the Colony may furnish as a special reward to such prisoners con-
fined at the Iwahig Penal Colony, as in his opinion may merit the
same, a reasonable amount of clothing and ordinary household sup-
plies for the families of such prisoners as are permitted to have their
families at the Colony, said clothing and supplies to be paid for out
of the regular appropriation for the maintenance of the Iwahig
Penal Colony.
Sec. 6. Prisoners occupying positions of special trust in the Iwahig
Penal Colony may be granted by the Superintendent of the Colony,
with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, a monthly
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allowance in cash, not to exceed five pesos, or an equivalent amount
of supplies from the General Store, to be paid or paid for from the
regular appropriation for contingent expenses of the Iwahig Penal
Colony.
Sec. 7. The Superintendent of the Iwahig Penal Colony shall be
ex officio justice of the peace and shall, within the limits of the Col-
ony, have the jurisdiction and all powers conferred upon justices of
the peace by the laws of the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 8. The Secretary of Public Instruction is hereby authorized
to promulgate such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law,
as he may deem advisable for the better conduct and administration
of the Iwahig Penal Colony.
Sec. 9. On the expiration of the sentence of any prisoner confined
at the Iwahig Penal Colony he may, subject to the regulations, be
allowed to continue to reside upon the reservation and to cultivate
land and occupy a house to be oesignated and selected by the Super-
intendent of the Penal Colony.
Sec. 10. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 11. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 23, 1907.
[No. 1724.]
AN ACT Approving, confirming and ratifying the agreement made between the
Secretary of War, representing the (Jovemment of the Philippine Islands,
and the Archbishop of Manila, representing the Roman Catholic Church in
the Philippine Islands, determining the title to various estates and properties
heretofore a matter of dispute between the Roman Catholic Church and the
Government of the Philippine Islands, and settling the right of possession and
administration of such estates and properties, and adjusting certain contro-
versies between the said Government and the Banco E3spafiol-Filipino.
Whereas certain controversies have arisen between the Roman
Catholic Church and the Government of the Philippine Islands as
to the title to various estates and properties and as to the right of
possession and administration thereof; and
Whereas there have been certain controversies between the Gov-
ernment of the Philippine Islands and the Banco Espanol-Filipino
as to the rights and powers of the latter under its charter from the
Kingdom of Spain ; and
Whereas, for the purpose of ending these controversies William BL
Taft, as Secretary of War of the United States, representing the
Government of the Philippine Islands, and Jeremiah J. Hartj,
Archbishop of Manila, reoresenting the Roman Catholic Church in
the Philippine Islands, ana Jeremian J. Harty, Archbishop of Manila,
representing and controlling a majority of the capital stock of the
Banco Espanol-Filipino, did, on the eighth day of June, nineteen
hundred and seven, enter into the following agreement determining
and settling the controversies between the Koman Catholic Church
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and the Government of the Philippine Islands, and between the
Banco Espanol-Filipino and the Government of the Philippine
Islands, to wit : '
"This Memorandum of Agreement, entered into by Archbishop
Harty, Archbishop of Manila, representing the Roman Catholic
Church in the Philippine Islands, and the Secretary of War, repre-
senting the government of the Philippine Islands, is intended to
form the basis of a compromise of a number of controversies arising
between the Roman Catholic Church and the government of the
Philippine Islands, and to end all such controversies:
" The controversies arising are as follows :
" First, the right of the Roman Catholic Church, on the one
hand, and the Philippine Government, on the other, to administer
certain charitable trusts, and to take possession of, and assume con-
trol of, the following estates, to-wit :
" The buildings, estates and hospital plant of the Hospicio San
Jose.
" Second, the buildings, estates and hospital plant of San Juan
de Dios, including all other estates or investments of said hospital
of San Juan de Dios.
" Third, the Colegio de San Jose, now in litigation in the Su-
preme Court of the Philippine Islands, including buildings, hospital
plant, or other property oi the Cole^o de San Jose, and any hospi-
cios, estates or investments held by it.
" Fourth, the hospital of San Jose in Cavite, including the land
and buildings thereof in Cavite.
" Fifth, the estate, hospital plant, buildings, and investments,
or other property of the Colegio Santa Isabela.
"Sixth, the buildings, hospital plant, estates, and all other prop-
erty and investments of the hospital and foundation of San Lazaro.
"Seventh, the buildings, plant, foundation and estates known as
the Santa Potenciana.
"Also the controversy between the Banco Espanol-Filipino, in
which the Archbishop of the Diocese of Manila, representing the
Roman Catholic Church, represents and controls a majority of the
capital stock, presents the issue whether the rights^ privileges and
immunities conferred upon the Banco Espanol-Filipino continue
unimpaired under the American sovereignty brought about by the
Treaty of Paris, — ^the Philippine government contending that the
right to put in circulation notes of issue ceased to be, and was de-
pendent thereafter upon any grant of the American or Philippine
government. The Bank on its part claimed that under the terms of
the Treaty of Paris the right to issue such notes continued unim-
paired, and that the charter as granted by the Spanish Government
continued without impairment under American sovereignty.
" Now, therefore, for the purpose of ending all these controversies,
the following informal agreement is entered into, to be subject to the
approval of the Philippine Commission, and to be carried into effect
by the entry of consent decrees, in the proper Courts, in such form
as to confirm the titles in the persons by this agreement to take the
respective properties, and by such legislation of the Philippine Com-
mission as may be necessary to further confirm and put into execution
said agreement, and also subject to the approval oi the Secretary of
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War, and of Archbishop Harty, through his agent, Festus J. Wade,
of the statutes of the bank as they shall be revised, such revision to
contain a restriction on the amount of money to be loaned by the
Bank on real estate security.
" In consideration of the foregoing, and in the manner prescribed
herein, the Archbishop of the Diocese of Manila, for the Roman
Catholic Church in the Philippine Islands, is to take possession, and
hold in absolute title, free from all claims or demands of the Philip-
pine Government, the land. and property, real, personal and mixed,
set forth and described under sections one, two, three^ four, and five
hereof, namely: Hospicio San Jose; San Juan de Dios; Colegio de
San Jose; Hospital of San Jose in Cavite, and the Colegio Santa
Isabela.
" It being understood, however, that the College of San Jose is to
be surrendered and given into the possession and ownership of the
Archbishop of Manila for the specifac purpose of its foundation.
" And to the same extent, and in the same manner, the Archbishop
of Manila, for the Roman Catholic Church, relinquishes all claims
and demands, of any nature, and to any extent, upon the buildings,
plant, foundation and estates known as Santa Potenciana, and also
upon the buildings, hospital, plant, church, estates, and all other
property and investments, real, personal or mixed, of the Hospital
and foundation of San Lazaro, except as follows :
" First, the Archbishop of Manila is to take, hold and own all of
block numbered 156, as platted ajid set forth upon the map or plat
hereto attached and made a part hereof for the purpose of this agree-
ment, said conveyance being in consideration of the relinquishment by
the Archbishop of Manila of any claim or demand to the church ana
land upon which it is situated, and which is attached to, and a part
of, the San Lazaro Hospital.
" Second, all of the blocks platted and set forth upon the map
hereto attached, beginning with block numbered 159 and up to and
including block numberea 210, shall be divided as follows :
" The Archbishop of Manila, his agent or representative, shall select
fifty hectares belonging to the San Lazaro estate north of the second
street running parallel to the northern boundary of the present hos-
pital ground, provided there be fifty hectares in this property. The
selection shall be made by blocks, platted and numbered from 159 to
210 inclusive, upon the accompanying map or plat. The area of this
described property shall be determined in hectares, and if it exceeds
fifty hectares the selection shall be as follows :
'' First, the Archbishop, or his representative, will select a block,
and then the representatives of the Philippine government will select
a block, and alternate selections will follow until the Archbishop
shall have received fifty hectares of land. If from the survev it is
shown that these alternate selections by the Archbishop and hj the
Philippine Government will not give to the Archbishop the required
fifty nectares of land, the Philippine government shall withdraw
from further selection as soon as its proportionate amount has been
received, and give the balance of the property to the Archbishop. It
being understood that both the parties hereto agree to the dedication
to public use of the streets and alleys shown on said plat or map.
" In relation to the Banco Espanol- Filipino, the following is agreed
by and between the parties hereto :
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"I. That the corporate existence of the Banco Espanol-Filipino
shall be extended twenty-five years from January 1st, 1903. This
period may be extended at the request of the majority of the stock-
holders of the Bank, provided such request be made at least one year
before the expiration of the twenty-five years mentioned.
" II. That the Bank is authorized to change its name, at its option,
to be known as the Bank of the Philippine Islands, or the Philippine
Bank.
" III. That the Government of the Philippine Islands renounces all
rights which it may have derived under Spanish law to appoint the
Governor and other officers of the Bank or to interfere in any way
with its administration, except to make examination of its solvency
and supervise its conduct in the interest of the public in the same
manner as such examination and supervision are or may be exercised
over national banks in the United States and as prescribed by the
laws of the Philippine Islands.
" IV. That upon compliance with the preamble of this agreement,
validity is given to all acts heretofore performed by the Bank, which
would otherwise be legal, and whose validity mi^ht be questioned by
reason of the failure of the Bank to comply with its statutes in regard
to the participation of the Government in the management or the
Bank.
" V. That the Government of the Philippine Islands renounces all
right and title derived from Spanish law and the existing statutes
ot the bank to a loan of any money, to the Treasury of the Philippine
Islands.
" VI. That the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands, provincial
treasurers, and other authorized public officials shall, from time to
time, deposit with the bank and its branches, upon such terms as
may be prescribed by the Government of the Philippine Islands, such
public moneys and trust funds as may be available for this purpose,
without discrimination against the Bank or in favor of other insti-
tutions ; but this clause shall not bind such officials to make or main-
tain such deposits when, in their opinion^ it is inadvisable.
" VII. That the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands and all as-
sistant treasurers, and provincial and municipal treasurers, and other
public officials, shall be directed to receive the notes of the Banco
Espanol-Filipino for public dues, without discrimination in favor
•of the notes of other banks or the certificates of the Philippine Treas-
urj^, so long as said notes are paid in the lawful money of the Philip-
pine Islands or of the United States without discount and on demand
at the bank and its branches.
" VIII. That the capital stock of the Banco Espanol-Filipino shall
be authorized to an amount not to exceed ten million pesos, and its
circulating notes shall hereafter be issued under the following limita-
tions of amounts and conditions :
"(a) To a present amount not exceeding two million four hundred
thousand pesos, which shall be secured by the paid up and unimpaired
capital of the Bank and by the value of the surplus as ascertained by
the Gavernor of the Philippine Islands; and in case such capital
and surplus shall not, in the opinion of the Governor of the Philip-
pine Islands, be equal in value to the amount of circulation herein
authorized, then said Governor may require a contraction of such
circulation until it shall not exceed the value of the capital and sur-r
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plus of the Bank, or the deposit* with him of commercial paper con-
Torming to the statutes of tne Bank and acceptable to him, for any
excess m the amount of circulation above the value of the capital
and surplus as ascertained and determined by him. And said Bank
is hereby authorized to issue its circulating notes secured by its capital
as herem provided in equal proportion with such increase of paid
in capital stock in cash, not exceeding nine million pesos; and all
notes so issued shall be governed by the provisions of this section.
" (b) To a present additional amount not exceeding six hundred
thousand pesos upon deposit with the Treasurer of the Philippine
Islands of bonds of the United States, bonds or certificates of the
Government of the Philippine Islands, bonds of the City of Manila,
stock or bonds of railways or mortgage banks upon which interest
or principal has been guaranteed by the Government of the Philip-
pine Islands, or other securities acceptable to the Treasurer of said
Philippine Islands, and the percentage of circulation to be allowed
upon the face value or market value ot each of said class of securities
shall be determined by said Treasurer of the Philippine Islands.
Such notes may be issued at the discretion of the Bank, subject only
to the condition that the securities deposited shall be acceptable in
character and amount to the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands,
and without regard to whether issues have been made or applied for
under other provisions of this act. And, in case of the increase of
the paid up and unimpaired capital of the Bank from two million
four hundred thousand pesos to three million pesos, the Treasurer
of the Philippine Islands shall deliver to the Bank the securities de-
posited with him to cover circulating notes under this paragraph (b).
" It being the intention that the total circulating notes issued under
this agreement shall never exceed in amount nine million pesos;
secured by at least an equal amount of the paid up and unimpaired
capital or the Bank; except as hereinbefore provided under para-
graph (b) of Section VIII.
" IX. That all outstanding notes of the Bank shall, after January
1st, 1908, constitute a preferred lien upon the assets of the Bank,
except as to such securities as have been specifically deposited under
special agreements with public oflBcials for the safe keeping of public
moneys.
" ^, That the Bank renounces all claim to the exclusive privilege
of issuing notes in the Philippine Islands or to any other exclusive
privilege not set forth in this Act ; but the Government of the Philip-
pine Islands will make no laws or regulations affecting the Bank, or
imposing charges or taxation upon it, which shall not apply equally to
other banks of a similar type operating under similar conditions, and
will not authorize any bank with an ascertained capital and surplus
of less than two million pesos to issue circulating notes in the Philip-
pine Islands ; but this provision shall not preclude the government
from granting special privileges to agricultural banks, savings banks,
mortgage banks or other institutions of special type whose principal
business is not commercial banking.
" XI. That in case the paid up capital of the Bank is increased by
the bona fide sale of new stock at not less than par for cash, the Gov-
ernment of the Philippine Islands shall authorize an increase in the
amount of circulating notes equal in amount to said increase in
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capital, but the total circulating notes so issued shall in no case exceed
in amount nine million pesos (P^ ,000,000).
" XII. That the notes issued under the provisions of paragraph (a)
of Section VIII of this agreement shall pay a tax at the rate of
one-half of one per centum per annum; and the notes temporarily
issued under the provisions of paragraph (b) of said Section VIII
of this agreement shall pay a tax at the rate of one per cent, per
annum, such taxes to be assessed upon the amount of notes actually
in circulation outside the Bank and its branches, upon the average
circulation per week or at fixed intervals not less frequently than once
a month, to be determined by regulations made by the Treasurer of
the Philipmne Islands.
" XIIl. That the notes of the Bank shall hereafter be issued to the
Bank hy the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands, who shall make
requisitions upon the Bureau of Insular Affairs at Washington for
such a supply as may be necessary to anticipate reasonable demands
and keep such notes m his custody in the Treasury of the Philippine
Islands ; but said notes shall not have validity as currency until the
seal and signatures are attached by the Bank.
" In witness whereof this Memorandum of Agreement in dupli-
cate has been signed this 8th date of June A. D., 1907, by Jeremiah J.
Harty, Archbishop of Manila, as representing the Roman Catholic
Church, and by Wm. H. Taft, Secretary of War, as representing the
Government of the Philippine Islands.
" In presence of :
Jeremiah J. Harty [seal.]
" Eugene De L. McDonnell, '^ Archbishop of Manila.
Wm. H. Taft [seal.]
" Paul Cilarlton, ''Secretary of War.^^
Now, therefore.
By authority 6f the United States, he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The said informal agreement so entered into on behalf
of the Government of the Philippine Islands by William H. Taft,
Secretary of War, with Jeremiah J. Harty, Archbishop of Manila,
on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church, and representing and
controlling a majority of the capital stock of the Banco E^paiiol-
Filipino, is hereby confirmed, ratified and approved in all its parts.
Sec. 2. The Attorney-General is hereby authorized and directed
to enter into a stipulation with the defendants in the action now
pending in the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands entitled
T. H. Pardo de Tavera, Louis M. Maus, Leon M. Guerrero, Manuel
Gomez Martinez and Frank S. Bourns, trustees of the College of San
Jose, plaintiffs, vs. the Holy Roman Catholic Church, represented
by the Most Reverend Archbishop of Manila, the Most Reverend
Archbishop of New Orleans, Apostolic Delegate, and Raymundo
Velasquez, Rector of the University of Santo Tomas, defendants,
stipulating and agreeing that the Supreme Court of the Philippine
Islands shall enter judgment in the said action decreeing to the
Roman Catholic Church of the Philippine Islands, as represented
bj the Archbishop of Manila, the right of possession and absolute
title, free from all claims or demands of tne Government of the
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Philippine Islands, to the buildings and other property, real, per-
sonal and mixed, pertaining to and belonging to the College of San
Jose, said College to be administered for the specific purposes of its
foundation.
Sec. 3. The Attorney-General is hereby authorized and directed to
enter into a stipulation with the plaintiffs in a certain action now
pending in the Court of First Instance of the city of Manila, entitled
Jeremiah J. Harty, in his capacity of Archbishop of Manila, and
the Religious Corporation of the Franciscan Fathers of the Province
of San Gregorio Magno of the Philippines, plaintiffs, vs. W. M.
Tipton, defendant, stipulating that the court shall enter, a judgment
therein decreeing:
First, to the Roman Catholic Church, free from all claims or de-
mands of the Government of the Philippine Islands, the right of
possession and absolute title to Block Numbered One hundred and
fifty-six, and to Blocks Numbered from One hundred and fifty-nine
to Two hundred and ten, both inclusive, or to such parts of said
Blocks as belong to the San Lazaro Estate as shown on copy of the
plan attached to said agreement, endorsed on the back as follows,
" Map referred to in agreement June 8th, 1907, identified in dupli-
<»ate. Jeremiah J. Harty, Archbishop of Manila, Wm. H. Taft,
Secy, of War," which plan is now on file in the office of the Executive
Secretary attached to papers filed under Executive Bureau Number
Ninety-seven thousand six hundred and thirty-nine (a-15) the above
tract of land being delineated and described on a later official map
of the San Lazaro Estate now on file in the office of the Director of
Lands and identified by the certificates of the Director of Lands
endorsed on the back thereof, as Block Sixty-five and Blocks Seventy-
four to One hundred and fifteen, both inclusive; subject to the
dedication to the public use of the streets and alleys shown on said
last-mentioned map;
Second, to the Government of the Philippine Islands free from all
claims or demands of the Roman Catholic Church, the right of pos-
session and absolute title, to the remainder of the San Lazaro Estate,
including the San Lazaro Hospital, the San Lazaro Church or Chapel,
the San Lazaro plant and all the buildings, and all other property
and investments, real, personal, or mixed, of the hospital and founda-
tion of San Lazaro, not decreed to the Roman Catholic Church as
hereinbefore provided in this section.
Sec. 4. The Attorney-General is hereby authorized and directed to
procure from the Roman Catholic Church of the Philippine Islands
proper legal conveyances to the Government of the Philippine Islands
of all right, title and possession of the Roman Catholic Church in
and to tne following described properties, to wit: The buildings,
plant, foundation and estates known as Santa Potenciana.
Sec. 5. The Governor-General of the Philippine Islands is herebv
authorized and directed, upon the entry of tne judgments provided
for in sections two and three of this Act, and upon the execution and
delivery of the deed referred to in section four hereof, to execute
proper conveyances of title to the Roman Catholic Church as repre-
sented by the Archbishop of Manila, conveying all the right, title
and interest of the Government of the Philippine Islands in and
to the following described property, to-wit: The buildings, founda-
tion and property, real, personal and mixed, pertaining and belong-
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ing to the Hospicio de San Jos6, the Hospital de San Juan de Dios,
the Hospital de San Jos6 in Cavite, and the Colegio de Santa Isabel.
Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage oi the same is hereby expedited in accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take eflfect on its passage.
Enacted, September 23, 1007.
[No. 1725.]
AN ACT To provide that the provisions of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred
and fifty-eight prohibiting the exhumation of human remains within one and
one-half years after interment shall not appply to certain pending cases.
Whereas a number of persons in the United States made arrange-
ments to transfer the remains of deceased relatives and friends to
their former homes before they had an opportunity to become ac-
quainted with the provisions of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred
and fifty-eight, which prohibits the disinterment of human remains
until one and one-half years have elapsed from the time of burial :
Now, therefore.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The Director of Health is hereby authorized to grant
permits for the removal of all human remains in all such cases in
which applications for disinterment have been made prior to the
passage of this Act*
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage or the same is hereby expedited in accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 23, 1907.
[No. 1726.]
AN ACT To amend Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two, Itnown as
the eiection law, by disqualifying certain persons from holding provincial or
municipal offices and authorizing the governor-general to remove Ineligible
persons from office.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The sixth paragraph of section twelve of Act Numbered
Fifteen hundred and eightv-two, known as " The Election Law," as
amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
" Unless fully pardoned, no person who is under judgment of con-
viction of a crime which is punishable by imprisonment for two years
or more or which involves moral turpitude, regardless of whether or
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not an appeal is pending in the action, shall hold any public office,
and no person disqualifiS from holding public office by the sentence
of a court, whether or not an appeal is pending in the action, or so
disqualified under the provisions of Act Numbered Eleven hundred
and twenty-six. as amended, shall be eligible to hold public office dur-
ing the term or his disqualification."
Sec. 2. Section twelve of said Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
eighty-two is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof
a new paragraph to* read as follows :
" The Governor-General, upon receipt of proof satisfactory to him
that an ineligible person is holding any provincial or municipal office
or employment, may summarily remove such person."
Sec. 8. The second paragraph of section twenty-five of said Act
Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two is hereby amended to
read as follows :
" Upon the filing of said certificate in the office of the Executive
Secretary, the Governor-General shall confirm the election of each of
the candidates so certified unless there be a contest pending and unde-
termined in the courts, in which case he shall withhold confirmation
with respect to any person involved in such contest until a certified
copy of the decision of the court shall have been filed with the
Executive Secretary. The Governor-General may refuse to confirm
the election of any elective provincial officer if there is reasonable
^ound to suspect his loyalty to the constituted authorities, or if there
IS, in the opinion of the Governor-General, reasonable ground to
believe that such person is morally unfit to hold public office, or in
case, in the opinion of the Governor-General, such person has a bad
reputation for morality, honesty and uprightness in the community
in which he lives. In case of refusal to confirm the election of any
provincial officer the Governor-General, 4with the advice and consent
of the Philippine Commission, may appoint a suitable person to fill
the vacancy for the full term and until the election and qualification
of a successor or^ in his discretion, may call a special election to fill
the office as provided in section four hereof, and at such special elec-
tion a person whose confirmation was so refused shall be ineligible
and no vote shall be counted or canvassed for him."
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 27, 1907.
[No. 1727.]
AN ACT Making appropriations for certain public worlds, permanent improve-
ments, and other purposes of the government of the city of Manila.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The following sums, in Philippine currency, are hereby
appropriated, out of any funds in the Insmar treasury not otherwise
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appropriated, for certain public works, permanent improvements,
and other purposes of the government of tne city of Manila :
DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS.
For the improvements of the Luneta extension, twenty thousand
pesos.
For expenses incident to the acquisition of land required for the
widening of Calle Jolo, thirty-six thousand pesos.
For the purchase of land and other expenses incident to the exten-
sion, straightening and widenmg of streets; for permanent street
paving ; and for the erection of permanent street monuments, forty-
eight thousand five hundred pesos.
DEPARTMENT OF CITY SCHOOLS.
For the construction of a public school building in the district of
Tondo, and purchase of site tor same, sixty-two thousand pesos.
For the construction of a retaining wall to protect the Malate city
school site, six thousand pesos.
DEPARTMENT OF SANlTATIoif AND TRANSPORTATION.
For the erection of an addition to the Sampaloc market, eight
thousand pesos.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A continuing annual appropriation of fifty thousand pesos is
hereby made for the purpose or repaying to the Insular government
the loan granted in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered
Thirteen hundred and sixty: Prorided^ That there shall be paid to
the Insular government, not later than June thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and eight, from this appropriation the sum of one hundred
thousand pesos on account of tiie payments corresponding to the fiscal
A^ears nineteen hundred and seven and nineteen hundred and, eight,
no provision having been made heretofore for said payments.
Bridaes^ esteros^ parks and streets, — A continuing appropriation
is hereby created under this head of all moneys received from leases
and rentals of land and sales of real estate, belonging to the govern-
ment of the city of Manila, and from receipts accruing to said gov-
ernment from the use of public thoroughiares by private persons,
including franchise taxes payable to the city of Manila by corpora-
tions whose franchises include the privilege or right of locating in
the public thoroughfares of the city electric light, power or telephone
conduits or poles, street railway tracks, or other analogous privileges;
and the funds accruing to this appropriation may be expended only
for the curbing, extension, grading, paving, straightening, and widen-
ing of alleys, roads and streets; tor the creation and improvement of
piiblic parfcs and plazas ; for the construction of bridges ; for dredg-
ing ana improvement of esteros; for the acquisition of land, and for
other purposes necessarily incident to the accomplishment of the
objects of this appropriation as hereinbefore stated.
Total of definite appropriations for all purposes, two hundred and
eighty thousand five hundred pesos.
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Sec. 2. All balances remaining unexpended when any pubtic work
or permanent improvement appropriated for by this Act is completed
shall be returned at once to tne treasury of the Philippine Islands
and shall not be available for withdrawal or disbursement thereafter,
but shall be carried to the proper account of funds available for
appropriation.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
ConMnission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted; September 27, 1907.
[No. 1728.]
AN ACT To provide for Insurance of the insular, provincial and municipal gov-
ernments against loss from damage or d<^truction of Government vessels and
craft. Government machinery, and permanent public buildings and Govern-
ment propert/ therein, by earthquake. Are, lightning, flood, typhoon, tornado,
hurricane, or cyclone.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby created an appropriation which shall
be termed " The Insurance Fund," the purpose of which shall be to
provide, so far as possible, the means oi replacing or repairing Gov-
ernment vessels and craft, Government machinery, permanent public
buildings and Government property therein which shall have been
damaged or destroyed by earthqualte, fire, lightning, flood, typhoon,
tornado, hurricane, or cyclone. There shall be deposited to the
credit of this appropriation from general funds of the Insular Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated uie sum of two hundred and fifty
thousand pesos, as of date of the passage of this Act; and the interest
thereon and on any additions to such fund by virtue of this Act and
other earnings and receipts of "The Insurance Fund" shall be
placed to its credit as they may be received. When, in the discretion
of the Governor-General, he shall certify that the public interest
so demands, there shall be paid from this appropriation by the Insu-
lar Treasurer such sums as may be determined by the Insular Auditor
to be due any branch of the Government entitled to the benefits of
this Act on account of loss or damage caused to Government vessels
or craft. Government machinery, or to any permanent public build-
ing or Government property therein by earthquake, fire, lightning,
flood, typhoon, tornado, hurricane, or cyclone, and also other expenses
necessarily incurred in carrying out the purposes of this Act: Pro-
vided^ That funds paid on account of losses may be used for no other
purpose than to restore by construction, repair, purchase, or other-
wise, the property damaged or destroyed, and it shall be the duty of
the Insular Auditor to enforce this provision : And provided further^
That no payment shall be made irom these funds to increase the
compensation of any government official or employee.
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Sec. 2. The Governor-General may, upon application by a provin-
cial board or municipal council, or the Municipal Board of tne city
of Manila, grant insurance under this Act to any province or munici-
pality in these Islands, including the city of Manila, at rates to be
fixed bv the Insular Auditor, with the approval of the Governor-
General, and the Insular Treasurer shall collect the premiums on
such insurance.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Insular Treasurer, with the ap-
proval of the Governor-General, to prepare and promulgate the nec-
essary regulations to carry out the purposes of tnis Act. The Gov-
ernor-General is hereby authorized to provide the necessary addi-
tional personnel by designating officials and emplovees regularly
employed in the Government service, whose duty it shall be to per-
form such services as may be required of them in this connection
without additional compensation.
Sec. 4. The funds pertaining to this appropriation shall be avail-
able for investment in the discretion or the Governor-General, by
deposit at interest with qualified depositaries of Government moneys,
and for loans for periods not exceeding two years in any instance to
provincial and municipal governments for the construction of public
works of a permanent character, and for investment in such loans
and securities as are authorized for the Postal Savings Bank by
existing laws: Provided^ That the rates of interest on all loans from
" The Insurance Fund " shall be fixed by the Governor-General.
Sec. 5. In addition to the appropriation of two hundred and fifty
thousand pesos made in section one hereof, there is also hereby made
a permanent continuing appropriation ot fifty thousand pesos per
annum, until such time as " The Insurance Fund " shall amount to
five hundred thousand pesos; and thereafter a permanent, continuing
appropriation of such sum or sums as may be necessary to maintain
the said fund at five hundred thousand pesos: Provided^ however^
That the said appropriation shall not in any one year exceed fifty
thousand pesos.
Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 27, 1907.
[No. 1729.]
AN ACT Making appropriations for the creation of a sinlcing fund for the pay-
ment of the bonds issued for public worlds under the provisions of Acts Num-
bered Thirteen hundred and one and Fourteen hundred and forty -four and
for the investment of such fund.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in
the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four
hundred and four thousand two hundred and four pesos and thirteen
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centavos as and for a sinking fund for the payment of the bonds
issued under the provisions of Acts Numbered Thirteen hundred and
one and Fourteen hundred and forty-four; there is also hereby appro-
priated for said sinking fund, out of any funds in the Insular Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty thousand four
hundred and six pesos and ninety-two centavos for each one million
pesos of bonds issued in accordance with said Acts, such appro-
Eriation to be a continuing annual appropriation to be effective
ereafter upon each anniversary of date of issue until the fund
hereby created shall be sufficient to pay all of said bonds. Said
sums so appropriated and the interest thereon shall be available for
investment by the Insular Treasurer, with the approval of the Gov-
ernor-General, by deposit at interest with qualified depositaries of
Government moneys, and for loans, for periods not exceeding five
years in any instance, to provincial and municipal governments for
the construction of public works of a permanent character, and for
investment in such loans and securities as are authorized for the
Postal Savings Bank by existing laws : Provided^ That the rates of
interest on all loans made by authority of this section shall be fixed
by the Governor-General: And provided further^ That no loans
shall be made from this fund for such period that the same will
extend beyond the period for the redemption of the bonds for which
this sinking fund is created.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeditea in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 27, 1907.
[No. 1730.]
AN ACT To authorize continuing annual appropriations to meet any obligations
of the Philippine Government incurred by reason of the guaranty of four per
centum interest on (a) railroad bonds, as authorized by the Act of Congress
approved February sixth, nineteen hundred and five, and (b) cash capital
invested in any agricultural bank, as authorized by the Act of Congress ap-
proved March fourth, nineteen hundred and seven.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. A continuing annual appropriation is hereby made from
any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
the purpose of making payment oi any guaranty obligation accruing
against the Government oi the Philippine Islands under and by virtue
of the provisions of section four of the Act of Congress approved
February sixth, nineteen hundred and five, entitled "An Act to amend
an Act approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled 'An
Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of
civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,'
and to amend an Act approved March eighth, nineteen hundred and
two, entitled 'An Act temporarily to provide revenue for the Philip-
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pine Islands, and for other purposes,' and to amend an Act approved
March second, nineteen hundred and three, entitled 'An Act to estab-
lish standard of value and to provide for a coinage system in the
Philippine Islands,' and to provide for the more efficient administra-
tion of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other
purposes."
Sec. 2. A continuing annual appropriation is hereby made from
any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
the purpose of making payment oi anv guarantv obligation accruing
against the Government of the Philippine Islands under and by
virtue of the provisions of the Act of Congress approved March
fourth, nineteen hundred and seven, entitled "An Act to provide for
the establishment of an agricultural bank in the Philippine Islands."
Sec. 3. Upon certificate of the Insular Auditor, approved by the
Governor-General, certifying that a guaranty liability, or any part
thereof, has accrued and is due and payable from the Government of
the Philippine Islands, the Insular Treasurer, upon order of the
Governor-General, shall make payment to the proper persons, out of
the appropriations made by this Act, of so much of the guaranty as
is specified in said certificate of the Insular Auditor to be due and
payable by the Government of the Philippine Islands under and by
virtue of said Acts of Congress.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 30, 1907.
[No. 1731.]
AN ACT To reduce the number of municipalities in the Province of Albay from
twenty-three, as established by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and fifty-
seven, to twenty-one, by consolidating the present municipalities of Albay,
Daraga and Legaspl into one municipality.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Corwmission^ that:
Section 1. The twenty-three municipalities of the province of
Albay, as established by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and fifty-
seven entitled, "An Act reducing the number of municipalities in the
Srovince of Albay from twenty-seven to twenty-three, by consoli-
ating certain municipalities of the said prpvince located in the sub-
province of Catanduanes," shall in accordance with the provisions of
this Act, be reduced to twenty-one by consolidating the present mu-
nicipalities of Albay, Daraga, and Legaspi into one municipality,
with the seat of municipal government at the present municipality
of Albay. Tlie new municipality of Albay shall consist of the terri-
tory comprised by the present municipalities of Albay, Daraga, and
Legaspi.
Sec. 2. The first municipal election for the new municipality of
Albay shall be held on a date to be designated by the Governor-
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Greneral in a call for a special election and in accordance with the
provisions of The Election Law relative to elections in new munici-
palities. When the new municipal officials shall have been elected
and shall have qualified, the present organization of each of the
municipalities mentioned in section, one of this Act shall be thereby
abolished, and all of the present municipal officials shall cease to hold
office as soon as the new officials shall have taken the oath of office.
Until the officials elected tor the new municipality of Albay, as de-
scribed in section one of this Act, shall have qualified, the present
organization of the municipalities of Albay, Daraga, and Legaspi
shall continue.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on November sixth, nineteen hun-
dred and seven.
Enacted, October 1, 1907.
[No. 1732.]
AN ACT Providing that persons sentenced to fine for criminal offe* ses made
punishable by acts of the Philippine Ck)mmiBsion or for viol' .ion of the
ordinances of the city of Manila, who shall fail to satisfy tto fine Imposed,
shall be subject to subsidiary Imprisonment, and providing that the status of
a prisoner under subdivision (d) of section one and subdivision (c) of section
three of Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and three shall be determined by
the subsidiary Imprisonment in case the sentence imposes a fine only, and
repealing part of section forty of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Cominission^ that:
Section 1. When a fine is imposed as a whole or any part of the
punishment for any criminal otfense made punishable by any Act or
Acts of the Philippine Commission, the court shall also sentence the
guilty person to suffer subsidiary imprisonment until the fine is satis-
fied: Provided^ however^ That nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued to prevent the levying of execution upon the goods and prop-
erty of the guilty person or the prosecution of any other civil remeav
which the law may afford ; but the court shall limit the time of such
subsidiary imprisonment in each case in the following manner:
(a) The term of such subsidiary imprisonment shall be calculated
at the rate of two pesos and fifty centavos per day, no fraction or
part of a day being counted against the prisoner;
(b) In case the sentence of the court imposes both fine and im-
prisonment, the subsidiary imprisonment shall not exceed one-third
of the term of imprisonment imposed by such sentence, and in no
case shalt such subsidiary imprisonment exceed one year ;
(c) In case the sentence of the court nlerely imposes a fine, the
subsidiary imprisonment shall not exceed six months ;
(d) In case the sentence of the court imposes an imprisonment of
more than six years in addition to a fine, no subsidiary miprisonment
shall be imposed.
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Sec. 2. The subsidiary imprisonment imposed by the court in ac-
cordance with the provisions of section one of this Act shall not be
taken into consideration in fixing the status of prisoners under sub-
division (d) of section one and subdivision (c) of section three of
Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and three, except when the sen-
tence imposes a fine only, in which case the term of subsidiaiy im-
prisonment, if any there be, which is necessary to satisfy such fine
shall determine the status of the prisoner under the above-mentioned
sections and subdivisions of Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and
three.
Sec. 3. When a fine is imposed as a whole or any part of the pun-
ishment for any criminal offense made punishable by any municipal
ordinance or ordinances of the city of Manila, the court shall also
sentence the guilty person to suffer subsidiary imprisonment at hard
labor at the rate of one peso per day until the fine is satisfied : Pro-
vided^ however^ That nothing herein contained shall be construed to
prevent*the levying of execution upon the goods and property of the
guilty person or the prosecution oi any other civil remedy wnich the
law may afford.
Sec. 4. All that part of section forty of Act Numbered One hun-
dred and eighty-three, as amended, which reads as follows: "The
judgments of each court may be enforced by imprisonment of any
defendant adjudged ^ilty therein until the fines, fees and costs
assessed have been paid, or until the same shall have been satisfied
by imprisonment at hard labor at the rate of twenty-five cents a
day; and any such judgment may also be enforced by execution
against the property of the defendant adjudged guilty therein," is
hereby repealed ; and the provisions of Articles fifty, fifty-one and
fifty-two of the Penal Code of the Philippine Islands in relation to
subsidiary imprisonment, which were modified and partially repealed
in so far as concerns the Municipal Court of the city of Manila by
Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, as amended, are hereby
reenacted.
Sec. 5. The provisions of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
thirty-three, as amended by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
fifty-nine, shall apply to subsidiary imprisonment imposed under the
authority of this Act.
Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect on November first, nineteen hun-
dred and seven.
Enacted, October 1, 1907.
[No. 1733.]
AN ACT To provide fire protection In municipalities having no paid fire
department.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. In all municipalities having no paid fire department it
shall be the duty of all officers and meml^rs of the police^iorce to act
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as firemen aud the police force of each such municipality shall consti-
tute a fire department and be regularly instructed, exercised and
trained in the duties and work of firemen 6y its officers under the direc-
tion and supervision of the municipal president, with such assistance
as he may require from the municipal councilors. The entire police
force, as such fire department, shall be drilled in its practical duties
not less than once in each week or as much oftener as may be necessary
to reach and maintain proficiency in its duties and the use of the
apparatus furnished for its use. Such departments shall be regularly
inspected as to drill, equipment and efficiency by the provincial gov-
ernor upon his semiannual visits to the municipalities.
Sec. 2. Each municipality shall provide equipment and apparatus
for protection against fire, which shall at no time consist of less than
twentv-four fire buckets, twelve ladders, of suitable length, six ropes
with Kooks attached, of suitable size and length, twenty-four bolos,
twelve axes, and one two-man cross-cut saw, and such additional or
other apparatus as may be considered necessary by the municipal
council and approved by the provincial board. All apparatus shall
be kept in such place or places, as may be designated by the municipal
council, where it shall be conveniently available, and shall be kept
and maintained in order and constant readiness for instant use. Such
apparatus shall not be used except in case of fire or fire drills. When-
ever the size or importance of any barrio shall demand fire apparatus
similar in kind and amount to that above prescribed, it may Ibe fur-
nished by the municipality and kept in such barrio, as above pre-
scribed. The provincial Doard may require any municipality to
purchase and provide for the maintenance of sucn additional appa-
ratus as it may deem necessary.
Sec. 3. The municipal council may provide for the enrollment and
training of auxiliary volunteer firemen among the able-bodied male
residents of the municipality in such numbers as may be deemed
expedient, which, however, snail not exceed the number of regular
police appointed and paid by the municipality. Such volunteers
shall, upon joining, obligate themselves to attend fire drills of not less
than one hour at least once a week, and to report to their officers
immediately in case of fire, and to obey the lawful orders of such
officers at all drills and fires. They shall be divided into subdivisions
and attached, by the chief of police, for drill and fire purposes, to the
divisions or subdivisions of tne police force nearest their respective
residences. They shall, while members of such department, be sup-
plied with appropriate metal badges of membership, which shall
remain the property of the municipality. Should fire helmets or uni-
forms be provided for the fire department by the mimicipality, they
shall be supplied therewith for use while in such service, and they
may, should they desire, purchase the same for their individual use at
cost. They may organize for social purposes and their organization
shall be granted the use of public buildings for social purposes at such
times and to such extent as may, in the judgment of the municipal
council, be consistent with the public interests. The commanding
officer of each division or subdivision shall keep a record of the attend-
ance at drills and fires of each volunteer in his command and at the
end of each calendar year shall issue to each such volunteer who has
attended seventy-five per centum of all drills and fires during the
year, a certificate showing such fact and that he has drilled at least
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one hour at each drill attended, and such certificate, when presented
to the provincial treasurer, or his deputy in the municipality, shall
entitle the person named therein to a reiund of the amount paid as
cedula or certificate of registration tax for the year covered by said
certificate: Providsd^ That such refunds shall m made wholly from
funds of the municipality in which the volunteer service was ren-
dered. Any person who shall falsify any record or issue any false
certificate of attendance for the purpose of enabling any person to
obtain a refund of the cedula tax, or who shall use or attempt to use
any such false record or certificate for such purpose, shall be pun-
ished by imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than
one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred pesos nor more
than two hunared pesos, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 4. The municipal president and chief of police are hereby
authorized to call upon any able-bodied citizen to aid in extinguish-
ing any fire within the municipality, and any such citizen so called
upon snail be subject to the orders oi the municipal president and the
chief of police during such fire. Any such citizen who shall refuse
to obey the call of the municipal president or chief of police to aid
in extinguishing any fire in the municipality or who shall refuse to
obey any lawful order of the municipal president or chief of police
durinff a fire shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to
exceed twenty pesos or by imprisonment not to exceed twenty days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 1, 1907.
[No. 1734.]
AN ACT Amending section four of Act Numbered Fifty-nine, entitled "The
Manila Liquor Licenses Act," as amended, by providing for theater liquor
licenses.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section four of Act Numbered Fifty-nine, entitled
" The Manila Liquor Licenses Act," as amended, is hereby further
amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 4. A license for a period of six months may be issued to a
person or persons of good character owning or managing a bona
fide theater or race track authorizing him or them to keep and main-
tain a bar on the premises of the theater or race track for the sale
of distilled spirits, wine and fermented liquors, in quantities of two
decaliters or less, which liquors may be sold or served to bona fide
patrons of the theater or race track, under such restrictions as may be
prescribed by the municipal board, upon payment in advance of
the sum of eight hundred pesos. A license of this class shall be
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known as a ' theater liquor license.' A ' theater liquor license ' may
also be issued to holders of first or second-class bar licenses for a
period of one or more weeks, upon payment in advance of the sum
of fifty pesos per week for the time covered by each license : Provided^
That no license shall be issued for less than one week."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws,'' passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 2, 1907.
[No. 1735.]
AN ACT Antborlzing the Governor-General to execute a concessionary grant or
contract for a railway line to Bagnio, Province of Benguet, and for other
purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission,, that:
Section 1. Authority is hereby granted and given for the location-,
construction, equipment, maintenance and operation of a railway
from Manila, or from any point on an already existing or authorized
railway, to Baguio, in the province of Benguet; and the Governor-
General is hereby authorized, on behalf of the Government of the
Philippine Islanas, to determine the grantee of this concession in the
manner provided in this Act, and witn such grantee to execute a con-
cessionary grant or contract in the following form :
This instrument made, executed and entered into this
day of Anno Domini, by and between the
Government of the Philippine Islands, by the Governor-General of
the Philippine Islands, of tne one part, and , of the other
part : Witnesseth, That :
Whereas, under and by virtue of section seventy-four (74) of the
Act of the Congress of the United States, approved July 1, 1902, the
Government of the Philippine Islands was authorized and empow-
ered, among other things, to grant franchises, privileges, and con-
cessions for the construction and operation of works of public utility
and service, as by reference thereto will more fully appear ; and
Whereas, under and by virtue of sections four (4) and five (5)
of the Act of the Congress of the United States, approved February
6, 1905, the Government of the Philippine Islands was empowered,
among other things, to enter into a contract of guaranty with any
railroad company organized pursuant to the laws of said Govern-
ment, or of tne United States or any State thereof, undertaking to
construct, equip, operate, and maintain any railroad in said Islands,
which should be specifically authorized by said Government, under
terms, conditions, and restrictions therein fully recited, as by refer-
ence thereto will appear;
In consideration thereof, it is conceded and granted by the Govern-
ment of the Philippine Islands (hereinafter referred to as the Gov-
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eminent), of the one part, and contracted and agreed by the party of
the second part (hereinafter referred to as the grantee), for itself,
and for its successors and assigns, of the other part, as follows:
The grantee, and its successors and assigns, are hereby granted by
the Government a concession in perpetuity for a line of railway in the
Philippine Islands, generally and approximately as follows and sub-
ject to such variations as may be approved by the Governor-General,
and ratified by the Secretary of War, as heremafter provided :
(The Governor-General shall here fill in the route to be determined
upon, on the authority hereinbefore given^ :
1. It is understood that the route of tne line above mentioned is
intended to be approximate only, and the grantee shall furnish the
Governor-General with detailed plans showing the exact route, after
the survey has been completed.
The grantee may, with the consent of the Governor-General in
writing, ratified by the Secretary of War, construct any branch lines,
in its judgment desirable, for the purpose of reaching traflSc points
within a reasonable distance from the main line of said railway above
described.
Surveys on and along the proposed line shall be commenced by the
grantee within sixty aays after written demand therefor shall be
made to the grantee by the Governor-General; detailed reports of
the definite plans, surveys and specifications, accompanied by com-
plete maps and profiles of the character and kind in respect of such
construction and equipment directed by the Governor-General, shall,
in writing, be submitted to the Governor-General within twelve
months after said demand, or at such later time as may be permitted
by the Governor-General or the Secretary of War; and within two
months after the submission thereof to the Governor-General, the
latter shall fix and determine the final route, substantially in accord-
ance with the route as above generally described.
2. Under and by virtue hereof the right of way through the pub-
lic lands of the Government of the rhilippine Islands is hereby
given and granted to the grantee for the construction, operation,
and maintenance of the railroad as herein authorized to the extent
of one hundred (100) feet in width where it may pass through the
public domain, including all necessary ground for depots, machine
shops, station buildings, workshops, water stations, warenonses, termi-
nals,— including wharves and dock fronts, switches, side tracks, and
turntables — and also such extra lands beyond such one hundred (lOO)
feet as may be found necessary for said purposes : Provided^ That
the same be approved by the Governor-General as a part of the
definite plans hereinbefore provided for; and the right, power, and
authority shall thereunder be given to said grantee, with the written
approval of the Gov.ernor-General, to open and work quarries and
gravel pits upon any public lands and to take from such lands earth,
stone, timber, and other materials, for the construction of such rail-
way; but the provisions of this paragraph shall only apply to pub-
lic lands available for homestead settlement or for sale under the
Public Land Act, or to timber lands of the Government of the
Philippine Islands, and shall not apply to lands used and assigned
for other public purposes, or to the lands known as the friars' lands.
The grantee shall have the right, with the approval of the
Governor-General, to cross or occupy such parts of public roads.
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alleys, avenues, and squares, and to acquire title to such other munici-
pal or provincial lands, as may be necessary, on terms to be agreed
upon by the grantee and the proper provincial or municipal authori-
ties, as the case may be, and in case of failure to agree upon the
terms thereof, such terms shall be fixed by the Governor-General.
Lands or rights of use and occupation of lands gi'anted under the
foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall revert to the govern-
ments by which they were respectively granted, upon the termina-
tion of this franchise or concession^ or upon its revocation or repeal.
The grantee shall also have the right to acquire from corporations,
or private individuals, by purchase, contract, lease, CTant, or dona-
tion, any lands which may be necessary or useful for the construction,
maintenance, and operation of the said line of railway.
The grantee shall also have the right to acquire by condemnation
the lands necessary for the right of way, for bridges, for terminals,
including wharves and docks at harbor points, and elsewhere, for
sidings, stations, engine houses, water stations, and other appropri-
ate buildings and structures for the proper and convenient construc-
tion, operation, and maintenance of the lines of railway herein
authorized ; but no lands within the boundaries of any province, city,
town, or municipality, shall be occupied by the grantee if the same
are in actual use for provincial, governmental, or municipal purposes,
nor shall any land within the boundaries of any city, town, or
municipality be so occupied without the consent of the proper au-
thorities of such city, town, or mimicipality, unless the Governor-
General shall consent to the same. The right of condemnation or
eminent domain shall be exercised by the grantee in accordance with
the laws of the Philippine Islands at the time being in force.
The grantee shall nave the right to construct and maintain for
the operation of said railwav any and all tracks, (single, double, or
more), bridges, viaducts, culverts, fences, and other structures; and
all depots, station houses, en^ne houses, car houses, freight houses,
wood nouses, and other buildings ; and all machine shops and other
shops, water tanks, turntables, superstructures, erections, and fixtures ;
and all elevators, warehouses, wharves, piers, and other facilities —
terminal or otherwise — for operating said railroad, and also any
hotels or restaurants at any station or terminal.
3. By the acceptaRce hereof the grantee stipulates and agrees to
construct said railway herein described in accordance with the terms
and conditions herein imposed, and in perpetuity properly to main-
tain and operate it as a commercial railway and a common carrier
in a manner suitable to the local conditions.
4. All tracks of said line of railway shall be of the gauge of 3 feet
6 inches. All materials employed in construction and all equip-
ment shall be of good class and quality and designed to fully meet
the requirements of local traffic and local conditions. This specifica-
tion as to gauge may be modified with the approval of the Governor-
General. And the said grantee hereby agrees to construct ready for
operation this railwav to Baguio within the period of three years
after the approval or the final plans for the same. Such time for
construction and ec^uipment may be extended by the Governor-Gen-
eral when, in his ludgment, the grantee has been prevented from
construction work oy reason of unforeseen labor difficulties, earth-
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quakes, action of the elements, rebellion, ladronism, or other causes
beyond the control of the grantee.
The said railway shall oe operated as a commercial railway for
the transportation of freight, passengers, express, and mail, and, on
demand of the Governor-General, preference of carriage shall be
given over said line of railway, or any part thereof, to business
offered by the Government of the United States or of the Philippine
Islands.
5. The motive power of said railway shall be steam or electricity or
other motive power approved bv the Governor-General.
6. The grantee, in respect of said railway, shall permit (and the
right is reserved the Government of the Philippine Islands to grant
permission to) any other railway now constructed or hereafter to be
constructed in the Philippine Islands to form and establish traffic
connections or arrangements with it on fair and equitable terms, to
be determined, in case of disagreement, by the (jovernor-General
of the Philippine Islands, upon petition by either party, and, upon
appeal, by the Secretary of War.
7. The grantee and its contractors and subcontractors shall, so far
as possible, give preference to such satisfactory laborers as may be
found along the Ime of railway.
8. The grantee shall have the right to construct and operate tele-
graph, telephone, and electrical transmission lines over said railway,
for the use of the railway and its business, and also, with the ap-
proval of the Secretary of War, for public service and commercial
purposes, but these latter privileges shall be subject to the following
provisions :
In the construction of telegraph or telephone lines along the right
of way the grantee shall erect and maintain poles with sufficient
space thereon to permit the Government of the Philippine Islands,
at the expense of said Government, to place, operate, and maintain
four wires for telegraph, telephone, and electrical transmission for
any Government purpose between the termini of the line of railway,
main or branch, and the Government of the Philippine Islands
reserves to itself the right to construct, maintain, and operate tele-
graph, telephone, or electrical transmission lines over the right of
w^ay of said railway for commercial, military, or goveramental pur-
poses, without unreasonably interfering with the construction, main-
tenance, and operation by the grantee of its railway, telegraph,
telephone, and electrical transmission lines.
The grantee shall furnish suitable telegraph offices and operators
at its Nations for public use, when so directed by the Governor-
General, on payment of reasonable compensation for the service.
9. All plans for work to be done hereunder and the work itself
shall be subject to the inspection of the Governor-General or agents
appointed by him, and the books and accounts of all the railways
operated, leased, owned, or maintained by the grantee, or its succes-
sors or assigns hereunder, shall be subject to the official inspection
of the Government of the Philippine Islands.
. 10. All material imported into the Philippine Islands for the con-
struction and equipment of the railway undertaken by the grantee
pursuant to authority conferred by this concessionary grant or con-
tract, shall be admitted free of duty, under such rules and regulations
as shall be prescribed by the Government of the Philippine Islands :
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Provided^ That this provision shall not extend or apply to any por-
tion of such line, or to any material or supplies therefor, after same
shall have been constructed and equipped: Provided further^ That
if any material so admitted free of duty shall not in fact be used for
the construction and equipment of such railway, the duty shall
become payable thereon whenever it is ascertained that it has been
used or disposed of or is held for other purposes.
11. The right is hereby given to the grantee to fix, charge, and
collect just and reasonable compensation for the carriage of freight
and passengers; such right, however, for the purpose of insuring
just and reasonable rates at all timas, shall be subject to effective
regulation, to be exercised, in the first mstance, by the Government
of the Philippine Islands, and upon appeal, by the Secretary of War
of the United States.
12. In consideration of the premises, and of the granting of this
concession or franchise, there shall be paid by the grantee to the
Government of the Philippine Islands, annually, for the period of
thirty (30) years from the date hereof, an amount equal to one-half
of one (J) per centum of the gross earning of the grantee in respect
of the line covered hereby for the precedmg year; after said period
of thirty (30) years, and for fifty (50) years thereafter, the amount
so to be paid annually shall be an amount equal to one and one-half
(IJ) per centum of such gross earnings for the preceding year; and
after such period of eighty (80) years the percentage and amount
so to be paid annually by the grantee shall be fixed by the Govern-
ment of the Philippine Islands.
Such annual payments, when promptly and fully made by the
grantee, shall be in lieu of all taxes of every name and nature —
municipal, provincial, or central — upon its capital stock, franchise,
right of way, earnings, and all other property owned or operated by
the grantee under this concession or franchise.
13. The said railway line shall be a* post route and military road,
subject to the use of the Government of the Philippine Islands and
the United States of America for postal, military, naval, and other
governmental service, and also subject to such reasonable regulations
as the Government of the Philippine Islands, with the approval of
the Secretary of War, shall impose restricting the charges for such
government transportation.
The grantee undertakes to provide on its trains necessary facilities
for carrying the mails, under terms and conditions to be agreed upon
by the Director of Posts and the grantee ; and, in case they shall not
be able to agree, the Governor-General shall fix the terms and con-
ditions, after a hearing shall have been given the grantee thereon;
but the compensation tor such carriage of mails shall, under all cir-
cumstances, be a reasonable sum fixed with reference to the conditions
existing in the Philippine Islands.
Reasonable compensation shall be allowed for the urgent trans-
portation of mail, troops, bullion, ammunition, or freight, for the
Government, at other hours or at higher speed than passenger trains
are ordinarily run. The grantee shall provide, at any hour of the
day or night, such facilities for such purposes as may be necessary^
14. The grantee shall at all times have and maintain, by corporate
declaration, satisfactory to the Governor-General, an office and dom-
icile in the Philippine Islands and a representative and agent at
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all times fully qualified and empowered to treat with the Govern-
ment of the Philippine Islands in respect of all matters arising
hereunder, and upon whom process may be served in any judicial
proceeding for any object or purpose, whether arising hereunder or
otherwise, and upon whom also any and all notices, demands, tenders,
deliveries, and communications may be given or made to, for, or in
behalf of the grantee hereunder, and its and their successors and
assigns ; and all process so served, and all notices, demands, tenders,
deliveries, and communications so made^ shall be le^l, sufficient, and
binding upon the grantee, and upon its and their successors and
assigns, as if made to it or them in person.
15. This franchise or concession is subject to amendment, altera-
tion, or repeal by the Congress of the United States; no stock or
bonds shall be issued by the grantee hereunder except in exchange
for actual cash, or for property at a fair valuation, equal to the par
value of the stock or bonds so issued; the grantee shall not declare
stock or bonds dividends.
The foregoing and all other terms and provisions of section
seventy-four (74) of the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1902, and
section five (5) of the Act of Congress approved February 6, 1905,
relating to said railway, are incorporated into and made a part hereof,
with the same effect as if they were set forth herein at length.
16. The word " grantee " herein Shall be held to include and apply
to the successors and assigns of said grantee.
In witness whereof, by virtue of authority conferred upon him,
this instrument, in triplicate, is executed by the Governor-General of
the Philippine Islands on behalf of the Government of the Philip-
pine Islands.
Done the day and year first above written.
(seal) The Government of the Philippine Islands,
By ,
Governor-General of the Philippine Islands,
The foregoing concessionary grant and contract is hereby accepted
by the grantee in its corporate name and under its corporate seal, by
its proper officers thereto duly authorized by resolution of its board
of airectors, passed on the day of 190—, certified copies
of which are hereto attached and made a part hereof.
Done the day and year first above written.
By . . ,
As its President,
Attest:
As its Secretary,
(Corporate Seal.)
Sec. 2. In addition to the terms and conditions set out in the fore-
going concessionary grant or contract, the Governor-General, with
the approval of the Secretary of War, may incorporate any or all of
the following additional terms and conditions in said concessionary
grant or contract:
(a) 1. For all purposes hereunder and for the determination of the
amount of first lien bonds in respect of which interest will be guaran-
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teed as hereinafter provided, the actual total cost of construction and
equipment of the railway herein referred to shall be deemed to be the
actual cost, first, of all necessary land for buildings, right of way, and
other railway purposes; second, of all materials and labor, including
transportation of employees, tools, implements, plant, and animals
used m such construction and equipment, marine and fire insurance
upon any such material, machinery, and so forth, used in and ex-
pended upon or in aid of the construction of the roadbeds, tracks, and
bridges, and in and about the building of telegraph, telephone, and
electrical transmission lines, sidings^ and switches, depots, terminals,
roundhouses, turntables, water stations, repair and machine shops,
freight houses, docks, wharves, warehouses, waiting rooms, dining
rooms, hotels, and employee boarding houses, and all other appro-
priate buildings and structures necessary for the construction, main-
tenance, and operation of the railway line, on plans approved by the
Governor-General; third, of all expenses of engineering, surveying,
and supervising in the Philmpine Islands, both of the grantee and
of the Government of the I^hilippine Islands, connected with the
building of said railroad, and all legal expenses connected with the
acquiring of land therefor (such expenses of the Government of the
Philippine Islands to be borne and paid for by the grantee upon
demand of the Government of the Philippine Islands) ; fourth, of all
expenses and outlays necessarily incurred by the grantee, or damages
done to the property of the grantee covered hereby, arising from acts
of rebellion, ladronism, outlawry, earthquakes, or through action of
the elements, or through accidents or acts of God ; fifth, of all equip-
ment of every name and nature necessary for the operation of the rail-
way line covered hereby, including locomotives, passenger and freight
cars, wrecking cars, and of all tools, implements, and machinery for
the construction, operation, and repair of such railway line; sixth,
every other outlay and expense of whatsoever character and whereso-
ever made, actually incurred in and about the construction and equip-
ment of the line of railway herein referred to, and whether included
in any of the specific items of cost herein enumerated or not ; seventh,
interest, at four per centum per annum upon all sums expended for
such construction and equipment, from the respective dates at which
outlays are made, until the issue and delivery, in aid of such construc-
tion and equipment, of the bonds respecting which the Government of
the Philippine Islands will so guarantee interest, less any net earnings
arising n'om the operation of any portion of such line during con-
struction; eighth, tor the contractor's profit, and expenses incurred
in connection with the organizing of the grantee, and such general
expense outside of the Philippine Islands as it may be necessary for
the grantee to incur preliminary to its organization and acceptance
of this concession, there shall be added as a part of said actual total
cost of construction, to be determined as above, an amount equal to
fifteen and one-half per centum of such actual total cost : Provided^
That the cost of material, supplies, and equipment shall be the actual
first cost thereof to the grantee delivered on the ground where it is to
be used, and that the cost of labor, superintendence, and administra-
tion shall be the actual wages, salaries, and fees paid in good faith by
the grantee, and shall not include any commissions, allowances,
profits, rebates, or drawbacks to any third person.
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All plans for work to be done hereunder shall be subject to the
approval of the Grovemor-General, the work itself shall be subject to
his inspection, and all bills and construction accounts shall be subject
to th6 audit of the Government of the Philippine Islands.
2. Under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of sec-
tion four of the Act of Congress approved February sixth, nineteen
hundred and five, the Government of the Philippine Islands hereby
guarantees for a period of thirty years from the date of issue and
delivery of the bonds hereinafter described, the due and punctual
payment by the grantee of interest (and in the event of the default
of the grantee it will itself pay the same upon demand) at the rate of
four per centum per annum, upon first-lien bonds to be issued by the
grantee under and in conformity with this instrument and said Act
of Congress, to an ainount of ninety-five per centum of the actual
total cost of construction and equipment oi such railway and appur-
tenances, completed in accordance with such approved aefinite plans
and as such actual total cost is determined in the foregoing para-
graph hereof, such bonds to be delivered under the terms, conditions
and circumstances and at the times prescribed by said section four of
said Act of Congress approved February sixth, nineteen hundred and
five.
The grantee covenants and agrees duly and punctually to pay the
interest upon all bonds the interest upon which may be so guaranteed
by the Government of the Philippine Islands, and as such interest
becomes due and payable ; and in all respects duly and punctually to
fulfill the covenants and conditions of the mortgage securing such
bonds ; and that all bonds in respect of which the Government of the
Philippine Islands shall so guarantee interest shall be secured by an
absolute first lien, evidenced by mortgage or deed of trust, upon the
railroad in respect of which bonds may be so issued, and the equip-
ment, franchises (including this concessionary contract or grant),
and other property, real, personal, and mixed, earnings, rents, reve-
nues, and income thereof, then owned and thereafter to be acquired.
Appropriate instruments, sufficient in law to secure more effectually
any liens existing or arising under any provision of the said Acts of
Congi'ess and this contract, in favor of the Government of the Phil-
ippine Islands, under or by reason of the making of said guaranty
and of any payment made or to be made thereunder, subject to such
first-lien bonds and the mortgage securing the same, shall be duly
executed and delivered to the Government of the Philippine Islands,
or to any trustee by it designated. But failure to execute such instru-
ments shall not impair or affect the liens or the remedy of foreclosure
secured by said Acts of Congress, this contract, or other instruments.
It is expressly understood and agreed that the Government of the
Philippine Islands, although obligated upon its said guaranty of
interest, shall not be in any sense or to any degree obligated for the
payment of any part of the principal of any bond respecting which
it may so guarantee the payment of interest, nor upon any other bond,
indebtedness, contract, liability, or obligation whatsoever of the
grantee, and that any such bonds shall not be deemed, for any pur-
pose whatsoever, to be the bonds or obligations of the Government of
the Philippine Islands, or be deemed issued by said Government or
under its authority.
After the construction and equipment of the railway herein re-
ferred to in accordance with the foregoing provisions and all others
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of this contract of guaranty, the grantee shall apply its gross earn-
ings as follows : First, to the necessary operating expenses, including
reasonable expenses of the corporation, and the amounts due the Gov-
ernment of the Philippine Islands under paragraph thirteen hereof ;
second, to the necessary and ordinary repairs of said railroad and its
equipment; third, to such betterments and extraordinary repairs of
said railroad or equipment as may be first by the Governor-General of
the Philippine Islands, in writing, expressly consented to ; fourth, to
the payment of the interest on the bonds, the interest on which to any
extent shall have been guaranteed by the Government of the Philip-
pine Islands under this concession.
The form of the bonds, mortgages, deeds of trust, liens, guaranties,
and other instruments herein provided for, as well as the legality of
the organization of the grantee herein, and its compliance with the
requirements of the Acts of Congress, the laws of the Philippine
Islands, and this concessionary grant, shall be approved by the Secre-
tary of War.
3. If the grantee makes breach of any of the conditions hereof, or
of any of the obli^tions by it assumea hereunder, in respect to the
construction of said railway, and shall allow the same to continue
for upward of four months, after notice in writing from the Govern-
ment of the Philippine Islands to the grantee, then, in such case, at
any time thereafter, the Government oi the Philippine Islands, at its
option and at the cost and expense of the grantee, may do and perform
any and all acts and things which it may deem useful and necessary
to insure the construction, equipment, and completion of the railway
covered hereby or the fulfillment of such condition or obligation, as
the case may be ; and in said event such cost and expense shall there-
upon thenceforth be and become a debt of the grantee presently pay-
able, and a lien upon the said railway and all franchises and property
relating thereto, subject only to the first mortgage securing the first
lien bonds respecting which the Government of the Philippine Is-
lands may guarantee interest as herein provided, and shall be enforce-
able by foreclosure in the same manner as if secured by a second
mortgage. The remedy and relief given to the Government of the
Philippine Islands by this paragraph shall be considered as an addi-
tional remedy and relief and shall not exclude the Government of the
Philippine Islands from any remedy, relief, or right of action which
said Government might otherwise have.
4. The Government of the Philippine Islands, through the audit-
ing, engineering, and railroad bureaus thereof, and by such other
agencies as may be fixed by law, shall have the power, by monthly or
other regular inspection of the books, accounts, vouchers, and other
papers, or by special inspection, if in its judgment necessary, to keep
itself advised of the financial conditions.and operations of the grantee
to enable it to excercise the powers vested in the Government of the
Philippine Islands by law in respect of this franchise and concession,
and especially to verify the statements in the financial reports of the
railway company as to construction, maintenance, and operation,
with a view to the proper enforcement and execution of the obliga-
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tions of the grantee as contained in this franchise, and particularly
in paragraphs one and two hereof.
(b) A guarantee from the Government of the Philippine Islands
of a minimum annual gross business, of an amount to be fixed by the
Govemor-Gteneral, by and with the approval of the Secretary of War,
and not to exceed one hundred thousand pesos: Provided^ however.
That no guarantee of this nature shall be executed for a period
exceeding fifteen years from the date of the execution of the conces-
sionarygrant or contract.
(c) The ri^ht to make use of water power from the Bued and Agno
Rivers, or their tributaries, on terms and conditions to be determined
by the Governor-Gteneral, bv and with the approval of the Secretary
of War.
(d) The grantee may use the Benguet Road with all its bridges
and other appurtenances, or any part thereof, for the construction
of the said railway, on terms ana conditions as to use of the same and
the closing of the road or any portion thereof to traffic, either tem-
porarily or permanently, to tie determined by the Governor-General,
by and with the approval of the Secretary of War.
Sec. 3. The Governor-General of the Philippine Islands is hereby
authorized and directed to execute for and on oehalf of the Govern-
*ment of the Philippine Islands the concessionary contract or grant
set out in this Act, after its approval by the Secretary of War, with
the best bidder for the same, arter public advertisement for a period
of not less than three months, and to receive on said behalf one of the
triplicate copies thereof when the same are fully executed and when
a bond properly executed, conditioned upon the signing and exe-
cution by the CTantee of the concessionary contract or grant set out
in this Act, which bond shall be in the penal sum of firty thousand
pesos, in a form and with sureties acceptable to the Secretary of War
or the Governor-General, shall have t^ri delivered to the Secretary
of War or the Governor-General.
The Governor-General may reject any or all bids and may readver-
tise the concession as often as he deems the public interest requires
such action : Provided^ however^ That the authority of the Governor-
General to execute this concessionary grant or contract shall cease
on the expiration of three yeajs from the date of the passage of this
Act.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in tKe enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage, but the grant of
the franchise shall not become operative unless and until the said con-
cessionary grant or contract shall have been executed in the form and
manner provided in this Act.
Enacted, October 2, 1907.
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[No. 1736.]
AN ACT Appropriating the sum of one hundred thousand pesos, for the purpose
of establishing a reimbursable fund for the promotion of agricultural pur-
suits upon certain haciendas and parcels of land, commonly known as ** Friar
lands," and for the extension of the cultivated area thereof.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
OommissioUj that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred
thousand pesos, for the purpose oi establishing a reimbursable fund,
under the direction and control of the Director of Lands except as
hereinafter provided, which shall be known as the Friar Lands Loan
Fund, and which shall be made available in accordance with the
provisions hereinafter specified, for the making of mortgage loans
upon growing crops and salable commodities manufactured there-
from, work animals, warehouses, mill houses and machinery, and
other property both real and personal belonging to actual and bona
fide cmtivators of the so-called Friar Estates, for the encouragement
of agricultural pursuits and the extension of the cultivated areas of
the said estates.
Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Interior shall designate to the Director
of Lands the maximum amount of the Friar Lands Loan Fund which
may be loaned in accordance with the provisions of this Act within
any given period of time, the rate of interest which such loans shall
bear, the term within which the mortgages shall be redeemed, the
estate or estates to which the provisions of this Act shall be extended,
the kind or kinds of crops or salable commodities manufactured
therefrom and the class or classes of buildings, animals or other
property, both real and personal, which may become subject to mort-
gage as herein provided, the manner in which advances of loans shall
be made and the maximum amount which shall be advanced for each
hectare under cultivation: Provided^ hawever^ That in no case shall
the maximum amount so advanced exceed one hundred pesos for each
hectare cultivated by the mortgagor.
Sec. 3. The Director of Lands shall, under the direction and ap-
proval- of the Secretary of the Interior, promulgate such regulations
and issue such forms and instructions as may become necessary to
secure the Government against loss and to carry out the purposes of
this Act. He shall likewise cause to be kept a full and complete
record of all transactions regarding loans ana payments thereof, and
shall keep such books and render such accounts approved by the In-
sular Auditor as may be necessary for the proper accounting for said
fund, and loans made therefrom, together with interest on such loans.
Sec. 4. By and with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior
the Director of Lands is hereby empowered, for and on behalf of the
Government of the Philippine Islands, to make such loans as are
authorized by this Act, ana to execute as mortgagee, acting for and on
behalf of the Government of the Philippine Islands, the necessity
mortgages to carry out the purposes of this Act, and all mortgages
executed under this Act shall be executed to the Director of L^nds,
mortmgee, acting for and on behalf of the Government of the Philip-
pine Islands.
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Sec. 5. For the purposes of this Act the Director of Lands shall be
the trustee for all mortgagors for the purpose of disbursing amounts
advanced in consideration of the mortgages, and shall have custody
of all mortgages and other securities for the mortgage debts pending
their final satisfaction and release. He shall approve or disapprove
all applications for loans, either wholly or in part, and such approval
or disapproval shall be final and conclusive: Proijided^ however^
That the Secretary of the Interior shall endorse upon each mortgage
his approval thereof, before said mortgage shall be considered as
valid and effective.
Sec. 6. In case the mortgagoi-s have failed or neglected to discharge
the mortgages in accordance with the agreement therein specified,
the Director of Lands shall, upon the maturity of the mortgage notes,
Eroceed to the foreclosure of the mortgages in the manner provided
y law. Whenever, in his opinion, the interests of the Insular Grov-
ernment are in jeopardy through the failure or neglect of the mort-
gagors properlv to observe the conditions of the mortgage agreements,
the Director oi Lands shall likewise proceed to the loreclosure of all
mortgages, or shall take such other action as may to him seem neces-
sary m the premises.
Sec. 7. Tne actual and necessary expenses arising from the admin-
istration of the Friar Lands Loan Fund shall be advanced from the
general appropriations made for the Bureau of Lands, and shall be
reimbursed thereto from the interest and profits realized from the
mortgage loans which may be made in accordance with the provisions
of this Act.
Sec. 8. Upon the repayment and satisfaction of all mortgage debts
the principal of the loans shall be reimbursed to the Friar Lands
Jjoan Fimd as established by section one of this Act, and all net
profits from said loans shall likewise accrue to and become a part of
said fund, and may be available for any or all of the purposes for
which said fund may be used.
Sec. 9. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of ''An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 10. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 2, 1907.
[No. 1737.]
AN ACT To amend Bection one of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and eleven,
entitled "An Act for the purpose of maintaining the parity of the Philippine
currency in accordance with the provisions of sections one and six of the Act
of Congress approved March second, nineteen hundred and three, by pro-
hibiting the exportation from the Philippine Islands of Philippine silver
coins, and for other purjwses," by providing that the prohibition therein con-
tained shall not apply to sums of twenty-five pesos or less of the new coins
authorized by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and sixty-four and carried by
passengers leaving the Philippine Islands.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
eleven, entitled "An Act for the purpose of maintaining the parity of
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the Philippine currency in accordance with the provisions of sections
one and six of the Act of Congress approved March second, nineteen
hundred and three, by prohibiting the exportation from the Philip-
Eine Islands of Philippine silver coins, and for other purposes," is
ereby amended to read as follows :
" Section 1. The exportation from the Philippine Islands of
Philippine silver coins, coined by authority of the Act of Congress
approved March second, nineteen hundred and three, or of bullion
made by melting or otherwise mutilating such coins, is hereby pro-
hibited, and any of the aforementioned silver coins or bullion which
is exported, or of which the exportation is attempted subsequent to
the passage of this Act, and contrary to its provisions, shall be liable
to forfeiture under due process of law, and one-third of the sum or
value of bullion so forieited shall be payable to the person upon
whose information, given to the proper authorities, the seizure of the
money or bullion so forfeited is made, and the other two-thirds shall
be payable to the Philippine government, and accrue to the gold-
standard fund: Provided^ That the prohibition herein contained
shall not apply to sums of twenty-five pesos or less of the new coins
authorized by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and sixty-four an^
carried by passengers leaving the Philippine Islands."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 2, 1907.
[No. 1788.]
AN ACT To amend section twenty-four of Act Numbered Five h^indred and
twenty by providing for ensigns for vessels operating under the oontraots
authorized by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ten and Act Numbered
Seventeen hundred and fifteen.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section twenty-four of Act Numbered Five hundred
and twenty, entitled "An Act permitting the issuing of special licenses
to engage in the coastwise trade of the Philippine Islands until July
first, nineteen hundred and four, to vessels not entitled to general
coastwise-trade licenses under the Customs Administrative Act, and
authorizing the fixing of maximum rates for transportation of mer-
chandise and passengers in the coastwise trade," is hereby amended
to read as follows:
" Sec. 24. Any vessel possessing a certificate of protection issued
under section one hundred and seventeen of the Philippine Customs
Administrative Act, shall be entitled to the privileges and shall be
subject to all the penalties directly or indirectly imposed in sections
nineteen, twenty and twenty-one of this Act, and all vessels engaged
in the Philippine coastwise trade on or after the first day of January,
nineteen hundred and three, shall fly the Philippine coasting; emblem
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at the mainmast: Provided^ however^ That all vessels operating under
the Government contracts authorized bv Acts Numbered Thirteen
hundred and ten and Seventeen hundred and fifteen, shall fly at the
mainmast, instead of the Philippine coasting emblem, an ensign of
a design to be approved by the Secretary of Commerce and Police."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 3, 1907.
[No. 1739.]
AN AOT Creatlnj? the ** Fidelity-bond premium fund," providing for assurance
against losses, shortages, and defalcations by officers or employees account-
able for public funds and public property, and for other purposes.
By authontij of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ th/it:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in
the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of forty-
thousand pesos, to be known as the " Fidelity-bond premium fund.
This funa shall be a permanent reimbursable appropriation and
shall be available —
{a) For the purpose of replacing losses, shortages, or defalca-
tions in the accounts of all Insular and provincial officers and
employees and officers and employees of the city of Manila who are
accountable for public funds or public property, unless such officers
or employees have been relieved under the provisions of existing
law;
{b) For the purpose of replacing losses, shortages, or defalcations
in the accounts of municipal treasurers who are at the same time
deputies of the provincial treasurer, unless such officei's have been
relieved in like manner;
{c) For the refund of unearned premiums on bonds executed
prior to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and seven, when
such refund would have been properly chargeable against the fund
created by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and sixteen, entitled
" Fidelity-bond premiums," and abolished in the next succeeding
section ;
{d) For the payment of all fees and costs accruing as ^ result
and in consequence of any civil action or proceeding taken against
any bonded officer or employee, within the meaning of this Act,
who has suffered losses in the public funds or public property for
which he is accountable, or who has defaulted, or in whose accounts
of public funds or public property shortages may be discovered
which have arisen from whatever cause: Provided^ however^ That
whenever any person suffers loss in money or property intrusted to
any officer or agent of the Government bonded in the fidelity-bond
premium fund who, by virtue of his official position and in accord-
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ance with law, received such monev or property, the head of the
Bureau or Office concerned and tne Insular Auditor may, after
ascertaining and fixing the amount of the loss, recommend that
such loss te repaid out of the fidelity-bond premium fund. Upon
approval of such recommendation by the Governor-General the
Insular Treasurer shall pay the amount so recommended and
approved out of said fund.
Sec. 2. The permanent reimbursable appropriation entitled " Fidel-
ity-bond premiums," and created by Act Numbered Fourteen hun-
dred and sixteen, entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry
expenses of the Insular Government for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and other designated periods,"
is hereby abolished, and any balances standing to the credit of said
appropriation and all moneys which are due to said appropriation
and remain unpaid on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and
seven, and all sums paid to cover or replace shortages, losses, and
defalcations and afterwards recovered, and all pavments required
from provinces or municipalities and from bondea officers or em-
ployees on account of fidelity-bond premiums, and all premiums paid
out of funds or appropriations of Insular Offices or bureaus under
section ten of this Act, and all interest or other accretion on the
money in the said fidelity-bond premium fund, shall be merged in,
accrue to, and become a part of said fidelity-bond premium fund
created in the preceding section.
Sec. 3. The Governor-General shall fix, and mav from time to
time change, the annual rate of premium chargeable for insurance
of the fidelity of officers and employees in the fidelity-bond premium
fund. Two-thirds of the rate of premium so fixed shall be charged
to the fidelity-bond premium fund on behalf of every Insular officer
or employee, and in the case of provincial officers or employees and
officers and employees of the city of Manila two-thirds of said pre-
mium shall be paid by the province to which the particular bonded
position may belong or by the city of Manila, as the case may be, and
one-third of such premium shall in all cases not exempted under
sections four and nine of this Ac^ be paid out of the personal funds
of the officer or employee whose fidelity is insured in said fund. The
Insular Treasurer shall collect the amount of premiums due from the
various Bureaus, Offices, and provinces and from the city of Manila
and from the individuals who are bonded under such Offices, Bureaus,
and provinces and the city of Manila.
Sec. 4. The Philippine Commission may, by resolution, exempt any
accountable officer or employee from the payment of his part of the
bond premimn, and any officer or employee now exempted from such
payment shall continue to be so exempted unless and until the Philip-
pine Commission, by resolution, shall otherwise determine.
Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Insular Treasurer to prepare and
keep an exact and accurate record of bonded positions in such manner
ana in such detail as may be required by the Secretary of Finance and
Justice, and to make such changes in said record from time to time
as changingfacts and conditions may require.
Sec. 6. Whenever an appointment or designation is made to any
bonded Insular or provincial position, or to a bonded position under
the city of Manila, or to the dual office of municipal and deputy pro-
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vincial treasurer, the person so appointed or desipiated shall ipso
facto he deemed to be a bonded oficer or employee within the meaning
of this Act, and his liability as such shall begin on the day on which
he enters upon the discharge of the duties ot such position; and his
liability for the payment of his share of the premium, and, if he
be a provincial omcer or employee or an officer or employee of the city
of Manila, or a municipal and deputy provincial treasurer, the liability
of the province, the city of Manila, or the municipality, as the case
may be, for its share of the bond premium of such person shall begin
on such day. No formal application on the part of any person occupy-
ing a bonded position shall be deemed necessary to make him such
bonded officer or employee, but the fact of his acceptance of the posi-
tion and of his entrance upon the dischjirge of the duties of such
position shall be deemed to carry with it his consent to be placed upon
the schedule of bonded officers and employees, and to the assumption
of all duties, premium charges, liabilities, and penalties by law at-
tached to sucn position : Provided^ That the liabilities, responsibilities,
and duties of all persons occupying bonded positions within the mean-
ing of this Act on January first, nineteen hundred and eight, shall
begin on said day and the liability for the payment of their share of
the fidelity-bond premium and the like liability of the provinces, the
city of Manila, and municipalities shall likewise begin on said day:
And provided further ^ That premiums shall be due and payable semi-
annually in advance, and no refund of premiums so paid shall be made
from the fund hereby created, but refund of unearned premiums shall
be made to the officer or agent who has paid the same (a) upon retire-
ment from the service, by nis successor, or in case there is no successor
from the appropriations or funds of the Bureau or Office concerned ;
(&) in cases where by reason of illness or other cause an. acting officer
or agent is appointed and bonded, from the appropriations or funds
of the Bureau or Office concerned, the intent of this law being that two
bonds shall not exist for the same office at the same time.
Sec. 7. The chief of the Bureau or Office to which any bonded posi-
tion, now in existence or hereafter created, may pertain, shall at once,
and without delay, notify the Insular Treasurer of the appointment
or designation of any person to fill or discharge the duties of such
position. In the provinces this duty shall be performed by the pro-
vincial treasurers, in the Moro Province by the provincial treasurer
of that province, and in Manila by the secretary of the Municipal
Board. Such notification shall contain the title or designation of the
position, the name of the person appointed or designated, the name of
the person relieved, the financial or property accountability pertaining
to the position and the maximum of public funds, or the total value of
the public property likely to be in the hands of the incumbent at any
one time, the salary attached to the position, the amount of the bond
required of the position by law or autnoritative regulation, if any,*and
if not, a recommendation as to the amount, the date of the relief of
the preceding incumbent from the duties of such position, and the date
on which the person appointed or designated assumes charge. Such
notification shall also state the opinion of the appointing officer of the
business and moral qualifications of the person appointed or desig-
nated for the position in question and any such other information m
the possession of the appointing officer as may have a bearing upon the
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amount of the bond to be required or as may be asked for by the
Insular Treasurer. Upon receipt of this information the Insular
Treasurer shall place the name of such person upon the record pro-
vided for in section five of this Act and shall notify the chier of
Bureau or head of Office of the action taken : Provided^ however^ That
the Insular Treasurer, if in his judgment the character, associations,
or habits of the insured person do not constitute such person a safe
and conservative risk, may report the facts to the Governor-General
for proper action.
Sec. 8. When an official is acting in the dual capacity of deputy
of the provincial treasurer and municipal treasurer, notification
thereof, as prescribed in section seven of this Act, shall at once and
without delay be forwarded to the Insular Treasurer by the provin-
cial treasurer whose deputy such official is, and in such cases the
provisions of section seventeen of Act Numbered Eighty-two, as
amended, shall not apply. The Insular Auditor shall fix the amount
of the bond of such officer upon the recommendation of the provin-
cial treasurer, and one-half of the premium char^able shall be paid
by the province and the other half by the municipality. It shall be
the duty of the provincial treasurer, subject to the supervision of the
Insular Auditor, to collect from the various municipalities in his
province, the treasurers of which are deputies of the provincial
treasurer, and from the individuals who are his deputies, the amounts
respectively due as bond premiums, and to forward the same to the
Insular Treasurer.
Sec. 9. Whenever any official, emplojree, or agent shall be desig-
nated by the proper authority temporarily to perform the duties of
the head of a Bureau or Omce or of any subordinate office or the
duties of any emplojrment under anv Office, Bureau, or province in
accordance with section fifteen of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred
and ninety-eight, all fidelity and premium charges which shall be
due or accrue on account of such temporary designation shall be
paid wholly from the appropriation or funds of the Department,
Bureau, Office, province, or municipality, as the case may be, in
which the services are rendered.
Sec. 10. All persons whose names are listed on the record required
in section five of this Act to be made and kept shall be deemed
to be bonded to the Government of the Philippine Islands for the
faithful performance of all duties now or hereafter imposed by law
upon the positions occupied by them, and for the faithful accounting
for all public funds and public property coming into their posses-
sion, custody, or control by appropriation, collection, transfer, or in
any other manner, and for the lawful payment, disbursement, expen-
diture, or transfer of all public funds or public property in their
hands, possession, or custody or under their control as accountable or
responsible officers: Proi)ided^ however^ That the conditions govern-
ing the accountabilitjr of provincial treasurers shall continue and
remain as fixed in section five of Act Numbered Eighty -three, known
as " The Provincial Government Act," as amended, and section four
of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six, known as " The
Special Provincial Gt)vernment Act," as amended.
Sec. 11. Every person whose name is or has been listed on the
record or schedule of names of bonded positions provided for in this
Act shall be deemed to be or to have been a " bonded officer " or a
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" bonded emplOTee " within the meaning of Act Numbered Sixteen
hundred ana five, entitled " An Act forbidding, under penalty,
bonded officers or bonded employees, or former oonded oflficers or
bonded employees, of the Insular Government, or of any provincial
or municipal government in the Philippine Islands, or the city of
Manila, from leaving or attempting to leave the Philippine Islands
without first securing a certificate from the Insular Auditor, and
repealing Act Numbered Eleven hundred and sixty-one," and within
the meaning of everj other Act in force fixing the responsibility,
accountabihty, liability, duties, or penalties of officers or employees
who were heretofore required to give bond for the faithful perform-
ance of their duties and the accounting for public funds or public
property.
Sec. 12. The Insular Auditor shall fix the amount for which the
various positions contemplated in this Act shall be bonded. The
Auditor shall determine the exact amount of losses, shortages, and
defalcations which may be found in the accounts of any bonded
officers, employees. Or agents, whether of money or property, the
amount to be paid in order to replace such losses, shortages, or defal-
cations, and the account or accounts of the Bureau, Office, province,
or municipality to which such sums shall be paid from the fidelity-
bond premium fund. When the Auditor has determined such
amount he shall certify the same to the Insular Treasurer, who shall
thereupon issue a warrant therefor.
Sec. 13. The powers and duties vested in the Insular Auditor by
sections forty-three and forty- four of the Accounting Act are hereby
extended in their entirety to the fidelity-bond premium fund.
Sec. 14. The moneys in the fidelity-bona premium fund may
be invested by the Insular Treasurer, with the approval of the
Governor-General, in any or all of the wavs in which the funds of
the Philippine Postal Savings Bank may be invested by the Postal
Savings Bank Investment Board under authority of section eighteen
of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninety-three, as amended.
Sec. 15. The provisions of this Act shall not be applicable to sher-
iffs of provinces or to provincial governors acting as sheriffs.
Sec. 16. Section twenty-three of Act Numbered One hundred and
thirty-six, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 23. The governor of the province, or. if he declines to act
as sheriff, anv person lawfully appointed to the position of sheriff,
shall, before 6emg qualified to perform tlie duties of sheriff or officer
of the court, execute a bond, with not less than three sureties, run-
ning to the Government of the Philippine Islands, for the benefit
of whom it may concern, in the penal sum of twenty thousand pesos.
The sureties on said bond shall qualify under oath before the judge
of the Court of First Instance, or, in his absence, before the clerk
of the court. The bond shall be conditioned for the faithful per-
formance of the duties of himself and his deputies as sheriff and
officer of the court, and for the payment to the Government or the
persons entitled thereto of all sums of monev that shall come into
nis or their hands officially. Its form shall be prescribed by the
Auditor, who shall approve and forward it to the Insular Treasurer
for file. The bond shall bear an indorsement of the provincial treas-
urer stating that after due investigation, and to the best of his knowl-
edge and belief, the sureties collectively own real property in the
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sum of twenty thousand pesos, free from incumbrances and over and
above any liabilities owing by them. The bond shall thereupon be
forwarded to the Insular Treasurer and, after his approval, be kept
on file in his office. The bond shall be available for the benefit of
the Government and of any person in interest. Until the bond has
been approved by the Auditor the officer shall not be entitled to anv
fees for services performed, but the Auditor's approval shall be ef-
fective as of the date of the bond. The governor or sheriff may
require each deputy appointed by him to execute a sufficient indem-
nity for his protection against any wrong-doing on the part of such
deputy."
Sec. 17. Act Numbered Two hundred and forty-nine, entitled "An
Act requiring all officers and employees who shall receive and have
custody of money in the discharge of their official duties to give
bond;' Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty- four, entitled "An
Act vesting the Insular Treasurer with power to increase or diminish
the bonds of public officials, with the approval of the Civil Gov-
ernor;" Act Numbered Six hundred ana twenty-six, entitled "An
Act providing that when any official or employee of the Government
shall be designated to j>erform the duties of another official or em-
ployee, in accordance with Act Numbered Four hundred and eight,
he shall be reimbursed for such additional expense as he shall be
obliged to incur for bond by reason of such designation; and making
this Act retroactive ;" Act Is umbered Seven hundred and ninety-nine,
entitled "An Act immediately to reimburse from the Insular Treas-
ury the treasuries of provinces which have suffered loss through de-
falcations of their bonded officials, pending recovery of amounts lost
on the official bonds," and Act Numbered One thousand and ninety-
seven, entitled "An Act relating to the payment of the premium
charges upon the bonds of bonded Insular, provincial, and municipal
officers and employees," are herebj repealed.
Sec. 18. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 19. This Act shall take effect on December thirty-first, nine-
teen hundred and seven, with the approval of the Secretary of War
first had and obtained.
Enacted, October 3, 1907.
[No. 1740.]
AN ACT Provldinjc for the pnnlshment of public oflacers and employees who fall
or refuse to account for public funds or property or who make personal use
of such funds or property, or any part thereof, or who misappropriate the same,
or any part thereof, or who are guilty of any malversation with reference to
such funds or property, or who through abandonment, fault, or negligence
permit any other person to abstract, misappropriate, or make personal use
of the same.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Any bonded officer or employee of the Insular Gov-
ernment, or of any provincial or municipal government, or of the
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city of Manila, and any other person who, having charge, by reason
of his office or employment, of Insular, provincial, or municipal
funds or property, or of funds or proj^erty of the city of Manila,
or of trust or other funds by law required to be kept or deposited
by or with such officer, employee, or other person, or oy or with any
public office, treasury, or other depositary, fails or refuses to accoimt
lor the same, or makes personal use of such funds or property, or
of any part thereof, or abstracts or misappropriates tne same, or
any part thereof, or is guilty of any malversation with reference to
such funds or property, or through his abandonment, fault, or neg-
ligence permits any other person to abstract, misappropriate, or make
personal use of the same, shall, upon conviction, he punished by
imprisonment for not less than two months nor more than ten years
and, in the discretion of the court, by a fine of not more than the
amount of such funds and the value of such property.
Sec. 2. In all prosecutions for violations of tne preceding section,
the absence of any of the public funds or property of which any
person described in said section has charge, and any failure or ina-
bility of such person to produce all the funds and property prop-
erly in his charge on the oemand of any officer authorized to examine
or inspect such person, office, treasury, or depositary shall be deemed
to be prima facie evidence that such missing funds or property
have been put to personal uses or used for personal ends oy sucn
person within the meaning of the preceding section.
Sec. 3. Every person convicted of a violation of this Act shall
ipso facto be forever disqualified from holding any public office or
employment of any nature whatever within the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 4. Articles three hundred and ninety, three hundred and
ninety-one, and three hundred and ninety-two of the Penal Code of
the Philippine Islands, in so far as the same may be in conflict with
this Act, are hereby to that extent only repealed.
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 3, 1907.
[No. 1741.]
AN ACT To amend Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six, as amended,
' by providing a salary of twenty-four hundred pesos per annum for the jus-
tices of the peace of Cebu and Hollo, and by aUowing each of said justices
two clerks to be paid by the respective municipalities.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section seventy-one of Act Numbered One hundred
and thirty-six, entitled "An Act providing for the organization of
courts in the Philippine Islands,^' as amended by Act Numbered
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Fourteen hundred and fifty and Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and
twenty-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 71. Audit and settlement. — All fines and costs imposed by a
justice of the peace in criminal prosecutions and all fees charged in
civil suits or for any other service, and collected during any month,
shall be paid, on the first day of the month succeeding their collection,
to the municipal treasurer (in the city of Manila, to the Collector
of Internal Revenue) , to whom, at the same time, the justice shall pre-
sent a detailed statement of the amounts thus collected by him since
his last previous report and of the amounts accruing to him from the
municipal treasury during the same period. His account shall forth-
with be audited by the municipal treasurer and president (in Manila,
by the Insular Auditor) and he shall thereupon receive from the treas-
ury the amount of his emoluments as allowed by such audit not exceed-
ing for any month the monthly salary allowed by law to the president
of the municipality: Provided^ That in the city of Manila the justice
of the peace shall receive, in lieu of all fees, the salary now fixed by
law : And provided further^ That in the municipality of Cebu, Prov-
ince of Cebu, and in the municipality of Iloilo, Province of Iloilo, the
justice of the peace shall receive, in lieu of all fees, a salary of two
thousand four hundred pesos per annum. The auditors above men-
tioned shall examine the records of the justice of the peace and any
other papers or persons deemed necessary, and all mutilated or spoiled
receipts must be accounted for and turned in by said justice. But it
shall not be necessary for the justice to prove the insolvency of parties
who have failed to pay costs taxed against them. If said auditoi's are
of the opinion that needless prosecutions have been instituted for the
purpose of enhancing fees, they shall report the facts to the judge of
the Court of First Instance." "
Sec. 2. Section seventy-five of said Act Numbered One hundred and
thirty-six, as amended by Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and twenty-
seven, is hereby amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 75. Service of process; officers. — The president of the munici-
pality shall serve, or cause to be served, through the municipal police
force, any process issued by the justice of the peace thereof and de-
livered to said president. Process of the justice may also be served
through the same channels as process from the Court of First Instance,
and civil process, other than executions, may be served by any person
designated by the justice for that purpose. The justice of the peace
of Manila shall be allowed two clerks with salaries to be fixed in the
annual appropriation Act for said city. The justice of the peace of
the municipality of Cebu, Province of Cebu, and the justice of the
peace of the municipality of Iloilo, Province of Iloilo, shall each be
allowed two clerks with salaries of six hundred pesos and three hun-
dred pesos, respectively, to be paid by the respective municipalities."
Sec. 3. Section seventy-six of said Act Numbered One hundred and
thirty-six, as amended by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty
and Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby
amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 76. The auxiliary justice of the peace shall have the same
qualifications and be subject to the same restrictions as the regular
justice, and shall perform the duties of said office during any vacancy
therein or in case of the absence of the regular justice from the munici-
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pality, or of his disability or disqualification, or in case of his death
or resignation until the appointment and qualification of his successor,
or in any cause whose immediate trial the regular justice shall certify
to be specially urgent and which he is unable to try bj reason of
ax;tual engacement in another trial. The auxiliary justice for such
time as he shall perform the duties of justice shall receive the com-
?3nsation which would have accrued to the office of justice : Provided^
hat the auxiliary justice of the city of Manila, the auxiliary justice
of the municipality of Cebu, Province of Cebu, and the auxiliary
justice of the municipality of Iloilo, Province of Iloila, shall each
receive for the trial of each cause certified to him by the regular
justice, as above provided, the sum of three jjesos, which amount shall
be deducted from the salary of the regular justice."
Sec. 4. The public gooa requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 3, 1907.
[No. 1742.1
AN ACT Providing for the ^ adjustment of charges made by the Bureau of
Prisons against the several provinces and the city of Manila for the main-
tenance of prisoners.
Bij authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The Director of Prisons is hereby authorized and
directed to cancel all charges pending on June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and seven, for the maintenance of provincial prisoners
and prisoners of the city of Manila: Providea, however^ That in
the case of the city of Manila such cancellation shall become effective
only upon the cancellation by the city of Manila of its claim against
the Insular Government for machinery, equipment, property, and
supplies of all descriptions transferred from the city shopjs to the
Bureau of Prisons. The Insular Auditor is hereby authorized and
directed to make all necessary adjustments to give effect to the fore-
going in cases in which payments have been made by the provinces
or the citv of Manila to the Bureau of Prisons on or after July first,
nineteen hundred and seven, for the maintenance of prisoners prior
to said date.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two oi "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 3, 1907.
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[No. 1743.]
AN ACT To provide that the annual tax on thQ assessed value of real estate
In the city of Manila for the year nineteen hundred and eight shall be one and
one-half per centum thereof.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The annual tax on the assessed value of all real
estate in the city of Manila subject to taxation shall be for the
year nineteen hundred and eight one and one-half per centum
thereof instead of two per centum thereof, anything contained in
section forty-seven of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-
three, as amended, to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided^
however^ That one per centum of the assessed value of all such real
estate shall be payable on or before the first day of July, nineteen
hundred and eight, and the remaining one-half of one per centum
shall be payable on or before the thirty-first day of December,
nineteen hundred and eight.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 4, 1907.
[No. 1744.]
an act To amend section seventeen of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
flfty-nlne, entitled " The Corporation Law," by providing that no increase of
capital stoclc shall be made unless the same proportion thereof shall have
been subscribed and paid in as required on the formation and organization
of the corporation, and for other purposes.
By authority -of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission J that:
Section 1. Section seventeen of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred
and fifty-nine, entitled " The Corporation Law," is hereby amended
to read as follows :
" Sec. 17. No corporation shall increase or diminish its capital
stock, or incur, create, or increase any bonded indebtedness unless, at
a stockholders' meeting regularly called for the purpose, two-thirds
of the entire corporate capital stock subscribed shall favor the in-
crease or diminution of the capital stock, or a majority of the sub-
scribed capital stock shall favor the incurring, creating, or increasing
of any bonded indebtedness. Written or printed notice of the pro-
posed increase or diminution of the capital stock or of the incurring,
creating, or increasing of any bonded indebtedness and of the time
and place of the stocknolders^meeting at which the proposed increase
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or diminution of the capital stock or the incurring, creating, or in-
creasing of any bonded indebtedness is to be considered must be ad-
dressed to each stockholder at his place of residence as shown by the
books of the corporation and registered and deposited so addressed
in the post-office with postage prepaid.
"A certificate in duplicate must be signed by a majority of the
directors of the corporation and countersigned by the chairman and
secretary of the stockholders' meeting, setting forth :
''(a) That the requirements of this section have been complied
with.
'*(i) The amount of the increase or diminution of the capital
stock.
"(c) If an increase of the capital stock, the amount thereof actu-
ally subscribed, the names and residences of the persons subscribing,
the amount subscribed by each, and the sum paid by each on his
subscription.
''(d) Any bonded indebtedness to be created, incurred, or in-
creased.
''(e) The actual indebtedness of the corporation on the day of the
meeting.
" (/) The amount of stock represented at the meeting.
"(g) The vote authorizing the increasing or diminution of the
capital stock, or the incurring, creating, or increasing of any bonded
indebtedness.
" One of the duplicate certificates shall be kept on file in the office
of the corporation and the other shall be filed in the office of the Chief
of the Division of Archives, Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-Marks
of the Executive Bureau and attached bv him to the original articles
of incorporation. From and after the nling of the duplicate certifi-
cate with the chief of the said division the capital stock shall stand
increased or diminished and the incurring, creating, or increasing of
any bonded indebtedness authorized as the certificate may declare.
" The Chief of the said Division of Archives, Patents," Copyrights,
and Trade-Marks shall be entitled to collect the sum of twenty pesos
for the filing of said duplicate certificate : Provided^ however ^ That
if the said duplicate certificate increases the amount of capital stock,
the Chief of the said Division of Archives, Patents, Copyrights, and
Trade-Marks shall not file such certificate unless accompanied by the
sworn statement of the treasurer of the corporation lawfully holding
office at the time of the filing of the certificate, showing that at least
twenty per centum of the entire capital stock, as increased, has been
subscribed and that at least twenty-five per centum of the amount
subscribed has been paid to him for the benefit and to the credit of
the corporation."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passag^ of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Conunission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 4, 1907.
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[No. 1745.]
AN ACT Transferring to the acconnt of general funds of the Insular Treasury
the loan of three hundred and fifty thousand i)eso8 granted to the government
of the city of Manila by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and sixty from the
proceeds of the sale of publlc-lmprovem«its bonds of the Insular Government,
and reimbursing In a corresponding amount the account of said bond proceeds,
and appropriating the money reverting to the Insular Treasury by reason of
the repayment of said loan for the Improvement of public squares, parks, and
plazas of the city of Manila, and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of the general funds
in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three
hundred and fifty thousand pesos for the purpose of reimbursing the
fund realized by the sale of public-improvements bonds, issued under
Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and one, for the loan made to the
city of Manila in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered
Thirteen hundred and sixty.
Sec. 2. The proceeds of the loan made to the city of Manila in
accordance with Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and sixty, when
the same become available by jpavment, are hereby appropriated for
expenditure by the Bureau of ^Public Works in accordance with plans
and specifications approved by the committee on parks appointed by
the Grovemor-General pursuant to a resolution of the Cfommission
dated April twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and seven, for the fol-
lowing purposes :
{a) For the construction of that part of the Cavite boulevard
which lies within the limits of the city of Manila, the retaining wall
and fill to be among the first things to be undertaken. In case the
area dredged is selected in such way as to improve the port of Manila,
the additional cost of dredging from such area shall be borne from
the funds of the Division of Port Works.
(6) Out of any funds remaining after the first-mentioned improve-
ment is made, for the improvement of the parks, boulevards, and play-
grounds of the city of Manila and the acquisition of lands for the
same, according to plans approved by said committee. This commit-
tee is given power to select the necessary sites upon which such parks
and playgrounds are to be placed, and to acquire for the city of
Manila the land necessary therefor.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen himdred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 5, 1907.
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[No. 1746.]
AN ACT To provide for the revocation, in proper cases, of retail liquor dealers'
licenses and to amend Acts Numbered Eighty-two, One hundred and eighty-
three. Thirteen hundred and ninety-seven, and Eleven hundred and eighty-
nine, accordingly.
By oMthority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Corrmiisaion^ that:
Section 1. Subsection {U) of section thirtv-nine of Act Num-
bered Eighty-two, as amended, is hereby furtner amended to read
as follows:
"(w) License and regulate the selling, giving away, or disposing
in any manner of any intoxicating, malt, vinous, mixed, or fermented
liquors, at retail, in quantities of not more than five ^Uons, and
determine the amount to be paid for such licenses, subject to such
limitations of general law as mav hereafter be enacted. If after
due investigation the Collector of Internal Revenue shall decide that
any person licensed under the provisions of this section is abusing
his license and privilege to the injury of the public morals or peace
or that any place so licensed has been or is conducted in a disorderly
or unlawful manner, or is a nuisance, or is permitted to be used as a
resort for disorderly characters, criminals, or women of ill repute,
he may by order summarily revoke such license, subject to appeal to
the Governor-General, whose action on the appeal shall be final.
Such revocation shall operate to forfeit to the municipality all sums
which may have been paid for said license and to prohibit the issu-
ance to the person whose license is so revoked of any other liquor
license for a term which may be fixed in said order."
Sec. 2. Section seventy of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-
three is hereby amended to read as follows :
' " Sec. 70. Liquor licenses granted by Board. — ^The powers and
duties in reference to the granting of liquor licenses and the forfeit-
ing of the same, in the city of Manila, conferred upon the Provost-
Marshal-Greneral at the time of the passage of this Act, shall con-
tinue to be exercised by the Municipal Board of Manila, hereinbefore
created. If after due investigation the Municipal Board shall de-
cide that any person licensed to sell liquors is abusing his license
and privilege to the injury of the public morals or peace or that any
Slace so licensed has been or is conducted in a disorderly or unlaw-
iil manner, or is a nuisance, or is permitted to be used as a resort for
disorderly characters, criminals, or women of ill repute, the Board
may by order summarily revoke such license. Such revocation shall
operate to forfeit to the city all sums which may have been paid for
said license and to prohibit the issuance to the person whose license
is so revoked of any other liquor license for a term which may be
fixed in said order."
Sec. 3. Subsection {o) of section twenty-nine of Act Numbered
Thirteen hundred and ninety-seven is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"((?) License and regulate or prohibit the selling, ^ving away,
or disposing in any manner of any intoxicating, malt, vinous, mixed,
or fermented liquors, at retail in quantities of not more than five
gallons, except native fermented liquors, and determine the amount
to be paid for such licenses, subject to such limitations of general
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law as may hereafter be enacted: Provided^ That, if after due in-
vestigation the Collector of Internal Revenue shall decide that any
person licensed under the provisions of this section is abusing his
license and privilege to the injury of the public morals or peace or
that any place so licensed has been or is conducted in a disorderly or
unlawful manner, or is a nuisance, or is permitted to be used as a re-
sort for disorderly characters^ criminals, or women of ill repute, he
may by order summarily revoke such license, subject to appeal to
the Governor-Greneral, whose action on the appeal shall oe final.
Such revocation shall operate to fotfeit to the township all sums
which may have been paid for said license and to prohibit the issu-
ance to the person whose license is so revoked of any other liquor
license for a term which may be fixed in said order."
Sec. 4. Section sixty-eight of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and
eighty-nine, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding at
the end thereof a new paragraph to read as follows :
"13. If after due investigation the Collector of Internal Revenue
stall decide that any person licensed under the provisions of sub-
sections four, five, seven, and twelve of this section is abusing his
license and privilege to the injury of the public morals or peace, or
that any place so licensed has been or is conducted in a disorderly
or unlawnil manner, or is a nuisance, or is permitted to be used as
a resort for disorderly characters, criminals, or women of ill repute,
he may by order summarily revoke such license, subject to appeal
to the Governor-General, whose action on the appeal shall be final.
Such revocation shall operate to forfeit all sums which may have
been paid for said license and to prohibit the issuance to the person
whose license is so revoked of any other liquor license for a term
which may be fixed in said order."
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 5, 1907.
[No. 1747.]
.VN ACTB AmendiDg section two of Act Numbered One thousand and fifty-six by
extending the provisions of said section to judges of the municipal court of
the city of Manila.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section two of Act Numbered One thousand and fifiy-
six is hereby amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 2. A person residing in the United States who is appointed
judge of the Court of Land Registration or of the municipal court
of the city of Manila shall, if appointed in the United States, be paid
the traveling expenses of himself and family from his place of resi-
dence to Manila, if he shall come by the route directed oy the Chief
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Executive of the Islands. He shall be allowed one-half salary fi-oni
the date of leaving home to come to Manila, and full salary from the
date of his arrival in the Islands : Provided^ That he proceeds di-
rectly to the Islands; otherwise, he shall be allowed half salary for
such time only as is ordinarily required to perform the journey from
his place of residence to Manila. If one has been employed as judge
of the Court of Land Registration or municipal court of the city of
Manila for three years, he shall, if he so requests, upon retirement
from the service, be furnished with transportation for himself and
family from Manila to his place of residence."
Sec. 2. The provisions of the foregoing section shall apply to
iudges who have been or are now incumbent or who may hereafter
be appointed.
Sec. 3. The public good requirinjg the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeditea in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred. '
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 5, 1907.
[No. 1748.]
AX ACT Authorizing the adjustment of provincial and municipal boundaries
and authorizing the change of capitals of provinces and subprovinces, as may
be necessary from time to time to serve the public convenience and interest.
Whereas the construction of railways and the establishment of
commercial steamship routes and other conditions render it necessary,
in consideration of the public convenience and interest, that provincial
and municipal boundary lines and seats of governments be changed,
in order that unnecessary expenditures of time and private fluids
by taxpayers and other persons having business to transact with the
Government may be avoided ; and
Whereas some few of the provinces have very little revenue to
support a provincial government and secure for the people necessary
betterments, and as to such provinces it may become necessary to fuse
them with other provinces; and
Whereas the Legislature will not, in all probability, be in session
more than ninety dajs per annum ; and
Whereas it is desirable that there be provided by law an expedi-
tious method by which such changes may be made: Now, therefore.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission J that:
Section 1. Whenever in the judgment of the Governor-General
the public welfare requires, he may, by executive order, enlarge, con-
tract, or otherwise chan^ the boundary of any province, subprovince,
municipality, or township or other political suodivision, or separate
anj such subdivision into such portions as may be required as afore-
said, merge anv of such subdivisions or portions with another, divide
any provmce into one or more subprovinces as may be required as
aforesaid, name any new subdivision so created, change the seat of
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government within any subdivision, existing or created hereunder,
to such place therein as the public interests require, and shall fix
in such executive order the date when the change, merger, separa-
tion, or other action shall take effect. Whenever such action as
aforesaid creates a new political subdivision the Govemor-Greneral
shall appoint such officers for the new subdivision with such powers
and duties as may be required by the existing provisions of law appli-
cable to the case and nx their salaries; such appointees shall hold
office until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified.
Successors to the elective offices shall be elected at the next general
election following such appointment. Such equitable distribution of
the funds of changed subaivisions between the subdivisions affected
shall be made as is recommended by the Insular Auditor and ap-
proved by the Governor-General.
Sec. 2. In case any action by the Governor-General in accordance
with this Act shall make necessary a chan^ of the territory under
the jurisdiction of any administrative district officer or any judicial
officer the Governor-Gfeneral, with the recommendation and aavice of
the head of the Department having executive control of such officer,
shall redistrict the territory of the several officers affected and assign
such officers to the new districts so formed.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passajp of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in. the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 7, 1907.
[No. 1749.]
AN ACT Making appropriationB for the friar lands bonds sinking fund created
by act Numbered One thousand and thirty-four.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The sum of six hundred and ninety-six thousand one
hundred and eightv-four pesos and ninety-three centavos is hereby-
appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated and transferred to the fund remaining from the pro-
ceeds of sales of the bonds issued for the purchase price of the Friar
Lands by virtue of the Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen
hundred and two, and Act Numbered One thousand and thirty-four
of the Philippine Commission ; and said fund so increased is hereby
transferred to the sinking fund heretofore created by virtue of the
said Act Numbered One thousand and thirty-four of the Philippine
Commission.
Sec. 2. There is hereby created a continuing appropriation from
anv funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as
follows :
On February first, nineteen hundred and eight, and on each suc-
ceeding anniversary thereof, to and including February first, nine-
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teen hundred and thirteen, the sum of one hundred and forty thousand
pesos ; on February first, nineteen hundred and fourteen and on each
succeeding anniversary thereof, to and including February first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-three, the sum of two hundred and
eighty thousand pesos; on February first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, and on each succeeding anniversary thereof, to and in-
cluding February first, nineteen hundred and thirty-three, the sum
of two hundred and ninety-four thousand pesos; which sums, as
appropriated, shall be transferred to the sinking fund aforesaid :
Said sums so appropriated and the interest thereon .shall be avail-
able for investment by the Insular Treasurer, with the approval of the
Governor-General, by deposit at interest with qualified depositaries
of Government moneys, and for loans, for periods not exceeding five
years in any instance, to provincial and municipal governments
for the construction of public works of a permanent character, and
for investment in such loans and securities as are authorized for the
Postal Savings Bank by existing laws: f^rovided^ That the rates of
interest on all loans maae by authority of this section shall be fixed by
the Governor-General : Arid provided further^ That no loans shall
be made from this fund for such period that the same will extend be-
yond the period for the redemption of the bonds for which this
sinking fjund is created: And provided furtfier^ That from the
amounts hereby appropriated for any year moneys received during
that year from the sale of the lands purchased by virtue of sec-
tion sixty-four of the Act of Congress of July first, nineteen hun-
dred and two, shall be deducted and the appropriation from gen-
eral funds of the Insular Treasury correspondingly decreased: And
provided further^ That if any of said bonds shall be redeemed before
the period of the maturity thereof, said bonds shall not be cancelled',
but shall be held by the Insular Treasurer, who shall collect the in-
terest on said bonds as the same falls due, and shall deposit such
money to the credit of the sinking fund hereby established : And pro-
aided further^ That whenever the Insular Treasurer shall certify that
sufficient money has become available through the operation of this
Act to redeem all of said bonds on maturity, principal and interest,
thereupon the continuing appropriations provided for in this section
shall cease and determine.
Sec. 3. An annual appropriation of five hundred and sixty thou-
sand pesos is hereby maae, beginning with the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, for the payment of interest as
it becomes due quarterly upon the so-called Friar Lands Bonds issued
under the provisions of tne Act of Congress of July first, nineteen
hundred and two : Provided^ That the sum hereby appropriated for
any year shall be decreased for that year by the amount of receipts of
whatever nature, derived during the year from said Friar Lands,
except receipts from the sales of lands: And provided further^ That
if the receipts derived from the disposition of such Friar Lands, other
than by salcj in any year exceed the interest for that year, the balance
of such receipts remaining shall become available for the payment of
interest in the succeeding year, or become a part of the sinking fund
for the redemption of tne bonds as the Secretary of Finance and
Justice may direct.
Sec. 4. The proceeds of sales of the lands purchased under the pro-
visions of the Act of Congress of July first, nineteen hundred and
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two, shall in no case be used for any other purpose than the redemp-
tion of the principal of said bonds : Provided^ That any other receipts
from the said lands shall be first used to pay the interest upon the
bonds as it matures, and any surplus, if any, shall be deposited to
the credit of the sinking fund hereby created to meet the principal
of such bonds at their maturity.
Sec. 5. There is hereby approi)riated out of the general funds in
the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, tne simi or sums
necessary for the payment of the cost of exchange or of transfer to
the City of New York of fimds required for the payment of interest
or principal of such bonds as such cost or exchange or transfer is
incurred.
Sec. 6. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 7. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passaj^ of the same is hereby expeditea in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 8. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 7, 1907.
[No. 1750.]
AN ACT Maklnf? appropriation to reimburse the government of the city of
Manila on account of expendltureB made in the reconstruction of walls along
the banks of the Pasig River below the Ayala Bridge.
Whereas the Municipal Board of Manila has waived in favor of the
Insular Government its claims to possession and ownership of that
portion of the Pasig River below the Ayala Bridge in consideration
of reimbursement on account of expenditures made in the reconstruc-
tion of walls along the banks of said portion of the Pasig River ; and
Whereas it is telieved that the public interests will te5t be served
by such adjustment of the question of possession and ownership be-
tween the Insular Government and the government of the city of
Manila : Now, therefore,
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There is herebjr appropriated, from any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the simi of two hun-
dred and seven thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, to reimburse the government of the city of Manila on account
of expenditures made from the revenues of the city of Manila in the
reconstruction of walls along the Pasig River below the Avala
Bridge: Provided. That the Municipal Board of Manila shall by
resolution accept the conditions of this Act and waive, in favor of the
Government of the Philippine Islands, its claims to possession and
ownership of that portion of the Pasig River and the banks thereof
and thoroughfares along said banks below the Ayala Bridge, reserv-
ing, however, to the city of Manila the right to occupy the property
known as the ^^Arroceros Shops " site on the south bank of the rasi^
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River, with the exception of that portion of said site now used and
occupied by the Philippine School of Arts and Trades, and the prem-
ises now occupied by the Quinta Market on the north bank of the
Pasig River : And provided further^ That nothing in this Act shall
be construed to relieve the city of Manila from paving and otherwise
maintaining said thoroughfares at the exf)ense of said city, or from
the obligation of creating and maintaining at the expense of said city
a public park along the south bank of saia river should the committee
on parks appointed by the Grovernor-General pursuant to a resolution
of the Commission dated April twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and
seven, recommend such action. The Insular Auditor is hereby di-
rected to ascertain the amount of expenditures which have been made
from the revenues of the city of Manila in the reconstruction of walls
along the Pasig River below the Ayala Bridge and, after acceptance
by the Municipal Board of the city of Manila of the prescribed con-
ditions in a form satisfactory to the Attorney-General, to transfer
to the credit of the government of the city of Manila, out of the sum
herein appropriated, the amount so ascertained.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 7, 1907.
[No. 1751.]
AN ACT To provide for the arrest and return to ship of seamen deserting from
certain merchant vessels in the Philippine Islands; for the adjudication by
consuls of certain disputes and for the enforcement of consular decisions in
such cases ; and repealing Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and thirty-nine.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. On application made in writing by any consular officer
of any foreign government having a treaty with the United States,
stipulating for the restoration of seamen deserting, stating that the
person therein named has deserted from a vessel of any sucn govern-
ment while in any port of the Philippine Islands, and on proof by
the exhibition of the register of the vessel, ship's roll, or other official
document, that the person named belonged at the time of desertion
to the crew of such vessel, it shall be the duty of the Court of First
Instance, or a judge thereof, to issue a warrant and to cause such
person to be arrested and brought before such Court for examination.
If on examination the facts stated are found to be true, the person
arrested, not being a citizen of the United States nor of the Philip-
pine Islands, shall be delivered up to the consular officer to be sent
back to the dominions of any such government, or on the request and
at the expense of the consular officer shall be detained until the con-
sular officer finds an opportunity to send him back to the dominions
of any such government. No person so arrested shall be detained for
any greater period than that stipulated by the treaty under and by
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virtue of which the demand for his arrest shall be made, and in case
such treaty provides no term, he shall not be detained more than four
months after his arrest, but at the end of that time shall be set at
liberty and shall not be again molested for the same cause. If any
such deserter shall be found to have committed any crime or offense
his surrender may be delayed until the tribunal before which the
case shall be pending or may be cognizable shall have pronounced its
sentence, and such sentence shall have been carried into effect.
Sec. 2. Like application may be made by Philippine customs offi-
cers acting as American consular officers under authority of section
eighty-four of the Act of Congress of July first, nineteen hundred and
two, entitled "An Act temporarily to provide for the administration
of the affairs of civil government in tne Philippine Islands, and for
other purposes," in which case the same procedure shall be had as if
the case arose out of an application by the consul of a friendly foreign
nation having a treaty with the United States stipulating for the re-
turn of deserting seamen: Proi^ided^ however^ That no seamen
brought before a Court on the application of an American consular
officer shall be released because of the American citizenship of such
seamen.
Sec. 3. The proceedings at the examination of a person arrested un-
der the preceding sections shall be summary in character and shall be
regulated by rule of Court. The examination shall be held as soon as
practicable after arrest, and such proceedings may be dismissed, or the
person so in custody discharged, at any time upon written request of
the consular or acting consular officer at whose mstance the arrest was
made.
Sec. 4. Whenever it is stipulated by treaty or convention between
the United States and any foreign nation that the consuls-general,
consuls, vice-consuls, or consular or commercial agents, of each nation
shall have exclusive jurisdiction of controversies, difficulties, or disor-
ders, arising at sea or in the waters or ports of the other nation, be-
tween the masters or officers and any of the crew, or between any of
the crew themselves, of any vessel belonging to the nation represented
by such consular officer, and the President has issued his proclamation
in respect thereto as prescribed in section four thousand and seventy-
nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States^ such stipulation
shall be executed and enforced within the jurisdiction of the Philip-
pine Islands, as hereinafter declared.
Sec. 6. In all cases within the purview of the last preceding sec-
tion, the consul-general, consul, or other consul or commercial author-
ity of such foreign nation charged with the appropriate duty in the
particular case, may make application to any Court of First Instance,
or to any judge thereof, setting forth that such controversv, difficulty,
or disorder has arisen, briefly stating the* nature thereof, and when
and where the same occurred, and exhibiting a certified copv or
extract of the shipping-articles, roll or other proper paper of the
vessel, to the effect that the person in question is of the crew or ship's
company of such vessel ; ana further stating and certifying that such
person has withdrawn himself, or is belie veS to be about to withdraw
himself, from the control and discipline of the master and officers of
the vessel, or that he has refused, or is about to refuse* to submit to
and obey the lawful jurisdiction of such consular or commercial
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authority in the premises; and further stating and certifying tiiat,
to the best of the knowledge and belief of the officer certifying, (un-
less such officer be acting as an American consular officer) , such per-
son is not a citizen of the United States. Such application shall be
in writing and duly authenticated by the consular or other sufficient
official seal. Thereupon such Court oi First Instance, or judge thereof,
shall issue a warrant for the arr^t of the person so complained of,
directed to the sheriff of the province, or Chief of Police of the city
of Manila, as the case may be, or in his discretion to any person being
a citizen of the Philippine Islands or of the United States whom he
may specially depute for the purpose, requiring such person to be
brought before him for examination at a certain time and place.
Sec. 6. If, on such examination, it is made to appear that the person
so arrested is a citizen of the United States, and that the application
is made by a consul other than the United States consul, and in all
cases where it shall appear that the person arrested is a citizen of
the Philippine Islands ne diall be forthwith discharged from arrest,
and shall be left to the ordinary course of law. But if this is not
made to appear, and such Court or judge finds, upon the papers
hereinbefore referred to, a sufficient prima facie case that the matter
concerns only the internal order and discipline of such foreign vessel,
or that the case, whether its nature be civil or criminal, does not affect
directly the execution of the laws in force in the Philippine Islands,
or the rights and duties of any citizen of the Philippine Islands or
of the United States, with the above exception, he shall forthwith
commit such person to prison, after approval of the commitment by
the appropriate consular officer, where prisoners under sentence for
crime may be lawfully committed, or, in his discretion, to the master
or chief officer of such foreign vessel, to be subject to the lawful
orders, control and discipline of such master or chief officer, and to
the jurisdiction of the consular or commercial authority of the nation
to which such vessel belongs, to the exclusion of any authority or
jurisdiction of the Philippine Islands in the premises. No person
shall be detained more than the period of time stipulated in the treaty
under which the proceedings are had, and if the treaty specifies no
time, or if the application is made oy officers acting as American
consuls, no such person shall be detained more than two months after
his arrest, and at the end of the time herein specified for his de-
tention he shall be set at liberty and shall not again be arrested for
the same cause. The expenses of the arrest and the detention of
the person so arrested shall be paid by the consular officers making
the application.
Sec. 7. For the purposes of the preceding sections, Philippine
customs officers acting as American consular officers shall have rights,
privileges, and powers similar to those granted by this Act to the
consuls of a friendly foreign nation having a treaty with the United
States in respect to which the President has issued his proclama-
tion as described in section four of this Act.
Sec. 8. Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and thirty-nine and all
Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 9. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeditea in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
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Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 10. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 7, 1907.
[No. 1752.]
AN ACT To amend sections four, five, and six of Act Numbered Fourteen hun-
dred and one by making it unnecessary for the provincial board to adver-
tise for bids for building any public worlc costing less than one thousand
pesos, or for building or repairing any road, and by providing that the pro-
vincial board may authorize, by resolution, the director of public works to
advertise for bids and to let contracts for any provincial public works; and
to repeal section fifteen of Act Numbered Eighty-three.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that: •
Section 1. Section four of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
one is hereby amended to read as follows:
" Sec. 4. The district engineer shall have general supervision over
the construction, maintenance, and repair of all provincial pubUc
works in the provinces of the district to which he is assigned, which
exceed in estimated cost the sum of five hundred pesos, and over all
contracts connected with such works. No contract for public works
exceeding a cost of five hundred pesos shall be undertaken by a pro-
vincial board before the plans and specifications have been examined
and approved by the district engineer. Upon request of any provin-
cial board in his district, the district engineer shall make investiga-
tions and surveys of proposed construction or repair of public woiXs.
and shall submit to said provincial board reports and estimates oi
the cost of construction or repair of such proposed works with his
recommendations, and he shall, when necessary, prepare plans and
specifications for such public works as may be required by the pro-
vincial board. It shall oe the duty of the district engineer, by agree-
ment with the president of each municipality, to fix the territory
within which the duty of repairing, constructing, and maintaining
roads, bridges and ferries shall fall upon the municipal government
and that in which such duty shall fall upon the provincial govern-
ment, and in case of disagreement the issue shall be settled by refer-
ence to the provincial board, whose decision shall be final."
Sec. 2. Section five of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and one
is hereby amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 5. All repair or construction of provincial works, except
roads, involving greater cost than one thousand pesos, shall be let to
the lowest responsible bidder, after public advertisement of not less
than ten days, m a paper of general circulation in the province, if such
there be, and by notice posted for not less than ten days at the main
entrance of the provincial building; Provided^ however^ That no bid
shall be accepted without the approval of the district engineer. The
provincial board may authorize the provincial treasurer to advertise
for bids in a paper of general circulation outside of the province,
and, with the approval of the district engineer, may authorize the
work to be done oy day labor, if no bids have been received, or if it is
manifestly for the public interest, to reject any and all bids received.
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In the repair or construction of provincial roads, work may be done
by day labor, and there need be no advertising or bidding, unless it
seems desirable to the provincial board, when the regulations for ad-
vertising for the repair and building^ of other pubfic works herein-
before mentioned shall be followed. I^iblic worKs of all kinds costing
less than one thousand pesos may be undertaken either by dav labor
or by contract and may be let without advertisement under such rules
as shall be prescribea by the Insular Auditof and the Director of
Public Works subject to the approval of the Governor-General, when-
ever such works are being supervised by the district engineer. . The
duties in regard to advertising for bids for public works, or the letting
of contracts therefor, under the conditions prescribed in this Act, shafl
be performed by the provincial treasurer, with the approval of the
provincial board, unless the provincial board, by resolution to that
effect, shall authorize the Director of Public Works to perform such
duties."
Sec. 3. Section six of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and one is
hereby amended to read as follows:
" Sec. 6. No payments^ partial or final, shall be made on any pub-
lic works without a certincate on the voucher therefor to the effect
that the work for which payment is contemplated has been accom-
plished, inspected and accepted. Such certificate for work under the
supervision of the district engineer shall be signed by him or his duly
authorized representative. For work not under his supervision sucn
certificate shall be si^ed by the provincial treasurer."
Sec. 4. The provisions of this Act are hereby made retroactive and
shall be applicable to all liabilities heretofore paid or incurred under
resolutions of provincial boards affecting the prosecution of public
works by contract or otherwise.
Sec. 5. Section fifteen of Act Numbered Eighty-three entitled
" The Provincial Government Act," is hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expeditea in accordance with section
two of " An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 7, 1907.
[No. 1753.]
AN ACT Declaring all of the territory comprised In the Island of Siquijor a
subprovince of Oriental Negros, and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. All of the territory comprised in the Islands of Siqui-
jor. Province of Oriental Negros, is hereby declared to be the sub-
Srovince of Siquijor, forming a part of the Province of Oriental
[egros. There shall be a lieutenant-governor for the said sub-
province, to be appointed by the Governor-General, with the advice
and consent of the Philippine Commission. He shall have his office
in the municipality of Canoan and shall receive an annual salary
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of not to exceed two thousand four hundred pesos, payable monthly
from funds of the subprovince hereinafter provided for; he shall
represent the provincial governor in the subprovince and shall carry
out the legal orders of that official transmitted to him from time to
time; he 3iall inspect the municipalities of the subprovince at least
once every six months and at such other times as may be necessary,
and shall make report of such inspections to the provincial board
through the provincial governor; he shall make such recommenda-
tions to the provincial board, through the provincial governor, as he
shall deem necessary for the best interests or the subprovince ; he shall
employ and discharge, with the approval of the provincial board, all
subordinate employees of the subprovince that may be authorized by
the board ; he snail be the custodian of the public records and docu-
ments of the subprovince; and, in general, he shall exercise in the
subprovince of Siquijor, subject to the supervision of the provincial
governor, the powers and duties conferrea upon a provincial gover-
nor by the Provincial Government Act.
Sec. 2. The provincial government of Oriental Negros is hereby
authorized to establish an office for the lieutenant-jgoyernor and a
permanent suboffice of the provincial treasury of Oriental Negros
at Canoan, Island of Siquijor, and to provide adequate quarters for
the said office and suboffice.
Sec. 3. Seventy per centum of all taxes, imposts, or fines collected
on and after January first, nineteen himdred and seven, in behalf of
the Province of Oriental Negros in the subprovince of Siquijor,
under the provisions of existing law, or which may be collected under
laws which may hereafter be enacted, shall be deposited in the sub-
treasury of Siquijor for the sole use and benefit of the inhabitants
of the subprovince ; and the remaining thirty per centum of such
collections shall be deposited in the provincial treasury^ of Oriental
Negros and shall inure to the general funds of the province.
There diall accrue to the treasury of the subprovince of Siquijor,
as constituted by this Act, for the sole use and benefit of the inhabi-
tants thereof, seventy per centum of such proportion of internal
revenue collected on and after January first, nineteen hundred and
seven, which by law accrues to the Province of Oriental Negros as
the number of inhabitants of such subprovince, as shown by the offi-
cial census last taken, bears to the total population of the province
of which it forms a part, as shown by said census.
Sec. 4. The funds provided for the subprovince of Siquijor shall
be expended on resolution of the provincial board of Oriental Ne-
gros, and the deputy of the provincial treasurer in charge of the
subtreasury at Canoan shall make payments from funds of the sub-
province only by direction of the lieutenant-governor of the sub-
province, accompanied by a certified copy of the resolution of the
provincial board authorizing the expenditure. The salary of the
deputy of the provincial treasurer in charge of the provincial sub-
treasury at Canoan and the salaries of the deputies or the provincial
treasurer in the municipalities of the subprovince of Siquijor shall
be paid from the funds of such subprovince.
Sec. 5. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
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section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 8, 1907.
[No. 1754.]
AN ACT To prohibit the forging, counterfeiting, altering, or fraudulent making
of obligations and securities of the United States or of the PhUippine Islands,
or of the circulating notes issued by any baulking association authorized
under the laws of the United States or of the Philippine Islands ; to prohibit
the using of plates to print notes without authority, the passing, selling, and
concealing of forged obligations, the taking of impressions of tools, imple-
ments, and so forth, the unlawful possession of such impressions, the buying,
selling, or dealing In forged notes, bonds, and so forth, the secreting or remov-
ing of tools or material used for printing bonds, notes, stamps, and so forth :
to prohibit the counterfeiting of gold and silver coin, the counterfeiting of
minor coins, the mutilation of coins, the debasement of coinage, the making
or uttering of coin in resemblance of money, and making or issuing devices
of minor coins; to prohibit the forging or counterfeiting of notes, bonds,
securities or bank notes of foreign governments, or the passing or possession
of such forged or counterfeited bonds, notes, securities, or bank notes; the
unlawful possession of or printing from plates of foreign governments or
banks; to prohibit using the mails with intent to defraud, or mailing offers
to sell counterfeit money, and so forth; to prohibit the counterfeiting or
manufacture of dies, molds, and so forth, used for making money ; to prohibit
using advertisements similar to coins; to authorize seizure, forfeiture, and
disposition of counterfeits of obligations of the United States, Philippine
Islands, or foreign governments, and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the PhUippiiie
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Every person who, with intent to defraud, falsely
makes, forges, counterfeits, or alters any obligation or security pf
the United States or of the Philippine Islands shall be punished by
a fine of not more than ten thousand pesos and by imprisonment for
not more than fifteen jrears.
The words " obligation or security .of the United States or of the
Philippine Islands " shall be held to mean all bonds, certificates of
indebtedness, national-bank currency, coupons. United States or Phil-
ippine Islands notes^ Treasury notes, fractional notes, certificates of
deposit, bills, checks, or drafts for money, drawn by or upon author-
ized officers of the United States or of the Philippine Islands, stamps
and other representatives of value, of whatever aenomination, which
have been or may be issued under any Act of the Congress of the
United States or of the Philippine Commission or of any Insular
legislative body of the Philippine Islands.
Sec. 2. Every person who ifalsely makes, forges, or coimterfeits,
or causes or procures to be made, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly
aids or assists in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting, any note
in imitation of, or purporting to be in imitation of, the circulating
notes issued by any banking association now or hereafter authorized
and acting under the laws of the United States or of the Philippine
Islands, or who passes, utters, or publishes, or attempts to pass, utter,
or publish, any false, forged, or counterfeited note, purporting to be
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issued by any such association doing a banking business, knowing the
same to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or who falsely
alters, or causes or procures to be falsely altered, or willingly aids
or assists in falsely altering, any such circulating notes, or passes,
utters, or publishes, or attempts to pass, utter, or publish as true any
falsely altered or spurious circulating notes issued, or purporting to
have been issued, by any such banking association, knowing the same
to be falsely altered or spurious, shall be punished by a fine of not
more than two thousand pesos and by imprisonment for not less than
five years nor more than fifteen years.
Sec. 3. Every person having control, custody, or possession of any
Elate, or any part thereof, from which has been printed, or which may
e prepared Iby direction of the Secretary oi the Treasury of the
Unitea States or by direction of the proper officer of the Philippine
Islands, for the purpose of printing, any obligation or other security
of the United States or of the Philippine Islands, as the case may be,
or from which any such obligation or other security has been printed,
who uses such plate, or knowingly suffers the same to be used for the
purpose of printing any such Obligation or security, or similar obli-
gation or security, or other security, or any part thereof, except
as may be printed for the use of the United States or of the Philip-
pine Islands by order of the proper officer thereof; and every person
who engraves, or causes or procures to be engraved, or assists in en-
graving, any plate in the likeness of any plate designed for the print-
ing of such obligations or other security, or who sells any such plate,
or who brings into the Philippine Islands from any outside place any
such plate, except under the direction of the proper officer of the
Philippine Islands, or with any other intent, in either case, than that
such plate be used for the printing of the obligations or other securi-
ties of the Philippine Islands ; or who has in his control, custody, or
possession any metallic plate engraved after the similitude of any
plate from which any such obligation, or other security has been
printed, with intent to use such plate, or suffer the same to be used in
forging or counterfeiting any such obligation or other security, or
any part thereof; or who has in his possession or custody, except
under authority from the proper officer of the Philippine Islands,
any obligation or other security, engraved and printed after the
similitude of any obligation or other security issued under the author-
ity of the United States or of the Philippine Islands, with intent to
sell or otherwise use the same; and every person who prints, photo-
graphs, or in any other manner makes or executes, or causes to be
printed, photographed, made, or executed, or aids in printing, photo-
graphing, makmg, or executing any engraving, photograph, print, or
impression in the likeness of any such obligation or other security,
or any part thereof, or who sells any such engraving, photograph,
{rint, or impression, except to the United States or the Philippme
slands, or who brings into the Philippine Islands from any outside
Elace any such engraving, photograph, print, or impression, except
y direction of some proper officer of the Philippine Islands, or w^ho
has or retains in his control or possession, after a distinctive paper
has been adopted by the proper officer of the Philippine Islanas for
the obligations and other securities of the Philippine Islands, any
similar paper adapted to the making of any such ooligation or other
security, except under the authority of the proper officer of thePhilip-
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pine Islands, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thou-
sand pesos, or by imprisonment for not more than fifteen years, or
by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 4. Everv person who, with intent to defraud, passes, utters,
publishes, or sells, or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or brings
into the Philippine Islands with intent to pass, publish, utter, or seU,
or keeps in possession or conceals with like intent any falsely made,
forged, counterfeited, or altered obligation, or other security of the
United States or of the Philippine Islands, shall be punislied by a
fine of not more than ten thousand pesos and by imprisonment for
not more than fifteen years.
Sec. 5. Every person who, without authority from the United
States or the Philippine Islands as the case may be, takes, procures,
or makes^ upon lead, foil, wax, plaster, pai>er, or any other substance
or material, an impression, stamp, or imprint of, from, or by the use
of any bedplate, bedpiece, die, roll, plate, seal, type, or other tool,
implement, instrument, or thing used or fitted or intended to be used,
in printing, stamping, or impressing, or in making other tools, imple-
ments^ instruments, or things, to be used, or fitted or intended to be
used, m printing, stamping, or impressing any kind or description of
obligation or other security of the Uni tea States or of the Philippine
Islands, now authorized or hereafter to be authorized by the United
States or the Philippine Islands, or circulating note or evidence of
debt of any banking association under the laws thereof, shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than ten thousand pesos, or by imprison-
ment for not more than ten years, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 6. Every person who, with intent to defraud, has in his pos-
session, keeping, custody, or control, without authority from the
United States or the Philippine Islands, as the case may be, any
imprint, stamp, or impression, taken or made upon any substance
or material whatsoever, of any tool, implement, instrument, or thing,
used, or fitted or intended to be used, for any of the purposes men-
tioned in the preceding section ; or who, with intent to derraud, sells,
gives, or delivers any such imprint, stamp, or impression to any other
person, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand
pesos, or by imprisonment for not more than ten years.
Sec. 7. Every person who buys, sells, exchanges, transfers, receives,
or delivers any false, forged, counterieited, or altered obligation or
other security of the United States or of the Philippine Islands, or
circulating note of any banking association organized or acting under
the laws thereof, which has been or may hereafter be issued by virtue
of any Act of the Congress of the United States or of the Philippine
Commission or of any Insular legislative body of the Philippine
Islands, with the intent that the same be passed, published, or used
as true and genuine, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten
thousand pesos, or by imprisonment for not more than ten years, or
by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 8. Every person who, without authority from the United States
or the Philippme Islands, as the case may be, secretes within, embez-
zles, or takes and carries away from, any building, room, office, apart-
ment, vault, safe, or other place where the same is kept, used, em-
ployed, placed, lodged, or deposited by authority of the United States
or the Pnilippine islands, any bedpiece, bedplate, roll, plate, die, seal,
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type, or other tool, implement, or thing used or fitted to be used in
stamping or printing, or in making some other tool or implement
used or fitted to be used in stamping or printing, any kind or descrip-
tion of bond, bill, note, certificate, coupon, postage stamp, revenue
stamp, fractional-currency note, or other paper, instrument, obliga-
tion, device, or document, now or hereafter authorized by law to be
printed, stamped, sealed, prepared, issued, uttered, or put in circula-
tion on behalf oi the United States or of the Philippine Islands, or
who, without such authority, so secretes, embezzles, or takes and car-
ries away any paper, parchment, or other material prepared and
intended to be used in the making of any such papers, instruments,
obligations, devices, or documents, or who, without such authority, so
secretes, embezzles, or takes and carries away any paper, parchment,
or other material printed or stamped, in whole or part, and in-
tended to be prepared, issued, or put in circulation on behalf of the
United States or of the Philippine Islands as one of the papers,
instruments, or obligations hereinbefore named, or printed or stamped,
in whole or part, in the similitude of any such paper, instrument,
or obligation, whether intended to issue or put the same in circulation
or not, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand
pesos, or by imprisonment lor not more than ten years, or by both
such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 9. Every person who falsely makes, forges, or counterfeits, or
causes or procures to be falsely made, forffed, or counterfeited, or
willingly aids or assists in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting
any coin or bars in resemblance or simuitude or the gold or silver
coins or bars which have been, or hereafter may be, coined or stamped
at the mints and assay offices of the United States or of the Philip-
pine Islands, or in resemblance or similitude of any foreign gold or
silver coin which by law is, or hereafter may be, current in the United
States or the Philippine Islands, or are in actual use and circulation
as money within the United States or the Philippine Islands, or who
passes, utters, publishes, or sells, or attempts to pass, utter, publish,
or sell, or bring into the Philippine Islands from any outside place,
knowing the same to be false, forged, or counterfeit, with intent to
defraud any body politic or corporate, or any person or persons what-
soever, or has in his possession any such false, forged, or counterfeited
coin or bars, knowing the same to be false, forged, or counterfeited,
with intent to defraud any body politic or corporate, or any person or
persons whatsoever, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten
thousand pesos and by imprisonment for not more than ten years.
Sec. 10. Every person who falsely makes, forges, or counterfeits, or
causes or procures to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or
willingly aids or assists in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting
any coin in the resemblance or similitude of any of the minor coinage
which has been or hereafter may be coined at the mints of the United
States or of the Philippine Islands ; or who passes, utters, publishes,
or sellsj or brings into the Philippine Islands from any outside place,
or has m his possession, any sucn false, forged, or coimterfeited coin,
with intent to defraud any person whatsoever, shall be punished by a
fine of not more than two thousand pesos and by imprisonment for
not more than three years.
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Sec. 11. Every person who fraudulently, by any art, way, or
means, decreases, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or
lightens, or causes or procures to be fraudulently defaced, mutilated,
impaired, diminished, falsified, scaled, or lightened, or willingly aids
or assists in fraudulently defacing, mutilating, impairing, diminish-
ing, falsifying, scaling or lightenmg the gold or silver coins which
have been, or which may hereafter be, coined at the mints of the
United States or of the "Philippine Islands, or any foreign gold or
silver coins which are by law made current or are in actual use or
circulation as money within the United States or the Philippine
Islands, or who passes, utters, publishes, or sells, or attempts to
pass, utter, publish, or sell, or bring into the Philippine Islands from
any outside place, knowing the same to be defaced, mutilated, im-
E aired, diminished, falsified, scaled, or lightened, with intent to de-
raud any person whatsoever, or has in his possession any such
defaced, mutilated, impaired, diminished, falsified, scaled, or light-
ened coin, knowing the same to be defaced, mutilated, impaired,
diminished, falsified, scaled, or lightened, with intent to defraud any
person whatsoever, shall be punished by a fine of not more than four
thousand pesos and by imprisonment for not more than five years.
Sec. 12. If any of the gold or silver coins struck or coined at any
of the mints of the United States or of the Philippine Islands shall,
with fraudulent intent, be debased, or made worse as to the propor-
tion of fine gold or fine silver therein contained; or shall be of less
weight or value than the same ought to be pursuant to law ; or if any
of the weights used at any of the mints or assay offices of the United
States or of the Philippine Islands shall be defaced, increased, or
diminished with a fraudulent intent by any of the officers or persons
who are employed at the said mints or assay offices, or by any other
person ; and if any of the said officers or persons shall embezzle any
of the metals at any time committed to their charge for the purpose
of being coined or any of the coins struck or coined at the saia mints,
or any metals, coins, or other moneys of said mints or assay offices at
any time committed to their charge, or of which they may have as-
sumed charge, every such officer or person who commits any or either
of the said offenses shall be punished by a fine of not more than
twenty thousand pesos, and by imprisonment for not less than one
year nor more than ten years.
Sec. 13. Every person who, except as authorized by law, makes
or causes to be maae, or utters or passes, or attempts to utter or pa^ss,
any coins of gold or silver or otner metal, or alloys of metals in-
tended for the use and purpose of current money, wnether in the re-
semblance of coins of the United States or of the Philippine Islands,
or of foreign countries, or of original design, shall be punished by a
fine of not more than six thousand pesos or by imprisonment for not
more than five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion of the court.
Sec. 14. Every person not lawfully authorized, who makes, issues,
or passes, or causes to be made, issued, or passed, any coin, card,
token, or device in metal or its compounds which may be intended to
be used as money for any one-cent, two-cent, three-cent, or five-cent
piece, or for any half-centavo, one-centavo, or five-centavo piece, now
or hereafter authorized by law, or for coins of equal value, shall be
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punished by a fine of not more than two tliousand pesos and by im-
prisonment for not more than five years.
Sec. 15. Every person who, within the Philippine Islands', with
intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any
bond, certificate, obligation^ or other security in imitation of, or
purporting to be an imitation of, any bond, certificate, obligation,
or other security of any foreign Government, issued or put forth
under the authority of such foreign Government, or any treasury
note, bill, or promise to pay issued by such foreign Government,
and intended to circulate as money, either by law, order, or decree
of such foreign Government, and any person who causes or procures
to be so falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, or who know-
ingly aids or assists in making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting
any such bond, certificate, obligation, or other security, or any such
treasury note, bill, or promise to pay, intended as aforesaid to circu-
late as money, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thou-
sand pesos and by imprisonment for not more than five years.
Sec. 16. Every person who knowingly, and with intent to defraud,
utters, passes, or puts off, in payment or negotiation, within the
Philippine Islands, any such false, forged, or counterfeit bond, certi-
ficate, obligation, security, treasury note, bill, or promise to pay, as
mentioned in the preceding section of this Act, whether the same was
made, altered, forged, or counterfeited within the Philippine Islands
or not, shall be punished by a fine of not more than six thousand pesos
and by imprisonment for not more than three years.
Sec. 17. Every person who, within the Philippine Islands, shall,
with intent to defraud, falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit, or
shall cause or procure to be so made, altered, forged, op counterfeited,
or shall knowingly aid and assist in the false making, altering, forg-
ing, or counterieiting, of any bank note or bill issued by a bank or
other corporation authorized by the laws of any foreign country,
which note or bill is intended to circulate as money by the law or
usage of such foreign country, shall be punished by a fine of not ex-
ceeding four thousand pesos and by imprisonment for not more than
two years.
Sec. 18. Every person who shall, within the Philippine Islands,
utter, pass, put off, or tender in payment the false, forged, altered, or
counterfeited bank note or bill mentioned in the preceding section,
knowing the same to be false, forged, altered, or counterfeited,
whether the same was made, altered, forged, or counterfeited within
the Philippine Islands or not, shall be punished by a fine of not more
than two thousand pesos and by imprisonment for not more than
one year.
Sec. 19. Every person who, within the Philippine Islands, shall
have in his possession any such false, forged, or counterfeit bond,
certificate, obligation, security, treasury note, bill, promise to pay,
bank note, or bill issued by a bank or other corporation of any foreign
country, knowing the same to be false, forged, or counterfeited, with
intent to utter, pass, or put off the same, or to deliver the same to any
other person with intent that the same may thereafter be uttered,
passed, or put off as true, or who shall knowingly deliver the same to
any other person with such intent, shall be punished by a fine of not
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more than two thousand pesos and by imprisonment for not more
than one year.
Sec. 20. Every person who, within the Philippine Islands, having
control, custody, or possession of any plate, or any part thereof, from
which has been printed or may be printed, any counterfeited note,
bond, obligation, security, in whole or in part, of any foreign Gov-
ernment, bank, or corporation, except by lawful authority, or who
uses such plate, or knowingly permit or suffers the same to be used,
in counterfeiting such foreign obligation, or any part thereof, and
every person who engraves, or causes or procures to be engraved, or
assists in engraving, any plate in the likeness or similitude of any
plate designed for the printing of the genuine issues of the obligations
of any foreign Government, bank, or corporation, and every person
who prints, photographs, or in any other manner makes, executes, or
sells, or causes to oe printed, photographed, made, executed, or sold
or aids in printing, photographing, making, executing, or selling, any
engraving, photograph, print, or impression, in the likeness of any
genuine note, bond, obligation, or other security, or any part thereof,
of any foreign Government, bank, or corporation, or who brings into
the Philippine Islands any counterfeit plate, engraving^ photograph,
print, or other impressions of the notes, bonds, obligations, or other
securities of any foreign Government, bank, or corporation, shall be
punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand pesos, or by impris-
onment for not more than five years, or by both such fine and impris-
onment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 21. If any person, intending to devise or having devised any
scheme or artifice to defraud, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange,
alter, give away, or distribute, supply, or furnish, or procure K)r
unlawful use any counterfeit or spurious coin, bank notes, paper
money, or any obligation or security of the United States, of the
Philippine Islands, or of any State, Territory, municipality, com-
pany, corporation, or person, or anything represented to be or inti-
mated or neld out to be such counterfeit or spurious articles, or any
fccheme or artifice to obtain money by or through correspondence, by
what is commonly called the " sawdust swindle," or " counterfeit
money fraud," or by dealing or pretending to deal in what is com-
monly called " green articles," " green coin," " bill," " paper goods,"
" spurious Treasury notes," " United States goods," " green cigars,"
or any other names or terms intended to be understood as relating to
such counterfeit or spurious articles, to be effected by either opening
or intending to open correspondence or communication witn any
person, whether resident within or outside the Philippine Islands, by
means of the Post-Office Establishment of the Philippine Islands, or
by inciting such other person or any person to open communication
with the person so intending to devise or devising, shall, in and for
executing such scheme or artifice or attempting so to do, place or
cause to DC placed, any letter, packet, writing, circular, pamphlet, or
advertisement in any post-office, branch post-office, or street or hotel
letter box of the Philippine Islands, or shall take or receive any such
therefrom, such person so misusing the Post-Office Establishment shall
be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand pesos, or bv
imprisonment for not more than eighteen months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. The indict-
ment, information, or complaint may severally charge offenses to the
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number of three when committed within the same six calendar
months; but the court thereupon shall give a single sentence, and
shall, in fixing the punishment, take into special consideration the
degree to which the Post-Office Establishment has been used as an
instrument in such fraudulent scheme and device.
Sec. 22. Every person who, within the Philippine Islands, makes
any die, hub, or mold^ either of steel or plaster, or any other sub-
stance whatsoever in likeness or similitude of the design or the in-
scription on any die, hub, or mold designated for the coining or
making of anv of the genuine gold, silver, nickel, bronze, copper, or
other coins of the United States or of the Philippine Islands that
have been or hereafter may be coined at the mints of the United
States, or of the Philippine Islands, or who willingly aids or assists
in the making of any such die, hub, or mold, or any part thereof,
or who causes or procures to be made any such die, hub, or mold,
or any part thereof without authority from the Secretary of the
Treasury of the United States or other proper oflScer of the United
States or of the Philippine Islands, as the case may be, or who shall
have in his possession any such die, hub, or mold, with intent to
fraudulently or unlawfully use the same, or who shall permit the
same to be used for or in aid of the counterfeiting of any of the coins
of the United States or of the Philippine Islands, hereinbefore men-
tioned, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand
pesos, or by imprisonment for not more than ten years, or by both
such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 23. Every person who, within the Philippine Islands, with-
out lawful authority, makes," or willingly aids or assi.sts in making,
or causes or procures to be made, any die, hub, or mold, either of
steel or of plaster, or of any other substance whatsoever, in the
likeness or similitude of the design or the inscription on any die,
hub, or mold designated for the coining of the genuine coins of any
foreign Government, or who conceals or shall have in possession any
such die, hub, or mold hereinbefore mentioned, with intent to fraud-
ulently or unlawfully use the same for counterfeiting any foreign
coin, or who knowingly suffers the same to be fraudulently used
for the counterfeiting of any foreign coin shall be punished by a
fine of not more than four thousand pesos, or by imprisonment for
not more than five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in
the discretion of the court.
Sec. 24. Every person who makes, or who causes or procures to
be made, or who brings into the Philippine Islands from any foreign
country, or who shall have in his posses.sion with intent to sell, give
away, or in any other manner use the same, any business or profes-
sional card, notice, placard, token, device, print, or impression, or
any other thing whatsoever, in likeness or similitude ox the design
on any of the coins of the United States, or of the Philippine
Islands, or of any foreign country that have been or hereafter may.,
be issued as money, either under the authority of the United States,
of the Philippine Islands, or under the authority of any foreign
Government, shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed two hun-
dred pesos. But nothing in sections twenty-two, twenty -three,
twenty-four, twenty-five, or twenty-six of this Act shall be construed
to forbid or prevent the printing and publishing of illustrations
of coins and medals, or the making of the necessary plates for the
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same, to be used in illustrating numismatic and historical books
and journals and the circulars of legitimate publishers and dealers
in the same.
Sec. 25. All counterfeits of any of the obligations or other se-
curities of the United States, of the Philippine Islands, or of any
foreign Government, or counterfeits of any or the coins of the United
States, of the Philippine Islands, or oi any foreign Government,
and all material or aj)paratus fitted or intended to be used, or that
shall have been used, in the making of any such counterfeit obliga-
tions or other securities or coins hereinbefore mentioned, that shall
be found in the possession of any person without authority to have
the same from the Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer
of the United States or of the Philippine Islands, as the case may
be, shall be taken possession of by any peace officer, internal-revenue
officer, or customs officer and shall be forthwith delivered to the
Insular Treasury or to the duly authorized agent thereof, and shall
be forfeited ancl disposed of in any manner the Governor-General
may direct.
Sec. 26. The judges of Courts of First Instance or of the Supreme
Court of the Philippine Islands may, upon proper oath or affirma-
tion, within their respective jurisdictions, issue a search w^arrant
authorizing any peace officer of the Philippine Islands, or any other
person specially mentioned in such warrant, to enter any house, store,
building, boat, or other place named in such warrant, in the day-
time only, in which there shall appear probable cause for believing
that there is carried on or practiced the manufacture of counterfeit
money, or the concealment of false, forged, or counterfeit money,
or the manufacture or concealment of false, forged, or counterfeit
obligations or coins of the United States, of the Philippine Islands,
or of any foreign Government, or the manufacture or concealment
of dies, hubs, molds, plates, or other things fitted or intended to he
used for the manufacture of counterfeit money, coins, or obligations
of the United States, of the Philippine Islands, or- of any foreign
Government, or of any bank doing business under the authority of
the United States or of any State or Territory thereof, or of the
Philippine Islands, or of any bank doing business under the author-
ity or any foreign Government or of any political division of any
foreign Government, and there search for such false, forged, or
counterfeit money, or false, forged, or counterfeit obligations, coins,
dies, hubs, molds, plates, and other things, and, if any such be found,
to seize and secure the same and to make return thereof to the proper
authority; and all such false, forged, or counterfeit money, obliga-
tions, coins, dies, hubs, molds, plates, and other things of like char-
acter so seized shall be duly forfeited.
Sec. 27. Articles two hundred and eighty to two hundred and
ninety-two, both inclusive, of the Penal Code of the Philippine
Islands are hereby repealed.
Sec. 28. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 29. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 9, 1907.
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[No. 1755.]
AN ACT To prohibit the disturbance of the Philippine Commission, the Philip-
pine Assembly, or of any provincial board or municipal or township council ;
to punish disorderly conduct in the immediate view or presence of said
bodies; to punish the fraudulent altering of the draft of any bill, resolution,
ordinance, or act pending before or enacted by any such body or the Philip-
pine Legislature; to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production
of evidence before the Philippine Commission or Philippine Assembly, or
before any committee of either or l>oth said bodies, and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Any person who willfully or by force or fraud pre-
vents or attempts to prevent the meeting of the Philippine Commis-
sion or the organizing or meeting of the Philippine. Assembly or
of any Insular legislative body oi the Philippine Islands hereafter
established, or the meeting or organizing or any provincial board
or municipal or township council, and any person who willfully
disturbs the Philippine Commission or the Philippine Assembly,
or any Insular legislative body of the Philippine Islands hereafter
established, or any provincial board or municipal or township coun-
cil, while in session, or who is guilty of any disorderly conduct in
the immediate view or presence of any such body tending to interrupt
the proceedings of such body or to impair the respect due to its
authority, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand
pesos or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or by both,
in the discretion of the court
Sec. 2. Any person who fraudulently alters the draft of any
bill, resolution, or Act or proposed Act pending before or enacted by
the Philippine Commission, the Philippine Assembly, the Phil-
ippine Legislature, or any Insular legislative body of the Philippine
Islands hereafter established, or pending before or passed by any
f)rovincial board or municipal or township coimcil, or who fraudu-
ently alters any report, paper, or document presented to such Com-
mission, Assembly, or other legislative body of the Philippine
Islands, or of any such provincial board or municipal or township
council, or under consideration by any such body, shall be punished
by a fine of not more than five thousand pesos or by imprisonment
for not more than five years, or by both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3. Any person who, being summoned to attend as a witness
before the Philippine Commission, the Philippine Assembly, or any
Insular legislative body of the Philippine Islands hereafter estal)-
Ushed. or before any committee of either or any of said bodies, fails
or reruses, without legal excuse, to attend pursuant to such sum-
mons, and any person who, being present before any such body or
committee, willfully refuses to be sworn or to answer any legal
inquiry or to produce, upon reasonable notice any material and
proper books, papers, documents, records, or other evidence in his
possession or under his control, required by any such body, shall
be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand pesos, or by
imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both, in the discretion
of the court.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill^ the passage of the same is hereby expeaitea in accordance with
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section two of " An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
siirth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 9, 1907.
[No. 1756.]
AN ACT To declare October fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth of the year
nineteen hundred and seven public holidays in honor of the visit of the
Secretary of War and the formal opening of the Philippine Assembly.
Whereas the Secretary of War will arrive on the fourteenth day of
October at Manila for the purpose of formally opening the Philip-
pine Assembly; and
Whereas the Philippine Assembly will be formally opened by the
Secretary of War on the sixteenth of October, nineteen nundred and
seven ; and
Whereas it is meet and proper that said days, and the fifteenth of
October, nineteen hundred and seven, should be set apart as days of
general rejoicing in honor of the visit of the Seqretary of War and
the formal opening of the Philippine Assembly: Now, therefore;
By the authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the fourteenth, fif-
teenth, and sixteenth days of October, anno Domini nineteen hundred
and seven, are hereby made public holidays.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 9, 1907.
[No. 1757.]
AN ACT To prohibit gambling, to repeal article Eighteen hundred and one of
the Civil Code and articles Three hundred and forty-three and Five hundred
and seventy-nine of the Penal C/Ode.
By authority of the United StateSj he it enacted hy tlie Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Gambling within the meaning of this Act consists in
the playing of any game for money or any representative of value
or valuable consideration or thing, the result of which game depends
wholly or chiefly upon chance or hazard, or the use of any mechanical
invention or contrivance to determine by chance the loser or winner
of money or of any representative of value or of any valuable con-
sideration or thing.
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Sec. 2. A gambling bouse within tbe meaning of this Act is any
building or structure or vessel or part thereof, in which gambling is
frequently carried on, or in which gambling is reputed to be fre-
quently carried on, or to which or in which any person is invited or
solicited to gamble.
Sec. 3. Gambling in a public place, or in any building, structure,
vessel, or part thereof, to which the public is ordinarily admitted is
hereby forbidden, and any person violating this section shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not less than ten pesos nor more than five hundred
pesos, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such
fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. In case of a
second conviction both fine and imprisonment shall be imposed.
Sec. 4. Any person having charge, or being in the possession or con-
trol of any building, structure, vessel, or any part thereof, to which
the public is ordinarily admitted, who permits gambling to take place
therein shall be punished as provided in the next preceding section.
Sec. 5. Any person having charge, or being in the possession or con-
trol of any building, structure, or vessel, or any part thereof, who per-
mits anv gambling game to tate place therein at which game a charge
of any kind is made for playing or for the use of the premises or ap-
paratus, or for which game any percentage is taken or collected, and
any person having charge, or being in the possession or control of any
gambling house shall be punished as provided in section three of this
Act: Provided^ however^ That nothing in this section contained shall
be construed to repeal the provisions of Act Numbered Fifteen hun-
dred and thirty-seven or the existing law as to cockpits.
Sec. 6. Any person who shall keep, maintain, or have charge or
possession or control of any gambling house or who shall knowingly
permit any property owned by him to be used as a gambling house
or who shall have any interest in any gambling house shall be pun-
ished as provided in section three of this Act. Any person who
loses any money or valuable consideration or thing in any gambling
house, or his heirs, executors, administrators or judgment creditors
may, within three years thereafter, recover the same or its value to-
gether with an additional sum equal to the value thereof in an action
m which all persons keeping, maintaining, having charge or con-
trol of any gambling game, or permitting or having any interest or
participating therein, shall oe jointly and severally liable.
Sec. 7. The playing at and the conducting of any game of monte,
jueteng, or any form of lottery or policy or any banking or percent-
age game, or the use of any mechanical invention or contrivance to
determine by chance the winner or loser of money, or of any rep- ,
resentative of value, or of any valuable consideration or thing, is
hereby prohibited and any person taking any part therein or owning
or operating any such mechanical invention or contrivance shall be
punished as provided in section three hereof. It shall be no defense
to any criminal action under this section that the defendant acted
as the agent of another or that he had no interest in the result. Any
person losing any money or any representative of value or any valu-
able consideration or thing at any such game or by means of any
such mechanical invention or contrivance, or his liieirs, executors,
administrators or judgment creditors may, within three years there-
after recover the money, consideration, or thing lost or the value
thereof in a suit against the banker or the person conducting or own-
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ing such game or mechanical invention or contrivance or against any
person having any interest therein or against the person at the time
m charge, control, or possession of the premises in which the loss
occurred and knowingly permitting such game or the operation of
such mechanical invention or contrivance, and all of such persons,
shall be jointly and severally liable in such action.
Sec. 8. Any person who shall lose any money or any representative
of value or any valuable consideration or thing in any gambling house
or other place where gambling is prohibited, or his heirs, executors,
administrators, or judgment creditors may, within three years there-
after, recover the same and an additional amount equal to the value of
the loss in an action at law against the owner, tenant, or person in
charge, possession or control of such gambling house or prohibited
£ lace and knowingly permitting gambling to be carried on therein or
nowingly permitting the operation of any mechanical gambling
device or invention therein, and all such persons shall be jointly and
severally liable in such action.
Sec. 9. No wager or other gambling contract shall be enforceable
at law and any promissory note, check, order for the payment of
money, I. O. l/., vale^ promise to pay, "chit," or contract or agreement
given for money with which to gamble or for money lost at gambling
or as a stake shall be void, except as to persons purchasing the same
for a valuable consideration in good faith before maturity and not
knowing and having no knowledge of facts sufficient to put them upon
notice that such promissory note, check, order for the payment of
money, I. O. U., vale^ promise to pay, "chit," or contract or agreement
was given in consideration of a gambling debt or for money lost at
gambling or as a stake. Any conveyance or transfer of any property,
real or personal, valuable tning, chose in action, franchise or priv-
ilege, made for tne purpose of gambling or as a stake or to pay gam-
bling losses or debts shall be void, and the subject of such transfer or
its value may, within three years after the actual date of the convey-
ance or transfer or after the date the transfer took effect, be recovered
by suit brought by the grantor, or his heirs, executors, administrators
or judgment creditors against the transferee, and all persons holding
under him or purchasing from him, having knowledge of facts sufla-
cient to put them upon notice as to the nature of the consideration or
the original transfer.
Sec. 10. Upon any investigation or proceeding for violation of this
Act no person shall be excused from giving testimony upon the
ground that such testimony would tend to convict him of a crime,
but such testimony cannot be received against him upon any criminal
investigation or proceeding : Provided^ however^ That no person so
testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for per-
jury committed in the course of any proceeding or investigation had
by virtue of this Act.
Sec. 11. Any game of cards at which more money is lost by any
person engaging in such game than should be lost by a person of his
financial condition, taking into consideration all his responsibilities,
his honest debts, and the injury done to his family or others de-
pendent upon him for their support, is a gambling game, and all
persons engaging in such game shall be punished by a nne of not less
than ten pesos nor more than five hundred pesos^ and all winners
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engaging in such game shall be jointly and severally liable to the
loser in such game for the amount lost.
Sec. 12. Any peace oflScer charged with the duty of suppressing
gambling who knowingly permits gambling to be conducted within
his jurisdiction and who wilfully fails to perform his duty shall be
punished by a fine of not less than fifty pesos nor more than one
thousand pesos, or by imprisonment for not exceeding one year, or by
both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion or the court.
Sec. 13. Article eighteen hundred and one of the Civil Code and
Articles three hundred and forty-three and five hundred and seventy-
nine of the Pen^l Code, and all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent
or in conflict with this Act, are hereby repealed.
Sec. 14. The public good requiring the soeedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is nereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 15. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 9, 1907.
[No. 1758.]
AN ACT To amend section one (/) of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ten
by providing that whenever required by the public interests the Insular Gov-
ernment may transport mails, passengers, and freight between points covered
by vessels under contract, and may reimburse the contracting parties therefor,
except in the case of special trips for inspection and other purely govern-
mental purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section one {j) of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred
and ten, entitled "An Act to encourage and aid the Philippine coast-
wise trade, to secure the carriage of mails, Government freight and
passengers by commercial vessels under contract, to effect uniform
reasonable rates for the Government and public, to increase the safety
standards and service of contracting vessels, and for other purposes, '
is hereby amended to read as follows :
" {j) Whenever required by the public interest, vessels belonging
to the Insular Government shall be allowed to transport mails, pas-
sengers, and freight between points covered by vessels under contract,
but provision may be made m the contract that in any or all such
cases an equitable portion of the net proceeds arising therefrom shall
be turned over to the contracting parties affected by such carriage:
Provided^ That no payments shall be made to reimburse the contract-
ing parties on account of any loss of business arising from the car-
riage of Government passengers and freight on Government vessel ^
on any special trips in the customs or the Jight-house service or for
any of the following purposes: Inspection; transporting lepers to
Culion, or prisoners to Manila for execution ; or transporting soldiers
or material of war in cases of urgency.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
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section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,'' passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on it« passage.
Enacted, October 9, 1907.
[No. 1759.]
AN ACT Providing for a lieutenant-governor of the Province of Samar, prescrib-
ing his powers and duties, rei)eallng Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and
ninety-eight, and for other purjioses.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There shall be a lieutenant-governor of the Province
of Samar who shall be appointed by the Governor-General by and
with the consent of the Pliilippine Commission. He shall receive
compensation at the rate of not to exceed four thousand pesos per
annum. Subject to the approval of the Governor-Greneral, he shall
exercise the powers and perform the duties with reference to the
hill people of Samar which are fixed for the governor by Act Num-
bered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled " The Special Pro-
vincial Government Act." He shall be a justice of the peace with
jurisdiction throughout the Province of Samar. He shall have his
office at the capital of the province, but, so far as may be practicable
and consistent with the public interest, shall spend his time in visit-
ing the hill people of Samar, in protecting them from abuses, in aid-
ing them to market their products at reasonable prices by the estab-
lishment of exchanges and other means, and in promoting friendly
relations between them and the people of the lowland and coast re-
gions. He shall ascertain, as soon as practicable, in accordance with
the provisions of section two hereof, the approximate number of hill
people in the Province of Samar, and certify such number to the
Insular Auditor, and upon such certification the Insular Auditor shall
redistribute the internal-revenue funds payable to the province in
such manner that thereafter the amount proportionate to the number
of hill people shall be deducted from the funds of the Province of
Samar and shall constitute a township and settlement fund for the
benefit of the hill people and shall be expended as provided by Act
Numbered Fourteen hundred and twenty-six.
Sec. 2. The lieutenant-governor and the provincial board of Samar
shall agree as to the municipalities, townships, settlements, places, or
other divisions of territory the inhabitants of which shall be con-
sidered hill people within the meaning of this Act. In the event of
failure to agree in any case appeal shall be had to the Governor-
General, whose decision shall be final.
Sec. 3. Subject to the approval of the Governor-General, the pro-
vincial board shall exercise the powers and perform the duties with
reference to the hill people of Samar which are prescribed for the
provincial board by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six.
Sec. 4. Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled
" An Act to authorize the application to the Province of Samar, iin-
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der certain conditions^ of the provisions of Act Numbered Thirteen
hundred and ninety-six, known as the 'Special Provincial Govern-
ment Act,' and Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninetv-seven,
known as the ' Township Government Act,' " is hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of " An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 10, 1907.
[No. 1760.]
AX ACT To prevent the introduction into the PhUippine Islands of dangerous
communicable animal diseases, to prevent the spread of such diseases within
the Islands, and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. For the purposes of this Act, domestic animals are here-
by defined as horses, mules, asses, cattle, carabaos, hogs, sheep, goats,
dogs, deer, and circus animals or those intended to be used for show
purposes.
Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act, a dangerous communicable
animal disease is hereby defined as glanders or farcy, surra, rinder-
pest, hemorrhagic septicemia, hog cholera, foot-and-mouth disease, or
any other acute communicable disease which may cause a mortality
of over five per centum in the period of one month.
Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
knowingly to ship or otherwise bring into the Philippine Islands any
animal suffering from, infected with, or dead of any dangerous com-
municable disease, or any effects pertaining to such animal which are
liable to introduce such disease into the Philippine Islands: Provided^
That any such animal or effects may be permitted by the Director of
Agriculture to enter the Islands under such conditions as to quaran-
tine, cremation, or other disposal as he may direct, or which shall be
deemed by him sufficient to prevent the spread of any such disease.
Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
knowingly to ship, drive or otherwise take, or transport from one
island, province, municipality, township or settlement to another
any domestic animal suffering from any dangerous communicable
disease or to expose such animal, either alive or dead, on any public
road, street or highway where it may come in contact with other do-
mestic animals.
Sec. 5. WTienever the Secretary of the Interior shall declare that
a dangerous communicable animal disease prevails in any island,
province, municipality, township or settlement, and that there is
danger of spreading such disease by shipping, driving or otherwise
transporting or taking out of such island, province, municipality,
township or settlement any class of domestic animals, it shall be
unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to ship, drive or other-
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wise remove the kind of animals so specified from such locality ex-
cept when accompanied by a certificate issued bv authority of the
Director of Agriculture stating the number ani kind of animals
authorized to be shipped, driven, taken or transported, their desti-
nation, the manner in which they are authorized to be shipped,
driven, taken or transported, and their brands and distinguishing
marks. Such certificate shall also state that the animals in question
have been inspected by a duly authorized agent of the Director of
Agriculture and found free from dangerous communicable animal
diseases and shall give the date of such inspection.
Sec. 0. The Director of Agriculture is hereby authorized :
(a) To maintain inoculation, quarantine ana detention stations for
domestic animals in such places as may be approved from time to
time by the Secretary of the Interior, and to place all animals arriv-
ing from foreign and domestic ports or interior places in quarantine
for such time as he may deem necessary to prevent the introduction
and spread of dangerous communicable animal diseases.
(b) To inspect all domestic animals arriving by boat, rail or other-
wise in the cities, ports or places where quarantine stations are main-
tained and in such other places as he may deem necessarv for the
purpose of preventing the introduction and spread of dangerous
communicable animal diseases within the Philippine Islands.
(c) To require that animals which are suffering from dangerous
communicable diseases or have been exposed thereto be placed in quar-
antine at such place and for such time as may be deemed by him neces-
sary to prevent the spread of such disease.
(d) To require the cleaning and disinfecting of any utensil, place,
corral, yard, or building deemed by him to be infected with dangerous
communicable animal disease, and to prohibit the keeping of any
domestic animals in such place, corral, yard, or building until it has
been placed in a sanitary condition.
(e) To require the cleaning and disinfecting of any boat, car,
vehicle, or other conveyance deemed by him to be infected with dan-
gerous communicable animal disease, and to prohibit its further use
for transporting domestic animals until it has been placed in a sani-
tary condition.
(f ) To cooperate with provincial and municipal boards in the sup-
})ression of dangerous communicable animal diseases and in the estao-
ishment and maintenance of municipal slaughter house and milk in-
spection systems, the object of which shall be to prevent the slaughter
and sale of animals having diseases or injuries of such a nature as to
render the meats and other food products derived from them dan-
gerous or unwholesome for human food.
Sec. 7. Wlienever the Director of Agriculture shall order any ani-
mal placed in quarantine in accordance with the provisions of this
Act, the owner of such animal, or his agent, shall deliver it at the
place designated for the quarantine and shall provide it with proper
food, w^ater, and attendance. Should the owner or his agent fail to
comply with this requirement the Director of Agriculture may fur-
nish supplies and attendance needed and the reasonable cost of such
supplies and attendance shall be collectible from the owner or his
agent.
Sec. 8. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Act shall,
upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand
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pesos, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both
such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, for each
offence.
Sec. 9. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws,^ passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 10. This Act shall take effect upon its passage.
Enacted, October 10, 1907.
[No. 1761.]
AN ACT Gradually to restrict and regulate the sale and use of opium pending
the ultimate prohibition of the importation of opium into the Philippine
Islands in whatever form except for medicinal purposes as provided by the
Act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and five, and pro-
hibiting any person from having the possession of opium, cocaine, or alpha
or beta eucaine in any of their several forms, or any derivative or preparation
of any of such drugs or substances, except for medicinal purposes, and to
repeal act Numbered Fourteen hundred and sixty-one, and for other purposes.
By authoAty of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Opium within the meaning of this Act shall embrace
every kind, class, and character of opium, whether crude, pi'epared,
or refuse, and all narcotic preparations thereof or therefrom, and
all morphine or alkaloids or opium and all preparations in which
opium, morphine, or any alkaloid of opium enters as an ingredient,
together with all opium leaves and wrappings of opium leaves,
whether such leaves or wrappings are prepared tor use or not.
Sec. 2. Upon the presentation by any Chinese person of a written
application, duly verified by his oath before an officer entitled to
administer oaths, and reciting that he habitually smokes, chews, swal-
lows, or injects opium, or is otherwise addicted to the use of opium,
stating the quantity of opium consumed daily, it shall be the duty
of the treasurer of the municipality or the treasurer of the township
or settlement in which said application is presented, or if presented
in the city of Manila then of the Collector of Internal Revenue, upon
the payment to such official by the applicant of the fee herein pre-
scribed, to register such Chinese person as a confirmed user of opimn
and to issue to him a certificate stating that he is addicted to the use
of opium, the manner and form of its use, and the quantity of the
drug which he shall be permitted to consume per day. The certifi-
cates so issued shall be printed in Quadruplicate and shall be consecu-
tively numbered. One of the quadruplicates shall be retained by the
officer issuing the same, one shall be forwarded forthwith to the
treasurer of the province in which said municipality, township, or
settlement is located, one shall be forwarded to the Collector of In-
ternal Revenue, and one shall be delivered to the person registered.
Beginning with the certificates for the month of November, nineteen
hundred and seven, the Collector of Internal Revenue shall reduce
each month the quantity which shall be permitted to be consumed
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by each registered confirmed user of opium by an amoimt equal to
fifteen per centum of the quantity allowed on the original certificate
issued under this law. Tne fee to be charged for confirmed users'
certificates provided for in this section shaU be as follows: Certifi-
cates for the period from the date of taking effect of this Act until
the end of October, nineteen himdred and seven, one peso; for the
month of November, nineteen hundred and seven, two pesos and fifty
centavos; for the month of December, nineteen hundred and seven,
five pesos; for the month of January, nineteen hundred and eight,
seven pesos and fifty centavos; for the month of February, nineteen
hundred and eight, ten pesos. No certificates shall be honored by a
dispensator of opium hereinafter mentioned except when presented
by the owner during the month for which issued. All such certifi-
cates shall be accounted for as cash at the face value thereof. Spoiled
or mutilated certificates not issued shall be retained and turned in
with the accounts of the responsible oflScer at the proper time.
Sec. 3. Any person who makes or uses a false or counterfeit cer-
tificate or other oflScial document used in the enforcement of this
Act, or who with intent to defraud has in his possession any false,
counterfeit, restored, or altered certificate or other official document
used in the enforcement of this Act, or who alters the written or
printed figures or letters upon such certificate or other official docu-
ment used in the enforcement of this Act, or who procures the com-
mission of any such offense by another, or who cooperates or assists
in the commission of any such offense, or who lends or delivers his
certificate to another, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five
thousand pesos, or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding two
years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the
court.
Sec. 4. (a) Except when prescribed as a medicine by a duly
licensed and practicing physician, it shall be unlawful for any person
to smoke, chew, swallow, inject, or otherwise consume or use opium
unless such person has been duly registered as provided in section two
hereof and has secured the certificate therein provided. Except when
prescribed as a medicine by a duly licensed and practicing physician,
no registered confirmed user of opium shall smoke, chew, swallow,
inject, or otherwise use or consume opium except in a duly licensed
opium dispensary hereinafter provided for.
(ft) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred pesos, or by imprison-
ment for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court: Provided^ That
in case of the commission of a second offense under the provisions
of this section the person so convicted, if other than a citizen of the
United States or a citizen of the Philippine Islands, may by order
of the court be deported.
Sec. 5. (a) It shall be unlawful to sell, transfer, give, or deliver
opium to any person except to a duly licensed and practicing physi-
cian, pharmacist, or second-class pharmacist, or a auly licensed dis-
pensator of opium, or duly registered confirmed user of opium in a
licensed opium dispensary for consumption therein only, and in
accordance with the provisions of this Act: Provided, hawet'>er.
That the transfer of ownership of opium, but not delivery thereof.
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may be made to licensed wholesale dealers in opium : And provided
further^ That opium may be sold, transferred, or delivered to Gov-
ernment Bureaus or officers duly authorized by the Governor-Gen-
eral to receive it, and to hospitals on permit from the Collector of
Internal Kevenue. Duly licensed physicians may prescribe and
administer opium as a medicine^ and pharmacists and second-class
pharmacists may sell, transfer, give, or deliver opium as a medicinal
preparation on the prescription of a duly licensed and practicing
1)hysician, imder such regulations as may be prescribed by the Col-
ector of InternaL Revenue and approved by the Secretary of Finance
and Justice.
(ft) Any person violating the provisions of the preceding sub-
section shall De punished by a fine not exceeding one tliousand pesos,
or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or by both
such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court: Pro-
vided^ That in case of the commission of a second offense under
the provisions of this section, the person so convicted^ if other than
a citizen of the United States or a citizen of the Philippine Islands,
may by order of the court be deported.
\c) Any physician who prescribes opium for his patients when
the physical condition of said patients does not require the use of
opium shall have his license to practice medicine revoked by the
Board of Medical Examiners for the Philippine Islands after due
notice and hearing by said Board, and shall be punished by a fine
of not less than two hundred and fifty pesos nor more than one
thousand pesos, or by imprisonment for a period of not less than
six months nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment, in the discretion of the court.
^ Sec. 6. (a) Every person other than a licensed pharmacist or
second-class pharmacist who imports, cooks, or prepares opium, or
prepares any narcotic extract from opium, or who modifies or changes
the form of any opium, or who sells or offers to sell opium in quan-
tities of one kilo or more, or who for himself or on commission sells
or offers to sell opium to another for resale, shall be deemed to be a
wholesale dealer lor the purposes of this Act.
(ft) The keeping of licensed opium dispensaries, not to exceed such
number in any one city, municipality, township, or settlement, as
may be prescribed by the Collector of Internal Revenue with the
approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, is hereby author-
ized.
(c?) Opium dispensaries for the purposes of this Act shall be
divided into three classes, as follows :
First class. To be kept open twenty-four hours per day or so long
as the proprietor may aesire.
Second class. To be kept open not over sixteen hours per day.
Third class. To be kept open not over eight hours per day.
The hours during which an opium dispensary may be kept open
shall be continuous.
(rf) Every opium dispensary shall be in the joint custody of an
internal-revenue officer and the proprietor thereof. It shall be kept
securely locked when not open to users and shall at no. time be
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unlocked, opened, or remain opened unless in the presence of an
internal-revenue officer.
Sec. 7. (a) Except upon the prescription of a duly licensed and
practicing physician or upon lawful permit of the Collector of In-
ternal Revenue it shall be unlawful for any person not a duly licensed
and practicing physician, pharmacist, second-class pharmacist, li-
censed dispensator of opium, or a dul^ registered user of opiimi, when
using the same in a licensed opium dispensary only and in such quan-
tities as may be stated in his certificate, to have in his possession
opium, or any pipes, hypodermic syringes, or other apparatus or par-
aphernalia to be used for smoking, injecting, or using opium in any
manner.
(6) Anv person violating the provisions of this section shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred pesos or by imprison-
ment for a period not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion of the court: Provided^ That all
opium, pipes, and other opium apparatus and paraphernalia found in
the possession of any person not authorized to have same shall be
seized and forfeited to the Government.
Sec. 8. Every dispensator of opium shall keep and maintain on the
outside of his place of business, so that the same may be seen and
easily read by the public, a sign setting forth in plain, large letters
the name or firm designation and the words " Licensed opium dis-
pensanr of the ' first,' '^second,' or ' third * class," as the case may be.
For a failure to keep and maintain such sign conspicuously displayed
as herein provided, or for a violation of anv of the provisions of this
Act, the Collector of Internal Revenue, or his duly authorized repre-
sentative, may cancel the license issued to such dispensator of opium,
and such dispensator of opium shall not be entitled to the return o:f
any money paid by him for such license.
Sec. 9. (a) Within ten days after this Act shall go into effect every
person having opium in his possession, except a duly licensed and
practicing physician, licensed pharmacist or second-class pharmacist,
Bureaus or officers of the Government authorized by law or by the
Governor-General to have possession of the same, shall deliver to the
treasurer of the province in which the opium is located, or if located
in the city of Manila then to the Collector of Internal Revenue, all
opium in his possession or under his control, and the official to whom
the opium is so delivered shall issue receipt for same, store the opium
in a safe place, and report to the Collector of Internal Revenue im-
mediately the name of the person making delivery, the quantity and
kind delivered, and such further information as may by regulation
of the Collector of Internal Revenue be required. Opium so deliv-
ered shall not be released except on permit of the Collector of Inter-
nal Revenue.
(ft) Reasonable charges to cover actual expense of storage and care
of opium may be imposed by the Collector of Internal Revenue.
(c) Any person failing to deliver the opium in his possession or
under his control as prescribed in this section shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding five thousand pesos, or by imprisonment for a
period not exceedmg five years, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment, in the discretion of the court; and all opium not so delivered
by such person shall be seized, forfeited, and sold as prescribed by
this Act.
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Seo. 10. All imported opium shall be delivered by the customs au-
thorities, after pajrment of all proper duties, taxes, and charges
thereon, to the Collector of Internal Eevenue or to his duly authorized
representative only, for storage in a place to be approved by the Col-
lector of Internal Kevenue, and neither the whole nor any part of the
opium so stored shall be removed from such building or place except
to an opium dispensary, or for export, in accordance with regulations
prescribed bv the Collector of Internal Revenue and approved by the
Secretary oi Finance and Justice, or on a jjermit from the Collector
of Internal Revenue. Onium stored or withdrawn in any manner
other than that prescribea by this Act, or by regulations or the Col-
lector of Internal Revenue made hereunder and approved by the Sec-
retary of Finance and Justice, shall be seized and confiscated.
Sec. 11. (a) Everv dispensator of opium, pharmacist, and second-
class pharmacist shall keep a book in which he shall enter, in Spanish
and'English, the full quantity of opium received by him from every
source, the date on which the same was received, the person from
whom received, and the authorization for its receipt, the kind re-
ceived, the price thereof, the date and hour of each and every sale or
delivery made by him, the Quantity and kind of opium sold or de-
livered by him, the name ana authorization of the person purchasing
or receiving the same, the quantity and kind of opium transferred on
permit, the date of such transfer, the name and address of the j)erson
to whom transferred, together with the number of the permit for
withdrawal or removal, and such other information as may be pre-
scribed by the Collector of Internal Revenue.
Every pharmacist and second-class pharmacist shall likewise make
and keep a similar record in regard to all cocaine, alpha or beta
eucaine, or any derivative or preparation of such drugs or substances
received, sold, delivered, or transferred by him. Pharmacists and
second-class pharmacists may, on proper permit to be obtained from
the Collector of Internal Revenue, or his duly authorized agent, trans-
fer opium, cocaine, alpha or beta eucaine. or any derivative or prepa-
ration of such drugs or substances, to other pharmacists and second-
class pharmacists.
(b) Any dispensator of opium or licensed pharmacist or second-
class pharmacist who shall fail to keep the book and make true entries
therein, as prescribed bv this section, shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding five thousand pesos, or by imprisonment for a period not
exceeding five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion of the court, and the license of such pharmacist or second-
class pharmacist shall be revoked by the Board of Pharmaceutical
Examiners for the Philippine Islands after due notice and hearing.
Sec. 12. Should any dispensator of opium, pharmacist, or second-
class pharmacist fail to make and keep the record book prescribed in
the next preceding section of this Act, or should an inspection of the
opiuni. cocaine, alpha or beta eucaine, or any derivative or prepara-
tion 01 such drugs or substances on hand, or should an examination of
the books of any dispensator of opium, pharmacist, or second-class
Sharmacist, disclose a greater or less quantity of such articles than the
ifference between the receipts of such articles and the sales, transfers,
or withdrawals thereof, respectively, should justify, then said dispen-
sator, pharmacist, or second-class pharmacist, as the case may be, ^all
pay the Government of the Philippine Islands, as a penalty^ double
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the value of any deficiency or excess that may exist, and all opium and
opium pipes, hypodermic syringes, and apparatus or paraphernalia
for smoking or using opium which are found on the premises on
which the opium business is carried on and conducted shall be seized
and forfeited: Provided^ That the dispensator may be relieved in
whole or in part from the penalties, seizure, and forefeiture provided
in this section whenever in the opinion of the Collector of Internal
Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice,
such relief is just' ana equitable.
Sec. 13. It shall be unlawful for any dispensator of opium to sell
or give opium to anv person except to a duly registered user or on
permit from the Collector of Internal Revenue.
Each sale, gift, or delivery of opium to a duly rejristered user shall
be entered on the back of his certificate or on an official slip for that
purpose attached to the certificate by an internal-revenue officer show-
ing the date and hour of sale, ffift, or delivery and the amount sold,
given, or delivered, and it shallbe unlawful for a dispensator to sell,
give, or deliver to a registered user of opium in a greater quantity
than that stated on his certificate as one day's allowance or the differ-
ence between that stated as one day's allowance and the amount noted
on the back of the certificate as having been sold, given, or delivered
to him that day, or for a dispensator of opium to sell, give, or deliver
to a registered user of opium any opium when the entry on his certifi-
cate shows that he has been furnished his full allowance for that day.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished
by a fine of not less than five hundred pesos and not more than five
thousand pesos, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or
W both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court:
Provided^ That in case of the commission of a second offense
under the provisions of this section the person so convicted, if other
than a citizen of the United States or a citizen of the Philippine
Islands, may by order of the court be deported.
Sec. 14. The books and stock of opium of dispensators of opium or
of pharmacists or second-class pharmacists shall be subject to inspec-
tion at any time by the Collector of Internal Revenue, or his duly
authorized representative, and any dispensator of opium or pharma-
cist or second-class pharmacist failing, refusing, or neglecting to
allow such inspection immediately upon demand made by the Collector
of Internal Revenue, or his duly authorized representative^ shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand pesos, or by imprison-
ment for a period not exceeding one year, or oy both such fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 15. {a) No person shall import, cook, or prepare opiiim, or
engage in the business of purchasing or selling opium or or dealing
or trafficking therein, unless he shall have mst secured from the
Collector of Internal Revenue a license to transact such business and
shall have paid the license tax prescribed by this Act. Crude opium
shall not be sold to any person who is not a dulj licensed wholesale
dealer, and then only subject to all the provisions of section five:
Provided^ That duly licensed pharmacists and second-class phar-
macists may import, buy, sell, and prepare, opium for medicinal pur-
poses, without securing the license prescribed by this section, under
such regulations as the Secretary of Finance and Justice may pre-
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scribe on the recommendation of the Director of Health and the Col-
lector of Internal Revenue. >
(6) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be
punished by a fine of not less than five hundred pesos nor more than
two thousand pesos, or by imprisonment for a period of not more than
one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of
the court.
Sec. 16. Before any license is issued to any wholesale dealer in
opium, or to any dispensator of opium, the Collector of Internal Rev-
enue shall require that such wholesale dealer or dispensator of opium
shall execute to the Government of the Philippine Islands a good and
sufficient bond in the sum of ten thousand pesos, duly approved by the
Collector of Internal Revenue, and conditioned that said wholesale
dealer or dispensator of opium will well and truly pay the internal-
revenue taxes, fines, and penalties imposed by this Act; that he will
not withdraw or remove any opium from the place in which it is law-
fully kept or stored except as prescribed by this Act, or by regulations
of the Collector of Internal Revenue made hereunder and approved
by the Secretary of FinanoB and Justice ; and that he will well and
truly comply with the provisions of this Act and perform all the du-
ties by it required of him to be performed.
Sec. 17. Every wholesale deafer in opium shall pay to the Collector
of Internal Revenue a monthly license tax of one hundred pesos, and
every dispensator of opium shall pay a monthly license tax m the fol-
lowing amounts : For a first-class opium dispensary, two hundred and
fifty pesos; for a second-class opium dispensary, one hundred and
seventy-five pesos; and for a third-class opium dispensary, one
hundred pesos, which taxes shall be paid in advance. In case any
wholesale dealer or dispensator of opium begins business after the
first day of a month, he shall pay for the wnole month: Provided^
however^ That this shall not apply to the month of October, nineteen
hundred and seven, for which month he shall pay one-half of the
amount hereinbefore prescribed: And provided further. That no li-
cense shall be issued to any person authorizing him to sell opium out-
side of a licensed opium dispensary, and that any person, except a
duly licensed and practicing physician or a pharmacist or second-
class pharmacist, selling, giving, furnishing, or otherwise disposing
of, opium outside of a licensed opium dispensary, shall be punishea
by a fine not exceeding one thousand pesos, or by imprisonment for a
period not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment,
in the discretion of the court ; ana in addition all of the stock of
opium found in the possession of any such person shall be seized and
forfeited.
Sec. 18. Persons doing business as copartners in any one place shall
be required to pay but one license tax. Should a dispensator of
opium engage in business in more than one place, he shall pay the pre-
scribed license tax for each place in which he carries on business : Pro-
vided^ however^ That if the Dusiness of a dispensator or of a wholesale
dealer in opium is transferred to a place other than that for which the
license was issued, the Collector of Internal Revenue may transfer
the license to the new place of business, and in such case no additional
license tax shall be exacted : And provided further^ That when any
person to whom a license is issued aies during the term of the license,
nis heirs, executors, administrators, or other legal representatives.
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may, without the payment of an additional tax, carry on, for the rest
of the term covered oy the license, the business for whidi the license
was issued.
Sec. 19. Unless otherwise provided by this Act, the payment and
collection of all taxes and of all judgments and moneys recovered and
received for taxes, costs, forfeitures, and penalties imposed by this
Act and the accounting therefor shall be made as prescribed by Act
Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, as amended, and the reg-
ulaticms of the Collector of Internal Kevenue issued thereunder.
Sec. 20. (a) Before any imported opium shall be released from the
custom-house there shall be paid thereon an internal-revenue tax as
follows: On crude opium, two pesos and fifty centavos a kilo, net
weight ; and on prepared opiimi, seven pesos and fifty centavos a kilo,
net weight. Beginning with the first day of November, nineteen hun-
dred and seven, the internal-revenue tax on imported opium shall be
increased each month by an amount equal to twenty per centum of
the original tax imposed herein until March first, nineteen hundred
and ei^t, on and after which date the said tax on opium permitted
to be imported by the Act of Congress of March third, nineteen hun-
dred and five, shall be as follows: On crude opium, five pesos a
kilo, net weight; and on prepared opium, fifteen pesos a kilo, net
weight. The date of payment of this tax shall for the purpose of this
section be considered the date of importation. This tax shall be paid
to the collector of customs, under regulations prescribed by the Col-
lector of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of
Finance and Justice.
On all opium cooked or prepared in the Philippine Islands every
wholesale dealer shall pay to the Collector of Internal Revenue at
the time of such cooking or preparation an additional internal-
revenue tax of five pesos on each kilo, net weight, of such cooked or
prepared opium. Beginning with the first day of November, nine-
teen hundred and seven, the internal-revenue tax on opium cooked
or prepared in the Philippine Islands shall be increased each month
by an amount equal to twenty per centum of the original tax im-
Eosed herein. The burden of proving that the internal-revenue tax
ereby imposed has been paid shall be upon the wholesale dealer.
Net weight shall be determined by the customs laws and regula-
tions covering the importation of opium into the Philippine Islands.
Before any opium is withdrawn or removed from the place in
which it is kept or stored, as prescribed by this Act, it shall be
marked, branded, or otherwise identified in the manner prescribed
by the Collector of Internal Revenue and approved by the Secretary
of Finance and Justice.
(b) The cooking or preparation of opium, or the changing of its
form in any manner, except for medicinal purposes by duly licensed
and practicing physicians, pharmacists, and second-class pharma-
cists, shall be done only under the supervision of the Collector of In-
ternal Revenue, or his duly authorized representative, in a place to
be designated and provided by the Collector of Internal Revenue, and
all cooking or preparation of opium, or the changing of its form,
shall in any case be subject to the inspection of the Collector of Inter-
nal Revenue.
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Opium so prepared shall be immediately returned to the place of
storage as provided for by this Act and ^all not be released except
in the manner provided herein.
The CJollector of Internal Bevenue is hereby authorized to make
provision for the stora^ and preparation of opium, and to charge
reasonable fees for such storage and place of prenaration and for
services rendered in connection with the records ana the preparation
of opium. Such charges diall constitute a lien upon the opium, which
can oe removed only by payment of all charges due.
(c) Any dealer m opium failing, refusing, or neglecting to pay
the internal-revenue tax as prescribed by this section, or who shall
fail, refuse, or neglect to mark, brand, or otherwise identify opium
as required by this section, or who shall in any other manner violate
the provisions of this section, shall be punished by a fine of not less
than five hundred pesos nor more than five thousand pesos, or by
imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years, or by both
such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court; and all
^oods on which such tax is due and not paid as required by this Act
^all be seized and forfeited.
Sec. 21. In case of the seizure of any property for the violation of
any provision of this Act, the Collector of Internal Revenue shall
pubhsh a notice of such seizure once a week for three successive weeks
m some newspaper of general circulation devoted to the publication
of general news and published in the province in which the seizure
was made, or if the seizure was made in the city of Manila, then in
some newspaper published in said city. If there be no newspaper
published m the province in which the seizure was made, then such
notice may be published in any newspaper in the Islands devoted to
the publication of general news. The notice shall describe the prop-
erty seized and state the time, cause, and place of seizure, and shall
re<^uire any person claiming such property to appear and file his
claim withm twenty days after the first publication of such notice.
Sec. 22. Any person claiming such seized property shall file his
claim thereto as prescribed in the notice provided for in the preced-
ing section, and shall deposit with the Collector of Internal Eevenue
a bond executed to the Government of the Philippine Islands in the
sum of five hundred pesos, duly approved by said Collector of Inter-
nal Revenue, and conditioned that uie claimant will pay all costs and
expenses of forfeiture and sale of the property in case forfeiture and
sale thereof are adjudged. On the filing of such a bond the Collector
of Internal Revenue ^all proceed against such seized property in the
same manner as is prescribed by Act Numbered Eleven hundred and
eighty -nine, as amended, for the forfeiture and sale of property seized
thereunder.
Sec. 23. The books, blank forms, certificates, and registers neces-
sary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be prepared by the
Collector of Internal Revenue and furnished to wholesale dealers and
dispensators of opium at cost plus ten per centum.
Sec. 24. The Collector of Internal Revenue is hereby authorized
and empowered to prepare and distribute regulations, directions, and
instructions for the carrying out of the provisions of this Act ; and
such regulations, directions, and instruction, not inconsistent with
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this Act, whether general or specific in character, shall have the force
and effect of law when approved by the Secretary of Finance and
Justice.
Sec. 25. The Collector of Internal Revenue, with the approval of
the Secretary of Finance and Justice, may compromise any civil or
other case arising under the provisions of this Act instead of com-
mencing or prosecuting suit thereon, and, with the consent of the
Secretary of Finance and Justice, he may compromise such case after
action has been begun thereon.
Sec. 26. The registration tax required to be paid by this Act shall
be covered into the treasury of the municipality, township, or settle-
ment in which collected, or if collected in the city of Manila then
into the Insular Treasury to the credit of said city, and shall be
deposited and disposed of as are all other deposits to the general fund
of said municipalities, townships, settlements, or city of Manila, as
the case may be.
The license tax and the internal-revenue tax required to be paid
by this Act, except license taxes upon wholesale dealers and opium
dispensaries, shall be covered into the Insular Treasury and shall con-
stitute a special fund to be devoted solely to the following purposes:
First. The printing and dissemination among the people of infor-
mation as to the evils resulting from the use of opium ;
Second. The payment of the reasonable expenses, in some repu-
table hospital, of those desiring to cure themselves of the opium
habit;
Third. The payment of salaries of Filipinos who have been ap-
pointed Insular teachers;
Fourth. The construction of schoolhouses and school buildings in
the various municipalities of the Islands: Provided^ That twenty-
five per centum of all fines imposed by reason of violations of this Act
shall be paid to the person who furnished the original evidence, prop-
erly substantiated, which led to the detection of the offense and the
imposition of the fine. The name of the informer shall be specified
in the judgment of the court when conviction is had in a court : Pro-
vided^ That in all cases in which no fine is imposed but where the sen-
tence is one for imprisonment or deportation, or wheii compromise
is effected as provided in section twenty-five hereof, there shall be
paid to the informer an amount approved by the Secretary of Finance
and Justice, not exceeding one thousand pesos in any one case, and
said moneys are hereby appropriated for the purposes of this section
and shall be expended therefor on the approval of the Governor-
General.
Sec. 27. The license taxes on wholesale dealers and opium dis-
pensaries and storage charges and fees for services rendered as pro-
vided for herein shall constitute a special fund, which is hereby made
available for expenditure in the temporary employment of special
internal-revenue officers, renting of buildings, furnishing supplies,
and for such other purposes as may be necessary in the carrying out
of the provisions of this Act, and said moneys are hereby appropriated
for the purposes of this section and shall be expended therefor on the
approval of the Governor-General.
Sec. 28. No person shall inhale, snuff, chew, swallow, inject, or
otherwise use or permit to be used in or on his boay any cocaine, alpha
or beta eucaine, or any derivative or preparation or such dnigs or
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substances, except upon the prescription of a duly licensed and prac-
ticing physician or except as otherwise specially provided in this Act.
Sec. 29. The possession of any opium pipe, nypodermic syringe,
apparatus, instrument, or paraphernalia for using or smoking opium
or any hypodermic syringe for using cocaine, alpha or beta eucaine,
or any derivative or preparation of such drugs or sjibstances, or any
other apparatus or instrument especially desimed for using any of
said drugs or substances in or on the human oody, shall be deemed
Erima facie evidence that the person in possession of such opium pipe,
ypodermic syringe, apparatus, instrument, paraphernalia, or articles,
has used some one of such prohibited drugs or suDstances, or the drug
or substance iox the use of which such apparatus, instrument, ana
Saraphemalia are especially designed, without the prescription of a
uly licensed and practicing physician, unless such prescription is
produced by such person.
Sec. 30. On and after March first, nineteen hundred and eight, it
shall be unlawful for any person to hold or to have in his possession
or under his control or subject to his disposition any opium, cocaine,
alpha or beta eucaine, or any derivative or preparation of such drugs
or substances: Provided^ however^ That Government Bureaus or
officers of the Government duly authorized by law or designated in
writing by the Governor-General may have, hold, and dispose of any
such ^i*"gp or substances in accoraance with law: And provided
further J That duly licensed and practicing physicians, pharmacists,
and second-class pharmacists, or persons hmdmg and having such
drugs and substances on the prescription of a duly licensed and prac-
ticing physician, may have, hold, possess, and dispose of such arugs
and substances tor medicinal purposes only: And provided further^
That on and after March first, nineteen hundred and eight, whenever
opium, cocaine, alpha or beta eucaine, or any derivative or prej)aration
of such drugs or substances, is found on, about, in the possession of, or
under the control of, any unauthorized person, such opium, cocaine,
alpha or beta eucaine, or any derivative or preparation of such drugs
or substances, shall be seized and forfeited to the Insular Government.
Sec. 31. Any unauthorized person owning, carrying, holding, hav-
ing, controlling, having possession of, or knowingly having on his
premises, any opium, cocaine, alpha or beta eucaine, or any derivative
or preparation of such drugs or substances, on and after March first,
nineteen hundred and eight, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
ten thousand pesos, or by imprisonment for not exceeding five years,
or by both sucn fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court :
Provided^ however ^ That in the case of the commission of a second
offense under the provisions of this section, any person so convicted,
if other than a citizen of the United States or a citizen of the Philip-
pine Islands, may, by order of the court, be deported.
Sec. 32. On and after March first, nineteen hundred and eight, it
shall be unlawful for any person in the Philippine Islands to inhale,
smoke, chew, swallow, inject, or otherwise use or permit to be used
in or on his body any opium, except for medicinal purposes, and then
only upon prescription of a duly licensed and practicing physician.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding ten thousand pesos, or by im-
prisonment for not exceeding five years, or by both such fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion of the court: Provided^ houoever^
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That in the case of the commission of a second offense under the pro-
visions of this section, any person so convicted, if other than a citizen
of the United States or a citizen of the Philippine Islands, may,
by order of the court, be deported.
Sec. 33. Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled
''An Act for the purpose of restricting the sale and suppressing the
evil resulting from the sale and use of opium until March first,
nineteen hundred and eight, when its importation or use for any
but medicinal purposes is forbidden by Act of Congreiss,'' is hereby
repealed.
Sec. 34. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 35. This Act shall take effect on October seventeenth, nineteen
hundred and seven.
Enacted, October 10, 1907.
[No. 1762.]
AN ACT Fixing the maximum rates which may be charged by the Manila Sub-
urban Railways Company.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. For the purpose of fixing the charges for carrying pas-
sengers on the line of the Manila Suburban Railways Company, the
construction of which is authorized by Acts Numbered Fourteen
hundred and forty-six and Fifteen hundred and eighty-nine, the
Manila Suburban Kailways Company is hereby authorized to divide
its lines into the following sections :
A section commencing at the beginning of the line on Calle Real,
in Santa Ana, and running to Fort WilHam McKinley, which shall
be held to mean any point within the Fort William McKinley Res-
ervation.
A section beginning at Fort William McKinley and running to
I^^sig.
A section beginning at Fort William McKinley and running to
Taguig; which shall be held to mean any point within half a mile
of the town center.
A section beginning at Taguig and running to the end of the line,
at a point on I^guna de Bay at or near Mabato Point.
Sec. 2. The rates to be charged for carrying passengers shall not
exceed the following:
On the section between the beginning of the line and Fort William
McKinley, ten centavos first class and five centavos second class;
On the section between Fort William McKinley and Pasig, eight
centavos first class and five centavos second class;
On the section between Fort William McKinley and Taguig, eight
centavos first class and five centavos second class;
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On the section between Taguig and the terminus at Laguna de
Bay, ten centavos first class and five centavos second class; all of
which said rates shall apply to passengers traveling in either direc-
tion.
Sec. 3. The right is reserved to the Government of the Philip-
?ine Islands effectively to regulate the rates provided in this Act:
*rovided^ That in no case shall such rates be fixed at less than the
maximum prescribed by the provisions of Acts Numbered Fourteen
hundred and forty-six and Fifteen hundred and eighty-nincj for the
period during which the rates as fixed in said Acts are to be in effect.
Sec. 4. The Manila Suburban Railways Company, in order to se-
cure the benefit of this Act^ must file with the Executive Secretary
of the Philippine Islands its acceptance of the same within sixty
days from the passage hereof.
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited m accordance with sec-
tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect <mi its passage.
Enacted, October 11, 1907.
[No. 1763.]
AN ACT To extend the time in which provinces and the city of Manila may
obtain the benefits of Acts Numbered Sixteen hundred and fifty-two and Six-
teen hundred and ninety-five, and confirming the action of provincial boards
and of the municipal board of the city of Manila which may have adopted
or may adopt resolutions increasing the cedula tax during the time so
extended.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The time in which provincial boards, or, in the city
of Manila, the Municipal Board of said citv, may adopt resolutions
increasing the cedula tax in accordance with Act Numoered Sixteen
hundred and fifty-two is, for the year nineteen hundred and seven,
hereby extended to and including October twelfth. All resolutions
of provincial boards^ or of the Municipal Board of the city of Manila,
increasing said tax m accordance with said Act which have been or
may be adopted before the expiration of the time as hereby extended
are hereby ratified, confirmed, and made effective as fully as though
such resolutions had been adopted within the time originally fixed
by said Act, and the provisions of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred
and ninety-five shall be applicable to such provinces.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 11, 1907.
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[No. 1764.]
AN ACT Provldliig for the paymoit of fees in criminal proceedings, appropri-
ating the sum of sevoity-flve thousand pesos to be distributed by the auditor
among the provinces and the city of Manila in proportion to the respective
amounts by them paid on account of court fees, and repealing section one of
Act Numbered Three hundred and. two and Acts Numbered Four hundred and
four and Thirteen hundred and thirty-flve.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission J that:
Section 1. Until other provision is made covering the subject there
shall accrue for all services of clerks of courts and officers of courts,
whether governors, sheriffs, their deputies or special deputies, for
issuing or serving all process and the performance of all duties in
criminal proceedings, the same fees as those which would accrue for
like services by virtue of the provisions of Act Numbered One hun-
dred and ninety, providing a Code of Procedure in Civil Actions
and Special Proceedings. Such fees shall be taxed against the de-
fendant as a part of the costs to be paid if he be convicted. When
incurred in behalf of the Government in proceedings before a justice
of the peace, such fees shall be paid by the municipality in which the
trial or preliminarv investigation is held.
Sec. 2. On the ttrst day of each month the justice of the peace of
each municipality shall present to the municipal treasurer a detailed
statement of the fees accruing to officers of courts from the municipal
treasury during the preceding month by virtue of this Act. The
account thus rendered shall forthwith be audited by the municipal
president and treasurer, and the officer entitled thereto shall there-
upon receive from the municipal treasury the amount of his fees
as allowed by these auditors. For the purpose of the auditing herein
provided, the auditors shall examine the records of the justice of the
peace or any other papers or persons deemed necessarv.
Sec. 3. If the services described in section one of this Act are
rendered in the prosecution of a case in any Court of First Instance,
the fees shall be taxed against the defendant as part of the costs if
he be convicted, and it shall be the duty of all clerks of the Court of
First Instance to collect such costs. The fees earned by the sheriff
or other officer of the court, for the service of any process or orders of
the Court of First Instance, except in Manila, shall be paid out of
the treasury of the province in which the trial is held. The services
of the clerk of the court on behalf of the Government in criminal
cases shall be rendered gratis; but this provision shall not be deemed
to relieve a defendant who has been convicted from having such fees
taxed against him as part of the costs.
Sec. 4. On the first day of each monthj the clerk of the Court of
First Instance shall present to the provincial treasurer a detailed
statement of the fees accruing to the sheriff or other officer of the
Court of First Instance from provincial funds, for the service of
process or orders of the Court during the preceding month by virtue
of this Act. Such statement shall forthwith be audited by the pro-
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vincial treasurer, and the officer entitled to the fees shall thereupon
receive from the provincial treasury the amount thus allowed. For
the purpose of this audit the treasurer shall examine the records of
the Clerk of Court and any papers and persons deemed necessary.
Sec. 5. All costs collectea in courts of First Instance in criminal
proceedings, accruing on account of fees for the service of process
contemplated in the last preceding section, shall be paid into the pro-
vincial treasurer and accounted for to the Insular Auditor. All other
costs collected in courts of First Instance in criminal cases, and all
fines thus collected shall be deposited in the Insular Treasury to the
credit of the appropriation "Judiciary" and shall be accounted for
to the Insular Auditor.
Sec. 6. In the city of Manila it shall be the dutv of all members
of the police department of said city to serve within its limits the
criminal process of all courts, without extra compensation for such
services. But the fees which would accrue for such services, if per-
formed by officers of courts in the provinces, shall nevertheless be
taxed against defendants who are convicted, and when costs so taxed
are collected they shall accrue to the appropriation "Judiciary."
Sec. 7. The Insular Auditor is herebv directed to cancel all sums
now unpaid and owing to the Insular Government by the provinces
and the city of Manila for court fees in criminal cases, and to refund
to each province and the city of Manila a portion of the sums hitherto
{md by them to the Insular Government on account of such fees,
""or this purpose there is hereby appropriated out of any funds in
the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seventy-
five thousand pesos (^5,000.00), to be distributed among the re-
spective provinces and the city of Manila, upon the pro-rata basis
of the payments made by such provinces and the city of Manila.
All costs heretofore adjudged against defendants in criminal cases
and remaining uncollected on the date of the passage of this Act
shall, when collected, accrue to the appropriation " Juaiciary."
Sec. 8. Whenever the duties of a governor, sheriff, deputy or
special deputy, or other officer of a court in criminal proceedings,
require travel or transportation of provincial prisoners or furnishing
food for prisoners, in whole or in part outside of the province of
such officer, the officer performing the service shall receive a compen-
sation of four pesos for each day necessarily employed in performing
the service, and the actual necessaiy expenses mcurred in traveling
and in transporting prisoners and in furnishing food for them and
no more.
Sec. 9. Section one of Act Numbered Three hundred and two and
Acts Numbered Four hundred and four and Thirteen hundred and
thirty-five are hereby repealed.
Sec. 10. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 11. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 11, 1907.
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[No. 1765.]
AN ACT To amend Act Nombered One hundred and eighty-three, entitled "An
Act to incorporate the city of Manila/' as amended, by providing that appro-
priations for the government of said city shall be made by the Municipal
Board, subject to the approval of the Governor-General, and for other par-
poses.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission J that:
Section 1. Section fifteen of Act Numbered One hundred and
eighty-three, entitled " An Act to incorporate the city of Manila,"
is hereby amended to read as follows:
" Sec. 15. Subject to approval by the (Jovemor-General, the Mu-
nicipal Board oi the city of Manila shall make all appropriations
for the expenses of the government of said city. In consideration of
the exemption from taxation of the extensive real-estate holdings of
the Insular Government within the limits of the city of Manila, of
the deprivation of the city of Manila of revenues which under its
Charter it would have derived from wharves along certain portions
of the Pasig River ceded to the Insular Government, of the expense
of extensive improvements which the government of said city is re-
quired to make by reason of the location therein of the capital of the
Islands, of the use by the Insular Government of the building known
as the ' Ayuntamiento,' of the free service furnished by the police
department of said city at certain buildings occupied by the Insular
Grovemment, including Malacanan Palace, and or the service by the
sheriff of the city of Manila as an officer of the Supreme Court, there
is hereby created a permanent continuing appropriation, from any
funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, equal to
thirty per centum of the expenses of the government of the city of
Manila exclusive of those amounts which appear as expenses by
reason of interdepartmental charges and charges against the Insular
Gt>vemment for land transportation and other analogous services
and supplies: Provided, That the total contribution &om Insular
funds to the government of the city of Manila under this appropria-
tion shall not in any one year exceed the amount of the proceeas of
the real-estate tax collected by the said city during the next pre-
ceding year: And provided further, That the total amount of such
contribution shall not in any one year exceed the sum of one million
two hundred and fifty thousand pesos. The Insular Auditor is
hereby' directed to ascertain from time to time the amount herein
appropriated and to transfer to the city of Manila, out of any funds
in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount so
ascertained."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of " An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred
and eight.
Enacted, October 11, 1907.
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[No. 1766.]
AN ACT Amending section four of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and forty-five
by requiring fees formerly collectifile by provincial secretaries to be here-
after deposited in provincial treasuries.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section four of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
forty-five is hereby amended to read as follows:
" Sec 4. The position of provincial secretary is hereby abolished
and the employees of his office are hereby transferred to the office of
the provincial governor. The provincial governor shall, by en execu-
tive order, designate an employee or employees of his office to perform
the duties heretofore performed fey the provincial secretary, includ-
ing those of recorder of the provmcial board. In case the provin-
cial governor shall certify that no employee in his office is competent
to perform said duties, and the Bureau of Civil Service shall certify
that its eligible list contains the name of no person who will accept
the appointment for the salary allowed, the provincial governor may,
with the approval of the Govemor-Greneral, appoint some person who
is not in the classified civil service, or he may perform such duties
Personally should he so elect: Provided^ That a provincial secretary
oldin^ office on October twentieth, nineteen hundred and six, shall
be eligible to appointment to any position in the classified civil service
at a salary not exceeding the salary now received by him.
"All fees which heretofore have been authorized by law for pro-
vincial secretaries as personal compensation for furmshing certified
copies of public records and documents shall hereafter accrue to the
provincial treasury, and shall be deposited therein by the recorder
or person acting as such officer on the first business day of each month,
accompanied by an itemized statement in duplicate showing the source
from which the said funds were received, date of receipt, and the
name of the payor."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 11, 1907.
[No. 1767.]
AN ACT Making a permanent continuing annual appropriation to encourage
the production of tobacco and to protect the interests of the tobacco manu-
facturing industries of the Philippine Islands by providing bounties for the
growers of leaf tobacco, and for other purposes.
Whereas, there has been for several years a decrease in the amount
of leaf tobacco produced in these Islands and a deterioration in the
quality thereof, due to faulty and unscientific methods of planting
tne seed, caring for the growing leaf, and the subsequent curing
thereof when harvested ; and
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Whereas, this condition of affairs has resulted and is resulting in
injury to tne tobacco manufacturing industries of these Islands and
to the export trade in leaf tobacco and the manufactured products of
tobacco; Now, therefore,
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Beginning with the calendar year nineteen hundred
and eight, and each year thereafter, there shall be paid bounties to
growers of tobacco imder the following conditions:
(a) One thousand pesos in the Province of Caffayan, one thousand
pesos in the Province of Isabela, and seven hundred and fifty pesos
m the Province of La Union, to the OTower of leaf tobacco m each
of said provinces who plants not less than one hectare nor more than
ten hectares, and who produces the largest number of marketable
leaves per hectare.
(b) One thousand pesos in the Province of Ca^yan, one thousand
pesos in the Province of Isabela, and seven hundred and fifty pesos
m the Province of La Union, to the grower of leaf tobacco in each of
said provinces who cultivates not less than one hectare nor more than
ten hectares, and who sorts the tobacco leaves harvested on such hold-
ing in the most uniform manner as regards the size, quality, coloring,
etc., of the leaves.
(c) One thousand pesos in the Province of Caffayan, one thousand
pesos in the Province of Isabela, and seven hundred and fifty pesos
m the Province of La Union, to the grower of leaf tobacco in each of
said provinces who presses and packs in m/inos the leaves harvested
on such holdings, and cures it, in the manner best suited for the man-
ufacture of cigars and other tobacco products within the Philippine
Islands, or most nearly in accordance with the demands of consumers
abroad as regards leaf tobacco exported from these Islands: Pro-
vided^ That the committee of three appointed as hereinafter pro-
vided to judge of the merits of the claims of the various competitors
for the bounties provided above may, in their discretion, instead of
assigning the bounty to one indiviaual in each province, distribute
it amongst not to exceed three of the^growers whose claims they con-
sider most meritorious; and in such case fifty per cent of the bounty
bhall be given to the grower who most nearly complies with the pre-
scribed conditions, and the remainder shall be distributed in the pro-
portion of thirty and twenty per cent to the next two competitors in
the order of merit. Growers of leaf tobacco desiring to compete for
the bounties provided for above shall register as competitors with
the provincial treasurer at the time of planting each year's crop, or as
soon thereafter as practicable, and the treasurer of each province shall
by frequent publication not less than once a quarter or oftener if ad-
visable, by hando^ or otherwise, in each town inform all CTOwers of
leaf tobacco regarding the payment of these bounties and the steps
necessary to be taken to enter the contest. A standing committee in
each province is hereby constituted, to pass on the claims of the
various competitors. Said committee shall be composed of the pro-
vincial treasurer, a representative from the Bureau of Agriculture,
to be designated in each province by the Director of that Bureau, and
a third member to be a planter of or a dealer in leaf tobacco in each
province to be selected by the other two members of the committee.
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This committee shall convene on the call of the provincial treasurer,
shall provide such rules for the discharge of its commission as may
be needed to suit local conditions in each province, and their report
each year on the names of the growers of leaf tobacco entitled to the
various bounties shall be in the form of a certified resolution signed
by the three members of said committee and forwarded to the 5ov-
emor-General of the Philippine Islands. A copy of said resolution
shall also be forwarded to tne Insular Auditor ana a copy to the Col-
lector of Internal Revenue.
Sec. 2. A permanent continuing appropriation to pay the bounties
above specified is hereby made and the Insular Auditor shall pay
such amounts to each grower entitled thereto by warrant in the name
of such grower to be delivered to him by the provincial treasurer and
to be paid out of the Insular Treasury from any moneys not other-
wise appropriated. The names of the successful competitors shall
be published in the Official Gazette and in the local press.
Sec. 3. In addition to the amounts provided for bounties to be
paid in the three provinces designated a further continuing annual
appropriation of five thousand pesos for general distribution in other
tobacco growing provinces, under the direction and with the approval
of the Governor-General, is hereby made and shall be assigned and
paid to the competitors for said bounty in the remaining tobacco
growing provinces, as near as may be in accordance with the regula-
tions provided above for the three provinces designated.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
[No. 1768.]
AN ACT To amend Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two, known as
" The Election Law," as amended by Acts Numbered Seventeen hundred and
nine and Seventeen hundred and twenty-six, by disqualifying habitual users
of opium from holding provincial or municipal offices.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The sixth paragraph of section twelve of Act Num-
bered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two known as "The Election
Law," as amended by Acts Numbered Seventeen hundred and nine
and Seventeen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby amended to read
as follows:
" Unless fully pardoned, no person who is under judgment of con-
viction of a crime which is punishable by imprisonment for two years
or more or which involves moral turpitude, regardless of whether or
not an appeal is pending in the action, shall hold any public office,
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and no person disqualified from holding public office by the sentence
of a court, whether or not an appeal is pending in the action, or so
disqualified under the provisions of Act Numbered Eleven hundred
ana twenty-six, as amended, shall be eli^ble to hold public office
during the term of his discjualification. ITo person who habitually
smokes, chews, swallows, injects, or otherwise consumes or uses opium
in any of its lorms, shall be eligible to hold any provincial or muni-
cipal office."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passaj^ of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 11, 1907.
[No. 1769.]
AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled
" The Special Provincial Government Act," by authorizing provincial boards
to grant licenses for collecting edible birds* nests and to make regulations to
prevent the extermination of the birds that build such nests.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section seventeen of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred
and ninety-six, entitled " The Special Provincial Government Act,"
is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following para-
graph :
"(«) To license collectors of edible birds' nests and to fix the fees
which shall be charged for the issuance of such licenses, and to make
such regulations as may be necessary to prevent the extermination of
the birds that build edible nests and the consequent destruction of the
edible birds' nest industry. Any person collecting such nests without
a license or violating any of such regulations shall, for each oflfense,
be punished by a mie not exceeding one hundred pesos, or by im-
prisonment not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and im-
prisonment, in the discretion of the court. The taking of one nest
without a license shall constitute an offense. The funds derived from
the issuance of such licenses and from any fines collected for violation
of such regulations shall be paid into the township and settlement
fund."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of " An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted October 11, 1907.
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[No. 1770.]
AN ACT To ameid section eight of Act Numbered Six hundred and nineteen,
entitled "An Act to promote good order and discipline In the Philippines Con-
stabulary/* by including under the penalty therein provided noncommissioned
officers or acting noncommissioned oncers in charge of a relief of post who
are found sleeping on duty.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section eight of Act Numbered Six hundred and nine-
teen, entitled " An Act to promote good order and discipline in the
Philippines Constabulary, is hereby amended to read as follows:
" Sec. 8. Any member of the Constabulary who, while on duty as
a sentinel, is found sleeping on post, or who leaves it before he is
regularly relieved, and any noncommissioned officer or acting non-
commissioned officer of guard in charge of a relief on post who is
found sleeping on such duty, shall be fined not exceeding nve hundred
dollars or imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 11, 1907.
[No. 1771.]
AN ACT To amend section five of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-
eight, requiring receipts from municipal cemeteries to be deposited in the
municipal treasury as a special fund to be spent upon the cemetery, by pro-
viding that any surplus in said fund may be expended for general municipal
purposes.
By authority of the United States^ "be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section five of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
fifty-eight is hereby amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 5. The proceeds realized from the sale of cemetery lots in a
municipal burial ground or cemetery shall be deposited in the munici-
Eal treasury and kej)t separate fn)m other f imds and may be disbursed
y order or the municipal council, upon properly prepared and signed
vouchers, for the purpose of keeping in order, improving, and em-
bellishing said burial ground or cemetery : Provided^ That with the
approval of the Director of Health or his authorized agent any sums
remaining in said fund on January first of each year in excess of the
amounts expended or obligations incurred to keep in order, improve,
or embellish such burial ground or cemetenr may be transferred to the
municipal general fund to be expended for general municipal pur-
poses."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
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two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enforcement of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 11, 1907.
[No. 1772.J
AN ACT To amend section forty-four of Act Numbered BJlghty-three as amended,
and section sixty-five of Act numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-seven, as
amended, by providing that conventions or meetings of municipal and town-
ship presidents shall be called in the discretion of the provincial boards, with
certain limitations, and to repeal Acts Numbered Four hundred and twenty-
five and Five hundred and twenty-<Mie.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section forty-four of Act Numbered Eighty-three is
hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor :
" Sec. 44. The provincial board is hereby authorized, whenever in
its discretion the public good requires, to call a convention or meeting
of any or all of the municipal presidents of the province at such place
and time as it mav designate, and it shall be the duty of the presidents
called to attend the same: Provided^ That not less than one nor more
than four such conventions or meetings shall be called in any one year
except upon previous approval of the Governor-General. In case
any such convention or meeting is called for the purpose of consider-
ing or acting on special business, the call shall so state. The actual
and necessary traveling expenses, going and returning, of the presi-
dents called and actually attending such meetings shall be paid out of
the provincial treasury upon approval by the provincial board, but
shall not exceed the maximum amount allowed by law for traveling ex-
penses of provincial officials. During the time that the municipal pres-
ident is absent for the purpose of attending any such meeting the vice-
president shall act in his place and shall receive therefor out of the mu-
nicipal treasury a sum equal to the salary due the president for the
same time. The president shall also receive his salary while absent
for the said purpose."
Sec. 2. Suosection {a) of section sixty-five of Act Numbered Thir-
teen hundred and ninety-seven is hereby amended by substituting, in
the first proviso thereof, the word " one " for the word " two."
Sec. 3. Acts Numbered Four hujidred and twentv-five and Five
hundred and twentv-one, and all other Acts or parts oi Acts inconsist-
ent with or in conflict with this Act, are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of " An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 11, 1907.
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[No. 1773.]
AN ACT To provide for the public prosecution of the crimes of adHlterio,
estupro, rapto, violacidn, calumnia, and injuria^ to abolish the right of
pardon by the aggrieved party in such cases, to provide for a special civil
action for damages therein, and for other purposea
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission y that:
Section 1. Hereafter the crimes of adulterio^ estupro^ rapto^ vio-
lacion^ calumnia^ and injuria^ as defined by the Penal Code of the
Philippine Islands, shall be deemed to be public crimes and shall be
?rosecuted in the same manner as are all other crimes defined by said
*enal Code or by the Acts of the Philippine Commission : Provided,
however^ That no prosecution for the crimes of adulterio^ estupro, or
injuria committed against persons other than public officials or em-
ployees shall be instituted except upon the complaint of the aggrieved
person or of the parents, grandparents, or guardian of such person.
Sec! 2. Condonation, pardon, or remission of penalty by the ag-
grieved person or the parents, grandparents, or guardian of sudi
person shall in no way extinguish the liability of the guilty person
or persons to criminal prosecution and punishment, nor shall such
condonation, pardon, or remission operate to dismiss or suspend any
prosecution once commenced in accordance with the provisions of the
preceding section: Provided^ however. That in cases of estupro,
rapto, or violacion the legal marriage oi the accused or convicted per-
son to the aggrieved person shall extin^ish such criminal liability.
Sec. 3. In all cases wherein a crimmal prosecution for any oi the
offenses mentioned in section one of this Act might be brought, the
aggrieved person or such person's parents, grandparents, or guardian
may also bring a civil action and recover therein civil damages from
the guilty person. The remedy hereby given shall be deemed to be
and additonal remedy, apart from any other remedies which the exist-
ing law may afford, and nothing herein contained shall be so con-
strued as to revoke, repeal, or modifv any other civil remedy which
the existing law, in such cases, affords, nor shall anything contained
in this Act be construed to modify or repeal any of the provisions of
Act Numbered Two hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An Act
defining the law of libel and threats to punish a libel, making libel
and threats to publish a libel misdemeanors, giving a right of civil
action therefor, and making obscene or indecent publications misde-
meanors," as amended.
Sec. 4. So much of the Penal Code of the Philippine Islands as is
inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 11, 1907.
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[No. 1774.]
AN ACT To amend act Numbered Eight Hundred and fifty-four, as amended,
by authorizing the extension of the period within which returning Crovem-
ment students sliall take a civU-service examination.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section three of Act Numbered Eight hundred and
fifty-four, entitled "An Act providing for the education of Filipino
students in the United States and appropriating for such purpose
the sum of seventy-two thousand dollars, in money of the United
States," is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
" Sec. 3. After his selection and before his appointment each
student shall be subjected to a thorourfi physical examination by a
physician designated bv the Governor-General, and the appointment
of such student shall be dependent on the favorable report of the
physician so designated. Each student receiving an appoii\tment
shall be required to take the oath of allegiance to the Government
of the United States, and to sign an agreement, approved by his
parents or guardian if he is under twenty-one years of age, to the
effect that he will attend the educational institution designated by
the Governor-General for the period of four years, or for such time
as may be prescribed in his appointment, unless sooner released:
that he will conform to all regulations, rules, and laws of said
institution and such other regulations as may be prescribed by the
Department of Public Instruction; that he will diligently, stu-
diously, and faithfully pursue the established coui'se or studies or
such special course of studies as may be indicated by the Governor-
General; and that upon the termination of his studies in the United
States, in conformity with this Act and the terms of his appointment
and agreement, he will return to the Philippine Islands, and within
two months axter his return will take a civil-service examination,
competitive or noncompetitive, in the discretion of the Bureau ox
Civil Service, to qualify in such grade or for such office or position
under civil-service rules as he may elect, and that, if certified for
appointment by the Bureau of Civil Service and appointed from
such certificatiofi to any office or post in the civil service at any time
within one year after his return, he will accept such appointment
and faithfully perform the duties of the office or post to which he
is appointed, for the salary fixed by competent authority and for
a period of time equal to that spent by him in the United States
at the expense of the Government, unless sooner separated from the
service by competent authority : Provided.Thdii should the interests
of the service so warrant, the Director of Civil Service may, with the
approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, in lieu of giving
special examination, extend the period within which returning
Government students shall take a civil-service examination until the
dates fixed for the next regular examination."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of " An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
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Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 11, 1907.
[No. 1775.]
AN ACT Authorizing the Insular Collector of Customs to clear foreign vessels
for the ports of Legaspi and Tabaco.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The Insular Collector of Customs is hereby author-
ized to clear foreign vessels for the ports of Legaspi and Tabaco,
Province , of Albay, under such conditions and regulations as he
may, with the approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice,
impose: Provided, That all expense incident to the entrance of a
foreign vessel into the ports of Legaspi and Tabaco shall be a charge
against such vessel and shall be cmlected before the vessel is granted
a foreign clearance.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 11, 1907.
[No. 1776.]
AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Eighty-three and requiring copies of the min-
utes of provincial boards to be forwarded to the Executive Secretary.
By authority of the United States, he it enacted hy the Philippine
Comm,ission, that:
Section 1. Section twelve of Act Numbered Eighty-three, as
amended, is hereby amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 12. The following officers of the provincial government, to
wit, the governor, the treasurer, and the third member, shall con-
stitute the provincial board. The governor shall be the presiding
officer of the board. Copies of all minutes of the provincial board
and executive orders of the provincial governor shall be furnished
the Executive Secretary under such regulations as he may prescribe.''
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 11, 1907.
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[No. 1777.1
AN ACT Authorizing the Governor-General to close, by executive order, certain
I)orts of entry, and to reopen the same ports hi like manner when the public
Interests so require.
By authority of the United States^ he it en<icted hy the Philippine
Com mission ^that :
Section 1. Whenever in his judgment the public interests so re-
quire, the Governor-General may, by executive order, close as ports of
entry any or all of the following ports of entry in the Philippine
Islands: Bongao, Balabac, Sitanki, and Jurata; and the closing of
any such port of entry shall operate to suspend the personnel pro-
vided therefor.
Sec. 2. In the event of the closing of any or all of the ports of
entry mentioned in section one hereof, as provided, the Gk)vemor-
General may, by executive order, whenever in his judgment the public
interests so require, reopen such port or ports, and the said reopening
shall operate to renew the authority for the employment of the per-
sonnel authorized by law for such port or ports.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeaitea in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 11, 1907.
[No. 1778.]
AN ACT Amending sections numbered eighty and eighty-eight of Act Numbered
One hundred and ninety, providing a code of procedure In civil actions and spe-
cial proceedings In the Philippine Islands, as amended.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section eighty of Act Numbered One hundred and
ninety, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows :
" Sec. 80. Forcible entry into and detainer of land or huUdinas, —
Anyone deprived of the possession of any land or building by force,
intimidation, threat, strate^, or stealth, and any landlord, vendor,
vendee, or other person against whom the possession of any land or
building is unlawfully withheld after the expiration or determination
of the right to hold possession, by virtue of any contract, express or
implied, and the legal representatives or assigns of any such landlord,
vendor, vendee, or other person, shall at any time within one year
after such unlawful deprivation or withholding of possession be
entitled, as against the person or persons unlawfmly withholding or
depriving of possession, or against any person or persons claiming
under them, to restitution of the land, building, and premises posses-
sion of which is unlawfully withheld, together with damages and
costs: Provided^ however^ That no landlord shall commence any
action against a tenant for restitution of possession of any land or
building for failure to pay rent or to comply with the conditions of
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his lease, unless the tenant shall have failed, for a period of three
days, to pay the rent due or comply with the conditions of his lease
after demand therefor. The demand for payment or for the perform-
ance of any condition of the lease may be made upon the tenant per-
sonally, or by serving written notice of such demand upon any person
who may be found upon the premises, or by posting such notice on
the premises, if neither the tenant nor any other person can be found
thereon at the time the landlord or his agent may have gone there for
the purpose of making such demand."
Sec. 2. Section eighty-eight of said Act Numbered One hundred
and ninety, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows :
"Sec. 88. Appeal, — Either party may appeal from the judgment
of the justice of the peace to the Court of First Instance within five
days after the rendition of the judgment, and the suit shall be con-
ducted therein in the same manner as appeals from justices of the
peace in other civil actions. If the plaintin recovers possession of the
premises in the Court of First Instance he shall have judgment for
the amount of rents and damages then due. If the defendant appeals
from the judgment of the justice he shall give to the plaintiff security
by an obligation, with sufficient sureties, approved by the justice of
the peace, to enter the action in the Court of First Instance, and to
pay rents, damages, and costs, and the defendant and the sureties
shall be liable upon their obligation for damages and costs down to
the time of the final judgment in the action. The appeal shall not be
allowed until such obligation has been filed with the justice and it is
proven that at the time such appeal is taken all money found by the
judgment to be due from the defendant to the plaintin, either as rent
or as the reasonable value of the use and occupation of the premises, as
the case may be, has been paid to the plaintiff or has been deposited
in court. Durihg the pendency of the appeal it shall be the duty of
the defendant to pay to the plaintiff or into the Court of First In-
stance, at the option of the defendant, the amount of rent due from
time to time imder the contract, if any, as found by the judgment of
the justice of the peace to exist, or, in the absence of a contract, to
pay to the plaintiff or into court, as above provided, on or before the
tenth day of each calendar month, the reasonable value of the use
and occupation of the premises for the preceding month at the rate
determined by the judgment. All moneys so paid to the Court of
First Instance shall be deposited in the provincial treasury, or in the
city of Manila in the Insular Treasury, there to be held until the final
disposition of the appeal. Should the defendant fail to make the pay-
ments above prescribed from time to time during the pendency of the
appeal, the (Jourt of First Instance, upon the motion of the plaintiff,
of which the defendant shall have notice, upon proof of the failure
of the defendant to make such payments, shall forthwith dismiss the
appeal. The dismissal of the appeal shall revive the judgment of the
justice of the peace and it may thereupon be enforced by execution
as though no appeal had been taken. In case of the dismissal of an
appeal as above provided all moneys paid by the defendant into court
shall be delivered to the plaintiff. If the case is tried on its merits in
the Court of First Instance any money paid into court by the defend-
ant for the purposes of the appeal shall be disposed of m accordance
with the provisions of the judgment of the Court of First Instance.
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The appeal bond above referred to shall be transmitted by the justice,
with the other papers, to the clerk of the Court of First Instance to
which the action is appealed."
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expeditc^i in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commis-
sion in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nine-
teen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 11, 1907.
[No. 1779.]
AN ACT To create a board for the regulation of rates chargeable by public-
service corporations In the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1-^ A board is hereby created and established, to be known
as the " Board of Rate Regulation," which shall be composed of the
Governor-General, the Secretary of Commerce and Police, and one
other person to be appointed by the Governor-General, with the ad-
vice and consent of tne Philippine Commission. The Governor-Gen-
eral shall be the chairman of the Board. The said Board shall have
a secretary, who shall be appointed by the Gk)vernor-General, with
the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission, at a salary not
to exceed four thousand pesos per annum, and who need not be sub-
ject to the Civil Service Law and rules. The secretary shall perform
such duties as may be required of him by the Board. '
Sec. 2. The said Board shall have an office in the city of Manila
for the transaction of its business, but it may at any time meet at any
other place in the Philippine Islands as its duties may require. The
Board may conduct its proceedings in such a manner as may best con-
duce to the proper dispatch of business and to the ends of justice.
Sec. 3. The said Board shall have a seal with the words " Board
of Rate Regulation " around the margin thereof, and with such de-
sign in the center as it may select ; and all orders, acts, and certificates
of the Board shall be authenticated by its seal and judicial notice
shall be taken of such seal.
Sec. 4. A majority of the members of said Board shall constitute
a quorum for any purpose; but an investigation or hearing may be
undertaken or held beiore any one or more members of the Board,
and such hearing shall be as valid as if held.by the whole Board, and
any order made by one of more members of the Board, when approved
and confirmed by the Board, shall be deemed to be the order of the
Board.
Sec. 5. The said Board shall exercise a watchful and careful super-
vision over the rates of every public-service corporation, and the
said Board shall have the power and it shall be its duty to fix, revise,
regulate, reduce, or increase the said rates from time to time as jus-
tice to the public and the corporation may require. The Board shall
have the power, and it shall be its duty, to examine into and keep
informed as to the compliance of public-service corporations with the
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orders of the Board and with all provisions of law and of their
charters and franchises as to rates.
Sec. 6. The said Board is hereby authorized to demand and require
from every public-service corporation all information which it may
deem necessary to enable it intelligently to discharge its duties ; and
it shall be the duty of every i)ublic-service corporation to make fuU
and complete reports to the said Board upon all matters required by
the Board, and, at the request of said Board, to furnish it with all
information necessary to enable the Board to perform its duties and
carry out the purposes of this Act; such reports shall be under oath,
if so required by the Board, and shall be made at such times as may
be fixed by the Board, on blank forms prescribed and furnished
by it ; and if any public-service corporation subject to the provisions
of this Act shall tail to make and file such reports within the time
specified by the Board, it shall forfeit to the Government of the Phil-
ippine Islands the sum of two hundred pesos for each and every day
it shall continue to be in default with respect thereto.
The forfeitures provided for in this section shall be recoverable in
the manner hereinafter provided for the recovery of forfeitures under
the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 7. The several members of said Board, in the discharge of
their duties, may examine witnesses under oath, and for this purpose
the members may administer oaths to witnesses and take affidavits
on any hearing, investigation, or inquiry as to rates required in the
performance or their duties under tms Act. In making examination
of witnesses the members of the Board shall not be obliged to observe
the technical rules of evidence. Any person who shall testify falsely
or make any false affidavit or oath before the Board or before any of
its members shall be guilty of perjury, and, upon conviction thereof
in a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished as provided
by law.
Sec. 8. The said Board, or any member thereof, may issue sub-
poenas and subpoenas duces tecum for witnesses in any matter or
inquiry pending before the Board, and require the production of all
books, papers, tariffs, contracts, agreements, and aocuments which
the Board or any member thereof may deem necessary in any pro-
ceeding. Such process shall be issued under the seal of the Board
and shall be executed and returned by amr officer authorized by
law to serve the process of Courts of First Listance, and under like
penalty of law for failure to execute or return the process of such
courts.
Sec. 9. In case of disobedience to a subpoena, the Board may
invoke the aid of any court of the Philippine Islands in requiring
the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production or
books, papers, and documents under the provisions of this Act;
and any Court of First Instance of the Pnilippine Islands within
the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on may, in case
of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any public-
service corporation subject to the provisions of this Act, or to any
other person, issue an order requiring such public-service corpora-
tion or other person to appear before the Board (and produce books
and papers if so ordered) and rive evidence touching the matter
in question ; and any failure to oGey such order of the court may be
punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
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Sec. 10. Upon the application of anj member of said Board to
any Court of First Instance, or to any judge of the Supreme Court,
a subpoena may be issued directing any person in the Philippine
Islands to appear as a witness before said Board and to proauce
for the inspection of the Board, or any member thereof, any books,
papers, docuinents, letters, or other records or things in his posses-
sion. Any witness failing to obey such subpoena shall be liable to
punishment by the Supreme Court or the Cfourt of First Instance,
as the case may be, in the same manner and to the same extent
as if he had disobeyed a subpo^a issued out of the Supreme Court
or the Court of Firist Instance in a matter pending before either of
said courts.
Sec. 11. Witnesses appearing before said Board in obedience to
a subpoena or subpoena duces tecmn shall be entitled to receive the
same fees and mileage allowance as witnesses attending Courts of
First Instance in civil cases; witnesses summoned on behalf of the
Board shall be paid by the Insular Government under regulations
prescribed by the Insular Auditor, and witnesses summoned on behalf
of any pubhc-service corporation shall be paid by such corporation.
Sec. 12. The saidv Board may also order testimony to be taken
by deposition in any proceeding or investigation. Such depositions
may be taken in the manner provided in the Code of Civil Procedure.
Sec. 13. In any proceeding had before said Board or in any civil
or criminal proceeoing in anv court in the Philippine Islands, grow-
ing out of any alleged violation of law or regulation under the
provisions of this Act, concerning any public-service corporation,
no person shall be excused from appearing and testifying as a wit-
ness or from producing before said Board, or any meml^r thereof,
or any court, any bo(^s, papers, tariffs, contracts, agreements, or
other documents or things called for by the Board, or any member
thereof, or by any court, upon the ground or for the reason that
the evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend
to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but
no such person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or
forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing
concerning which he may testify or produce evidence, documentary
or otherwise, before said Board or any member thereof, or any court:
Provided^ however^ That no such person so testifying shall be exempt
from prosecution or punishment tor perjury committed in the course
of any proc^^eding or investigation before such Board or any member
thereof, or any court: And provided further^ That such immunity
shall extend only to a natural person who in obedience to a subpoena
gives testimony under oath or produces evidence, documentary or
otherwise, under oath.
Sec. 14. Any person who shall neglect or refuse to attend and
testify or to answer any lawful inquiry, or to produce before the
Board, or any member thereof, books, papers, tariffs, contracts, agree-
ments, and documents, or other thing called for by said Board, or
any member thereof, of his power to do so, in obedience to the sub-
poena or lawful requirement of the Board, shall be guilty of an
offense, and, upon conviction thereof by a court of competent juris-
diction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred
pesos nor more tnan ten tbousuid pesos, or by impriscmment for
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not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in
the discretion of the court
Sec. 15. Any person who shall obstruct the Board, or any one or
more of its members, in the discharge of official duty, or who shall
conduct himself in a rude, disrespectful, or disorderly manner before
the Beard, or any member thereof, while engaged m the discharge
of official duty, shall for each offense, upon conviction thereof in a
court of competent jurisdiction, be punished by a fine not exceeding
one thousand pesos or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or
by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 16. The said Board is authorized and empowered and it shall
be its duty whenever, after full hearinff, it shall he of the opinion that
any of the rates chared by any public-service corporation subject
to the provisions of this Act for any service rendered or to be ren-
dered, or that any regulations or practices whatever of such public-
service corporation anecting such rates, are unjust or unreasonable,
or unjustly discriminative, or unduly preferential or prejudicial,
or otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of this Act, the
Bpard shall determine what will be the just and reasonable rate or
rates to be thereafter observed in such case, and what regulations or
practices in respect to such service are just, fair, and reasonable to
be thereafter followed; and to make an order that the said public-
service corporation shall cease and desist from such violation, to the
extent to which the Board finds the same to exist, and shall not
thereafter publish, demand, or collect any rate for such service ren-
dered or to be rendered in excess of the rate so prescribed and shall
conform to the regulation or practice so prescribed.
The foregoing enumeration of powers snail not exclude any power
which the Board would otherwise have in the making of an order
under the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 17. The determinations of the said Board shall be expressed
in written orders, and proof thereof may be made by a copy of the
same duly certified under the seal of the Board, by the secretary of
the Board, or by any member of the Board designated for this pur-
Sose by the Board ; and whenever any matter or proceeding has been
etermined by the Board, the fact or such determination, duly certi-
fied as herein provided, shall be received in the courts and by every
officer thereof m civil cases as prima facie evidence that such deter-
mination was legally and regularly made and was just, right, proper,
and reasonable.
All orders of the Board shall take effect within such reasonable
time, not less than thirty days, and shall continue in force for such
period of time, not exceeding two years, as shall be prescribed in the
order of the Board, unless the same shall be suspended or modified or
set aside by the Board, or be suspended or set aside by a court of com-
petent jurisdiction.
Sec. 18. Every order of the Board shall be served upon every pub-
lic-service corporation to be affected thereby^ either by personal de-
livery of a certified copy thereof or by mailing to any one of the
principal officers or agents of the public-service corporation, at his
usual place of business, a copy thereof; and, in case such certified
copy is sent by registered mail, the registry mail receipt shall be
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prima facie evidence of the receipt of such order by the public-
service corporation in due course or mail.
The Board shall be authorized to suspend or modify its orders
upon such notice and in such manner as it shall deem proper. It
shall be the duty of every public-service corporation, its agents and
employees, to observe and comply with such orders so long. as the
same shall remain in effect.
Sec. 19. Any public-service corporation, and any officer, repre-
sentative, receiver, trustee, lessee, or agent thereof, who knowingly
fails or neglects to obey any order made under the provisions of
section sixteen of this Act diall forfeit to the Grovernment of the
Philippine Islands the sum of not less than two thousand nor more
than ten thousand pesos for each offense. Every distinct violation
shall be a separate offense, and in case of a continuing violation each
day shall be deemed a separate offense: Provided^ however^ That the
court shall take into consideration the number and amount of pre-
'vious forfeitures resulting from the same cause.
Sec. 20. After an order or requirement has been made by the
Board in any proceeding any interested party may at any time ma^e
application for rehearing ot the same, or of any matter determined
therein, and it shall be lawful for the Board in its discretion to grant
such a rehearing if sufficient reason therefor be made to appear. Ap-
Slications for r3iearing shall be governed by such general rules as the
►oard may establish. No such application shall excuse any public-
service corporation from complying with or obeying any order or
requirement of. the Board, or operate in any manner to stay or post-
fone the enforcement thereof, without the special order of the Board,
n case a rehearing is granted the proceeding thereupon shall con-
form as nearly as may oe to the proceedings in an ori^al hearing,
except as the Board may otherwise direct; and if, in its judgment,
after such rehearing and the consideration of all facts, including
those arising since the former hearing, it shall appear that the orig-
inal order or requirement is in any respect unjust or unwarrantea,
the Board may reverse, change, or modify the same accordingly.
Any order or requirement made after such rehearing, reversing,
changing, or modifying the original determination shall be subject
to the same provisions as an original order.
Sec. 21. Any public-service corporation which shall violate any
of the provisions of this Act, or shall fail to comply with any
lawful order of said Board, or shall fail to conform to any of ite
reasonable rules and regulations, or shall demand or receive a greater
sum for its services than that authorized by law, shall forieit to
the Government of the Philippine Islands a sum not to exceed ten
thousand pesos for every sucn violation, failure, or overcharge not
otherwise punishable by penalty or forieiture under the provisions
of this Act; such forfeiture or any other forfeiture imder the pro-
visions of this Act shall be recoverable by action in the name oi the
Grovernment of the Philippine Islands in any province or munici-
?ality in which such corporation may maintain an office or agency:
^rovided^ That in all sucn cases it may be shown in defense tmit the
rate, rule, regulation, or order of said Board was unjust or unrea-
sonable. In addition to any penalty or forfeiture which may be im-
posed or adjudged by the court on or against any public-service cor-
poration, any officer, manager, agent, or servant of such public-
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service corporation directing or assisting or aiding or abetting the
acts or doings prohibited by this Act shall, upon conviction by the
court, be punished by a fine of not exceeding two thousand pesos or
by imprisonment not exceeding five years, or by both such fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion of the court: Provided^ however^
That in fixing the amount of a fine or forfeiture under this section
the court shall take into consideration the number and amount of pre-
vious fines or forfeitures resxilting from the same cause.
In all judicial proceedings imder the provisions of this Act it shall
be the duty of the Attorney-General to represent the Government of
the Philippine Islands and said Board.
Sec. 22. In all judicial proceedings in which any j)ublic-service
corporation alleges that any rate, regulation, order, or act of the said
Board is unjust or unreasonable, the burden of proof of such allega-
tion shall rest upon the public-service corporation, and it must show
by clear, credible, and satisfactory evidence that the rates, regula-
tions, orders, or acts complained of are unreasonable or unjust to such
corporation.
Sec. 23. The said Board shall submit to the Philippine Legisla-
ture an annual report containing copies of all orders issued, as well as
any other information which it may deem of value to the Legislature
and to the people, accompanied by recommendations as to any new
legislation .which it may deem wise or necessary in the public interest.
Sec. 24. The expenses incurred by the Board or its members or by
the employees thereof, under proper orders, in making any investi-
gations or transacting any official business shall be allowed and paid
out of the appropriation therefor, upon presentation of itemized
vouchers approved by the Governor-General.
Sec. 25. The provisions of this Act shall apply to all public-
service corporations, whether domestic or foreign, doing business in
the Philippine Islands, and the term "public-service corporation"
or " pubhc-service corporations," as used in this Act, shall include
any person, association or corporation, receiver, or trustee owning,
leasing, or operating for hire any railroad, street-railway, steamboat,
or steamship line, freight or any other car service, or any other com-
mon carrier; and also any person, association, corporation, receiver,
or trustee owning, leasing, or operating for hire any telegraph or
telephone line, or any other means of transmitting messages by elec-
tricity, and all gas, electric-light, heat, power, irrigation, and water-
supply works, plants, and systems rendering service to the public,
and all persons, associations, or corporations authorized to exercise
the right of eminent domain, or who render public service and use or
occupy any street, alley, or public highway, whether along, over, or
under the same, in a manner not permitted to the general public:
Provided^ however^ That the term " public-service corporation " or
" public-service corporations " shall not include municipal corpora-
tions or public institutions owned or controlled by the Government of
the Philippine Islands.
The term "rate" or "rates" as used in this Act shall include rates,
fares, charges, tolls, and compensation for any service "rendered or to
be rendered by any public-service corporation.
Sec. 26. Nothing in any of the provisions of this Act shall be con-
strued to aflfect or impair any right or rights reserved to the Govem-
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ment of the Philippine Islands in any frandiise or franchises hereto-
fore or hereafter granted.
Sec. 27. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 28. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
[No. 1780.]
AN ACT To regulate the importation, acquisition, possession, use, and transfer
of firearms, and to prohibit the possession of same except in compliance with
the provisions of this Act.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corpora-
tion, for purposes of sale, to import, buy, or otherwise acquire, dis-
pose of, possess, or have the custody of any rifle, musket, carbine, shot-
gun, revolver, pistol, or air rifle, except air rifles of small caliber and
Rmited range used as toys, or any other deadly weapon from which a
bullet, ball, shot, shell, or other missile or missiles may be discharged
by means of gunpowder or other explosive ; and it shall be unlawful
for any person, firm, or corporation, for purposes of sale, to import,
buy, or otherwise acquire, dispose of, possess, or have the custody of
any ammunition or detached parts for such weapons, unless and until
such person, firm, or corporation shall secure a license, pay the license
fee, and execute a bond and otherwise comply with the requirements
of this Act and the rules and regulations issued in executive orders by
the Governor-General pursuant to the provisions of this Act. The
word "firearm" as used herein shall be interpreted to mean any and
all of the weapons mentioned in this section, and the barrel of any one
of same shall be considered a firearm.
Sec. 2. Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to deal in fire-
arms or ammunition shall make application to the Governor-General
for a license therefor, stating therein for the information of the
Governor-General the facts regarding the amount of business in the
purchase and sale of firearms and ammunition intended to be trans-
acted by such applicant, and the classes of arms and ammunition
which the applicant intends to purchase and sell under the license
applied for, and such additional information as may be specially
requested by the Governor-Greneral before passing upon the applica-
tion. The Governor-General may approve or disapprove such appli-
cation and, in the event of approval, shall state tnerein the amount
of the bond to be executed by the applicant before the issuance of the
license, and the time during which the license shall be effective, unless
sooner revoked by his authority : Provided^ however^ That the Gov-
ernor-General may authorize any person, firm, or corporation author-
ized to deal in firearms and ammunition or any other ^rson pos-
sessing a proper license, to store such firearms and ammunition in the
custody 01 the Director of Constabulary, who shall give a receipt by
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description for such firearms and ammunition, to be held subject to
the call of the owner, from whom similar receipts shall be exacted
upon the return of such firearms or ammunition: And provided
further^ That the Director of Constabulary is hereby authorized to
impose and collect a reasonable charge, to be fixed by him subject to
the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, for storage
and care of such firearms ana ammunition.
Sec. 3. In consideration of the issuance of such license to deal in
firearms and ammunition and to secure faithful compliance with the
laws and regulations relating thereto, every dealer in firearms, upon
receiving such a license, shall execute a bond in the amount fixed by
the Governor-General, as provided in the next preceding section, and
such bond shall be duly approved by the Director of Constabulary
before the issuance of the license.
Sec. 4. When an application for a license to deal in firearms or
ammunition shall be approved by the Governor-General, such appli-
cation and approval shall be transmitted to the Director of Constab-
ulary with instructions that, upon approval by him of the bond pre-
scribed by law in the amount fixed by the Governor-General, he issue
the license in accordance with the terms of the approval of the
Governor-General, and he shall forthwith file in his office the bond
executed and approved as herein provided.
Sec. 5. The license herein provided to be issued may be revoked
at any time by order of the Governor-General, in which case such
proportion of the license fee paid shall be refunded to the licensee
as the time expired under the license shall bear to the whole time for
which the license was issued: Provided^ however^ That in case of a
breach of the terms of the license or of the laws and regulations pro-
viding for the enjoyment thereof, no part of the license fee shall be
returned: And provided further^ That in case the license is revoked
all arms in the possession of the licensee shall be turned into the
Bureau of Constabulary for care and safe-keeping. Upon the expi-
ration of the license, and after satisfactory evidence of faithful com-
pliance with said laws and regulations, the Governor-General shall
order that the bond be canceled and returned to the principal named
therein.
Sec. 6. In case any person, firm, or corporation shall, for purposes
of sale, desire to import, buy, or otherwise acquire, dispose of, possess,
or have the custody of any firearms or ammunition in greater amount
than is named or described in his license, he must apply for and
secure a new license. The collector of customs shall not clear any
shipment of firearms or ammunition until he shall have reported to
the Director of Constabulary the amount and class of the shipment
and secured through the Director of Constabulary the approval of
the Governor-General for such clearance.
Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful for any dealer in firearms or ammu-
nition to sell or deliver any firearms or ammunition or any part of
a firearm to a purchaser or other person until such purchaser or other
person shall have obtained the license therefor, as hereinafter pro-
vided. Any person violating the provisions of this section, upon
conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by
a fine not exceeding two thousand pesos, or by imprisonment not
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exceeding two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion of the court.
Sec. 8. Every dealer in firearms or ammunition shall keep com-
plete and accurate records and accounts of impK>rtations and sales
of firearms and ammunition, with the name, age, residence, occupa-
tion, and post-office address of each and every purchaser of any fire-
arm or firearms and ammunition, and the number and date of the
license of each purchaser for the possession of each firearm purchased
by him and the number of the firearm purchased, together with the
amount and character of the ammunition purchased for each firearm ;
and each dealer in firearms shall, when requested by the Director of
Constabulary, permit the examination of such records and accounts
of the purchases and sales of firearms and the counting and verifica-
tion oi all arms and ammunition remaining on hand; and buj
refusal upon the part of any such dealer to comply with the provi-
sions of this section shall be a breach of the condition of the bond
executed and delivered by such dealer.
Sec. 9. Any person desiring to possess one or more firearms for
personal protection, or for use in hunting or other lawful purposes
only, and ammunition therefor, shall make application for a license
to possess such firearm or firearms or ammunition as hereinafter pro-
vided: Upon making such application, and before receiving the li-
cense, the applicant shall make a cash deposit in the postal savings
bank in the sum of one hundred pesos for each firearm- for which the
license is to be issued, or in lieu thereof he may give a bond in such
form as the Governor-General may prescribe, payable to the Govern-
ment of the Philippine Islands, in tne sum of two hundred pesos for
each such firearm: Provided^ however^ That persons who are actually
members of gun clubs, duly formed and organized at the time of the
passage of this Act, who at such time have a license to possess fire-
arms, shall not be required to make the deposit or give the bond pre-
scribed by this section, and the bond duly executed by such persons
in accordance with existing law shall continue to be security for the
safe-keeping of such arms.
Sec. 10. In consideration of the issuance of a personal license to
possess firearms or ammunition, and to assure faithful compliance
with the laws and regulations relating thereto, every person receiv-
ing such a license and making a cash deposit in the postal savings
bank, as provided in the next preceding section, shall indorse the
certificate of deposit received by him so that same shall be payable
to the order of the Insular Treasurer, and shall deliver the same
to the officers issuing the license. In case a bond is given, the Director
of Constabulary shall be the custodian of such bond.
Sec. 11. An application for a personal license to possess firearms
and ammunition, as herein provided for, made by a resident of the
city of Manila, shall be directed to the chief of police of said city,
and it shall be the duty of the chief of police to forward the applica-
tion to the Gt)vernor-General with his recommendation. Any such
application made by a resident of a province shall be directed to the
governor of the province, who shall make his recommendations
thereon and forward the application to the senior inspector of
Constabulary of the province, who in turn shall make his recom-
mendations thereon and forward the application, through official
channels, to the Governor-General. Tne Governor-General may
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approve or disapprove anv such application, and, in the event of
approval, the papers shall be transmitted to the Director of Constab-
ulary with instructions to issue the license as hereinbefore provided.
The Director of Constabulary, upon receiving and approving the
bond or receiving the certificate of deposit duly indorsed to the
order of the Insular Treasurer, shall issue the license for the time
fixed for such license as hereinafter provided, and the Director of
Constabulary shall transmit the license direct to the applicant, and
shall notify the chief of police of the city of Manila if the applicant
resides in Manila, otherwise the senior inspector of Constaoulary
of the province in which the applicant resides. The Director of
Constabulary shall file the certificate of deposit in his office. It
shall be the duty of all officers through whom applications for
licenses to possess firearms are transmitted to expedite the same.
Sec. 12. In the event of noncompliance by the licensee with any
one or more of the laws and regulations relating to firearms and
ammunition, or with the terms of his license, or in case of the loss
of any licensed firearm, whether through accident or otherwise, when
proof of such fact is produced to the satisfaction of the Governor-
General, the certificate of deposit shall be forwarded to the Insular
Treasurer by order of the Governor-General for collection, and, when
collected, the amount thereof shall be deposited to the credit of gen-
eral funds, except as otherwise proviaed in section twenty-eight
hereof: Provided^ however^ That in the event of the recovery of the
firearm by the owner, he diall be entitled to a refund of the amount
of the forfeited deposit, and any moneys collected on any bond given
by him shall in such case also be refunded, and appropriation is here-
by made for such purpose.
Sec. 13. When a person holding a valid license for the possession
of any firearm or firearms and the ammunition therefor shall change
his domicile from the city of Manila to a province or from a province
to the city of Manila, or from one province to another, he shall,
within ten days thereafter, notify the Director of Constabulary of
such change by registered mail, or he shall notify the senior inspector
of the province in which he takes up his new domicile, or the chief
of police of the city of Manila, as the case may be, and the said senior
inspector or chief of police, as the case may be, shall transmit such
information to the Director of Constabulary. Violation of the pro-
visions of this section may be punished by the revocation of the li-
cense, in the discretion of the Governor-General.
Sec. 14. It shall be the duty of any person holding a license to
possess firearms or ammunition to exhibit such license whenever
called upon to do so by a provincial governor, by a provincial officer
acting under written orders of the provincial governor, by an officer
of the Constabulary, by a member of the Constabulary acting under
the written order of a Constabulary officer, by the chief of police of
the city of Manila, or by a peace officer acting under a written order
of the chief of police. Violation of the provisions of this section
may be punished by the revocation of the license, in the discretion
of the Governor-General.
Sec. 15. The Director of Constabulary, once each year, shall issue
directions to the senior inspectors of Constabulary of the various
[)rovinces to verify all arms in the possession of persons holding
icenses and to make due report of such verification to the Director
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of Constabulary of anjr violation of the terms of the license or of the
laws, rules, or regulations relating to the possession of firearms or
ammunition, and lie shall indorse on each license that he has made
such verification, with the date thereof. The chief of police in the city
of Manila shall make a similar verification and report to the Director
of Constabulary, noting on each license the date of tiie verification
made by him.
Sec. 16. The foregoing provisions of this Act shall not apply to
firearms and ammunition therefor regularly and lawfully issued to
officers, soldiers, sailors, or marines of the United States Army and
Navy, the Constabulary, guards in the employ of the Bureau of
Prisons, the police force of the city of Manila, provincial governors,
provincial treasurers, and guards of provincial prisoners and jails,
when such firearms are in possession of such officials and public serv-
ants for use in the performance of their official duties.
Sec. 17. The chief of any Bureau of the Insular Government majr
apply to the Governor-General for a special permit for any subordi-
nate official or employee of the Bureau to possess firearms and am-
munition for personal protection in the performance of his duties as
such official or employee, and the Governor-General may issue, or
cause to be issued, such special permission under such terms and con-
ditions as he may deem proper.
Sec. 18. All officers and employees of the Government of the Phil-
ippine Islands and of the provincial governments who now person-
ally own or possess firearms, and who are not required by law to
obtain licenses therefor, shall register same with the senior inspector
of Constabulary of the province in which they reside, or with the
Director of Constabulary in the citv of Manila.
Sec. 19. A license to possess a nrearm and ammunition shall not
be issued to any person under twenty-one years of a^e, except upon
authority obtained from the court of competent jurisdiction by the
duly appointed guardian of such minor.
Sec. 20. In the event of the death or legal disability of the holder of
a firearm license, such license shall become null and void, and it shall
be the duty of the nearest relative, legal representative, or other per-
son who shall knowingly come into possession of such firearm or am-
munition, forthwith to deliver the same to the senior inspector of
Constabulary in the province or to the Director of Constaoulary in
Manila, and such firearms and ammunition shall be retained by the
officer pending the issuance of a license therefor in accordance with
law. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon
conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, be punished by a fine
not exceeding five hundred pesos, or by imprisonment not exceeding
six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion
of the court.
Sec. 21. Any person who has firearms or ammunition in his pos-
session and does not desire to obtain a license to keep and possess the
same, shall deposit such firearms and ammunition with tne Bureau
of Constabulary, and it shall be the duty of the Bureau of Constabu-
lary to safely keep and care for such firearms, issuing to the owner a
proper receipt therefor. Upon the departure of any such person from
the Philippine Islands the firearms snail, upon his request, be deliv-
ered to him immediately before embarkation.
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Sec. 22. All provisional licenses for the possession of firearms are
hereby annuUea and no other such licenses shall be issued except in
accordance with this Act and the regulations prescribed by the
Grovemor-General.
Sec. 23. All regular licenses heretofore issued for the possession
of firearms which have not been revoked or annulled shall be valid
until the first day of July, nineteen hundred and eight, unless sooner
revoked by authority of the Governor-General: Provided^ however^
That if the bond executed upon the issuance of such a license be in
any manner restrictive as to the period of time during which the sure-
ties shall be liable thereon, then the license may be renewed under the
provisions of this Act at the date of expiration shown by the face of
the license. All licenses issued under the provisions of this Act shall
be valid until revoked by authority of the Governor-General, and
when a bond is executed as herein provided to secure the safe-keeping
of firearms or ammunition and faithful compliance with the laws and
regulations relating to firearms, such bond shall remain in full force
and effect until duly canceled.
Sec. 24. All persons who shall hereafter arrive at any port of the
Philippine Islands, having in their possession any firearms or am-
munition for which they have no license, shall, upon landing, be
required to deposit their firearms and ammunition with the collector
of customs, who, if the Governor-General shall apppove the importa-
tion, shall transmit them to the Bureau of Constaoulary at the port
of entry for safekeeping until a license shall be obtained for the
possession 6i same, or until the departure from the Islands of such
persons: Provided, however^ That tourists and other persons tem-
porarily visiting tne Philippine Islands may deposit their firearms
and ammunition with the collector of customs of the port at which
landing is made until the departure of such persons from the Islands ;
and it shall be the duty of the collector of customs receiving such
deposit of firearms or ammunition to give a receipt therefor and to
return such firearms and ammunition upon the departure of such
persons from the Philippine Islands : And provided further^ That,
m lieu of deposit with the collector of customs, the Governor-General
may authorize the Director of Constabulary to issue special hunting
permits to such tourists or other persons temporarily visiting the
Philippine Islands, without requiring bond or deposit as a guarantee
of the security of such arms and ammunition ; such special hunting
permit to be valid during the temporary sojourn of the holder in the
Islands, to be nontransferable, and revocable at the pleasure of the
Govemor-Greneral.
Sec. 25. Any person having possession of any firearms or ammuni-
tion in violation of any provision of this Act shall, upon conviction
in a court of competent jurisdiction^ be punished by a fine of not
exceeding five hundred pesos, or by imprisonment for a period not
exceeding six months, or by b6th such fine and imprisonment, in
the discretion of the court, and in the discretion of the Governor-
General all firearms and ammunition in the possession of any such
person may be seized and, upon proper proceedings, may be declared
forfeited to the Insular Government.
Sec. 26. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry concealed
about his person any bowie knife, dirk, dagger, kris, or other deadly
weapon: Provided^ That this prohibition shall not apply to fire-
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arms in the possession of pei*sons who have secured a lioeuse therefor
or who are entitled to carry same under the provisions of this Act.
Anjr person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon con-
viction in a court of competent jurisdiction, be punished by a fine
not exceeding five hundred pesos, or by imprisonment for a period
not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment,
in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 27. The Governor-General may, in his discretion, authorize
the sale or transfer of firearms and anmiunition by the Bureau of
Constabulary to provincial and municipal governments upon such
terms and conditions and under such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by him : Provided^ however^ That in case of the sale or trans-
fer of arms and ammunition to municipalities for the use of muni-
cipal police, the Governor-General shall exact from every such
municipality a suitable bond for the safe-keeping of such firearms
and ammunition.
Sec. 28. In the event of the loss or disappearance of any firearms
or ammunition from any cause, except in the case of ammunition
lawfully expended, it shall be the duty of the provincial fiscal, or
in the city of Manila, of the prosecuting attorney, forthwith to
institute proper action in a court of competent jurisdiction for the
recovery of the amount of the bond or bonds, as the case may be:
Provided^ however^ That the Governor-General, in his discretion,
may relieve from liability on his bond or postal savings-bank deposit
any person losing a firearm for which he nad a proper license, upon
the presentation of proof satisfactory to the Governor-General show-
ing that said firearm was by act of God destroyed or lost beyond
reasonable chance of recover}' by any person, and through no fault
or negligence on the part of the person holding the license. After
each municipal election a new bond to insure the safe-keeping of the
firearms and ammunition by the municipal authorities shall be
executed, and when such new bond shall have been executed and
approved all bonds previously executed for the safe-keeping and
security of such firearms and ammunition in the hands of municipal
authorities shall be deemed to be canceled.
Sec. 29. The Governor-General may disarm the municipal police
of any municipality when in his opinion the conditions and circum-
stances within his knowledge warrant such action, and the provincial
governors shall each have like power and authority to disarm the
municipal police in their respective provinces; and when, in the
opinion of the governor of any province, there is danger of the
firearms in the possession of the municipal authorities bemg lost or
captured, it shall be his duty to require that such firearms be deliv-
ered for safe-keeping to tlie Director of Constabulary, who may
act by and through the senior inspector on duty in the province,
in compliance with the directions of the Govemor-Greneral or upon
the request of the provincial governor, as the case may be.
Sec. 30. The Governor-General is hereby authorized to issue ex-
ecutive orders prescribing the forms and regulations which he may
deem necessary for the proper enforcement of the provisions of this
Act.
Sec. 31. Section twenty-four of Act Numbered One hundred and
seventy-five, as amended, and all other Acts and parts of Acts incon-
sistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed.
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Sec. 32. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passajp;e of the same is hereby expeoited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 33. This Act shall take effect on December first, nineteen
hundred and seven.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
[No. 1781.]
AN ACT To amend section twenty-seven of Act Numbered Three hundred and
fifty-five, entitled **An act to constitute the Customs Service of the Philippine
Archipelago and to provide for the administration thereof," as amended, by
providing for the remission of duties on importations of the value of less than
one dollar.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section twenty-seven of Act Numbered Three hundred
and fifty-five, entitled " An Act to constitute the Customs Service of
the Philippine Archipelago and to provide for the administration
thereof," as amended oy section one of Act Numbered Twelve hun-
dred and thirty-five, is hereby further amended so as to read as
follows :
" Sec. 27. Collectors are required to report to the Secretary of
Finance and Justice and the Insular Collector in matters of impend-
ing litigation, such as suits upon bonds executed to secure the pay-
ment of duties, seizures of goods for violation of the revenue laws, and
actions brought against them as collectors for acts done or moneys
collected in the line of their duty.
" They shall have discretionary power, within their respective
districts, to remit the assessment of duties in cases where the duti-
able value of an importation is less than one dollar, or to dispense
with the seizure of ^oods less than one dollar in value, except in
cases of habitual or intentional violation of the revenue laws and
of prohibited importations."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeaited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
[No. 1782.]
AN ACT To provide for the establishment of manufacturing bonded ware-
houses.
By authority of the United States^ be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. All articles manufactured in whole or in part of
imported materials, or of materials subject to internal-revenue tax
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and intended for exportation without being charged with duty, may,
under such regulations as the Insular Collector shall prescribe,
be made and manufactured in manufacturing bonded warehouses:
Provided^ That the manufacturer of such articles shall first ^ve
satisfactory bonds for the faithful observance of all the provisions
of law and of such regulations as shall be from time to time pre-
scribed by the Insular Collector of Customs.
Sec. 2. Before commencing business the proprietor of any manu-
facturing bonded warehouse which is then a going concern shall
file with the Insular Collector of Customs a list of jfll goods, wares,
and merchandise on hand in such factory upon which import duties
have been paid, which goods, wares, and merchandise are to be used
in the manufacture of articles for exportation, whereupon the
amount of such duties shall be ascertained and refunded to the pro-
prietor of such warehouse, and in all cases before commencing busi-
ness the proprietor of any manufacturing bonded warehouse shall
file with the Insular Collector of Customs a list of all the articles
intended to be manufactured in such warehouse and state the formula
of manufacture and the names and quantities of each of the various
ingredients to be used therein. This formula may be changed from
time to time by giving written notice to the Insular Collector of
Customs.
Sec. 3. The Insular Collector of Customs shall prescribe regula-
tions to carry this Act into effect ; which regulations, when approved
by the Secretary of Finance and Justice, shall have the force and
effect of law.
Sec. 4. The public good requiring the speed v enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
[No. 1783.]
AN ACT Appropriating the sum of two huDdred thousand pesos for the con-
struction and improvement of permanent roads and bridges in the provinces
of the Philippine Islands.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hun-
dred thousand pesos, for the construction, improvement, and, when
necessary, for the maintenance, of roads and bridges in the provinces
of the Philippine Islands, to be allotted in the discretion oi the Sec-
retary of Commerce and Police.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
appropriation bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in
accoraance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of
procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed Sep-
tember twentj-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
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[No. 1784.]
AN ACT ApproprlatlDg the sum of three hundred and fifty thousand pesos,
from the funds realized from the sale of public-improvement bonds author-
ized by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and forty-four, for certain public
works and permanent Improvements of the Insular Government.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. The following sums in Philippine currency, or so
much thereof as mav be necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of
the funds realized from the sale of public-improvement bonds au-
thorized bv Act Numbered fourteen hundred and forty-four, for
certain public works and peimanent improvements of the Insular
Government :
BUREAU OP NAVIGATION.
For the construction of abutments for wharves at the harbor of
Manila, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated
September twenty-third, nineteen hundred and seven, which is
hereby confirmed ; for the construction of sheds, tracks, cranes, and
other freight-handling apparatus at the new port of Manila ; and for
continuing the improvement of the ports of Manila and Iloilo by
contract or administrative execution of projects upon the recom-
mendation of the Secretary of Commerce and Police and approval
by the Governor-General; in all, three hundred and fifty thousand
pesos. .
The Director of Navigation is hereby authorized to begin the con-
struction of the new river wall at Iloilo at such point on the bank of
said river as may. in his discretion, be most suitable for said purpose,
the provisions or Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and fifty to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. All balances remaining unexpended when anjr public
work or permanent improvement appropriated for bv this Act is
completed shall be returned at once to the Insular Treasury and
shall not be available for withdrawal or disbursement thereafter, but
shall be carried to the account of funds realized from the sale of
public-improvement bonds.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take eflfect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
[No. 1785.]
AN ACT Making additional appropriations for sundry expenses of the Insular
Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
eight^nd for other stated purposes.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be
respectively necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds
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in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in part compen-
sation for the service of the Insular Government for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, and thereafter
until expended, unless otherwise stated :
PHILIPPINE CX)MMISSION.
For expenditure under the provisions of Act Numbered Sixteen
hundred and seventy-nine, including expenses of the compilation
committee, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated
Octdber second, nineteen hundred and seven, thirty-eight thousand
five hundred pesos.
EXECUTIVE BUREAt '.
For expenditure under the provisi<ms of Act Numbered Sixteen
hundred and seventy-nine, twenty thousand pesos.
The resolution oi the Commission dated September twentieth,
nineteen hundred and seven, authorizing the payment of additional
compensation to employees detailed for duty at night conducting
speed classes for stenographers for the Pnilippine Assembly, is
hereby confirmed, the provisions of existing law to the contrary
notwithstanding.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF HEALTH.
Whenever a district health oflicer is temporarily assigned to a
district paying a salary less than that of the district to which he is
regularly appointed he shall continue to receive during such tem-
porary assignment the salary of his regular p)osition, and the reim-
bursement shall be made as provided oy Act Numbered Fourteen
hundred and eighty-seven.
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE.
For continuing experiments in steam plowing and other mechan-
ical methods of cultivation, ten thousand pesos.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND POLICE.
BUREAU OF CONSTABULARY.
The unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated under
this head is hereby made available for the payment of Gteorge H.
Jones, contract surgeon. United States Army, for professional serv-
ices rendered to members of the Constabulary, as contemplated by
a resolution of the Commission dated October seventh, nineteen
hundred and seven, which is hereby confirmed; for payment to
Frank B. Ingersoll, attorney at law, of expenses, not exceeding one
hundred and sixty pesos, incurred in the preparation of brie^ and
of seven hundred and fifty pesos for professional services, in connec-
tion with the defense of five members of the Constabulary tried for
murder in the Court of First Instance of Batangas in July, nineteen
hundred and six ; and for payment to Lucio Lacson, as contemplated
by a resolution of the Commission dated September thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and seven, which is hereby confirmed.
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BUREAU OF PUBLIC W0BK8.
The unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated under
this head is hereby made available for the compensation of one
accountant, class four; one clerk, class five; one clerk, class seven;
one clerk, class nine; one clerk, Class B; one clerk, Class C, and
one clerk, Class D.
For the painting and repair of the Manila custom-house, seven
thousand five hundred pesos.
The resolution of the Commission of October twelfth, nineteen
hundred and seven, authorizing the Director of Public Works to
construct a road to the top of '^Mirador" hill under the conditions
therein mentioned, is hereby confirmed.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
For the acquisition of a suitable boat for the use of the provincial
government of Mindoro under the provisions of law and regulations
applicable to other vessels belonging to the Bureau of Navigation;
and for the acquisition of a suitable boat for the use of the lieutenant-
governor of the Province of Samar, and for other official use in the
discretion of the Governor-General : Provided^ That until otherwise
specifically provided by law the cost of maintaining and operating
said vessel shall be considered a part of the authorized travel ex-
penses of the lieutenant-governor: And provided further^ That when
said vessel is not required by the lieutenant-governor of Samar it
may be used by any other provincial officer or officers for such time
as mav be approved by the Governor-General or as may be agreed
upon by the provincial board and the lieutenant-governor, and the
cost of operating said boat when in use by any other officer of the
province shall be a charge against the provincial treasury and shall
be payable to the appropriation for the Bureau of Navigation, such
cost bearing the same proportion to the total annual cost of main-
taining the vessel as the number of days that it is used by other
officers of the province shall bear to the number of days that it is
used by the lieutenant-governor: And provided further^ That where
the lieutenant-governor and one or more provincial officers use the
vessel at the same time the cost of maintaining it shall be divided
equally between the offices served and the Province of Samar ; twenty-
five thousand pesos.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE.
BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
The unexpended balance of any funds appropriated for the
Bureau of Internal Revenue by Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and ^
seventy-nine is hereby made available for increasing from three
thousand to six thousand pesos the fund provided by said Act to
be expended in the discretion of the Collector of Internal Revenue
for the detection and punishment of violators of the Internal
Revenue Law.
BUREAU OF THE TREASURY.
The appropriation for contingent expenses for the Bureau of the
Insular Treasury is hereby made available for the payment of ad-
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ditional compensation, upon the approval of the Governor-General,
to such persons as shall be designated to make an examination ox
the books and accounts of the Insular Treasurer and Insular Au-
ditor, and an examination and count of the moneys in the. hands
of the Insular Treasurer; and to count and verify mutilated cur-
rency unfit for further circulation in the Treasury prior to the
destruction thereof as required by law, the provisions of existing law
to the contrary notwithstanding.
The Insular Auditor is heifeby authorized and directed on the
first of January, nineteen hundred and eight, to transfer the clerks
now employed in his office on work connected with the bonding of
Grovemment officials and employees to the Bureau of the Insular
Treasury, and to transfer so much of his appropriation for salaries
and wages as will be necessary to pay the salaries of such clerks for
the remainder of ^ the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight to
the appropriation for salaries and wages. Bureau of the Insular
Treasury.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
BUREAU OP EDUCATION.
The provisions of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and sixty in
regard to the payment of honoraria to teachers assigned as special
instructors at the annual vacation assembly are hereby repealed,
and the resolution of the Commission of February fifth, nineteen
hundred and seven, is hereby confirmed as of that date, and any
funds heretofore appropriatea for current expenses of the Bureau of
Education are made available for the payment of services, as author-
ized by said resolution, the provisions of existing law to the contrary
notwithstanding.
JUDICIARY.
The unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated under
this head is hereby made available for the payment of an additional
deputy clerk of the Supreme Court at tour thousand pesos per
annum, from October seventh, nineteen hundred and seven; and for
the office of the reporter one clerk, class seven, and two clerks,
class ten.
For the purpose of meeting the obligations of the Insular Govern-
ment which may be necessarily incurred on account of the judiciary,
there is hereby appropriated such sums as may be required, not to
exceed twenty-five thousand pesos, in addition to the funds apjjro-
priated by Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and seventy-nine, subject
to approval by the Governor-General.
MISCELLANEOUS.
For expenses incident to the reception of the Secretary of War
and the proper ceremonial opening of the Philippine Assembly, as
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provided by Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and seventy-nine, five
thousand pesos.
For the necessarv expenses of the Board of Rate Regulation, as
contemplated by Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and seventy-
nine, including compensation of its secretary, subject to approval
by the Governor-General, five thousand pesos.
For the relief and return to the Philippine Islands of shipwrecked
or destitute Filipino seamen, to be expended in the discretion of the
Governor-General, two thousand pjesos.
The payments made from municipal funds to Pascual Alvarez,
vice-president of the municipality of Noveleta, Cavite, for services
as chief of police are hereby authorized and confirmed.
For the promotion of the business and industrial interests of the
Philippine Islands, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commis-
sion dated Septemoer twentieth, nineteen hundred and seven, to be
expended in the discretion of the committee appointed pursuant to
the same resolution, twenty-five thousand pesos.
For the payment to the Bureau of Navigation on account of the
service of a Coast Guard cutter for the benefit of the Provinces of
Leyte and Samar, one thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may be
necessary.
For expenditure for printing and postage by the Philippine Carni-
val Association, subject to approval by the Governor-General, as
contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated October
fourth, nineteen hundred and seven, ten thousand pesos.
For the payment of outstanding obligations for the settlement of
unpaid claims a^inst the Albay law-and-order funds on account of
expenditures incident to the restoration of public order in the Prov-
ince of Albay and adjacent territory during the year nineteen him-
dred and three, to be expended in the discretion of the Governor-
General, two thousand pesos.
For tne payment to the Bureau of Supply for supplies lost in the
Cagayan River during a recent extraordinary flood while en route to
the provincial government of Isabela and certain municipal govern-
ments in that province, in value not exceeding one thousand seven
hundred pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and the said
f)rovincial and municipal governments are accordingly relieved from
lability.
For payment of the salary of the lieutenant-governor of Samar
authorized by Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and fifty-nine, and
for other necessary official expenses which may be duly authorized
in connection therewith: Provided^ That the lieutenant-governor of
the Province of Samar shall be allowed the per diem and travel
expenses authorized for other officers of the Province of Samar, and
that his salary, per diem, and travel expenses shall be payable from
Insular funds; twenty thousand pesos.
There is hereby created a permanent indefinite reimbursable appro-
friation, for the purpose or reimbursing any depositary fund in the
nsular Treasury, in such amount or amounts as may be necessary
to cover any payments of official checks drawn against such funds,
when there are no moneys in such funds to meet checks so drawn;
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but this appropriation shall not become effective unless the checks
so drawn a^inst any exhausted depositary fund shall have been
paid by the Insular Treasurer, upon the written order of the Swre-
tary of Finance and Justice: Provided^ That such transfer of indebt-
edness shall in no wise affect the claim of the Government, or any
Bureau or Office thereof, against the officer or agent drawing such
official checks, or his sureties. All moneys recovered from the officer
or agent of the Government, or his sureties, or both, shall be deposited
to the credit of this fund, and any deficit remaining shall be charged
to the appropriation or other funds of the Bureau or Office concerned.
The payments from municipal fimds to Pedro Garcfa Barrios of
salary as municipal secretary and fees as justice of the peace of San
Felipe Neri, Rizal, prior to the date of passage of this Act are hereby
authorized and confirmed.
Total of appropriations for all purposes, one hundred and ninety-
seven thousand seven hundred pesos.
Sec. 2. Expenditures of funds appropriated by this Act shall be
classified in accordance with such regulations as shall be prescribed
by the Auditor with the approval of the (lOvernor-General.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
appropriation bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in
accordance with section two of ''An Act prescribing the order of pro-
cedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed Sep-
tember twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
[No. 1786.]
AN ACT To amend section three of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seven
by authorizing the executive secretary to regulate the appointment and
salaries of provincial employees.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Subsection (/) of section three of Act Numbered Four-
teen hundred and seven is hereby amended to read as follows :
" (f) Appointments of assistants, clerks, and other employees,
required by the public interest and duly authorized by resolution or
the provincial board for the offices of provincial governors, treasurers,
and fiscals and of all other provincial officials, shall be subject to regu-
lation by the Executive Secretary."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section
two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission
in the enactment of laws, passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen
hundred.
Sec. f3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
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[No. 1787.]
AN ACT Amending sections seventy-four and one hundred and seven of Act
Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, as amended. .
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission^ that: ^
Section 1. Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, en-
titled " The Internal Revenue Law of Nineteen hundred and four,"
as amended, is hereby further amended as follows :
(a) By striking out, in section seventy-four, as amended by para-
graph (c?) of section one of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and
tnirty-eight and paragraph (a) of section one of Act Numbered Four-
teen hundred and seventeen, the words " ninete^i hundred and seven "
and inserting in lieu thereof the words " nineteen hundred and nine."
{h) By striking out, in section one hundred and seven, as amended
by paragraph (/) of section one of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred
and thirty-eight and paragraph (6) of section one of Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and seventeen, the words " nineteen hundred and
seven " and inserting in lieu thereof the words " ninete^i hundred
and nine."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take eifect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
[No. 1788.]
an act To amend Act Numbered Sixty-three, entitled " An Act prescribing the
method to be adopted in the construction of laws," by providing a method
to be adopted in the" construction of laws which may be passed by the Philip-
pine legislature.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Sixty-three of the Philip-
pine Commission, entitled "An Act prescribing the method to be
adopted in the construction of laws," is hereby amended so as to read
as ToUows:
" Section 1. In the construction of all Acts which have been or
shall be enacted by the Philippine Commission, the English text shall
govern, except that in obvious cases of ambiguity, omission, or mis-
take the Spanish text may be consulted to explain the English text
" In the construction of all Acts or laws which may be enacted by
the Philippine Legislature, the English text shall govern, Except that
in obvious cases or ambiffuity, omission, or mistake the Spanish text
may be consulted to explain me English text."
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill,
the passage oi the same is hereby expedited in accordance with sec-
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tion two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Com-
mission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth,
nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
[No. 1789.]
AN ACT To authori2se the Governor-General to raise the position of superin-
tendent of the information division, Bureau of Constabulary, to the rank, pay,
and allowance of lieutenant-colonel and Assistant Director of CJonstabulary.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission that:
Section 1. The Governor-General is hereby authorized, whenever
in his opinion it seems advisable, to make the position of superin-
tendent of the information division. Bureau of Constabulary, carry
with it the -rank, pay, and allowances of lieutenant-colonel and
Assistant Director of Constabulary, and the sum of five hundred
pesos is hereby appropriated, from any funds in the Insular Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to provide for such increased pav and
allowances, to become available whenever the Governor-General shall
take the action herein authorized.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
. Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect whenever the Governor-Gteneral
shall take the action authorized in section one hereof.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
[No. 1790.]
AN ACT To confirm certain rights and franchises of the Banco Espafiol-Filipino
and to amend its statutes.
Whereas the Banco Espaiiol-Filipino is a bank incorporated under
a charter granted by the Kingdom of Spain conferring certain privi-
leges and rights upon the bank, and especially that of the exclusive
right of issuing and circulating notes of the bank to an amount
equal to three times its capital stock, which was authorized to be
three millions of pesos, equivalent to one million five hundred thou-
sand dollars American currency; and
Whereas the bank has a paid-in capital of one million five hundred
thousand pesos and claims to have in addition an unimpaired surplus
of nine hundred thousand pesos; and
Whereas the bank has issued, and has now in circulation, its cir-
culating notes amounting substantially to one million five hundred
thousand pesos; and
Whereas the authorities of the bank contend that under the
American sovereignty, by reason of the guaranty of the Treaty of
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Paris, they may exercise the same exchisive privilege with respect
to circulating notes which was given them under the Spanish charter,
and, therefore, that they may increase their capital stock to three
million pesos and issue notes to the amount of nine million pesos;
and
Whereas the representatives of the bank contend that the Philippine
Government has violated the exclusive right of the bank above set
forth in issuing so-called silver certificates secured by a deposit of
similar pesos in the Treasurv of the Islands ; and
Whereas the Philippine Government, while recognizing as valid
the present circulation, has heretofore denied the right of the Phil-
ippine Bank under its charter to issue notes egual to three times its
capital stock, on the ground that such note-issuing franchise was
an exercise of sovereign power which was not transmitted or guar-
anteed by the Treaty of Paris, and has, therefore, imposed a pro-
hibitory tax of twelve per centum on any notes issued beyond the
actual paid-in capital stock of the bank, because of its belief that
the certain payment or redemption of such notes will not be properly
secured under the provisions of the Spanish charter: and
Whereas the bank now threatens to test in court the validity of
its franchise and the validity of the prohibitory tax, and relies upon
the action of Congress of the United States in confirming a simi-
lar charter granted to the Bank of Porto Rico; and
Whereas the Philippine government has no objection to the issue
of circulating notes by this bank to the extent permitted by the
Spanish charter, provided only that it shall not be exclusive, and
that proper provision shall be made for securing the redemption or
payment of such notes : Now, therefore,
By authority of the United Staten^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commissio /? , that:
Section 1. By way of compromise of the questions arising be-
tween the Banco Espanol- Filipino and the Philippine Government
in respect to its chartei', and the rights already conferred thereby,
the Philippine Government, by virtue of the general powers con-
ferred upon it under section seventy-four and other sections of the
Act of Congress of July first, nineteen hundred and two, does hereby
amend and confirm the Spanish charter of the Banco Espanof-
Filipino as the same is hereinafter set forth: Provided, however^
That nothing in this Act shall affect the validity of acts done and
rights and causes of action which have arisen under the existing
statutes of said bank in its relations with individuals, firms, corpora-
tions, and associations in the conduct of the banking business, ex-
cept that validity is hereby given to all acts heretoK)re performed
by the bank which would otherwise be legal, and whose validity
might be questioned by reason of the failure of the bank to comply
witn its statutes in regard to the participation of the Government
in the management of the bank: And. provided further^ That the
charter and statutes of the bank hereinafter set forth by way of
amendment and confirmation shall not take effect until the same
shall be duly and in legal form accepted by the proper authorities
of the bank "representing the corporation.
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE BANCO E8PANOL-FILIPINO.
Table I. — Name^ constitution^ title, objects, domicile, and duration
of the corporation.
Article I.
That the Banco Espanol- Filipino, founded in eighteen hundred
and fifty-one by a joint stock company duly authorized to transact
business, and reor^nized by virtue of Royal Decree of February
seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, shall hereafter be gov-
erned by these Articles of Incorporation.
Article II.
That the Banco Espanol-Filipino shall be a body corporate with
power to adopt a corporate seal and shall have succession for the
period herein provided; that its corporate existence shall be ex-
tended for tw'enty-five years from January first, nineteen hundred
and three. This period may be extended at the reauest of the
majority of the stockholders of the bank, provided sucn request be
made at least one year before the expiration of the twenty-five years
mentioned. It may make contracts, sue and be sued, complain and
defend, in any court of law or equity, as fully as a natural person.
Article III.
That the bank is authorized to chaise its name, bv vote of the
stockholders in general assembly, to " The Bank of the Philippine
Islands."
Article IV.
The head office of the corporation shall be located in the city
of Manila, but branches of the bank now established may be con-
tinued, and others may be established or discontinued in other parts
of the Philippine Islands, subject to the approval of the Governor-
General of the Philippine Islands, and agencies of such bank may
be established in the United States and in foreign countries, subject
to the approval of the Governor-General of the Philippine Islands,
and in accordance with the laws of the United States or such foreign
coimtries.
Article V.
The bank is authorized to engage in the following classes of
transactions :
1. Discounting bills of exchange whose maturity does not exceed
six months, ana commercial promissory notes whose maturity does
not exceed one year.
2. Making collections of drafts and other current negotiable
paper, and advancing money thereon.
3. Receiving deposits and opening current accounts in currency
or upon the deposit of public, provincial, municipal, industrial, or
railway securities issued by legally constituted corporations.
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4. Receiving and caring for money deposited in trust, arising
from legacies, voluntary and other trusts, and judicial decrees, or in
any other manner.
5. Receiving in the same manner as under paragraph four gold
and silver bars, jewelry with or without precious stones, and stocks
and bonds and other securities issued by corporations.
6. Negotiating or drawing bills of exchange, whether domestic
or foreign, under the formalities prascribed by the Code of Com-
merce as modified by the provisions of this Act.
7. Dealing in gold and silver.
8. Making loans upon the security of deposit with the bank, as
collateral, of precious metals, articles of commerce, products of the
coimtry, negotiable securities, and industrial and commercial bills
which are easily and safely realized upon at any time: Provided^
That all such loans shall be made under regulations established by
the general board of directors. Such collateral securities shall m
accepted only at a rate not exceeding three-fourths of their market
or appraised value, except that when the person or legal entity to ,
whicn a loan is to oe made is, in the judgment of the general board
of directors, suflSciently solvent, apart from the collateral furnished,
loans may be made to the amount of ninety per centum of the
market value of said collateral security, providea that said security
is easily convertible into cash and the person to whom the advance
is made is a client of the bank; but said person shall, upon the
demand of the bank, pay in cash or deposit first-class securities to
cover any depreciation in the market value of the securities fur-
nished.
9. Making loans on bills of lading, when invoices and insurance
Policies satisfactory to the bank are attached thereto: Provided^
'hat the amount of such loan shall not exceed three-fourtlis of the
current inarket value of the articles covered by such bills of lading.
10. Granting current credit accounts in favor of clients who have
been approved by the general board of directors, such accounts
paying to the bank a commission upon the sums upon which they
are entitled to draw, in addition to the interest upon amounts ac-
tually used.
11. Buying and selling or otherwise negotiating securities, and
borrowing money upon securities owned bv the bank.
12. Making loans upon real astate, when mortgage certificates
running for a definite term can be sold for the amounts thus loaned ;
but the amount invested at any one time in such loans, or in any
loans upon real estate security, shall not exceed twenty per centum
of the capital of the bank, and if such investments are now in excess
of that sum, they shall be reduced as rapdljr as the interests of the
bank are deemed to justify, under the direction of the Treasurer of
the Philippine Islands.
13. Mating loans upon vessels which are insured and free from
encumbrance, providea such loans do not exceed half the value of
the ship nor run for more than one year. Such loans shall not
exceed ten per centum of the paid-up capital of the bank.
14. Making loans to firms and corporations established in the
Phillipine Islands, and which, in the opinion of the General Board
of Directors, are of undoubted solvency, provided such loans shall
not exceed ninety days in duration.
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15. Undertaking on commission the purchase and sale of secu-
rities, and such other banking operations, under regulations estab-
lished by the General Board ot Directors, as may be within the
incidental powers of a bank ; but no powers shall be exercised which
are not expressly granted by this Act, if such exercise is prohibited
by the Governor-General of the Philippine Islands.
16. Preparing, issuing, and circulating bank notes under the pro-
visions of this Act.
Article VI.
The bank shall not make any loan or discount on the security of
the shares of its own capital stock, nor be a purchaser or holder of
any such shares, unless such security or purchase shall be necessary
to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted in good faith ; and
stock so purchased or acquired shall be sold or dispK)sed of at public
or private sale within six months from the time it is acquired.
Article VII.
All notes and bills of exchange discounted by the bank must bear
at least two signatures of known solvency, one of which must be a
resident of thelocality of the transaction, and must comply in other
respects with the provisions of the Code of Commerce, except that
sucn transactions may, with the approval of the president of the
bank, be for a longer period than ninety days, and one signature may
be dispensed with when loans are made on negotiable securities, as
provided by paragraph eight of Aritcle V.
Warrants or drafts drawn by the Treasurer of the Philippine
Islands or of the United States may be accepted without the signa-
tures and conditions required in the case of private parties.
Article VIII.
The total liabilities to the bank of any person, or of any company,
corporation, or firm for money borrowed, including in the liabilities
of a firm the liabilities of the several members thereof, shall at no
time exceed one-tenth of the amount of the capital stock of the
bank, actually paid in and unimpaired, and one-tenth part of its
unimpaired surplus fund; but the discount of bills or exchange
drawn in good faith against actually existing values, and the dis-
count of commercial orl)usiness paper actually owned by the person
negotiating the same, shall not be considered as money borrowed.
Article IX.
Before making loans on precious metals, merchandise, and goods
in warehouse, the value of the same shall be appraised by experts
appointed by the officers of the bank^ but the Dank shall not be
liable for any loss,* damage, deterioration, or shortage of or to the
merchandise so stored, except in cases arising from its default or
negligence.
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Article X.
All real property upon which mortgage loans are made must
have a marketable title, and be free from all encumbrances and liens. •
Buildings, if city property, must be constructed of substantial
material ; and in all cases the buildings or improvements upon such
real estate shall be insured to at least seventy-five per centum of
their value, and no loans shall be made on real estate to an amount
greater than fifty per centum of the value thereof.
Article XI. -
Merchandise specified in a bill of lading upon which a loan is
made by the bank must be consigned to such person as the bank shall
designate at the place of destination, who may deduct the current
commissions and charges, and shall comply with the orders of the
shipper as to the sale or disposition of the proi>erty, and pay the pro-
ceeds thereof to the bank to the amount of its loan, cnarges, and
expenses.
In case of loss of merchandise, the bank may proceed, at its option,
against the shippers or carriers thereof for the amoimt of the loan,
with all charges and expenses, or against the insurance company
insuring the same for the amount of such insurance.
Article XII.
Upon deposits made in the bank of precious metals or merchandise,
other than money in current account, the bank shall furnish to the
depositor a certificate containing the following particulars :
1st. The name and domicile of the depositor, or of the authority
ordering^ the deposit.
2nd. The nature and value of the deposit, and where it consists
of bars or jewelry of gold or silver, the weight and specific qualities
thereof.
3rd. The date of the deposit and the entry number in the proper
books of the bank.
Article XIII.
The officers of the Bank shall, within the limitations of this Act,
be exclusive judges as to the acceptance or refusal of drafts, notes,
and bills of exchange submitted for discount, and of all applications
for loans, and of other business transactions.
Article XIV.
The rates of interest on discounts and loans, on deposits, collec-
tions, mortgages, etcetera, shall be fixed every six months by the
general board of directors, with the approval of the president of the
Bank, and such rates, if not contrary to law, shall t^ those charged
in cases where no specific agreement is made, but the bank may
change such rates, from time to time, upon notice of one week, and
may make other rates by a^eement of both parties. All expenses
connected with the transactions, including the fees of appraisers,
shall be charged to the borrower.
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Abticle XV.
The bank may order the sale of collateral security in its custody,
consisting' of securities or merchandise, or any other thing, three
days after having called upon the debtor, by written notice, to
increase the amount of such security, if in the meantime he has failed
to comply with such request, or after the maturity of a loan if the
loan has not been paid. These sales shall be made at public auction,
with the assistance of a notary or exchange agent or broker, and
without the requirement of any judicial order or process; and in
order to avoid delay or difficulty in the disposal of such collateral
security, and that the bank may accompli^ the sale without inter-
ference on the part of the debtor, it shall set forth in the note or
evidence of indebtedness that the collateral security given is to be
considered as transferred to the bank without any further formality
by the fact of deliyery, under the conditions set forth therein.
All such securities registered in the name of the owner shall be
transferred in due form to the bank, which shall issue therefor a
receipt setting forth the terms of the delivery and the purposes for
which such transfer has been made.
If the proceeds of the sale of such securities do not cover the full
amount of the loan, together with interest and other charges thereon,
the bank may proceed against the debtor for the difference, but any
amount exceeding the full indebtedness to the bank shall be paid
over to the debtor.
Parties obtaining loans on bills of lading must increase the amount
of security with the bank whenever a fall of ten per centum takes
place in the market value of the merchandise, and if upon maturity
of the loan the amount has not been paid, or the vessel has not
arrived with the merchandise constituting such security, the Bank
may, at its opticm, proceed against the debtor, or await the arrival
of the vessel, in order to make a sale of such merchandise, with the
understanding that if the Bank shall elect the former remedy, such
actiDn shall not impair the right of the Bank to proceed against the
security itself at such time and in such manner as it may deem proper.
Title II. — Concerning capital stock and shares.
Article XVI.
The bank may increase the amount of its capital stock from time
to time to a total amount not exceeding ten million pesos, by a vote
of a majority in amount of the stock, at a meeting of the general
assembly of the stockholders, by the bona fide sale of new stock for
not less than par in cash, and such increase of capital shall be valid
only when the whole amount of such increase shall be paid in, and
notice thereof shall have been transmitted to the Treasurer of the
Philippine Islands, and his certificate obtained specifving the
amount of such increase of capital stock, with his approval thereof,
and that it has been duly paid in as part of the capital of the bank.
Article XVII.
The existing capital and any increase of the same which may be
made shall be represented by shares of the face value of two hundred
pesos each. (
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Abticle XVIII.
In case of an increase of the capital stock by authority of a gen-
eral assembly of the stockholders, the shares shall be issued upon the
f)ayment in full of the price therefor, to be fixed by the bank, not
ess than two hundred pesos for each share, plus such percentage as
corresponds to the ratio of the reserve funds or surplus then on
hand and unimpaired to the aggregate amount of the capital after
such increase of capital: Provided^ however^ That if the general
assembly of stockholders, in order to facilitate the issue of shares
amongst themselves, considers it advisable, it may resolve to transfer
from the voluntary reserve fund to the legal reserve fund an amount
necessary to make the latter correspond to the legal amount required
by law.
Article XIX.
The bank shall maintain a reserve fund or surplus of not less
than fifteen per centum of its capital stock issued and outstanding,
which fund shall be subject to the same obligations as capital, and
shall be made up of the net profits resulting from the operations of
the bank after deducting the dividends paid upon capital.
The bank may create an additional reserve fund for the purpose
of distributing dividends when the amount actuallv earned in any
year does not reach six per centum of the capital stock, but this
fund shall not be applied to the increase of the capital stock of the
bank.
Abticle XX.
The ownership of the shares of the capital of the bank shall
be recorded in the name of a person, corporation, or other legal
entity in the register of the bank, and registered stock certificates
shall be issued to the record owners therof. New issues of capital
shall be registered in the same maimer, under regulations to be made
by the general board of directors.
Article XXI.
Shares of the capital stock may be transferred by a declaration
made in person before a proper officer of the bank by the party
transferring the same, or by someone having power of attorney to
sign said register, upon first presenting to the bank the original
certificate, for which, upon cancellation, a new certificate will be
issued.
Aritcle XXII.
That the stockholders of the bank shall be subject to no other or
additional liability than the amount which they shall have paid or
bound themselves to contribute in payment for the shares standing
in their names, not exceeding the face value of said shares, unless
otherwise provided in the Code of Commerce.
Article XXIII.
Stock in the Bank may be held by persons and corporations with-
out regard to domicile, and officers and directors may be chosen
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without regard to nationality, except that a majority of the board
of directors shall be made up of citizens of the United States or of
the Philippine Islands; but money in current account and securities
and other articles of value deposited in the bank which is the prop-
erty of foreigners, shall not oe subject to attachment, confiscation
or seizure because of war between their respective nations, except as
such processes would lie in the ordinary course of law against citizens
of the United States or of the Philippine Islands.
Title III. — Concerning the hsue of Circulating Notes,
Article XXIV.
That the circulating notes of the bank shall hereafter be issued
under the following limitations of amount and conditions:
(a) To a present amount not exceeding two million four hundred
thousand pesos, which shall represent the paid-up and unimpaired
capital of the bank and the value of the surplus as ascertained by
the Governor-General of the Philippine Islands; and in case sucn
capital and surplus shall not, in the opinion of the Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, be equal in value to the amount of circula-
tion herein authorized, then said Governor-General may require a
contraction of such circulation until it shall not exceed the value of
the capital and surplus of the bank, or the deposit with the Treas-
urer of the Philippine Islands of commercial paper conforming to
the statutes of tne bank and acceptable to the Governor-General,
for any excess in the amount of circulation above the value of the
capital and surplus as ascertained and determined hy him: Pro-
viacdj however^ That as a condition precedent of issuing notes to
the extent of the paid-up and unimpaired capital of the Dank and
the value of the surplus as ascertained by the Governor-Genei'al as
above permitted, said surplus shall be xormally treated as a part
of the capital of the bank and shares of stocfe issued therefor to
the persons entitled thereto: Provided^ That the price at which
such shares of stock shall be sold shall have added thereto an amount
which in equity will equalize between the old and the new shares of .
stock the interest in surplus. And said bank is hereby authorized
to issue its circulating notes, secured by its capital as herein pro-
vided, in emial prpportion with each increase of paid-in capital
stock in casn, not exceeding nine million pesos; and all notes so
issued shall be governed by the provisions or this section.
(&) To a present additional amount not exceeding six hundred
thousand pesos upon deposit with the Treasurer of the Philippine
Islands of the bonds of tne United States, bonds or certificates or the
Government of the Philippine Islands, bonds of the city of Manila,
stock or bonds of railways or mortgage banks upon which interest
or principal has been guaranteed by the Government of the Philip-
pine Islandsj or other securities acceptable to the Governor-Gteneral
of said Philippine Islands, and the percentage of circulation to be
allowed upon the face value or market value of each of said class
of securities shall be determined by said Governor-General of the
Philippine Islands. Such notes may be issued at the discretion of
the bank, subject only to the condition that the securities deposited
shall be acceptable in character and amount to the Governor-General
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of the Philippine Islands, and without regard to whether issues
have been made or applied for under other provisions of this Act.
And in case of the increase of the paid-up and unimpaired capital
and surplus of the bank from two million four hunared thousand
pesos to three million pesos the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands
shall deliver to the bank the securities deposited with him to cover
circulating notes under this paragraph (b).
It being the intention that the total circulating notes issued under
this Act shall never exceed in amount nine imllion pesos, repre-
senting an equal amount of the paid-up and unimpaired capital of
the bwk.
Article XXV.
All outstanding notes of the bank shall, after January first,
nineteen himdred and eight, constitute a preferred lien upon the
assets of the bank, except as to such securities as have been specific-
ally deposited under special agreements with public officials lor the
safe-keeping of public moneys; and any bonds or other securities
deposited with the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands, as herein-
bexore provided, for the security of the circulating notes of the bank,
shall be held exclusively for tnat purpose until such notes shall be
redeemed ; but the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands shall give to
the bank powers of attorney to receive and appropriate to its own
use the interest and dividends on such securities m the custody of
said Treasurer; but such powers shall become inoperative whenever
the bank shall fail to redeem its circulating notes, and said Treas-
urer of the Philippine Islands, under regulations prescribed by the
Governor-General, may permit or require an exchange to be made
of any of the securities in his custody.
Article XXVI.
The bank shall be held to renounce all claim to the exclusive
privilege of issuing notes in the Philippine Islands, or to any other
exclusive privilege not set forth in this Act ; but no laws or regula-
tions shall be made or enforced affecting the bank, or imposing
charges or taxation upon it, which shall not apply egually to other
banks of a similar type operating imder similar conaitions, and no
bank shall be authorized to issue circulating notes in the Philippine
Islands with a paid-up capital less than two million pesos; but this
provision shall not preclude the^ Government from granting special
privileges to agricultural banks, savings banks, mortgage banks, or
other institutions of special types whose principal busmess is not
commercial banking.
Article XXVII.
That the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands, and all assistant
treasurers and provincial and municipal treasurers and other public
officials shall be directed to receive the circulating notes of the
bank for public dues so long as said circulating notes are paid in
the lawful money of the Philippine Islands or of the United States,
without discount and on demand, at the bank and its branches.
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Abticlb xxvin.
That the notes issued under the provisions of paragraph (a) of
Article XXIV of this Act shall pay a tax at the rate or one-half
of one per centum per annum; and the notes temporarily issued
under tne provisions of paragraph (6) of said Article X!XlV of
this Act shall pay a tax at the rate of one per centum per annum,
such taxes to be assessed upon the amount of notes actually in
circulation and not held in the bank or its branches, at fixed inter-
vals not less frequently than once a month, to be determined by
regulations made oy the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands: Pro-
vmed^ That these taxes of one-half of one per centum and one per
centimi shall not be increased during the term of twenty-five years
mentioned in Article II hereof.
Article XXIX.
That whenever the bank desires to withdraw circidating notes
which are not in its possession, it may deposit with the Treasurer
of the Philippine Islands in the lawful money of the Philippine
Islands or ox the United States an amount equal to the face value
of the circulating notes which are to be withdrawn and retired, and
if such notes are represented by securities in the custody of said
Treasurer, he may surrender such portion of said securities as, in
his opinion, will represent a just proportion of the securities held
to secure circulatiujg notes, and tnereupon the taxes imposed by
this Act upon circulating notes shall cease upon an amount thereof
equal to the amount of lawful money deposited, and such lawful
money shall be repaid from time to time to the bank upon the
{)resentation and surrender to said Treasurer of the Philippine Is-
ands of notes which have been received or redeemed.
Article XXX.
That the circulating notes of the bank may be issued in denomi-
nations of five pesos, ten pesos, twenty pesos, fifty pesos, one hundred
pesos, and two hundred pesos, and shall express upon their face the
promise of the bank to redeem them on demand in lawful money of
the Philippine Islands or of the United States, attested by the signa-
tures of the president or vice-president and cashier.
ArticIuE XXXI.
That the bank shall at all times have on hand, in lawful money
of the Philippine Islands or of the United States, an amount equal
in value to at least twenty-five per ceiitum of the aggregate amount
of its notes in circulation and in addition thereto twenty per centum
of its deposits in current accounts which are payable on demand:
Providectf however^ That this requirement shall not apply to the
notes issued under paragraph (6), Article XXIV above.
Article XXXII.
That the circulating notes of the bank shall hereafter be issued
to the bank by the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands, who shall
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make requisitions upon the Bureau of Insular Affairs at Washington
for such a supply as may be necessary to anticipate reasonable de-
mands, and he shall keep such notes in his custody in the Treasury
of the Philippine Islancfs; but said notes shall not have validity as
currency until the seal of the bank and the signatures of its ofiicers
duly authorized to perform such fimctions, are attached.
Title IV. — Concerning the powers of the general assembly of the
Stockholders.
Article XXXIII.
The stockholders of the bank shall be represented at its general
assembly by those among them who are owners of, or who represent,
at least ten shares of the capital stock registei*ed in their names at
least two months before the meeting as shown by the registered list
of stockholders.
Stockholders may be represented at general meetings by proxies
designated by them,* but tne appointment of such proxies snail be
valid only when proper power of attorney is executed before a notary
public.
Stockholders not possessing full legal capacity, as married women,
minors, et cetera, or possessing the character of corporations, associa-
tions, or other legal entities, snail be represented at the general meet-
ings and in all other matters relating to the bank by their legal
representatives.
Article XXXIV.
One vote in the general assembly of the stockholders shall be al-
lowed each ten shares of the capital of the bank actually represented
by the owner thereof or by duly authoiized proxy.
Article XXXV.
The general assembly of the stockholders of the bank shall be
held on the second Tuesday of February in each year, and may be
adjourned from day to day until its business is concluded.
Article XXXVI.
The general assembly of the stockholders shall have the following
powers:
1. To elect the president, the vice-presidents, and the members
of the general board of directors, and to fix the salaries which the
president and vice-presidents shall receive.
2. To inform themselves of the condition of the bank through a
report presented annually, or oftener, by the general board of
directors, and through the annual general balance sheet.
3. To act on recommendations made by the general board of di-
rectors relating to the interests of the bank, in conformity with the
statutes and by-laws.
4. Any member of the general assembly of the stockholders may
present to said general assembly in writing such suggestions as he
may deem proper for the welfare of the bank, but sucn recommenda-
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tions shall not be acted upon until the next following meeting, nor
until the general board of directors has passed upon them.
5. To authorize the increase of the capital stock and prescribe the
manner and conditions under which it shall be made, subject to the
provisions of this Act.
6. To exercise any other powers expressly granted by or reasonably
to be implied from these statutes and the by-laws of the bank, and not
in conflict with this Act.
Article XXXVII.
A general assembly of the stockholders of the bank may be con-
vened in extraordinary session whenever the number of members of
the general board of directors has been so reduced as to make it
impossible for the members thereof to perform their duties, or when-
ever five members of the general board of directors shall so request
and the object of such mating shall be stated in the call.
Article XXXVIII. *
The election of the president, vice-president, and directors of the
Bank shall be by secret ballot and by absolute majority of votes.
TriLE V. — Powers of the hoard of directors.
Article XXXIX.
The direction of the bank shall be under the control of a general
board of directors, who shall choose a cashier, and such other officers
as they may deem expedient, and said General Board of Directors
may fix the salaries of such officials at such amounts as they may
deem proper.
Article XL.
The general board of directors of the bank shall be composed of
the president and vice-presidents as ex officio members, and of
the directors, all of whom shall be chosen annually bv the general
assembly of stockholders. The number of vice-presidents snail be
determined by the general assembly of stockholders, but shall not
exceed five ; the number of directors shall- likewise be determined by
the general assembly of stockholders, but may not exceed fifteen nor
be less than eight. Members of the general board of directors shall
be eligible for reelection.
Article XLI.
There may be elected by the general assembly of the stockholders,
at its discretion, associate directors of branches in the Philippine
Islands, in the United States, or in foreign countries, who shall,
under regulations made by tne general l^ard of directors,^ meet
separately from said general board to consider matters relating to
the interests of the branch for which they are elected; but their
action shall be advisory only and shall be subject to the approval
of the general board of directors at Manila. Such associate directors
may or may not, in the discretion of the general assembly, be required
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to be stockholders in the bank, and shall be subject to removal or
termination of their functions at any time upon vote of said general
assembly.
Article XLII.
Each member of the general board of directors, in order to be
eligible as a member, shall deposit with the bank, in trust, before
assuming his duties, not less than ten shares of the stock of the bank
registered in his name. Each such director, when appointed or
elected, shall take an oath that he will, so far as the duty devolves
upon him, diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the bank,
and that he will not knowingly violate, or willingly permit to be
violated, any of the provisions of this Act, which oath, subscribed
by himself^ and certined by the oflScer before whom it is taken, shall
be inmiediately transmitted to the Treasurer of the Philippine
Islands and by him filed and preserved in his office.
Article XIJII.
Members of the board of directors^ except the president and vice-
presidents, of the bank, shall be entitled to a fee for attendance at
meetings of said Board, which shall be fixed by the general board,
but shall not exceed twenty-five pesos.
Article XLIV.
The duties of the gentral board of directors shall be as follows:
1. To supervise the issue and transfer of certificates of stock, and
establish regulations therefor.
2. To determine from time to time the number and amount of
circulating notes to be issiied under the provisions of this Act.
3. To £& the rate of discounts and loans.
4. To prepare confidential lists of the firms and corporations to
which it considers discounts may properly be accorded, fixing the
amount of credit to be extended to each.
5. To appoint agents and correspondents and to designate the
points where they are to be stationed.
6. To authorize the establishment of branch banks at such points
as will serve tlie public interest and that of the bank, in accordance
with Article IV of these statutes. ^
7. To' ratify, if satisfactory to it, transactions between the bank
and the Government, and other current transactions.
8. To take care that in all the offices of the bank the statutes,
by-laws, orders and resolutions in force are strictlj^ observed.
9. To examine and consider, at each regular meetinff, the trans-
actions of the officers of the bank and the operations or the bank.
10. To elect the secretary and cashiers of the bank.
11. To appoint, on recommendation of the officers of the bank,
bookkeepers and minor employees of the bank and of its branches.
12. To remove or suspend employees of the bank, with or without
the recommendations or the officers.
13. To draw up the annual report concerning the operations of
the bank, which shall be read at the general assembly of the stock-
holders.
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14. To examine and audit the accounts submitted by the officers
and to approve the general balance sheet.
15. To oeclare semiannually, in accordance with such balance sheet
and the state of the voluntary reserv^e fund, the dividend to be paid
to the stockholders.
16. To examine into and take under advisement recommendations
made by stockholders in general assembly for the welfare of the bank,
and to present the .same, with their report thereon, to the next general
assembly.
17. Tx) make of its own motion to said general assembly all sug-
gestions which it deems proper for the advantage of thebank.
ARTICIiB XLV.
No action shall be taken at the sessions of the general board of
directors except when a majority is present.
Article XL VI.
Resolutions of the general board of directors must be passed by
the votes of a majority of the members present.
Article XL VII.
The secretary of the bank shall be present at all the sessions of the
general board of directors, without voice or vote, and shall draw up
tne minutes, which shall be signed by the president and the secretary
himself.
Title VI. — Concerning the oiflcers of the hank.
Article XL VIII.
The administration of all the affairs of the bank and the control
of its operations shall be in charge of the president, assisted by the
vice-president or vice-presidents, and a secretary, who shall perform
such duties as the president may direct.
Article XIjIX.
The officers of the bank shall receive, in addition to their salaries,
the compensation hereinafter set forth, which shall be divided as
prescribed by the general board of directors.
Article L.
The powers of the president of the bank shall be :
1. To direct all the operations of the bank and to give orders and
instructions to all the employees thereof who are to take part in said
operations.
2. To execute all contracts entered into on behalf of the bank, and
to perform all other duties customarily incident to his office.
3. To authenticate by his signature all administrative acts and
obligations and documents issura by the bank.
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4. To consider and pass upon applications for discounts and
loans.
5. To institute and prosecute, in the name of the bank, all judicial
proceedings that may oe necessary for the collection of debts due to
the bank and for the preservation of its rights.
6. To make recommendations to the general board of directors in
regard to transactions not provided for by these statutes.
7. To recommend to the general board of directors the appoint-
ment of all subordinate employees and servants of the bank.
8. To supervise and direct the conduct of the employees of the
bank in the performance of their duties, and to temporarily suspend
for just cause those who are delinquent therein, with the exception
of those elected by the general assembly of stockholders and by the
general board of directors who can onlv be suspended by the latter.
9. To call the regular general assemolies of the stockholders and
such extraordinary general assemblies as may be requested by a suf-
ficient number of the general board of directors.
10. To convene the general board of directors in extraordinary
session whenever he deems it necessary, either upon his own motion
or at the request of any three members of said board.
11. To preside at general assemblies of the stockholders and
meetings of the general board of directors, with a vote.
12. To make visits of inspection to the offices of the bank, and to
address to the general board of directors such recommendations
as he may deem proper concerning its condition.
13. To verify the monthly balance sheet and to sign his approval
of the same in the records of the bank.
14. To sign stock certificates and to certify by his signature notes
issued payable to bearer.
15. To examine the report to be made to the general assembly
relative to the condition of the bank, aud to approve the same before
it is read to the meeting, satisfying himself in advance of the correct-
ness of its contents.
Akticle LI.
That in the absence or disability of the president, the vice-presi-
dents, in the order designated by the general board of directors,
shall exercise the powers herein granted to the president.
Article LII.
In the case of any judicial proceedings other than for the collec-
tion of obligations to the bank, the officers must obtain the approval
of the general board of directors before acting therein.
Article LIII.
The officers shall be personally accountable to the bank for all
operations carried on by them beyond their powers or contrary to
the statutes, by-laws ana regulations of the bank.
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TiTLB VIL — General provisions.
Article LIV.
It shall be lawful for the bank to purchase, hold and convey real
estate as follows :
1. Such as shall be necessary for its immediate accommodation
in the transaction of its business.
2. Such as shall be mortgaged to it in good faith by way of security
for debts previously contracted.
3. Such as shall be conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previ-
ously contracted in the course of its dealings, under the limitations
herembefore imposed.
4. Such as it shall purchase at sales under judgments, decrees, or
mortgages held by the bank, or shall purchase to secure debts due
to it.
The bank shall not purchase or hold real estate in any other case,
or for any other purpose than as specified in this article, nor shall
it hold for a longer period than five years the possession of any real
estate under mortgage or the title and possession of any real estate
purchased to secure any debts due to it.
Article LV.
The profits or net earnings resulting from the operations of the
bank, after deducting the expenses of administration, and such
portion as corresponcfe to the legal reserve fund, shall be applied
as follows: Four per centum to the executive officers of the oank
to be divided according to regulations prescribed by the general
board of directors; five per centum to the members of the general
board of directors, to oe distributed in the manner provided in
the by-laws. The remaining ninety-one per centum shall belong
to the stockholders, but may be added to the regular or special
reserve funds, or distributed as dividends at a fixed pro rata amount
according to the number of shares.
Article LVI.
The distribution of dividends shall be made at least once in each
six months, when in the judgment of the general board of directors,
earnings justify the declaration of a dividend. Should the profits
not exceed seven per centum per annum on the par value of each
share, the entire amount shall be distributed; should there be an
excess over said seven per centum, it shall be divided two-thirds to
the stockholders and one-third to the legal reserve fund mentioned
in Article XIX., until said reserve fund shall amount to not less
than twenty-five per centum of the capital stock; after which any
surplus shall be divided amongst the stockholders in whole or in
part, or may be used for the creation of the voluntary reserve fund
also mentioned in said article, as the general board of directors
may deem best.
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ARTicaiB LVII.
Dividends declared and not called for within three years follow-
ing the date upon which they are due and payable shall draw the
interest specified for voluntary deposits in money, commencing from
the expiration of said period.
Article LVIII.
No information shall be furnished by the bank concerning the
funds in its custody in a current account, or on deposit, belonging
to a given person, corporation, or other legal entity, except under
authority of an order of the Governor-General or of a court with
jurisdiction.
Article LIX.
That the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands, provincial and
municipal treasurers^ and other authorized public officials shall, from
time to time, deposit with the bank and its branches, upon such
terms as may be prescribed by the Government of the Philippine
Islands, such public moneys and trust funds as may be available
for this purpose, without discrimination against the bank or in
favor of other institutions; but this clause shall not bind such
officials to make or maintain such deposits when, in their opinion,
it is inadvisable.
Article LX.
The balance sheet provided for in article one hundred and fifty-
seven of the Code of Commerce shall be drawn up and published
monthly, and the bank and its branches shall make to the Treasurer
of the Philippine Islands not less than five reports during each and
every year, according to the form which may be prescribe by him,
verified by the oath or affirmation of the president or cashier of
the bank and attested by the signature of at least three of the
directors; which report shall exhibit, in detail and under appro-
Eriate heads, the resources and liabilities of the bank at the close of
usiness on any past day specified by said Treasurer, and shall
transmit such report to him within t3n days after the receipt of a
requ^t or requisition therefor from him; and the report above
required, in the same form in which it is made to the Treasurer,
shall be published, at the expense of the bank, in a newspaper in the
city of Manila; and the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands shall
have power to call for special reports of the condition of the bank
and its branches whenever in his judgment the same shall be neces-
sary in order to a full and complete knowledge of its conditions.
Failure to make and transmit such a report shall render the bank
liable to a penalty of one hundred pesos tor each day after ten days
that said bank or any of its branches shall delay to make and trans-
mit any rej)ort as aforesaid ; these rej)orts shall be in lieu of the
quarterly reports prescribed by section one of Act Numbered Fifty-
two of the Philippine Commission of November twenty-third, nine-
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teen hundred, which quarterly reports shall no longer be required
from the bank.
Article LXI.
That the Government of the Philippine Islands renounces all
rights which it may have derived under Spanish law to app>oint the
governor and other officers of the bank or to interfere in any way
with its administration, except to make examination of its solvency
and supervise its conduct in the interest of the public in the same
manner as such examination and supervision are or may be exercised
over national banks in the United States and as prescribed by the
laws of the Philippine Islands.
Article LXII.
That the Government of the Philippine Islands renounces all
right and title derived from Spanish law and existing statutes of
the bank to a loan of any money to the Treasury of the Philippine
Islands.
Title VIII. — Dissolution and winding up of the hank.
Article LXIII.
The bank shall be dissolved, — (1) upon the expiration of its legal
term unless legally extended in accordance with the provisions of
this Act, (2) upon the loss of one-half of the capital subscribed, in
which case the general board of directors shall immediately call,
within as short a period as possible, an extraordinary general assem-
bly of the stockholders to report the condition of the bank.
The general board of directors may direct that the bank shall
continue, in which case it may determine the necessary steps to be
taken to fix the status of the bank, provided those present and voting
represent two-thirds of the capital.
Article LXIV.
A dissolution having been decided upon, the winding up of the
bank's affairs shall be in charge of the general board of airectors
then in office, unless said general board Siall determine to appoint
receivers, in which case said receivers shall receive such compensa-
tion as said general board may direct.
Article LXV.
While the winding up of the affairs of the bank continues the
powers of the ffeneralboard shall remain intact.
The board snail specially have the power to approve the accounts
of the receivership and to ffive a discharge.
The amount realized, after paying the debts and expenses of the
bank, shall be distributed pro rata among the stockholders.
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Article LXVI.
That nothing in this Act shall be held to prevent the exercise
by the Governor-General and the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands
of the powers conferred upon them by Act Numbered Five hundred
and fifty-six of the Philippine Commission, enacted December ninth,
nineteen hundred and two, or such amendments of that Act as may
have been enacted or as may hereafter be enacted.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of an "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon the filing with the
Executive Secretary by the General Board of Directors of the Banco
Espaiiol-Filipino of the written acceptance by the Bank of the
provisions hereof.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
[No. 1791.]
AN ACT To amend in certain respects Act Numbered Eiglity-two, known as
tlie Municipal Code.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Subsection {I) of section eighteen of Act Numbered
Eighty-two, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as fol-
lows:
"(Z) He shall appoint, by and with the consent of the majoritv
of all the members of the council, the municipal secretary and all
nonelective officers and employees who may be provided for by law
or by ordinance, with the exception of the municipal treasurer and
the employees of his office, ana at any time, for cause, he may sus-
pend any such officer or employee thus appointed for a period not
exceeding ten days, which suspension may be continued for a longer
period by the council ; and by and with the consent of a majority of
all the members of the council he may discharge any such officer or
employee.
"The municipal treasurer shall be appointed by the provincial
treasurer, subject to the approval of the provincial board, and may
be removed from office by the provincial board or the Governor-
General for cause. The position of municipal treasurer shall be
classified and subject to all the provisions of the Civil Service Act
and rules.
"The municipal treasurer shall appoint such clerks and other
employees as are necessary to aid him in the discharge of his duties
when the number and salaries thereof are determined in the manner
provided by this Act. In case it shall appear that the number or
salaries authorized by the municipal council are manifestly inade-
quate, it shall be within the power of the provincial board, on appli-
cation, to increase the number of clerks or employees or the salaries
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fixed by the municipal council therefor. The municipal treasurer
may, for cause, suspend from office without salary for not to exceed
thirty days any employee thus appointed or. with the approval of
the provincial treasurer, remove him from office."
Sec. 2. Subsection (aa) of section thirty-nine of said Act is
hereby amended to I'ead as follows:
"(aa) Establish and maintain municipal pounds and fix the fees
for poundage; regulate, restrict, or prohibit the running at large of
domestic animals and dogs unlicensed, and provide for the distrain-
ing, impounding, and sale of the same for tne penalty incurred and
the cost of the proceedings; also impose penalties upon the owners
of said animals for the violation of any ordinance in relation thereto :
Provided^ That ' large cattle ' within the meaning of Act Numbered
Eleven hundred and forty-seven shall be dispos^ of in accordance
with that Act."
Sec. 3. Subsection (k) of secticm forty of said Act is hereby
amended to read as follows :
"(^) To license public carriages, carts, and hearses kept for hire;
and regulate cafes, restaurants, notels, inns, and lodging houses; to
license and regulate or to prohibit public dancing schools, public
dance halls, and horse races; to license without taxing and to
regulate public billiard tables, theatrical performances, and circuses."
Sec. 4. Subsection (7) of section forty of said Act is hereby
amended so as to read as follows :
"(Z) 1. To provide, when no American public-school teacher is
assigned to the municipality or when no public school of secondary
instruction is maintained therein, for tne expenditure from the
school funds established in accordance with subsection (6) of section
forty-three of this Act, or from any other municipal funds not
otherwise appropriated, of not more than forty pesos per month
during the school year, to be used in equal parts toward the support
of two residents of the municipality while receiving training for
positions as public-school teachers in the municipality at any public
secondary school established under the Department of Public In-
struction. The persons thus supported shall be one young man and
one young woman, whose respective ages shall not be less man fifteen
nor more than twenty-five years, and whose parents are not able to
pay their expenses while attending schools or secondary instruction.
They shall be appointed by the president, by and with the consent
of the majority of all the members of the council, subject to confirma-
tion, after one month's attendance, by the principal of the school in
which they are appointed to receive instruction.
" 2. To provide, further, for the expenditure from general munici-
pal funds or, with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruc-
tion, from the municipal school funds establishea in accordance with
subsection (b) of section forty-three of this Act and section one hun-
dred and firty of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, as
amended, of not to exceed forty pesos per month during tne school
year for each person appointed, as hereinafter provided, to receive in
the Philippine Normal School, the Philippine School of Arts and
Trades, the Philippine School of Agriculture, or any other Insular
school, special training for the teaching of the academic branches,
domestic science, agriculture, or arts and trades : Provided^ That the
total number of students appointed shall not exceed four from any
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one municipality. These students shall be appointed hy the munici-
pal president, by and with the consent of the majority of all the
memhers of the council, from a list of eligibles certified to the presi-
dent by the division superintendent of schools, and by him recom-
mended for such appointment.
" Only those who nave satisfactorily completed and been graduated
from the prescribed intermediate course of instruction and are not
less than seventeen nor more than thirty years of age shall be eligible
for appointment as special municipal students in the Philippine
Normal School or in the Philippine School of Agriculture; and^only
those who have satisfactorily completed the firat year of the pre-
scribed intermediate course of instruction and are not less tnan
seventeen nor more than thirty years of age shall be eligible for ap-
pointment as special municipal students in the Philippine School of
Arts and Trades.
'' Each student appointed in accordance herewith shall be required
by the municipal president to sign an agreement to the effect that,
upon the termination of his studies pursued accM*ding to the terms of
his appointment and agreement, he will return to the municipality
appointing and maintaining him as a special student and accept an
appointment either as a municipal or as an Insular teacher in said
municipality, and faithfully perform the duties relative thereto for
such ssdary as may be fixed by competent authority, for a period of
time equal to that spent by him in study at the expense of the munici-
pality from which he is appointed.'^
Sec. 5. Section forty-one of said Act is hereby amended to read
as follows:
" Sec. 41. Whenever the council is desifous of securing a legal
opinion upon questions arising in relation to the constitution or
attributes of the municipal government, it shall frame the questions
in writing and submit theni to the provincial fiscal for decision.
Each act, resolution, and ordinance of the council shall be numbered
consecutively throughout the calendar year; each executive order
shall also be consecutively numbered. The municipal secretary
shall, within thirty-six hours after any session of the council or the
issuance of an executive order, forward a correct copy of each act,
resolution, and ordinance passed thereat, and of every executive
order, properly numbered, to the provincial board. The board shall
promptly pass upon the legality of the same, entering its action
upon the minutes and advising the proper municipal secretary of
such action. The secretary shall thereupon notify the council, and
that body shall note the receipt of notification upon its minutes. The
provincial board shall approve all acts, ordinances, resolutions, and
orders which are within the powers conferred upon the council or
president making the same and declare null and void such as are not
within said powers. If the board shall be in doubt as to the legality
of any such act, ordinance, resolution, or order it shall declare the
same suspended and refer the question to the fiscal for his opinion.
Such opinion shall be given promptly, and upon its receipt the
board shall tabe action thereon in accordance with law and imme-
diately advise the municipal secretary thereof. The municipal
secretary shall also, within the thirty-six hours aforesaid, for-
ward to the provincial treasurer a copy of each act, resolution,
or ordinance authorizing or necessitating the collection of municipal
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revenues. After the same have been passed upon by the provin-
cial board, all acts, ordinances, resolutions, and orders shall be filed
with the provincial governor, who shall keep a complete file of the
same conveniently arranged in consecutive order by municipalities
for reference, which shall be open for public inspection, and in case
the municipal secretary neglects or omits to forward any such he
shall immediately demand a copy. Repeated negligence in for-
warding acts, re^lutions, or ordinances shall be cause for suspen-
sion and removal. Any attempt to enforce such act, ordmance,
resolution, or executive order, after the disapproval or suspension
thereof, shall be brought to the attention of the municipal council,
and shall be sufficient ground for the dismissal of the omoer or offi-
cers attempting to enforce the same. Should the council or the
president be dissatisfied with the decision of the provincial board, an
appeal may be taken by it or him to the Governor-General, who
shall decide the same question which was presented to the provincial
board and either affirm or reverse the decision of the provincial
board. If the decision of the provincial board is affirmed, the act,
ordinance, resolution, or executive order involved shall be null and
void. If, however, he shall reverse the decision of the provincial
board, then and in that case notice of his decision shall be given to
the provincial board and to the. council of the municipality appealing,
and upon receipt of notice by the appellant, the act, ordinance, reso-
lution, or executive order shall be revived and come into force again.
Pending the decision on appeal from a decision of the provincial
board annulling any act, ordinance, resolution, or executive order,
the same shall have no force and effect. Nothing in this section shall
be construed to deprived any judicial tribunal of power to hold void
for want of statutory authority any act, ordinance, or resolution of
a municipal council or executive order of a municipal president the
validity of which shall be involved in any cause arising before such
tribunal, without respect to the decision of the executive authorities."
Sec. 6. Subsection (^) of section forty- three of said Act is hereby
amended to read as follows :
"(^) Rents and profits from all property belonging to the munici-
pality, tolls from ferries, municipal stables, markets, slaughterhouse
public bath houses, pounds, and cemeteries belonging to the munici-
pality."
Sec. 7. Subsection (h) of section forty-three of said Act is hereby
amended to read as follows :
"(A) Licenses for horse races; for selling at retail in quantities of
not more than five gallons of any intoxicating, malt, vinous, mixed,
or fermented liquors; for the keeping of dogs; for public carriages,
carts, or hearses kept for hire ; ana for caf 6s, restaurants, hotels, inns,
and lodging houses, public dancing schools, and dance halls; in ac-
cordance with th§ provisions of section thirty-nine, subsection (tV),
and section forty, subse<*tions (i), (;), and (*)."
Sec. 8. Subsection (/) of section forty-seven of said Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"(/) Such report, when approved, shall be attested by the presi-
dent and municipal secretary and^ forwarded to the provincial
treasurer for approval. If the provincial treasurer shall, upon con-
sideration, find tiiat the taxes levied are lawful and will produce the
estimated revenue, and that the actual expenditures provided for in
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the repoi't will not exceed in the aggregate the estimate thereof, then
he shall approve the same and shall forward one of the copies of the
report, with his approval indorsed thereon, to the president to serve
as a ffuide to the municipality in the administration of its finances:
Promded^ That the salaries and positions of permanent officials and
employees from January first of each year to the date of the receipt
by the president of theestimate for that year, duly approved, shall
be as fixed in the approved estimate for the preceding year, and no
other: And provided further^ That if the provincial treasurer shall
question the legality or advisability of any item or items of expendi-
ture in the annual estimate he shall be authorized in his discretion to
disapprove the said item or items, but shall approve those items con-
cerning which there is no question. In the event that he shall disap-
prove arfy item or items of expenditure on the estimate he shall
immediately submit to the municipal council a statement in writing
^ving his reasons for such disapproval. If the municipal council
is dissatisfied with the action of the provincial treasurer an estimate
containing only the items disapproved may be submitted to the pro-
vincial board with a statement of the reasons for their approval; and
the provincial board shall thereupon decide the case, and its decision
shall be final. In the event that the appeal is sustained as to one or
more items the provincial treasurer shall forthwith approve the esti-
mate as to them; but if it is denied, the item or items in question
shall stand disapproved.''
Sec. 9. Subsection {g) of section forty-seven of said Act is hereby
amended to read as follows :
"(/7) Expenses not provided for in the annual estimate can be
incurred and paid only after the approval of an additional estimate
therefor in the manner provided in tne preceding section."
Sec. 10. Section sixty-one of said Act is hereby amended to read
as follows:
" Sec. 61. The board of tax appeals shall hear all appeals duly
transmitted to it in accordance with section fifty-eight, and shall
decide the same within fifteen days after receipt thereof. It shall
have authority to cause to be amended the certificate of valuation
on each declaration of the property in respect to which the complaint
is made, by order signed by the members of the board, or a majority
thereof, and transmitted to the provincial treasurer, who shall amend
the tax-list declaration in conformity with said order. Said board
shall also meet in December of each year for such number of days as
may be necessary and shall —
{a) Act on the recommendations of the municipal boards of
assessors made in accordance with subsections {d)^ (e), (/), and {g)
of section sixty-three hereof, as amended, ana by order direct the
provincial treasurer to change the records to conform to its action.
"(6) Revise and correct, with the approval of the Executive Sec-
retary first had, anv and all erroneous or unjust assessments and
valuations for taxation, and make a correct and just assessment, and
state the true valuation in Philippine currency, in each case where
it decides that the assessment stated in the certificate on the declara-
tion is erroneous or unjust. The certificates on the declarations
when so corrected shall be as lawful and valid for all purposes as
though the assessment had been made within the time nerein pre-
scribed. Such i*eassessment and revaluation shall be made on due
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notice to the individual concerned and to the municipal oounoil of
the municipality in which the real property to be reassessed or re-
valued is situated, and the representatives of the municipal ooancil
and all other persons interested shall be entitled to be heard by tbe
board of tax appeals before any reassessment or revaluation is made.
Any interested person, or official, dissatisfied with the action of the
provincial board of tax appeals may appeal to the Executive Secre-
taiy, whose decision shall be final. The Executive Secretary may
also, by direction of the Governor-General, make such revision or
revaluation as in his opinion the circumstances justify."
Sec. 11. Section sixty-three of said Act is hereby amended to read
as follows:
" Sec. 63. The board of assessors shall meet in November of eadi
year, after ten days' notice posted at the main entrance of the munic-
ipal building and in a public and conspicuous place in each barrio,
T()r such number of days as ma^ be necessary and shall —
"(a) Assess the value of all improvements placed upon reel prop-
erty during the preceding year.
^'{b) Reduce tne assessment against any taxpayer whose improve-
ments, already assessed, have b^n destroyed during the preceding
year.
"(c) Declare, or have declared, and assess the value of real prof>-
erty which has not theretofore been declared.
" (d) Recommend to the provincial board of tax appeals the reduc-
tion in value of any real property already assessed wnich shall have
suffered a permanent loss of value by reason of storm, flood, or other
casualty during the preceding year.
"(e) Recommend to the provincial board of tax appeals, in case
more than one declaration has been made of the same property,
the cancelation, with the approval of the declarants, of all declara-
tions but the one properly made: Provided^ That if any declarant
shall object to the cancelation of his declaration such declaration
shall not be canceled, but shall have the facts noted on its mai^gin,
and similar notation shall also be made on the margin of the dupli-
cate declaration.
"(/) Recommend to the provincial board of tax appeals, in the
case of real property declared which has changed ownership, the
cancelation of the declaration in the name of the original owner and
the substitution therefor of a new declaration in the name of the new
owner : Provided^ That no such change shall be made except upon the
written consent of both parties concerned, or' their legal repre-
sentatives.
"(^) Recommend to the provincial board of tax appeals the re-
moval from the taxable list of such property included therein as is
exempt by law."
Sec. 12. Subsection (6) of section sixty-five of said Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"(?>) All licenses and privilege taxes shall terminate on the thirty-
first of December of each year, and anyone beginning a business or
exercising a privilege upon w^liich a tax is levied by the council after
the thirty-first of December shall be required, before beginning such
business or exercising such privilege, to pay the license or tax lor the
quarters of the vear which remain, to and including the thirty-first
of Dtnrember following. But all licenses and privilege taxes may be
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Said in quarterly installments without penalty during the first ten
ays of tne quarter, at the election of the licensee: Provided^ That
the provisions of this subsection shall not be effective until July first,
nineteen hundred and eight, and that the licenses and privilege taxes
due for the month of June, nineteen hundred and eight, shall be
Sayable, without penalty, during the first ten days of the following
Sec. 13. Section sixty-five of said Act is hereby further amended
by adding a new subsection to be designated (a) and to read as
follows :
" {d) The cart and sledge tax imposed by subsection (;) of sec-
tion fcMi^y-three hereof shali be due and payable in one annual pay-
ment on o£ before the tenth day of January of each year for that
calendar year: Provided^ That new carts or sledges which shall be
acquired during the calendar year shall be liable for the whole year's
tax, but shall be exempt from the payment of the delinquent penalty
for that year: And provided' further^ That the proportionate part
of the tax for the period from June first to December thirty-fitst,
nineteen hundred and eight, shall be paid in one installment, and if
paid during the first ten days in Jime no penalty shall attach."
Sec. 14. Section sixty-nine of said Act is hereby amended to read
as follows:
" Sec. 69. No taxes^ imposts, or other revenues of the municipality
shall be leased or farmed except as provided in Act Numbered Six-
teen hundred and thirty-four. All imposts, taxes, revenues, fines,
penalties, rents, debts due the municipality, license and privilege
fees, and money or fimds payable to the municipality for any reason
or from any source whatsoever shall be collected and received by the
provincial treasurer or his authorized deputies : Provided^ That when
the municipal treasurer is also a deputy of the provincial treasurer
all such collections shall be made by him as such deputy : And pro-
vided further^ That when the municipal treasurer is not a deputy
of the provincial treasurer he may as such municipal treasurer make
such collections as are in this Act specifically provided."
Sec. 15. Section seventy-four of said Act is hereby amended to
read as follows:
" Sec. 74. The Govemor-Gteneral shall, by executive order, upon
recommendation of the provincial board, fix a term of three months
in each year within which land taxes due the municipalities of the
province shall be payable. Such executive order shall be issued
before the thirty-first day of December of each year and at least
three months before the oeginning of the term during which such
taxes shall be collected : Provided^ That in case no action is taken
by the provincial board and by the Governor-General the date fixed
for the preceding year shall be held to be the date upon which the
taxes shall be collected for the ensuing year. After such term is
so fixed the provincial treasurer shall select a period of not less
than one or more than three weeks during such term, within which
said taxes shall be payable at the office of the provincial treasurer in
the municipality, and such treasurer, or his deputy, shall attend and
be present at said office during the usual office hours of each week
during such period, exclusive of legal holidays, to receive payment
of sucli taxes. The provincial treasurer shall fix the time of collec-
tion in the municipality with a view to economy in the administra-
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tion and discharge of his duties and tlie convenience of the taxpayers
of the municipality: Provided^ That in municipalities in wKich
the municipal treasurer is a deputy of the provincial treasurer the
collection period for each year shall cover the entire three months
ending the day before the tax becomes delinquent. Notice of the
dates during which said taxes may be paid m each municipality
shall be posted by the provincial treasurer at the main entrance of
the provincial building and of all municipal buildings and in a
public and conspicuous place in each barrio. 'Failure to pay the
aforesaid taxes within the period specified shall subject the delin-
quent taxpayer to a penalty of twenty per centum of the amount of
tne original tax due, if paid within the first six months of
delinquency, and a penalty of forty per centum of the original tax
due it paid thereafter, to l)e collected at the same time and in the
same manner as the original tax, and the notice shall so state. The
penalty shall be accounted for by the collecting officer in the same
manner as the tax."*
Sec. 16. Section seventy-five of said Act is hereby amended to
read as follows:
" Sec. 75. Fifteen days after the tax shall become delinquent the
provincial treasurer, or his deputy, shall prepare and sign a cer-
tified copy of the records of his office, showing the persons delin-
quent in payment of their taxes and the amounts of tax and penalty
respectively due from each of them. He may proceed at once to
seize a sufficient amount of the personal property of each delinquent,
and, after due advertisement by notice stating the time, place, and
cause of the sale, posted for ten days at the main entrance of the
municipal building and at a public and conspicuous place in the
barrio where the property was seized, unless redeemed as hereinafter
provided, to sell at public auction, either at the main entrance of
the municipal building or at the place where such property is
seized, in his discretion, so much or the same as shall satisfy the
tax, penalty, and costs of tlic seizure and sale, to the highest bidder.
The certified copy of the provincial treasurer's record of delinquents
shall be the warrant for his proceedings, and the purchaser at such
sale shall acquire an indefeasible title to the property sold.
"As soon as possible after the sale the provincial treasurer, or
his deputy, shall make return of his proceedings and spread it upon
his records. Any surplus resulting from the sale, over and above
the tax, penalty, ancl costs, shall be returned to the delinquent
taxpayer.'
Sec". 17. Section seventy-seven of said Act is hereby amended to
read as follows:
" Sec. 77. Taxes and penalties assessed against realty shall be a
lien thereon, which shall oe superior to all otlier liens, mortgages^ or
incumbrances of any kind whatsoever; shall be enforceable against
the property whether in the possession of the delinquent or any
subsequent owner, and which can only be removed by the payment
of the taxes, penalties, and costs. Said lien shall attach to the real
property from the first day of January of the year in which the
taxes were due."
Sec. 18. Section seventy-eight of said Act is hereby amended to
read as follows:
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'* Sec. 78. Each person delinquent in the payment of real property
taxes, and all persons known to have liens thereon or to be tenants
thereon, shall immediately be notified of the delinquency by the
provincial treasurer by a notice deposited in the post-office, postage
prepaid, and addressed to him at his last-known place of residence,
or to the municipality and barrio in which his delinquent property
is situated. Sucn notice shall clcarlv state the amount of taxes due
and the penalty which will be added if payment is made within six
months irom delinquency and the i)enalty which will be added if
payment is made thereafter, together with a statement that at the ex-
piration of one year from the date of delinquency, unless the
tax and penalties be sooner paid or the tax shall have been judicially
set aside, the delinauent real proper^ will be forfeited and escheat to
the Government of the Philippine Islands, and that he will be dis-
possessed of such property and all occupants and tenants thereon will
be ejected, and thereafter the full title thereto will be and remain in
the said Government."
Sec. 19. Section seventy-nine of said Act is hereby amended to
read as follows:
" Sec. 79. After the expiration of one year from the date the
delinquency began, the provincial treasurer, or his deputy, shall
issue to the municipal president his certificate describing the parcel
of land upon which said taxes are delinquent, stating the date upon
which and the persons to whom the notice required^ by the preced-
ing section was sent and the amount of the taxes, penalties, and
costs due thereon, and requiring him to eject therefrom all tenants
or occupants thereof. Such president shall immediately cause the
tenants or occupants thereof to be ejected and kept therefrom by
the municipal police, and to that end may employ such force as
may be necessary. Within ninety days arter ejectment the owner
or his legal representative or any person having a lien on said
property or a lease thereof mav satisfy said taxes, penalties, and
costs and redeem said property by paying the amount thereof then
due, and such payment shall constitute a fien upon the property and
such person shall be entitled to recover from the original owner
the amount so paid by him, or he may retain the same from any rent
due or owing from him to such person for the real property on which
such taxes were paid. Such redemption shall operate to relieve said
property from the lien of said tax and to divest the Government of
its title to the same. In case such redemption be not made within
the time above specified the Government of the Philippine Islands
shall have an absolute, indefeasible title to said real property. Upon
the expiration of the said ninety days, if redemption oe not made, the
provincial treasurer shall immediately notify the Director of Lands
of the forfeiture and furnish him with a description of the property,
and said Director of Tiands shall have full control ana custody
thereof to lease or sell the same or any portion thereof in the same
manner as other public lands are leased or sold : Provided^ That the
original owner, or his legal representative, shall have the right to
repurchase the entire amount of his said real property, at any time
before a sale or contract of sale has been made by the Director of
Lands to a third party, by paying therefor the whole sum due
thereon at the time of ejectment together with a penalty of ten per
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centum. The gross proceeds of such sale shall be divided equally
between the Bureau of Lands and the governments of the province
and municipalitv in which the real property is situate. AJl deeds,
certificates, olanks, and forms, except those pertaining to accounting,
shall be prescribed by the Executive Secretary."
Sec. 20. Section eighty-five of said Act is hereby amended to read
as follows:
" Sec. 85. No court shall entertain any suit assailing the validity
of a forfeiture under this Act until the taxpayer shall have paid into
court the amount due thereon, together with the penalties and costs.
If he fail in his action he may elect to receive back his deposit or to
treat it as a payment of taxes, penalties, and costs as of the date of
deposit and to have possession of the land restored to him."
Sec. 21. Subsection (g) of section twenty-two, and sections forty-
eight, eighty-one, eighty-two, and eighty-six of said Act are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 22. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeaited in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
CJommission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 23. This Act shall take effect on its passage^ except sections
twelve and thirteen, which shall take effect as therein provided.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
[No. 1792.]
AN ACT Providing, with the consent of the Secretary of War first had, for a
system of money and property accountability for the government of the
Philippine Islands and its subordinate branches, and repealing acts num-
bered ninety, one hundred and forty-flve, two hxmdred and fifteen, three
hundred and twenty-eight, nine hundred and nine, fourteen hundred and two,
and all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. This Act shall be known as the "Accounting Act," and
shall not be considered as amended or repealed in any part hj sub-
sequent legislation, unless specifically so stated in the amending or
repealing Act.
THE AUDITOR.
Sec. 2. There shall be an Auditor for the Islands, who shall be
Director of the Bureau of Audits, and who shall be appointed bv the
Secretary of War, with the concurrence of the Governor-General and
the approval of the Philippine Commission. The duty of the Auditor
shall be to examine, audit, and settle all accounts pertaining to the
revenues and receipts from whatever source of the Insular Govern-
ment and of the city of Manila, including trust funds and funds
derived from bond issues; and to audit j in accordance with law and
administrative regulations, all expenditures of funds or property
pertaining to or held in trust by the Insular Government and the
city of Manila. He shall, through a corps of district auditors, per-,
form a like duty with respect to the revenues, receipts, and expendi-
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tures of the provinces, municipalities, townships, settlements, or other
governmental branches.
He shall keep the general accounts of the Government and preserve
the vouchers pertainmg thereto.
It shall be the duty of the Auditor to bring to the attention of the
projDer administrative officer expenditures of funds or property which,
m his opinion, are irregular, unnecessary, excessive, or extravagant.
Sec. 3. There shall be a Deputy Auditor, two assistant auditors for
the Islands, and a chief district auditor, to be appointed in the same
manner as the Auditor. They shall sign such official papers as the
Auditor may designate and perform such other duties as the Auditor
may prescribe. In case of the death, resignation, sickness, or other
absence of the Auditor from his office from any cause, the Deputy
Auditor shall have charge of the Bureau of Audits as Acting Auditor.
In case of the absence from duty from any cause of both the Auditor
and the Deputy Auditor^ one of the assistant auditors, or the chief
district auditor, to be designated by the Governor-General, shall have
charge of the Bureau as Acting Auditor.
Sec. 4. There shall be a chief clerk to the Auditor, to be appointed
by the Auditor, subject to the provisions of the Philippine Civil Serv-
ice Act, and the chief clerk shall perform such duties as may be pre-
scribed by the Auditor.
Sec. 5. The official title of the Auditor, to be affixed to his official
signature, shall be " Auditor for the Philippine Islands," and the
omcial title of the Deputy Auditor shall be ''^Deputy Auditor for the
Philippine Islands :" Provided^ That for the sake of brevity the words
" Auditor " and " Deputy Auditor " may be used where the full title
of the office otherwise appears on the aocument or paper requiring
signature, and that as a distinctive title the words " Insular Auditor "
may be used.
Sec. 6. The jurisdiction of the Auditor over accounts, whether of
funds or property, and all vouchers and records pertaining thereto,
shall be exclusive. With the approval of the Governor-General he
shall from time to time make and promulgate general or special rules
and regulations not inconsistent with law covering the methods of
accounting for public funds and property, and funds and property
held in trust by the Insular Government or any of its branches : Pro-
vided^ That aiiy Director of Bureau or other officer accountable for
public funds or property under the provisions of this Act may re-
quire such additional reports or returns from his subordinates or
others as he may deem necessary for his own information and
protection.
The decisions of the Auditor shall be final and conclusive upon the
executive branches of the Government, except that appeal therefrom
may be taken by the party ag^ieved or the head of the Department
concerned, within one year, m the manner hereinafter prescribed.
The Auditor shall, except as hereinafter provided, have like authority
as that conferred by law upon the several Auditors of the United
States and the Comptroller of the United States Treasury, and is
authorized to communicate directly with any person having claims
before him for settlement, or with any Department, officer, or person
having official relations with his office.
Sec. 7. The Auditor shall forward to the Secretary of War, as soon
as practicable and within sixty days after the expiration of each
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month, a statement of all receipts of the Government of whatever
class, and payments of moneys made on warrants or otherwise during
the precedmg month, and such other statements of the finances of the
Government as may be required by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 8. As soon after the close of each fiscal year as the accounts of
said year may be examined and adjusted, the Auditor shall submit to
the Governor-General, the Philippme Commission, and the Secretary
of War an annual report of the fiscal concerns of the Government,
showing the receipts and disbursements of the various Departments
and Bureaus of the Insular Government and of the various provinces
and municipalities, and make such other reports as may be required
of him by tlie Governor-General, the Philippine Commission, or the
Secretary of War.
Sec. 9. In the execution of their duties the Auditor, the Deputy
Auditor, the assistant auditors, the chief district auditorj and the dis-
trict auditors are authorized to summon witnesses, admmister oaths,
and to take evidence, and, in the pursuance of these provisions, may
issue subpoenas and enforce the attendance of witnesses in the manner
Erovided in the case of provincial fiscals in section two of Act Num-
ered Three hundred and two.
Sec. 10. The Auditor shall have and keep an official seal, upon
which shall be engraved the following design : " Office,Auditor for
the Philippine Islands, official seal." The Auditor shall affix his
official seal to all copies or transcripts of papers in his office which he
may be required to certify.
the tkeasurer.
Sec. 11. There shall be a Treasurer of the Islands, to be appointed
in the same manner as the Auditor, who shall be Director of the
Bureau of the Treasury. The Treasurer of the Islands shall receive
and safely keep all moneys arising from the revenues and receipts
of the Islands from whatever source derived, including trust and
depositary fimds of whatever nature, and shall keep proper ac-
counts thereof in permanent books of record, and shall disburse the
same only on warrants, countersigned by the Auditor or his desig-
nated subordinate, or otherwise in accordance with law, and he shall
be held responsible for indorsements upon such warrants except "as
hereinafter provided: Provided^ That depositary fimds shall be
disbursed upon the official check of the officer or agent in whose
name such funds were deposited. The official title of the Treasurer
to be affixed to his official signature shall be " Treasurer of the Phil-
ippine Islands:" Provided^ That for the sake of brevity the words
" Treasurer " and "Assistant Treasurer " may be used where the full
title of the office otherwise appears on the document or paper requir-
ing signature and that as a distinctive title the words " Insular
Treasurer " may be used.
Sec. 12. There shall be an Assistant Treasurer of the Islands, to
l)e appointed in the same manner as the Auditor. The duties of the
Assistant Treasurer shall be, under the supervision of the Treasurer,
to receive and disburse cash in the office of the Treasurer, to have
charge of the cash room, and to perform such other duties as the
Treasurer may assign to him. He shall have charge of the Bureau of
the Treasury in case of the death, resignation, sickness, or other
absence of the Treasurer. C" r^f^r^Ao
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Sec. 13. The Secretary of Finance and Justice is authorized to
designate, from time to time, either the chief clerk, the paying teller,
or the receiving teller of the Bureau of the Treasury as Acting
Assistant Treasurer during the absence of the Assistant Treasurer
and when the Assistant Treasurer, by virtue of his office, is perform-
ing the duties of Acting Treasurer. In the absence of both the
Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer the employee so designated
shall take charge of the Bureau as Acting Treasurer.
Sec. 14. The Treasurer shall render daily accounts of the receipts
and disbursements of his office and submit the same to the Auditor.
In rendering such accounts the Treasurer shall charge himself with
all funds received during the period covered by the account, and
shall credit himself with all funds paid upon warrants, which war-
rants shall be submitted with his accounts to the Auditor for exami-
nation : Provided^ That the Insular Treasurer shall have the custody
of all paid warrants for two years after the date of their issue, when
his responsibility for indorsements thereon to the Government and
to the payee shall proscribe and cease, and they shall thereafter be
filed with the Auditor.
Sec. 15. The Treasurer shall forward to the Secretary of War,
through the Bureau of Audits, for certification, not later than ten
days after the expiration of each month, such report, duly certified,
as may be required of moneys received, together with a statement of
disbursements made.
Sec. 16. The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer shall give bonds, to
be approved by the Governor-General, for the faithful performance
of the duties of their respective offices, in such amounts as shall from
time to time be fixed by the Govenor-Cxeneral. An additional sepa-
rate record of such bonds shall be kept in the office of the Auditor.
treasurer's RECEIPrS.
Sec. 17. The Treasurer shall issue receipts for all moneys received
by him pertaining to the Insular Government or the city of Manila,
which shall be numbered consecutivelv, a series for each fiscal year,
and shall bear the date upon which deposit was actually made and
show from whom and on what account received. All such receipts
shall be registered and countersigned by the Auditor or his duly
authorized subordinate, without which they shall be invalid, and for
this purpose the Treasurer shall transmit all receipts when issued to
the Auditor, who, after registry and countersignature, shall transmit
such receipts to the depositor.
WARRANTS.
Sec. 18. Warrants upon the Treasurer for the payment of public
moneys shall be issued by the Director of Bureau or other person
charged by law with the control of an appropriation, or by such
subordinate as shall be designated for such duty by the head of the
Department to which such Bureau or Office pertains, either to the
order of any creditor of the Government or to the order of an officer
or agent designated under the pro\dsions of section twenty of this
Act for disbursement for official purposes, but in the latter case the
words " advance for official expenditures " shall be plainly stated
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upon each such warrant : Provided^ That warrants drawn upon ap-
propriations for the city of Manila shall be issued by such <mcer or
agent as shall be designated by the Municipal Board, with the ap-
proval of the Governor-General: And provided further^ That war-
rants chargeable to appropriations for unassiffned service shall be
drawn by such officer as shall be designated by law or, in the absence
of such designation, as shall be designated by the Govemor-GenOTsL
No warrant shall be paid by the Treasurer without the counter-
signature of the Auditor, the Deputy Auditor, one of the assistant
auditors, the chief district auditor, or such other employee of the
Bureau of Audits as may be duly authorized therefor in writing by
the Auditor before payment thereof may be made by the Treasurer,
and no warrant due and payable shall be held by the Auditor with-
out action for more than twenty- four hours, exclusive of Sundays and
legal holidays.
Sec. 19. Every payment of public moneys in the city of Manila,
except for salaries and wa^, shall be made hy warrant issued in
accordance with the provisions of this Act: Provided^ That pay-
ments for other purposes in the city of Manila not exceeding one
hundred pesos in any one case and salaries and wages to whatever
extent may be made from funds drawn for disbursement for official
purposes.
COLLECTING AND DISBURSING OFFICERS.
Sec. 20. Directors of Bureaus or other officers having administra-
tive control of appropriations are authorized to designate, with the
approval of the Governor-General or proper head of Department,
as the case may be, such number of officers or a£:ents as may be
necessary to disburse such appropriations: Provided^ That at the
request of any Director or officer in charge of a Bureau or Office the
Insular Treasurer shall designate a subordinate of his office to make
payments in cash of monthly pay rolls in the city of Manila, and
such officer or agent shall renaer such accounts thereof as may be
required by the Insular Auditor.
Sec. 21. Except as otherwise provided in this Act^ the officers or
agents authorized to receive and collect moneys arising from the
revenues of the Insular Government, and receipts, of whatever kind,
shall be required to pay the full amounts received and collected by
them, respectively, to the Insular Treasurer, promptly and without
any deduction whatever, and to render to the Auditor monthly ac-
counts therefor within five days after the expiration of the month to
which they pertain, in such form as may be required by him.
Sec. 22. Transfers of Insular funds from one officer or agent to
another shall be made only upon the authority of the Auditor given
in advance. When there is any change in officers or agents, the out-
going officer or agent shall render an account in full showing the
disposition of his unexpended balance, whether transferred to his
successor in accordance with the provisions herein contained, or
deposited with the Treasurer of the Islands.
Sec. 23. Every officer or agent is responsible to the Insular Gov-
ernment under his bond for payments of public funds or disposition
of public property made by him, whether such payments or disposi-
tions are maoe by direction of his superior officers or not, and the
fact of such direction will not relieve him of responsibility, buJt the
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officer directing an illegal payment or disposition of funds or prop-
erty shall be first held for the amount thereof: Provided^ however^
That no settled account shall be reoj)ened by the Auditor when every
material fact was before him at the time of audit and settlement.
ACCOUNTS.
Sec. 24. All accounts of the Treasurer of the Islands and of the
various officers and agents authorized to collect the revenues, receive
moneys, and make disbursements, and all other accounts subject to
exammatiou and settlement by the Auditor, shall be with the " Gov-
ernment of the Philippine Islands," and all balances certified by the
Auditor shall be certified as due to or from said Grovernment, as
the case may be: Provided^ That in settlements of provincial or
municipal accounts such settlements shall be made with the#^articu-
lar province or municipality to which the account pertains.
Sec. 25. Accounts of appropriations shall be kept so as to show
the balances remaining undrawn and subject to withdrawal at anv
time. Appropriations shall not be confined to fiscal vears, but shall
be available until expended for the purposes for which appropriated,
subject to such restriction as may be specifically imposed in the
appropriation Act. The Auditor is authorized and directed to
transfer at any time, from moneys appropriated for a specific pur-
pose, to the imappropriated general fund, any balances standing to
the credit of a Department, Bureau, or Office when the head of
such Department, Bureau, or Office shall certify to the Auditor that
the work or purpose for which the appropriation was made has been
completed and tnat there are no outstanding obligations to be paid
from such appropriation.
Sec. 26. Information of all orders of the Government, through
its officers or agents, which may originate a claim or in any manner
affect the settlement of any account, shall be transmitted to the
Auditor by the officer issuing said order, under such regulations as
the Auditor may prescribe.
Sec. 27. Every contract under which a payment may be made shall
be submitted to the Auditor with the account to which such payment
pertains. In the case of deeds to property purchased by the Govern-
ment, the Auditor shall require an official certificate by the Court
of Land Registration or other evidence satisfactory to the Governor-
General that the title is in the Grovernment.
Sec. 28. The Auditor shall, at convenient intervals, send an official
notification in writing to each Bureau, Office, officer, or agent whose
accoimts have been settled in whole or in part, stating the cash bal-
ances found diie thereon and certified and the charges or differences
arising on such settlement bj^ reason of disallowances, charges, or
suspensions made by the Auditor, or from other causes, which state-
ment of charges or "differences shall be properly itemized. The rea-
sons for disallowance, charge, or suspension of credit shall in all cases
be stated. A charge or suspension which shall not be satisfactorily
explained within ninety days after the deposit in the mails of notice
to the officer concerned of such charge or suspension shall become a
disallowance, unless the Auditor shall, in writing, extend the time for
answer beyond ninety days.
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Sec. 29. The Auditor, on account of fraud, collusion, error in
calculation, or newly discovered material evidence, or when in his
judgment the interests of the Government may seem to require it,
IS authorized, within three years after original settlement, to reopen
any account previously settled by him or bv a district auditor, and,
after written notice to the person involved and after a reasonable
time for the reply or appearance of said person, to certify thereon a
new balance.
Sec. 30. Any officer or agent whose duty it is to collect and receive
moneys arising from the revenues of the Insular Government, or
moneys accruing to the same, of whatever kind,* who shall fail to
render complete accounts of such receipts to the Auditor or to trans-
mit the same within five days after the expiration of the month to
which they pertain, or shall neglect to render the same when re-
S [nested to do so, or who, being accountable for moneys advanced him
or purposes of disbursement, shall neglect to account therefor im-
mediately upon receipt of the Auditor's written request, shall be
subject to such penalties as may be prescribed by law, and the Au-
ditor may I'cquest the Governor-General to direct prosecution under
Act Numbered Seven hundred and forty-nine in any case which in
his judgment may seem to require such action : Provided^ That postal
accounts of postmasters shall be rendered within five days after the
close of each quarter.
Sec. 31. When suit is brought in any case of delinquency of an
officer or agent accountable or responsible for public funds or prop-
erty, a transcript from the books and proceedings of the Auditor or
the Bureau or Office concerned, or both, certified by the Auditor
under his seal, shall be admitted as evidence and judicial notice shall
l>e taken thereof, and the court trying the case shall be authorized
to grant judgment aijd award execution accordingly. All copies
of bonds, contracts, or other papers relating to, or connected with,
the settlement of any account oet ween the Government and an indi-
vidual, when certified by the Auditor under his seal to be true copies
of the originals on file in his office, or that of the Bureau or Office con-
cerned, or both, may be annexed to such transcripts, and shall have
equal validity and be entitled to the same degree of credit which
would be due to the original papers if produced and authenticated in
court: Provided^ That where suit is brought upon a bond or other
instrument, and the answer of the defendant denies the execution
of the same, and the defendant makes his motion to the court for the
production of the same, verifying such answer and motion by his
oath, the court may take the same into consideration, and, if it ap-
pears to be necessary for the attainment of justice, may require the
production of the original bond, contract, or other papers specified
on such affidavit.
Sec. 3*2. Upon the trial of any complaint or information against
any person for misappropriati(m of public monevs or property, it
shall be sufficient evidence, for the purpose of showing a balance
against such person, to ])ro(lnce a transcript from the books and
proceedings of the Auditor or Bureau or Office concerned, or both,
as provided by the preceding section, and a showing of any balance
against such person shall be prima facie evidence of the misappro-
priation of the funds or property unaccounted for.
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Sec. 33. Collections arising under the Internal Beyenue Law,
exclusive of the proceeds of cedula and municipal licenses and
weights and measures under Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
nineteen, shall be deposited in the Insular Treasury. The adjust-
ment and payment of the per centum of such revenues which accrue
to the city or Manila, the provinces, and municipalities in accordance
with law shall be made by warrant upon the Treasurer issued by the
Auditor or his duly designated subordinate: Provided^ That collec-
tions of the proceeds of cedulas and municipal licenses imposed by
Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine and weights ancl
measures under Act Numbered Fifteen hun&red and nineteen in the
city of Manila shall be deposited to the credit of the general fund
of the city of Manila, and the auditor may direct, under regulations
to be prescribed by him, the separation oi revenues which accrue in
part to the Insular Government and in part to provinces or munici-
palities and cause the deposit thereof in the treasury of the pro\4nce
concerned, any provisions of existing law to the contrary notwith-
.standing.
Sec. 34. All revenues accruing to the Moro Province shall be de-
f[)sited directly in the treasury of the province and not in the Insular
reasury, and all disbursements which are required to be made from
fimds of the Moro Province shall be made directly from such funds,
under appropriations of the legislative council, and section three of
Act Numbered Eight hundred and thirty-three is hereby repealed.
This section is not to be construed as removing the collectors of
customs in the Moro Province from the administrative jurisdiction
of the Collector of Customs of the Islands.
Sec. 35. The customs collection accounts of the Moro Province
shall be examined and settled by the Insular Auditor, who shall
certify his settlement to the district auditor assigned to the Moro
Province.
Sec. 36. Any person aggrieved by the action or decision of the
Auditor in the settlement of his account or claim may within one
year take an appeal in writing to the Governor-General, which
appeal shall specincally set forth the particular action of the Auditor
to which exception is taken, with the reason and authorities relied
on for reversing such decision. If the Governor-General shall con-
firm the action of the Auditor, he shall so indorse the appeal and
transmit it to the Auditor, and the action shall thereupon be final
and conclusive. Should the Governor-General fail to sustain the
action of the Auditor, he shall forthwith transmit his grounds of
disapproval to the Secretary of War, together with the appeal and
the papers necessary to a proper understanding of the matter. The
decision of the Secretary of War in such case shall be final and
conclusive.
BONDS.
Sec. 37. In all cases where an Insular, provincial, or municipal
officer or agent shall receive or have custody of funds or property
in the discharge of his official duties he shall give bond to the Gov-
ernment of the Philippine Islands, for whom it may concern, for
the faithful performance of his duties and the accountini? for all
funds or property which may come into his hands by virtue of his
office; unless he be an officer of the Army or Navy of the United
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States detailed for the dutj, in which case no bond shall be required.
It shall be the duty of the Auditor to fix the amount of such bond,
to approve the same, and to retain it in his custody, except as pro-
vided in Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and thirty-nine, entitled
"Act Act creating the 'fidelity bond premium fund,' providing for
assurance against losses, shortages, and defalcations Dy officers or
employees accountable for public funds and public property, and for
other purposes:" Provided^ That with the approval of the Govemor-
Gteneral or head of Department, as the case may be, any of the offi-
cers so exempted may be reauired to give bond at the expense of the
Government: And provided further^ That in cases where the ac-
countability or responsibility involved is less than five hundred pesos
no bond need be reSquired, in the discretion of the Auditor.
OOA'ERNMENT DEP06ITAHIE8.
Sec. 38. The Governor-General may designate banking institu-
tions in the Philippine Islands as depositaries of the Insular, provin-
cial, and municipal governments wnen there shall have been filed
with him satisfactory evidence of their financial responsibility and
such security as he shall require and approve. Such institutions
may deposit their securities with the Insular Treasurer, or the Bu-
reau of Insular Affairs of the War Department, Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia, in which latter event, if found satisfactory by the
Secretary of War, he may approve the same, and designate such
institutions as official depositaries and advise the Governor-General
that such banking institutions have made deposits of bonds or other
securities as security for the deposit of governmental funds, stating
the amount of such bonds or securities so deposited, and that he has
approved the same.
The Secretary of War may designate banking institutions in the
United States as depositaries of the Government of the Philippine
Islands, after they nave filed in the Bureau of Insular Affairs of
the War Department, Washin^on, District of Columbia, sufficient
evidence of their sound financial condition and deposited bonds of
the United States or of the Government of the Philippine Islands
or other security satisfactory to the Secretary of war in such
amounts as may be designed by him; and no banking institution
shall be desiffnated a depositary of the Government of the Philippine
Islands until the foregoing conditions have been complied with.
Sec. 39. Officers or agents of the Government or anv of its sub-
divisions shall deposit funds placed in their hands for disburse-
ment pursuant to appropriations only in such depositaries in the
Philippine Islands as may be desi^ated by the Insular Treasurer.
When payment is made l>y check, its numbJer shall be noted on the
voucher to which it pertains. Such depositaries shall report to the
Auditor at the close of each quarter, or oftener if he shall require
it, the balances to the credit of all officers or agents as shown by
their records. In every case where two years have elapsed since the
rendition and settlement of the final account of an omcer or agent
and there remains a balance in any depositary to the credit of such
officer or agent by reason of the nonpresentation of checks or other-
wise, the Auditor shall require the said depositary to deposit the
said balance with the Treasurer of the Islands, to be carried by the
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Auditor to a permanent appropriation for "outstanding liabilities."
No official check shall be paid after two years from the date of its
issue. Collecting officers or agents shall deposit their funds in
such depositaries as may be designated by the Insular Treasurer and
in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by him.
Sec. 40. Whenever any original check or warrant is lost, stolen,
or destroyed, issuing officers or agents are authorized, aiter the
expiration of three months and within two years 'from the date
of such check, to issue a duplicate check or warrant, and the Treas-
urer or designated depositaries of the Government are directed to
pay such duplicate checks or warrants, under such reflations in
regard to their issue and payment and upon the execution of such
bonds, with surety to indeinnify the Government, as the Auditor
and Treasurer shall jointly prescribe: Provided^ That upon satis-
factory evidence that the check or warrant has been destroyed or
never reached the payee, the above-mentioned period of three months
may be waived.
Sec. 41. In case the officer or agent by whom such lost, destroyed,
or stolen orimnal check was issued is dead or no longer in the
service of the Philippine Islands, it shall be the duty of the Auditor
to direct the Treasurer, or proper depositary, to transfer from the
balance to the credit of such officer or agent to the account of "out-
standing liabilities" the amount of such lost, destroyed, or stolen
check and to state an account in favor of the owner of the original
check for the amount thereof.
Sec. 42. The Treasurer and designated depositary shall, at the
close of business on every thirtieth day of June," report to the
Auditor the condition of every official account standing on their
books, stating the name of each depositor, with his official desig-
nation, the total amount remaining on deposit to his credit, and
the dates, respectively, of the last credit and the last debit made
to each accoimt; and each officer or agent shall make a like return
of all checks issued by him and which may have been outstanding
and unpaid for two years or more, stating fully in such report
the name of the payee, for what purpose each check was given,
the depositary on which drawn, the number of the voucher received
therefor, the date, number, and amount for which it was drawn,
and, when known, the residence of the pavee.
Sec. 43. 'V\Tienever an officer or agent shall cease to act in an
official capacity, he shall submit to the Auditor a statement of the
public funds or trust funds received in his official capacity remain-
ing to his credit in anv depositary, and he shall suomit a list of
checks, with names of the payees and amounts, which he has drawn
against the same which are still outstanding and impaid.
Sec. 44. When an officer or agent becomes separated from the
service through removal, resignation, or death, and in thjB settle-
ment of his accounts it becomes necessary to transfer funds from
his depositary account to the General Treasury, it shall be the duty
of the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands to charge the officer's or
agent's account in the sum to oe deposited in the Treasury, and to
deposit the same therein as requested by the Auditor; and the written
request of the Auditor for such action shall be sufficient authority
for the Treasurer or the designated depositary to make such de-
ductions and deposits.
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Sec. 45. Any balance in any depositary to the official account of
any officer or agent of the Grovemment or any of its branches which
shall not have been increased by any new deposits thereto or de-
creased by any check drawn thereon ior the space of one year shall
be covered into the Treasury to the credit oi " outstanding liabili-
ties." The amount of such balance so transferred may be credited
by the Auditor to the officer or agent in whose name it had stood on
the books of the depositary if it appears that he is entitled to such
credit.
Sec. 46. All claims arising on account of outstanding liabilities,
as aforesaid, shall be filed with the Auditor, with the evidence per-
taining thereto. If the Auditor shall find that such claim is valid
and unpaid, he shall certify the amount due and cause to be issued
a warrant on said certificate.
POSTAL MONEY ORDEBS.
Sec. 47. The Auditor shall keep the accoimts of the money-order
business separately and in such manner as to show the number and
amount of money* orders issued at each post-office, the number and
amount paid, and the fees received. The Auditor shall certify
quarterly the receipts as fees from the sale of money orders, and
upon such certification the fees so collected shall be transferred to
postal funds and taken up as postal receipts. Losses of money-
order funds in transit, bv nre, burglary, or other unavoidable casu-
alty, if credit be allowed therefor, shall be deducted from the fees
collected before the quarterly transfer of such fees as postal receipts.
Sec. 48. Money-order accounts shall be rendered as often as re-
quired by the Auditor. Transfers of money from postal receipts to
money-order funds, or vice versa, may be made by the postmaster,
under such regulations as the Auditor may prescribe, wnen his re-
ceipts from the sale of money orders are insumcient to pay the orders
drawn upon his office, or when the postal revenues are insufficient to
meet immediately the authorized expenditures of his office.
LOSSES, INDEBTEDNESS, ETC.
Sec. 49. Claims of officers or agents whose duty it is to collect,
have the custody of, or account for public moneys or property, for
losses of funds or property in transit, by fire, burglary, or other
unavoidable casualty, shall be transmitted to the Auditor within one
month after such loss occurs, with all available evidence in the same.
If the Auditor shall find that the said funds or property were
properly in the hands of such officer or agent, or were properly re-
mitted, and that the loss resulted through no fault of said officer or
agent, he may, with the written consent of the Governor-General,
credit the account of such officer or agent with the amount of the
loss : Provided^ That in no case shall a credit in excess of two thou-
sand pesos be given in this manner. Claims for losses in excess of
two tnousand pesos shall be submitted, through the Auditor and
Governor-General, to the Philippine Legislature for relief through
legislative enactment.
The officer or agent shall be liable for all losses resulting from any
cause, except an act of God or the public enemy, unless relieved there-
from as herein provided.
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Sec. 50. The Auditor may, with the written consent of the Gover-
nor-General, mitigate, remit, remove, compromise, release, or dis-
charge any liability, in whole or in part, to the Insular Government,
a provincial or a municipal government, in any matter before him,
when in his judgment the interests of such government require it,
except in cases provided for in the next preceding section, and sub-
ject to such further restrictions as may oe provided by law: Pro-
vided^ That no liability in excess of two thousand pesos shall be so
mitigated, remitted, compromised, released, or discharged, but shall
be submitted to the Philippine Legislature for relief through legisla-
tive enactment.
Sec. 51. The Auditor shall supervise the collection of all debts
found to be due the Government in connection with his settlement
and adjustment of accounts, through the usual civil and judicial
channels, and request the Governor-General to direct the institution
of any legal proceedings necessary to enforce the payment of such
debts and the restitution of all amoimts found to be due said Govern-
ment in settlements made bv him, with interest at six per centum
per annum from the date of the Auditor's written demand, and he
may direct the proper officer or agent to withhold from any officer,
agent, or employee of the Government who is indebted to it any
amount which may be due or which may become due to such officer,
agent, or employee who fails to pav such indebtedness on demand.
Indebtedness to the Government shall be construed to mean indebted-
ness to the Insular Government, to a provincial government, or to
any municipal government, and whether for funds or property or
both.
Sec. 52. Upon the separatism from the service of any officer or
agent by death or other cause, money due him or his estate by the
Government for salary, leave, or any other reason, shall first be
applied to the payment of any indebtedness of such officer or agent
to the Insular or to any provincial or municipal government: rro-
vided^ That any salary, accrued leave, or other amount due to any
officer or agent of the Government from any appropriation or other
funds of the Government may be at any time withheld and applied
to the payment of any indebtedness due the Insular Government or
anv provincial or municipal government of the Islands from such
officer or agent.
Sec. 53. There shall be maintained, under the jurisdiction of the
Insular Auditor, a corps consisting of such number of district
auditors as may be provided for by law, and at such salaries as mav
be fixed in the appropriating Acts. Each district auditor shall
examine and settle the accounts of the provincial and mimicipal
treasurers or other officers or agents collecting arid disbursing pro-
vincial and municipal funds witqin the district assi^ed to him, and
shall likewise examine and settle all accounts of provincial or munici-
pal property within his district. He shall be the examiner or agent
of the Insular Auditor within his district, as provided in section
seventy-two, and shall make such examinations or the Insular money
or property accounts and render reports thereon as the Insular
Auditor may direct. The district auditors shall be appointed by the
Insular Auditor, subject to the approval of the Governor-General.
Sec. 54. Each district auditor snail have original and exclusive
jurisdiction over the settlement of the provincial^ and municipal
accounts within his district, except as otherwise provided in this Act.
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Sec. 55. With the exception of the city of Manila^ the Philippine
Islands shall be divided into as many districts, consisting of one or
more provinces, as may be fixed by the Insular Auditor. A district
auditor shall be assimied to each district by the Insular Auditor:
Provided^ That the Insular Auditor may, if necessities require it,
change the composition of the districts from time to time or assign
one district aumtor to two or more districts, and he may withdraw
any of the district auditors as the exigencies of the service may
demand, or transfer them to other assignments.
Sec. 56. It shall be the duty of the pro\T[ncial board of each
province to furnish the district auditor with suitable office space in
the provincial building and with the necessary office supplies, fur-
niture, and lanitor service, the adequacy of all which the Insular
Auditor shall determine. In the event of a failure of a province
to supply such office space and service, the district auditor may,
with the prior approval of the Insular Auditor, himself provide such
necessities, and the cost thereof shall be a proper charge against the
fimds of the province concerned.
There shall be employed in each of the provinces a clerk not above
the grade of Class A, who shall be appointed under civil service
rules by the district auditor, with the approval of the Insular
Auditor. Such clerks shall be under the direction of the district
auditors and shall be paid from provincial funds and subject
to the laws governing provincial employees with reference to expenses
of transportation and per diems in lieu of subsistence. The Insular
Auditor may in his discretion transfer such clerks from one prov-
ince to another, as the exigencies of the service may require, or to
the end that in the small provinces a clerk may not be permanently
stationed, in which case the salary, per diems, and expenses of such
clerk shall be apportioned between the provinces concerned in such
manner as the Insular Auditor may deem to be equitable. In case
of necessity for the permanent assignment of more than one clerk
to a province or the pavment of a salary for a clerk in excess of
that herein provided, sucli assignment and salary shall have the prior
approval ot the Governor-General.
Sec. 57. The headquarters of each district auditor shall be at a
place in his -district to be established by the Insular Auditor, and
while absent from such headquarters on official business he shall
be entitled to such per diem and the actual and necessary cost of
transportation as may be provided by law.
Sec. 58. Each district auditor shall certify the balances arising
in the accounts settled by him to the Insular Auditor and to the
f roper provincial and municipal treasurer, in such form as the
nsular Auditor inay prescribe.
Sec. 59. A district auditor shall be ineligible for appointment as
a provincial treasurer of any province within his district, except tem-
porarily under the provisions of sections sixteen and twenty-one of
Act Numbered _Eignty-three, as amended, until one year shall have
elapsed after he shall cease to be the auditor for the district in which
the pro\dnce is located.
Sec. 60. Every decision by a district auditor makinj^ or modifying
an original construction of a statute shall be forthwith reported to
the Insular Auditor, and items in any account affected by such
decision shall be suspended and credit for payment thereof withheld
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until the Insular Auditor shall approve, disapprove, or modify such
decision and certify his action to the district auditor.
Sec. 61. Any person aggrieved by the action or a decision of a
district auditor in the settlement of an account may within one year
appeal in writing to the Insular Auditor, whose decision shall be
final, except that a further appeal may be taken by the person
aggrieved to the Grovemor-General, whoso decision shall be final and
conclusive upon all concerned. In aU cases of appeal all paj)ers in
the case shall be transmitted to the Insular Auditor for action or
reference to the Governor-General, as the case may be.
Sec. 62. The Insular Auditor may re\dse, on his own motion, any
settlement made by a district auditor and certify a new balance
thereon, which balance shall be final and conclusive upon all par-
ties, except that a party aggrieved may appeal as provided in section
thirty-six of this Act. The Insular Auditor may recjuire any
account and accompanying vouchers to be forwarded to him for the
purpose of such revision.
Sec. 63. In the application of this Act to provinces and municipali-
ties other than the city of Manila the words " district auditor " shall
be substituted for the word " Auditor " wherever such word appears
in sections twentv-six, twenty-seven, twenty-cAght, twenty-nine, and
thirty-two hereof.
ACCOUNTABH^ITY FOR PTJBLIC PROPERTY.
Sec 64. The Director, chief, or other designated head of a Bureau
or Office of the Insular Government, or department under the munici-
Sal government of the city of Manila, tne treasurer of a province,
istrict, municipality, township, or other branch of the Government,
shall be accountable for the custody, care, preservation, and proper
use of all public property pertaining to his office acquired by pur-
chase, transfer, assignment, gift, or oy any other means ; and each
officer or agent aforesaid and his sureties, in the absence of due care
or diligence on his part, shall be held responsible for the money
value of said public property in case of loss, improper or unauthor-
ized use, misappropriation, or unreasonable deterioration caused to
said public property, whether in his actual possession or not.
Sec. 65. Whenever public property is in the possession or custody
and control of an officer or a^ent other than the accountable officer
or agent, the latter may require such officer or agent to keep such
records and make such reports as he may deem necessary for his own
protection and as provided by section six of this Act, and in the
absence of due care and diligence on his part the officer or agent
having possession or custody of public property, and his sureties,
shall be neld resp>onsible for the money value of such public property
in case of the improper or unauthorized use, misappropriation, or
unreasonable deterioration caused to said property.
Sec. 66. When public propertv has become unserviceable from any
cause, or is no longer needed for the public service, and upon the
application of the accountable officer, it shall be inspected by a district
auditor, or other duly designated officer or agent of the Bureau of
Audits, and if found to be valueless or unsalable may be destroyed
in the presence of the inspecting officer, and if found to be valuable
shall be sold at public auction to the highest bidder after advertise-
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iiient for not less than six days by printed notice in a newspaper of
general circulation in the community where such property is to be
sold, or by notices posted a like period in at least four public places,
where there is no newspaper published : Provided j That on the author-
ity of the respective heaas or Department concerned, public property
may be transferred at an appraised valuation between Bureaus,
municipalities, or provinces: And provided further. That when in
his discretion the public interests will be best served by such action,
the Governor-General may authorize the sale of public proj)erty at
private sale, subject to such restrictions as he may impose in each
case.
Sec. 67. When public funds or property are shipped from one
place to another and the consignee, whether an agent of the Grov-
emment or otherwise, shall accomplish the bill of lading or receipt
therefor without notation thereon of a shortage in or damage to tne
Eublic property covered by such bill of lading, such consignee shall
e held for the full amount and value of such public property in
default of competent evidence to the contrary satisfactory to the Audi-
tor, a district auditor, or other committee appointed under the provi-
sions of this Act : Provided, That evidence of the opening or tamper-
ing with any package of public property shall bind the carrier for
any shortage or damage that may appear therein, and when notation
is made upon the bill of lading or receipt of such evidence the burden
of proof that the shortage or damage occurred after the shipinent
left the carrier's pos-session shall be upon such carrier.
PROCEDURE IN CASE OF DEATH OR OTHER INCAPACITATION.
Sec. 68. Whenever any officer or agent of the Insular Government
responsible for public money or property for which another is ac-
countable dies, absconds, or becomes incapacitated from any other
reason, it shall be the duty of the district auditor within the district,
with the consent of the proper accountable officer or agent, to take
charge of the cash and property of such responsible officer or agent
at once, to make an inventory thereof in the presence of one or more
disinterested witnesses, and to notify the Insular Auditor forthwith,
and to forward as soon thereafter as possible a duly signed and wit-
nessed copy of the inventory taken. In the event that the proper
accountable officer or agent can not at once be communicated with,
the district auditor shall take charge of such cash and property with-
out the prior consent or approval of the proper accountable officer or
agent, but shall inform the latter immediately of the action taken
by the quickest and most direct usual means of communication. The
district auditor shall retain possession of such money and property
until a duly designated successor or acting officer or agent arrives,
whereupon he shall turn over to such officer or agent duly designated
such money and -property and take proper receipts therefor. The
district auditor shall render on behalf of the deceased, absconding,
or otherwise incapacitated officer or agent his final accounts and take
credit therein for the money or property receipted for by his successor.
Sec. 69. Whenever any officer or agent who is accountable for
public funds or public property dies, absconds, or becomes otherwise
incapacitated for the performance of his duties, the Gt)vernor-Gen-
eral or proper head of Department, as the case may be, in the case
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of Insular funds or property, the President of the Municipal Board
of the city of Manila in the case of funds or propertv of that city,
the Executive Secretary in the case of provincial tunas or property,
and the provincial treasurer in the^case of municipal, township, or
settlement funds or property, as the case may be, shall designate a
person to take charge oi such funds or property until a successor to
such deceased, absconding, or otherwise incapacitated officer or agent
is properly appointed and qualified, and shall appoint a committee of
one or more persons to count the cash and make an inventory of the
property for which such deceased, absconding, or otherwise incapaci:
tated officer or agent was accountable, and determine the responsi-
bility for any shortage in such funds or property. One copy oi such
inventory and of the report of the committee, duly certified, shall be
filed with the Insular Auditor. In case such officer or agent was
bonded, his sureties shall have the ri^t to representation on such
committee: Provided,, That when an officer or agent responsible for
public funds or property for which another is accountable dies,
absconds, or becomes otherwise incapacitated, the officer or agent
accountable for such funds or property intrusted to the care, custody,
or use of such responsible officer or agent may appoint a ^committee
as aforesaid, or take any other lawful measures for the protection of
his interests: And provided further,, That the findings of any com-
mittee appointed under the provisions of this section shall not be
conclusive until they have the approval of the Insular Auditor or
his duly authorized representative.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Sec. 70. The Governor-General, through his authorized agent or
agents, shall make, as often as by him deemed advisable, an examina-
tion OT the books and accounts of the Auditor and Treasurer, and a
comparison of the results shown by the same, and also an examina-
tion and count of moneys in the hands of the Treasurer, and submit
his report thereon to the Secretary of War.
Sec. 71. Wherever the term " appropriation " is used in this Act,
the appropriations made by the Philippine Commission or other leg-
islative body in the Philippine Islands authorized by the Congress
of the United States of America are referred to 5 wherever the term
" Government " is used in this Act, unless otherwise qualified, it shall
be understood to mean the Government of the Philippine Islands;
and wherever the term " officer " or " agent " is used in this Act, it
shall be understood to mean an officer or agent of the Government of
the Philippine Islands, the city of Manila, a provincial, municipal,
township, settlement, or other government established under the laws
of the Philippine Islands and shall specifically include any officer
or enlisted man of the Army or Navy of the United States or any
officer or agent of any other department or branch of the United
States Government who is performing any duty of or for the Gov-
ernment of the Philippine islands or any of its oranches, whether by
its authority or otherwise.
Sec. 72. All laws or parts of laws providing for traveling exam-
iners, inspectors, special agents, or for other persons engaged in the
examination of accounts, under whatever designation in any Depart-
ment, Bureau, or Office, except that of the Auditor, are hereby
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repealed. The Auditor shall have jurisdiction over all examinations
oi accounts in the offices of the various officers or agents collecting
or disbursing funds of the Insular Government and of the provinciiQ
governments as provided in this Act, and shall have control over all
officers or employees that may be provided for by law to make such
office or field examinations of accounts, and all provisions of law in
conflict with this section are hereby repealed: Trovidedj That the
Auditor is authorized to employ his examiners or agents in making
such administrative investigations for the benefit of other Bureaus or
Offices as such Bureaus or Offices may reasonably reauest.
Sec. 73. Acts Numbered Ninety, One hundred and forty-five, Two
hundred and fifteen, Three hundred and twenty-eight, Nine hundred
and nine, and Fourteen hundred and two of the Philippine Commis-
sion and all amendments thereto are hereby repealed ; and all other
Acts of the Philippine Commission or parts thereof which are in
conflict with this Act are likewise hereby repealed : Provided^ That
nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect existing ap-
pointments made under prior Acts nor to require the rebouding
of officials or employees except when the Governor-General or the
Auditor shall so require.
Sec. 74. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is nereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 75. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
[No. 1793.]
AN ACT To amend Act Numbered One liuudred and eighty-three by providing
a method for enforcing the collection of the land tax in the city of Manila.
By anthority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, as
amended, is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof
the following new sections:
" Sec. 73. Fifteen days after the tax shall become delinouent the
city assessor and collector shall prepare and sign a certified copy
of the records of his office, showing the persons delinquent in pay-
ment of their taxes and the amounts of tax and penalty respectively
due from them. He shall proceed at once to seize the personal prop-
erty of each delinquent, ana, unless redeemed as hereinafter provided,
to sell at public auction, either at the main entrance of the municipal
buildinjj or at the place where such propertv is seized, as he shall
determine, so much of the same as shall satisfy the tax, penalty, and
cost of seizure and sale to the highest bidder for cash, after due
advertisement by notice posted for ten days at the main entrance of
the municipal building and at a public and conspicuous place in the
barrio where the property was seized, stating tlie time, place, and
cause of sale. The certified copy of the city assessor and collector's
record of delinquents shall be nis warrant for his proceedings, and
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the purchaser at such sale shall acquire an indefeasible title to the
property sold. Within two days after the sale the city assessor and
collector shall make return of liis proceedings and spread it upon his
records. Any surplus resulting from the sale, over and above the
tax, penalty, and costs, shall be returned to the taxpayer; on account
of whose delinquency the sale has been made.
" Sec. 74. The owner of the personal property seized may redeem
the same from the collecting officer at any time after seizure and
before sale by tendering to him the amount of the tax, the penalty,
and the costs incurred up to the time of tender. The costs to be
charged in making such seizure and sale shall only embrace the
actual expense of seizure and preservation of the property pending
the sale, and no charge shall be imposed for the services of the
collecting officer or his deputy.
"Sec. 75. Taxes and penalties assessed against realty shall con-
stitute a lien thereon, which lien shall be superior to all other liens,
mortgages, or incumbrances of any kind whatsoever; shall be en-
forceable against the property whether in the possession of the
delinquent or any subsequent owner, and can only be removed by
the payment of the tax and penalty, with interest on both at the
rate of six per centum per annum from the date of the delinquency.
The lien for the taxes shall attach to the real property from the
first day of Januarv of the year in which the taxes are due.
" Sec. 76. In addition to the procedure prescribed in section
seventy-five, the city assessor and collector may, upon the warrant
of the certified record required in section seventy-three, within
twenty days after delinquency, advertise the real estate of the delin-
quent for sale, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy all
public taxes upon said property as above, and costs of sale, lor a
period of thirty days.
" This provision shall be retroactive so far as to apply to all taxes
heretofore assessed but not collected.
" The advertisement shall be by posting a notice at the main
entrance of the municipal building and in a public and conspicuous
place in the barrio in which the real estate lies, and by publication
once a week for three weeks in a newspaper of general circulation
published in said city, if any there be. The advertisement shall
contain a statement of the amount of the taxes and penalties so
due and the time and place of sale, the name of the taxpayer against
whom the taxes are levied, and a short description of the land to
be sold. At any time before the day fixed for the sale the taxpayer
may discontinue all proceedings by paying the taxes, penalties, and
interest to the city assessor and collector. If he does not do so the
sale shall proceed and shall be held either at the main entrance of
the municipal building or on the premises to be sold, as the city
assessor and collector may determine. Within five days after the
sale the city assessor and collector shall make return of the proceed-
ings and spread it on his records. The purchaser at the sale shall
receive a certificate from the city assessor and collector from his
records, showing the proceedings of the sale, describing the property
sold, stating the name of the purchaser, and setting out the exact
amount of allpublic taxes, penalties, and interest.
" Sec. 77. Within one year from the date of sale the delinquent
taxpayer, or anyone for him, shall have the right of paying to the
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city assessor and collector the amount of the public taxes, penalties,
and interest thereon from the date of delinquency to the date of
sale, together with interest on said purchase price at the rate of
fifteen per centum per annum from the date of purchase to the
date of redemption; and such payment shall entitle the person
paying to the delivery of the certificate issued to the purchaser and
a certificate from the city assessor and collector that he has thus
redeemed the land, and the city assessor and collector shall forth-
with pay over to the purchaser the amount by which such land has
thus been redeemed, and the land thereafter shall be free from the
lien of such taxes and penalties.
" Sec. 78. In case tne taxpayer shall not redeem the land sold
as above provided within one year from the date of sale, the city
assessor and collector shall, as grantor, execute a deed in form and
effect sufficient under the laws of the Islands to convey to the pur-
chaser so much of the land against which the taxes have been assessed
as has been sold, free from all liens of any kind whatsoever, and the
deeds shall succinctly recite all the proceedings upon which the
validity of the sale depends.
" Sec. 79. In case there is no bidder at the public sale of such
land who offers a sum sufficient to pay the taxes, penalties, and costs,
the city assessor and collector shall declare the land forfeited to
the municipality, and shall make, within two days thereafter, a
return of his proceedings and the forfeiture, which shall be spread
upon the records of his office.
" Sec. 80. Within one year from the date of such forfeiture thus
declared the taxpayer, or anyone for him, mav redeem said land,
as above provided in cases where the land is sold. But, if the land
is not thus redeemed within the year, the forfeiture shall become
absolute and the city assessor and collector shall execute a deed,
similar in form and having the same effect as the deed required to
be made by him in case of a sale, conveying the land to the munici-
pality. The deed shall be recorded as required by law for other land
titles and shall be filed with the municipal secretary, who shall enter
it in his record of municipal property.
" Sec. 81. The assessment of a tax shall constitute a lawful indebt-
edness from the taxpayer to the municipality which may be enforced
by a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction, and this
remedy shall be in addition to all the other remedies provided by law.
" Sec. 82. No court shall entertain any suit assailing the validity
of a tax assessed under this Act until the taxpayer shall have paid,
under protest, the taxes assessed ajjainst him, nor shall anv court
declare anj' tax invalid by reason of irre^larities or informalities in
the proceedings of the officers charged with the assessment or collec-
tion of the taxas, or of a failure to perform their duties within the
times herein specified for their performance, unless such irregulari-
ties, informalities, or failures shall have impaired the substantial
rights of the taxpayer; nor shall any court declare any tax assessed
under the provisions of this Act invalid except upon condition that
the taxpaver shall pay the just amount of his tax as determined by
the court in the peiidiii<r proceeding.
" Sec. 83. No court shall entertain any suit assailing the validity
of a tax sale of land under this Act until the taxpayer shall have
paid into the court the amount for which the land was sold, together
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with interest at the rate of fifteen per centum per annum upon that
sum from the date of sale to the time of instituting suit. The money
so paid into court shall belong to the purchaser at the tax sale if the
deed is declared invalid, and shall be returned to the depositor should
he fail in his action.
" Sec. 84. No court shall declare any such sale invalid by reason
of any irregularities or informalities in the proceedings of the officer
charged with the duty of making the sale or by reason of failure by
him to perform his duties within the time herein specified for their
performance, unless such irregularities, informalities, or failures
shall have impaired the substantial rights of the taxpayer.
" Sec. 85. Any officer charged with the duty of assessing real
property who shall willfully omit from the tax lists real property
which he knows to be lawfully taxable shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand pesos, or
imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of
the court.
" Sec. 86. Any officer charged with the duty of listing or collecting
license or privilege taxes who shall willfully omit to list or collect the
same or any part thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject
to the penalties provided in section eighty-five.
" Sec. 87. Any officer charged with' anv duty in connection with
the assessment or collection ot taxes who snail accept a bribe to influ-
ence his official action therein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
subject to the penalties provided in section eighty-five.
" Sec. 88. Any person offering a bribe to an, officer charged with
any duty in connection with assessing or collecting taxes for the pur-
pose of mfluencing his official action shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and subject to the penalties provided in section eighty-five."
Sec. 2. Section fifty-six of said Act is hereby amended to read
as follows :
" Sec. 56. The board of tax appeals shall meet on the second
Monday in January of each year and shall hear all appeals duly
transmitted to it, and shall decide the same forthwith. It shall have
authority to cause to be amended the listing and valuation of the
property in respect to which any complaint is made bv order signed
by the board or a maiority thereof, and transmit it to tf\e city assessor
and collector, who shall amend the tax list in conformity with said
order. It shall also have power to revise and correct, with the ap-
proval of the Executive Secretary first had, any and all erroneous or
unjust assessments and valuations for taxation, and make a correct
and just asessment, and state the true valuation in Philippine cur-
rency, in each case where it decides that the assessment previously
made is erroneous or unjust. The list when so corrected shall be as
lawful and valid for all purposes as though the assessment had been
made within the time herein prescribed. Such reassessment and
revaluation shall be made on due notice to the individual concerned
and he shall be entitled to be heard by the board of tax appeals before
any reassessment or revaluation is made. If he is dissatisfied with
the action of the board of tax appeals he mav appeal to the Executive
Secretary, whose decision shall be final. 'T'he Exer^utivo Secretary
may also, by direction of the Governor-Cieueral, on his own initiative,
make such revision or revaluation as in his opinion the circumstances
justify."
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'Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two or "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
[No. 1794.]
AN ACT To regulate the granting of leaves of absence and other allowances
to the private secretary to the Governor-General and the private secretaries
to the members of the Philippine Commission in the same manner as If said
private secretaries, as such, were members of the classified civil service.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Cornmusion^ that:
Sectkjn 1. The private secretary to the Govemor-Gteneral and
the private secretaries to the members of the Philippine Commission
may, in the discretion of the Governor-General or proper commis-
sioner, be panted the accrued and vacation leave and allowances
in connection therewith provided by Act Numbered Sixteen hundred
and ninety-eight, entitled "An Act for the rejii:ulation of the Phil-
ippine civil service," in the same manner as if said private secre-
taries, as such, were members of the classified civil service.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedv enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, fiineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take eflFect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
[No. 1795.]
AN ACT Authorizing the compensation of students in hidustrial and agri-
cultural schools for work done therein outside of regular school hours and
not connected with their regular school work.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Section 1. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public
Instruction, regular students in Insular industrial and agricultural
schools may be employed outside of regular school hours upon work
not connected with the regular school work of such students, with
compensation at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Public Instruc-
tion, not exceeding thirty centavos per hour, payment of such
compensation to be made from the appropriation for contingent
expenses of the Bureau of Education. All moneys collected as the
result of any such work shall be deposited as miscellaneous receipts
of the Bureau of Education.
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Sec. 2. Under sitnilar authority, and with the previous approval
of the provincial board, regular students in any provincial industrial
or agricultural school may be employed outside of regular school
hours upon work not connected with the regular school work of such
students, with compensation at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of
Public Instruction, not exceeding thirty centavos per hour, payment
of such compensation to be made from the funds of the province in
which said school is located. All moneys collected as the result of
any such work shall be deposited in the provincial treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts of the province.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Ac* prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen himdred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
[No. 1796.]
AN ACT To amend section fourteen (c) of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred
and seven by Increasing the duties of the Bureau of Navigation in regard
to harbor improvements.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Sbcthon 1. Section fourteen (c) of Act Numbered Fourteen hun-
dred and seven, entitled "The Reorganization Act,'' is hereby
amended to read as follows : ^ ^
"^c) The Bureau of Navigation, in addition to the duties and
services required by this section, shall have charge and supervision
of —
"1. The construction, maintenance, and operation of all vessels
belonging to or under its charge;
"2. The illumination, inspection, superintendence, and construc-
tion of all light-houses and the lights and buildings pertaining
thereto, and of all buoys, beacons, Hpit vessels, seamarks, and their
appurtenances, in the Jphilippine Islands;
"3. All navigable rivers, harbors, and other navigable waters in
the Philippine Islands, except such as are^ by law assigned to the
Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, all improvements in connec-
tion therewith, including wharf, docK, pier, and bulkhead construc-
tion, and all other port works;
" 4. All bridges on tide waters abutting on any construction work
under the control of the Bureau of Navigation ;
" 5. The making or reclaiming of lands by dredging, filling, or
otherwise ;
"6. The erection of all structures connected with the improve-
ment of facilities for loading or unloading vessels; and the said
Bureau shall perform all other duties and render all other services
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prescribed by law for the former Bureau of Coast Guard and Trans-
portation."
Sec. 2. Section three of Act Numbered Two himdred and sixty-
six, entitled "An Act creating the Bureau of Coast Guard and Trans-
portation," and Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and thirty-nine,
entitled "An Act transferring to the office of the improvement of the
port of Manila, which shall hereafter be known as the office of the
port works, the duty of supervising the construction of the port works
at Cebu and Iloilo, and tor other purposes," are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
\^o, 1797.]
AN ACT Conferring upon officers of the United States Army, under certain cir-
cumstances, the powers of peace officers, and Repealing Act Numbered Fifteen
hundred and five.
By authority of the United States, he it enacted by the Philippine
Commission J that:
Section 1. When detailed at the request of the Governor-General
to guard civil prisoners, to aid the Director of Health of the Philip-
Eine Islands in the eniorcement of sanitary regulations, municipal
ealth ordinances, and health laws, or to aid other civil authorities
in the maintenance of law and order and the enforcement of their
authority, officers of the United States Army and officers of the
Philippine Scouts in command of troops are hereby vested, while
in the performance of such duties, with the powers of peace officers ;
and, when detailed at the request of the Governor-General, such
officers, and soldiers and enlisted men imder their command when
acting under the orders of such officers, are hereby authorized to
apprehend escaping prisoners, to make arrests for the violation of
any sanitary regulation, health ordinance, or health law, to make
arrests for disturbance of the public peace, and, when requested to
do so by the Governor-General, to make arrests for the violation of
any law and to bring the person or persons so arrested before the
proper courts for trial.
Sec. 2. Act Niunbered Fifteen hundred and five, entitled "An
Act conferring upon officers of the United States Army, under certain
circumstances, the powers of peace officers," is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907,
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[No. 1798.]
AN ACT To provide for the protection of animal life in the Philippine Islands.
By (tuthority of the United States^ he it enacted hy the Philippine
Commission^ that:
Seci'ion 1. It shall be unlawful for any person in the Philippine
Islands to hunt, wound, take, or kill, or have in his or her possession,
living or dead, or to purchase, offer, or expose for sale, transport,
ship, or export, alive or dead:
(a) Any wild bird, other than a game bird. No part of the
plumage, skin, or body of any such bird shall be sold or had in pos-
session for sale: Provided^ however^ That the birds commonly known
as eaffles, hawks, owls, crows, galancian. and mayas shall not be
included among the birds protected by this xict: And provided
further^ That nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to prohibit
the keeping of any bird for a domestic pet ;
(&) Any goose, duck, rail, coot, mudhen, gallinule, shore bird,
plover, surf bird, snipe, woodcock, sandpiper, tatler, curlew, wild
chicken, pheasant, quail, pigeon, dove, hombill, mound builder, or
brush turkey, or such other game birds as shall hereafter be added to
this list in case the Secretary of the Interior, as hereinafter provided,
shall establish a close season for such birds or anv of them ;
(c?) Any deer, musk deer, tamaraw, squirrel, or lemur, or such
other mammal as shall hereafter be added to this list in case the Sec-
retary of the Interior, as hereinafter provided, shall establish a close
season for such mammals.
And it shall be unlawful for any person to take or needlessly
destroy the nest or eggs>of any bird protected by this Act or to
have such nest or eggs in his or her possession except as hereinafter
provided.
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, wound, take,
or kill any of the birds or manimals protected by this Act in any
other manner than by the use of a gun, spear, lance, or bow and
arrowj and no person shall at any time lay or set any trap, snare,
net, bird line, swivel gun, deer lick, pitfall, or any other contri-
vance or device whatever with intent to catch, take, or kill any of
the birds or mammals protected by this Act, or make use of any
artificial light, battery, or other deception or contrivance whatever
with intent to attract or deceive any of the birds or mammals pro-
tected by this Act, except that decoys may be used in hunting game
birds. The constructing or setting of a trap or snare adapted for
taking or killing birds or mammals pjrotected by this Act shall be
prima facie evidence of such constructing and setting with intent to
take or kill.
Sec. 3. The foregoing sections of this Act shall not apply to
anyone who may hunt, wound, take, or kill any bird or mammal or
who may take the eggs of any birds in order to secure food for himself
or his family ; nor to any person holding a permit conferring upon
him the right to take birds, their nests or eggs, and mammals for
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scientific or other purposes. A permit may be ^ranted by the Sec-
retary of the Interior to any properly accredited person of the age
of fifteen years or upward permitting the holder thereof to collect
birds, their nests or eggs, and mammals for strictly scientific pur-
poses only. Such a permit shall remain in force for a period of
one year only from the date of issue and shall not be transferable.
On proof that the holder of such a permit has killed any bird or
mammal protected by this Act, or taken the nest or eggs of any such
bird, for other than scientific purposes, he shall be subject to the
yv.me penalties as if he had no such permit : Provided^ That nothing
hoi-ein shall prevent the taking of so-called edible birds' nests under
license duly issued in accordance with Act Numbered Seventeen
hundred and sixty-nine.
Sec. 4. Whenever the Secretary of the Interior may deem it nec-
essary for the public interest to protect any fish, bird, or mammal
he may, by an ot*der, subject to tne approval of the Govemor-Gren-
eral, declare and publish a close season for any bird or mammal
mentioned in paragraphs (b) and (c) of section one of this Act,
or for any fish, bird, or mammal for a period not to exceed five
months in* any one year. Such order may be applicable to the entire
Philippine Islands or to any province or provinces specified therein,
shall be issued at least two months before the commencement of
such close season, and shall be published, for a period of three
weeks before such order shall so into effect, in at least three daily
papers in the city of Manila and in at least one daily paper publishra
m the province or provinces specified in said order, if such there be,
and a copv thereof shall be posted in the main entrance of the pro-
vincial building of such province or provinces.
Sec. 5. Any person violating any regulation or order of the
Secretary of the Interior provided for in this Act shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding one hundred pesos for each fish, bird, or
mammal unlawfully killed, taken, kept, shipped, possess^, or ex-
ported, or for each nest or e^g taken or destroyed in violation of the
provisions of this Act.
Sec. 6. Any person giving information that has led to the convic-
tion of any person under the provisions of this Act shall receive
one-half of the fine imposed, and it shall be the duty of the court
in rendering the judgment of conviction to ascertain and declare the
name of the intormant entitled to receive one-half of the fine
imposed.
Sec. 7. Nothing in this Act contained or in the regulations made
hereunder shall' be understood to prohibit the hunting, wounding,
taking, or killing of wild pig in any manner or at any season of the
year.
Sec. 8. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 9. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
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[No. 1799.]
AN ACT Appropriating the balance of the Congressional relief fund In the
insular treasury not otherwise appropriated and any refunds which may
accrue to said fund from allotments or appropriations heretofore made from
the Congpeealonal relief fund, with certain receptions, for the manufacture
of sarum for use in the cure and prevention of animal diseases, and for
the establishment, operation, and maintenance of quarantine stations through-
out the islands.
By authority of the United States^ he it enacted by the PhUippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. The balance of the Congressional relief fund remain-
ing in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, together
with any refunds which may hereafter accrue to said fund from
allotments or appropriations heretofore made, is hereby appropri-
ated for expenmture under the direction of the Bureau of Agricul-
ture for the manufacture of serum for use in the cure and preven-
tion of animal diseases and for the establishment, operation, and
maintenance of quarantine stations throughout the Islands: Pro-
vided^ That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to funds accru-
ing from the repayment of loans made from the Congressional relief
fund to provinces and municipalities, in accordance with Act Num-
bered Sixteen hundred and sixtjr-six.
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
[No. 1800.]
AN ACT AiBonding Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seven by proyiding
fpr the setting aside ot communal forests for the benefit of municipalities,
townships, and settlements.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine
Commission, that:
Section 1. Subsection (6) of section nine of Act Numbered Four-
teen hundred and seven is hereby amended to read as follows :
"^6) For the period of five years from the date of the passage
of tnis Act any resident of the ^Philippine Islands may cut or take,
or hire cut or taken, for himself from the public forests, without
license and free of charge, such timber, other than timber of the
first group, and such firewood, resins, other forest products, and
stone or earth, as he may require for housebuilding, fencing, boat
building, or other personal use of himself or his femily. Timber
thus cut without license shall not be sold nor shall it be exported
from the province where cut, except as hereinafter authorized:
Provided, That the Director of Forestry, with the approval of the
Secretary of the Interior, may set aside for the use of th^ inhabitants
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of any municipality, township, or settlement a suitable tract of for-
, est, which shall be known as a communal forest, and the privilege of
cutting, taking, or hiring cut or taken from the public forest with-
out license ana free of charge such timber other than timber of the
first group, and such firewood, resins, other forest products, and
stone or earth, as any resident of the municipality may require for
housebuilding, fencing, boat building, or other personal use of him-
self or his family, shall then be exercised only within the oommimal
forest thus set aside. Such communal forests shall be on lands more
suitable for forestry than for agriculture. They shall be adminis-
tered by the Director of Forestry, subject to the approval of the
Secretary of the Interior, in such a way as to assure the people hav-
ing rights therein of a continued supply of forest products necessary
for their home use, and to this end the Director of Forestry may
prescribe the species and sizes of trees that may be cut and the man-
ner of removal of such trees or other forest products, stone, or earth.
When there is no public forest land conveniently situated within
the limits of a province to which any municipality, townshij), or
settlement belongs, and when such public forest land exists in a
neighboring province, it may be set aside as a communal forest for
such mimicipality, township, or settlement, and timber cut in it
without a license may then oe exported from such commimal forest
to the municipality, township, or settlement in question. Exploita-
tion of a communal forest for revenue shall be allowed only when the
best interest of such forest demands cutting in excess of local needs.
Such exploitation for revenue shall be earned on under license in the
same manner and subject to the same conditions as in public forests.
On satisfactory showmg that a resident of any municipality, town-
ship, or settlement for which a communal forest has been set aside
will erect a house of strong materials the Director of Forestry may
issue or cause to be issued to such resident a written permit for the
cutting within such communal forest of the requisite amount of first-
group timber without charge, and such cutting shall then be lawful.
Subject to tlie approval of the Secretary of the Interior^ the Director
of Forestry may issue rules for carrying out the provisions of this
Saragraph, and such rules may provide for the suspension or with-
rawal from any person of the tree-use privilege herein provided as
a punishment for the violation of the Forest Act, as amended, the
forest rules, or of the provisions of this paragraph and the rules pro-
mulgated hereunder.
" Dealers in forest products, stone, or earth taken from the public
forests shall pay the charges prescribed in article fourteen of Act
Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, entitled ' The Internal
Revenue Law of Nineteen hundred and four,' on all such products
taken by them. Every person, firm, or company whose business it is
to sell timber or other forest products, stone, or earth shall be re-
garded as a dealer in such products within the meaning of this Act.''
Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this
bill, the passage of the same is hereby expeditea in accordance with
section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,'' passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1907.
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SEPTEHBER 16. 1906-OCTOBER 31. 1907.
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PROCEEDINGS OF PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
[September 16, 1006— October 81, 1907.]
GtoVERNOR-GENERAL — PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF INAUGURAL
ADDRESS.
[Bxcerpt from minntes of the CommiBslon of October 2, 1906.]
Whereas it is the sense of the Philippine Commission that the print-
inff and distribution of the inauffural address delivered by the honor-
able the governor-general of these islands, on the occasion of his
taking omoe as governor-general on September 20, ld06, will be of
substantial and permanent benefit and encouracement to the commer-
cial, industrial, and agricultural interests of these islands and to the
continuance of good government and order : Now, therefore.
Resolved^ That the executive secretary be authorized and directed
to have printed at the Bureau of Printing 2,000 copies in English and
4,000 copies in Spanish of said inaugural address, in pampmet form,
for distribution thereof under his directicm to the general public oi
these islands, and especially through the channels of the provincial
governments.
Congressional i^lief fund — ^Loan to provinces of Caqatak and
jsabeiia for relief of inhabitants in di8tsebs through damages
caused by recent storm.
[SUcerpt from mlnates of tbe Gommtoaion of Oetoiber 20, 19(99.]
The president presented to the Commission delayed telegrams re-
ceived rrom the provincial governors of Cagayan and Isabela ad-
vising of the damage done bv the recent severe storm which passed
over the Cagayan Valley ana caused the Cagayan River to overflow
its banks, d^troying a great portion of the com and rice crops and
washing away a great many nouses and a large quantity of stored
tobacco. Bequest was made by both provincial governors for fimds
or provisions for the relief of people suffering fnyn the results of the
storm. In this connection the president called attention to the fact
that the insular government has utilized practically all of its spare
funds in returning land taxes to the provinces, and it would be
impossible to meet call^ of this kind from the general funds of the
treasury, as requested by the provincial governors in question. He
suggested, however, the advisibility of granting each of the two prov-
inces the sum of f^,000, Philippine currency, from the unexpended
balance of the Congressional relief fund. After consideration, it was,
on motion,
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Resolved^ That the governor-general be authorized to expend from
the fund appropriated by act No. 1406 from the Congressional relief
fund the sum of f^,000, Philippine currency, for the province of
Cacayan and ?^,000, Philippine currency, for the province of Isabela,
to be expended by the provmcial boards in the relief of the inhabit-
ants of those proWnces who are in actual distress by reason of the
great damage caused bv the recent storm in northern Luzon, either
by the purchase of food for such inhabitants as may be in immediate
need or by employing them in such public works as the provincial
boards may deem best; and
Resolved further^ That the expenditures thus authorized be made
by the provincial treasurer of the province concerned upon resolution
of the provincial board.
Publications — Future manner of issue and sale price of the
Journal of Science.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of October 22, 1006.]
Whereas on November 2, 1905, the Commission, by resolution, ap-
proved the issuance of the publications of the bureau of science m
the form of a journal and fixed the annual subscription price of such
journal, and later, by resolution, fixed the price or single coj)ies and
reprints but failed to fix the price of supplements and combined re-
prmts of the journal ; and
Whereas the director of the bureau of science now recommends,
with the approval of the secretarv of the interior, that next year the
Journal of Science be issued in three sections ; namely, one covering
tropical medicine and biology, the second, general science, and the
third, botany, the price for the first section to be ^ per year and for
the other two ^4 per year, respectively, the subscription price for the
whole Journal to be ^10 per year, or ^1 per single copy ; and
Whereas the arrangement suggested appears to be a desirable one ;
and
Whereas in the course of the growth of the Journal of Science it
may be advisable from time to time to make other changes in the
manner of publishing the Journal, and it appears that the same may
well be left to the director of science, subject to the approval of the
secretary of the interior : Now, therefore, be it
Resolved^ That the plan of the director of science that, beginning
with the coming year, the Journal of Science be issued in three sec-
tions, the first at an annual subscription of ^ and the other two at
annual subscriptions of ^4, respectively, or the whole Journal at aii
annual subscription of ^10, and that the price of single copies of each
section be fixed at ^1, be and is hereby approved ; and
Resolved further^ That the director of science, with the approval
of the secretary of the interior, may make such changes from time to
time in the manner of publishing the Journal of Science as he niay
deem proper, and, with the concurrence of the director of printing
and the approval of the secretary of the interior, may fix trie price
of reprints, combined reprints, supplements, and additional sections
of the Journal which it may be advisable to publish in the future, on
the basis of the prices herein fixed for said Journal and the sections
thereof^ and
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Resolved further^ That the director of science may forward to pres-
ent subscribers who may not renew their subscriptions by January
1, 1907, copies of one or the other of the sections above mentioned
during a period of three months in order that such subscribers may
have an opportunity to signify whether or not they desire to con-
tinue their subscriptions under the new arrangement, no charge to
be made for the copies so forwarded in the case of persons who fail
to renew their subscriptions.
Congressional relief fund — ^Loan to Province of Tayabas for re-
lief OF inhabitants of Baler and Casiguran suffering from
RESULTS OF RECENT STORM.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of October 24, 1906.]
The president presented to the Commission a telegram received
from the provincial secretary of Tayabas advising of the damage
done by a recent severe storm which passed over the towns of Baler
and Casiguran and caused serious inundations, destroying houses and
crops. Kequest was made for funds or provisions for the relief of
people suffering from the results of the storm. The president sug-
gested the advisability of granting the province of Tayabas similar
relief to that granted recently to Cagayan and Isabela by appropria-
ting the sum of ?^,000 from the unexpended balance of the Congres-
sional relief fund. After consideration, it was, on motion
Resolved^ That the governor-general be authorized to expend from
the fund appropriated by act No. 1406 from the Congressional relief
fund the sum or ^=2,000 for the relief of distress in the municipalities
of Casiguran and Baler in the province of Tayabas, said sum to be
expended by the provincial board of Tayabas either in the purchase
of food for such inhabitants as may be m immediate need or in em-
ploying them in such public works as the provincial board may deem
Dest; and
Resolved further^ That the expenditures thus authorized be made
by the provincial treasurer of the province upon resolution of the pro-
vincial board.
Carabaos — Extension of time to Arturo Bernia for payment of
THIRD installment OF PURCHASE PRICE.
[Bxcerpt from minates of the Commission of October 31, 1906.]
Commissioner Luzuriaga presented a request from Arturo Bernia,
a resident of Floridablanca, Pampanga Province, requesting an ex-
tension of three months from October 27, 1906, in which to pay the
third installment of the cost of 15 carabaos purchased from the in-
sular government and offering to pay 6 per cent interest on the amount
of said installment for the period of extension. Commissioner Luz-
uriaga stated that Mr. Bernia had already paid two installments,
amounting to ^1,090.10 on these carabaos and that the third install-
ment amounted to ^=545.05, and recommended that in view of the
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money stringency in the province at present, due to the failure of the
last crops, the extension requested be granted : On motion, it was
Resolved^ That the recjuest of Arturo Bernia, of Floridablanca,
Pampanga, for an extension of three months from October 27, 1906.
for tne payment of the third installment, amountiru^ to ^545.05 or
the purcnase price of 15 carabaos purchased by him &om the insular
government, be granted, the said amount, for the period of extension,
to bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum and to be paid by
Mr. Bernia at the time of payment of the installment referred to.
Carabaos — Afthorizing refund of purchase price to L. M. H£Ras.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of October 31, 1906.]
Commissioner Luzuriaga presented for consideration a petition
received from L. M. Heras for the return of ^34 from the insular gov-
ernment paid by him for one carabao calf purchased from the gov-
ernment and which died from injuries received en route from Burias
Island shortly after its delivery to him ; On motion, it was
Resolved^ That the purchasing agent be authorized and directed to
return to L. M. Heras the sum or ?34 paid by him for the purchase of
one carabao calf from the insular government and which died in his
possession as the result of injuries sustained during the voyage from
Burias Island to the place of delivery.
Congressional relief fund — Expenditure for relief op distressbd
INHABITANTS OF CaGAYAN VaLLEY.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of December 6, 1006.]
On riiotion, Resolved^ that the governor-general be, and is hereby,
authorized to expend from the appropriation made by act No. 1406
from the Congressional relief fund tlie sum of ^5,000, Philippine
currency, to be expended by the provincial board of Cagayan in the
furnishing of further relief to the inhabitants of the province who
are suffering from hunger and lack of shelter due to the overflow of
the Cagayan River, eitner by the purchase of food for such inhabi-
tants as may be in immediate need or by employing them in such pub-
lic works as the provincial board mav deem best; and
Resolved fvrther^ That the expenditures be made by the provincial
treasurer of the province upon resolutions of the provincial board.
C/Ongresstonal relief fund — Expenditure for relief of distri»6bd
inhabitants of the Province of Isabela.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of December 5, 1906.]
On motion, Resolved^ That the governor-general be, and he is here-
by, authorized to expend from the appropriation made by act No.
1400 from the Congressional relief fund the sum of ?^,00b, Philip-
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pine currency, to be expended by the provincial board of Isabela in
the furnishing of further relief to the inhabitants of the province
who are in actual distress as a result of the recent severe storm in
northern Luzon, either by the purchase of food for such inhabitants
as may be in immediate need or by employing them in such public
works as the provincial board may deem best ; and
Resolved further^ That the expenditures be made by the provincial
treasurer of the province upon resolutions of the provincial board.
Civil service employees — Allowing accrued leave and traveling
expenses before completion of two years' service when sepa-
rated from the service through no fault.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of December 7, 1906.)
Coinmissioner Shuster presented a communication from the director
of printing to the effect that Charles A. Vail was appointed in the
bureau of printing as a linotype machinist on February 15, 1905, at
a salary oi ?^,600 per annum, but that, at the present time, in the
interests of economy, it is practicable and desirable to abolish his posi-
tion, recommending, however, in justice to Mr. Vail, that he be
allowed all accrued leave earned by him for the time served^ and the
expenses incurred by him, as well as half pay, while travehnff from
the United States to his station in Manila, the provisions or para-
graph (a), section 2, and paragraph (a), section 9, of act No. 1040,
to tne contrary notwithstanding.
An examination of the record showed that this case was analogous
to the case of Mrs. Bertha M. Barrick, who, by. resolution of the Com-
mission dated December 7, 1905, was allowed accrued leave, although
she had not completed two vears' service at the time of her separation,
and to the case of Capt. Pnilip Leblond, who was allowed traveling
expenses incurred bv him returning from the United States to the
Philippine Islands from leave of absence, although he had not ren-
dered two years' additional service as required by section 2 of act
No. 1040.
After consideration, on motion, it was
Resolved^ That it is the sense of the Commission that wh^re a regu-
larly appointed employee of the permanent service ,is separated there-
from because of death, lack of work, or abolishment of his position,
and through no fault of his own, he should be allowed such accrued
leave as he may have earned for the time served, and the traveling
expenses incurred by him, as well as half pay earned en route from
the United States to the Philippine Islanas, which would have been
payable had he been permitted to render two years' service required
by paragraph (a), section 2, and paragraph (a), section 9 of act No.
1040, and tnat, therefore, the allowance to Mr. Vail of the accrued
leave earned for the time that he has served, to he computed by the
bureau of civil service, and the traveling expenses incurred by him, as
well as half pav, while en route from the United States to the Philip-
pine Islands, the amount of which will be determined by the insular
auditor, be, and is hereby, approved.
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Congressional relief fund— Payment of land tax upon land of
Senor Vicente Lopez for 1903.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of December 14, 1906.]
Whereas a certain parcel of land in the municipality of Orani,
Province of Bataan, was tendered the insular government in the year
1903 by Senor Vicente Lopez for use in the pasture of carabaos then
being imported by the insular government, and, while no charge was
to be made for the use of said land, Senor Lopez claims that he had a
verbal agreement with the Hon. William H. Taft, then civil governor,
that the property was to be exempted from the land tax upon the
same then due and in arrears ; and
Whereas while there is no record of such agreement having been
made and therefore the insular government . can not recognize the
claim of Senor Lopez, nevertheless in view of the fact that the land
was actually used by the insular government for the purposes men-
tioned and of the fact that Senor Lopez's insistence upon the point
makes it appear probable that Governor Taft contemplated asking the
Commission to give Senor Lopez some compensation for the use of
his land ; and
Whereas the exemption of the land from taxation for three years,
as requested by Senor Lopez, would result in the payment by the gov-
ernment of a very high rental in view of the fact that the land was
occupied less than a year, but the release of the land from taxation
for me year 1903, in which it was used, would be a reasonable and
equitable compensation: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved^ That, without acknowledging any obligation upon the
part of the insular government, the govemor-ffeneral is hereby author-
ized to expend from the funds appropriated by act No. 1406 from the
Congressional relief fund, the sum of ^130.18, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, for the purpose of paying the land tax upon said
land of Senor Vincente Lopez for the year 1903, together with the
penalty and interest thereon.
Civil-service employees — Transportation to the United States
after three years' service to be taken within six MONTHS AFTER
SEPARATION FROM THE SERVICE.
[Excerpt from mlnntes of the Commission of December 14, 1906.]
The recorder presented a communication from the second assistant
executive secretary inclosing an application from Mr. Albert E.
Somersille, formerly an employee oi the provincial government of
Albay, who resigned his position on AuOTst 31, 1906, after more
than three years' continuous service, and is therefore entitled to
return transportation to the United States at government expense,
less $30 United States currency. It appeared, however, that Mr.
Somersille did not desire to use this transportation at present, but
merely filed his request in order that he might preserve his right
to receive such transportation when ready to use it. The second
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assistant executive secretary suggested that this raised the question
whether or not the Commission, by its resolution of February 14,
1905, deciding that applications of this kind by resigning employees
should be " filed " within six months after resignation, intended
to mean that transportation could be furnished at government
expense at any subsequent time, possibly several years removed,
provided the application was made within six months after resigna-
tion, or whether it was the intention of the Commission that appli-
cations should not only be filed, but the transportation grantea the
employee as well, within six months after resignation: It was, on
motion.
Resolved^ That the second assistant executive secretary be informed
that the intention of the Commission in its resolution of February
14, 1905, was that transportation should not only be applied for
within six months from the date of separation from the service, but
actually taken within that time.
Publications — ^Authorizing the governor-general to arrange for
the publication of government advertising in one of the
visayan newspapers,
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of December 14, 1906.)
After a discussion of the question of the payments now made by
the government monthly to certain of the Manila newspapers and
the advisability of publishing the laws and resolutions of the Com-
mission and notices and advertising matter of the government of
general interest in a newspaper established in some other part of the
islands with a good circulation : On motion, it was
Resolved^ That it is the sense of the Commission that it is unnec-
essary to authorize the publication at the expense of the government
of notices, laws, resolutions, advertising, etc., of the government in
any additional newspaper in Manila, for the reason that the publica-
tion thereof in three American newspapers and three Filipino news-
papers as at present is sufficient to give the necessary information to
the inhabitants of Manila and vicinity, but it is deemed advisable
to consider the publication of such notices, etc., in one of the Visajan
papers, " El Tiempo " preferred on account of its large circulation ;
and be it
Resolved further^ That the governor-general be, and is hereby, au-
thorized to take this matter up with the newspaper " El Tiempo "
and inform such newspaper that the government is willing to author-
ize the pavment thereto of ?=150 per month on condition that it will
publish all laws and such resolutions and government advertising
of general interest, except ordinances, notices, and advertising mat-
ter of the city of Manila, as may be lorwarded to it for publication
by the executive secretary, and m the event that said newspaper ac-
cepts this proposition the governor-general be, and is hereby, author-
ized to make such agreement with the said newspaper as may be nec-
essary to accomplish the end desired.
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Publications ; Pa ymbnt to " El Grito del Pubblo " rem Pttwjca-
TIOW OP (JOVBRNMENT ADVERTISING DISCONTINUED.
[ESzeevpt from nlnntos of the Commlssloii of December 14, 1906.]
The president stated that his attention had been called to the fact
that the daily paper " El Grito del Pueblo," for advertising in which
the insular government is paying at the rate of ^00 per month, has
been published very irregularly for a monUi or more, Mr. Pascual H.
Poblete, the director, claiming that he has been unable to secure the
paper required for his daily eaition.
After consideration by the Commission, on motion, it was —
Resolved^ That the payment of the sum of ^300 per month to " El
Grito del Pueblo " for the publication of laws, orders, and advertising
of the insular government and the government of the city of Manila,
in accordance with resolutions of the Commission of August 26, 1903,
and January 3, 1906, be discontinued from October 31, 1906.
Publication — Authorizing the Governor-General to arrange for
THE publication OF GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING IN THE " ViDA FlLI-
PINA."
[Excerpt from minutes of the CommiBsion of December 18, 1906.]
The president called attention to the resolution of the Commission
of December 14, 1906, discontinuing the monthly payment of P^OO
to the newspaper " El Grito del Pueblo " for the publication of laws,
orders, and advertising of the insular government and the govern-
ment of the city of Manila, by reason of the fact that said newspaper
was not published regularly and therefore was not rendering to the
government the service for which it was paid, and suggested that
in order to maintain so far as possible the present circulation through
the press of information which it is necessary for the public to have
authority be given for the publication in some other newspaper in
Manila of the information heretofore published in the newspaper
'' El Grito del Pueblo."
After consideration, on motion, it was
Resolved^ That the governor-general be, and is hereby, authorized
to take the matter up with the newspaper " Vida Filipina " and
inform said newspaper that the government is willing to authorize
the payment thereto of ^150 per month on condition that it will
publish all laws and such resolutions and government advertising
of general interest, except ordinances, notices, and advertising matter
of me city of Manila, as may be forwarded to it for publication by
the executive secretary, and in the event that the said newspaper
accepts this proposition the governor-general be, and is hereby,
authorized to make such agreement with the director thereof as may
be necessary to accoipplish the end desired.
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MoBO Province — Extension of the provisions of Chapter VI of
THE Public Land Act to — ^Exception.
[Btxcerpt from minutes of the Commliwlon of December 29, 1906.]
Resolvedj That in accordance with the provisions of section 78 of
act No. 926, known as the public-land act, the provisions of Chapter
VI of said act, save and except subsection 6 of section 54 thereof,
are hereby extended over and put in force throughout the whole or
the Moro Province.
Congressional relief fund — ^Appropriation for payment of sal-
aries OF municipal school teachers in the province of Cagayan.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of January 5, 1907.1
Whereas the municipalities of the province of Ca^yan have been
swept by a most unprecedented flood throughout the valley of the
Cagayan River and its tributaries, with the result that not onl^ have
Srivate properties been devastated but municipal school buildings
estroyed or seriously damaged : and •
Whereas after a careful stuay of the financial situation of these
municipal governments, the secretary of public instruction finds that
by reason of the extraordinary conditions resulting from the catas-
trophe hereinbefore mentioned it will be impossible for the work of
primary instruction to be continued in the public schools of the munic-
ipalities of the province of Cagjayan unless assistance be given, this
notwithstanding the reorganization of the police and other municipal
services upon a basis of expense which is unquestionably the mini-
mum consistent with public safety : Now, therefore, be it
Resolvedj That the governor-general be, and is hereby, authorized
to transfer to the provincial government of Cagayan the sum of
^=15,000 Philippine currency from moneys appropriated by act No.
1406 from the Congressional relief fund, to be distributed in the
discretion of the provincial board among tne municipal governments
of that province lor expenditure in the payment of salaries of munic-
ipal teachers in the public schools and for no other purpose.
Congressional relief fund — Expenditure for completion of dike,
PROVINCE OF TaRLAC.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of January 24, 1907.]
Whereas the sum of ^=16,000 made available by resolution of the
Commission of May 1, 1906, for the construction of the Tarlac dike
is insufficient for the completion of said project, by reason (1) of the
failure of the people to pay their subscriptions made toward the
carrying on of the work ; (2^ of the failure of the promise of the
people to furnish " capatazes ^' for the supervision of the work with-
out charge and to furnish labor at 30 centavos a day, the laborers
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declining to work at that rate after the project was started; (3) of
the failure to furnish piles at a sufficiently low price, and the con-
sequent failure of the contribution that was expected of the Taba-
calera Company; and (4) of the damage done by the typhoon of
May 18, 1906, which swept awav and rendered useless a portion of
the work already completed ; and
Whereas there is necessity for the immediate continuation of this
work during the present dry season : Now, therefore, be it
Resolved^ That the governor-general be, and is hereby, authorized
to expend from the funds provided by act No. 1406 from the Con-
gressional relief fund the sum of 1*^9,000, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, for the completion of the dike in the municipality of
Tarlac, province^ of Tarlac, from the site of the old government
building to a point 600 feet beyond the conjunction of the Tarlac-
Victoria road with the Tarlac Railway station road; and
Resolved further^ That the money hereby made available shall be
paid to the provincial treasurer of Tarlac, who shall, upon presenta-
tion of proper vouchers approved by the district engineer, pay all
bills for services rendered and material furnished for the construction
of said dike ; and
Resolved further^ That the director of public works shall have
general supervision of the construction herein provided for, and the
district engineer shall have immediate charge of the work of
construction.
Congressional relief fund — Expenditure for relief of inhabi-
tants OF San Isidro, Neuva Ecija.
[Excerpt from minutes of the CommiBsion of February 11, 1007.]
Whereas a disastrous fire occurred at San Isidro, Neuva Ecija, on
January 30, 1907, rendering homeless and destitute about 300 per-
sons; and
Whereas the provincial governor of Neuva Ecija has come to
Manila and has verbally requested an allotment of P500 from insular
funds for the relief of destitution in San Isidro : Now, therefore, be it
Resolved^ That the ffovernor-general be and hereby is authorized
to expend out of the funds appropriated by act No. 1406 from the
Congressional relief fund the sum of ^500 for the relief of persons
who nave become homeless and destitute on account of the conflagra-
tion which occurred at San Isidro, Neuva Ecija, January 30, 1907, the
provincial board of that province to be in charge of the distribution
of said relief.
Congressional relief fund — Expenditure for relief of volunteers
OF Daoami, Leyte, injured in line of duty, and their families.
[Excerpt from minntes of the CommisslOD of February 13, 1907.]
Whereas certain volunteers of the municipality of Dagami, prov-
ince of Leyte, have boen killed or wounded m line of duty while as-
sisting in the maintenance of order, by being accidentally fired into
by the troops whom they were assisting; ana
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Whereas the families of the unfortunate men are in distress as a
result of this casualty: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved^ That the governor-general be, and is hereby, authorized
to expend from the funds appropriated by act No. 1406 from the Con-
gressional relief fund the sum of ^500 to assist the aforesaid volun-
teers or their families, the said amount to be expended by Col. W. C.
Rivers, assistant director of constabulary, after consultation with the
provincial governor of Leyte.
Publications — Sale price of Volume III, Philippine Reports.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of February 15, 1907.]
On motion, Resolved^ That pursuant to the provisions of section 26
(rf) of act No. 1407, the sale price of Volume 111, Philippine Reports,
English and Spanish editions, is hereby fixed at ^10 per volume, said
price to include the cost of postage.
Sisal — purchase from Hawaiian Experiment Station by bureau
OF agriculture.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of February 15, 1907.1
Resolved^ That the director of agriculture be, and is hereby, author-
ized to place an order with the Hawaiian Experiment Station for
500,000 pole plants of Hawaiian sisal, and to expend for the purchase,
packing, cartage, freight, and labor in connection with the same not
to exceed the sum of ^,750 from any funds heretofore appropriated
for the bureau of agriculture ; and that the committee on appropria-
tions be, and is hereby, directed to include provision in the next ap-
propriation bill for the confirmation of this authorization and for tne
reimbursement of the funds drawn on for this purpose, should the
same be necessary.
Ck)NGRES8IONAL RELIEF FUND— EXPENDITURE FOR RELIEF OF PERSONS
RENDERED DESTITUTE BY FIRES IN CULASI, PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of February 21, 1907.]
Whereas the town of Culasi, province of Antique, was visited by
conflagrations on February 16 and 18, 1907, which destroyed 142
houses and left homeless and destitute a large number of families ; and
Whereas the governor of the province has telegraphed for assistance
from the insular government: >i6w, therefore, be it
Resolved^ That the governor-general be, and is hereby, authorized
to expend out of the fund appropriated by act No. 1406 from the
Congressional relief fund the sum of ^500 for the relief of persons
who nave become homeless and destitute on account of the conflagra-
tions which occurred at Culasi, Antique, February 16 and 18, 1007,
as stated above, the provincial board of that province to be in charge
of the distribution of said relief.
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Congressional relief fund — Expenditure for transportation op
RICE PURCHASED FOR RELIEF OF INHABITANTS OF CULASI, AnTIQUE.
(Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of February 26, 1907.]
On motion, Resolved^ That the governor-general be, and is hereby,
authorized to expend out of funds appropriated by act No. 1406 from
the Congressional relief fund the sum of ^100 for the purpose of
enabling the province of Antique to secure transportation for the rice
purchased with the ^500, authorized by resolution of the Commission
of February 21, 1907, for the relief of persons left homeless and
destitute by the conflagrations which occurred at Culasi, Antique, on
February 16 and 18, 1907, the same to be expended under the direc-
tion of the provincial board.
Congressional relief fund — Expenditure for relief of inhabi-
tants OF DiNALUPIHAN, BaTAAN.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of February 28, 1907.]
Whereas the town of Dinalupihan, province of Bataan, was visited
by a conflagration on January 8, 1907, which destroyed 70 houses and
left homeless and destitute a large number of families ; and
Whereas the provincial board of said province has requested
assistance from the insular government : Now, therefore, be it
Resolved^ That the governor-general be, and is hereby, authorized
to expend out of the fund appropriated by act No. 1406 from the
Congressional relief fund the sum of ^500 for the relief of persons
who have become homeless and destitute on account of the conflagra-
tion which occurred at Dinalupihan, Bataan, on January 8, 1907, as
stated above, the provincial board of that province to be m charge of
the distribution of such relief.
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES — TRANSPORTATION OF BAGGAGE AT GOVERN-
MENT EXPENSE ON TRANSFER OF STATION.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of March 12, 1907.]
Resolved^ That it is the sense of the Commission that officers and
employees of the government when transferred by competent author-
ity from one station to another permanent station should be allowed
to have transported at government expense extra baggage, to include
household effects, not to exceed a total of 500 pounds, and that officers
or employees traveling from one point to another on official business in
the course of their duties, or temporarily assigned to duty in another
than a permanent station, shall be allowed to have transported at
government expense only such amount of "personal baggage" as has
heretofore been allowed by the insular auditor.
INSURANCE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of March 12, 1007.]
Resolved^ That it is the sense of the Commission that the govern-
ment should insure its own property: and that the committee on ajj-
l)ropriations be and is hereby directed to prepare and submit an esti-
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mate of the amount of premiums at ordinary insurance rates obtain-
able on all government property, real and personal, and submit the
same in connection with the next regular annual appropriation bill,
the moneys which may be appropriated for this purpose under such
bill to be placed to the creoit of a special fund to De invested and
held to replace any property of the government of the Philippine
Islands which may be damaged or destroyed ; and
Resolved fuHher. That a copy of this resolution be submitted to
the city of Manila lor its information and for such action with refer-
ence to city property as the municipal board may deem advisable.
Congressional relief fund — Relief of sufferers from conflagra-
tions IN Iloilo.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of April 24, 1907.]
Whereas a disastrous fire has occurred in the city of Iloilo, as a re-
sult of which more than 700 houses have been burned and 7,000 people
rendered homeless: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved^ That the ffovernor-general be, and is hereby, authorized
to direct the provincial board of Iloilo to use the sum of ^"10,000, or
so much thereof as may be necessary, from any funds available from
appropriations for the province, for the relief of the sufferers from
the recent conflagrations in Iloilo ; and that the ^vemor-general be,
and is hereby, authorized to reimburse the provmce from the Con-
gressional relief fund for the money so used.
Congressional relief fund — Approval of action of the governor-
general IN relieving distress of certain volunteers and THEiR
families in Dagami, Leyte.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of April 24, 1907.]
Resolved^ That the action of the governor-general in authorizing
the use of the balance remaining from the ^500 set aside from the
Congressional relief fund for the relief of volunteers of the munici-
pality of Dagami, Lejte, for the purpose of relieving distress of other
volunteers and families of volunteers in said province be, and is here-
by, approved.
Publications — Selling price of Volume V, Public Laws, Spanish
edition.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of April 24, 1907.]
Resolved^ That the selling price, including postage, of Volume V,
Public Laws, Spanish edition, be and is hereby fixed as follows: Full
sheep, ^8 ; half sheep, ^ ; paper bound, W.
Publications — Selling price of Official Roster of Officers and
Employees in the Civil Service of the Philippine Islands.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of April 24, 1907.]
Resolved^ That the director of printing is hereby authorized to sell
the 1907 official roster of officers and employees in the civil service of
the Philippine Islands upon the payment of ^4.50 Philippine cur-
rency, for each copy bound in cloth, and ^3 Philippine currency, for
each copy bound m paper, postage prepaid.
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Publications — Sale pric^e of volumes of Executive Ordixs and
Procl.\mations of 1906.
[Excerpt from mlnntes of the Commission of April 30, 1907.]
Resolved^ That in accordance with the provisions of paragraph {d) ,
section 26, of act No. 1407, the director of printing be, andis hereby,
authorized to sell volumes of the Executive Orders and Proclamations
of 1906, with paper binding, at ^1 per copy, and with half-Russia
binding at 1P2.50 per copy, said prices to include postage and registry
charges.
Publications — Sale price op Volume IV, Philippine Reports.
[Elxcerpt from minutes of the Commission of May 3, 1907.]
Resolved^ That pursuant to the provisions of section 26 (rf) of act
No. 1407, the sale price of Volume IV, Philippine Reports, English
and Spanish editions, is hereby fixed at ^10 per volume, said price
to include jwstaige and registry charges.
Committee on the compilation and codification of the public
LAWS OF the Philippine Islands.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of May 9, 1907.]
Whereas the laws of the Philippine Commission, numbering more
than 1,600, and covering a period of six and one-half years, have not
been compiled and codified ; and
Whereas a thorough compilation and codification of said laws, of
the acts of the Congress of the United States in force in these islands,
and of the former Spanish legislation and general orders of the mili-
tary government which are still in force appear to be advisable and
necessary for the convenience of the people of these islands: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved^ That a committee for such purpose be and is hereby
appointed, to consist of the following persons: Hon. W. Morgan
Shuster, secretary of public instruction, chairman ; Judge Charles S.
Lobingier, court of first instance, vice-chairman; Judge W. L. Gtolds-
borough, court of land registration, second vice-chairman j Judge
Ignacio Villamor, court of first instance ; Judge Percy M. Moir, court
of first instance ; Sr. Carlos Ledesma ; Chanes A. Lowe, esq. ; Mr.
George R. Harvey, assistant attorney-general, and Frederick C.
Fisher, esq.;
Resolved further^ That said committee shall compile and, if possi-
ble within the time allowed, shall codify all the laws of the Philippine
Islands up to and including June 30; 1907, omitting such as have
been repealed, abrogated, declared unconstitutional by the courts, or
otherwise rendered nugatory or obsolete, omitting all private, special,
and temporary and local acts or laws which do not constitute a part
of the general and permanent legislation of these islands, and arrang-
ing all the laws of the islatids in force on said date in topical and
logical order, according to the most approved standards of scientific
legal classification, and in accordance with the general plan submitted
in the report of Judge Charles S. Lobingier to the governor-general
under date of April 6, 1907.
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The committee shall have no power to change the substance of any
existing law, but may submit to the Philippine Commission a revision
of the phraseologjr of said laws, if necessary, in order to secure
greater accuracy, simplicity or conciseness of expression, or greater
harmony and consistency in said laws. All such changes of phrase-
ology made by the committee shall be clearly indicated in its report.
The committee is further authorized to recommend any changes
in the substance of said laws which its investigations may show to
be necessary or desirable ;
Resolved further^ That the early completion of the compilation
and codification of said laws being deemed essential, the members
of the committee herein mentioned shall devote thereto at least seven
hours daily on all regular working days unless absent for reasons
satisfactory to the chairman. The committee shall meet at the call
of the chairman, or in his absence or inability to preside, at the call
of the vice-chairman, and in the absence of the chairman and the
vice-chairman, at the call of the second vice-chairman thereof;
Resolved further^ That the members of the committee not officers
of the government, except in the case of the member performing
translation work under special contract, whose compensation shall be
^,000, in accordance with the terms of said contract subsequently
to be entered into, shall receive a per diem of ?^5 while actually
engaged in this work; that the attorney-general be, and is hereby,
authorized to direct the detail of one stenographer for service with
the committee; and that the committee is authorized to emplov^ if
necessary, one typewriter at not exceeding W50 per month, subject
to civil-service laws and regulations, to assist in this work; and
Resolved further^ That the expenses of the committee for the re-
mainder of the current fiscal year, including such preliminarjr print-
ing as may be approved by the secretary of public instruction not
exceeding W,000 in cost, shall be paid from any funds on hand here-
tofore appropriated for the executive bureau; and that the committee
on appropriations be, and is hereby, directed to include in the next
regular appropriation bill the necessary provision for the confirma-
tion of this resolution.
Congressional relief fund — Relief of inhabitants of Imus,
Cavite.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission of May 18, 1907.]
Whereas the town of Imus, province of Cavite, was visited by a
conflagration on May 9, 1907, which rendered a considerable number
of persons homeless and destitute ; and
Whereas the provincial board of said province has requested assist-
ance from the insular government : Now, therefore, be it
Resolved^ That the governor-general be, and is hereby, authorized
to expend, out of the funds appropriated by act No. 1406 from the
Congressional relief fund, the sum of ?=500 for the immediate relief
of persons who have become homeless and destitute on account of the
conflagration which occurred in Imus, Cavite, on May 9, 1907, as
stated above, the provincial board of said province to be in charge
of the distribution of such relief.
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CoKOREfifilONAL BeLIEF FuND — ^BeLIEF OF InHABTTAKTS OF LoOK,
BOHOL.
[Excerpt from mtnates of tbe CommlMion of June 27, 1907.]
Whereas the provincial governor of Bohol reported by telegram of
May 27, 1907, the fact that a portion of the municipality of Loon had
been destroyed by fire, including the municipal presiaencia, school-
houses and their contents, and 47 houses belonging to private persons,
stating that the town of Loon is eirtremely poor, being one of those
destroyed during the revolution ; that the people of Tagbilaran were
rendering such assistance as was within their power, and requested
that the insular government extend financial aid; and
Whereas the govemor-jgeneral on May 29, 1907, in the absence of a
quorum of the Commission, deemed necessary the allowance of im-
mediate relief to the extent of P'SOO, which amount is that allowed in
a recent previous case of a somewhat similar character : Now, there-
fore, be it
Resolved^ That the action of the governor-general be, and is hereby,
confirmed, and the sum of 1P500 orthe Congressional relief fund ap-
propriated by act No. 1406 be, and is hereby, made available for ex-
penditure in the discretion of the provincial board of Bohol for the
relief of the municipal government of Loon and private persons
whose property was destroyed by fire on the occasion in question;
and the insular auditor is requested to place said amount to the credit
of the provincial treasurer of Bohol with the insular treasurer.
Congressional Relief Fund — Balance of Appropriation for
Relief of Destitution in San IsmRo Transferred to Province
for use on Roads and Bridges.
[Excerpt from miDutes of the Commission of July 8, 1007.]
Whereas the Commission by resolution dated February 9, 1907,
alloted from Congressional relief fund appropriated by act No. 1106
the sum of ^500, to be used by the provmcial board of Nueva Ecija
in the relief of destitution in San Isidro, occasioned by a conflagra-
tion which rendered homeless about 300 persons ; and
Whereas the provincial board, after expending such amount as in
its opinion was necessair, has on hand a balance of ^70, which the
board requests be transrerred to the province : Now, therefore, be it
Resolved^ That, in view of the purpose for which the appropria-
tion was made by Congress of the funds in question and the fact that
immediate necessities of the fire sufferers in this instance have been
met, no better material relief may be afforded the people of the
islands than by improvement of highways over which must pass to
markets agricultural products, and the unexj)ended balance of W70
in this case is hereby made available for use in the construction and
repair of bridges and roads in the province of Nueva Ecija, in the
discretion of the provincial board.
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BBSOLXmONS OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. 569
Tbanspobtation of Extra IBagoaoe upon Change or Station.
[Excerpt from mlnntes of the CommiBslon of October 7» 1907.]
Resolved^ That the resolution of the Commissioii of March 12, 1907,
to the effect that oflScers and employees of the government, when
transferred by competent authority from one station to another per-
manent station, should be allowed to have transported at government
expense extra baggage, to include household effects, not to exceed a
total of 500 pounds, be amended by inserting the word " avoirdupois "
after the words " 500 pounds " in the sixth line thereof.
Congressional Relief Fund— Purchase or Animals by Bureau op
Agriculture.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Conimlssion of October 9, 1907.]
Resolved. That any unexpended balance of the sum made available
from the Congressional relief fund by resolution of June 13, 1905, be,
and the same is hereby, made available for expenditure by the Bureau
of Agriculture for the purchase of animals.
Appropriation for Restriction of Spread of Anthrax in Cattle in
Lepanto-Bontoc.
[Extract from mlnates of proceedings of the Philippine Commission of October 12» 1907.]
Referring to the resolution of the Commission of August 12, 1907,
authorizing Commissioner Worcester to give proper directions for
the restriction of the spread of anthrax^ whicn had been found in
certain of the cattle of the Province or Lepanto-Bontoc, Commis-
sioner Worcester recommended that the sum of ?^,500 be made avail-
able for the prosecution of the work.
On motion, it" was
Resolved^ That the governor-general be, and is hereby, authorized
to expend, out of the funds appropriated by act No. 1406 from the
Congressional relief fund, the sum of ¥^,500 for the restriction of
the spread of anthrax, discovered in cattle of the Province of Lepan-
to-Bontoc, the disbursement of said sum to be made as may be directed
by the secretary of the interior.
Serum for Cure of Animal Diseases — Quarantine Stations.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission, October 12, 1907.]
• On motion, Resolved, That the governor-general be, and is hereby,
authorized to expend the balance of the Congressional relief fund
heretofore appropriated and available for expenditure under his
direction, together with any refunds which may accrue to said fund
from allotments heretofore made, for the manufacture of serum for
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570 EESOLUnONS OF THE PHTLTPPINE COMMISSIOK.
use in the cure and prevention of animal diseases and for the estab-
lishment, operation, and maintenance of quarantine stations through-
out the islands: Provided^ That the provisions of this resolution shall
not apply to funds accruing from the repayment of loans made from
the Congre^ssional relief fund to provinces and municipalities in ac-
cordance with act No. 1666.
Standing Committees of the Philippine Commission.
[Excerpt from minutes of the Commission, October 23, 1907.]
Resolved^ That the following be, and the same are hereby, tempo-
rarily constituted as standing committees of the Philippine Commis-
sion, to which, unless otherwise ordered by the Commission, all mat-
ters shall be referred, as follow s :
1. Those pertaining to the executive bureau, to the president of the
Commission ;
2. Those pertaining to the department of the interior, to the Com-
missioner acting as secretary of the interior ;
3. Those pertaining to the department of commerce and police, to
the Commissioner acting as secretary of commerce and police ;
4. Those pertaining to the department of finance ana justice, to the
Commissioner acting as secretary of finance and justice;
5. Those pertaining to the department of public instruction, to the
Commissioner acting as secretary of public instruction ;
6. Those matters touching upon appropriations and for which ap-
Eropriations will be required, to a committee on appropriations, to
e composed of three members appointed by the president of the Com-
mission: Provided^ however^ That should there be established a joint
committee of both branches of the Philippine legislature for the con-
sideration, among other things, of appropriations, reference of all such
matters shall be nad to such joint committee;
7. Those matters relating to rules, to a committee of three to be
appointed by the president of the Commission ;
8. Those matters relating to municipal and provincial governments,
to a committee of three to oe appointed by the president of the Com-
mission;
9. Those matters relating to taxation and revenue, to a committee
of three to be appointed by the president of the Commission ;
10. Those matters relating to non-Christian tribes, to a committee
of three to be appointed by the president of the Commission ; and
Resolved further^ That a copy of the foregoing resolution be sent
by the secretary to the committee on rules, therein established, for
report and recommendation as to the permanent standing committees
which should be established by the Commission and the members who
should compose them.
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APPOINTMENTS, SEPTEMBER 16, 1906, TO OCTOBER 31, 1907.
Appointments made by the governor-general, with the advice and consent of the
Philippine Commission,
Insular Service.
Tomd^s Arguelles, member of the advisory board for the district of Sampaloc,
January 5; resignation.
Jos^ T. Patemo, member of the advisory board for the district of Santa Cruz,
February 2; resignation.
Jos^ R. Infante, member of the advisory l)oard for the district of Ermita,
February 2; resignation.
John T. Macleod, member of the jury for the Rlzal monument, February 1 ;
designation.
William E. Parsons, member of the jury for the Rizal monument, February
4; designation.
Executive bureau.
Frank W. Carpenter, assistant executive secretary, July 1 ; appointment.
Frank W. Carpenter, acting executive secretary, August 10; designation.
Robert M. Shearer, special agent, September 1; appointment.
Manuel M. Miranda acting chief of the division of archives, patents, copy-
rights, and trade-marks, October 7; designation.
Bureau of civil service.
Jos^ E. Alemany, acting director of civil service, December 15; designation.
Department op the interior.
James L. McGeary. assistant director of the weather-bureau, Ck?tober 19;
resignation.
Juan Comellas, assistant director of the weather bureau, October 20; appoint-
ment.
Marcus C. Terry, district health officer, San Fernando, Pampanga, October
26; resignation.
John D. Long, assistant director of health, November 1^; resignation.
Dr. W. B. Musgrave, professor of clinical medicine of the Philippine Medical
School, December 6; appointment.
Mariano Vivenclo del Rosario, assistant professor of chemistry of the Phil-
ippine Medical School, Deceml>er 6; appointment.
Dr. Benjamin L. Burdette, district health officer, December 4, 1906 : appoint-
ment.
Dr. Vlctoriano Crlsologo, district health officer, December 18, 1906; appoint-
ment
Dr. Paul C. Freer, professor of chemistry, Philippine Medical School, Septem-
ber 28, 1906 ; appointment.
Dr. Arlston Bautlsta Lin, professor of history of medicine, Philippine Medical
School, September 28, 1906 ; appointment.
Dr. Victor G. Helser, professor of hygiene and public health, Philippine Med-
ical School, September 28, 1906; appointment.
Dr. Jos^ Albert, professor of medical jurisprudence, Philippine Medical School,
September 28, 1906; appointment.
Dr. Harry T. Marshall, professor of pathology, Philippine Medical School,
September 28, 1906; appointment ^
571
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572 APPOtNTHBKTS MADE BY THB GOVEBKOB-OENBBAL.
Dr. John R. McDill, professor of surgery, Philippine Medical School, S^tem-
ber 28, 1906; appointmoit.
Dr. Richard P. Strong, professor of tropical medicine, Philippine Medical
School, September 28, 1906; appointment
H. N. Whitford, acting director of forestry, December 19, 1906; designation.
Miguel Saderra Maso, acting director of the weather bureau, December 28;
designation.
Dr. George L. Bunnell, district health officer, I>ecember 20, 1906; resignation.
Zach M. Laughlin, district health officer, February 12 ; appointment
James P. Monaghan, assistant director of the weather bureau, March 14;
resignation.
Jos6 Gorenas, assistant director of the weather bureau, Blarch 14; appoint-
ment
Dr. George E. Nesom, director of agriculture, August 1 ; appointmoit
DEPABTMENT of COIIMEBCE AND FOUCE.
Barry Baldwin, member of postal sayings bank inyestment board, November
7; appointment.
Lieut Ool. Walter L. Fisk, director of port works, October 25 : resignation.
Gol. Mark L. Hersey, assistant director of constabulary, October 27 ; appoint-
ment vice Capt. David J. Baker, Jr., relieved.
Ool. William C. Rivers, assistant director of constabulary, October 26; ap-
pointmait vice Capt. William S. Scott relieved.
Lieut. Wildurr Willing, U. S. Army, light-house engineer, January 5 ; appoint-
ment.
Harry H. Bandholtz, acting director of constabulary, April 14 ; designation.
Harry H. Bandholtz, director of constabulary, June 30 ; appointm^t.
Herman Hall, colonel and assistant director of constabulary, July 3 ; appoint-
ment
Peter Borseth, colonel and assistant director, bureau of constabulary, August
23; appointment
Thomas I. Mair, lieutenant-colonel and assistant director, bureau of constabu-
lary, August 23; appointment
Edward W. Griffith, lieutenant-colonel and assistant director, bureau of con-
stabulary, August 23; appointm^it
Charles H. Kendall, assistant director of public works, bureau of public
works, September 27; resignation.
DEPABTMENT OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE.
Juan Medina, assistant attorney, bureau of Justice, November 1 ; appointment
George R. Colton, Insular collector of customs, appointment effective upon
date of acceptance.
Percy M. Moir, judge of the court of first instance for the mountain district
January 24; appointment
J. Y. Hamilton, acting assistant insular treasurer, April 13 ; appointment.
George R. Harvey, acting attorney-general, July 1 ; designation.
Henry C. Bates, Judge of first instance for the ninth Judicial district August
6; resignation.
Percy M. Moir, Judge of the court of first instance for the third Judicial dis-
trict August 1 ; designation.
William F. Norris, Judge of the court of first instance, Tacloban and Catbalo-
gan, August 1; designation.
William F. Norris, Judge of the court of first instance for the ninth Judicial
district August 6; appointmait
John S. Powell Judge of the court of first instance, Atimonan, Tayabas, Au-
gust 1 ; designation.
James M. Ross, Judge of the court of first instance for the twelfth Judicial
district August 6; appointment
Juan Sumulong, Judge of the court of first instance at large, August 6; ap-
pointment
James Ross, Judge of the court of first instance, Borongan, Samar, August
16; designation.
Ramon AvanceQa, Judge of first instance, Mambajao, Camlguin Island, Caga-
yan de Misamls, September 2; designation.
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APPOIKTMEKTS MADE BY THE GOVERNOB-GENEBAL. 573
Juan Sumulong, Judge of first instance, Manila, to perform duties on Septem-
ber 6 ; designation.
Charles H. Smith, Judge of first instance, Sorsogon, fifteenth Judicial district,
September 12; designation.
Rafael Corpus, assistant attorney, bureau of Justice, October 1 ; appointment.
Jo86 C. Abreu, Judge of court of first instance, fifteenth Judicial district, to
perform duties at Calivo, Capiz, October 5 ; designation.
Percy M. Moir, Judge of first instance of the mountain district, to perform du-
ties at Puerto Prlncesa and Cuyo, Palawan, October 28 ; designation.
Dionisio Chanco, Judge of first instance, second Judicial district, to perform
duties at Bangued, subprovlnce of Abra, October 30 ; designation.
Department of public instruction.
Paul C. Freer, professor of chemistry, Philippine Medical School, effective De-
cember 20, 1906 ; appointment.
M. Oliver Semmes, chaplain of the Iwahig penal settlement, December 22; ap-
pointment.
Dr. Ariston Bautista Lin, member of the board of control, Philippine Medical
School, December 26, 1906 ; appointment.
B. B. Fisher, acting agent for the education of Filipino students in the United
States, December 21, 1906; designation.
Dr. Fernando 6. Calder6n, professor of history of medicine, Philippine Medical
School, January 22; appointment.
J. F. Eidmiston, director of cold storage, February 23 ; resignation.
Antonio Hernandez, externe in clinical medicine, Philippine Medical School,
July 1 ; appointment.
Francisco Castafieda, externe in obstetrics, Philippine Medloal School, July 1 ;
appointment.
Florentino Herrera, externe in obstetrics, Philippine Medical School, July 1 ;
appointment.
Dr. Philip K. Oilman, assistant professor of pathology and bacteriology, Phil-
ippine Medical School, June 11, 1907 ; appointment
Dr. E. H. Ruediger, associate professor of bacteriology and pathology, Phil-
ippine Medical School, July 20 ; appointment.
Dr. F. W. Dudley, associate professor of surgery, Philippine Medical School,
July 20 ; appointment
Pedro de Icasiano, externe in surgery, Philippine Medical School, July 1 ; ap-
pointment.
Salvador Vivencio del Rosarlo, instructor in hygiene, Philippine Medical
School, October 80; appointment
City of Manila.
Jesse George, first assistant prosecuting attorney, November 1 ; appointment
Clement L. Bouv^, second assistant prosecuting attorney, November 1; ap-
pointment.
Salvador Zaragosa, third assistant prosecuting attorney, November 1; ap-
pointment
Manuel Camus, assistant city attorney, November 1 ; appointment
Claudio Gabriel, register of deeds, October 31 ; resignation.
Joaquin Jaramillo, register of deeds, November 1 ; appointment.
Edmond Block, assistant city attorney, October 31; resignation.
Jos^ McMicking, acting sheriff, December 1 ; designation.
Jo86 M. Quintero, Justice of the peace, January 1 ; appointment
Pedro Ricafort, Justice of the peace, January 1 ; office abolished.
Ricardo Aguado, member of the advisory board for the district of Ermita,
February 11; appointment.
Dr. Ariston Bautista, member of the advisory board for the district of Quiapo,
February 15; appointment.
Juan Tuason, member of the advisory board for the district of Sampaloc, Feb-
ruary 15; appointment
Arcadlo Arellano, member of the advisory board for the district of Santa
Cruz, February 15; appointment.
Aguedo Velarde, examiner of titles, February 18 ; resignation.
Rafael Corpus, examiner of titles, February 18; appointment
Pedro Ricafort, auxiliary Justice of the peace, July 1 ; appointment
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67*4 APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR-GENBRAIi.
Jesse George, acting prosecuting attorney, May 1 ; designation.
Aylett B. Cotton, prosecuting attorney, July 23; resignation.
Jesse George, prosecuting attorney, July 23 ; appointment.
Arlston Bautista, member of advisory board, July 24 ; resignation.
Ramon B. Genato, member of advisory board, July 24 ; appointment
Charles A. Low, temiwrary Judge of the municipal court, July 31 ; designation.
Diego Gloria, first assistant prosecuting attorney, August 8; appointment.
J. M. Liddell, Judge of the municipal court, September 20 ; recdignatlon.
Charles A. Low, temporary Judge of the municipal court, September 20; des-
ignation.
Rafael Corpus, examiner of titles, September 30; reslgnatiiui.
Central Equalizing Boabo.
Julio AgcaollI, member. May 1 ; appointment.
Eduardo Felto, member. May 1 ; appointment.
Pablo Tecson, member, May 1 ; appointment
EiUrique Brlas, member. May 9; appointment
Enrique Brlas, member, resignation effective upon qualification of successor.
Julio Agcaoili, member, July 26 ; resignation.
Tomas Argtielles, member, July 17 ; appointment.
Supreme Court.
David Lewis Cobb, reporter of the decisions, August 1 ; appointment
Provinces.
agusan.
Frederick Johnson, governor, August 20; appointment.
Frederick Lewis, lieutenant-governor, subprovince of Bukidnon, August 20;
appointment.
Jose de la Rama, fiscal, October 1 ; appointment
Lot D. Lockwood, provincial treasurer, Agusan, October 7 ; appointment
ALBAT.
Juan Vyslntuan, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Gulnobatan, August 27; ap-
pointment revoked.
Jesus Anson, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Gulnobatan, August 27; appoint-
ment
Florentino Leonardo, Justice of the peace, Bato, October 5 ; appointment.
Emeterio Lopez, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Ligao, October 30; resigna-
tion.
Simeon Rlosa, Justice of the peace, Caramoan, December 14 ; resignation.
Bonifacio Magdaraog, Justice of the peace, Caramoan, December 14 ; appoint-
ment.
Camilo Rublo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Caramoan, December 14; ap-
pointment.
A'icente Tuason, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Ligao December 20 ; appoint-
ment
Luis Thomas, member of provincial board, December 29, 1906 ; appointment.
Angel Roco, Justice of the peace, Albay, February 5; resignation.
Felix Samson, Justice of the peace, Albay, February 15 ; appointment.
Clarence MacDonald, acting provincial treasurer, March 27; designation.
Juan de la Provldencia, Justice of the peace, Calolbon, March 14; resigna-
tion.
Mariano Solano, Justice of the peace, Calolbon, March 14 ; appointment.
Pedro Clemefia, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tlwi, March 14 ; resignation.
Bernardo Tuason, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tlwi, March 14; appoint-
ment
Enrique Villareal, Justice of the peace, Gulnobatan, April 30; resignation.
Macario Mercader, Justice of the peace, Gulnobatan, April 30; appointment.
B^ellx Samson, Justice of the peace, Albay, April 30; appointment revoked.
Albert E. Somersille, Justice of the pe&ce, Albay, April 30; appointment.
Macario Mercader, Justice of the i)eace, MallUpot, April 30; resignation.
Hermogenes Lorenzo, Justice of the peace, Malilipot, April 3P4 appointment
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APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVEBNOR-GENEBAL. 575
Clrlaco Loyola, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Malilipot, April 30; appoint-
ment.
Eduardo de Vera, justice of the peace, Pandau, May 6 ; resignation.
Jos^ de Vera, justice of the peace, Pandan, May 6; appointment.
Ignacio liianko, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tabaco, May 29; resigna-
tion.
Clrlaco Loyola, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Malilipot, June 28; appoint-
ment revoked.
Eustaquio Joson, lieutenant-governor of subprovince of Catanduanes, July
G ; resignation.
Felipe Usero, lieutenant-governor, Catanduanes, July 31; appointment
Juan Cabrera, auxiliary justice of the peace, Pandan, August 15; resigna-
tion.
Julian Ubalde, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Vlrac, August 30; resignation.
Vicente Martlllano, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Rapu-Rapu, October 4;
resignation.
Rufino Martinez, Justice of the peace, Libog, October 22 ; resignation.
AlfBOS CAMABINBS.
Santiago Guevara, member of the provincial board of tax appeals, October 1 ;
appointment.
EiUgracio B. Imperial, member of the provincial board of tax appeals, October
1; appointment
Manuel Key, member of provincial board, January 4 ; appointment
Salustiano F. Imperial, justice of the peace, Lagonoy, March 16; relieved.
Frank Klar, acting provincial treasurer, March 27 ; designation.
Pedro Esmeralda, justice of the peace, Lagonoy, April 30 ; appointment
Sotero Platon, justice of the peace, Minalabac, May 22 ; removal.
Francisco Eco, justice of the peace, Paracale, April 30 ; appointment
Agriplno Garcia, Justice of the peace, Slruma, June 8 ; resignation.
Fulgencio Contreras, fiscal, June 30; resignation.
Manuel Rey, member of provincial board, July 12 ; resignation.
Felix Canute, member of provincial board, July 12 ; appointment
Baldomero Imperial, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Baao, July 20; resignation.
Pablo Buena, auxiliary justice of the peace, I^abo, July 25 ; resignation.
Eusebio Serrano, auxiliary justice of the peace, Baao, August 19 ; appointment.
Agriplno Varde, auxiliary justice of the peace, Bato, August 20 ; resignation.
Felix Grageda, auxiliary justice of the peace, Bato, August 23 ; appointment
Maxlmino Fraxedes, justice of the peace, Bula, August 16 ; resignation.
Francisco Velez, auxiliary justice of the peace, Daet August 19 ; resignation.
Rafael Sierra, auxiliary justice of the peace, Daet August 19 ; appointment.
Mariano Tolentino, auxiliary justice of the peace, Gainza, August 20 ; resigna-
tion.
Juan Amador, auxiliary justice of the peace, Goa, August 27 ; resignation.
Glicerlo VUlaluz, justice of the peace, Labo, August 30 ; resignation.
Domingo Suarez, auxiliary justice of the peace, Gainza, September 2 ; appoint-
ment
Damlan Espafiol, justice of the peace, T^bo, September 2 ; appointment
Damlan Guzman, auxiliary justice of the peace, Labo, September 2 ; appoint-
ment
BSngraclo Imperial, auxiliary justice of the peace, Nueva Caceres, September
5; resignation.
Manuel Imperial, auxiliary justice of the peace, San Jos6, September 4 ; resig-
nation.
Juan Chaves, Justice of the peace, Slruma, September 2 ; appointment
Cayetano V. Salinas, auxiliary justice of the peace, Irlga, September 18;
resignation.
Tlmoteo Velasco, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Fernando, September 16 ;
removal.
Genaro Azcarraga, auxiliary justice of the peace, Buhl, September 25 ; resigna-
tion.
Rafael Serra, auxiliary justice of the peace, Daet, September 23 ; resignation.
Tomas Alfonso, auxiliary justice of the peace, San Fernando, September 20;
appointment.
Clpriano Filarca, auxiliary justice of the peace, Calabanga, October 4; resig-
nation.
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576 AFP0INTMBHT8 MADE BT THE GOVEBNOR-GBKEBAIj.
Jofl§ N. Glemente, anxillary Justice of the peace, Tigaon, Octobw 2 ; reslipm-
tion.
Tomas Flordellsa, proyincial fiscal, Octob^ 24; designation.
Francisco Bco, justice of tlie peace, Paracale, October 28 ; resignation.
ANTIQUE.
Jos6 Fontanilla, member of board of tax appeals, October 8 ; resignation.
SIxto Qnilino, member of board of tax appeals, October 6; appointment.
Pedro V. Jimenez, member of provincial board, December 12; appointment.
Simon Barcelo, Justice of the peace, Bugason, December 14; appointment de-
clined.
Juan Santarromana, Justice of the peace, Bugason, December 14; appoint-
ment.
Pedro Orquia, Justice of the peace, San Remigio, December 14 ; appointmoit
declined.
Manuel Abanto, Justice of the peace, San Remigio, December 14 ; appointment.
Bernardino Mendoza, Justice of the peace, Tibiao, December 14; appoint-
ment
Simplicio MontalYO, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tibiao, December 14;
appointment.
Pedro v. Jimraez, member of provincial board. May 2; resignation.
Biartin Iglesias, member of provincial board. May 2 ; appointment
Manuel Palacios, Justice of the peace, Culasi, May 20; resignation.
Rafael Apayart, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Patnongon, April 80; resig-
nation.
Mariano Salyani, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Patnongon, April 80 ; appoint-
ment
Mariano Kabayo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bugasong, April 80; resigna-
tion.
Francisco Tatoy, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bugasong, April 30; ap-
pointment
Juan Sangco, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Valderrama, June 6; resigna-
tion*
Jos6 Fontanilla, Justice of the peace, Sibalom, July 11 ; resignation.
Jos6 Alolod, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Culasi, September 8; resignation.
Tomas Insular, Justice of the peace, Dao, September 3 ; resignation.
Eulalio Nietes, Justice of the peace, San Jos6 de Buenavista, September 5 ;
resignation.
Ramon L. Parcon, Justice of the peace, Culasi, September 16 ; appointment
Fortunato Abiera, Justice of the peace, Dao, September 16 ; appointmoit
Juan Vitudio, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Valderrama, September 16; ap-
pointment
Ciriaco Erefia, Justice of the peace, San Jos^ de Buenavista, September 20;
appointment
Catalino Ferranco, auxiliary justice of the peace, Pandan, September 27;
resignation.
Jos6 Ygleslas, auxiliary justice of the peace, San Jos6 de Buenavista, Septem-
t>er 20 ; resignation.
Isidro Garcia, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Jos6 de Buenavista, Sep-
tember 20; appointment.
BATAAN.
Antonio Yazon, member of provincial board, December 12; appointment
Claro Pascual, Justice of the peace, Orani, December 15 ; resignation
Maximo Sioco, Justice of the peace, Orani, December 15 ; appointm^it
Luis Gonzales, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Abucay, January 8; resigna-
tion.
Apolinar Gutierrez, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Abucay, January 11 ; ap-
pointment
Esteban Santos, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Orion, June 18 ; resignation.
Dionisio F. Reyes, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Orion, August 19 ; appoint-
ment
Isabelo Silva, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Balanga, September 11 ; resigna-
tion.
Francisco Santamaria, provincial fiscal, September 24; designation.
Francisco Santa Maria, fiscal, October 1 ; appointment
Victor Macalincag, Justice of the peace, Dinalupihan, October 17 ; removal.
APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVERNOB-GENERAL. 577
BATAN0A8.
William N. Bish, acting proyincial treasurer, October 1 ; designation revoked.
Charles B. Winey, acting provincial treasurer, October 1 ; designation.
Florencio R. Caedo, member of provincial board, December 12 ; appointment
Vicente Paz Rillo, auxiliary justice of tbe peace, Balayan, December 14 ; ap-
pointment declined.
Juan Bahia y Leafio, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Balayan, December 14;
appointment.
Juan Reyes, justice of the peace, Ibaan, December 14 ; resignation.
Zusano Montalvo, justice of the peace, Ibaan, December 14; appointment.
Celestino Gutierrez, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Loboo, December 14; ap-
pointment declined.
Fernando Garcia, auxiliary justice of the peace, Loboo, December 14: ap-
pointment
Francisco Lejano, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Nasugbu, December 14; ap-
pointment declined.
Marcelo Ermita, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Nasugbu, December 14; ap-
pointment
Vicente Caraig, Justice of the peace, San Juan de Bocboc, December 14 ; re-
lieved.
Higino de Villa, Justice of the peace, San Juan de Bocboc, December 14 ; ap-
pointment.
Mariano Admana, Justice of the peace, Calaca, January 26 ; relieved.
Enrico Malabanan, justice of the peace, Lemery, January 21 ; appointment.
Ruperto Venturanza, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Lemery, January 21 ; ap-
pointment.
Antonio Goyena, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Juan de Bocboc, January
21; appointment
Edilberto Malabanan, Justice of the peace, Tallsay, January 21 ; appointment
Apolinar Laurel, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tallsay, January 21 ; appoint-
ment.
Eugenio Aranas, auxiliary justice of the peace, Bauan, March 20; resig-
nation.
Tomas Cuevas, auxiliary justice of the peace, Bauan, March 20 ; appointment
Manuel Dedal, Justice of the peace, Calaca, April 90 ; appointment
Manuel Dedal, justice of the peace, Calaca, July 29; resignation.
Petronilo Macatangay, Justice of the peace, Calaca, July 29; appointment.
Ramon Mangubat, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Calaca, July 29 ; appoint- .
ment
Ruperto Venturanza, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Lemery, August 7 ; resig-
nation. #
Francisco Quinio, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Ibaan, September 7 ; resigna-
tion.
Cipriano Buenviaje, Justice of the peace, Bauan, September 16 ; resignation.
Tomas Cuevas, Justice of the peace, Bauan, September 16; appointment.
Vicente Cordero, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bauan, September 16; ap-
pointment
Joaquin Trillanes, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Ibaan, September 16; ap-
I)ointment
Ruperto Venturanza. auxiliary Justice of the peace, Lemery, September 16;
resignation.
Doroteo I. Medina, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Lemery, September 16 ; ap-
pointment.
Higino de Villa, Justice of the peace, San Juan de Bocboc, September 19;
resignation.
Antonio Groyena, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Juan de Bocboc, Septem-
ber 16; resignation.
Arsenlo de Guzman, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Juan de Bocboc, Sep-
tember 16; appointment
Vicente Mendoza, Justice of the peace, Taal, September 18; appointment
Florentino Collantes, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tanauan, September 16 ;
resignation.
Ladislao Tapia, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tanauan, September 16; ap^
pointment.
Soflo Alandy, provincial fiscal, September 24 ; designation.
Teodoro H. Olgado, Justice of the peace, Lipa, October 1 ; resignation.
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578 APP0IKTMENT8 MADE BY THE GOVEBKOR-QENEBAL.
Santos Lopez, Justice of the peace, San Joan de Bocfooc, September 25; ap-
pointment.
Benito Arcega, justice of the p«ace, Nasugfou, October 8; resignation.
Benito Africa, Justice of the peace, Lipa, October 11 ; appointment
BENGUET.
Jolm O. Wagner, acting provincial governor, December 17 ; designation*
C. W. Olson, acting provincial treasurer, March 12 ; designation.
G. W. Olson, treasurer, April 25; appointment
BOHOL.
Claudio Ramirez, member of the provincial board of tax appeals, October 1 ;
appointment.
Timoteo Oppus, member of provincial board of tax appeals, October 1; ap-
pointment.
Pabk) D. Daral, Justice of the peace, Albuquerque, November 1 ; appointment
Carlos Tungol, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Albuquerque, November 1;
appointment
Pablo Castro, justice of the peace, Anda, November 1; appointment
Luclo Felisarta, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Anda, November 1; ap-
pointment.
Pedro Omila, Justice of the peace, Antequera, November 1; appointment.
Anacleto Balabis, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Antequera, November 1;
appointment.
Timoteo Oppus, Justice of the peace, Baclayon, November 1 ; appointment
Ricardo Loza, auxiliary justice of the peace, Baclayon, November 1 ; ap-
pointment.
Manuel Diamante, justice of the peace, Balililian, November 1 ; appointment
Francisco Racho, auxiliary justice of the peace, Balillhan, November 1;
appointment
Antonio Tiongco, justice of the peace, Batuan, November 1 ; appointment
Apolonio Sumapong, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Batuan, November 1;
appointment.
Mdrclal Baquial, justice of the peace, Bilar, November 1 ; appointment
Isidro Anub, auxiliary justice of the peace, Bllar, November 1 ; appointment
Manuel Mlfiosa, justice of the peace, Calape, Noveml)er 1; appointment
Fernando Bismonte, auxiliary justice of the peace, Calape, November 1;
appointment.
Ceferino Aparlcl, justice of the peace, Candljay, November 1 ; appointment
Patricio G. Cubelo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Candijay, November 1;
appointment.
Luis Bayao, justice of the peace. Carmen, November 1 ; appointment
Modesto Luengas, auxiliary justice of the peace. Carmen, November 1;
appointment
IL,eocadIo Mahlnay, justice of the peace, Corella, November 1 ; appointment
Macario Sinahon, auxiliary justice of the peace, Corella, November 1; ap-
pointment.
Emiliano Campos, Justice of the peace, Cortes, November 1 ; appointment
Eugenio Hangad, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Cortes, November 1; ap-
pointment.
Telesforo Loquillano, justice of the peace, Dauis, November 1 ; appointm^it
Severino Calrln, auxiliary justice of the peace, Dauis, November 1; appoint-
ment.
Jullano Magdales, justice of the peace, DImiao, November 1 ; appointment
Catalino Sale, auxiliary justice of the peace, Dimiao, November 1 ; appoint-
ment
Jos^ Baza, justice of the peace, Duero, November 1 ; appointment
Benigno Sale, auxiliary justice of the peace, Duero, November 1 ; appointment
Juan Cadiz, justice of the peace, Garcla-Hemandez, November 1 ; appointment
Gabriel Ranario, auxiliary justice of the peace, Garcia-Hemandez, November
1; appointment.
Aliplo Libres, Justice of the peace, Guindulman, November 1 ; appointment
Isidro Ranario, auxiliary justice of the peace, Guindulman, November 1 ; ap-
pointment.
Hermogenes Torrefranca, justice of the peace, Inabanga, November 1 ; appoint-
ment
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APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVEBNOB-GENEBAL. 579
Irieno Torres, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Inabanga, November 1 ; appoint-
ment.
Pastor Abrasi, justice of the peace, Jagna, November 1 ; appointment.
Demetrio Gablola, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Jagna, November 1; ap-
pointment.
Santiago Rosagaran, Justice of the peace, Jetafe, November 1; appointment.
Maximo Torreon, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Jetafe, November 1 ; appoint-
ment.
Nicol&s Clarin, Justice of the peace, Loay, November 1 ; appointment.
Ambrosio Sandubal, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Loay, November 1; ap-
pointment
Gregorio Rayo, Justice of the peace, Loboc, November 1 ; appointment
Desiderio Berhay, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Loboc, November 1 ; appoint-
ment
Marcelo Sabarlcos, Justice of the peace, Loon, November 1 ; appointment
Vlctoriano Mejorada, auxiliary Justice of the peace. Loon, November 1; ap-
pointment.
Tomas Botll, Justice of the peace, Mabinl, November 1 ; appointment
Leopoldo Bemales, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Mabinl, November 1; ap-
pointment.
Jacinto Valles, Justice of the peace, Maril)oJoc, November 1 ; appointment
Timoteo Korenas, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Maribojoc, November 1;
appointment
Albino Arcamo, Justice of the peace, Panglao, November 1 ; appointment
Liberato Estoquia, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Panglao, November 1;
appointment.
Florenclo Guatno, Justice of the peace, SevlUa, November 1 ; appointment
Juan Baquial, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Sevilla, November 1; appoint-
ment.
Qulntin Parojinog, Justice of the peace, Slerra-Bnllones, November 1 ; ap-
pointment
Macario Atup, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Sierra-Bullones, November 1;
appointment
Fernando Rocha, Justice of the peace, Tagbilaran, November 1 ; appointment
Miguel Parras, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tagbilaran, November 1;
appointment.
Eufemlo Mumar, Justice of the peace, Talil)on, November 1; appointment.
Rosendo E. Alonso, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Talibon, November 1;
appointment.
Antonio Cahllog, Justice of the peace, Valencia, November 1; appointment
Luciano Lagahlt, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Valencia, November 1;
appointment.
Pastor Abrau, Justice of the peace, Jagna, November 1, 1906; appointment
Alejandro Pastor, Justice of the peace, Tubigon, December 12; appointm^it
Macario Lumaln, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tubigon, December 12;
appointment
Ruperto Gablola, Justice of the peace, Ubay, December 12; appointment
Nicanor Reyes, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Ubay, December 12; appoint-
ment.
Macario Sarmlento, meml)er of provincial board; appointment effective Jan-
uary 1, 1907.
Manuel Diamante, Justice of the peace, Balillhan, January 11; resignation.
Macario Sarmlento, member of provincial board, February 5; a][)pointment
canceled.
Manuel Mlfioza, Justice of the peace, Calape, February 5; resignation.
Manuel Mlfioza, member of provincial board, February 5; appointment
John W. Hunter, provincial treasurer, February 27; appointment
Bonifacio Calope, Justice of the peace, Balillhan, June 29; appointment
Dionlsio de la Serna, Justice of the peace Calape, June 29 ; appointment
Fernando Rocha, Justice of the peace, Tagbilaran, June 29; resignation.
Servando Matiga, Justice of the peace, Tagbilaran, June 29 ; appointment
Eugenio Hangad, Justice of the peace, Cortes, August 6; resignation.
Leopoldo A. Bernales, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Mabinl, August 27 ; resig-
nation.
Ambrosio Sandoval, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Laoay, September 6; res-
ignation.
Ruperto Gablola, Justice of the peace, Ubay, September 6; resignation.
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APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE QOVEBlfOB-OENERAL.
Gregorio Rayo, justice of the peace, Loboc, September 21 ; reBignatiou.
Miguel Parras, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tagfoilaran, September 28;
resignation.
Luis Bagao, Justice of the peace, Carmen, October 2; resignation.
Demetrio Cabiola, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Jagna, October 10; resig-
nation.
Catalino Casefias, Justice of the peace, Jagna, October 17; resignation.
Manuel Mifiosa, member of provincial board, October 28; resignation.
BULACAN.
Nemesio Delfin Santiago, auxiliary Justice of the peace. Polo, October 18; ap-
pointment revoked.
Melecio Hernandez, auxiliary Justice of the peace. Polo, October 18; ap-
pointm^it.
Pedro Gallardo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santa Maria, November 9;
resignation.
Mateo Mendoza, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santa Maria, November 9;
appointment.
Miguel Siojo, Justice of the peace, San Miguel, December 13 ; relieved.
Herm6genes Reyes, member of provincial board, January 11 ; appointment
Basil G. Butler, acting provincial treasurer^ January 25 ; designation.
Basil G. Butler, acting provincial treasurer, January 1 ; designation.
Herm6genes Reyes, member of provincial board, February 18 ; resignation.
Lucio Maniquis, Justice of the peace, San Miguel, February 15; appointment.
D&maso Sempio, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Miguel, February 15;
resignation.
Rafael David, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Miguel, February 15; ap-
pointment
Domingo Tomacruz, Justice of the peace, Hagonoy, February 27 ; appointment.
Buenaventura Nazarlo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Hagonoy, February 27 ;
appointment
Ambrosio Delgado, member of provincial board, July 16 ; appointment
Inocencio M. Delgado, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Paombong, July 20;
resignation.
Felix Cabasal, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Paombong, July 20; appointment
Alfonso Nuke, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Calumpit August 6; resignation.
Vicente Torres, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Calumpit September 20; ap-
pointment
Epifauio de los Santos, fiscal, October 1 ; appointment
Carlos Morelos, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bulacan, October 7; resignation.
Silvino Lopez Jesus, Justice of the peace, Calumpit October 10; resignation.
Rafael David, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Miguel, October 10;
resignation.
CAGATAN.
Crescendo V. Maslgan, register of deeds, September 15; office abolished;
duties performed by provincial treasurer.
Teodoro A'alerla, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Baggao, October 18 ; appoint-
ment revoked.
Hlpollto Madamba, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Baggao, October 18; ap-
pointment
Plo Fajardo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Basco, October 20 ; resignation.
Santiago Reyes, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Claverla, October 18 ; resigna-
tion.
Vicente Tasis, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Claverla, October 18; appoint-
ment.
Antonio Carag, member of provincial board, November 16; appointment.
Juan C. Castlllejos, Justice of the i)eace, Basco, November 15 : resignation.
Vicente Barsana, Justice of the peace, Basco, December 14 ; appointment
Harry S. Hodgson, acting provincial treasurer, March 4; relieved.
Thomas R. Manus, acting provincial treasurer, March 4 ; designation.
Thomas R. Manus, acting treasurer. May 15; designation.
Bias Vlllamor, lieutenant-governor, subprovlnce of Apayao, May 14; ap-
pointment
Manuel Llttaua, Justice of the i)eace, Camalanlugan, May 16; removal.
Mariano Canlllas, Justice of the ijeace, Alcala, June 11 ; resignation.
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APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. 581
Hipolito Madamba, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Baggao, June 7; resigna-
tion.
Vicente Babaran, Justice of the peace, Enrile, June 8 ; resignation.
Pablo Guzman, governor, July 3 ; resignation. ,
Antonio Carag, governor, July 3 ; appointment.
George P. Banner, treasurer, July 2 ; api)olntment.
Gabriel I^asam, Justice of the peace, Solana, July 10 ; resignation.
Esteban Quinto, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tuguegarao, July 11 ; resigna-
tion.
Federico Comin, Justice of the peace, Mauanan, July 18; resignation.
Tomas Paclon, auxiliary Justice of the peace. Plat, July 29 ; resignation.
Agustin Pefiaflor, Justice of the peace, Iguig, August 15; resignation.
Constantino Lasam, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Gattaran, September 5;
resignation.
Luis Aguilar, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Lal-lo, September 6; resigna-
tion.
Dalmacio Guillermo, Justice of the peace. Pefia Blanca, September 6; resigna-
tion.
Fructuoso Santo Tomas, Justice of the peace. Plat, September 7; resigna-
tion.
Tomas Penetrante, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Iguig, September 10;
resignation.
Antonio Carag, Justice of the peace, Tuao, September 28; resignation.
Vicente Nepomuceno, October 1; appointment.
Juan Fagtanac, Justice of the peace, Dumalag, December 11; relieved.
Marclano Borromeo Yusay, provincial fiscal, January 1 ; appointment.
Jos^ Altavas, member of provincial board, January 4; appointment.
Martin Fabregar. Justice of the peace, Dumalag, January 21 ; appointment.
Hermogenes Kapunan, auxiliary' Justice of the peace, Jamindan, January 25 ;
resignation.
Gabriel Lumaqul, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Jamindan, January 21;
appointment.
Damaso Faeldonea, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Dumalag, February 27;
appointment.
Juan Andaya, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Mambusao, February 27 ; resig-
nation.
Diego Ticar, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Mambusao, February 27 ; appoint-
ment.
Jos4 Altavas, member of the provincial board, March 13; resignation.
George P. Banner, provincial treasurer, March 19; appointment
Jos^ Hernandez, member of provincial board, March 19; appointment.
Aqulllno Vlllagarcla, auxiliary Justice of the peace, luisan, March 25; resig-
nation.
Alejandro Balgos. auxiliary Justice of the peace, Panay, April 13; resignation.
Fablo Pelayo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Ibahay, April 26 ; resignation.
Catallno Solldum, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Ibahay, May 13; appoint-
ment
Franclsbo Andrada, auxiliary Justice of the peace, lulsan. May 6; appoint-
ment
Luis Yrada, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Mallnao, May 6; resignation.
Doroteo Imperial, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Mallnao, May 6; appoint-
ment
Juan Oquendo, Justice of the peace. New Washington, May 13; resignation.
Ramon Fuentes, Justice of the peace, New Washington, May 13 ; appointment.
Fllemon I^egaspi, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Panay, May 13 ; appointment.
Juan Delflu, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Panitan, June 8; resignation.
Natalie Pasis, Justice of the peace, Pilar, July 1 ; resignation.
Francisco Sanz, lieutenant-governor, subprovince of Romblon, July 9 ; appoint-
ment.
Joseph W. Crow, acting treasurer, July 11; designation.
Vicente Magallanes, Justice of the peace, Nabas, July 12 ; resignation.
Antonio Belo, Justice of the peace, Panay, June 29; resignation.
Santiago Belloslllo, Justice of the peace, Panay, June 29 ; appointment.
Longlnos Peralta, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Dao, August 29; resignation.
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582 APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVEBNOB-GENERAL.
Manuel Rabino, auxiliary justice of the peace, Oajidlocan, October 4 ; resig-
nation.
Tiburcio Dadivas, justice of tbe peace, Panitan, October 29; resignation.
CAVITE.
Wenceslao Viniegra, auxiliary justice of the peace, San Francisco de Mala-
bon, December 14; resignation.
Domingo Colmenar, auxiliary justice of the peace, San Francisco, de Malabon,
December 14; appointment.
Agriflno Javier, justice of the peace, Bacoor, December 20 ; appointment
Ellas Gninto, auxiliary justice of the peaces Bacoor, December 20; appoint-
ment.
Gatalino Nicolas, member of proyinclal board, December 29, 1906; appoint-
ment.
Eugenio Amedo, register of deeds, Jnly 3 ; resignation.
Francisco Santamarla, examiner of titles, July 13 ; designation.
Daniel Tirona, register of deeds, July 13 ; designation.
Emlliano T. Tirona, auxiliary justice of the peace, August 7; resignation.
Braulio Alejo, auxiliary justice of the peace, Naic, August 7 ; resignation.
Nazario Belmonte, justice of the peace, Santa, August 8; resignation.
Gatalino Nicolas, member of the provincial l)oard, August 31 ; resignation.
Anastasio Pingson, member of provincial board, September 13; designation.
Valentin Santos, auxiliary justice of the peace, Cavlte, September 20;
appointment.
Domingo Colmenar, auxiliary justice of the peace, San Francisco de Malabon,
September 27; resignation.
Manuel Angeles, auxiliary justice of the peace, Corregidor, October 4; tem-
porary disqualification.
Pantaleon Garcia, justice of the peace, Imus, October 8 ; resignation.
Pedro Lavlfia, justice of the peace, Silang, October 4 ; resignation.
Jos6 M. Angulo, justice of the peace, Noveleta, October 3 ; resignation.
Maximino Trias, justice of the peace, Noveleta, October 3 ; appointment.
Simeon Toledo, auxiliary justice of the peace, San Francisco de Malabon*
October 1 ; appointment.
Francisco Santa Maria, fiscal, October 1; appointment.
Numerlano Salazar, auxiliary justice of the peace, Indang, October 11;
resignation.
Constancio Topaclo, justice of the peace, Imus, October 11 ; appointment.
Antonio Ramos, justice of the peace, Silang, October 5 ; appointment
CEBU.
Tranquilino Ruiz, justice of the peace, Alegrla, January 21 ; appointment
Carlos Tomaquinto, auxiliary justice of the peace, Alegria, January 21;
appointment.
Simeon Nengasca, justice of the peace, Aloguinsan, January 21 ; appointment
Salvador Par&s, auxiliary justice of the peace, Aloguinsan, January 21;
appointment.
Felix Noel, justice of the peace, Asturias, January 21; appointment.
Severino Sevllla, auxiliary justice of the peace, Asturias, January 21; ap-
pointment.
Ananias Pio, justice of the peace, Balamban, January 21 ; appointment
Filomeno Narvios, auxiliary justice of the peace, Balamban, January 21
appointment.
Juan Vlllarreal, justice of the peace, Boljo-on, January 21 ; appointment
Vlctoriano Vlllanueva, auxiliary justice of the peace, Boljo-on, January 21
appointment
Adrlano EMriquez, justice of the peace, Carcar, January 21; appointment
I..eocadio Marcenilla, auxiliary justice of the peace, Carcar, January 21
appointment.
Marcelo Semense, justice of the peace, Catmon, January 21 ; appointment
Slmplicio Nufieza, auxiliary justice of the peace, Catmon, January 21; ap-
pointment.
Gregorlo Bajarias, justice of the peace, Dalaguete, January 21 ; appointment
Uilarlon Buenconsejo, auxiliary justice of the peace, Dalaguete, January 21 ;
appointment.
Augustin Tito, justice of the peace, Danao, January 21 ; appointment
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APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE QOVEBKOB-GENERAL. 588
Gervasio Gandlongco, auxiliary justice of the peace, Danao, January 21;
appointment.
Vicente Segovia, Justice of the peace, Dumanjug, January 21; appointment.
Eladio Alpuerto, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Dumanjug, January 21;
appointment.
Gablno Cingco, Justice of the peace, Malabuyoc, January 21 ; appointment
Pedro Limbaga, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Malabuyoc, January 21;
appointment
Marcelino Behaves, Justice of the peace, Mandaue, January 21 ; appointment.
Andres Peres, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Mandaue, January 21 ; appoint-
ment
Victor Tumalac, Justice of the peace, Medellln, January 21 ; appointment
Arsenio Glfmaco, meml>er of the provincial board of tax appeals, October 1 ;
appointment.
Dionisio Jakosalem, member of the provincial board of tax appeals, October
1 ; appointment
Dionisio Jalcosalem, member of l>oard of tax appeals, November 26 ; resigna-
tion.
Dionisio Jalcosalem, member of provincial board, November 19; appointment.
Tomas Alonso, member of board of tax appeals, December 13; appointment.
Lorenzo Albarracln, Justice of the peace, Argao, December 18; appointment.
Gomelio Mlnosa, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Argao, December 18; ap-
pointment
Esteban Gonzaga, Justice of the peace, Badian, Deceml>er 18; appointment.
Eugenie Divlnagracia, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Badian, December 18;
appointment
Fortunato Villaseran, Justice of the peace, Bantayan, December 18 ; appoint-
ment
Felizberto Escario, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bantayan, December 18;
appointment.
Miguel Abad, Justice of the peace, Barill, December 18 ; appointment
Mariano Abad del Pilar, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Barill, December 18 ;
appointment
Jos^ Briz, Justice of the peace, Bogo, December 18; appointment.
Teodorico Rodriguez, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bogo, December 18; ap-
pointment
Cirlaco Distora, Justice of the peace, Borbon, December 18 ; appointment.
Florentine MontelM)n, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Borbon, December 18;
appointment
Fabio Buot Justice of the peace, Carmen, December 18; appointment.
Juan Singson, Justice of fhe peace, Oebu, December 18 ; appointment.
Jos6 Vafio, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Cebu, December 18 ; appointment
Mariano Cirico, Justice of the peace, Ginatllan, December 18; appointment
Esteban Ybo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Ginatllan, December 18; ap-
pointment
Marcelo Pilapil, Justice of the peace, Liloan, December 18; appointment
Rafael Jumapao, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Liloan, December 18; ap-
pointment.
Antorico Cafiares, Justice of the peace, Mingianilla, December 18; appoint-
ment.
Jos6 Lim, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Mingianilla, December 18 ; appoint-
ment.
Aurella, Pareja, Justice of the peace. Open, December 18 ; appointment.
Silvino Cusip, auxiliary Justice of the peace. Open, December 18; appoint-
ment
Vicente Mansueto, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Medellln, January 21 ; ap-
pointment.
Melecio Lambo, Justice of the peace, Moalbual, January 21 ; appointment
Brigido Gaco, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Moalbual, January 21 ; appoint-
ment
Fllomeno Chiong, Justice of the peace, Naga, January 21 ; appointment.
Vicente Tolentino, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Naga, January 21 ; appoint-
ment.
Andres Complete, Justice of the peace, Oslob, January 21 ; appointment
Andres Luna, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Oslob, January 21; appoint-
ment.
Hugo Torres, Justice of the peace. Pilar, January 21 ; appointment
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584 APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE QOVERNOB-QENEBAL.
Teodoiico Nepomnceno» auxiliary justice of the peace. Pilar, January 21 ; ap-
pointment.
Martin Gema, Justice of the peace, Plnamungajan, January 21 ; appolntm^t
Francisco Enrlques, auxiliary justice of the peace, Plnamungajan, January
21; appointment.
Ellas Rosal, justice of the peace, Samboan, January 21 ; appolntmait.
Julio Mascardo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Samboan, January 21; ap-
pointment
Simeon Olof ernes. Justice of the peace, San Francisco, January 21 ; appoint-
ment.
Mateo Campus, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Francisco, January 21;
appointment.
Vicente Abad, justice of the peace, San Remlgio, January 21 ; appointment.
Victorio SInuning, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Remiglo, January 21 ;
appointment.
Joaquin Ilustrisimo, justice of the peace, Sibonga, January 21 ; appointm^it
Ruflno Reynes, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Sibonga, January 21 ; appoint-
ment.
Carlos Arpon, Justice of the peace, Tal>ogon, January 21 ; appointment.
Vicente Berenguel, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tat)ogon, January 21 ; ap-
pointment.
Luis Hermosa, Justice of the peace, Talisay, January 21 ; appointment.
Caspar Gerali, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Talisay, January 21 ; appoint-
ment.
Bonifacio Alburo, Justice of the peace, Toledo, January 21 ; appointment.
Jo86 Rodriguez, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Toledo, January 21; appoint-
ment
Higlno Brigoll, Justice of the peace, Tuburan, January 21 ; appointment
Tlvez Gallardo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tuburan, January 21 ; appoint-
ment
Lucas Martinez, Justice of the peace, Tudela, January 21 ; appointment
Isidro Garcia, auxiliary justice of the peace, Tudela, January 21 ; appoint-
ment.
Simeon Nengasca, Justice of the peace, Alogulsan, July 10; resignation.
Sergio Osmefia, governor, July 24 ; resignation.
Eugene Gamett, acting governor, July 24 ; designation.
Dionlslo Jaltosalem, provincial governor, July 31; designation.
Leonclo Alburo, member of the provincial board, July 31 ; designation.
Paclflco V. Gonzaga, Justice of the peace, Badlan, August 20; resignation,
Fablo Buot, Justice of the peace. Carmen, October 3 ; resignation.
Marcelo Pilapll, Justice of the peace, Liloan, October 3 ; resignation.
Valentin Cema, Justice of the peace, Plnamungajan, October 3 ; resignation.
Gervasio P. Gandlongko, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Danao, October 7;
resignation.
A^lctor Tumulac, Justice of the peace, MedelUn, October 9 ; resignation.
Higlno R. Brigoll, Justice of the peace, Tuburan, October 7 ; resignation*
Bernardo Basan, auxiliary Justice of the peace. Carmen, October 30 ; resigna-
tion.
Sal)as Sollnap, auxiliary justice of the peace, Santa Barbara, October 18 ; ap-
pointment revoked.
Al^o Allnglo, auxiliary justice of the peace, Santa Barbara, October 18 ; ap-
pointment.
Juan de Leon, member of provincial board, December 29 ; appointment.
F. M. Cull, acting provincial treasurer .January 21 ; designation canceled.
W. W. Barclay, acting provincial treasurer, January 21 ; designation.
Leonclo Melocoton, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Arevalo, January 19 ; resig-
nation.
Manuel Casten, Justice of the peace, Buena vista, January 18 ; relieved.
Ignaclo Ramos, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Oton, January 25; resignation.
Slnforoso Cadiz, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Oton, January 21; appoint-
ment
Francisco Dlocsou, Justice of the peace, Arevalo, February 21 ; resignation.
Cornello Chaves, Justice of the peace, Arevalo, February 21 ; appointment.
Pablo Varona, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Arevalo, February 21 ; appoint-
ment
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APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVERNOB-GENEftAL. 585
Cristeto Gonora, Justice of the peace, Buena vista, February 21 ; appointment
Francisco Gotera, justice of the peace, Guim^al, April 18 ; resignation.
Charles C. McLain, treasurer, April 30; removal.
Juan de Licon, member of provincial board, June 14, resignation.
Jos6 Lopez Vito, member of the provincial board, June 28 ; appointment.
Exequlel Estepar, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Passi, June 26 ; resignation.
Miguel Gomarino, Justice of the peace, Guimbal, June 29 ; appointment.
Nicolas Cambronero, Justice of the peace, Leon, August 21 ; resignation.
Fred. L. Wilson, treasurer, August 30 ; appointment
Comello Chaves, Justice of the peace, Arevalo, September 3 ; resignation.
Norberto Girado, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Guimbal, September 4 ; resig-
nation.
Gregorio Pedrola, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Cabatuan, October 2; res-
ignation.
Raymundo Canillas, Justice of the peace, Leon, September 25; appointment
Fernando Avance£Sa, justice of the iJeace, Arevalo, October 1 ; appointment.
ILOILO.
Ruperto Montinola, fiscal, October 31 ; resignation.
ILOCOS NORTE.
Baldomero P. Evangelista, Justice of the peace, Laoag, December 1 ; resigna-
tion.
Pancraclo Adiarte, member of provincial board, December 12; appointment.
Celestino Peralta, acting provincial secretary, Deceml)er 15; designation.
Antonio Adiarte, Justice of the peace, Laoag, Deceml>er 14; appointment.
Casimiro Garcia, auxiliary justice of the peace, Batac, January 11 ; appoint-
ment canceled.
Fernando Quiaoit, auxiliary justice of the peace, Batac, January 11; ap-
pointment.
Daniel Apostol, Justice of the peace, Batac, March 22 ; resignation.
Fernando Quiaoit, Justice of the peace, Batac, April 30 ; appointment.
Sabas S. Ventura, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Batac, April 30; appoint-
ment.
Antonio Diaz, auxiliary justice of the peace, Paoay, June 25 ; resignation.
Ciriaco Agulrre, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Pasuquin, June 25; resigna-
tion.
Domingo Caluya, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Plddig, September 2 ; resigna-
tion.
Canuto Madamba, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Piddlg, September 2; ap-
pointment.
Antonio Garalde, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bangui, September 10;
resignation.
Andres Lazo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bacarra, September 26 ; resigna-
tion.
Policarpo Soriano, provincial fiscal, October 3; resignation.
Juan Aguda, 2**, auxiliary justice of the peace, Pasuaquin, October 1; ap-
pointment.
Manuel Aquino, Justice of the peace, Plddig, October 10 ; removal.
Esteban Lagasca, justice of the peace, Plddig, October 11; appointment
Tlmoteo Rabago, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bangui, October 1; appoint-
ment
Marcos Navarro, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Paoay, October 1; appoint-
ment
ILOCOS SUB.
Leonard G. Dawson, acting provincial treasurer, December 27 ; designation.
Cornello Querubin, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bucay, January 3; resig-
nation.
Andres Bemardez, auxiliary justice of the peace, Bucay, January 3 ; appoint-
ment.
Mariano Torrijos, justice of the peace, Bangued, February 12 ; appointment.
Claude D. Upington, provincial treasurer, February 27 ; appointment.
Ruflno Viloria, justice of the peace, Narvacan, March 11 ; appointment.
Julian Bernal, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Narvacan, March 11 ; appoint-
ment.
Ramon G. Tolentino, justice of the peace, Magsingal, March 25 ; resignation.
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586 APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE QOVEBNOB-GENEBAL.
Vicente SingsoD Encaniacl6n/ flBcal, March 19; resignation.
Luis Encarnacl6n, fiscal, Man^ 19; appointment
Juan Valera, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bangned, March 19; appointment.
Ellas Guerrero, auxiliary justice of the peace, Lapog, April 26; resignation.
Angel Talavera, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santa Cruz, May 13; resig-
nation.
Mariano Aquino, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Lapog, May 6; appointment.
I^eon Guerrero, Justice of the peace, Magslngal, April 30 ; appointment
Justo Tolentlno, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Magslngal, April 30; appoint-
ment.
Pedro Festejo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santa Lucia, May 6; resig-
nation.
Claro Rldad, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santa Lucia, May 6 ; appointment
Cosme Manzano, Justice of the peace, Tagudln, June 14 ; resignation.
Jo86 M. Valle, register of deeds, July 8; resignation.
Fernando Ferrer, register of deeds, July 15 ; designation.
Luis Encarnaci6n, examiner of titles, July 15; designation.
Le6n T. Cordero, Justice of the peace, Narvacan, February 4 ; resignation.
Buenaventura Belmonte, Justice of the peace, Santa, August 14 ; appointment
Hilarlon Yadao, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Slnalt August 23 ; resignation.
Rosauro Agbayanl, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Slnalt, August 23 ; appoint-
ment.
Tomas Advincula, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santa, August 26 ; appoint-
ment
Sotero Serrano, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Vlgan, August 28 ; resignation.
Ellas P. Abaya, Justice of the peace, Vlgan, September 3 ; resignation.
Andres Bemardez, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bucay, September 10; resig-
nation.
Tranquilino Batoon, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bucay, September 12 ; ap-
pointment.
Esteban Paredes, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santa Cruz, September 20;
appointment.
Sever Ino Sebastian, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santa Maria, Sept^nber 27 ;
resignation.
Anacleto Calip, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santiago, September 27 ; resig-
nation.
Gregorio Miranda, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santiago, October 1; ap-
pointment.
Valeriano Lalln, auxiliary Justice of the peace. La Paz, October 29 ; resigna-
tion.
ISABELA.
Irlneo Eomoseng, Justice of the peace, Ilagan, October 29 ; resignation.
Marclano Salinas, Justice of the peace, Ilagan, December 15 ; appointment
Alberto Paggao, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Ilagan, December 15 ; appoint-
ment.
Luis F. Santos, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santa Maria, December 14;
appointment declined.
Valeriano Esguerra, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santa Maria, December 14 ;
appointment.
Domingo Damatan, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Cauayan, January 30;
resignation.
Miguel Unsen, provincial treasurer, February 27 ; appointment.
Tomfls Gollayan, member of provincial board, March 15 ; appointment.
Antonio Caullan, Justice of the peace, Palanan,* March 29; appointment
Marclano Salinas, Justice of the peace, Ilagan, September 3; resignation.
Vicente NeiK>muceno, fiscal, October 1; appointment.
Juan Amlstad, Justice of the peace, Tumaulni, October 4; resignation.
LA LAOUNA.
Numerlano Bonifacio, member of board of tax appeals, October 2; resigna-
tion.
German Magplly, member of board of tax appeals, October 1 ; appointment
Marcos Paulino, member of provincial board, November 16 ; appointment.
Thomas Embry, Justice of the peace, Los Bafios, December 14 ; resignation.
Juan Cordova, Justice of the peace, Los Bafios, December 14 ; appointment.
NIcasio C. Villegas, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Los Bafios, December 14 ;
resignation.
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APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVEBNOB-GENEBAL. 587
Mariano Marforl, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Los Bafios, December 14;
appointment.
Crispin Oben, Justice of the peace, Pagsanjan, January 19 ; resignation.
Francisco Amante, Justice of the peace, San Pedro Tunasan, January 21;
appointment.
Anastasio Olivares, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Pedro Tunasan, Janu-
ary 21; appointment.
Juan F. Alvarez, Justice of the peace, San Pablo, February 15 ; resignation.
Segundo Abrera, Justice of the peace, San Pablo, February 15; appointment.
Juan Quesada, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Paete, April 30 ; resignation.
Manuel Madrigal, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Paete, April 30; appoint-
ment.
Sinforoso Gomez, Justice of the peace, Pagsanjan, April 30 ; appointment.
Felix Dollosa, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Majayjay, April 30 ; resignation.
Andres Tuviera, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Majayjay, April 30 ; appoint-
ment.
Basilio Aguinaldo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santa Rosa, April 30;
resignation.
David Zaballa, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santa Rosa, April 30 ; appoint-
ment.
Mariano G. Oliva, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Oalauan, June 8; resigna-
tion,
Mariano Marforl, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Los Bafios, June 19 ; resig-
nation.
Francisco Amante, Justice of the peace, San Pedro Tunasan, June 18; resig-
nation.
Hlginio Benitez, fiscal, July 15; resignation.
Oscar Soriano, fiscal, July 16; appointment.
Andres Galena, Justice of the peace, Lumban, October 2 ; resignation.
Anastasio T. Olivares, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Pedro Tunasan,
October 2; resignation.
Marcos Badiola, Justice of the peace, Lilio, October 4 ; resignation.
Fausto Daduroy, Justice of the peace, Lumban, Octol)er 3 ; appointment.
Abraham de Guia, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Pangil, October 11 ; resigna-
tion.
Clrilo Guevara, Justice of the peace, San Pedro Tunasan, October 4 ; appoint-
ment.
Perfecto Dimaguila, Justice of the peace, Lllio, October 5 ; appointment.
Manuel Madrigal, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Paete, October 25 ; resigna-
Uon.
LKPANTO-BONTOC.
W. F. Hale, lieutenant-governor, subprovince of Kalinga, May 14; appoint-
ment.
Juan Dacio, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tagudin, July 12 ; resignation.
Walter F. Hale, lieutenant-governor, subprovince of Amburayan, September
3; designation.
Eulalio Valdes, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tagudin, September 12; ap-
pointment.
LETTE.
Rafael Martinez, member of board of tax appeals, October 3 ; resignation.
Valeriano Velarde, member of board of tax appeals, October 3 ; appointment.
Pablo Dapitan, auxiliary Justice of the peace. Aimer ia, October 18 ; appoint-
ment, vice Felix Victorloso, who has declined the appointment.
Joaquin Canals, Justice of the peace, Baybay, October 18; appointment, vice
Domingo Torres, who has declined the appointment.
Ricardo Ponce, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Baybay, October 18; appoint-
ment, vice Joaquin Canals, appointed Justice of the peace.
Vicente Navales, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Inopacan, October 18;
appointment, vice Feliciano Bismar, resigned.
Emilio Velasco, auxiliary Justice of the peace. Naval, October 18; appoint-
ment.
Anastasio Veloso, Justice of the peace, San Ricardo, October 18 ; appointment,
vice Eugenio Torralba, deceased.
Mariano Cabilte, Justice of the peace, Sogod, October 18 ; appointment.
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588 APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL,
Gregoiio Levlste, auxiliary. Justice of the peace, Sogod, Ckitober 18 ; appoint-
ment
Dionislo Zabalsa, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Hilongos, December 5;
appoiDtment revoked.
Francisco Enage y Abella, member of provincial board, February 12 ; appoint-
ment.
Catalino Tarcela, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Abuyog, March 1; appoint-
ment revoked.
Espiridion Verra, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Abuyog, March 11 ; appoint-
ment.
Patricio PeQas, Justice of the peace, Barugo, June 29; resignaticm.
Jos§ Avestruz Astorga, Justice of the peace, Barugo, June 29 ; appointment.
Felipe Suarez, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Inopacan, June 29; appointment.
Manuel Martinez, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Palompon, July 15; rest^aia-
tion.
Edward H. Jennings, acting governor, July 18; designation.
Elenterlo Pil, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Matalom, July 18 ; appointment.
Vicente Diaz, provincial governor, Tacloban, August 7; designation.
Francisco E2nage y Abella, member of provincial board, S^tember 9 ; resigna-
tion.
Comelio Manalo, Justice of the peace, Alangalang, September 12 ; resignation.
Domingo de Veyra, Justice of the peace, Alangalang, September 12 ; appoint-
ment.
Eugenio Brillo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tacloban, September 18 ; resig-
nation.
Eduardo Enage, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Maasln, September 23; resig-
nation.
Estanislao Piczon, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Hindang, October 1 ; resigna-
tion.
Silver io Zamora, Justice of the peace, Ormoc, October 10; resignation.
Ricardo Ponce de Leon, auxiliary Justice of the i>eace, Baybay, October 24;
resignation.
Pedro A. Pacafia, Justice of the peace, Caiblran, October 18; resignation.
Simeon Bardlllon, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Dagami, October 22 ; resig-
nation.
Inocentes Villaflor, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Hinunanga, October 22 ; res-
ignation.
Godofredo Lago, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Leyte, October 23; resigna-
tion.
Ruperto Oddo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Isidro, October 22; resig-
nation.
Antonio T. Lopez, Justice of the peace, Tolosa, October 24 ; resignation.
Carlos Victorino, Justice of the peace, Ormoc, October 11 ; appointment.
MINDOBO.
William O. Smith, acting supervisor-treasurer, December 5; relieved.
Fred Goble, acting supervisor-treasurer, December 5 ; designation.
Soflo Alandy, fiscal, October 1; appointment.
MISAMIS.
Nicolas Capistrano, member of provincial board, January 1, 1907; appoint-
ment.
Apollnar Cabibll, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Oroquieta, January 18 ; res-
ignation.
Pedro Rodrigo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Oroquieta, January 21; ap-
pointment.
Nicolas Capistrano, member of provincial board. May 7 ; resignation.
Anselmo Bemad, Justice of the peace, Misamis, June 14 ; resignation.
Francisco Soriano, fiscal, June 27; resignation.
Jos^ de la Rama, fiscal, July 13; appointment
William M. Gracey, acting treasurer. July 25; designation.
William M. Gracey, provincial treasurer, July 31 ; appointment.
Celedonio R. Gonzales, Justice of the peace, Misamis, August 23 ; appointment.
Tlburcio K. Soriano, auxiliary Justice of the i)eace, Misamis, August 23: ai>-
pointment.
Tomas Pecho, Justice of the peace, Dinagat, August 12 ; removal.
Jose de la Rama, fiscal, October 1 ; appointment.
Ponclano Maturan, Justice of the peace, Jimenez, Octob^ 4 -resignation. [^
APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVEBNOB-GENEBAL. 589
Arcadlo Pader, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tallsayan, Octol)er 23 ; resigna-
tion.
Martin Uabe, auxiliary Justice ot the peace, Initao, October 31 ; resignation.
Manuel Magno, Justice of the peace, Jimenez, October 5; appointment
Felix Aranas, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Mambajao, October 25 ; resigna-
tion.
MOBO.
Ricliard Campbell, attorney, appointment effect ive upon Attorney John E.
Springer's assumption of the duties of the office of Judge of the court of first
instance for the fourteenth Judicial district.
Ignacio Ortuoste, Justice of the peace, Cotabato, September 22 ; resignation.
A. McClellan, Justice of the peace, Padada ; appointment efTective from date of
qualification.
Jos^ Francisco, auxiliary Justice of the peace. Parang; appointment efTective
from date of qualification.
E. A. Harwart, Justice of the peace, Margosa Tubig, December 6 ; resignation.
Dalmacio Papa, Justice of the peace, Cotabato, December 14; apiwintment.
Richard Campbell, acting examiner of titles, December 20, 1906 ; designation.
J. M. Browne, Justice of the peace, Lamitan, January 3; appointment can-
celed.
Lieut. Harold H. Johnson, P. C, Justice of the peace, Tucuran, January 16;
appointiuent canceled.
Lieut G. Arthur Hadsell, U. S. Army, Justice of the peace, Malabang, Febru-
ary 4 ; resignation.
Karl D. Klemm, Justice of the peace, Malabang, February 27 ; appointment
Florentino L. Reyes, Justice of the peace, Dapitan, June 3 ; resignation.
Sixto Hamoy, Justice of the peace, Dapitan, June 3 ; appointment
Damaso Suazo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Davao, June 3 ; resignation.
Ricardo Pelayo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Davao, June 3 ; appointment
James M. Love, Jr., Justice of the peace, Lanao, July 20; resignation.
L. J. Mygatt Justice of the peace. Parang, July 16 ; resignation.
Jesse Gaston, Justice of the peace, Dansalan, Lanao district, August 10; ap-
pointment.
Perfecto Antonio, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Matl, August 14; resignation.
Ignacio Masankay, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Mati, August 14; appoint-
ment.
NUEVA ECIJA.
Juan Enrlquez, Justice of the peace, Talavera, November 24; relieved.
Petronilo Reyes, Justice of the peace, Talavera, December 14 ; appointment
Francisco Morales y Magat member of provincial board, February 12; ap-
pointment.
Santiago Lucero, provincial fiscal, February 15; appointment.
Nicolas del Rosario, Justice of the peace, Cabanatuan, March 20; resignation.
Antonio Jimenez, Justice of the peace, Cabanatuan. March 20; appointment
Tomas Maddela, acting secretary-treasurer, July 6; designation.
Isauro Gabaldon, governor; resignation effective on qualification of successor.
Marcellno Roque, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Allaga, June 20; resignation.
Fellno Cajocom, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Allaga, June 29; appointment
Juan Nllo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Licab, June 29; resignation.
Euseblo Cabanding, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Licab, June 29; appoint-
ment.
Sixto Viterbo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Talavera, July 12; resignation.
Manuel Tinio, governor, July 15; appointment
Juan Valino, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Talavera, July Ifi; appointment.
Irlneo de Guzman, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Cabanatuan, July 29, resig-
nation.
Catalino Yap, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Cabanatuan, July 29; appoint-
ment.
Jos^ Villajuan, Justice of the peace, Pantabangan, August 9 ; resignation.
Francisco Villajuan, Justice of the peace, Pantabangan, August 9; appoint-
ment.
Buenaventura Tablng, Justice of the peace, San Juan de Guimba, Sei)tember
9; resignation.
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590 APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE QOVEBNOB-OENERAL.
Paulo Medina, Justice of the peace, San Juan de Guimba, September 9; ap-
pointment.
Regino Vigilia, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Juan de Guimba, Septem-
•ber 12; resignation.
Andres de Ocampo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Juan de Guimba, Sep-
tember 12; appointment
Fellno Cajucom, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Aliaga, September 20; ap-
pointment revoked.
Jos^ Moreno, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Aliaga, September 20; appoint-
ment
Santiago Lucero, fiscal, October 1; appointment
Andres de Ocampo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Juan de Guimba,
October 4 ; resignation.
Francisco Morelos y Magat, member of the provincial board, October 19;
resignation.
Benito Natlvidad, member of the provincial board, October 19 ; resignation.
NUEVA VISCAYA.
Levi E. Case, justice of the peace, Quiangan, August 23; appointment
Capt. Levi E. Case, acting provincial governor, October 9; designation.
Tomas Maddela, secretary-treasurer, November 1; designation.
OCCIDENTAL NEGBOS.
Jos^ Robles, Justice of the peace, Blnalbagan, October 18; appointment, vice
Severo Abeto, who has declined the appointment
Ramon de la Paz, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Binalbagan, October 18:
appointment, vice Aliplo Gemalin, who has declined the appointment
Dimas Lagtapon, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Hinigaran, October 18;
appointment, vice Ramon Gorres, who has declined the appointment
Isabelo Labaro, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Murcia, October 18; appoint-
ment, vice Ceferlno Domingo Lim, resigned.
Felix Montinola, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Saravia, October 19; resig-
nation.
Ines Alcala, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Sararia, October 19 ; appointment
Slnforoso Arceo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Victorias, October 18; appoint-
ment, vice Crervasio Ascalon, who has declined the appointment
Leandro Locsln, member of provincial board, December 6; appointment
Dimas Lagtapon, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Hinigaran, February 13;
appointment canceled.
Roque Hontlveros, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Hinigaran, February 13;
appointment.
Cornel io de la Rama, Justice of the peace, Murcia, February 15; resignation.
Catalino Sales, Justice of the peace, Murcia, February 15; appointment.
Isabelo Lavaro, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Murcia, February 15; ap-
pointment canceled.
Jo86 Benares, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Murcia, February 15; appoint-
ment.
Ines Alcala, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Saravia, February 13; appoint-
ment canceled.
Justo Cuaycong, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Saravia, February 13; ap-
pointment.
Julio Hernandez, auxiliary Justice tof the peace, Sllay, February 19; resig-
nation.
Julius S. Rels, provincial treasurer, March 31; resignation.
Edward A. McCreary, provincial treasurer, March 27; appointment
Mariano Hilado, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Silay, March 20; appoint-
ment
Vicente S. Locsin, Justice of the peace. La Carlota, March 19 ; resignation.
Angel Araneta, Justice of the peace, La Carlota, March 19 ; appointment
Marcelo Baldera, auxiliary Justice of the peace. La Carlota, March 19; ap-
pointment.
Silverio Vicente, Justice of the peace, San Carlos, April 17 ; relieved.
Jos6 V. L. Gonzaga, Justice of the peace, Bacolod, July 31 ; resignation.
Jo8(^ Villadelgado, Justice of the peace, Bacolod, July 31 ; appointment
Julian Segovia, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bago, September 3; resigna-
tion.
Filemon Corral, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Villadolid, October 21 ; resig-
nation.
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APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVEENOE-GENERAL. 591
OKIENTAL NEGBOS.
Jesus Montenegro, Justice of the peace, Ayuquitam, October 22; appoint-
ment.
Prudencio Villamil, auxiliary justice of the peace, Ayuquitam, October 22;
appointment.
Lorenzo Ausejo, Justice of the peace, Bacong, October 22 ; appointment
Melchor Tale, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bacong, October 22; appoint-
ment.
Emilio Teres, Justice of the peace, Bais, October 22 ; appointment.
Antonio Siguenza, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bais, October 22; appoint-
ment.
Benito Elnar, Justice of the peace, Dauin, October 22, appointment.
Tiburcio Elumir, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Dauin, Octol>er 22; appoint-
ment.
Jos^ Saavedra, Justice of the peace, Dumaguete, October 22 ; appointment
Froilan Flores, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Dumaguete, October 22; ap-
pointment.
Henry Gardener, Justice of the peace, Guijulngan, October 22; appointment.
Augusttn Soledad, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Guijulngan, October 22;
appointment.
Harry Lee Brown, Justice of the peace, Larena, October 22 ; appointment.
Dionisio Samson, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Larena, October 22; ap-
pointment
Jos^ 2iacarias, Justice of the peace, Lazi, October 22; appointment
Ganuto Miquiabes, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Lazi, October 22; appoint-
ment
Catalino Marifio, Justice of the peace, Luzuriaga, October 22 ; appointment
Antonio Jumanug, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Luzuriaga, October 22;
appointment.
Juan Gadeane, Justice of the peace, Siaton, October 22 ; appointment.
Antonio Ragudo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Siaton, October 22; appoint-
ment
Lupo Cavilte, Justice of the peace, Siquijor, October 22; appointment
Eutiquio CJortes, auxiliary Justice of the peace, slquijor, October 22 ; appoint-
ment.
Felix Barot Justice of the peace, Tanjay, October 22; appointment.
Francisco Romero, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tanjay, October 22; ap-
pointment.
Benito Sanchez, Justice of the peace, Tayasan, October 22 ; appointment.
Filomeno Balsabes, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tayasan, Octol)er 22;
appointment
Juan Edrial, Justice of the peace, Tolong, October 22 ; appointment.
Gipriano Fontbuena, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tolong, October 22;
appointment
Ramon Cuadra, acting provincial secretary, December 17; designation.
Felix Montenegro, member of provincial board, January 1, 1907; appoint-
ment.
Leopoldo Rovira, register of deeds, January 23 ; resignation.
Conrado Barrios, provincial fiscal, February 5; appointment
Edward A. McCreary, register of deeds, February 6; designation.
Conrado Barrios, examiner of titles, February 6 ; designation.
Carl T. Nygren, provincial treasurer, March 28; appointment
Lorenzo Ausejo, Justice of the peace, Bacong, March 19 ; resignation.
Melchor Tale, Justice of the peace, Bacong, March 19 ; appointment
Juan Veruasa, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bacong, March 19; appoint-
ment.
Francisco Romero, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tanjay, March 19 ; appoint-
ment revoked.
Cayetano Agir, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tanjay, March 19 ; appointment
Gonzaga Gonzalez, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tolong, May 13; appoint-
ment.
Melchor Tale, Justice of the peace, Bacong, October 3 ; resignation.
Juan Gadiani, Justice of the peace, Siaton, October 3: resignation.
Benito Sanchez, Justice of the peace, Tayasan, October 2 ; resignation.
Juan Edrial, Justice of the peace, Tolong, October 3 ; resignation.
Benito Elnar, Justice of the peace, Dauin, October 7 ; resignation.
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592 APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE QOVEBNOB-GENEBAL.
PAMPANOA.
Lope Manankil, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Luis, August 27 ; resigna-
tion.
Marcellno Trinidad, auxiliary justice of the peace, San Luis, August 27;
appointment
Filomeno Leon y Santos, Justice of the peace, Angeles, August 27; appoint-
ment.
Irineo Abad Santos, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Angeles, August 27;
api)olntment.
Teodoro Morales, Justice of the peace, Mabalacat, November 1 ; appointment.
Fred L. Wilson, provincial treasurer, January 1, 1907 ; appointment
Cef erino Joven, member of provincial board, December 12 ; appointment
Irineo Abad Santos, auxiliary Justice of. the peace, Angeles, December 14 ;
appointment declined.
Jos^ Punsalan, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Angeles, December 14 ; appoint-
ment.
Marcellno Aguas, Justice of the peace, San Fernando, January 25; resignation.
Enrique Macapinlac, Justice of the peace, San Fernando, January 21 ; api)oint-
ment
Martlniano Veloso, provincial fiscal, February 16; appointment
Ramon R. Custodio, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Fernando, March 11 ;
resignation.
Teofllo Carpio, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Fernando, March 11;
appointment
2iacarias Jimenez, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Mangaldan, March 29; ap-
pointment.
Emilio Dominguez, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Mabalacat April 24;
resignation.
Mariano Punsalang, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Apallt, July 2 ; resignation,
Isidro Vargas, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Apalit, July 2 ; appointment.
Clark James, acting provincial treasurer, August 31 ; designation.
William W. Barclay, treasurer, September 3; appointment
liConcio de Castro, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Mabalacat, September 2;
appointment
Marcellno Trinidad, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Luis, September 6;
resignation.
Mariano Sabado, Justice of the peace, Macabebe, September 10 ; removal.
Diego D. Reyes, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Candaba, September 20 ; resig-
nation.
Gregorio Alabado, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Candaba, September 20;
appointment.
Tlburcio Mercado, Justice of the peace, Apalit, October 3 ; resignation.
Tomas Lasatin, Justice of the peace, Mexico, September 30 ; resignation.
Jos6 M. Punsalan, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Angeles, October 7; resig-
nation.
Tomas Pacia, Justice of the peace, Macabebe, September 30 ; appointment
Eduardo Gutierrez David, Justice of the peace, Bacolor, October 2; resigna-
tion.
Mariano Buy son, Justice of the peace. Bacolor, October 2; appointment
Juan Garcia y Lampa, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bacolor, October 2 ; ap-
pointment.
Teodoro Morales, Justice of the peace, Mabalacat October 24 ; disqualification.
Pedro Abad Santos, Justice of the peace, San Fernando, October 4 ; appoint-
ment.
PALAWAN.
Marcus Stemberger, deputy of provincial treasurer, September 4 ; designation.
John T. Clark, secretary-treasurer, appointment efTective upon qualification.
Juan Linuanag, Justice of the peace, Puerto Princesa, October 22 ; resignation.
Gervasio Buncag, Justice of the peace, Cagayancillo, February 1 ; resignation.
PANOASINAN.
Ignacio Canto, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Salasa, November 22; resigna-
tion.
Cataliuo Pallsco, member of provincial board, January 1, 1907 ; appoiiitmeut
Mariano Castelo, Justice of the peace, Bani, December 14; appointment
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APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE QOVEBNOB-GENEBAL. 698
Domingo Ferrer, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Carlos, December 14;
resignation.
Vicente Guevara, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Carlos, December 14;
appointment.
Macario Fortich, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Fabian, December 26;
resignation.
Jos6 v. Sison, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Fabian, December 26 ; ap-
pointment.
. Macario Fortich, Justice of the peace, Alava, January 5; appointment
'Macario Bocavo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Alava, January 5; appoint-
ment
Emiliano Madrid, Justice of the peace, Aguilar, January 5 ; appointment.
Pedro Quimson, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Aguilar, January 5; appoint-
ment
Simplicio Sansano, Justice of the peace, Balungao, January 5; appointment.
Pascual Dasin, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Balungao, January 5 ; appoint-
ment.
Filomeno Dloferio, Justice of the peace, Nativldad, January 5; appointment
Aureo C. Tllarde, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Nativldad, January 5; ap-
pointment
Agrlpino Espino, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Salasa, January 5; appoint-
ment.
Angel Ungson, Justice of the peace, Santa Barbara, January 5 ; appointment.
Aniceto Ocampo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santa Barbara, January 5;
appointment.
Pablo Mejia, Justice of the peace, Santa Maria, January 5 ; appointment
Eugenio Monar, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santa Maria, January 5 ; ai>-
pointment
Lamberto M. Guzman, Justice of the peace, San Manuel, January 5; ap-
pointment.
Cristino Flores, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Manuel, January 5; ap-
pointment.
Segundo Estaris, Justice of the peace, San Jacinto, January 5 ; appointment.
Juan Lftgera, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Jacinto, January 5; ap-
pointment.
Anastaslo Austria, Justice of the peace, Urbiztondo, January 5; appointment.
Filomeno Tamondong, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Urbiztondo, January 5 ;
appointment
Catallno Palisoc, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Lingayen, January 17; resig-
nation.
Primitive Perez, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Urdaneta, February 27 ; resig-
nation.
Benito Belmonte, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Urdaneta, February 27; ap-
pointment.
Juan Biason, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Mangaldan, March 25; resigna-
tion.
Aqullino Banaag, Justice of the peace, San Carlos, April 30; resignation.
Catalino J. Palisoc, member of provincial board, May 3 ; resignation.
Pablo MeJia, Justice of the peace, Santa Maria, May 6 ; resignation.
Nazario del Castillo, member of provincial board. May 13; appointment
Justo Camero, Justice of the peace, Anda, May 6 ; resignation.
Narciso Pecson, Justice of the peace, Anda, May 6; appointment
Antonio Ungson, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Lingayen, May 6; appoint-
ment
Pascual Bandong, Justice of the peace, San Carlos, May 13 ; appointment
Claro Ramirez, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Quintin, May 6; ap-
pointment
Jacinto Braga, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Isidro, June 11 ; resignation.
Cristino Flores, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Manuel, June 11; resig-
nation.
Deogracias Reyes, Justice of the peace, Dagupan, June 18 ; resignation.
Angel Unson, Justice of the peace, Santa Barbara, June 18 ; resignation.
Gregorio Baradi, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bani, July 12 ; resignation.
Marcelo Quebral, Justice of the peace, Dagupan, June 29 ; appointment.
Felix Boyero, Justice of the peace, Rosales, June 29 ; resignation.
Pascual Canonizado, Justice of the peace, Rosales, June 29 ; appointment
Cirilo Braganza, Justice of the peace, San Isidro, July 2; resignation.
Romualdo Baraan, Justice of the peace, San Isidro, July 2 ; appolntm^t .
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594 APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.
Pedro Padlllo, Justice of the peace, Santa Maria, June 29 ; appointment.
Florenclo Santamaria, auxiliary justice of the peace, Manaoag, July 19;
resignation.
Juan Orllno, auxiliary justice of the peace, Banl, July 29 ; appointment.
Alejandro Garcia, justice of the peace, Santa Bartmra, July 29; appointment
Braulio Evangelista, auxiliary justice of the peace, San :Nicola8, August 15;
resignation.
Valerlano Santos, auxiliary justice of the peace, Anda, August 14; appoint-
ment.
Pablo Tiong, auxiliary justice of the peace, Manaoag, August 23 ; appointment
Timoteo Ancheta, auxiliary justice of the peace, San Manuel, August 14;
appointment
Tomas Tampuya, auxiliary justice of the peace, San Nicolas, August 19;
appointment
Benito Decoia, auxiliary justice of the peace, Bautista, September 21 ; resig-
nation.
Eugenio Munar, auxiliary justice of the peace, Santa Maria, October 2:
resignation.
BIZAL.
Jos6 Tupas, member of provincial board, appointment effective January 1,
1907.
Felipe Gomez, member of provincial Ixwrd, January 1, 1907 ; appointment
Jos6 Tupas, member of provincial l)oard, December 18, 1906; appointment
revoked.
Doroteo CJordero, justice of the peace, Caloocan, February 12 ; appointment
Pedro Cope, justice of the peace, San Pedro Macati, February 27 ; resignation.
Euseblo Arpilleda, justice of the peace, San Pedro Macati, February 27;
appointment
Bartoloiu^ Revilla, fiscal, July 5; resignation.
Eugenio Amedo, fiscal, July 8; appointment
Antonio Mateo, justice of the peace, Morong, June 29 ; appointment
Honest o Gonzaga, justice of the peace, Taytay, June 29 ; resignation.
Isaac Garcia, Justice of the peace, Taytay, June 29; appointment.
Telesforo Casas, auxiliary justice of the peace, Pasig, July 20; resignation.
Gregorio C. Concepclon, auxiliary justice of the peace, Taguig, July 31 ; resig-
nation.
Cipriano Rivera, auxiliary justice of the peace, Malabon, August 14 ; appoint-
ment.
Mariano Garcia, auxiliary justice of the peace, Pasay, August 14 ; resignation.
Benito Reyes, auxiliary justice of the peace, Pasay, August 14 ; appointment
Fortunato Jo86, auxiliary justice of the peace, Pasig, August 23; appointment
Espiridion Vital, auxiliary justice of the peace, Blnangonan, September 9;
resignation.
Oayetano San Agustln, auxiliary justice of the peace, Blnangonan, September
9; appointment
Melecio Saludes, auxiliary justice of the peace, Caloocan, September 9 ; resig-
nation.
Pedro Mendiola, auxiliary justice of the peace, Caloocan, September 9;
appointment.
Arturo Dancel, governor, September 30; resignation.
Jo86 Tupas, governor, October 1 ; appointment.
Eugenio Amedo, provincial fiscal, October 2; resignation.
Cayetano Sanagustin, auxiliary justice of the peace, Blnangonan, October 1 ;
resignation.
Julio S. Mateo, auxiliary justice of the peace, San Pedro Macati, September
28; resignation.
Pastor Asunc on, auxiliary justice of the peace, Tanay, October 7; resignation.
BOMBLON.
Hall H. Ewing, acting provincial governor, September 6; designation.
Pablo Madrilejos, auxiliary justice of the peace, Badajoz, December 14;
resignation.
Pedro Monteza, auxiliary justice of the peace, Badajoz, December 14; ap-
pointment
Ignacio Tirol, auxiliary justice of the peace, Looc, December 14 ; resignation.
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APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVERNOB-GENEBAL. 595
Lucas Marcelo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Looc, December 14; appoint-
ment.
Marciano Borromeo Yusay, provincial fiscal, January 1; appointment.
Francisco Sanz, member of provincial board, January 4; appointment.
Pablo Reyes, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Romblon, March 19 ; resignation.
Bonifacio Madrllejos, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Romblon, March 19;
appointment
Andres Martinez, Justice of the peace, Looc, April 22 ; relieved.
8AMAB.
Isidro Singson, Justice of the peace, Catarman, October 18 ; appointment, vice
Ramon Mendiola, not qualified.
Lope Unay, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Catarman, October 18; appoint-
ment, vice Green Hatton, who has declined the appointment.
Anselmo Guantic, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Gandara, October 18; ap-
pointment.
Gomez Montames, auxUiary Justice of the peace, Oras, October 18; appoint-
ment.
Vicente Jazmines, member of provincial board, December 12 ; appointment.
Glaro Guevara, member of board of tax appeals, January 5 ; appointment.
Claro Abelgas, Justice of the peace, Borongan, February 12; appointment.
Clrilo Andag, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Borongan, February 13; ap-
pointment canceled.
Mateo Quemada, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Borongan, February 13; ap-
pointment. '
Arthur G. Whittier, provincial treasurer, February 26 ; resignation.
Harry S. Hodgson, provincial treasurer, February 27; appointment
George Curry, governor, May 20; resignation.
John B. Murphy, governor, May 21 ; appointment.
Esperidi6n R, Paredes, Justice of the peace, Bobon, June 29 ; appointment
Bernardino Evangelista, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bobon, June 29; ap-
pointment.
Damian Pomasen, Justice of the peace, Dolores, June 29; appointment
Paulo Crisologo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Dolores, June 29 ; appointment
Enrique Lagrlmas, Justice of the peace, Laoang, July 19 ; resignation.
Bonifacio Pefiaflor, Justice of the peace, San Antonio, June 29; appointment
Geronlmo Graga, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Antonio, June 29; ap-
pointment.
Antones Pombo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Julian, June 29 ; appoint-
ment.
Licerlo Adedlllo, Justice of the peace, Sulat, June 29; appointment
Simeon Operarlo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Sulat, June 29 ; appointment
Basillo Felices, Justice of the peace, Tarangnan, June 29 ; appointment
Clemente Merlda, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tarangnan, June 29; ap-
pointment.
Anastacio Pido, Justice of the peace, Calbayog, June 29 ; resignation.
Rafael Munoz, Justice of the peace, Calbayog, June 29; appointment
Simon Tan, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Calbayog, June 29; appointment
revoked.
Leopoldo Rono, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Calbayog, June 29; appoint-
ment.
Isidro Singson, Justice of the peace, Catarman, June 29 ; resignation.
Hllarion Daza, Justice of the peace, Catarman, June 29 ; appointment.
Mariano Jazmln, Justice of the peace, Pambujan, June 29 ; resignation.
Pedro de la Cruz, Justice of the peace, Pambujan, June 29 ; appointment.
E. G. Carey, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Pambujan, June 29 ; appointment
revoked.
Lorenzo Grancalro, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Pambujan, June 29; ap-
pointment
£2splridlon Zeta, Justice of the peace, Santa Rita, July 20 ; appointment
Marcelo Lacambra, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santa Rita, July 20; ap-
pointment
Vicente Jazmines, member of provincial board, September 26; resignation.
Ramon Munoz, member of provincial board, September 26; designation.
Paulo Ramirez, Justice of the peace, Santo Nino, September 20; resignation.
BasUio Tafalla, Justice of the peace, Santo Nino, September 20 ; apppiptment^
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596 APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.
Pedro Abanador, Justice of the peace, Balangiga, October 2 ; resignation.
Lazaro Cuyco, auxiliary Justice of the peace, I^avezares, October 10; resigna-
tion.
Lucio Flores, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Lavezares, October 10, appoint-
ment.
Meleclo Almazan, Justice of the peace, Allen, October 21 ; resignation.
Placido Z. Tabunda, Justice of the peace, Basey, October 24 ; resignation.
Apolinario Macabasag, Justice of the peace, Guiuan, October 2; resignation.
Jos^ Basa, Justice of the peace, Guiuan, October 2 ; appointment.
Joaquin Adlgue, Justice of the peace, Taft, October 23 ; resignation.
Clriaco Ras, Justice of the peace, Oquendo, October 28; resignation.
Roman Ergo, Justice of the peace, Palapag, October 29; re^gnation.
Fernando Opinion, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Palapag, October 29; res-
ignation.
80BS0G0N.
Clriaco liebltana, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Castllla, August 30 ; appoint-
ment
Cirilo Jimenez, member of provincial board, December 12; appointment.
Aguedo Victor, Justice of the peace, Mandaon, January 25 ; resignation.
Perfecto Asuero, Justice of the peace, Mandaon, January 21 ; appointment
R. S. Van Valkenburg, acting provincial treasurer, March 14; designation.
Cirilo Jimlnez, Justice of the peace. Bacon, March 16; resignation.
Vicente de Vera, Justice of the peace, Sorsogon, April 17 ; resignation.
Andres Gimeno, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bulan, May 8 ; removal.
Bemabe Flores, Justice of the peace, Sorsogon, April 30 ; appointment
Jos^ Largo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Dlmasalang, May 6; resignation.
Mateo Almarlo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Dlmasalang, May 6; appoint-
ment
Vlctorlano Mori, auxiliary Justice of the peace. Placer, April 30 ; resignation.
Miguel Cartagena, auxiliary Justice of the peace. Placer, April 30; appoint-
ment.
Isabelo Barredo, Justice of the peace, San Pascual, May 13; appointment.
Clriaco Gonzales, auxiliary Justice of the i)eace, San Pascual, May 13; ap-
pointment.
Clriaco Lebltanla, auxiliary Justice of the i)eace, Castllla, June 0; resignation.
Ramon Marcalda, auxiliary Justice of the i>eace, Uson, August 15; resignation.
Marcos Acuesta, Justice of the peace, Catalngan, August 30; resignation.
Cirilo Jimenez, member of provincial board, September 4 ; resignation.
Bemabe Flores, member of provincial board, September 4 ; designation.
Getullo Escurel, auxiliary Justice of th^ peace, Gubat, September 5 ; resigna-
tion.
Eugenlo Obsum, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Sorsogon, Septeml)er 6 ; resig-
nation.
Lino Allndogan, Justice of the peace, Juban, September 13; resignation.
Apollnar Judlt, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Magallanes, October 2 ; resigna-
tion.
Antonio Rosero, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Masbate, October 2; resigna-
tion.
SOBSOGON — SUBPBOVINCE OF MASBATE.
Joaquin M. Bayot y Zurblto, lieutenant-governor, September 29; resignation.
Isabelo Burdeus, lieutenant-governor, October 6; appointment.
Valentin Caperlna, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Aroroy, October 2; ap-
pointment revoked.
Eugenlo Andaya, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Aroroy, October 2;
appointment.
Januarlo Letada, auxiliary Justice of the peace, San Jacinto, October 2;
appointment revoked.
Juan Cantlllet, auxiliary Justice of the i)eace, San Jacinto, October 2;
appointment
BUBIGAO.
Francisco Soriano, provincial fiscal, Mlsamls and Surlgao, October 1 ;
appointment.
Felix Farolan, acting provincial secretary, September 21 ; designation.
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Af^POlNTMENTS MADE BY THE OOVERNOR-GENERAL. 597
Anselmo Reyes, member of provincial board, January 4; appointment.
Isidro Mont Ilia, auxiliary justice of the peace, Butuan, January 11 ; appoint-
ment canceled.
Fortollno Ck>nde, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Butuan, January 11 ; appoint-
ment.
Fernando Nazareno, Justice of the peace, Hinatuan, January 11 ; appointment
canceled.
Modesto Raura, justice of the peace, Hinatuan, January 11 ; appointment
Simeon E. Trillo, Justice of the peace, Butuan, May 24 ; removal.
Romualdo Flores, justice of the peace, Talacogon, May 6; appointment
revoked.
Antero Osin, Justice of the peace, Talacogon, May 6; appointment.
Anselmo Reyes, member of provincial board, June 18 ; resignation.
Francisco Soriano, fiscal, June 27 ; resignation.
Jos^ de la Rama, fiscal, July 13; appointment
Hilarion Martinez, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tandag, September 28;
resignation.
Jos6 de la Rama, fiscal, October 1 ; appointment
Trinidad Salas, justice of the peace, Gigaquit, October 28; resignation.
TABLAC.
Melecio Cojuangco, member of provincial board; appointment effective Jan-
uary 1, 1907.
Santiago Lucero, provincial fiscal, February 15; appointment.
Jo86 Pefia, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Gamlling, February 27 ; resignation.
Tranqulllno Pagarigan, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Camlling, February 27 ;
appointment
Miguel Catajan, Justice of the peace, La Paz, March 19 ; appointment
Moyses de Jesus, auxiliary Justice of the peace. La Paz, March 19 ; appointment
Vlctoriano TafXedo, Justice of the peace, Tarlac, April 9 ; relieved.
Pablo M. Timbol, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Ck)ncepci6n, April 30; resig-
nation.
Martin Punu, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Concepcl6n, April 30; appoint-
ment
Ponciano Bundallan, Justice of the peace, Tarlac, April 30; appointment
Ambrosio Rigor, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Victoria, June 15 ; resignation.
Melecio Cojuangco, member of provincial board, July 5 ; resignation.
Silvlno Isla, meml>er of provincial l>oard, July 8; appointment
Miguel Katahan, Justice of the peace. La Paz, June 29 ; resignation.
Silvestre Talon, Justice of the peace. La Paz, June 29; appointment
Felipe Duque, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Paniqui, June 29 ; resignation.
Silvlno Ck>ramen, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Paniqui, June 29, appoint-
ment.
Juan Aquino, Justice of the peace, Pura, July 2; resignation.
Basilio Santiago, Justice of the peace, Pura, July 2 ; appointment.
Mariano Canclo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Pura, July 2 ; resignation.
Seraplo Tejada, auxiliary justice of the peace, Pura, July 2; appointment
Anastaslo de Jesus, auxiliary justice of the peace, Victoria, June 20 ; appoint-
ment.
Modesto Yumul, Justice of the peace, Ck>ncepci6n, July 2 ; appointment
Martin Punu, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Concepci6n, July 2; appoint-
ment revoked.
Rufino Lulu, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Concepcl6n, July 2 ; appointment
Molses de Jesus, auxiliary Justice of the peace. La Paz, Angust 7 ; resignation.
Bngraclo Castafieda, auxiliary Justice of the peace. La Pax, August 7; ai>-
pointment.
•Sinfroso San Pedro, acting provincial treasurer, August 31; designation.
Isidro Herrera, member of the provincial board, August 28 ; resignation.
Silvestre Talon, Justice of the peace. La Paz, September 18 ; resignation.
Alfredo Martinez, Justice of the peace. La Paz, September 20 ; appointment.
Santiago Lucero, fiscal, October 1 ; appointment
TAYABAS.
Juan Nieva, member of board of tax appeals, October 8 ; resignation.
Juan Carmona, member of board of tax appeals, October 5; appolntm^it
Pedro Victoria, Justice of the peace, Gumaca, October 5; appointment j
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698 APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVEENOR-GENBKAL,.
Domingo Lopes, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tayabas, December 20; ap-
pointment canceled.
Vicente Ragudo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tayabas, December 20; ap-
pointment.
Pedro Cantos, Justice of the peace, Tiaong, February 27 ; resignatlona.
Eulalio Abanla, Justice of the peace, Tiaong, February 27 ; appointment.
Pedro Mercado, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Alabat, April 30; resignation.
Emllio Sanchez, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Alabat, April 30; appoint-
ment.
Jo86 Barcelona, Justice of the peace, Lucena, May 6; resignation.
Gabriel Cord, Justice of the peace, Lucena, May 6; appointment.
Sancho Agulrre, Justice of the peace, Mulanay, May 13 ; resignation.
Alejandro Tesalona, Justice of the peace, Mulanay, May 13 ; appointment.
Mamerto OJeda, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Mulanay, May 13; appoint-
ment.
Apolonlo Girang, Justice of the peace, Sampaloc, May 13 ; appointment.
Vlvenclo Lorenzo, Justice of the peace, Pitogo, May 13 ; resignation.
Casimlro Manuel, Justice of the peace, Pitogo, May 13; appointment
Eulalio Jimenez, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santa Cruz, June 14; res-
ignation.
Bvaristo Maneja, Justice of the peace, Torrljos, June 19; resignation.
James B. Green, acting governor, July 18; designation.
Alfredo de Qastro, provincial governor, August 1; designation.
Juan Nleva, lieutenant-governor, subprovince of Marlnduque, August 14;
appointment
Maximo Palomares, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Santa Cruz; August 19;
appointment
Lazaro Roldan, Justice of the peace, Torrljos, August 19 ; appointment.
Primltlvo San Agustin, Justice of the peace, Tayabas, September 4; resig-
nation.
Tomas R. Umali, member of provincial board, September 10 ; designation.
Agustin Caparros, justice of the peace, Alabat, September 21 ; resignation.
Narciso Allfio, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Boac, September 18; resig-
nation.
Vicente Ragudo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tayabas, September 18;
resignation.
Eulalio Abanla, Justice of the peace, Tlaon, September 21 ; resignation.
Domingo Arce, Justice of the peace, Alabat, September 25 ; appointment
Eulalio Abanla, justice of the peace, Tlaon, September 25 ; resignation.
Eulalio Recto, Justice of the peace, Tlaon, September 25 ; appointment
Vicente Atlenza, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tlaon, September 25; resig-
nation.
Pedro Masancay, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Tlaon, September 25 ; appoint-
ment.
Luciano Mapaye, Justice of the peace, Atlmonan, October 4 ; resignation.
Bonifacio Perez, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Pagbllao, Octobeif, 30; re-
moval.
LA UNION.
Andres Asprer, member of provincial board, January 1, 1907 ; appointment
Carlos Maglaya, auxiliary justice of the peace, Arlngay, June 10; resignation.
Joaquin Baltazar, fiscal, June 27 ; appointment
Andres Asprer, member of provincial board, July 11 ; resignation.
Juan Floresca, auxiliary justice of the peace, Bauang, July 11 ; resignation.
Plo Ancheta, member of provincial board, July 17 ; appointment
Callxto Callca, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Bauang, July 29; appointment
Pedro Masancay, auxiliary justice of the peace, Tlaon, September 25 ; appoint-
ment
, Sllverio Hernandez, justice of the peace, Bacnotan, September 26; resigna-
tion.
Plo Perlas, Justice of the peace, Bacnotan, September 30; appointment
TranquUlno Orden, Justice of the peace, Balaoan, October 17; resignation.
ZAMBALES.
W. A. Williams, acting member of the provincial board, October 13; designa-
tion.
Juan Rodriguez, auxiliary justice of the peace, San Marcellno, October 18;
resignation.
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APPOINTBiENXS MADE BY THE GOVBENOE-GENERAL. 599
Alfonso Manuel, auxiliary justice of the peace, San Marcelino, October 18;
appointment.
Gabriel Alba, provincial governor, vice Juan Manday, deceased.
Leonardo F. Barreto, Justice of the peace, Subic, December 26 ; resignation.
Jos6 Imperial, Justice of the peace, Subic, December 26 ; appointment.
Vicente Camara, member of provincial board, January 4 ; appointment
Joe6 Orozco, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Botolan, April 30 ; resl^ation.
Juliano Crispin, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Botolan, April 30 ; appoint-
ment
Simeon Villanueva, Justice of the peace, San Narclso, May 6 ; resignation.
Simeon Marafion, Justice of the peace, San Narclso, May 6 ; appointment.
Antonio Barretto, Justice of the peace, Botolan, June 29 ; resignation.
Francisco Lesaca, Justice of the peace, Botolan, June 29 ; appointment
Jos6 Imperial, Justice of the peace, Subig, August 19 ; resignation.
Jos6 Orozco, Justice of the peace, Subig, August 19 ; appointment
Vicente Camara, member of provincial board, September 26 ; resignation.
Epifanio A. Raymundo, auxiliary Justice of the peace, Olongapo, September
24; resignation.
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LIST OF NOTARIES PUBLIC IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Appointed by judges of courts offirstinstance for the different provinces and by the supreme
court for ihe city of Manila, September, 1907,
CITY OF MANILA.
Name.
Thoc. D. Aitken .
Justo Alonso
Jo84 Amaic.
MunlciiMaity.
Commission
expires.
Leodegarlo AEamua
Enrique Barrera yCaldes.
Enrique N. Banetto
Hartford Beaumont
AmoiO. Bellis
J. F. Boomer
Pablo Borbon
W.H. Bishop
O. E.Campbell
Manuel Camus
Fernando de la Cantera . . .
Maioelo Caringal
Juan Cervania
Myron H. Chandler
Antonio Constantino
Naxario Constantino
Rafael Corpus
Leon W. Denison
Floiencio O. Dies
Ramon Diokno
Francisco Dominguez
Alfredo Egea
Mariano Escueta
F.C. Fisher
Thomas R. Flaok
FaulF. Foss
Charies H. FuUaway
Claudio Gabriel
A. R. Gard
Manuel G. Gavieres
Jos^ Generoso
Teodoro Gonzalez
J. Courtney Hixson
Cayetano Hipolito
Vicente Ilustre
Frank B. IngersoU
Trinidad Icasiano
Alfred B. Jones
Ger6nimo Jos^
Gregorio E. Jos^
Thomas £. Kepner
Gabriel LaO
Eu^iio de Lara
W. H. Lawrence
Mariano Legaspi
Miguel de Leon
Mariano P. Leuterio
Josd Loiwz y Lizd
Charles A. Low
HipdUto MagsaUn
Fernando Manikis
Valentin Manlapus
BasOioR. Mapa
Jos^ M. de Marcaida ,
Fermin Mariano
Emilio Martinez Llanos. . .
Herbert D. Gale
Geo.N.Huid
Dec 31,1906
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LIST OF N0TABIK8 PUBLIC,
Appointed by judges of oourU of first instancefor the different provinces and hy the supreme
court for the city of Manila^ September, 1907---Contmued.
CITY OF MANILA— Continued.
Name.
ManidpaUty.
Commissfon
expires.
Tnuf U UnmiJA , ,
Deo. 31,1908
MftiiAEi A Mod roy. ...
Do.
Roberto Moreno ... '
Do.
John J. Mueilcr ..(
Do.
Ramon Muyot
Do.
C. W. Ney
Da
Jeatis Obieta
Do.
C. W. O'Brien
Do.
Antonio M. Opisso
Do.
Pedro G. Paraiso
Da
Juan M. Pftt'^mo. . . .
Do.
Jamwi J, Pet^nion .
Do.
Aniceto Reyes. .
Do.
Claro Reyes
Da
Modesto Reyes ...'
Do.
Pacfflco Reyes
Do.
Santiago D- Rnyes. . . .
Da
Eulogio Ricaiort
Do.
Pedro Rlcafort... . .
Do.
WilliiLTn RnhArtunn
Do.
Franniflco de P- Rodr^a. . .
Do.
Joaquin Rodriguez Serra
Do.
Jose M. Rosado . .
Do.
Arcadio del Rosario
Do.
Ramon del Rosario
Da
Robert C. Round
Do.
Buenaventura Reyes
Da
Luciano de la Rosa
Do.
Alejandro Saenz
Do.
Ramon Salinas ... '
Do.
Mcaecio Saludes
Do.
Matias Sanchez
Do.
Jos^ Santiago
Do.
Ambrosio Santos
Do.
Vicente Santos
Do.
Antonio Sanz
Do.
Catalino Sevilla
Do.
Franclwo flevilla .
Do.
Chas. A. Smith
Do.
KhflT Ct. Srnith , , - . , „
Do.
G. L. Solignac
Do.
Josu^ Soncuya
Do.
Oscar Soriano
Do.
Ramnn RntAlo _
Do.
Malcolm D. Stuart
Do.
Jos^ Syyap
Do.
Luis. P. Torres
Do.
Manuel Torres
Do.
KmlHano Tria Tjrona _ ^
Do.
Tomas M. Tuason
Do.
W. M. Tutherly
Do.
Frederick G. Waite :
Do.
Thomas Gary Welch
Do
D. R. Williams
Do.
Jos. N. Wollson
Do.
Wallace L. Wright
Do.
Ramon ZaJdarmga
Do.
PROVINCE OF ALBAY.
Felix Samson
Mariano Serrano
Francisco Duca
Mariano Barateta
Potendano Vergara . . .
Deograclas Belmonte.
Domingo Samson
Isidoro Alejo
TomAs Lorayes
Martin Ofrasio ,
CeferinoM. ViUareal..
Enrique ViUareal
Gervado Macalla
Robert E. Manly
Geo. L. Armstrong
Bronte M.Aitklns....
Leonard 8. Goddard . .
Bacacay
do
Bato
Calolbon
Camalig
Daraga
doV
Guinobatan.
do
do
Jovellar
Legaspi
do
do
do
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Dec. 81,1908
Dec. 81,1907
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Dea 31,1907
Dea 81,1906
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LIST OF NOTABIES PUBLIC. 608
Appointed by jttdges of courts of first instance/or the different provinces and by the supreme
court for the city of ManiUiy September, i907— Continued.
PROVINCE OF ALBAY-Continoed.
Name.
Eugenio de Leos
Eduardo Martinez. . .
Pedro Sapalldo
FeUxMaronilla
Paulino Pnlvinar
Frandsoo Querol
Potendano viUareal .
Mariano Arteta
Lull Romano ,
Pasoual Sierra
Maroelo Recuenco
Jos^de Vera
Joaquin Saite
CIpiianoElona
Arthurs. Allan
Mariano Riosa
Domingo C. Diaz
Jos^Rlosa
SUvino Brlmbuela . . . .
JuanAguilar
Municipality.
Legaspi
Uhog
Libon
do
Ligao
do
Malinao
Manito
Oas
....do
....do
Pandan
Polangoi
Rapu-Rapu.
Tabaco
do
do
Tlwi
Vlrao
Viga
Ckmunisaion
expires.
Dec. 31,1908
Dec 31,1907
Do.
Dec. 31,1906
Dec. 31,1907
Dec. 31,1906
Dec 31,1907
Do.
Dec. 31,1908
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Do.
Dec. 31,1907
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Deo. 31,1906
Dec. 31,1907
Dec. 31,1906
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Do.
Dec 31,1907
Do.
PROVINCE OF AMB08 CAMARINES.
Felix Orajeda
Eustaquio Vlllablanoa.
Ignado Fernandez
Ramon Pimentel
Charles W. Carson
Jo84 N. Oarchitorena. .
Adriano Pajarlllo
Domingo de la Puente.
Pablo Buena
Esteban Mendoza
Antonio Peredo
Juan PoUente
Tom^ Flordeliza
Silverio Cedlio
Frandsoo Eco
Pablo Venida
FelizCanuto
Juan A. Oarchitorena. .
Lamberto San Felipe. . .
Juan Carrascoso
Higino Rodriguez
Meiohor Maciualad
Pedro Perez
Jos^Robles
Reymundo Miranda . . . .
Bato
Caramoan...
Daet
....do
....do
Goa
Indan
Irlra
Labo
Lagonoy
Ubmanan...
Nabua
N. Caoeres...
....do
Paraoale
do
Pili
Sagnay
do
Buhi
8anJos6
San Vicente.
Tigaon
Tinambac...
Pamplona...
PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE.
Dec 31,1906
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Jan. 1, 1908
Dec. 31,1906
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Dec. 31,1908
Dec. 31,1907
Doc 31,1906
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Mariano DIoso
Cnlftirf
Jan. 1,1909
Jan. 1,1908
Jan. 1. 1909
Ramdn Villareal
Pedro Gella
Pfl-ndan , . .
Ram<^n MftnzAnflla
Patnongon
Do.
NIcolAs Tomas
S. Joe4 de Buenavista
Sibalom
Do.
NicoUs Tordecillas
Do.
Erasmo Tolentino
Tibiao
Do.
PROVINCE OP BATAAN.
Leonardo Ganzon
Exequiel Robles
Hermdgenes Marco
Isabelo H. del Pilar
SIxto R. Hipolito
Hermdgenes Tantiangoo.
Paulino Sooco
Victor Macalincag
Pedro Yaneza
RamtoDoiaii
Abucay
Bagac
Balanga
do
Dinalupihan.
do
....do
do
Mariveles
Moron
Jan. 1, 1909
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LIST OF NOTARIES PUBLIC.
Appointed by judgu of courts qfjir$t ifuUmcefor the different provinces and by the supreme
court for the ci^ of Manila^ September, 7907---CoiitiiiU6d.
PROVINCE OF BATAAN-^^ontinoed.
Name.
MuolefiMaity.
Commlssioii
expires.
Irineo ZlAlclt*
OrmnI
Jan. 1,1909
Hrivpulo Honminji
do
Do.
DloDisio Reyes. I
Orion
Do.
Pedro Toftson^ . „ . ^ ....
do
Do.
GuiUermo Ttambing
do
Do.
Poiiflrio Rivera
do
Do.
Teodoro Ban Jos^
do
Do.
PROVINCE OF BATANOAS.
Vicente Almanxor
Julian Calxado
Lorenzo Ennita
Frandico Macalaguim. . .
Melecio Aroeo
Franc! 80O Arda
Primitlvo Calao
Ramdn Canet
Sisenando Ferriols
Agapito Hllario
LeeRogeri
If&ximo Sarmiento
Wenoealao Trinidad
Eugenlo Aranaa
Tomis Cuevaa
Jos^M.Cuii
Isabelo de Orada
Ladano Tunaya
Enrique Halili
A^plno Agondllo
Manuel Maoatafigay
Marcelino Cuevas
Angel Pere«
Teleaforo Semlra
Gilberto H. Banaua
Perpetuo Joya.
Agaton Leonor
Doroteo I. Medina.
Enrico Malabanan.
Benito Africa
Mardano Arguelles
Gregorio Ca%bao
Jose A. Lu«
Vicente Roxaa
Frandsco Allx.
Leon Magtlbay
I sabelo Zufio
Pablo Hocbo
Meledo Bolafios
Timoteo Coronel
Jadnto Meer
Juan Mufioz
Raymundo Almanzor
Comelio Mendoza
Frandsco Malabanan
Nepomuceno Malabanan.
Potendano Vtllegas
Cayetano Laurena.
Jos4 Trinidad
Balavan
....do
Batangas
do
....do
....do
....do
....do
....do
....do
....do
Bauan
....do
....do
....do
....do
do
Calaca
do
Cuenca
Ibaan.
do
Lemery
do
....do
do
....do
Upa
do
....do
do
do
Nasugbd
Rosario.
do
SanJos4
San Juan de Bocboc .
do
Santo Tom&s
do
TAal
do
TaUsay
do
do
Tanauan
do
I Dec 31,190B
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PROVINCE OP BENOUET.
Vincente Balpiedad . .
George L. Chauvin. . .
George H. Guerdrum.
Jan. 1,1900
Jan. 1,1906
Oct. 26,1906
PROVINCE OF BOHOL.
Manuel Espiritu.
Miguel Parras...
Loay
TagbUaran
Jan. 1,1908
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LIST OF NOTAKIES PUBLIC.
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Appointed by judga o,' cowrU ojfirti VMUmcefor the different provinces and by the supreme
court for the cHy of Manila, September , 1P07-— Continued.
PROVINCE OP BULACAN.
Name.
MunlcipaUty.
Commission
expires.
Simon Ramos
Meliton Infantado
Oonzalo Reyes
Oregorio Ramos
Joaquin Concha
Leon Prado
Juan H. del PUar
Ambrosio Delgado
Frandsoo Mendoza
Valentin Tanjutoo.
Buenaventura Nazario.
Sotero Bulaong:
Juan Reyes
Victorlno Qatmaitan. . .
Paulino Reves
Ignado Aniag
Dalmacio Ferrer.
Joaquin ViBarioa
Ambrosio Maraslgan. . .
Albino Borlongan
Melecio Hernandez
Serero Valenzuela
Felldsimo Bernardino. .
Pedro G. Gonzalez
Santiago de Castro
Vicente Pineda
idguelSioJo
Pedro Samanlego
Mariano de Jesus
Angat
Baliuag
do
....do
do
Boeaue
Bulacto
Calumplt
Hagonoy
do
Malolos
....do
....do
....do
....do
Meycauayan.
do
Paombong. . .
....do..;?...
Polo
....do
....do
Qulngua
do
....do
San Miguel...
....do?.
Santa Maria.
Jan. 1,1900
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PROVINCE OF CAOAYAN.
Emillo Gannaban
Juan Morales Baculi.
Fermin Macanaya. . .
Alejandro Alvarado.
Lucas Gonzalo
Vicente Barsana.
Tomis Crisostomo. . .
MAxlmo Fr^s
Juan Bayucan
Severino Austriaoo. .
W.M.Hawkins
Victorlno Cumagun. .
Thos. R. Manus
Cliff C. Young
Alcala
Amulung
Apanl
do
do
Basco.
Camalaniugan .
Claverla
Qattaran
Lal-lo.
Plat
Tugoegarao
do
do
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Jan.
Jan,
Jan.
Jan.
1,1908
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1,1908
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1,1909
1,1908
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PROVINCE OF CAPI2.
Flaviano Sltjar
Gregorio Fuentes
Felix Klmpo
Pedro Dorado
Rafael Lozada.
Jos^ Lasema Barrios. .
Fermin Habana
Fabio Pelayo
Ismael Imperial
Francisco VlUareal
Pedro Latallnda.
Simplicio de los Reyes.
M^bomo M. Mefiez
Simplicio Bitoon
Juan Delfln
Alfonso Mlraflores
Arcadio Ibabao
TomAs Artus
Bumanga
Callbo
do
Caplz
do
do
Dao
Ibajay
Malinao
Mambusao
do
Nabas
New Washington.
Panay
Panltan
Taft
....do
Tapas
Jan. 1,1908
Do.
Jan. 1,1909
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Do.
Do.
Jan. 1,1908
Do.
Jan. 1,1909
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
1,1908
1,1909
1,1908
1,1909
1,1908
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List of notabii^ fublio.
Appointed by judges of courti of first vMUmceJor the dij^erent province$ and by the supreme
court for the city of Manila, September, 7907---Contmue(L
PROVINCE OF CAVITE.
Name.
MuniciiMaity.
Commiuion
expires.
Jos^Esoover
Raymondo Jedel
Pedro Malinis
Ellas Ouinto
Januarf o Loyola.
3ob6 R. de S. Agustln.
Valentin Santos
Teofllo Viado
Jos6 Salamanca
Ramon Kendoza
Anastaslo Pinzon
Adriano Arcedera
Pedro Fragante
Zacarias Torres
Joa6 I. Plnron,
Andres T. Tirona.
Fernando Dlocno
Fidel Narvaei
BlasCena
Clriaco Nazareno
Claudio T. Tirona
Andres VlUanueva
Faustino Odvina
Hugo Area
Domingo Colmenar .. . .
Florendo Joya
Simeon Soriano.
Jo86 Kiamzon
Engracio Salazar
Benito Dolorfino
Alfonso
....do
Baooor
....do
Carmona
Cavite
....do
....do
....do
....do
....do
....do
....do
...;do
...!do
Imus
Indang
Maragondon
Naic
....do
Noveleta
....do
....do :
San Francisco de Malabon..
....do
....do
....do
SUang
— do
....do
Jan. 1,1900
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PROVINCE OF CEBU.
Anselmo Safiiel
Procopio Causin
Vlctonno de la Vifla...
Florendo Villareal
Eplfanlo Alfafara
OuUlermo Bragat
Martin M. Levering. . .
Jos6 A.Clarin
Joaquin H. Junquera. ,
Felix Sevilla y llacan.
Carlos A. Salvador
Raymundo Enrique. . .
Gregorlo Corro
TomAs Lao
Vicente Segovia
Carlos B. Tomaquln. .
Jo84 Llm
Eugenio Apdstol
Lumo Ruiz
BasilloCanoy
Angel Casas
RuBno Reynes
Micael Tabotabo
Tives Gallardo
Argao
Barlll
Bogo
Boljo-on
Carcai*
Catmon.
Cebu
do
....do
....do
....do
....do
DaanBantayan.
Danao
Dumanjug
Malabuyoc
Minglanilla
bslob.'.'.!.*.
San Fernando...
SanRemigio
Sibonga
Tuburan.
....do
PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE.
Simeon Mandac
Joaquin Madamba.
Ekluardo F. Aiba...
David Cleto
Isalas G. Clemente .
IfligoBltanga
Batac.
Dingras
Laoag
....do
San Miguel.
Jan. 1, 1900
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Jan. 2, 1009
Jan. 1,1900
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Jan. 2,1900
Jan. 1,1909
Dec. 31,1908
Jan. 1, 1900
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Dec. 31,1908
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Deo. 31,1907
Dec 81,1908
Dec 31,1907
PROVINCE OF ILOCOS 8UR.
Simeon Serrano . . .
Gregorlo Navarro.
P.S.O'RelUy
Rosarlo Singson. . .
Severo Rivas
Cabogao...
Narvacan..
Vigan.
...TAo
do
Dec 31,1907
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LIST OF NOTARIES PUBUO.
607
Appointed by judges of courts of first instance for the different provinces and by the supreme
court for the city of MamUif September, i907---Continued.
PROVINCE OF ILOILO.
Name.
MunlcifMaity.
Commission
expires.
MaroiAno Quanko
Protestato MaUiinla .. . .
Felix E. Tarrosa
Frandsoo Balladaree...
Latino Bafieaiia.
Urbano Dolar
Demetrlo Salazar.
Numeriano Aleio
Isidoro Montaflo
Claro F. Omafia
Venando Jalon
Andrte Torreblanca ...
Amando Avanoefia
Robt. B. Sabin
Juan de Leon
Jos6 de la Rama
W. E. Ooode
Paulino Borra
Martin MuUer
Ceferlno Jiz de Ortega. .
Tiburcio Saenz
Crisdffono Jerreos
Jofl6 M. Arroyo
Florendo Tarrosa
Aguedo Layson
Damlano Saolauso
Jo86 Atadero
Jos6 Lopez Vlto
HugoS-MlllUr
Ramon N. Orozoo
E.C. Crick
Jos6M. Taleon
CAndido Galor
Edllberto Roldan
Ulplano C. Vergara. ...
Frederioo Soler
CiriloMapa
Oregorio Vulo
Meledo Montlnola
RoqueLdpez
Anastasio VUlanueva. .
Doroteo Jereos
NicoUto Jalandoni
J. Benton Clausen
John Boardman, Jr
Frank E. Qreen
J.R.Lewis
Salvador Lizarraga —
Martin Tirador
Pablo Cartagena
Crlspulo Martinez
Anselmo Nacionales . . .
Feliciano Quidato
Evaristo Zulueta
Remigio Novera
Valentin Poral
Bemab4 Palaclos
Doroteo Ticzdn
Ceferino Palabrica
Ambroslo Oonzdlez
Agustin Plocio
Tom&s Sanico
JoUanSuelo
Federico Garcia
Vicente Benedicto
Sabas Solin&p
Daniel Teruel
Arturo de Baroeld
Doroteo VlUahermosa.
Antero Tamayo
Florencio Taledn
Lorenzo TorrlUa
Arevalo
Balasan
Banate
....do
....do
BarotacNuevo.
Buenavista
....do
Cabatuan
....do
....do
Gulmbal
DoUo
.....do
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PROVINCE OF ISABELA.
Aurelio Mede! I Ilagan .
Jan. 1,1908
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LIST OF NOTARIES PUBLIC,
Appointed by judga of courtt ojfirti inMUMceJor the different provinces and by the eupreme
covaijor the city of MetnUa, September, 19(?7---Oontinued.
PROVINCE OF LA LAQUNA.
NUD6.
MunksiiMlity.
Commission
expires.
Pascuftl flalaTidaii>n. . .
Clemente Carrillo
Felipe del Callar
Dominador DelAno
Pablo Hedreyda.'
Pantaledn Qulntero. . .
Ramdn Santos
JuanRiUo
Abundio David
Domingo Ramos
Oavino Lim^aoo
Felipe MondragOn
Jos«Esmilla
Pedro Layares
Francisco L. Cru«
Fernando Quismnblng
Pascual O. Estrada . . .
Basillo A]c4ntara
Manuel Tiatco
Ceferino Benites
Pedro Ibaflez
Alejandro Sanchez
Andr^ Oalema
Mariano Reyes
Francisco P. Ordoflo..
Antonio Escobar
Desiderio EsiHnosa
PloGoza
Victorlo Crisostomo. . .
Antonino Guevara
Cecilio Arguelles
Mariano Manalang
Silvestre Suiza
Fortunate Banaag
Vivencio Zolaivar
Jos^ Balsas
D4maso A. Esteban. . .
Restitute Egwaras
Pedro A. Sabio
Lorenzo San Luis
EHas Lavadla
Antonio Fabricante. . .
Francisco M. Patemo.
Andres Salazar
Paulino Reyes
Santiago Adre
Catallno Alberto
Roman Martinez
Juan Gonzalez
Fausto Ar^valo
Vicente R. Ruiz
Lucio Morales
Juan N. Norofia
Anastasio Fule
Jos^ Lasema
Inocentes Martinez
Segundo Abrera
Rufino Flores
Nicdlas Ramos
Luis Grefiaa
Florendo Hernandez. .
Severino de Gula
Andres Comlsta
Teoplsto Allonzo
Nlcaslo Capule
Jos^ Pifion
Jacinto Peflaflor
Marcos Paulino
Pedro Natividad
Proceso M&ximo
Numeriano Bonifacio..
Marcelino Vald^z
Manuel Rivera
Patricio Purlflcacldn. .
Manuel Perez
Gregorio Ortafiez
Antonio Legaspi
Nioasio Jose
Teodoro Kalambakal . ,
BIflan
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Caboyao
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Calamba
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Lilio
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LosBaflos
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Mabltac
Majayjay
do
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Magdalena
San Pedro Tunasan.
Nagcarlan
-do ,.
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Paete
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Pagsanjan
do
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....do
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lilST OF N0TASIE8 PUBLIC.
609
Appointed hy judges of courts of first instance for the different provinces cmd by the supreme
court for the city of Manila^ September, 1907 — Continued.
PROVINCE OF LA LAG UN A— Continued.
Name.
HunicipaUty.
Commission
expires.
J^kmF.Piflon
M&noel Gonzalei
Crisanto de la Fuente.
Floiencio ICanalo
Oaadenolo Tesoro
Mariano Endrinal
AquiUno Carvallo
Bonifacio Pagtachan. .
Santa Cruc..
do
....do
do
do ,
Santa Rosa.
.-..do
Siniloan
Jan. 1,1909
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
PROVINCE OF LA UNION.
TomAs Vlllanaeva. . .
PioPerlas
TranqoiliBo Orden. . ,
Valentin Ostrea
Eateban Fiolrendo. . .
MarooB Madarang. . .
PloAndieta
Agnstln Zatra
Juan Looero
Frandsoo Salvatera.
Clriaoo Olavylez
Bemabe Bona
MarftftHi'^A Bejar
Emilio Bison
Agoo
Bacnotan
Balaoan
....do
Baoang
NagiHlUui
San Fernando.
....do
....do
....do
....do
San Juan
Santo Tomas..
do
Dec. 31,1907
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
* Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
PROVINCE OF LEYTE.
Vicente Tiason
Frank Astom
Justiniano Urmeneta
R. Ponoe de Ledn
Oabriel Cipriano
CaUxto Llames
Aquilino Mariano
Agapito Bautista
Jmio Apolonio
Henry E. Neibert
Donato Zabala
Vicente N. de Vejrra
Frandsoo Enage de Jesus.
MeUtonE.Tan
Jos^BaUorl
Pelagio Pastor
Ladislao Decenteceo
Allpio Ragarit
Daniel Bomualdez
J oiian de Veyra
Pedro A. ViileKas
Mlguei Romueldes
Vicente Alvarado
Abuyog
Alangalang . . ,
Babatungon.
Baybay
Caibiran
Carigara
Dac^mi
Duli«
do
Jaro
.do
Naval
Ormoo
Paiompon.
Sogod
Tacloban..
....do
Tanauan..
do
Tolosa
Palo
Jan. 1,1909
Do.
Do.
Do.
Jan. 1,1908
Jan. 1,1909
Do.
Jan. 1,1908
Do.
Do.
Jan. 1,1900
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Jan. 1,1906
Jan. 1,1909
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
PROVINCE OF MINDORO.
Baltaiar del Bosario.
Enrique Velenda
Deogradas Leyoo
Valerio Leyndz
Alfredo Lardlcabal .. .
Vicente Domingues. . .
Calapan
Miunburao
NauJan
Pi'n'amalayan.
Dec 31,1906
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Dc
PROVINCE OF MISAMIS.
Anastado S. Servlllon.
Jan. 1,1900
11027— WAR 1907--VOL 10 39
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LIST OF NOTABIB8 PUBLIC.
Appointed hyjuages ofcourtt offtnt inatancefor the different provinces and by the supreme
court for the city of Manila, September , 1907 — Continued.
MORO PROVINCE.
Jos^Herai
SiztoHamoy
Teodoro Fernandez. .
liariano FuentedUa.
Felipe Fabian
Jose Frandsco
Felix Atienza
Jos^ Barrios
P.J.Moore
Adrlano Rodriguez. .
Name.
Moniclpality.
Cotobato
Dapltan
Davao
Isabela de Basilan.
Jolo
Parang
Zamboanga
do
do
do
Commisafon
expiieo.
Jan. 1,1009
Do.
Do.
Dec. 31,1907
Jan. 1,1006
Do.
Dee. 31,1006
Jan. 1,1000
Do.
Do.
PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECU A.
Felino Cajucom
Santiago Diaz
Rafael Estonactor. . .
Angel Molencio
Roman Valino
Catalino Ortiz
Silvostre Austria
Agapito Ramirez
Lucio Oonzales
SUvestro LinsaAgan.
Cipriano Estrella
Eustasio Dimaiinat.
Bernardino Agustin.
Frandsco Villajuan .
Pedro PadiUa
Demetrio Berin
Juan Pallagod
Fortunato Jimenez .
Roflno ViUaruz
Gabriel Espina
Pedro Carmen
Salvador Relucio
Benito Natividad...
Gregorlo Jimenez . . .
CalixtodelaCruz...
Fruto Macaranas
Santiago Cudal
Marcos Valino
Ellas Ferrer
Alii
Bongabon
Cabanatuan
do
....do
Cuyapo
do
Qapan
do
Llcab
do
do
Pantabangan
Peflaranda
do
San Antonio
do
Sanlsidro
do
do
.....do
do
San Jos4
do
do
San Juan de Quimba.
Talavera
do
Deo. 31,1006
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do-
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL NEGROS.
Frandsco GeoUngo
Ricardo Nolan
Domingo Valderrosa
Timoteo C. Manalo
Horace M. Wood
Fortunato Vadlit
DAmaso Masias
Isabelo Garcia
MeledoPido
Juan B. Gayatin
Frandsco .^^ravanto
Jos^ Felix Martinez
Joaquin V. y Fortich
Manuel Fernandez Yanson.
Felix W. Labayen
Mariano S. Garcia
Rufino E. Advincula
Serafln Regalado
Eugenio Veraguth
Timoteo Robles
Pedro Yulo
Cirilo Somontina
Francisco Abelarde
Eugenio Luoema
FeUx Yorac
Ben A. Johnson
Ruflno Pineda
Dimas Lagtapon
Ludovioo Martin
Bacolod
do
....do
....do
do
do
do
do ,
do
do
do
do
do
do
Bago
do
do
do
do
do
Binalbagan.
Cadiz
do
Cauayan
Escalante...
do
do
Hinigaran...
Jan. 1,1908
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Jan. 1,1009
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Jan. 1,1906
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Jan. 1,1909
Jan. 1,1906
Jan. 1,1909
Do.
Jan. 1,1906
Do.
Jan. 1,1909
Jan. 1,1906
Do.
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LIST OF N0TABIE8 PUBLIC.
611
Appointed ly judges of courts of first instOTicefor the different provinces and by the supreme
court for the city of Manila, /September , 1907-— Continued.
PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL NEGROS— Continued.
Name.
Municipality.
I Commission
I expires.
Antipas Vazques Hinig iran . . .
M&zunoP. Gfonxales do
Benito Ponce I log
Ramon Villavioenolo do
Jos^Peralta do
Martin Oorosin do
Andres Paglumutan do
Manuel Abello Bavot Isabela
Rosauro Barroqmfia do
Pedro O. Vazquez Jimamaylan.
Montano Samson do
Vicente Lozada do
Comelio Santiago i La Carlota. . -
Samuel F. Ramos ! do
Mamerto Regis • do
Cnstodlo Duyungan j Manapla
Simon Regalado do
Vicente Ardosa do
Comelio de la Rama i Murcia
Eriberto Regalado ' do
Rloardo Perez do
Pontevedra. .
do
do
Andres Custodio
OllCapadocia
Meliton Qaraton
JuanF. Slson Sagay,
Enrique Catalbas | do
Angel Pueyy del Pino ' do
Agustin nagan San Carlos.
Pablo Cusio do
Santiago Funci<Jn Florino Saravia
Santiago J. Reyes do
Proceso Concepcitfn do
Oerardo Villalobos Sflay
Ambrosio Araneta do
Cresoenciano Araneta do
Miguel Tionko do
Albino Jison do
Jos4 Lopez VUlanueva do
Vicente Oamboa do
Mariano Hilado do
Simeon Ortiz do
Aroenio Oamboa do
Felipe Tionko do
EmOiano R. Lozada Talisay
Dalmado Gestano Valladolid. .
Potendano Diesto do
Isaias Jardeleza do
Fernando Mapa do
Francisco Infante do
Nicomedes MerooUno do
Perfeoto Qarbanzos do
Manuel Zaldlvar do
Esteban Jalandoni Victorias. . .
Jan. 1,1009
Do.
Jan. 1,1908
Do.
Do.
Jan. 1,1909
Jan. 1,1906
Do.
Jan. 1,1900
Jan. 1,1906
Jan. 1,1909
Do.
Jan. 1,1908
Do.
Jan. 1,1909
Jan. 1,1908
Jan. 1,1900
Do.
Jan. 1,1906
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Jan. 1,1909
Jan. 1,1908
Do.
Do.
Jan. 1,1909
Do.
Jan. 1,1908
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Jan. 1,1909
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Jan. 1,1908
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Jan. 1,1909
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
PROVINCE OF PALAWAN.
John R.White Iwahig.
Jan. 1,1909
PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA.
Cayetano Dizon
Florentine Pamintuan
W. Huse Chapman
Cayetano Dafusung
Leon A. Santos
Domingo Kabigting
MacarioSapnu
Norberto de JesAs do.
Mariano Buyson ' do .
Roman Vald^ Angeles do.
Santiago Cordero i Candaba.
Teodoro Umjoco
Manuel Oatbonton
JuanJuyco
Angeles .
do...
.....do...
Apalit...
Arayat..
do...
Baoolor. .
do.
.do
Floridablanca.
Dec. 31,1908
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
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LIST OF irOTABIBS PUBLIO.
Appointed by judges ofcourU offint ifuUmceJor the different provinces and by the supreme
court for the ci^f of Mcmila, September, 1907— Continued.
PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA-Continued.
Name.
MimicipaUty.
Commissloii
expiref.
Riiiliifti Llmton . . .
Qiuuma
Dec. 31,lfl08
Do
IfflOf^Hn Qoffmn
. .^S:... .
Aantitff} flibug
do
Do.
^fli^rTn JolHoT
do
Do.
HiUrinn RjiMa . ,,
do
Do.
Valentin Arristlao
Labao
Do.
Afphnvfio QonrAler.
do
Do.
Jna^ Ri^Im^O.
do
Do.
Felix Beltran
do
Do.
Caimelino Punnalang
do
Do.
Tcodopo MorakMi. . .7 . .^.^.^^
Do.
A^ustin Jaime
Do.
do
Do.
Cocme Oaida
do
Do.
Tito Oarda
....do
Do.
Rr^gTiu^o Alfonnn. , , ,
do
Do.
Venancio A. Rejrwi
do
Do.
Melecio M. Trinidad
do
Do.
Melquiades Queae
do
Do.
Gablno Sebastian
MafpMftp
Do.
Conrado Owekoh
...^
Do.
Honorio Meneaes
Mexico
Do.
Eduardo Gutl^^rrejt David
ftan Fernando
Da
.. .do
Do.
Ramdn Ra. Custodio
do
Do.
Juan Conde
...do
Do.
Vicente Limjuco
do
Do.
do
Do.
Teofllo Carpio
do
Do.
F.miiio Allaro
8an Luis
Do!
Pfltmnlln Mananfmla .
do
Do.
Sixto David
Santa Rita
Do.
PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN.
Julio Espaflol
T. N. EvangelisU
Nardso B. Caguioa
Epifanio Fernandez. . .
Vicente Montemayor. .
Cirlaco Gasmen
Agufltin C. Grande
Domingo Primicias
Santiago Cobangbang.
Guilleimo Velasquez. .
Victorino Peregnno. . .
Nardso Pecson
Lamberto Soriano
Joige Martlnes
Fruidsco Cerezo
Pladdo Ramos
Erlberto Vinaldn
Moises Malong
Valentin Angel
Fidel Badit
Vicente Viiunco
Sofronio Blando
Lorenzo Baclig
Mariano Castelo
Mardano de Guzman.
Agustin Velasquez
Mardano Fajardo
Albino E. Garcia
JuUan Natividad
Ownlniano Villarin . . . .
Mardal Ventura
Victoiino Dr6s
Anselmo Gdmez
Comelio Sarceda
Fructuoso Cansino
Saturnine Z&rate
Felix Ferrer
Pedro M. FemAndez. .
Maoaiio Fernandez
Agno..
.do.
Affuilar.
Alaminoi
do.
AJcaU.
....do.
....do.
....do.
....do.
....do.
Anda.
Asii^an.
10.
do.
....do....
....do....
do..-.
....do....
....do....
....do
....do....
Balungao.
Bautista
....do
Bayambang.
do
Binalonan...
....do
....do
....do
....do
....do
....do
Blnmaley —
— do
....do
....do
Dec. 31,1007
Do.
Jan. l,lin»
Dec 31,1907
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Dec. 31,1008
Dec. 31,1007
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Deo. 81,1908
Do.
Do.
Dec. 81,1907
Do/
Jan. 1,1900
Dec. 31,1907
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Jan. 1,1900
Deo. 31,1907
Do.
Do.
Do.
Deo. 31,1906
o Resigned.
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Appointed byjudge$ of courts of first instance for the different provinces and by the supreme
court for the city of Manila, September^ i907---Continued.
PROVINCE! OF PANGASINAN— Continued.
Name.
Kunicipallty.
laabelo Oaerlan I Bolinao. .
....do...
....do...
Calasiao.
..,.do...
do...
Bngracio Pefia
ICaiiano A. ACangonon
PauUno Miranda
Ildefonso Parayno
Rufo Oodofredo Crt^.
JoTge M. Velasoo do
Juan Santos do
Sotero Macadeb ' do
Florentino Clemente do
Frank H. Sianizner.
Domingo R. Libatdn. . .
Maicelo Quebral
Macario Lesaspi
Alejandro Bernal
John Fawcett
Aguedo Madarang
Crispulo de la Vega
Fernando Castro
Lasaro P6re«
Sinforoso Royeea
Bliseo Jimenez
Benigno Sison
OUSevldal
Antonio V. Camagay...
Roman Bemab^
Casiano Jimenez
arlloEBpIno
Qregorio Flor Mata
Victor Tomelden
Mariano Camagay
Doroteo Domantay
Amado Reyes
Francisco Macasieb
Maroellno Lamblno
Norberto Quebral
Prooeso Fem&ndez
Sllvestre Callao
Alejandro Sevidal
Antonio T. Salcedo
Pedro Tangullig Nano.
Agaplto Valenzuela
Pedro Estayo
Miguel Mamayson
Pedro de Guzman
Aprodido Mercado
Ulpiano Ballesteros
Tranqullino Caballero . .
Franosco Aquino
Pacual Jazmln
Jos6 Matmo
Jos^Seill
Fellciano Tamondong. .
Lorenzo Ventanilla
Anastaslo Austria
JuanMagno
Ignado oias
Eustaguio Marquez
CesAr Ytison
Ulpiano Meris
SimpUcio Sansano
Cecilio R. VaOeJos
Crlsanto A. Dnque
Oonz&Io Callanta
RomAn Cuevas
Norberto Esplno
Anastaslo Arrleta
Francisco C. Samson. . .
Vicente Guevara
Domingo Claudio
Arcadio Mufloz
Ramon Diaz
Pasoual Bandong
Roque Baun
MarceUno Erte
Macaiio Rooabo
Mateo Blanquera
3 os4 Sison y valerlo. . . .
Pedro Quedza
Dagupan.
.do
.do....
.do....
.do....
.do....
Infanta...
Lingayen.
do.
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
....do
do....
do
....do
Malasiqui.
....do....
....do....
do
Manaoag..
.do.
do.
do.
do
do.
do.
dan.
lo
.do
.do
.do
.do
.do
ttaren.
10
do
....do
do
....do
Pozorrublo..
....do
do
do
....do
Resales
.do
.do
.do
.do
....do
San Carlos..
..-.do
....do
....do
....do
....do
....do
San Fabian.
....do
do
....do
....do
Commission
expires.
Dec. 31,1907
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Dec. 31,1908
Do.
Dec. 31,1907
Bo.
Do.
Do.
Dec. 31,liX)6
Deo. 31,1907
Dec. 31,1908
Dec. 31,1907
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Dee. 31,1908
Do.
Dec. 31,1907
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Jan. 1,1909
Deo. 31,1906
Do.
Dec. 31,1907
Dec. 31,1908
Dec. 31,1907
Do.
Dec 31,1908
Dec. 31,1907
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Dec. 31,1908
Dec. 31,1907
Do.
Do.
Do.
Jan. 1,1909
Dec. 31,1907
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
JU}.
Dec. 31,1906
Dec. 31,1907
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Dec. 31,1906
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LIST OF N0TABIE8 PUBLIC.
Appointed by judges of courts of first instance for the different provinces and by the supreme
court /or the city of Manila, September^ 1907 — Continued.
PROVINCE OF PANQASINAN-Continued.
Name.
Paulino Mendoza
ToxdAs E. Bala^tas
Cirilo Braganza
Joan Camagay
JoanLAgera
Felix Baniqoed
Potenciano Fernandez.
Lamberto M. Guzman.
Agripino L. Alvarez.
vTcto
Victor P. Rivera.
Alejandro Plnlac
AueroC. niarde
Braulio Evangellsta
Baaillo Surlo
Joa^ Maraueta
Maroelo Cansino
Paulo Fem&ndez
Daniel Maramba
Lucas Pascual
Jo86 Alvares
FnuiciBOo Rosaiio
Venando Padiila
Pedro Loyeca
Fliomeno R. Dioferio
Ouillermo Ramos
Victoriano Joanino
Pedro F. CagaoAn
Victorino T. del Rosarlo.
Rafael Monserrat
Roberto Villar
Cosme Oiron
Eduardo Diaz
Pedro Ma. Sison
Paulino Lopez
Jo86 Bengzon
Pedro Rosal
Primitivo Pfirez
Benito Belmonte
Valentin Ambrosio
Ramon Viloria
Quirino P6rez
Leandro Bello
Oregorio Nidoy
Emfliano Ferrer
Mariano Ord<5flez
Leon CarboneU
Tlmoteo D. Ancheta
MunlcipaUty.
Sanlsidro
do
do
San Jacinto
....do
San Manuel
....do
San Nicolas
....do
do
....do
....do
....do
SanQuintin
do
....do
....do
Santa Barbara.
Sual
....do
....do
....do
Tayug
do
....do
....do
....do
....do
....do
....do
Umingan
do
Urdaneta
....do
....do
....do
....do
....do
....do
....do
....do
....do
....do
Villasis
....do
....do
....do
CommiMion
expires.
Dec. 31,1907
Dec. 31,ig08
Dec. 81,1907
Do.
Do.
Dec. 31,1908
Do.
Dec. 31,1907
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Dec. 31,1908
Deo. 31,1907
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Dec. 31,1908
Do.
Do.
Do.
Dec. 31,1907
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PROVINCE OF RIZAL.
Sebastian Simeon
Felix Aristorenas
Silverio B. Baltazar
Oodofredo Herrera
Jos6 Javier Maderazo. . .
Arsenio Cruz Herrera. . .
Bernardo Dagala
Leon Valenzuela
Santiago Qulmson
Eulogio Santos
HilanOn Ra3rmundo
Norverto Anacleto
Joaquin D&vila
Timoteo Bemabd
Ruflno San Juan
Liberate Damian
Frandsco Sanchez
Engrado Santiago
Angel AsunciiJn
Telesforo Casas
Antonio Vidanes
Pedro Garda Barrios. . .
Gregorio Basa
Felidano Pagoalinauan.
GrcMorio C. Conoepddn. .
FeUpe Rayos dd Sol
Pastor AsundiJn
Isaac Garda
Antipole
Binangonan
Caloocan
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Malabon
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Mariqulna
Morong
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Parafiaque
Pasay
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Pililla
San Felipe Neri.
San Mateo
Taguig
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Tanay
Taytay
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Appointed by judge9 of courts of first insUmctJofr the different provinces and by the supreme
court/or the city of Manila^ September, 1907— -Continued.
PROVINCE OF ROICBLON.
Name.
Munloipality.
Commlision
expires.
Modeito Marques
Leandro Mayor
Manuel Rabino
Comelio Madrigal
Ellseo EstudiUo
Ramon Musa
Alfredo Cbanco
BonUado Madrilejos.
Antonio Malbas
Angel 8. Gloria
Julian Cabacang
Roberto PUo
Valeriano Abanador.
Paulino Bacha
Valeriano Cardefio . . .
Bembenuto Algibe . . .
Basilio Rosalee
Simon Tan
Pablo Figueroa
Comelio Cabacang . . .
Carlos Delgado
AleioMaga
Gilbert L CuUen
Cavetano Plagata
BaleeSesiBta
CatalinoDias
Eugenio Lucero
Pantaleon M. Geta. . .
Agapito Maraviila. . .
Pedro Aide
Roberto Salorio
Pedro Burgos
Apolonio Gorgofla. . .
Maurido Moncada. . .
Mariano Basilio
Apolonio Nioar
mlarion Agos
FlorentlnoC. Villa...
Lucas Jesulino
Honorio Operario
Norberto Lucero
Eugenio Gelf
SljrtoPaooU
Hermogenei Zeta —
.do.
Loco
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Odlongan
Romblon
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....do
San Fernando.
PROVINCE OF SAMAR.
Allen
Almagro
Balangiga...
Basev
Bobon
Borongan
Calbayog
do
Calbipa
CapuT.
Catarman
Catbalogan..
do
Catublg
Dolores
Gandara
Guiuan ,
Laoang
Lavezares
Llorente
Oquendo
Oras
Palapag
Pamoujan....
San Antonio.
San Julian
Santa Rita...
Santo Niiio...
Sulat
Taft
Tarangnan...
Villareal
Wright
Zumarraga. . .
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PROVINCE OF 80RS0G0N.
Pablo de la Rosa Aroroy .
Pedro GerOnimo I do.
Pedro Chavez do
Cirilo Jimenez | Bacon
Marcelo Pura ■ Barcelon^i .
Felix GiUego | Bulan
Catalino Casals ! Casiguran .
JustoClemente.
Rafael Hernandez
Jos6Mateo8
Esteban NicolAs
Tomas Judit
Isidro P. Loyola
Narciso Guevara
Manuel Ma. Pays
Andres Ramirez
Maximino Quinto
Miguel Cartagena
Jos6 Clemente
Bonifacio Dorainguez.
Antonio R. Baustista.
Vicente de Vera
Bernardo Fuster
Rafael Soarella
Bonifacio Serrano
Donsol.
Gubat
Irosin
Juban
Magallanes
Masbate
do
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Mobo
PlUr
Placer
San Fernando.
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San Jacinto...
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Appointed by judges of court* of first instttneejor the different prowMes and by the mtpreme
court for the city of Jfomla, September, /9(W— Continued.
PROVINCB OF SURIOAO.
Name.
MunlcipaUty.
Commlsaiosi
expivBS.
Romaii Oii*r . .
Cantllan
Jan. 1, Itn
PedroPeral
Oigaquit
J>€>.
Florraolo R. BemaM
Hinftfuan ....
Do.
MAixy><rT)ip7,
Surigao
Do.
IfCiis Peres
Tftfi^a^
Do.
PROVINCE OF TARLAC.
Ricaido]
NlcanordeVega.
Vicente Bengzon.
FraneiBCO Santos. . .
Oresorio R^mulo. . .
JoMCriaanto
Francisco Yalung. .
Bernardino Sapnu . .
Candido Dijson
ICacarloI. Ilustre..
Vicente Paginag —
Roman Domantay.
Valentin Ramos
Felipe Duque
Jose Hmcuando
Maarido Ilagan
Pedro N. Liongson.
Joan Nepomuoeno . .
Oerdnimo Velasoo. .
Bamban
do
Camiling. . .
do
....do
Capas
....do
....do
Ck>ncepcion.
Monoada...
....do
Paniqui
....do
....do
Pura
....do
Tarlac
Victoria....
....do
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PROVINCE OF TAYABAS.
Francisco Angeles
Alejo OTegorio
Oregorio Oida
Pedro Madrigal
Pedro Lardlzabal
Silyino Mercader
Dionisio Nieva
Basilio de Guzman
Agatdn Avenis
Dalmiro Soto
Luciano S. Cayetano
Salvador Lagoameo
Jos6Desvarro
Vicente Noscal
Eustaaio Villafuerte
Juan M. Villanueva
Emillo Salumbides
Eustasio Argosino
Francisco N. Ingente —
Antonio R. Fortuna
Balbino L. Tolentino
Augustln Alvarez
JoeeM. Unson
CrispoElla
Qemente J. Borja
Oerdnlmo M. Perefia
Salvador Ferro
Pablo Boales
Florentino Loveria
Jos6 AbastUlas
Eliodoro Mendoza
Caslmiro R. Manuel
O.M.V.HaUy
Pedro Arellano
EscolAstioo Salandanan.
Cenon Rdtalde
Filemdn Bueodia
Oenaro Villa
Primitivo S. Agustin —
Pedro Palomera
Domingo Lopez
Eulalio Recto
Pedro Cantos
Vicente Atieoza
Alabat
Atimonan
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Boac ,
....do
....do
....do
Calauag
Catanauan
Oasan
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Ouinayangan. ,
Qumaca
....do
....do
Infanta ,
Lopez
...Tdo
....do
....do
Lucban ,
Lucena ,
....do
..-.do..
....do
....do
Mauban
Mulanay
....do..
Pagbilao
..^do
PitOKO
V.V.^WV.'.V.'.
Santa Cruz
....do
Sariaya
....do
Tayabas
do
do
Tiaong
....do.
....do
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LIST OP N0TAME8 PUBLIC.
617
Appointed by judges of courts of first instance for the different provinces and by the supreme
court for the city of Manila, September, 1907— Contiinied.
PROVINCE OF ZAMBALES.
Name.
MunloipaUty.
Gommlislon
expires.
Franolseo Lesaoa
Antonio T. Bairetto. . .
LniePMtoree ,
Tomas Mansano
Juan O. Leaaoa
Bernardo B. Salvador. .
JosdL. Rojas
Sebastian Oarola
Enrlqne B. Madarang.
Oerino Alyares
Anastasio Dumlao
Santiago lianzano
Domingo Oarola
Vietoriano Farrales
Isidro D. Carplo
Mariano VOlanueva
Oregorio Merza
Nioetas Leeaoa
Botolan
do
Iba
.....do
do
Masinloc
Olonnpo
Sanfiaroelino.
....do
do
do
do
San Naicisoo. .
do
do
do
Santa Cms....
Subio
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LIST OF MUNICIPALITIES. TOWNSHIPS, AND OTHER LOCAL
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, FEBRUARY
27, 1907.
[Arranged alphabetically, by proyinoes.]
(d) dlfltriot; (m) mtinloipality; (r) ranoheria; (s) setUe-
are lued interohaogeably, being Spanish and Bngllah
'All ranoheiias mentioned are independent of any other mtmldpal or township governments. Those
Indented are within the boundaries of the respective manidpalities under which toey are listed, but are
independent of them in govenmiental matters. This last remark applies also to the ranoherias tmder
the municipalities of Bals, Ouijulngan, and Tayasan, Oriental Negros.
Non.— Abbreviations used: (b) barrio;
ment; (t) township.
The words "ranoheria" and "settlement
equivalents.
Albay (m).
Bacacay (m).
Bato (m).
Calolbon (m).
Camalig (m).
Daraga (m).
Guinobatan (m).
Jovellar (m).
Baao (m).
Bato (m).
Buhi (m).
Bula (m).
Calabanga (m).
Capalonga (m).
Caramoan (m).
Daet (m).
Gainza (m).
Goa(m).
Indan (m).
Iriga (m).
Badiafigan (r^.
Bugasong (m).
Culasi (m).
Dao(m).
Igcococ (r).
Igtonarum (r).
Abucay (m).
Bacac (m).
Balanga (m).
Balayan (m).
BatsuDgas (m).
Bauan ^m).
Calaca (m).
Cuenca (m).
Ibaan(m).
Provincb of Albat.
Legaspi (m).
Libog (m).
Libon (m).
Ligao (m).
Msuilpot (m).
Malinao (m).
Manito (m).
Oas(m).
Pftndan (m).
Polangi (m).
Rapu-Rapu (m).
Tttbaco (m).
Tiwi(in\.
Viga (m).
Virac (m).
Provincb op Ambos Gamarinbs.
Labo (m).
Lagonoy (m).
Libmanan (m).
Lupi (m).
Magarao (m).
Mambulao (m).
Milaor (m).
Minalabac (m).
Nabua (m).
Nueva Cdceres (m).
Pamplona (m).
Paracale (m).
Provincb of Antiqub.
Pasacao (m).
PUi (m).
Ragay (m).
Sagnay (m).
San Fernando (m).
San Jo6^ (m).
San Vicente (m).
Sipocot (m).
Siruma (m).
Tigaon (m).
Tinambac (m).
[Ranoherias organized under act No. 1288.]
Laua-an (m). San Remigio (m).
Pandan (m). Sibalom (m).
Patnongon (m). Tibiao (m).
San Joe6 de Buenavista Valderrama (m).
(m).
Provincb of Bataan.
Dinalupihan (m).
Marivelee (m).
Moron (m).
Province of Batanoas.
Lemery (m).
Lipa (m).
LoDoo (m).
NasQ^bti (m).
Rosano (m).
San Joe^ (m).
Orani (m^.
Orion (m).
San Juan de Bocboc (m).
Santo Tomae (m).
Taal (m).
Talisay (m).
Tanauan (m).
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MUNIOIPALITIES AND TOWNSHIPS.
Pbovincb of Bbnoubt.
Adanay (t).
Cabayan (i).
Disdis (t).
Kavapa (t).
Kibungan (t).
La Trinidad (t).
Palina (t).
Atok (t).
Baguio (t).
BaLkbak (t).
Bokod (t).
Itogon (t).
Tublay (t).
Bugoias (t).
Province of Bohol.
Albuquerque (m).
Cortes (m).
Loon (m).
Anda (m).
Dauis (m).
Mabini (m).
Antequera (m).
Dimiao (m).
Maribojoc (m).
Baclavon (m).
Balilihan (m).
Duero (m).
Qarcia-Hemandez (m).
Panglao (m).
Sevilla (m).
Sierra-Bullones (m).
Batuan (m).
BOar (m).
Guindulman (m).
Inabanga (m).
Tagbilaran (m).
TaBbon (m).
Tubigon (m).
Calape (m).
Candijay (m).
Jagna (m).
Jetafe (m).
Carmen (m).
Loay (m).
Ubay (m).
Corella (m).
Loboc (m).
Provincb of Bulacan.
Valencia (m)
Angat (m).
Bafiuag (m).
Hagonoy (m).
Maolo6(m).
Polo (m).
Quingua (m).
San Miguel (m).
Santa Maria (m).
Bocaue (m).
Bulacan (m).
Meycauavan (m).
Obando (m).
Calumpit (m).
Paombong (m).
Province of Cagayan
Katuiran (r).
Abulug (m).
Claveria (m).
Piat (m).
Alcala (m).
Enrile (m).
Gattaran (m).
Sanchez-Mira (m)
Santo Nifio (m).
Amulung (m).
Aparri (m).
Baggao (m).
KfoS).
Solana (m).
Tuao (m).
Baflco (m).
Calayan (m).
Mauanan (m).
Tuguegarao (m).
Pamplona (m).
Camalaniugan (m).
Pefia Blanca (m).
Province of Capiz.
Buruanga (m).
CaUboCm).
Jamindan (m).
PUar (m).
Libacao (m^.
Pontevedra (m).
Capiz (m).
Malinao (m).
Sapian (m).
Dao(m).
Sigma (m).
I>umalag(m^.
Dumarao (m).
Nabas (m).
New Washington (m).
Taft(m).
Tapas (m).
Ibajay (m).
Panay (m).
luisan (m).
Panitan (m).
Province of Cavite.
Alfonso (m).
Indang (m).
Isla de Corregidor (m).
Maragondon (m).
San Francisco de Malabon
Bacoor (m).
(m).
Garmona (m).
Cavite (m).
Silang (m).
Naic (m).
Imus (m).
Noveleta (m).
Province of Cebu.
Alegria (m).
Boco (m).
Bolio-on (m).
Borbon (m).
Dalaguete (m). ^
Aloguinean (m).
Danao ^m).
Aigao (m).
Asturias (m).
Dumanjug (m).
Carcar (m).
Ginatilan (m).
Badian (m).
Carmen (m).
Liloan (m).
Balamban (m).
Catmon (m).
Malabuyoc (m).
Bantayan (m).
Cebu (m).
Daan Bantayan (m).
Mandaue (m).
Barili (m).
Medellin (m).
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621
Province of Cebu — Continued.
Minelanilla (m).
Moalbual (m).
Naga (m).
Open (m).
Oslob (m).
Pilar (m).
Aoan (r).
Bacarra (m).
Badoc (m).
Bangui (m).
Batac (m).
Bayag (r).
Bugayong(r).
Cabittaoran (r).
Pinamungajan (m).
Samboan (m).
San Fernando ^m^.
San Francisco (m).
San Remigio (m).
Sibonga (m).
Tabogon (m).
Talisay (m).
Toledo (m).
Tuburan (m).
Tudela (m).
Province op Ilocos Norte.
[Ranoherias oiiganized under act No. 1307.]
Dingras (m).
Dumalneg (r).
Gunaden (r).
Laoag (m^
Paoay (m).
PadpMkt-ong (r).
Padsan (r).
Paor (r).
Province op Ilocos Sur.
Pasuquin (m).
Patoc (r).
Piddig (m).
San Miguel (m).
Tibangran (r).
Uguis (r).
[Townships and rancherlas oi^ganized under act No. 1997.
unoiganized.)
Alawa (r).
Baay (r).
Bangilo (r).
Bangued (m).
Barit-Amtuagan (r).
Balantugan (b).
Bancagan (b).
Barit (b).
Lueong (b).
(b).
Bucay (m).
Bun^ (r).
Cabugao (m).
DaR^an (r).*
Nagsingoioan (r).^
Candon (mV
Abaya (r).*
BUbila (r).*
Cabisilan (r).*
Calimugtong (r).*
Calunebuyan (r).*
Candelaria (r).*
Catalina (r).*
Daldagan (r).*
Galimuyod (r).*
Labut (r).*
Legaspi (r).*
LidUdda (r).*
McKinley (r).*
Madarang (r).*
Montero (r).*
Rubio (r).*
San Vicente (r).*
Taft (r).*
Vitong (r).*
Danglas (t^.
Abaquia (b).
Bandi (b).
Caupasan (b).
Danglas (b).
Galao(b).
Danglas— Cont'd.
Naf-gamungan (b).
Paaangitan (b).
Pangar(b).
Danac (r).
Dolores (m).
Lacub (r).
Lagangilan (t).
Saco-oc (b).
~ ■ ■ 1 (b)
Gad-dani (b).
Lagangilan (b).
Laeben (b).
Mslaqui (b).
Pa^nao (b).
Quimpal (b).
Lagayan (t).
&iganayan (b).
Cahimbat (b).
Col-lago y Manacad (b).
DumsHgaaag y Bay (b).
La^yan y Gfabuacan (b).
Langiden (t).
Ba-ac (b).
Caugan (b).
Langiden (b).
Mabungtut (b).
La Paz (m).
Lapojj (m).
Asuang (r).*
Licuan (r).
Luluno (r).
Magsingal (m).
Cadangla-an (r).*
Nangasumba-an (r).*
Manal>o (t).
Abang (b).
Manabo v San Ramon (b)
San Guiflermo (b).
Mataraga (r),
Mayabo (r).
Narvacan (m).
BaMasiw (r).*
Nagbuquel (r).*
Rancherias marked thus (*) are
Narvacan — Cont'd .
Rizal (r).*
Sarmingan (r).*
VandrS (r).*
Penarrubia (t).
Alfonso XII or Patoc (b).
Gravelinas (b).
Santa Rosa (b).
Pilar (m).
Salapadan (r).
Abas (b).
Basar (b).
Salapadan (h).
h).
" ey(r).
Sobusub (b^
San Andr^LL ^
Daguioman (l>
Labaan (b).
Lamao (b).
San Anores-Lingey (b).
Tul(b).
San Quintin (t).
Palang (b).
San Quintin (b).
Talaytay (b).
Santa nn).
Santa Cruz (m).
Bugbug y Quen Marin (r)*
Cabidayan y Lubnac (r).*
San Antonio (r).*
Santa Lucia (m).
Attabay (r).*
Baluarte (r).*
Bauguen (r).*
Mat-tao (r).*
Pias (r).*
San Maximo or Joe^ (r).''^
Tapao or San Martin (r).^
Santa Maria (m).
Batto (r).*
Lacuban (r).*
Mambug (r)*
Santiago (m).
Banayoyo (r).*
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MUNICIPALITIES AKD TOWNSHIPS.
Provincb of Ilocos Sur — Continued.
Santiago — Cont'd.
Besangol (r).*
Cadangla-an (r).*
Elefante (r).*
Guardia (r).*
Macaoaysln (r).*
Naguimba (r).*
Nalasin (r).*
San Vicente (r).*
Arevalo (m).
Balaaan (m).
Banate (m).
Barotac Nuevo (m).
Buenaviata (m).
Cabatuan (m).
Santo Domingo (m).
Sinait (m).
Tagudin (m).
fiaringcucurong (r).*
Naubuan (r).*
Tineg (r).
Visan (m).
Villa vicioea (t).
Apapaya (d).
Provincb of Iloilo.
Guimbal (m).
Iloilo (m).
Janiuay (m).
Leon (m).
Miagao (m).
Oton (m).
Province of Isabela.
Villaviciosa — Cont'd.
Cal-lao (b).
Bulbulala (b).
Bulilising (h).
Lumaba (b).
Quibasan (h).
Ul-olingen (m.
Villaviciosa (d).
Pasei (m).
Pototan (m).
Santa Barbara (m).
Sara (m).
Tigbauan (m).
[Rancherlaa marked thus (*) are organized under act No. 1113; the others are unorgantgecLJ
Ballucu (r).*
Banafa (r).
Bunsian (r).*
Butigui (r).*
Cabagan Nuevo (m).
Cabatuan (t).
Abbag (b).
Camarag (b).
■ Dalinog (o).
Piat (b).
Bifian (m).
Cabuyao (m),
Calamba (m).
Calauan (m).
Lilio (m).
Los Bafios (m).
Luisiana (m).
Agoo (m).
Anngay (m).
Bacnotan (m).
Balaoan (m).
Caransao (r).
Cauayan (m).
Dalig (t).
Bannagao (b).
Calamman (b).
Polay (b).
Dammao (r).*
Echague (m).
Gamu (m).
Gatafan (r).
Province of La Lacuna.
Guinabbual (r).
Ilagan (m).
Naguilian (m).
Palanan (m).
PalasiH (r).
Kugao (r).*
San Mamno (t).
Santa Maria (m).
Tagle (m).
Tmnauini (m).
Lumban (m).
Mabitac (m).
Ma^dalena (m).
Majayjay (m).
Nagcarlan (m).
Paete (m).
Pagsanjan (m).
Province op La Union.
Pangil (m).
Pila(m).
San Pablo Cm).
San Pedro Tunaaan (m).
Santa Cruz (m),
Santa Rosa (m).
Siniloan (m).
Bangar (m).
Bauang (m).
Luna (m).
Naguilian (m).
San Fernando (m).
San Juan (m).
Santo Tomas (m).
Tubao (m).
Province of Lepanto-Bontoc.
Alilem (t Amburayan).
Ampusunffan (t Lepanto).
Angaqui (t Lepanto).
Bacun (t Amburayan).
Bagnen (t Lepanto).
Bamngao (s Bontoc).
Balatoc (s Bontoc).
Ballcang (s Bontoc).
Balinsagao (s Bontoc).
Banaao (t Lepanto).
Banao (s Bontoc).
Ban^ad (s Bontoc).
Barlig (s Bontoc).
Basao (s Bontoc).
Banco (t Lepanto).
Besao (t Lepanto).
Betuagan (s Bontoc).
Bontoc (t Bontoc).
ButbUt (s Bontoc).
Cayan (t Lepanto).
Cervantes (t Lepanto).
Concepcion (t Lepanto).
Dacalan (s Bontoc).
Dananao (s Bontoc).
Daneo (s Bontoc).
Dangla (s Bontoc).
Guinaon (s Bontoc).
Inapuy (s Bontoc).
Lias (b Bontoc).
Lubuagan (s Bontoc).
Mabontoc (s Bontoc).
Mancayan (t Lepanto).
Man^i (s Bontoc).
Piquigan (s Bontoc).
Sabangan (t Lepanto).
Sacasacan (s Bontoc).
Sadanga (s Bontoc).
Saffada (t Bontoc).
Saieeseg (s Bontoc).
San Emilio (t Lepanto).
San Gabriel (t Amburayan).
Santol (t Amourayan).
Sigay (t Amburayan).
Sudipen (t Amburayan).
Sugpon (t Amburayan).
Suniadel (s Bontoc).
Suyo (t Amburayan).
Tinglayan (s Bontoc).
Toloctoc (b Bontoc).
Tonglog (s Bontoc).
Tul^ (s Bontoc).
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628
Province of Lbtte.
Abuyoff (m).
Alangalang (m).
Almeria (m).
Babatungon (m).
Banigo (m).
Bate (m).
Baybay (m)*.
Burauen (m),
Cabalian (m).
Caibiran (m).
Carigara (m).
Dagami (m).
Binaybay (r).
Bulakcao (t).
Binanauaoff (b).
Caguray (b).
ning(b).
Mangarin (b).
Mansalay (b).
Mauhao (b).
Paclasan (b).
Galapan (t).
Bac6 (b).
Baruyun (b).
Bondoc (b).
Bulalo (b).
Ganubing (b).
Jolo (b).
Navotas (b).
Puerto Galera (b).
San Vicente (b).
Silonay (b).
Tacligan (b).
Caluya (t).
Caluya (b).
Semirara (b).
Sibay (b).
Lalauigan (r).
Lubang (t).
Agcauayan (b).
AmbQ (b).
Abaga(r).
Alanib (r).
Bagtoc or Libuna (r).
Bafingasaff (m).
Bayangd (r).
Caca6n (r).
Cagayan (m).
Galugmanan (r).
Cosina (t).
Dagundalajon (r).
Domaquiling (r).
Impalutao (r).
Impasug (r).
Initao (m).
Jimenez (m).
Dulag (m).
Hilongos ^m^.
Hindai^ (m).
Himinanga (m).
Inopacan (m).
Jaro (m).
Leyte (m).
Liloan (m).
Maasin (m).
Malitbog ^m^.
Matalom (m).
M^rida (m).
Province of Mindoro.
Lubang — Cont'd.
Baliquias (b).
Bulacin (b).
Looc (b).
Naval (m).
Ormoc (m).
Palo (m).
Palompom (m).
San Isidro (m).
San Ricardo (m).
Sogod (m).
Tacloban (m).
Tanauan (m).
Toloea (m).
Maliig(l
Tafi:bac (b).
TaLhotao (b).
Tilic (b).
Viflo (b). .
Mamburao (t).
Abra de Yloff (b).
Buenavista (d).
Lipa (b).
Paluan (b).
San Joe^ (b).
San Lorenzo (b).
Santa Cruz (b).
Naujan (t).
Bancuro (b).
Estrella (b).
Magasauang-tubig (b).
Nag-iba (b).
Palsahingin (b).
Pinagsabangan (b).
San Augustln (b).
San Jofll (b).
Pinamalayan (t).
Anilao (b).
Babahurin (b).
Balete (b). o
Province of Mis amis.
(RAncherias organlted under act No. 670.]
Pinamalayan — Cont'd.
Bongabon (b).
Calima (b).
' Casili^an (b).
Catiningan (b).
Inoman (b^.
Macanlig (b).
Malibago (b).
Malicbog (b).
Maluan (b).
Manga (h),
MasaguiBi (b).
Pan^lavan (b).
Pamquinan (b).
Papandayan (b).
Pull (b)*.
Quinabigan (b).
Recodo (b>.
Sumagui (d).
Tiguihan (b).
Pukauin (r).
Sablayan (t).
Batas&n (b).
Irinin (b).
Jalaohauan (b).
Magarang (b).
Tulaong (b).
Langaon (r).
(m).
Lindaban (r)
Lingi-on (r).
Lourdes (r).
Lurugan (r).
MalitW (r).
Maloco (r).
Mambajao (m).
Mambayao (r).
Misamis (m).
Nangca or Lapinigan (r).
Oroquieta (mj.
Pangayauan (r).
Pungol (r).
Puntian (r).
Quibidauan (r).
Quiliog (r).
Quimaya (r).
Sabangan (r).
Salimbalan (r).
Sampiano (r).
Sancanan (r).
SUoo (r).
Sumilao (r).
Tagoloan (m).
Talacag (r).
Talisayan (m).
Tanculan (r).
Tumalaong or Calipayan (r).
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KUKlCIPALITISe AKB TOWNSHIPS.
MoRO Proyincx.
OOTABATO DI8TBICT. •
Cotabato (m):
PaiangI
m):
Barrio: Tamontaka.
Bamoft—
Makar (m), never organized.
Nituan.
PoUdc.
Tribal wardi.
Ward-
Headquarters :i
(ranoberias). |
Ward-
Headqaarten
(nooheiiM).
No.l
Kalanganan ■ No. 10
TT^t^jnnglng.
No. 2
Oapat No. 11..
Baxombayan No. 12. .
NuMn 1 No. 13..
Duplt.
Defikan.
No. 3
No. 4
Talayan.
No. 5
Ubungan ' No. 14
Traa.
No.«
Duluan ', No. 15..
PiduPulangul....! No.M..
BuMoiiK.
Cataml&l.
No.7
No. 8
Pikit 1 No. 17..
Kabacan i'
11
%f^i«.»w^
No. 9
DAVAO DI8TBI0T
B^an^ (m).
Davao— Cont'd.
Davao— Cont'd.
Barrios— Cont'd.
Villages— Cont'd.
Nahn.
Baganga.
CompoBtela.
Dapnan.
Daliao.
Padada.
S^'v^ct^'
Lapanday.
Malalag.
Patulangan.
Pena Plata.
Village:
Bolton.
Matina.
Sabang.
San Jose.
Caraga(m).
Samal.
Siraoan.
Barrios:
Santa Cruz.
Tagabuli.
CaraM.
Bacmin.
Talugutan.
Villages:
Agdao.
Tapukya.
Taloma.
Manay.
Tugatoe.
Manoriago.
Agtun.
Mati(m).
San Francisco.
Afltorga.
Barrios:
Santa Fe.
Babac.
Mati.
Santa Maria.
Bacaca.
Mayo.
Zaragoza.
Villages:
Bapcaing.
Balutecay.
San Ignacio.
Santa Cruz.
San Jose.
Binoling.
Sigaboy.
San Luis.
Coronon.
Tarragona.
Santiago.
Dar^.
Villages:
Gateel (m).
Digos.
Anunciacion.
Barrios:
Dumoy.
Burnt.
Aragon.
Dungas.
La Union.
Cateel.
Gerona.
Luban.
Palabuian.
San Alfonso.
Jativa.
Luzon.
Eamona.
Macanbahl.
San Antonio.
Lais.
Nagaret.
Santa Filomena. .
Libuac.
Numancia.
San Rafael.
Lipadas.
Pandiguitan.
Davao (m).
Lucaron.
Tagabebe.
Barrios:
Maa.
Davao.
Malita.
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625
MoRO Province — Continued.
DAVAO DISTRICT — Continued.
Tribal vxxrds*
Ata ward (headquarters, Guiansna ward (headquarters,
Bancas). Tagapan).
Villages: Villages:
Atlanta. CaUdunan.
Bancas. Tagapan.
Detroit. Manday award (headquar-
Piedad. tcrs, Bankiaoan).
Bagobo ward (hradciuarters, Villages:
Cibulan).
Villages:
Bayabes.
Cibulan.
Tibisan.
Atas.
Bankiaoan.
Ding Ding.
Moro ward (headquarters,
Lasang^.
Villages:
Binaoan.
Gapuit.
Moro ward — Cont'd.
Villages— Cont'd.
La^ng.
Libaganun.
Madaum.
Magnaga.
Matiao.
Piso.
Sumlug.
Tagun.
Tagacaolo ward (headquar-
ters, Malalag).
Villages:
Balawag.
Basiaoan.
Santa Maria.
nigan (m).
Barrios:
DelaPaz.
Rosario.
LANAO DISTRICT.
San Jos^.
San Miguel.
San Rogue.
Santa Filomeua.
Santia^.
San Virente.
Malabang (m;.
Jolo (m).
Barrios:
Jol6.
Laud.
Ward-
No. 1....
No. 2....
No. 3....
No. 4....
No. 5....
No.C...
No. 7....
No. 8...
No. 9....
No. 10...
Pansol
Parang
Lati
Looc
Tandu
TongkU
Panffutaran.
Taw Tawi..
Siasi.
.MULU DISTRICT.
Tullai.
San Raymundo.
Bus Bus.
Tribal wards.
District.
Siasi (m).
Barrio:
Siasi.
Headquarters.
Jolo.
Likup.
Patiool.
Karongdong.
Piahan.
Tongkil.
TuUai.
Bongao.
SlasIT
Cagayan de Solu , j Cagayan .
Caeayan de Sulu (mV Authorized bv legislative council but never organized;
trilral-ward government organized insteacf. Villages: Jurata, Imus.
Dapitan (m).
fiarrios:
Baliangao.
Banonong.
Biasone.
DohinoD.
Ilaya.
Lacy.
Libay.
Lugaungan.
Miputac.
ZAMBOANOA DISTRICT.
Dapitan — Cont "^d .
Barrios — Cont' d .
Polanco.
Potol.
Tangbo.
Tamhoe^DgSk (m).
Barrios:
Ayala.
Balihuasan.
Bolong.
Curuan.
11027— WAR 1907— VOL 1(J
2^ainboanga — Cont'd.
Barrios — Cont'd.
Isabela de Basilan.
Manicahan.
Mercedes.
San Jos^.
Santa Maria.
Talon Talon.
Tetuan
2^amboanga.
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KUKIOIPALITIES AND TOWNSHIPS.
MoRO Province — Continued.
ZAMBOANGA DISTRICT — Continued.
Tribal wards.
No. 1 (headquarten,
tan, Basuan).
FAmi- No. 2— Cont'd.
No 4--Cont»d.
Rancherias— Cont'd.
Rancherias:
Rancherias:
Quipit.
Cuya.
CandihiB.
Recodo.
Dansollan.
Guiong.
Sibuco.
Disacan.
Jjamitan.
Sindangan.
Dominolog.
Malacojon.
Siocon.
Gomay.
MaluBO.
Talucksangay.
Langatian.
Pangaaan.
Tictabun.
Matam.
Panigayan.
No. 3 (headquarters,
Mar- Pifian.
Pilas.
gosa Tubig).
Ponog.
Sangboi.
Rancherias:
Ponot.
Semut.
Bacalan.
Siare.
Tapianitana.
Uc 3ung.
Cumalaran.
Toocan.
Dinas.
No. 5 (headquarters, Tucu-
No. 2 (headquarters,
Zam- Kabasalan.
ran).
Rancnerias:
boanga).
Kulasian.
Rancherias:
Lapirauan.
Baffalupa.
Balanuc.
Buluan.
Margosa Tubig.
Pang Pang.
Labangan.
Landang.
Sebol.
Lintogod.
M^^.
Sey. Lubig.
No. 4 (headquarters, Lubun- Manu.
Panubigan.
gan).
Salubu.
Aliaga (m).
Bongabon (m).
Irurulong (d).
Bugnan (r).
Casanglalan (r).
Dupinga (r).
Dalumpac (r).
Gabi (r).
Ibabwdog (r).
Inasan (r).
Pinagsanghan (r).
Putat (r).
Taboc (r).
Tinuctucan (r).
Upac (r).
San Esteban (b).
Barbae (r).
Labuan (r).
Matatalagib (r).
Alimit (d).
Anao (d).
Asin (d).
Ayangan (d).
Bagabag (t).
Bambang (t).
Banaue (d).
Bayombong (t).
Bicabacan (r).
Buyabuyan (d).
Provincb of Nubva Ecu a.
[Rancherias unorganieed.]
Bongabon (m) — Con.
San Esteban (b)— Con
Macalaw (r).
Sapang-bago (r).
Sapang-San Juan (r).
Sapang-bayug (r).
Villa (b).
Alintutuan (r).
Camumo (r).
Calanan (r).
Inala (r).
Usulan (r).
Cabanatuan (m).
Carranglan (m).
Cabucbucan (r).
Casicagueng (r).
Cuvap6 fm).
Bued (b).
Bued (r).
Cuyap6 (m) — Continued.
San Marcelo (b).
San Marcelo (r).
Gapan (m).
Licab (m).
Pantabangan (m).
Abaca (r).
Caroayan (r).
Niuga (r).
Patacgao (r).
Umpatanff (r).
Pefiaranda (m).
San Antonio (m).
San Isidro (m).
San Joe6 (m).
San Juan de Guimba (m).
Talavera (m).
Province op Nubva Vizcaya.
Cabbabuyan (d).
Calasauan ^r).
Cambulo (a).
Canaddem (r).
Dupax (t).
Ilap (d).
Imugai^ (d).
Kong-kong (r).
Oyao and Cudug (r).
Pinquian (d).
Quiangan (t).
Santa F6 (d).
Santo Nifio (r).
Sap«u> (d).
Siniguian (r).
Solano (t).
Tungod (r).
Ugui(r).
Undeweg (r).
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627
Pbovincb of Occidbntal Neoros.
Bacolod (m).
leabela (m).
San Carlos (m).
Bago (m).
Jimamaylan (m).
Binalbagan (m).
Jiniearan (m).
La Carlota.
Saravia (m).
Silay (m).
Cadiz (m).
Cauayan (m).
Escaliuite (m).
Manapla (m).
Murcia (m).
Talisay (m).
Valladolid (m).
nog (m).
Pontevcfdra (m).
Victorias (m).
Pbovincb of Oriental Negros.
(Ranoherias unoi^ganized.]
Ayuquitan (m).
Bacon (m).
Bais (m).
Abaca (r).
Ganlaay (r).
Mansolod (r).
Alangilanan (r).
Amaiao (r).
Galobasa (r).
Maholod (r).
Ganloto (r).
Namongduan (r).
Apanangan (r).
Badiang (r).
- BagdcTr).
Gataffbacan (r).
Gatalagan (r).
Nasuyacan (r).
Palay (r).
Panalaan (r).
Bangabanga (r).
Danao(r).
Pandl (r).
Bantolinao (r).
Dansolan ^r^.
Ginoctan (r).
Pange (r).
Bantule (r).
Pinaybanan (r).
Batangan (r).
Ginugtan (r).
Pinajan (r).
Bayana (r).
Inansagan (r).
Salong (r).
mik
Jacdap (r).
Sangay (r).
Lalacaon (r).
SinabJagan (r).
Bombonon (r).
Mabaha (r).
Tagpo (r).
BunRag (r).
Gambaffuio (r).
CambaJiuag (r).
Mabulog (r).
Tampa (r).
Magaaaha (r).
Tamugon (r).
Malaga (r).
Malocon (r).
Mamoc (r).
Tanriad (r).
Tapiao (r).
Cambontoc (r).
Canangcaan (r).
Candabong (r).
Candupa (r).
Tinaan (r).
Mandalupanff (r).
Dauin (m).
Diimaguete (m).
Guijulngan (m).
Alum (r).
Mabalew (r).
Villegas (r).
Ambatog (r).
Maboloy (r).
Antibalas (r).
Mabunga (r).
Larena (m).
Bacuao (r).
Baloc (r).
Magcanaway (r).
Maabyoc (r).
Luznriaga (m).
Siaton (m).
Bay-ang (r).
Cabanhao (r).
Gamabanti m.
Malang-og (r).
Malangsa (r).
Siquijor (m).
Tanjay (m).
Malig-on (r).
Tavasan (m).
dala?calag(r).
Gommtoc (r).
Campanica (r).
CangUguihan (r).
Maloco(r).
Manghamtic (r).
Gantdnapi (r).
Nagsaha (r).
Malabago (r).
Golaai (r^
Pangi (r).
Manaul (r).
Guinaaparan (r).
Pinocawan (r).
Mandapaton (r).
Inanitan (r).
Poti-an (r).
Tolong (m).
Ilihan(r).
Tuminhao (r).
Province of Palawan
Abo-abo (r).
Bono-bono (r).
Cuyo (t).
Dalahican (r).
Aborlan (r).
Gagayancillo (t).
Apuiahuan (r).
Coron (t).
Puerto Princeea (t).
Balabac (e).
Province of Pampanoa
Taytay (t).
Angeles (m).
Guagua (m).
Mexico (m).
Ai^it (m).
Lubao (m).
Porac (m).
Arayat (m).
Mabalacat (m).'
San Fernando (m).
Bacolor (m).
Macabebe (m).
San Luis (m).
Gandaba (m).
Magalan (m).
Santa Rita (m).
Floridablanca (m).
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MXTNICIPALITIES AND TOWNSHIPS.
Agno (m).
Aeuilar (m).
Alaminos (m).
Alavd (m).
Alcala (m).
Anda (m).
ABinean (m).
Lubas (r).
Balungao (m).
Banf (m).
Bautista (m).
Bayambang (tn).
Binalonan (m).
Binmaley (m).
Bolinao (tn).
Calasiao (m).
Da^pan (m).
Inmnta (m).
Lingayen (m).
Malasiqui (m).
Manaoag (m).
Antipolo (m).
Binangonan (m).
Caloocan (m).
Malabon (m).
Mariquina (m).
Morong (m).
Badajoz (m).
Cajidiocan (m).
Allen (m).
Almagro (m).
Balangiga (m).
Basev (m).
Bobon (m).
Borongan (m).
Calbayog (m).
Calbiga (m).
Capur(m).
Catarman (m).
Catbalogan (m).
Catubig (m).
Aroroy (m).
Bacon (m).
Barcelona (m).
Bulan (m).
Bulusan (m).
Casiffuran (m).
Castilla (m).
Cataingan (m).
Dimasalang (m).
Doneol (m).
Province of Pangasinan.
[Ranoherlss unoiganlmd.]
Mangaldan (m).
Mangatarem (m).
Natividad (m).
Pozomibio (m).
'Alibueng (r).
Bacayao (r).
Calonetan (r).
Innialc« (r).
Labayt% (r).
Maloquiat (r).
Paldit (r).
Roealee (m).
San Ang^l (r) .
San Matias (r).
Salaea (m).
San Carlos (m).
San Fabian (m).
Agat (r).
Bulaoen (r).
Csnringan (r).
Colisao (r).
Province of Rizal.
Navotae (m).
Parafiaque (m).
Pasay (m).
Pasig (m).
puma (m).
San Felipe Neri (m).
Province of Romblon.
San Fabian— Cont'd.
Eeperanza (r).
Pinmilapil (r).
San Jacinto (m).
San Isidro (m).
San Manuel (m).
San Nicolas (m).
Camanteles (r).
Salacsac (r).
Santa Rosa (r).
Talancafur (r).
San Quintin (m).
Santa Barbara (m).
Santa Maria (m).
Sual (m).
Tttyug (m).
Umingan (m).
Urdaneta (m).
ViUasis (m).
San Mateo (m).
San Pedro Macati (m).
Taguig (m).
Tanay (m).
Taytay (m).
Looc (m).
Odiongan (m).
Province of Samar.
Concord (r).
Dolores (m).
Gandara (m).
Guiuan (m).
Laoang (m).
Lavezares (m).
Llorente (m).
Oquendo (m).
Ores (m).
PalaiM^ (m^.
Pamoujan (m).
San Antonio (m).
Province op Sorsogon.
Gubat (m).
Irosin (m).
Juban (m). .
Magallanes (m).
Mandaon (m).
Masbate (m).
Matnog (m).
Milagros (m).
Mobo (m).
Pilar (m).
Romblon (m).
San Fernando (m).
San Jos^ (r).
San Julian (m).
Santa Rita (m).
Santo Nifio (m).
Sulat (m).
Taft (m).
Tarangnan (m).
Villareal (m).
Wright (m).
Zumarraga (m).
Placer (m).
Prieto-Diaz (m).
Pulanduta (m).
San Fernando (m).
San Jacinto (m).
San Pascual (m).
Santa Magdalena (m).
Sorsogon (m).
Uson (m).
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Butuan (m).
Cabadbaian (m).
Gantilan (m).
Dapd (m).
Bamban (m).
Camiling (m).
Capas (m).
Concepci6n (m).
Alabat (m).
Atimonan (m).
Baler (m).
Boac (m).
Calauag (m).
Catanauan (m).
Gasan (m).
Guinayang;an (m).
Botolan (m).
Iba (m).
Masinloc (m).
Province of Surioao.
Dinagat (m).
Gigaquit (m).
Hinatuan (m).
Lianga (m).
Province op Tarlac.
La Paz (m).
Moncada (m).
Paniqui (m).
Placer (m).
Surigao (m).
Talacogon (m).
Tandag (m).
Pura (m).
Tarlac (m).
Victoria (m).
Province op Tatabas.
Gumacd (m).
Infanta (m).
Lopez (m).
Lucban (m).
Lucena (m).
Mauban (m).
Mulanay ( m).
Pagbilao (m).
Province of Zambales.
01ongap6 ^m).
San Marcelino (m).
San Narciso (m).
Pitogo (m).
PoyBo (m).
Sampaloc (m).
Santa Cruz (m).
Sariava (m).
Tayabas (m).
Tiaon (m).
Torrijos (m).
Santa Cruz (m).
Subic (m).
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iivi>e:x:.
Abba, subpbovincb op:
municipalities increased in: 115.
salary of lieutenant-governor of: 210.
Absence, leave of. (See Leave of Absence.)
Accounting act:
accounts —
appeals against decisions of auditor: 531.
appropriations, keeping of: 529-531.
auditor to send official notice of settlement of: 529.
contracts made: 529.
information on orders of government to be sent to auditor: 529.
internal-revenue law, collections arising tmder: 531.
Moro Province —
customs collections: 531.
revenues to be deposited in treasury of province in which collected: 531.
officers failing to render: 530.
reopening of, by auditor on account of fraud, etc. : 530.
suits against officers, etc., evidence necessary to show balance of: 530.
treasurer, officers and agents, accounts of: 529.
assistant treasurers —
appointment of: 526.
duties of: 526.
auditor for the Islands —
appointment of: 524.
corps of district auditors under: 535.
director of the bureau of audits to be: 524.
duties of: 524-526.
bonds —
insular, provincial, or municipal officers to give: 531.
auditor to fix amoimt of: 532.
collecting and disbursing officers, director of bureaus to designate: 528-529.
general provisions —
auditor to have jiuisdiction over examinations of accotmts: 540.
books and accounts may be examined: 539.
examination of funds with treasurer and report made to Secretary of War: 539.
laws pit)viding for traveling examiners, inspectors, etc., repealed: 539.
government depositaries —
governor-general may designate banking institutions as: 532.
loss of original checks or warrants, duplicates to be paid by: 533.
officers or agents —
balances to the credit of: 534.
ceasing to act, to make settlement with auditor: 533.
death, removal, or resignation of: 533.
deposit of funds for disbiu^ements to credit of, in: 532.
Secretary of War may designate banking institutions in United States as: 532.
treasurer and depositary of, to make report to auditor annually: 533.
631
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682 INDEX.
AccouNTiNO ACT — Continued,
islands divided into difltricte —
district auditors —
appeals against decisions of: 537.
assignment of: 536. *
balances to be certified by: 536.
decisions of, to be reported to insular auditor: 536.
ineligible for appointment as provincial treasurers: 536.
settlements made by, revised by insular auditor: 537.
losses, indebtedness, etc. —
auditor —
collection of debts, to have supervision over: 535.
liability in certain cases, may release from: 535.
officer or agent —
claims for losses in transit: 534.
liable for losses, except by act of God or the enemy: 534.
meaning of: 539.
salaries due deceased, to be applied to payment of indebtedness of: 535.
postal money orders —
accounts of, to be kept separately: 534.
rendering of, when required by the auditor: 534.
procedure in case of death or other incapacitation: 538, 539.
public property —
head of a bureau or office, accountable for: 537.
shipment of —
shortage or damage of, to be noted on bill of lading: 538.
unserviceable, disposition of: 537.
repealed, acts: 540.
treasurer of the Islands —
appointment of: 526.
director of the bureau of the treasury, to be: 526.
duties of: 526.
receipts of; to be issued by: 527.
warrants, issued by head of office upon treasurer: 527, 528.
Adulterio:
public prosecution of: 469.
Agents:
accounts of: 529.
suits against, evidence necessary to show balance of: 529, 530.
AORICULTURAL BaNK:
appropriations for: 387, 388.
Agriculture, bureau op:
appropriations for: 242. 490, 549, 569.
balance of Congressional relief fund : 549.
Congressional relief fund, purchase of animals by: 569.
dairy bam at Alabang: 213.
director of, powers and duties of: 445.
diseases, prevention of introduction of dangerous communicable: 445.
sisal, purchase of, from Hawaiian experiment station by: 563.
Aguilar, Panoasinan:
election, time for holding in: 24.
reconstituted: 24.
AOUSAN, PROVINCE OF:
boundary of: 299.
capital of: 299.
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AousAN, pRoviNCB OF — Continued.
fiBcal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 299.
land registration, court of: 426.
register of deeds for, provincial treasurer to perform duties of: 326.
province of, created: 299, 301, 302.
Alabano, dairy barn at: 213.
Alava, Panqasinan:
election, time for holding: 24.
reconstituted: 24.
Alb AT, PROVINCE of:
Catanduanes, municipality of, consolidated with: 26.
claims, appropriations for: 493.
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
loans to, provisions for increase of: 141.
municipalities, reduced in: 25, 388.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Allen, Samar:
San Antonio, separated from: 26.
Allen, William H.:
telephone and telegraph systems granted to: 192.
Almeira, Leyte:
change in name of: 108.
Alvarez, Pascual:
mentioned: 493.
AifBos Oamarinbs, provincb of:
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Amburayan, subprovincb of:
establishment of new boundaries between Ilocos Sur and La Union, and: 153.
Anderson, Pierce:
mentioned: 212.
Animals:
aukhrax in Lepanto-Bontoc: 569.
appropriations for: 549, 569.
Congressional relief fund:
agriculture, bureau of, purchase of, by: 569.
diseases —
act to prevent the introduction of: 445.
director of agriculture,,powerB and duties regarding: 44G.
quarantine stations, establishment and maintenanco of: 540, 569.
quarantining of: 445, 446.
shipping or bringing animals suffering from: 445.
serum for the cure of: 549, 569.
life of, law for protection of: 547.
Anos, sitio of:
annexed to Pitigo: 20.
Anthrax in Lbpanto-Bontoc:
restricting spread of: 569.
Antique, province of:
Congressional relief fund, relief of persons in Culasi: 563, 564.
fiscal, salary of: 336.
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Antique, peovincb of — Ontinued.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
ApAYAO, 8UBPROVINCB OF:
established: 149.
lieutenant-governor of : 150.
Tauit, designated as the capital of: 150.
inhabitants of : 151.
Appointments made bt the oovernor-oenbral. (See Governor-general.)
Appropriations :
Abra, subprovince of, salary of lieutenant governor: 210.
Agricultural bank: 387, 388.
Agriculture, bureau of: 242, 490, 549, 569.
Congressional relief fund, balance: 549.
animal diseases, restricting spread of, in Lepanto-Bontoc: 569.
Albay, province of, unpaid claims, rerestoration of order in: 493.
Alvarez, Pascual, salary of: 493.
architect, consulting, salary of: 257.
assembly, Philippine —
personnel of: 232.
Secretary of War, expenses incident to: 492.
assessments and collections, department of, appropriations for: 12, 348.
Atega, Andr^, fees as justice of the peace: 210.
audits, bureau of: 205, 234.
Baguio: 213, 291.
balances remaining tmexpended to be returned into insular treasury: 293.
banks, agricultural: 387, 388.
Barrios, Pedro Crarcla, salary of: 494.
Benguet, provincial government of: 207, 275, 276.
BUibid Prison: 48, 291, 342.
board of rate regulations, expenses of: 479, 493.
bonds, sinking fund for payment of: 386, 387.
Bulacan, provincial government of: 208.
loan to: 275, 278.
Bumham, D. H., final payments to: 207, 212.
Cagayan, provincial board of: 210.
Campbell, Anna M., salary of: 201.
Carnival, Philippine Association, printing and postage of: 493.
Cebu, provincial government of: 208.
civil service, bureau of: 201, 235.
Clifford, C. G., final payment to: 207.
coast and geodetic survey, bureau of: 205, 256.
Cobb, David Lewis, salary of: 201.
cold storage, appropriations for: 493.
commerce and police, department of: 47, 48, 203-205, 208, 209, 213, 214, 221, 245,
249-256, 290-292, 417, 489-491, 493, 496.
Commission, Philippine: 200, 231, 490, 493.
commutation of claims of officers and employees for salary: 277.
Constabulary, bureau of: 203, 209, 245-249, 490, 496.
information division: 496.
continuing annual-
interest on railroad bonds and cash capital in agricultural bank: 387, 388.
auditor to make certificate of liability due by the government: 388.
treasurer to make payment: 388.
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INDEX. 685
Appropriations — Ck)ntinued .
contracts for the carriage of mailfi, government freight and pasBengers, coastwise
trade: 366, 367, 405.
Com, Washington: salary of: 210.
Curry, George, salary of: 208.
customs, bureau of: 25&-261.
disbursing agent, salary of: 278.
education, bureau of: 206, 213, 214, 263-265, 292, 492.
medical school, Philippine: 206.
school buildings: 213, 214.
executive: 200, 231.
executive bureau: 201, 232, 233, 234, 490.
fidelity-bond premiiun fimd: 406, 407-411.
finance and justice, department of: 205, 234, 257, 258-263, 491.
Flaherty, Lieut. Michael: 209. •
forestry, bureau of: 202, 243.
Foimtain, S. Y.: 209.
friar lands, appropriation for: 291, 403, 404, 421.
friar lands bonds sinking fund: 421, 422, 423.
friar lands loan fund: 403-404.
general purposes: 277.
government, insular, sundry expenses: 199, 200-210, 211, 231, 281, 489.
health, bureau of: 46, 202, 235, 239, 240, 490.
Igorots and Negritos, returning from the United States: 209.
Iloilo, port of, public improvement bonds, from sale of: 162, 489.
immigration detention station: 213.
inspectors, sanitary: 209.
interior department: 46, 202, 213, 235, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243-245, 257, 403, 490,
549,569.
insurance fund, act to provide for insurance against loss of vessels, etc. : 385, 386.
internal revenue, bureau of: 205, 262, 491.
judiciary: 200, 271-274, 275, 461, 492.
justice, bureau of: 257.
lands, bureau of: 46, 240, 241, 403.
Lepanto-Bontoc, provincial government of: 207, 276, 569.
Leyte, provincial government of: 208, 279.
Llora, Dr. Manuel: 210.
Manila, city of: 7-17, 211, 212, 345-355, 383-385, 417, 423, 461, 462.
(See also, Manila, city of.)
Medical school, Philippine: 139, 266, 293.
Mindoro, provincial government of: 276.
Miscellaneous —
appointments to unclassified positions: 280.
business and industrial interests, promotion of: 493.
coal for United States Fish Commission boat Albatross: 278.
commutation of accrued leave of absences: 280.
cutter Palawan: 208.
Economical Association of the Philippines: 207, 278.
inter-bureau transfers of property: 280.
officers and employees, per diems for: 279.
permanent indefinite reimbursable: 493.
refunds made by chiefs of bureaus, etc.: 281.
Secretary of War and party, opening of the Philippine assembly: 278, 492.
supplies furnished to branches of the government: 281.
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Appropbiations — Continued .
MiflcellaneouB — Continued.
tax appeals, provincial board of: 278.
transportation service: 278.
municipalities, suspension of land tax for 1907: 45, 287, 288.
Murphy, Maj. J. B., Philippines Constabulary: 278.
navigation, bureau of: 47, 48, 203, 208, 209, 214, 221, 252, 253, 254, 489, 491, 493.
Nueva Vizcaya, provincial government of: 207, 277, 278.
opium, sale and use of, rewards to informers: 36.
Palawan, provincial government of: 277, 293.
Pangasinan, provincial board of: 278.
permanent continuing annual, bounties for growers of leaf tobacco: 463-465.
postal savings bank: 204.
posts, bureau of: 204, 254, 255, 256.
signal service: 204.
printing, bureau of: 207, 270, 271.
prisons, bureau of: 48, 206, 268, 269, 270.
provinces, power of, increased in matter of: 18.
provinces and municipalities, suspension of land tax: 45, 287, 288.
public improvement bonds, sale of: 221.
public instruction, department of: 48, 206, 207, 213, 214. 263-267, 268-271, 292,
492, 493.
public works: 46, 48, 213, 214, 215.
public works, bureau of: 47, 203, 213, 214, 221, 250-251. 290, 291, 292, 417, 491.
quarantine service, bureau of: 202, 243, 244, 549. 569.
roads and bridges: 290, 293, 488, 568.
Rovira, L.: 210.
Samar, province of —
government of: 208, 209, 210.
governor, salary of: 210.
lieutenant-governor, salary of: 493.
sanitary inspectors and vaccinators: 209.
sanitation and transportation, department of, appropriations for: 14, 15, 212, 349,
384.
Santos, Ramon S.: 208.
Secretary of War, expenses incident to convening of assembly: 278, 492.
schools, city, department of, appropriations for: 12, 284, 351.
science, bureau of: 202, 213, 241, 242.
assay house: 213.
seamen, shipwrecked or destitute Filipino: 493.
sinking fund, creation of, payment of bonds issued: 386. 387.
Sorrarain, Dr. C: 200.
supervising railway expert, office of: 87, 205, 257.
supply, bureau of: 266-267, 493.
treasury, bureau of the: 263, 491.
vaccinators: 209.
vessels carrying mails, passengers, freight, etc.: 366, 367, 405, 443.
weather bureau: 244, 245.
Wood, W.J. : 210.
Archbishop of Manila: 375.
Archttbct, coNsui/riNo:
appropriations for: 257.
Artesian wells:
appropriations for: 214, 293.
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INDEX. 687
AsiNOA, Pangasinan:
municipalities separated from: 24.
Assembly, Philippine:
election law: 4^-80.
appropriations for: 232.
ballots, official: 6C, 67, 68.
canvass by —
municipal board: 74.
provincial board: 7.3, 74.
cockfighting, prohibited at: 59.
corrupt practices: 75.
counting of votes: 71.
announcement of results: 71, 72, 73.
courts, jurisdiction of —
first instance: 80.
date when effective: 80.
definitions and general provisions: 49-50, 51.
delegates to —
compensation and expenses of : 54.
reduction of, amendment providing for: 222, 223
disturbance of, prohibited: 439.
division into districts, and representation: 54-57.
disqualifications: 61.
elections: 50.
conduct of: 68, 69.
contests: 74, 75.
precincts: 57, 58.
inspectors of: 61, 62.
oath of: 62.
pay and expenses of: 66.
liquors, cockfighting and booths in vicinity of, prohibited: 59.
notices of special elections: 59.
organization of: 49.
penalties —
general: 76, 77-79, 80.
upon officers: 75, 76.
polling places, designation and arrangement of: 58, 59.
preservation of order by inspectors: 63.
qualifications —
officers of: 59, 60.
voters of: 60, 61.
registry for special elections: 66.
elector's oath: 64, 65.
voters of: 63, 64.
repealing section: 80.
short title: 49.
the Philippine assembly, to amsist of: 53
vacancies and special elections: 51.
voters of: 60, 61.
voting: 69, 70.
opening of the first, declared public holiday: 440.
Secretary of War, expenses of, incident to convening of: 278, 492
witnesses, attendance of, before: 439.
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A88S88MBNT8, BOARD8 OF:
asBeflBinent and oiganization of the central equalizing board, extension of time:
36, 136.
duties of: 520.
meetings of, when: 520.
supervisors of, duties required of: 35.
Assessments and collectigns, department of:
appropriations for: 12, 348.
Assistant attorney-general:
not to engage in private practice: 337, 338.
Assistant treasurer:
appointment of : 526.
duties of: 526.
Association, £k;oNOMicAL, of the Philippinbs:
appropriations for: 207, 278.
Asylums:
adoption of children inmates of, authorized : 223, 224
trustees or directors, duties of: 224.
Atbga, Andres:
fees as justice of the peace, payment of: 210.
Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Co.:
authorized to bring suit against the government: 1.
Attorney and assistant, Moro Province:
not to engage in private practice: 337, 338.
Attorney general:
not to engage in private practice: 337, 338.
Auditor:
accounts, official notice of settlement of, to be sent by: 529.
appeals against decision of: 531.
appointment of : 524.
bonds of officers to be fixed by: 410, 532.
contracts upon which payments are to be made to be submitted to: 529.
court fees in criminal cases due by provinces and city of Manila to government,
cancellation of by, authorized: 461.
director of the bureau of audits, to be: 524.
duties of: 524-526.
examination of accounts, to have jurisdiction: 540.
government depositaries —
officers or agents ceasing to act, to make settlement with: 533.
treasurer and depositary of, to make report annually to: 533.
islands, dividing of, into districts —
district auditors —
appeals against decision of: 537.
assignment of : 536.
balances to be certified by: 536.
corps of district auditors under: 535.
ineligible for appointment as provincial treasurers: 536.
losses, indebtedness, etc. —
collection of debts, to have supervision over: 535.
corps of district auditors under: 535.
liability in certain cases, may release from: 535.
postal money order accounts, to be rendered when required by: 534.
(See also Accounting Act.)
Auditors, district, corps of:
to be under auditor for the islands: 535.
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INDEX. 6S9
Audits, bureau of:
appropriations for: 206, 234.
director of, to be auditor for the islands: 524.
duties of: 524, 526.
Automatic Tblsphone Construction Company: 197.
Babuyanes Islands:
cedula tax, payment of, time extended in the municipalities of: 373.
Bacoor, Cavitb:
election, time for holding: 21.
Baouio:
appropriation for: 47, 213, 291.
hospital building: 213.
town site, improvement of: 291.
railway line to, governor-general to grant a concession or contract: 393-402.
Bailiffs:
courts of first instance, appointment of: 281.
land registration, court of, appointment of: 281.
Balabac, port of:
closing and opening of: 472.
Balances of appropriation unexpended:
to be returned to insular treasury: 293.
Baldwin, R. C: 207.
Baler, Tayabas:
loan to, for relief of inhabitants: 555.
Baliuao, Bulacan:
San Rafael separated from: 110.
Ballots, official:
Philippine assembly, election law: 66, 67, 68.
Balungao, Panoasinan:
election, time for holding: 24.
reconstituted: 24.
Banco Espa5Jol-Filipino:
agreement of the Secretary of War and the Archibishop of Manila, approval and
ratification of: 375, 376-381.
articles of incorporation —
capital stock and shares: 502-504.
circulating notes, the issue of: 504-507.
dissolution and winding up of: 514, 515.
general provisions: 512-514.
name, constitution, title, objects, domicile, and duration of: 498-502.
oflicers of the bank, concerning the: 510, 511.
powers of —
board of directors: 508-510.
general assembly of the stockholders: 507, 508.
authorized to change its name: 378.
capital paid in: 496.
capital stock of: 378.
circulating notes —
amount of, in circulation: 496.
issued under certain limitations and conditions: 378, 379.
privileges claimed with respect to: 496, 497.
right to issue by, not exclusive: 497.
shall pay a tax: 380.
corporate existence of, extended: 378.
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Banco E8PAf}oi/-FiLiFiNO — Continued .
depoedts by treasurer and provincial treasurerB to be made upon terms preecribed
by the government: 378.
examination and supervision of, exercised by the government: 378.
incorporated under charter granted by the Kingdom of Spain: 496.
notes of —
how issued: 380.
received for public dues by public officials: 378.
outstanding notes of, a preferred lien upon assets of: 379.
present circulation of, valid: 497.
renunciations by bank —
exclusive privilege of issuing notes in the Philippines: 379.
renunciations by the government —
appointment of governor and officers of: 378.
right derived from Spanish law to a loan to the treasury: 378.
right to issue notes equal to three times its capital stock: 497.
rights and franchisee of, act to confirm certain: 496-515.
silver certificates, right of issuing: 497.
Spanish charter, amended and confirmed: 497.
Banoued, Abra, subprovincb of Ilocos Sue:
Tayum, separated from: 115.
Bankers Trust Company:
mentioned: 362.
Bank notes, bonds, etc.:
counterfeiting, foiging, etc., of, prohibited: 430-438.
Banks, agricultural:
appropriation on account of capital invested in any: 387, 388.
Banks, postal savings. (See Postal savings banks.)
Bantug, barrio of:
Tarlac, annexed to La Paz: 24.
Barrios, Pedro GarcIa:
salary, payment of: 494.
Basey, Samar:
Santa Rita, separated from: 26.
Bataan, province of:
Dinalupihan, relief of inhabitants of: 564.
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor of, salary of: 49, 367.
loans to: 96.
treasurer of, salary of: 49, 367.
Batanes, subprovincb of:
cedula tax, time for payment of, extended: 373.
creating the: 299-301, 302.
lieutenant-governor of : 300.
powers of: 300.
residence of: 300.
salary of: 300.
part of the province of Cagayan: 300.
territory of: 300.
Batanoas, province of:
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor of, salary of: 49, 367.
loans to, cancellation of: 112, 113.
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INDEX. 641
Batanoab, province op — Continued,
municipalities in, increasing of: 19.
salaries of provincial officers of: 367.
treasurer of, salary of: 49, 367.
Bates, Judge Henry C:
leave of absence privileges: 275.
Bato, Alb ay:
consolidation of: 25.
election, time for holding: 25.
Bay, La Laouna:
consolidated with Los Bafios: 117.
Benouet, province of:
appropriations for: 207, 275, 276. .
land registration, court of, provincial treasurer to perform duties of register of
deeds: 326.
railway line to Baguio, concession for the building of a: 393-402.
Bbrnia, Arturo:
extension of time for payment of carabaos: 565.
BiUBiD prison:
appropriations for: 48, 291, 342.
guards quarters, construction of: 291.
minors confined in: 342.
prisoners confined in: 342.
Billiard tables, public:
licensing of: 516.
BiRang, La Laouna:
San Pedro Tunasan, separated from: 22.
Birds nests:
provincial boards to grant licenses for collecting edible: 466.
penalty for violations: 466.
Boards:
examination of applicants as mate, master, etc., of vessels in the coastwise trade,
to be made by: 97.
Boards, assessment:
extension of time for assessment of land values: 35, 136.
Boards, central equalizing. (See Central equalizing BOARDe.)
Boards, municipal:
assembly, Philippine election, canvass to be made by: 74.
cedula tax, extension of time for the increasing of: 459.
health. (See Health, municipal boards of.)
Manila, city of —
appropriations for. (See Manila, city of.)
appropriations to be made by: 462.
provincial —
act authorizing calling of special meetings of municipal presidents by, re-
pealed: 468.
assembly, Philippine election, canvass to be made by: 73, 74.
cedula tax, extension of time for the increasing of: 459.
conventions —
calling of by municipal and township presidents, at discretion of: 468.
determined by: 468.
copies of minutes of, to be forwarded to the executive secretary: 471,
disturbance of the, prohibited: 439.
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642 INDEX.
Boards, municipal — Continued,
provincial — Continued .
empowered to cause prisoners to clean, care for, or repair public buildings
and grounds: 84.
fraudulent altering of any draft, bill, resolution, ordinance, or act of, pro-
hibited: 439.
Philippine assembly election —
canvass of, to be made by: 73, 74.
public works —
may authorize the director of public works to advertise for bids and let
contracts for: 427.
not required to advertise for bids for buildings, costing less than ^1,000:
427.
(See also Provincial boards.)
Board of rate regulation:
act creating: •474-480.
annual reports to be submitted to the Philippine legislature: 479.
appropriations for: 479, 493. ,
duties and powers of: 474, 475.
expenses of: 479, 493.
interference in the discharge of official duties of, prohibited: 477.
judicial proceedings —
attorney-general to represent the government in: 479.
burden of proof upon public-service corporation: 479.
office of: 474.
orders of, application for rehearing on: 478.
public-service corporations, domestic or foreign, shall apply to: 479.
quorum, majority of members to constitute a: 474.
rates —
charged by any public-st^rvice corporation, to be fixed by: 477.
defined: 479.
expressed in written orders: 477.
service of: 477.
shall take effect, when: 477.
suspension or modification of: 478.
peal of: 474.
witnesses —
attendance of: 475, 476.
fees and mileage allowance: 476.
issuing of subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecmn for: 475.
testimony of, may be taken by deposition: 476.
Boards, tax appeals. (See Tax appeals, board of.)
Boards, tax appeals, city op Manila. (See Taxes, Manila, city of.)
BoBON, Samar:
Caterman, separated from: 26.
BOHOL, PROVINCE OF:
Congressional relief fund, relief of inhabitants of Loob: 568.
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Bonded officers and employees:
leaving islands without certificate of settlement from auditor forbidden: 99, 100.
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Bonds:
appropriation for creating a sinking fund for th^ payment of: 386, 387.
available for investment: 387.
how invested: 387.
bank, counterfeiting, forging, etc., prohibited: 430-438.
Fidelity-bond premium fund —
act creating the: 406-411.
appropriation for: 406, 407-411.
appropriation, permanent reimbursable, abolished: 407.
funds of, how invested: 410.
insular auditor, powers and duties: 410.
insular and provincial officers —
accounts of, replacing losses, shortages and defalcations in: 406.
who deemed to be bonded in: 407, 408.
insular treasurer, duties of: 407, 408, 409.
municipal treasurers, replacing losses, shortages and defalcations in the ac-
counts of: 406.
officers or employees bonded —
fees and costs on account of actions taken against, payment of: 406.
premium chaiges, by whom paid: 409.
who exempt from payment of bond premiums: 407.
provincial treasurers, duties of: 408, 409.
refund of imeamed premiums on: 406.
secretary of the municipal board, duties of: 408, 409.
sheriffs of provinces, or provincial governors acting as such: 410, 411.
insular, provincial, or municipal officers: 531.
auditor to fix amount of: 532.
officers and employees —
auditor to fix amount of: 410, 532.
public-improvement, sale of: 17, 162, 221, 489.
loan to the city of Manila, transfer of: 417.
registrars of property, cancellation of official : 106.
(See also Rboistrars of property.)
railroad, appropriation to pay interest on: 387, 388.
sewer and waterworks, Manila, sale of: 354, 355.
BONGAO, PORT of:
closing and opening of: 472.
Boundaries:
municipal, adjusti](lent of: 420.
provincial, adjustment and establishment of: 153-155, 420.
Bounties, payment of:
to growers of leaf tobacco: 463-465.
Brown, J. H.:
franchise for a telephone and telegraph system: 192.
Buildinos:
code of procedure in civil actions —
appeals from judgments of courts: 473.
forcible entry into and detainer of: 472.
provincial government, plans of, pri/^e for: 209.
public, prisoners in provincial jails to clean, care for, or repair of: 84.
Bukidnon:
subprovince of Agusan: 299.
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BULACAN, PROVINCB OF!
fiscal, aalary of: 336.
gaugers, salaries and traveling expenses of: 208.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
loans to: 275, 278.
municipalities increased in: 84, 110.
Polo, funds, distribution of: 91.
San Rafael, separated from Baliuag: 110.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Bureaus, dirbctor of:
to designate disbursing and collecting officers: 528-529.
Burials. (See Cbmeteribs.)
BURNHAM, H. D.:
final payments to: 207, 212.
Butuan:
subprovince of Agusan: 299.
Cabulihan, barrio of:
annexed to Pitigo: 20.
Cagayan, province of:
Batanes, subprovince of, a part of: 300.
bounties for growers of leaf tobacco: 463-465.
cedula tax, time for payment of, extended in subprovinces of Batanes and Babuy-
anes islands: 373.
Congressional relief fund —
appropriation for the relief of inhabitants of: 556.
loan to, of, for relief of inhabitants: 553.
school teachers, municipal, payment of, from: 561.
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Cagayan, provincial board of:
employment of two foremen: 210.
Calantas, barrio of:
annexed to Pitigo: 20.
Calasiao, Pangasinan:
municipalities separated from: 24.
Calumnia:
public prosecution of, to provide for: 469.
Campbell, Anna M.:
Falaryof: 201.
Capiz, province of:
fiscal of, to perform duties for province of Romblon, and: 38.
office of, abolished: 38.
salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
loans to, cancellation of: 112, 113.
Romblon, municipalities of, annexed to: 222, 223.
Romblon, province of —
annexed to: 217, 218, 219.
officers, compensation of: 219.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Carabaos:
Bernia, Arturo, granted an extension of time for payment for: 555.
Heran, L. M., refund of purchase price paid for: 556.
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Carnival, Philippine Association: ^
appropriations for: 493.
Catbrman, Samar:
Bobon, separated from: 26.
('atbalooan, Samar:
Tarangnan, separated from: 26.
Cattle:
appropriations for restricting spread of anthrax in : 569.
diseases, to prevent the introduction and spread of in: 445, 446.
Cavite, province of:
Congressional relief fund, relief of inhabitants of Imus: 567.
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
municipalities increased in: 21, 370.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Cebu, Cebu:
port works, supervision and construction of, transferred to oflSce of port works,
repealed: 546.
streets, widening of —
committee appointed for, discharged: 106.
governor-general to appoint new committee: 105.
Cebu, province of:
fiscal, salary of: 81, 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
loans to, cancellation of : 27.
restoration of public order: 208.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Cedula tax:
Babuyanes Islands, extension of time for payment in: 373.
provincial and municipal boards, extension of time for increasing of, by: 459.
(See also Taxes, cedula.)
Cemeteries:
burial groimds and, act regulating the establishment and maintenance of,
amended: 382, 467.
bodies of deceased persons unclaimed, disposition of: 229.
(See also Health, bureau of.)
disinterments, permits for the removal of, in certain cases: 382.
lots, sale of, receipts to be deposited in the municipal treasury: 467.
Central equalizing boajid:
appointments made by the governor-general in: 574.
extension of time for organisation of, etc. : 35, 136.
(See also Assessments, board of.)
Charitable institutions for poor children. (See Asylums.)
Charter, Banco EspaSol-Filipino. (See Banco EspaSol-Filipino.)
Children, poor:
in asylums and institutions. (See Asylums.)
Church property:
ratification and confirmation of agreement regarding settlement of: 375-382.
Circular:
recoinage of silver coins: 31.
Circuses:
licensing of: 516.
City schooi^, department op:
appropriations for. (S»e Moth* 4, .city of.)
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Civil procedure, code of:
amended: 91, 282, 324,*325, 326, 337, 338, 472, 473.
appcalB: 473.
courts of first instanre, judges of, not to engage in private practice of law: 337, 338.
fees —
clerks not to require prepayment of, from poor persons: 82, 83.
to include in their report to auditor all such special proceedings: 83.
governor's, sheriffs, and other persons: 156, 282.
hearings confined to law with certain exceptions: 91, 92.
new trials, method of procedure in applications for: 92.
forcible entry and detainer of lands and buildings: 472, 473.
justices of the peace courts, procedure in —
auxiliary justices, duties of: 338^
dockets, disposition of: 338.
officials of courts, not to engage in private practice of law while acting as: 337,
338.
qualification of applicants to admission as a member of the bar: 337, 338.
Civil service:
accrued leave —
applications for: 320.
commutation of: 320.
deceased employees, persons entitled may receive salary: 320.
employees and officers may be granted permission to visit the United States:
317, 318.
persons in the teaching service not to be granted: 318.
salary, payment of, to an officer or employee for abeence during first two
years* service, chargeable to: 319.
when and how granted: 317, 319.
appointive positions —
consolidation of two or more: 316.
may be restored to previous status: 316.
appointments: 307, 310, 311, 316.
chiefs of bureaus or offices, making of, by: 315.
persons in the United States —
conditions: 321, 322.
contract, execution of: 321.
full salary from date of arrival in islands: 321.
half salary from date of embarkation: 321.
transportation of, how and when granted: 321.
preference, to whom given: 311.
subordinate positions, to be made by: 315.
appropriations for: 201, 235.
chiefs of bureaus or offices, vacancies in, how filled: 315.
classes of officers and employees in: 313, 314, 315.
director of, rules to be prepared and certified by: 308, 309, 310.
disqualifications for holding office under: 312.
employees —
accrued leave and traveling expenses allowed: 557.
transportation to United States to be taken within 6 months: 558.
examinations: 307.
Filipino students being educated in the United States, extension of time: 470.
positions not applicable to: 307, 308.
when and where held: 310.
false rating, grading, etc. : 312. . , .^:f r« . U
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OnriL sBRYiCE — Continued.
leave of absence, persons not entitled to: 318.
oath of applicant for admission to the: 313.
office hours of bureaus and offices: 316, 317.
officer or employee-
allowed half salary for thirty days upon retirement: 321.
injured while performing duty, may receive full pay for six months: 319, 320.
persons not required to contribute to a political fund: 312.
promotions, political or religious opinions, no inquiry to be made relative to: 312.
regulations for the, act for: 307--322.
removals: 315, 316.
special contracts made with appointees, shall remain unaffected: 322.
vacancies, how filled: 316.
vacation leave —
absences on account of illness, charged against: 319.
salary, payment of, to an officer or employee during first six months, charge-
able to: 319.
when, and who entitled to: 319.
violation of regulations, chiefs authorized to reduce salary of subordinate, for: 315.
Civil service, bureau of:
appointments made by governor-general in: 571.
appropriations for: 201, 235.
Clerks op courts:
not to engage in private practice of law: 337, 338.
Clifford, C. G.:
compensation as member of the committee to count and verify mutilated cur-
rency: 207.
Coast and qbodbtic survey, bureau of:
appropriations for: 205, 256.
Coast guard and transportation, bureau op:
section 3, of act 266, creating, repealed: 546.
Coastwise trade:
vessels engaged in —
carriage of mails, freight, and passengers: 367, 405, 443.
bids need not be advertised for, in the United States: 367.
contracts made for—
approval of, by governor-general: 367.
to expire, when: 367.
government vessels may carry: 443.
secretary of commerce and police may modify or renew contracts: 367.
subsidies to steamship lines: 367.
fiag to be approved by secretary of commerce and police: 406.
Cobb, David Lewis:
payment for services rendered: 201.
Cocaine, alpha or beta eucaine:
possession, control, or sale of, by persons, prohibited: 447-458.
Cockfiqhting:
election, Philippine assembly, prohibited at: 59.
Code op civil procedure. (See Civil procedure, code of.)
Coins:
silver, circular regarding the recoinage of: 31.
(See also Currency.)
counterfeiting, forging, etc., prohibited: 430-43fc
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648 INDEX.
Gold storaob:
ftppropriatioiis tot: 493.
contracts and leasee for space m, to t>e executed by the purchasing agent: 344.
Cold storaob, bursa u or:
reorganization act, the —
abolidied as a separate bureau, and made a divinon of the bureau of sup-
ply: 102.
director of, abolished, and position created in the bureau of supply: 102.
COLLBCTINO AND DISBURSING OFFICBRS:
directors of bureaus to designate: 528^29.
COMMBRCB AND POLICB, OBPARTMBNT OF:
appointments made by the governor-general in: 572.
appropriations for: 47, 48, 203-205, 208, 209, 213, 214, 221, 245, 249, 250-256,
290-292, 417, 489, 490, 491, 493, 496.
telephone and telegraphs. (See Tblephonbs and tblboraphs.)
COMMBRCB and POLICB, SECRBTART OF:
appropriation for roads and bridges: 488.
vessels engaged in the coastwise trade —
authorized to modify or renew contracts made with, for carriage of mails,
freight, passengers, etc.: 366, 367.
ensign for, designed by: 405, 406.
Commission, Phiupfine:
appropriations for: 200, 231, 490, 493.
disturbance of the, prohibited: 439.
fraudulent altering of any draft, bill, resolution, or act of, prohibited: 439.
reports of, sale price of: 563, 566.
secretaries of, leave of absence: 544.
standing committees of : 570.
witnesses, attendance of, before: 439.
Commissioners to make official investigations:
appointment of: 306, 307.
powers of: 306, 307.
witnesses —
false swearing of : 307.
fees of, payment to: 307.
Committee:
appointment of, to compile and codify public laws: 566.
CoMMriTEES, standing, OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION: 570.
Concepci6n, Tarlac:
annexed to La Paz: 24.
Concessions:
Banco Espafiol-Filipino. (See Banco EspaSJol-Filipino.)
Baguio, railway line to: 393-402.
Lepanto Mining Co., incorporated. (See Franchises.)
Manila Railroad Co., railroad in the island of Luzon: 366.
Manila Suburban Railways Co. (See Manila Suburban Railways Co.)
Township and municipal privileges, providing for the letting of, to the highest
bidder: 140.
Congressional relief fund:
agriculture, bureau of —
animalB, purchase of, from: 569.
appropriations for, from: 549.
Baler, Tayabas, loan of, for the relief of: 556.
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Congressional rblibf fund — Continued.
Cagayan, province of —
loan of, for relief of inhabitants: 553, 556.
municipal school teachers' salaries, payment of: 561.
Casiguran, Tayabas, loan of, for relief of inhabitants: 555.
Culasi, Antique, expenditure of, for relief of: 563, 564.
Dagami, Leyte, for relief of inhabitants: 562, 565.
Dinalupihan, Bataan, expenditure of, for relief of: 564.
Iloilo, Iloilo, for relief of inhabitants of: 565.
Imus, Cavite, for relief of inhabitants of: 567.
Isabela, province of —
expenditure of, for relief of: 556.
loan of, for relief of inhabitants of: 553.
loan to provinces and municipalities, act providing for: 220, 553, 555.
interest, rate of: 220.
public works, construction of: 220.
Loon, Bohol, for relief of inhabitants of: 568.
Lopez, Vicente, expenditure of, for the payment of land tax of land of: 558.
Nueva Ecija, province of, construction of roads and bridges in: 568.
quarantine stations, appropriation for the establishing and maintaining of: 509.
San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, expenditure of, for relief of: 562.
Tarlac, province of, expenditure of, for the completion of dike: 561.
Tayabas, province of, loan of, for the relief of inhabitants of Baler and Casiguran :
555.
Constabulary, bureau of:
appropriations for: 203, 209, 245, 249, 490, 496.
Constabulary, Philippine:
acting and noncommissioned officers in charge of a poet who are found asleep on
duty: 467.
amendments to act organizing, etc.: 285, 467.
army officers serving with —
leave privileges: 101.
pay of, while going to and from the United States: 101.
Flaherty, Lieut. Michael, relief of: 209.
information division, superintendent of —
appropriations for: 496.
rank, pay and allowance of, authorized: 496.
ladrones, etc., duty of municipal officers to report presence of, to: 285.
pension and retirement of officers and enlisted men of: 143, 145.
Consuls:
seamen deserting from merchant vessels-
adjudication of certain disputes by: 424.
enforcement of decisions of: 424.
rights, privileges and powers of consuls of a friendly nation: 424, 425.
Consulting ARCHiTBcrr. (See Architect, consulting.)
Contracts:
carriage of mails, government freight and passengers, appropriations for payment
of: 366, 367, 405.
insular government, providing method of execution of: .344.
privileges, municipal and township, providing for the letting of to highest bid-
der: 140.
provincial board of public works may authorize director of public works, to the
letungof: 427.
upon which payments are to be made, to be submitted to the auditor: 529.
vessels transporting government mails, passengers and freight: 443.
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Conventions or meetinos of municipal and township presidents:
shall be called in the discretion of the provincial boards: 468.
Conveyances, public:
licensing of : 516.
Convicts:
diminution of sentences imposed, act providing: 27.
Corn, Washington:
payment of fees and per diem: 210.
Corporation law, the:
amendment of: 32, 137, 199, 415.
capital stock of corporations, increasing and diminishing of: 415.
corporations operating under special franchises granted, exempted: 199.
extension of time within which foreign corporations shall comply with: 32, 137.
Corporations:
board of rate regulation, created: 474-480.
capital stock of, increasing or diminishing of: 415.
corporation law, amendment of: 32, 137, 199, 415.
foreign, name of agent authorized to accept summons and process against,
required: 199.
extension of time within which to comply with the corporation law: 137.
public service —
domestic: 479.
foreign: 479.
railway. (See Eminent domain.)
Corps op district auditors:
under auditor: 535.
CoUNTERFEmNG, FORGING, ETC.:
act prohibiting, and providing penalties for violation* 430-438.
Courts in the Philippines:
justices of the peace —
act amending and repealing certain sections of acts and general order 58, of
1900, relative thereto: 117-135, 136, 281, 412.
answer —
defendant may interpose: 120.
appeals: 122, 127.
appointment and term: 117, 118.
assembly: 126.
audit and settlement: 119.
bail by fiscal: 127.
civil jurisdiction and powers: 118, 119.
contempt proceed ings : 121.
continuance: 124.
complaints: 126, 128.
removals: 126.
court room and supplies: 125.
criminal process: 126.
demurrer —
defendant may challenge: 120.
disposition of property —
appeal: 124.
disqualification: 124.
dockets, records: 121.
enforcement of attendance: 123, 124.
examination of debtor of judgment debtor: 123.
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Courts in thb Philippinbs — Continued,
justices of the peace — Continued.
act amending and repealing certain sections of acts and general order 58, of
1900, relative thereto — Continued,
examination of judgment debtor, when and by whom ordered: 122, 123.
execution: 122.
fee bill-
exceptions, liability: 124, 125.
inquest upon dead bodies: 128.
judgment: 122.
jurisdiction to try and sentence: 119.
oath and record: 124.
pending appeal: 127.
preliminary investigations: 127.
preliminary steps: 123.
qualifications and privileges: 125.
receipts —
restrictions: 126.
service of process, officers: 119, 120.
supervision, reports —
judge of the court of first instance shall have: 118.
the auxiliary justice —
qualifications and restrictions: 120.
transmittal of records: 128.
venue: 121.
Court of land rboistration. (See Land rbgistration, court or.)
Courts:
act providing for the organization of, amended: 281, 412.
bailiffs, appointment of: 281.
clerks of, not to engage in private practice while serving as: 337.
fees of clerks in criminal cases, payment of: 460.
officers of, payment of fees in criminal cases: 460.
officials of, not to engage in private practice: 337, 338.
Manila, city of —
judges, municipal, appointment of: 419.
justices of the peace, appointment and duties of: 8, 9.
municipal, leaves of absence for judges of: 21, 322.
suits assailing the validity of a forfeiture: 524.
Supreme. (See Supreme Court.)
Courts of first instance:
appropriations for. (See Appropriations, judiciary.)
bedlifts, appointment of: 281.
clerks of, to present to provincial treasurer statement of fees accruing to officers:
460, 461.
fees in criminal cases to be taxed against defendant if convicted: 460.
judges of —
leaves of absence: 21.
may issue search warrants in cases of counterfeiting, etc. : 438.
not to engage in private practice while serving as: 337, 338.
judicial districts, establishment of, amendment of act: 355, 356-357, 358.
Manila: 355.
Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Co. authorized to bring suit in: 1.
officials of, not to engage in private practice: 337, 338.
seamen deserting from merchant vessels, duties of: 424.
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Crdcbb:
adulterio, calumnia, cstupre. injuria, rapto, and violaci6n, provision for the
public proBCcution of: 469.
defined as public: 469.
how prosecuted : 469.
penal code, parts in conflict with, repealed: 469.
counterfeiting, forgery, etc., prohibited: 4d(M38.
gambling —
act to prohibit: 440.
meaning of: 440, 441.
officers charged with suppressing: 443.
witnesses —
not excused from self incrimination: 442.
testimony of, not t« be used against: 442.
officers and employees bonded, failing to account for*public funds or property:
411, 412.
sedition, treason, insurrection, and conspiracy, act defining, amendment of
section 8: 298.
Criminals. (See Prisoners.)
CuLASi:
expenditure of Congressional relief fund for relief of: 563, 664.
CUUON LEPER colony:
appropriations for: 46.
Currency:
act providing ways and means for the transmission of: 142.
demand drafts and telegraphic transfers, sale of —
insular treasurer authorized to exchange, for: 142.
premium for, to be fixed and promulgated : 142.
provincial treasurers authorized to exchange, for: 142.
regulations, forms of applications, etc. : 142.
(See also Demand drafts and telegraphic transfers.)
Banco Espafiol-Filipino authorized to issue currency notes: 380.
mutilated, payment of committee counting and verifying: 207.
silver coins —
exportation of, amendment of act prohibiting the: 404, 405.
recoinage of, circular regarding: 30, 31.
weight and fineness, refixing the: 30.
Curry, George:
commutation of accrued U»avo: 208.
Customs, bureau of:
appropriations for: 258-261.
Customs service:
amendment of act, providing for the administration of the: 487.
collector of customs —
decisions of, final in certain cases: 41.
marine officers, number and class on vessels to be prescribed by: 102, 103.
remission of duties in certain cases, by: 487.
silk worms, importing of, enforcement of act by: 286.
vessels, foreign, clearing of for ports of Legaspi and Tabaco: 471.
manufacturing bonded warehouses —
act providing for the establishment of: 487, 488.
collector of customs, shall prescribe regulations: 488.
list of goods, etc., in, to be filed with the collector of customs: 488.
officer of the customs, defined: 42.
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Customs service — Continued.
amendment of act, providing for the administration of the — Continued.
officers acting as American consuls, powers and duties in cases of arrest of sea-
men deserting: 424, 425.
opium, collector of customs, duties regarding the importation of: 451 , 455, 456.
ports of entry —
closing and opening of: 472.
Sitanki, created: 20.
railroad material, free entry of: 32.
seizures, decision of collector final in cases where value of goods is less than
T2O0: 41.
Daoahi:
Congressional relief fund, expenditure of, for relief of volunteers in: 562, 565.
Dancing halls:
licensing of: 516.
Dancing schools:
licensing of: 516.
Dead bodies:
removal of: 382.
(See also Ceueteries.)
Deceased persons uncxaiued:
disposition of by bureau of health: 229.
Demand drafts and telegraphic transfers, sale of:
act providing for the transmission of money: 142.
insular treasurer authorized to exchange currency for: 142.
premium for, to be fixed and promulgated: 142.
provincial treasurers authorized to exchange currency for: 142.
regulations, forms of applications, etc.: 142.
Deposffaries, government. (See Accounting act, government deposptaries.)
Depositories:
deposit of municipal funds in: 103.
Desertions op seamen from merchant vessels: 424, 425.
Diseases, animal:
act to prevent the introduction of: 445.
anthrax in Lepanto-Bontoc: 569.
appropriations for: 549. 569.
director of agriculture, powers and duties regarding: 446.
quarantine stations, establishment and maintenance of: 549, 569.
quarantining of: 445, 446.
serum for the cure of: 549, 569.
shipping or bringing animals suffering from, prohibited: 445.
Dinalupihan:
Congressional relief fund, expenditure of, for relief of: 564.
Director op agriculture. (See Agriculture, bureau of.)
Director of bureaus to designate disbursing and collecting officers: 528-529.
Director of health:
authorized to issue permits for the removal of deceased persons in certain cases:
382.
Disbursing agent:
appropriations, salary of: 278.
Disbursing officers:
director of bureaus to designate: 528-529.
District auditors:
corps of, under auditor: 535.
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Doctors. (See Physicians.)
Dolores, Samar:
establishment of : 26.
Domain, eminent. (See Eminent domain.)
Due, Jackson A.:
salary of: 200.
Economical Association of the Philippines:
appropriations for: 207, 278.
Education, bureau op:
appropriations for: 206, 213, 214, 263-265, 292, 492.
Bchool buildings, etc. : 292.
division of ethnology, transfer of, to bureau of science: 2.
students —
Filipino in the United States, extension of time to take civil-service exami-
nations: 470.
industrial and agricultural, employment and compensation for work done
outside regular school hours: 644, 545.
(See also Schools.)
Election law:
Albay, province of, time for holding elections in: 25.
amendment of: 49, 222, 223, 358, 359-361, 362, 382, 383, 465, 466.
assembly, Philippine — ^
act: ^9.
(See also Assembly, Philippine.)
Malabon,govemor-general to appoint committee to decide contested electionin: 81.
municipal officers ineligible, governor-general authorized to remove from office.
382, 383.
Opium, habitual users of, disqualified from holding provincial or municipal
offices: 465, 466.
Elections:
municipal, time for holding: 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 289, 296, 364, 365, 369, 370, 371,
372, 388.
legalization of, held under provisions of act 82: 153.
Eminent domain:
amendment as to railway corporations: 88.
deposit under: 89.
right of possession under: 89.
condemnation proceedings authorized for the new water system for the city of
Manila: 147.
Employees:
appointment of : 515.
bonded, leaving islands without certificate of settlement from auditor, forbidden:
99, 100.
commutation of claims of, for salary: 277.
fidelity -bond premium fund for. (See Bonds.)
government, transportation of baggage on transfer of station: 564.
provincial, appointment and salaries of: 494.
Employees and officers, pubuc:
act providing for the punishment of, who refuse to account for public funds or
property: 411, 412.
Enoineerino and public works, department of:
appropriations for. (See Manila, city of.)
Enoinebrs:
vesaeb coastwise trade, licensing of: 97.
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Estuprb:
public proeecution of, providing for: 469.
Ethnology, division of:
transferred to the Bureau of Science: 2.
Executions:
Bilibid Prison, provisions for: 42.
Exbcuttve:
appropriations for: 200, 231.
ExBCurrvE bureau:
appointments made by governor-general in: 571.
appropriations for: 201, 232, 233, 234, 490.
Railway Company, Philippine, first mortgage and contract of guaranty, to be
filed with: 362, 363.
ExBcurrvE orders:
firearms, governor-general to issue, prescribing forms and regulations regarding:
486.
Explosives:
fish, taking or killing of, by means of, prohibited, amendment of act: 287.
Fees:
appropriations for the payment of, in criminal cases: 460, 461.
formerly collected by provincial secretaries, to be deposited in provincial treas-
uries: 463.
governors, sheriffs, and other persons serving process: 282.
(See also Civil procedure, code of.)
officers, in criminal proceedings, acts 302, 404, and 135$, repealed: 461.
poor persons permitted to prosecute and defend spedal proceedings, without
prepaying: 82.
witnesses: 476.
Feito, Eduardo, salary of: 279.
Fidelity-bond premium fund:
appropriations for: 406, 407-411.
(See also. Bonds.)
Filipino students being educated in the United States:
extension of time to take civil-service examinations: 470.
Finance and justice, department of:
appointments made by the governor-general in: 572, 573.
appropriations for: 205, 234, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 491.
Firearms:
act to regulate the importation, acquisition, possession, use and transfer of: 480-
486, 487.
collector of customs not to clear any shipment of, until report is made to the
director of constabulary: 481.
dealers in, unlawful to deliver to a purchaser, until a license is obtained for: 481.
records and accounts of importations of, to be kept: 482.
director of constabulary —
charges for the storing of, may collect: 481.
custody and storing of, shall have the: 480.
instructions as to verification of arms, to be issued by: 483, 484.
receipts to be given for arms stored by: 481.
firms or corporations —
desiring to deal in, to make application to governor-general: 480.
having in their poesession a greater amount than named in license: 481.
governor-general to issue executive orders prescribing forms and regulations for:
486.
may give authority for the importing, etc., of: 480.
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Fibs ARMS — Continued,
licenses —
personal, to possess, made by a resident of Manila, how obtained: 482, 483.
provisional, annulment of: 485.
regular, valid, until: 485.
not to be issued to any one under 21 years of age, except: 484.
to deal in, how obtained: 480, 481.
loss of, proceedings for the recovery of amount of bond: 486.
municipal police may be disarmed of: 486.
officers possessing, required to register same: 484.
persons holding licenses for —
change in domicile, notice to be given of: 483.
in case of death of, license to become null and void: 484.
noncompliance of regulations by: 483.
required to register same: 484.
shall exhibit same, when so required: 483.
persons arriving with, without a license, shall deposit firearms with collector of
customs: 485.
persons possessing, without a license, shall deposit same with the bureau of con-
stabulary: 484.
possession of, for personal protection or use: 482.
permits for employees to possess, chiefs of bureaus may apply for: 484.
repealed, section 24 of act 175: 486.
sale or transfer of, by the bureau of constabulary to provincial and municipal
governments: 486.
unlawful for any person to carry concealed: 485.
Fire department:
act to provide fire protection in municipalities having no paid: 390, 391, 392.
Manila, city of, appropriations for: 9, 10, 346.
(See also Manila, cfty op.)
First instance, courts op. (See Courts op pirst instance.)
Fiscals:
offices of —
abolished: 38, 219.
consolidation of: 336, 337.
governor-general may declare vacant and restore to previous status: 336, 337.
recreated: 219.
provincial —
Capiz, office of, abolished: 38.
Moro, not to engage in private practice while holding office as: 337, 338.
Nueva Ecija, office of, abolished: 86.
opinions on questions relating to municipal government: 517.
Oriental Negros, salary of: 80, 336.
Pampanga and Tarlac, duties of, repealed: 86.
Pampanga, re-created: 86.
Tarlac and Nueva Ecija, duties of, to be performed by one: 86.
Romblon, duties of, abolished : 86.
salaries of, act to equalize and secure uniformity in: 336, 337.
Fish and pisheries:
act prohibiting use of explosives or poison in, amended: 287.
Palawan, island of, government to have exclusive rights to: 90.
privileges, municipal and township, providing for the letting of: 140.
secretary of interior may authorize the use of explosives in fishing for scientific
purposes: 287.
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INDEX. 657
FisHBR, Frederick C:
compilation and codification of the public laws: 566.
Flags, banners, embleus, etc.:
display of, for purpose of rebellion or insurrection prohibited: 305, 306.
Eatipunan, display of, prohibited: 305, 306,
vessels engaged in the coastwise trade: 405, 406.
Flaherty, Lieut. Michael:
for the relief of: 209.
Forestry:
communal, setting aside of, for benefit of municipalities, townships, and settle-
ments: 549.
bureau of —
appropriations for: 203, 243.
communal forests, setting aside of, for municipalities, towndiipe, and settle-
ments: 549.
forestry act, amendment of: 40.
internal-revenue taxes on timber and forest products for construction of railway
lines, exempted from: 3.
public communal forests, setting aside of, for benefit of municipalities, etc.: 549.
dealers in products of, charges to be paid by: 550.
timber, scale of taxes on all: 40.
Forgery, counterfeiting, etc. :
prohibited: 430-438.
(See also CouNTERFErriNG, forging, etc.)
Fountain, S. Y. :
payment to, for prize offered for plans for a provincial building: 209.
Franchises:
Banco Espafiol-Filipino. (See Banco EspaSol-Filihno.)
Baguio, railway line to: 393-402.
Lepanto Mining Co., to construct a highway and railroad: 330-335.
duties required of grantee: 332, 333, 335.
powers, privileges, and exemptions: 330, 331, 332.
rights reserved by government: 334, 335.
Manila Railroad Co., railroad in the island of Luzon: 366.
Manila Suburban Railways Co. (See Manila Suburbaj^ Railways Co.)
telephone and telegraph system in island of Luzon: 192-198.
Friar lands:
appropriations for: 291, 403, 404, 421.
agricultural pursuits upon: 403, 404.
Friar lands bonds sinking fund:
appropriations for: 421, 422, 423.
available for investment by the insular treasurer: 422.
exchange or transfer of funds for the payment of interest or principal of
bonds: 423.
interest due quarterly on, payment of: 422.
Proceeds of sales of lands purchased to be used for redemption of principal
of bonds: 422.
Friar lands loan fund:
appropriation for establishing a reimbursable fund to be known as the: 403, 404.
director of lands —
authorized to make loans: 403.
mortgages, foredoeure of: 404.
regulations, forms, etc., to be promulgated by: 403.
trustee for all mortgages: 404.
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Friar landb loan pund— Oontinued.
buroMi of lands to advmnce from general iH[ypr(q;Miition8 lor biueau, expenses of
administration of: 403, 404.
reimbuzseinent of: 404.
secretary of interbr to designate maTimnm amount of, which may be loaned: 403.
Frauds, rtc.:
reopening ci accounts of officers by Auditor on account of: 630.
Funds:
cold storage, bureau ctf, available for the bureau ci supply: 102.
municipal, depositing of, in any depository: 103.
provincial, power of provinces increased in the matter of appropriation of: 18.
school —
act transferring ci, from certain provinces to insular government: 97.
La Union, amount due from province, transferred to: 98.
Nueva EScija, amount due from province, transferred to: 98.
Sorsogon, loan of no,000, canceled: 98.
Gambuno:
act to prohibit: 440.
meaning of: 440, 441.
officers charged with suppressing: 443.
not excused from self incriminatbn: 442.
testimony of, not to be used against: 442.
Game law: 647.
Gandara, Samar:
Tarangunan, separated from: 26.
Gbrona, Tarlac:
Pura, separated from: 114, 115.
Goldsborouqh, W. L.:
compilation and codification of the public laws: 566.
Govbrnor-obnbral :
appointments made by —
central equalizing board: 574.
civil service. (See Civil Sbrvicb.)
civil service, bureau of: 571.
commerce and police, department ci: 572.
committee to compile and codify public laws: 566.
executive bureau: 571.
finance and justice, department of: 572, 573.
insular service: 571.
interior department: 571, 572.
Malabon, Rizal, committee to decide contested election: 81.
Manila, city of: 573, 574.
provincial service: 574-599.
Agusan: 574.
Albay: 574, 575.
Ambos Camarines: 575, 576.
Antique: 576.
Bataan: 576.
Batangas: 577, 578.
Benguet: 578.
Bohol: 578, 579, 580.
Bulacan: 580.
Cbgayan: 580, 581.
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€k>VBBNOB-OBNBRAir— CQntinued.
appointments made by — Continued,
provincial eervice— Continued.
Capiz: 581, 582.
Cavite: 582.
Cebu: 582, 583, 584.
Doilo: 584, 585.
nocoe Norte: 585.
nocoe Sur: 585, 586.
Isabela: 586.
La Laguna: 586, 587.
Lepanto-Bontoc: 587.
Leyte: 587, 588.
Mindoro: 588.
MisamiB: 588, 589.
Moio: 589.
Nueva Edja: 589, 590.
Nueva Yizcaya: 590.
Occidental NegToe: 590.
Oriental Negroe: 591.
Pampanga: 592.
Palawan: 592.
Pangasinan: 592, 593, 594.
Rizal: 594.
Romblon: 594, 595.
Samar: 595, 596.
Sorsogon: 596.
subprovince of Masbate: 596.
Suiigao: 596, 597.
Tarlac: 597.
Tayabas: 597, 598.
Union, La: 598.
Zambales: 598, 599.
public instruction, department of: 573.
supreme court: 574.
unclassified positions: 280.
appropriations for: 47.
residence for, at Baguio: 47.
consolidating any two or more appointive positions, and restoring to previous
status: 227.
inaugural address of, printing and distribution of: 553.
land taxes, authorized to fix time when payable: 521, 522.
officials disqualified from holding office, declaring of by: 285.
parole of prisoners: 28.
ports of entry, closing and opening of: 472.
secretary of, leave of absence: 544.
GOVBRNMBNT, INSULAR, SUNDRY BXPBNSBS:
appropriations for: 199, 200-210, 211, 231, 281, 489.
GOVBRNORS:
fees of: 156,282,460.
payment of, in criminal cases: 460.
QovBRNORS, district:
Moro province, appointment of: 137.
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GoYBRNORS, provincial:
acting as sherilb, premium on bonds: 410, 411.
salaries of, act to equalize and secure uniformity in: 49, 867.
Hardbman, Thomas, latb trbasurbr, Pangasinan provincb:
for relief of estate of: 101, 102.
Hartt, Jbrbmiah J., Archbishop of Manila: 375, 876, 381, 882.
SUrybt, Gborob R.:
compilation and codification of the public laws: 566.
Hbalth, burbau of:
anatomical material for the advance of medical science: 229, 230.
bodies of deceased persons unclaimed, subject to dispodtiim oi by the director
of health: 229.
expenses of burial, etc., how paid: 230.
penalty for making use of, for other than scientific purposes: 230.
appropriations for: 46, 202, 235, 239, 240, 490.
Culion leper colony: 46.
lepers —
apprehension, detention, segregation and treatment <^: 363, 364.
hospitals and detention camps for, establishment of: 364.
Hbai/th, municipal boards of —
amendment of act fixing powers and duties of: 104.
district health officer may organize neighboring municipalitieB into health dis-
tricts: 104.
president of such district, compensation of: 104.
Hbras, L. M.:
refund of purchase price for one carabao calf: 556.
Highway robbbrt or brioandagb:
section 4, of act 1121, repealed: 286.
HoLiDATs, public:
act designating the days to be observed as, amended: 224, 225.
governor-general may declare other days as: 225.
''Holy week,'' amendment of act regarding races: 95.
races may be held on the two next succeeding days: 95.
"Holy wbbk." (See Holidays, public.)
Hospitals:
Jan Jose, San Juan de Dios, and San Lazaro, approval and confinnatiQ^i of agree-
ment regarding ownership, administration, etc. : 375-382.
HOTBLS:
lease or sale of lands for the construction of: 189.
(See also Manila, ctty op.)
Hunting:
arms which may be used in: 547.
season, secretary of interior to designate: 547, 548.
(See also Law, oamb.)
Iba, Zambalbb:
ceding of lands for provincial high school: 3.
Igorots and Nbgrttob:
returning from the United States, apim>priation for: 209.
Ilocob Nortb, provincb of:
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
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Ilocos Sub, province of:
boundaries, establishing new lines: 15^155.
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
Suita Oatalina, sepaxated from Vigan: 140.
Subprovince of Abra —
municipalities increased in: 115.
Tagudin, transferred to the subprovince of Amburayan: 103.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Iloilo, pobt of:
appropriations for harbor works: 162, 489.
director of navigation to begin construction of the new river wall at: 489.
port works supervision and construction of, act transferring of, to office of port
works, repealed: 546.
public improvement bonds, sale of for the improving of: 162.
Iloilo, provincb of:
Congressional relief fund, expenditure of, for relief of sufferers from fires at: 565.
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
loans to by government, cancellation of: 113.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Immigration:
appropriation for a detention station: 213.
Imports:
railway material, exempt from duty: 33.
silkworms, eggs or cocoons by private parties, pr(^bited: 286.
Imus:
Congressional relief fund, expenditure from, for relief of: 667.
Injuria:
public prosecution of, provided for: 469.
Inspectors, santtart:
appropriations for: 209.
Insular sbrvicb:
appointments made by governor-general in: 571.
Insurance:
fidelity-bond premium fund, act creating the: 406-411.
government property: 564.
Insurance fund, the:
act providing insurance to government against loss of vessels, machinery, build-
ings, and property: 385, 386.
appropriations for: 385, 386.
funds of —
available for investment: 386.
loans, rates of interest, etc., to be fixed by the govenior^general: 386.
province or municipality —
auditor, insular to fix rates: 386.
govemorf^neral may grant insurance to: 386.
treasurer, insular, to collect premiums: 886.
treasurer, insular, to prepMe and promulgate regulations of: 386.
Insurrection, rebellion, etc.:
flags, banners, emblems, etc., prohibited: 305.
(See also Flags.)
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Intbbior dbpabtmbnt:
appointments made by govemor-genend in: 571, 572.
appropriations for: 46, 202, 213, 235, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 257, 403, 490,
549, 569.
anatomical material lor the advance of science. (See Hkai;th, bureau of.)
Internal revenue, bureau of:
appropriations for: 205, 262, 491.
forest act, amendment of , so as to provide one scale of taxes on all timber: 40.
gangers, salaries and traveling expenses of: 208.
liquor licenses, revoking of, for certain causes: 419.
stamps and cedula»—
collect^ of, tQ have the custody of: 37.
insular treasurer, relieved of the custody of: 37.
manufacturing bonded warehouses —
act to provide for the establishment of: 487, 488.
articles, certain, to be manufactured in: 487, 488.
Internal revenue, collector of:
liquor licenses may be revoked by: 419.
Internal revenue law:
amendments to: 37, 303, 495.
road and bridge funds-
addition to, of 10 per centum of revenues arising under: 303.
schools, free public primary, maintenance of: 303.
Irrigation plants and stbtems:
appropriations for: 291.
(See also Public Works, Bureau of.)
ISABBLA, PROVINCE OF:
bounties for growers of leaf tobacco in: 463-465.
Congressional relief fund, expenditure from, for relief of: 556.
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
loan to, of Congressional relief fund for relief of: 553.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
IWAHIQ PENAL COLONY:
appropriations for: 46, 48.
land and improvements, purdiase of: 46.
warehouses, construction of: 48.
Palawan, island of —
fishing rights in, reserved by government for- maintenance of prisoners: 90.
prisoners confined in, act defining and fixing status: 374, 375.
Jails:
act 413, amended: 84.
provincial boards to cause prisoners to clean, care for or repair public build-
ings and grounds: 84.
Judges:
land registration, court of, appointment of: 419.
leaves of absence for, amendment of acts relating to: 21, 94, 322.
municipal court, Manila, appointment of: 419.
Judges of first instance, and emplotbes at large:
appropriations for. (See Appropriations, judiciary.)
Judiciary:
appropriations for: 200, 271, 272-273, 274, 275, 461, 492.
contingent expenses: 274.
court fees in criminal cases: 461.
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INDEX. 668
JumciAitY — Oontmued .
courts of first instance: 200, 271-275, 461, 492.
Manila: 271.
courts of land registration: 274.
interpreters and emergency employees: 274.
supreme court: 271.
reporter of: 271.
JURATA, PORT 0»:
closing and opening of: 472.
JUSTICB, BUREAU OP:
appropriations for: 267.
assistant attorneys not to engage in private practice: 337, 338.
Justice op the peace courts. (See Courts in the Phxupfinbs.)
Justices op the peace:
audit and settlement, fines and costs imposed by: 413.
Cebu, Cebu, clerks for, hire of, and salaries: 413.
fees of, payment to: 210.
statement of, accruing to officers of courts, to be made by: 460.
Iloilo, Uoilo, clerks for, hire of, and salaries: 413.
Leaves of absence for, must make certificate: 21.
Manila, city of. (See Manila, city op.)
procedure in courts of—
auxiliary justices of the peace, duties of: 338.
dockets, disposition of: 338. •
service of process, issued by: 413.
Kalinoa, subprovincb op:
act providing for the establishment of: 140.
inhabitants of, number: 151.
lieutenant-governor of : 149.
Tabuc, designated as the ci^ital of: 149.
Katipunan socdbtt: ;
flags, banners, emblems, etc., of, displayed for the purpose of insurrection, pro-
hibited: 305.
Kawatan, Lbttb:
Almeira, name of, changed to: 108.
Ladronbb:
municipal officers to inform provincial governor and constabulary of presence of:
285.
La Lacuna, provincb op:
appropriations for roads and bridges in: 293.
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
loan to, act providing for: 143.
municipalities —
increased in: 22, 295, 364, 365.
reduced in: 116, 117.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Land act, pubuc:
agricultural lands, extension of time for granting free patents to native settlers: 39.
Moro province, extension of provisions of, to: 561. (See also Public-land act.)
Land rbgibtration act:
amendment to: 328.
application for registration: 328.
default to be taken if no answer is made: 828.
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Land assessments:
Samar, province of — •
equalization and revaluation of: 216, 217.
provincial board, duties of: 216, 217.
Lands:
agricultural public, extension of time for granting free patents to native setllen: 39.
appeals from judgments of courts in cases of forcible entry and detainer of: 472,
473.
appropriations for —
exposition grounds, purchase of: 46.
Iwahig penal settlement: 46.
lease or sale of, for hotel purposes. (See Manila, ctty op.)
Roman Catholic Church. (See Church, Roman Catholic.)
Taxes-
Manila, -city of. (See MANHiA, CITY OP.)
nonpayment of : 89.
redemption of: 89.
reimbursement to municipalities and provinces: 46, 287, 288.
sales, refund of moneys received at: 48.
sold for, redemption of: 43.
suspension of collections for 1907: 45, 287, 288.
titles, adjudication and registration of. (See Land KBOifimiATiON, court of.)
provincial boards authorized to remit the collection of: 365.
Lands, bvreXu op:
appropriations for: 46, 240, 241, 403, 404.
friar lands loan fund: 403, 404.
director of, to make loans: 403.
lands adjoining exposition grounds: 46.
Iwahig penal settlement: 46.
plats and plans of public lands leased, to be filed with: 167.
Lands, public:
reclaimed by the government, leasing of —
appeal, right of: 167.
applications for: 169.
commercial purposes: 167.
highest bidder: 167, 168.
improvements, property of the government: 169.
lands leased and improvements subject to taxation: 169.
plans for buildings, etc., consulting architect to appro ven 168.
plats and plans to be filed with bureau of lands: 167.
steaniship companies, wharves, etc. : 169.
streets, alleyways, and curbing, construction of, by government: 169.
Land registration, court op:
adjudication and registration of titles to lands^ amendment: 283.
may enforce its orders, judgments, etc. : 283.
may issue injunction for the protection of parties in certain cases: 283.
Agusan, province ol —
register of deeds, duties of, to be performed by provincial treasurerB: 826.
application for registration —
appearance and answer filed, case set for hearing: 328.
register of deeds, duties of: 328.
surveying, may be done by: 328.
appropriation for a fireproof vault for: 213.
associate judge, salary of: 327.
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Lakd REGISTRATION) COURT OP — Continued.
bailiffs, appointment of, by provincial governora: 281.
Benguet, province of —
register of deeds, duties of: 326.
clerk of —
bond to be given by: 326.
record to be kept by: 326.
salary of: 327.
shall be sworn: 326.
judges of —
appointment of : 419.
leaves of absence for: 21, 322.
salaries of: 327.
not to engage in private practice: 337, 388.
Lepanto-Bontoc, province of —
register of deeds, duties of: 326.
Manila, city of —
adjudication and registration of title to lands, amendment of act: 156.
clerk and assistant clerk of: 157, 158.
may issue injunctions for protection of parties: 158.
rehearings: 160.
register of deeds —
clerk of, to perform duties of, in case of vacancy: 826.
salary of: 326.
Moro province —
attorney for: 326. '
vacancy in office of, to be performed by: 326, 327.
fiscal-
duties of, to be performed by, in case of vacancies: 326, 327.
Nueva Vizcaya, province of —
register of deeds, duties of: 326.
officials of, not to engage in private practice: 337, 338.
Palawan, province of —
register of deeds, duties of: 326.
publication in the Official Gazette of certain notices, act providing for: 230.
register of deeds —
bond to be given by: 326.
duties of, to be performed by: 326.
record to be kept by: 326.
shall be sworn: 326.
shi^l pay over to the provincial treasury all funds received by tbem: 327.
salaries and expenses of: 327.
Zambales, provfbce oi —
register of deeds, duties of: 326.
La Paz, Tarlac:
elections, time for holding: 24.
establishment of : 81.
municipal seat of government: 81.
Tarlac, separated from: 23, 81.
Lauanocupang, barrio op:
annexed to La Paz: 24.
Tarlac, municipality of, separated from: 23, 81.
La Union, province op. (See Union, La.)
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Laws:
Amendment of act prescribing method to be adopted in the construction (A: 495.
Banco Espafiol-Filipino. (See Banco EsPAAoL-FiLinNO.)
corporation, extension of time in which foreign corporations shall comply with:
32, 137.
department, city of ilanila, appropriations for. (See Manila, crrr or.)
Election. (See Elbchon law.)
assembly, Philippine. (See Asssmblt, Philippinb.)
game-
animals and birds protected by: 647.
arms authorized in hunting: 547.
season, close, secretary of interior to designate: 547, 548.
internal revenue. (See Intbrnal-rbvbnub law.)
legislative, Philippine. (See Assembly, Philippinb.)
Opium: 447-458.
(See also Opixtm.)
public —
appointment of committee on the compilation and codification of: 566.
Spanish edition. Vol. V of, selling price of: 665.
Pure food and drugs act. (See Purb pood and drugs act.)
Lawtbrs:
licenses. (See Licbnbbs.)
not to engage in private practice: 337, 338.
qualifications of, for admission as a member of the bar: 337, 388.
Lbases, insular oovbrnmbnt:
act amended prescribing method of executing: 344.
Lbavbs op absbncb:
accrued, civil service employees: 317, 318, 319, 320, 557.
army officers serving with the Philippines Constabulary: 101.
Curry, €reoige, commutation of accrued: 208.
Employees and officers, civil service. (See Civil sbrvicb.)
judges-
courts of first instance: 21, 822.
to certify on application for, and upon salary vouchers and pay rolls: 21.
municipal courts—
to certify on application for, and upon salary vouchers and pay rolls: 21.
land registration, court of: 21, 94, 322.
to certify on application for, and upon salary vouchers and pay rolls: 21.
supreme court: 94, 322.
amendment of acts relating to: 94.
justices of the peace, to certify on application for, and upon salary vouchers
and pay rolls: 21.
secretaries o^
governor-general: 544.
Philippine Commission: 544.
Undassified employees, Manila, city of —
secretary of finance may commute accrued: 16.
Lbdbsma, Carlos:
compilation and codification of the public laws: 566.
Lbbch, John S.:
payment to: 207.
Lboabu, Albat:
vessds, foreign, clearing of, for port of: 471.
Lbgiblativb Law, Philippinb. (See Aqsbmblt, Philippinb.)
Digitized by VjOOQIC
INDEX. 667
, Lbgislatubb, Philipfine!
draft, bill, resolution, ordinance, or act of, fraudulent altering of, prohibited: 439.
witnesseB, attendance of, before: 439.
Lemb&y, Batanoas:
election, time for holding, in: 19.
Taal, separated from: 19.
XiBPANTO-BONTOC, PROVINCE OF:
anthrax in cattle, restriction of spread of: 569.
appropriations fcHr: 207, 276, 569.
franchise for building a highway or railroad in: 330-^5.
(See also Franghisb.)
land registration, court of —
register of deeds, provincial treasurer to perform duties of: 326.
Lbpanto Minino Company:
incorporated, franchise for building a highway or railroad: 330-335.
Lbpsbs:
apprehension, detention, segregation and treatment of, providing for the: 363, 364.
harboring or detaining of : 363.
penalty for: 364.
Lbtte, provincb of:
Almeira, change in name: 108.
appropriations for; 208, 279.
Congressional relief fund —
Dagami, expenditure from, for relief of volunteers in: 562, 565.
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
treasurer, salary ci: 49, 367.
' LiCBNSBS:
billiard tables, public: 516.
coastwise trade, amendment of act: 97, 405, 406.
conveyances, public: 516.
circuses: 516.
dancing —
halls: 516.
schools: 516.
edible bird nests, collecting of: 466.
fees, collection of: 294.
graduates of Schod of Medicine and Pharmacy: 163.
horseraces: 518.
law, the practice of —
act repealing and amending acts 190 and 553: 93.
liquor —
collector of internal revenue may revoke: 419.
granted by the mimicipal board: 418.
powers and duties to be ex^cised by: 418.
theater liquor licenses, amendment of act: 392, 393.
racetrack: 518.
retail liquor dealers, revocation of, in certain cases: 418.
sale of, in certain cases: 518.
theatrical perfonnances: 516.
vessels coastwise trade, officers of: 97.
(See also Fhanchisbb.)
Liquor ucbnsbs. (See Licbnsbs, uquob.)
Digitized by VjOOQIC
668 INDEX.
Liquors:
Bale, gift or dupoeal of, prohibited: 50, 145.
aaBembly, Philippine, 59.
non-Ohiistian tribe, member of: 145.
Llora, Dr. Manuxl:
payment of fees as justice of the peace: 210.
Loans:
Congressional relief fund to municipalitiefl and prtyvinces: 220, 55S, 5G6.
postal savings bank investment board, authorised: 146.
friar lands loan fund. (See Friar lands loan Ptmn.)
Manila, city of —
Luneta extension, appropriatbns for the repaying of: 884.
reimbursement of funds realized by the sale of public inqmyvement bonds,
for: 417.
Loans to provincks: 220, 558, 555.
Albay: 141.
Batangas —
Cancellation of: 112, US.
Bulacan: 275, 278.
Capiz —
Cancellation of: 112, 118.
Cebu—
cancellation of: 27.
Iloilo-
cancellation of: 112, 118.
LaLaguna: 143.
Rizal: 143.
Romblon—
cancellation of: 112, 118.
Sorsogon: 23.
Tayabas: 143, 555.
LoBiNOBR, Charles H.:
compilation and codification of the public laws: 566.
leave of absence, postponement of, confirmed: 200.
Loon:
Congressional relief fund, expenditure of, for relief of inhabitants of: 568.
LoPBz, Vicbntb:
Congressional relief fund, expenditure from, for the payment oi land tax on
land of: 558.
Los BAf^os, La Laquna:
consolidated with Bay: 117.
Lowe, Charles A.:
compilation and codification of the public laws: 566.
Luneta extension:
Manila, city of —
appropriations for: 48, 384.
damages caused to, by typhoon, Atlantic, Qulf and Fadlk Co., authorized
to bring suit: 1.
lease or sale of land for hotel purposes. (See Manila, cmr op.)
Luzon, island of:
Manila Railroad Co., concession to build a railroad in, amendment of act: 866.
telephone and telegraph systems in, franchiBe lor. (See Tblwhowb and telb-
ORAPH.)
Maestro de Campo, island of:
made a part of the province of Mindoro, act providing for: 217.
Digitized by VjOOQIC
INDEX. 669
Maoallanbs monument:
appropriations for: 214, 291.
MaOUDDATU, DAMIiLN:
expenses of: 205.
contracts made for the carriage of: 443.
(See also Goastwisb tradb.)
Malabon, Rizal:
appointment of committee to decide protested election held at: 81.
Manaoaq, Panoasinan:
municipalities separated from: 24
Manqatarbm, Panoasinan:
municipalities separated from: 24.
Manila, cmr op:
annual tax on the assessed value of real estate in, act to provide for: 415.
appointments made by governor-general in: 573, 574.
appropriations for: 7-17, 211, 212, 345-355, 383-385, 417, 423, 461, 4«2.
accrued leave: 358, 865.
assessments and collections, department of: 12, 348.
contingent expenses: 12.
salaries and wages: 12.
tax refunds: 12.
balances unexpended to be returned to the treasury: 17, 385.
bcmds, sale ol, for sewers and water supply: 17, 384.
bridges, est^os, parks, and streets: 384, 417.
dty schools, department of: 12, 851, 384.
contingent expenses: 12.
retaining wall: 384.
salaries and wa^es: 12.
school buildings: 384.
court fees in criminal cases: 401.
engineering and public works, dqiartment of: 13, 14, 347, 384.
contingent expenses: 14.
lands for streets: 384.
Luneta extension: 384.
salaries and wages: 13, 14.
fire, department ol: 9, 10, 846.
contingent expenses: 10.
salaries and wages: 9.
insurance fund: 352.
law department: 8, 9, 345.
contingent expenses: 8.
salaries and wages: 8, 9.
loan, repaying of, to insular government: 384, 417.
municipal board: 7, 211, 845.
contingent expenses: 7.
salaries and wages: 7.
to make: 462.
police department: 10, 11, 350.
contingent expenses: 11.
salaries and wages: 10.
public works, department of: 15, 16, 212, 383, 384, 385.
permanent improvements: 388, 384, 385.
streets and street monuments: 15, 16, 212.
vault, fireproof: 212.
Digitized by VjOOQIC
670 INDEX.
Manila, cmr of— Continued,
appropriationfl for — Continued.
repayment to, for expenditure made in the reconstruction ol walk along the
Pasig River: 423.
Rizal, province of, reimbursement to, for construction of bridges at Mariquina:
352.
sanitation and transportation, department of: 14, 15, 212, 349, dS4
contingent expenses: 15.
salaries and wages: 15.
cemeteries, maintenance of: 15.
land transportation: 15.
market and street cleaning: 14.
parks, maintenance of: 15.
temporary employees: 15.
Sampaloc market, addition to: 384.
sewer and water-supply systems, funds realized hom the sale of booods: 354,
355.
sewer and waterworks construction, department of: 17.
bonds, sale of, for: 17, 354, 355.
salaries and wages: 17.
supplies furnished other branches of the govenunent: 353, 355.
transfer ol property: 353, 355.
attorney and assistants of, not to engage in private practice: 337, 338.
cedula tax, extension of time for increasing of, by municipal board: 459.
court of first instance, Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Co. authorized to bring suit in: 1.
court fees in criminal cases, insular auditor authorized to cancel sums due by: 461.
hotel on Luneta extension —
act authorizing the lease or sale of land for: 189.
buildings and improvements, security for deferred payment: 191.
construction, commencement of: 189, 190.
lease to be made to the highest bidder: 189.
maintenance of, according to American standards: 190.
payment, in case of sale of land by the city of Manila: 191.
reversion of land for noncompliance: 191.
taxes, exempt from, for ten years: 191.
terms of lease: 189, 190.
incorporating of, amendments of act: 112, 418, 402, 540-^44.
judges of municipal courts —
appointment of: 419.
not to engage in private practice: 837, 888.
justices of the peace, office of—
abolished: 8.
appointment ot: 8, 9.
created: 8.
justice to be appointed by the govemoi^general: 8.
records and documents of old court of, to be delivered to new justice: 9.
land registration, court of —
derk of, to perform duties of register of deeds in case of vacancies: 326
register of deeds for: 326.
salary of: 326.
land tax, method for enforcing the collection of: 540^544.
land-tax sales —
redemption of land sold at: 44, 541.
refund of moneys received at: 44.
(See also Taxes, Manila, cmr of.)
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INDEX. 671
Manila, crrr of— Continued.
liquor licensee granted by municipal board, powers and duties to be exercised
by: 418.
liquor licenses. (See Licsnsbs.)
loans —
insular treasury, 350,000 pesos transferred: 417.
Luneta extension, repaying of: 384.
notaries public, list of: 601.
ordinances of, violation of: 389.
police department, members to serve criminal process: 461.
prisoners, director of prisons directed to cancel chaiges pending for the mainte-
nance of: 414.
prosecuting attorney and assistants not to engage in private practice: 337, 338.
sewer and water-supply systems —
bonds, appropriation of funds realised from the sale of: 354, 355.
condemnation proceedings for the expropriation of land: 147.
construction of, act making appropriation for the: 189.
taxes on assessed real estate in, fixing amount of: 112.
under the executive control of the governor-general: 354.
unclassified employees of. (See Municipal qovernmbnt, Manila, cmr of.)
Manila, pobt of:
Impropriations for harbor works: 47, 292, 489.
Manila Railroad Co.:
amendment of act granting concession for railway lines in the island of Luzon: 366.
change of route: 366.
construction of mUeage equivalent to that of route abandoned: 366.
Manila Suburban Railways Co.:
branch line to Taguig and Laguna de Bay: 85.
division of lines of, into sections: 458.
extension of time to complete line eastward of Fort William McKinley: 85.
rates, fixing of: 458.
transportation of mail, freight, etc., and to make reasonable changes! 85, 86.
Manufacturino bonded warehouses:
estoblishment of: 487, 488.
Marinduque, island of:
territory of, a sabprovince of Tayabas: 161, 229.
internal-revenue collections, portion of, to be returned to the subprovinco
of Marinduque: 229.
lieutenant-governor of, i^pointment and salary of: 161.
permanent suboffice of the provincial treasury of Tayabas, established at
Boac: 161.
taxes, 70 per centum collected to remain in the subtreasury of Marinduque:
161.
Marine officers. (See Officers, marine.)
Masters of vessels in coastwise trade:
licensing of: 97.
Mate of vessels in coastwise trade:
licensing of: 97.
Medical School, Philippine:
appropriations for: 139, 266, 293.
free scholarship to: 139.
gas plant for: 293.
Digitized by VjOOQIC
672 iNDsx.
MiDicAL School, Phiupfine— Continued,
establishment of, amendment of act: 343.
a body corporate: 343.
powers of, vested in a body to be known as the board of control: 343.
to consist of: 343.
graduates of, authorized to practice medicine and suigery: 138, 139.
Merchant marine:
seamen deserting from vessels: 424, 425.
Merchant marine insurance. (See Insurance fund, the.)
Merrill, E. D.:
per diems and traveling expenses of: 242.
MiNDORO, province of:
impropriations for: 276.
fiscal, salary of: 336.
Maestro de Campo, island of, made a part of: 217.
Mis AMIS, PROVINCE of:
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
MoiR, Percy M.:
compilation and codification of the public laws: 566.
MouTOR, Frederic A.:
traveling expenses: 205.
MoNCADA, Tarlac:
municipalities annexed to: 115.
Monet:
demand drafts and telegraphic transfers, sale of:
(See Demand drafts and telegraphic transfers.)
Monuments, Maoallanes:
appropriation for: 214.
MoRO province:
attorney and assistant not to engage in private practice: 337, 338.
customs collection accounts of, to be examined and settled by insular auditor: 531.
land act, public, extension of Chapter VI, except subsection 6: 561.
land registration, court of —
attorney of, duties of: 326.
fiscal, duties of: 326.
oiganization and government of —
amendments to act: 137, 226, 227, 324.
governor, district, appointment of: 137.
legislative coimcil, appointment and oi*ganization of: 226, 227.
subordinate position, creation of: 227.
provincial attorney, duties of: 324.
treasurer, district, appointment of: 137.
salary of: 137, 138.
revenues to be deposited in treasury of province collected: 531.
road law, when effective: 166.
MORTQAOBS:
Philippine Railway Co., filing of, with executive bureau: 362, 363.
Municipal board, crrr of Manila:
appropriations for. (See Manila, citt of.)
Municipal boards of assessors:
extension of time for assessment of land values, etc.: 35.
Municipal boards. (See Boards, municipal.)
Digitized by VjOOQIC
INDEX. • 673
Municipal code:
acts, resolutionB and orders of council, disposition of by secretary: 517, 518.
amended: 103, 284, 296, 515-524.
appointments —
officers and employees: 515.
secretaries: 515.
school teachers: 516, 517.
treasurers: 515.
boards of —
duties of: 520.
meetings of, when: 520.
tax appeals —
hearing of appeals transmitted to: 519.
revise and correct assessments: 519.
to act on recommendations of municipal boards of assessors: 519.
councilors, number of: 296, 297, 298.
expenses not included in annual estimate, how paid: 519.
lands upon which taxes are delinquent: 523.
legal opinions on questions relating to municipal government, to be submitted to
fiscal: 517.
licenses for —
horse races: 516, 518.
liquor selling in quantities of not more than 5 gallons: 518.
licensing of —
billiard tables, public: 516.
circuses: 516.
conveyances, public: 516.
dancing halls and schools, public: 516.
horse racing: 516, 518.
theatrical performances: 516.
municipal funds —
deposit of, in depository of government: 103.
expended for salaries and wages, which may be: 296, 297.
municipal treasurers —
clerks and employees to be appointed by: 284.
removal of, by governor-general for cause: 284, 285.
municipalities, classes of: 296, 297, 298.
officers and employees, salaries of: 296, 297, 298.
pounds, establishment and maintenance of: 516, 518.
rents and profits —
bath houses, public: 518.
cemeteries: 518.
markets: 518.
municipal stables: 518.
pounds: 518.
slaughterhouses: 518.
tolls and ferries: 518.
repealed, subsection (g) of section 22 and sections 48, 81, 82, and 86: 524.
reports, council to make, of receipts and expenditures: 518, 519.
suits assailing the validity of a forfeiture: 524.
taxes —
cart and sledge, due and payable: 521.
imposts, or other revenues not to be leased or farmed, except: 521;
11027— WAR 1907— VOL 10 43 ^ j
Digitized by VjOOQIC
674 iKPiBX.
Municipal cod* — Continued.
t4xe»— Continued .
land—
governor-general to fix time when payable: 521, 522.
upon which are delinquent: 523.
license and privilege: 520, 521.
personal property may be seised and sold to satisfy deliAquent: 522.
real property-
delinquents to be notified by provincial treasurer: 523.
provincial treasurer to prepare list of delinquent taxes: 522.
shall be a lien against: 522.
Municipal blsctions. (See ELBcnoNS, municipal.)
MuNIdPALTTIBS:
appropriations for, on account of su^>eiision of land tax: 45, 287, 288.
Cebu, streets, widening of: 105, 106.
changes in name of, in the |m>vince of La Union: 3.
Congressional relief fund, loan of to: 220.
consolidated in the province of Tayabas: 20.
elections, time for holding in: 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 289, 296, 364, 369, 370, 371, 372,
388.
legalization of, held under act 82: 153.
fire protection for, act to provide for: 390, 391, 392.
funds of, deposit of in any depository: 103.
increased in number in the |m>viiice of —
Abra, subprovince of Ilocos Sur: 115.
Batangas: 19.
Bulacan: 84, 110.
Cavite: 21, 370.
Ilocos Sur: 115.
La Laguna: 24, 295, 364, 365.
Nueva Ecija: 289, 369.
Occidental Negros: 104.
Pftmpanga: 370.
Fimgasinan: 24.
Rizal: 116, 371.
Samar: 26.
Tarlac: 23, 81, 114.
Tayabas: 372.
justices of the peace to make statemeni of lees accruing to officers of courts: 460.
land tax, suspension of for 1907, reimbursement to: 45, 287, 288.
Leyte, province of, changes in name of: 108.
list of: 61^-629.
neighboring, organization of, into health districts: 104.
officers and employees, salaries and wages of: 296, 297, 298.
Polo, distribution of funds: 91.
privileges, municipal and township, letting of to the highest bidder: 140.
reduced in number in the province ol —
Albay: 25, 388.
Cavite: 21.
La Laguna: 116, 117.
Oriental Negros: 99.
Tayabas: 20.
election laws governing when reduced: 21.
road and Imdge funds, amendment of the internal revenue law: 303.
Digitized by VjOOQIC
IHDBX. 675
MuNiciPALiTiBS— Continued .
Romblon, province of, annexed to the third assembly district of Oapis: 222, 223.
schools, free public primary, maintenance of: 803.
separated in the province of—
Cavite: 21.
IlocoeSur: 140.
Nueva Ecija: 289.
Tarlac: 114, 115.
Tarlac, province of, annexation of: 115.
Municipal boundabibs, adjubtmbnt of:
act authorizing the: 420.
Municipal oovbrnment:
act for the organisation of, amended: 418.
Manila, unclassified employees of, injured in line of duty: 16.
Municipal officers:
duty to inform, of presence of ladrones: 285. ^
Municipal PBBamBNTs:
conventions of, determined by provincial board: 468.
Municipal treasurers:
appointment of by provincial treasurers: 284.
Namacpacan, La Union:
name of, changed to Luna: 3.
NATivinAD, Panoasinan:
election, time for holding: 24.
reconstituted: 24.
Navigation, bureau of:
appropriations for: 47, 48, 203, 208, 209, 214, 221, 253-254, 292, 489, 491, 493.
coast guard cutter service: 493.
Engineer Island, repairs to buildings: 292.
Luneta extension fill, con^letion of: 48.
Manila, port of—
harbors, improvement of: 47.
improvement of, investigations in regard to: 47.
wharves, construction of two, at: 47.
public works and improvements: 489.
riprap along breakwater at port of Manila: 292.
harbor improvements, amendment of act increasing duties of, in regard to: 545,
546.
Iloilo, port of, construction of the new river wall at: 489.
reoiganization act, port works, bureau of, merged with: 36.
Nbwspapbrs:
El Grito del Pueblo, payment to, for government advertising discontinued: 560.
governor-general to arrange for the publication of advertisements in one of the
Visayan: 559.
Vida Filipina, publication of government advertising in: 560.
(See also Publications.)
Non-Christian tribes:
provincial governors to appoint officers to deal with: 220.
sale, gift, or disposal of intoxicating liquors to, prohibited: 145, 146.
NoTABiBS public:
list of: 601-617.
Digitized by VjOOQIC
676 INDEX.
NUEVA ECUA, PBOVINCB OF:
GoDgreflBional relief fund —
balance of appropriation unexpended, transferred to, for use on roads and
bridges: 568.
expenditure of, for relief of inhabitants of: 562.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
municipalities increased in: 369.
office of fiscal —
abolished: 86.
one fiscal to perform duties of, for the provinces of Tarlac, and: 86.
salary of fiscal: 336.
school fund —
transfer of amount due from province to government, to: 97, 98.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
NUBVA ViZCAYA, PROVINCB OF:
appropriations for: 207, 277, 278.
cedula tax, payment of, extended in the township of Imunan: 151.
land registration, court of, provincial treasurer to perform duties of register of
deeds: 326.
Obando, Bulacan:
Polo separated from: 84.
OccmBNTAL NeOROS, PROVINCB OF:
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
municipalities increased in: 104.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Officbrs:
appointment of : 515.
army —
act conferring powers of peace officers upon, repealed: 546.
{xxweiB of peace officers conferred upon, under certain circumstances: 546.
serving with the Philippines Ck)nstabulary —
leave privileges: 101.
pay of, while going to and fiom the United States: lOL
bonds of, shall give: 531.
auditor to fix amoimt of: 532.
commutation of claims of, for salary: 277.
duties of, with suppressing gambling: 443.
expenses of^ in traveling and transporting prisoners: 46L
idling to render accoimts: 530.
fees of. (See Civil procedure, code of.)
fidelity-bond premium fund. (See Bonds.)
health, district, organization of neighboring municipalities: lOi.
marine —
class and number to be carried on vessels: 103.
collector of customs shall prescribe number: 102, 103.
penalty for vessels not complying with: 103.
fines, how collected: 103.
municipal-
salaries and wages of: 296, 297, 298.
shall give notice of ladrones to constabulary: 285.
replacing losses, shortages, and defalcations in the accounts of: 406.
Digitized by VjOOQIC
INDEX- 677
Ofpicebs— Continued,
salaries of —
injured while performing duty: 319, 320.
upon retirement: 321.
suits against, evidence necessary to show balance of account: 530.
QfTICBBS and BHFLOYBBS:
bonded —
certificate of settlement from auditor required, before leaving islands: 99, 100.
failing to account for public funds or property: 411, 412.
fees and costs in civil actions against, payment of: 406.
perdiemsfor: 279.
salaries of—
injured while performing duty: 319, 320.
upon retirement: 321.
transportation of extra baggage upon change of station: 569.
OmCBBS AKD BNUBTED MSN, PHILIPPINES C0N8TABULABT:
act providing for the retirement of, on part pay: 143.
pension and retirement fund to be kept as a separate trust fund: 145.
OmcsBS AND OFnciAUi:
removed from office for cause, disqualified thereafter: 285.
Official, bhfloteb, ob aqbnt pbrfobhing duties of head of bubbau:
fidelity-bond premium fund —
acting in dual capacity: 409.
bond to be fixed by auditor: 409, 410, 532.
premium charges, by whom paid: 409.
Olba, Antonio, Db.:
traveling expenses: 202.
Opium:
act to gradually restrict and r^:ulate the sale and use of: 447-458.
certificates required of Chinese addicted to use of: 447.
fees required for: 448.
registry of: 448.
collector of internal revenue —
books, blanks, forms, etc., to be prepared by: 455.
civil cases arising under this act, compromising of, by: 456.
regulations, directions, and instructions to be prepared by: 455.
storage and preparation of, provisions to be made by: 455.
cooked or preparation of —
collector of internal revenue to have supervision of: 454.
releasing of, by: 455.
net weight, how determined: 454.
withdrawal or removal from place where kept: 454.
defined: 447.
dispensators of —
books and stock subject to inspection: 452.
entries to be made therein: 451.
duties of, at place of business: 450.
prohibited from selling or giving, except to: 452.
sale of, to be entered on certificate: 452.
false or counterfeit certificates, making of, for the procurement of: 448.
habitual users of, disqualified from holding office: 465, 466.
imported —
customs authorities to make delivery of: 45L
releasing of: 454.
Digitized by VjOOQIC
678 INDEX,
OnxTM— Continued.
licensed dispensarieB: 449.
persons having in their possession, after passage of act, ddivery to be made to
treasurer: 450.
charges for stoiage: 450.
penalty: 450.
pharmacists-
inspection of books and stock of: 452.
record of stock, sale, etc., to be kept: 451.'
physicians prescribing, for patients when not required: 449.
prohibited after March 1, 1908: 457.
taxes —
internal revenue, where paid, and for what purpose: 456.
license, required: 452, 453.
where to be paid: 456.
wholesale dealers in: 456.
registration, where to be paid: 466.
repealed, act 1461: 458.
sale and use of —
appropriations for the payment of reiwaids to penons fumiihtng evidence: 36.
eelxuie for violation of act: 455.
notice to be published: 455.
persons claiming seized property: 455.
use of, permitted when prescribed by: 448, 400.
wholesale dealers in: 449.
bond, giving of by: 453.
license tax, payment of a monthly, by: 458.
persons doing business as copartners: 453.
Obdbrs, BXBcunvB:
firearms, forms and regulations for: 486.
ports of entry, closing and opening of: 472.
Organizations, local:
list of: 619-629.
Oribntal Nboros, provincb of:
fiscal-
act abolishing office of, repealed: 80.
salary of: 80, 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
municipalities in —
act reducing, amended: 99.
Siquijor, island of, a subprovince of: 428.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Palawan, provincb op:
appropriations for: 277, 293.
transfer of, for the construction of a wharf at Puerto Princesa, to: 293.
fiscal, salary of: 336.
land registration, court of —
provincial treasurer to perform duties of register ol deeds: 326.
Pampanga, provincb of: .
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
municipalities increased in: 370.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
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INDSX. 679
Panoasinan, pbovincb of:
appropriatioiis for: 278.
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
late treasurer of, act for the relief of the estate of: 101, 102.
municipalities —
increased in: 24.
reconstituted: 24.
elections, time for holding: 24.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Paric, Samar:
Taft, municipality of, separated from: 26.
Pay of officers of Army ssRViNa wtth ths Prxuffinss Oonstabulary.
(See Salaries, officbbb of the ARinr.)
Peace officers:
army officers, act conferring upon, powers of: 546.
repealed, act 1505: 546.
Penal code:
enforcement of judgments of courts by imprisonment: 390.
repealed: 412, 438, 443, 469.
articles 280-289, 343, 579: 438, 443.
Philiffine assembly:
election law. (See Assembly, Philippinb.)
Philipfine civil service. (See Civil service.)
Philippine Commission. Sj^ee Commission, Philippine.)
Philippine Medical School. (See Medical School, Philippine.)
Philippine Railway Company. (See Railroads.)
Physicians:
graduates of School of Medicine and Pharmacy, authorized to practice medicine
and surgery: 163.
Philippine Medical School —
graduates of, authorized to practice medicine and suigery: 138.
- PiNTUYAN, LeYTE:
San Ricardo, name of, changed to: 108.
Pmoo, Tayabas:
Anos, sitio of, annexed to: 20.
Cabulihan, barrio of, annexed to: 20.
Calantas, barrio of, annexed to: 20.
San Roque, barrio of, annexed to: 20.
Tubas, sitio of, annexed to: 20.
Polo, BtHiACAN:
funds, distribution of: 91.
Obando, separated from: 84.
Poor children in asylums and inbtitutions. (See Asylums.)
Poor persons may prosecute or defend actions in court of first instance
without prepayment of fees: 82.
Pounds:
establishment and maintenance of : 516.
Police department, Manila, ctty of:
appropriations for: 10, 11, 350.
(See also, Manila, city of.)
criminal process of all courts to be served by, without extra compensation: 461.
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680 INDEX.
Ports or bmtby:
dosing and opening of, by executive order: 472.
foreign veBselB, clearing of, for: 471.
POBT WORKS, BURBAU Or:
abolished as a bureau: 36.
meiged with bureau of navigation: 36.
Postal money order account. (See Accountino act.)
Postal sa vinos bank:
amendment of act: 110.
funds deposited, how invested: 110, 111, 112.
appropriations for: 204.
investment board —
loans, making ol, by: 146.
conditions: 146.
Posts, bureau of:
appropriations for: 204, 254, 256, 256.
Presidents:
municipal —
conventions of, number and date, how determined: 468.
special meetings of: 468.
township, conventions of, calling of: 468.
Printing, bureau of:
appropriations for: 207, 270, 271.
Prisoners:
compelled to work in and about prisons, jails, etc.: 340.
confined in Bilibid Prison, cost of guarding, maintenance and supervision of: 342.
defined —
insular: 340.
municipal: 339.
provincial: 339.
expenses, actual and necesBory, incuned in transporting, guarding and subsistence
of: 340, 341.
insanitary or inseciure condition of jails —
transfer of prisoners: 341.
insular —
detailing of, to work in any part of the islands: 341.
penal institutions, establie^iment of, for: 340.
Iwahig penal colony —
defining and fixing status of, confined in: 374, 375.
government reserves rights to fishing in waters along eastern boundary, for: 90.
Manila, city of —
director of prisons authorized to cancel charges made for maintenance of: 414.
violation of the ordinances of, act providing for the punishment of: 389, 390.
subsidiary imprisonment for: 389, 390.
mimicipal, provincial boards may direct the confinement of, in provincial jails: 341
parole of, authorized: 28, 390.
proceedings to release on bail while awaiting trial: 341.
provincial jails, provincial boards authorized to cause, confined in, to clean, care
for, or repairs of: 84.
sentences imposed upon, act providing for diminution, amended: 27.
status of —
act to define and fix the: 339-342, 343, 390.
pending an appeal: 340.
subsidiary imprisonment of: 389, 390.
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INDEX. 681
Pbibons:
act 413, amended: S4.
Bilibid Prison —
prifloneiB confined in, coet of guarding, maintaining, and supervising: 342.
provision for the execution of criminals in: 42.
insanitary and insecure condition of, transfer of prisoners from: 341.
insular penal institutions, establishment of: 340.
Iwahig penal colony, prisoners confined in, defining and fixing status of: 374, 375.
maintenance of prisoners in, adjustment of charges made by the bureau of pris-
ons: 414.
minors confined in: 342.
prisoners confined in, act to define status and responsibility for their mainte-
nance: 339-342, 343.
separate set of books to be kept for each penal institution: 342.
Prisons, bureau of:
appropriations for: 48, 206, 268, 269, 270.
Bilibid Prison, sewer system for: 48.
sanitary beds for inmates of: 48.
Iwahig penal settlement, warehouses, construction of: 48.
Priyilxobs, municipal and township:
letting of: 140.
Property or funds, public:
accountable for. (See Accountino act.)
officers and employees who refuse to account for, act providing for the punishment
of: 411, 412.
Proposals:
public works, director of, authorized to advertise for: 427.
PROVINCBS:
appropriations for: 287. 288.
reimbursement of 50 per centum on account of the suspension of the land
tax: 45, 287, 288.
established: 149, 299, 300, 301, 302.
notaries public, list of: 601-617.
Provingial boards:
cedula tax, increasing amoimt of, for the construction of roads and Ixidges: 166.
empowered to subpoena witnesses, act amended: 285.
land tax, collection of: 365.
licenses for collecting edible bird's nests, to grant: 466.
privileges, mimicipal and township, letting of: 140.
reoiganization of: 5.
tax appeals, appropriation for: 278. (See also Tax appeals, boards of.)
toll roads and bridges, establiahing and maintenance of: 108.
persons exempt from tolls or charges: 109.
(See also Boards, provincial.)
Provincial boundaries:
adjustment of: 420.
Provincial capitals:
change of: 420.
Provincial fiscals:
salaries of. (See Salaries.)
Provincial oovbrnors:
salaries of: 49, 367.
Provincial service:
appointments made by governor-general in: 574-599.
Digitized by VjOOQIC
683 IKDBZ.
Provincial tax:
suspennon of, reimbunement: 45, 287, 288.
Provincial toll fbrribs. (See Provincial oovbrnmsnt act.)
Provincial trbasurbrs:
appointment of municipal treamireiv by: 284.
salariee of: 49, 907.
Provincial oovsrnmbnt act:
Amended: 5, 18, 95, 822, 323-^29, 463, 468, 471.
conventions, calling of, by presidents: 488.
establishment of a dvil provincial govOTnment for each province, except: 95.
funds, power of provinces in matter of appropriations: 18.
Moro IVovince, establisiunent of a civil provincial government for each province,
except: 95.
presidents —
municipal, conventions, calling of, by: 468.
township, conventions, calling of, by: 468.
provincial boards —
copies of minutes of, to be forwarded to executive secretary: 471.
land tax, authorised to remit the c<^ection <^: 365.
members of, how appointed: 5.
compensation of: 5.
removals of: 5.
suspensions of : 5.
vacancies, how filled: 5.
provincial governor's duties when absent, to be performed by: 6.
employee of, to perform duties of provincial secretary: 6.
repealed, calling of special meetings of municipal presidents: 468.
secretary of, abolished: 6.
eligible to appointment in the classified civil service: 6.
employees of, transferred to ofl&ce of provincial governor: 6.
provincial fiscals, duties of: 322, 323, 324.
provincial secretaries, fees formerly collected by, to be deposited in provincial
treasuries: 463.
provincial toll ferries —
estabHriiment and maintenance of: 225, 226.
persons exempted from toll rates or charges: 226.
rates to be estabUslied by the governor-general: 225, 226.
real estate, act regarding the purchase and sale <^: 95.
repealed, sections 15 and 44: 428, 468.
Prc'Vincial government act, special:
amended: 299, 300, 301, 302, 444, 466.
provincial boards —
licenses for collecting edible bird's nests: 466.
regulations to prevent the extermination of birds that build edible nests: 466.
Samar, province of, application of, repealed: 444.
subprovinces established under: 149, 299, 300, 301, 302.
Provincial governors and treasurers:
salaries of: 49, 210, 367.
(See also Salaries.)
PUBUCATIONS:
£1 Grito del Pueblo, payment to, for government advertLaing, discontinued : 560.
Executive orders and proclamations of 1906, sale price of: 566.
governor-general authraized to arrange for the advertising of, in one of the Visayan
papers: 559.
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i]n>sx. 688
Public ATION8 — Continued .
Journal of Science, future manner of iflsne and sale price of : 554.
Official Roster of Officers and Employees in the CivU Service, selling price of: 565.
Public Laws, Spanish edition, selling price of Vol. V: 565.
Reports, PhUippine, sale price of Vols. Ill and IV of: 563, 566.
Vida Filipina, governor-general to arrange for advertising in: 560.
PuBUc BUiLDiNas, insurauce on. (See Insurance fund.)
PUBUC DfPROVBMENT BONDS:
sale of: 221.
PUBUC INSTRUCTION, DEPARTMENT OF:
appointments made by governor-general in: 573.
appropriations for: 48, 206, 207, 213, 214, 263-267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 292, 492, 493.
director of education authorized to change, increase, ordecrease school divisicms : 1 .
PuBUc LANDS. (See Lands, public)
Public-land act:
amended: 329.
filing of claims and applications for registration: 329.
procedure to be adopted: 329. (See also Land act, pubuc.)
Public laws:
compilation and codification of: 566.
Pubuc resolutions. (See Resolutions, pubuc)
PUBUC-SERVICB CORPORATIONS, DOME8TIG OR FOREIGN:
board of rate regulation, application of, to: 479.
Pubuc works:
appropriations for: 46, 48, 213, 214, 215.
balai^ces imexpended, to be returned to insular treasury: 48.
Culion leper colony: 46.
lands, bureau of —
exposition grounds, puidiase of lands adjoining: 46.
Iwahig penal settlement, lands and improvements for: 46.
Manila, city of. (See Manila, crrr of.)
prisons, bureau of —
Bilibid prison, sanitary beds and sewer system lor: 48.
Iwahig penal settlement, construction of warehouses: 48.
roads, Baguio to Benguet: 48.
director of, to advertise for bids, and let contracts for: 427.
Pasig River, walls along banks, reconstruction of: 423.
provincial boards not required to adv^tise for bids for: 427.
telephone and telegraphs. (See Telephone and telegraph.)
Pubuc works, bureau of:
appropriations for: 47, 203, 213, 214, 221, 250, 251, 290, 291, 292, 417, 491.
Alabang station, buildings at: 291.
Baguio —
buildings at: 291.
residence for governor-general at: 47.
town site, improvement of: 291.
barracks and quarters, construction of: 47.
Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, irrigation plant at: 291.
Bilibid Prison, construction of guards' quarters at: 291.
buildings, construction of: 47.
Cebu-T6ledo wagon road, improvement of: 47.
constabulary barracks and quarters: 291.
customs, bureau of, store house for: 291.
friar lands estates, irrigation plants for: 291.
grading of grounds occupied by bureau of science: 47.
Digitized by VjOOQIC
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Public woeks, bubbau o>— Contmued.
hospital buildings and equipment: 47.
intendencia building, reinforced concrete in: 291.
irrigation plants and systems: 290, 291.
Magallanee monument, reconstruction and relocation of: 214, 291.
Oriente building, fireproof -vault for: 291.
pEusig River, retaining wall and wharf along: 47, 291.
public improvement bonds, sale of, loan to Manila: 417.
roads and bridges: 290.
science, bureau of, gas plant for: 291.
Bchoolhouses, construction of: 47.
stables, extenmon of the vaccine: 291.
stallion bam at the Trinidad stock farm: 291.
supervising railway expert, office of, made a separate and independent office: 87.
PUBBTO PbINCBSA, PALAWAN :
appropriation for a timber wharf at, transferred to provincial government of Pala-
wan: 293.
PuRA, Tarlac:
Gerona, separated from: 114, 116.
Purchasing aobnt:
duties of, act regarding, amended: 100.
estimates, how submitted: 100.
purchases and sales: 100. 101.
Pure food and drugs act: 170-188.
food or drugs adulterated or misbranded —
exportation or importation of, prohibited: 170-175.
articles in transit, not subject to fines, penalties, etc.: 175.
attorney-general shall prosecute any violation: 171, 172.
goods pending examination may be delivered by execution of a penal
bond by consignee: 175.
goods refused delivery not exported, shall be destroyed: 175.
rules and regulations, who shall make: 171.
specimens of food and drugs, examination of: 171.
results of, to be made to the attorney-general: 171.
penalties: 171, 174.
prosecutions —
no dealer shall be prosecuted when he can establish a guaranty by
wholesaler, jobber, e^,: 174.
samples of foods and drugs imported —
collector of customs shall deliver, upon request of director of health:
174, 175.
notice to be given owner or consignee: 174.
right to introduce testimony: 174.
the term "drug," meanmg of: 172, 173, 174.
the word "person," construction of: 175.
corporations, companies, etc., included: 175.
agent, officer, or other person acting for, liability of: 175.
rules and regulations for the enforcement of: 176-188.
adulterations—
character of raw material, director of health shall determine: 180.
coloring, powdering, coating and staining, only harmless may be used:
179.
coated, meaning of: 179.
powdered, meaning of: 179.
stain, meaning of: 179.
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INDEX. 686
PuBE FOOD AND DBUOs ACT — Continued.
rules and regulations for the enforcement of — Continued,
adulterations — Continued .
confectionery —
harmless colors or flavors pennitted in: 179.
mineral substances forbidden in: 179.
external application of preservatives-
poisonous or deleterious shall be applied externally only: 179.
natural poisonous or deleterious ingredients —
does not come within the provisions of this act, except: 179.
wholesomenees of colors and preservatives, director of health shall deter-
mine: 180.
exports and imports of foods and drugs —
alterations and amendment of regulations: 188.
application for relief under the execution law, to be made to the secretary
of the interior: 187.
bond, imported food and drugs —
unexamined packages may be delivered upon execution of a penal
bond: 187.
denaturing —
substances ordinarily used as food products, will be treated as such:
187.
imported food and drug products —
meat and meat foods to have certificate of official inspection: 186.
inspection of samples —
subject to, by the director of health or collector of interna] revenue:
188.
notification of violation of the law —
importer to be notified of analysis of samples found not to comply with
the law: 187.
preparation of food products for export —
may contain added substances not permitted in foods for local con-
sumption: 186.
shall be kept separate and labeled: 186.
samples —
owner or importer shall furnish at his expense: 188.
shipment beyond the jurisdiction of the Philippines —
time allowed importer for representations regarding shipment, may
be extended: 188.
collection of samples, seizing of, by officers: 176.
form of guaranty —
dealers in, not subject to proisiecution if goods were sold under a guar-
anty: 178.
formulas, proprietary foods —
manufacturers of, required to state on label, names and percentage:
178.
hearings-
copy of findings and notice of act, to be furnished: 177.
original unbroken packages, definition of: 176.
publication —
findings of examiner with findings of court: 177.
standards for drugs-
recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formu-
lary: 178.
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PxTRB FOOD AND DRUGS ACT^-Continued.
rulee and regulations for the enlorcement of-^-Oontinued.
general— Continued,
short title —
the pure food and dmgB act: 176.
misbranding —
articles without a labd, sale or offer for sale, prGhibited: 183.
character of name, designated by its common name in the English
language: 182.
foreign name product of a foreign country not to be used on articles
of domestic origin: 182.
distinctive name —
compounds, imitations, or blends without: 182.
blend applies to: 182.
definition of: 182.
incompleteness of branding —
compound shall be deemed misbranded if the label be incomplete:
183.
label-
shall consist of: 180.
term: 180.
method of stating quantity or proportion —
alcohol, quantity or proportion, meaning ol expression: 186.
other ingredients, meaning of: 186.
mixtures or compounds with distinctive names —
terms mixtures and compounds, interchangeable: 184.
name and address of manufacturer, need not be given upon the label: 181.
proper branding not a complete guaranty —
packageeproperly branded may be adulterated: 183.
statement of weight or measure contained in a package not required:
185, 186.
substances named in drugs and foods —
derivatives and preparations made from articles required to be
named on label: 184, 186.
term "alcohol," meaning of: 184.
words "alcohol," "morj^ine," "opium," etc., quantities and
{Mroportbn to be printed in 8-point tyiie: 184.
substitution —
substances substituted, name of, shall appear on label: 183.
waste materials —
packages may be labeled, pieces, stems, trimmings, etc.: 183.
QUARANTINB SERVICE, BUREAU OF:
appropriations lor: 202, 243, 244, 549, 669.
quarantine stations, establishment and maintenance of: 549, 669.
Races:
"Holy week," not to be held on: 95.
horse, licensing of: 618.
Railroad bonds:
appropriation to meet obligations inctirred by guaranty of 4 per centum interest
on: 387, 388.
Railroads:
Baguio—
concessionary grant or contract for a railroad to: 893-402.
form of concessbnary contract: 393-^98.
additional terms and conditions: 398.
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Bailbo AD8 — Continued .
Baguio — Continued.
concessionary grant or contract for a railroad to — Continued,
grantee may use Benguet road: 402.
government to have right to inspect books and accounts of grantee: 401.
minimum annual gross business guaranteed by government: 402.
right to use water power from the Bued and Agno rivers: 402.
steam or electricity to be motive power of: 396.
Lepanto Mining Co., franchise to. (See Franchisb.)
materials for —
free entry of: 32.
rules and regulations for the: 33-^.
Manila Railroad Co. (See Manila Railboad Co.)
Manila Suburban Railways Co. (See Manila Suburban Railways Co.)
Philippine Railway Co. —
first mortgage and contract of guaranty, filing of: 362, 363.
exempted from the pa3rment of stamp taxes: 862.
taxes, internal-revenue, timber and forest products for use of, exempted fitom: 3.
Railway expert, supbbvising:
appropriations for, office of: 87, 206, 267.
employees of, removed from bureau of public works: 87.
office of, established as a separate and independent office: 87.
Railways, bhinbnt domain. (See Eminent domain.)
Rapto:
public prosecution of, act to provide for: 469.
Rate bboulations. (See Boabd, bate bboulation.)
Real estate:
boards of assessment —
extension of time for making: 35, 43, 1,36.
land values: 136.
land taxes. (See Land tax.)
Manila, city of —
annual tax on the assessed value of: 415.
rate of taxes to be collected on: 112.
property taxes, extension of time for fillip declarations and for paying: 136.
provincial governments —
purchase and conveying of: 95.
sue and be sued, may: 95.
registrars of property —
cancellation of official bonds of: 106.
(See also Rboistbabs op propbbty.)
sold for taxes, extension of time for the redemption of: 35, 43.
Rebellion, insubbection, etc.:
flags, banners, emblems, etc., used for the purpose of, prohibited: 305, 306.
Recoinaob, silveb coins:
weight and fineness of, act refixing: 30.
Recobds op justice op the peace, Manila:
to be delivered to new justice: 9.
Redemptions op lands pob nonpayment op taxes:
amendment, 89.
Repunds:
made by chiefe of bureaus, appropriation for: 281.
money received at land tax sales: 43.
unearned premiums on fidelity-bond premium fund: 406.
Digitized by VjOOQIC
688 INDEX.
RBOIflTTBR OF DBEDfl:
duties of) to be performed by whom: 326.
Rboibtrars of propsrtt:
act providing for the cancellation of official bonds of: 106.
bonds or mortgages, sureties on, how relieved: 106, 107.
copy of order cancelling bond to be filed with the register of deeds: 107.
costs of court to be paid by petitioner: 107.
notification of petition to be published: 107.
principal or surety to present petition to court of first Instance: 107.
RbIMBURSBMBNT to PROVINCBS AND If UNICIPAIJTIBS :
on accoimt of suspension of the land tax: 45, 287, 288.
Rborganization act:
amendments of: 36, 102, 494.
cold storage, bureau of—
abolished as a separate bureau: 102.
directQr of, abolished and position created in bureau of supply > 102.
funds for, made available for division of supply: 102.
consolidating two or more appointive positions, and later restoring them to pre-
vious status: 227.
fiscals, provincial —
employees of, appointment and salaries of: 494.
governors, provincial —
employees of, appointment and salaries: 494.
port works, bureau of, merged with bureau of navigation: 36.
provincial employees, appointment and salaries of: 494.
repealed, subsections (c) and (h) of section 3: 228.
treasurers, provincial —
employees of, appointment and salaries of: 494.
Rbports of:
board of rate r^^lation: 479.
Commission, Philippine. (See Commission, Philippinb.)
receipts and expenditures, mimicipal council to make: 518, 519.
RBSoLunoNS, puBiiic:
appropriations for restriction of spread of anthrax in cattle in Lepanto-Bontoc: 569.
Bemia, Arturo, extension of time for payment for carabaos: 555.
civil-service employees —
accrued leave and traveling expenses allowed, when: 557.
transportation to the United States to be taken, when: 558.
committee on the compilation and codification of the public laws, appointment
of: 566.
Congressional relief fund —
agriculture, bureau of, piurchase of anhnals by: 569.
animal diseases, serum for cure of: 569.
Cagayan, province of —
loan to, for relief of inhabitants: 553.
municipal school teachers, payment of salaries of: 561.
Cagayan Valley, expenditure for relief of inhabitants: 556.
Casiguran, Tayabas, loan to, for relief of: 555.
Culasi, Antique, expenditure for the relief of: 563, 564.
Baler, Tayabas, loan to, for relief of: 555.
Dagami, Le3rte, expenditure for the relief of: 562, 565.
Dinalupihan, Bataan, expenditure for the relief of: 564.
lloilo, Iloilo, for relief of: 565.
Imus, Cavite, for relief of: 567.
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INDEX. 689
Resolutions, public — Continued.
Congrebsional relief fund — Continued.
Isabela, Isabela, for relief of: 553, 556.
Loon, Bohol, for relief of: 568.
Lopez, Seizor Vicente, expenditure from, for payment of land tax: 558.
Nueva Ecija, pmvince of, appropriation for use on roads and bridges in: 5(|8.
quarantine stations, establirfiingof: 569.
San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, expenditure for relief of: 562.
Tarlac, expenditure for completion of dike in: 561.
government employees, transportation of baggage on transfer of station: 564.
Heras, L. M., refund to, of purchase price for one carabao: 556.
inaugural address, printing and distribution of: 553.
Journal of Science, future manner of issue and sale price of: 554.
publications —
El Grito del Pueblo, payment to, for advertising, discontinues! : 560.
executive orders and proclamations of 1906, sale price of: 566.
governor-general to arrange for advertising in one of the Visaj^n newspapers:
559.
Official Roster of Officers and Employees, selling price of: 565.
Public Laws, Spanish edition, selling price of Volume V: 565.
Reports, Philippine, sale price of Volumes III and IV: 563, 566.
Vida Filipina, publication of government a<lvertising in: 560.
Public land act, extension of Chapter VI, except subsection 6, to Moro Province:
561.
Rew.\rds, permanent:
opium, sale and use of, payment to persons furnishing evidence^: 3(1.
Rice:
existing rate of duty on, imported into th<* islands, continued in forc(»: 39.
Rivers:
Agno and Bued, use of water power for railway line to Baguio: 402.
appropriations for: 47, 291.
(See also PuBuc works, bureau of.;
RiZAL, province of:
appropriations for: 352.
Mariquina, bridges at: 352.
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
loans to: 143.
Malabon, municipality of, governor-general to appoint committee to decide elec-
tion held in: 81.
municipalities —
elections held in: 81.
increased in: 116, 371.
separated: 116.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
water system for Manila City, condemnation proceedings. ( See Water s vstk.m. >
Road law:
amendment to: 166.
Moro Province, when effcMlive in: ]i'A>.
Roads:
appropriations for: 47, 48.
Baguio to Benguet: 4S.
Cebu-Toledo: 47.
11027— WAR 1907— VOL 10 i4
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Roads — Contiuuc»d .
franchise granted Lopanto Mining Co., inc. (See Franchises.)
provincial boards not required to advertise for bids for l)uilding of: 427.
Roads and Bridges:
appropriations for: 290, 293, 488, 568.
I Nueva Ecija, pro\ince of: 568.
' under the direction of the provincial board of La Laguna: 293.
Benguet road, use of, for building a railroad to Baguio: 402.
cedula tax, provincial boards to increase amount of for construction, maintenance,
and repair of: 166.
funds of the provinces accruing under the internal-revenue law, amendmtuit
of: 303.
toll roads and bridges, provincial boards may establish: 108.
persons exempted from tolls or charges: 109.
Robbery, brigandage, etc.:
section 4, act 1121, repealed: 286.
Roman Catholic Church property:
agreement made between the Secretary of War and the Archbishop of Manila,
regarding ownership: 375-382.
RoMBLON, province op:
annexed to province of Capiz: 217, 218, 219.
judge of court of first instance to hold court in: 219.
fiscal, one to perform duties for the provinces of Capiz. and: 38.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
loans to, cancellation of: 112, llo.
municipalities in, annexed to tliird assembly district of Capiz: 222, 223.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Rosales, Pangasinan:
municipalities separated from: 24.
RoviRA, L.:
payment for legal services: 210.
Salaries:
agents, deceased: 535.
army, officers of the, while serving with the Philippines Constabulary': 101.
fiscals, provincial: 80, 81, 336, 337.
Agusan: 336.
Albay: 336.
Ambos Camarine^: 336.
Antique: 336.
Bataan: 336.
Batangas: 336.
Bohol: 336.
Bulacan: 336.
Cagayan: 336.
Capiz: 336.
Cavite: 336.
Cebu: 81, 336.
Iloilo: 336.
Ilocos Norte: 336.
Ilocos Sur: 336.
Isabela: 336.
La Laguna: 336.
La Union: 336.*
Leyte: 336.
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INDEX. 691
Salaries — Continued .
fiscals, provincial — Continued.
Mindoro: 336.
Misamis: 336.
Mountain district: 336.
Nueva Ecija: 336.
Occidental Negros: 336.
Oriental Negros: 80, 336.
Palawan: 336.
Pangasinan: 336.
Pampanga: 336.
Rizal: 336.
Samar: 336.
Sorsogon: 336. i
Surigao: 336.
Tarlac: 336.
Tayabas: 336.
Zambalcs: 336.
governors, provincial: 49, 210, 367.
Abra, subprovince of: 210.
officers, deceased: 535.
officers, provincial: 219, 367.
Capiz: 219.
treasurers, provincial: 49, 367.
unclassified employees: 16.
Salaries and wages:
employees and officers under civil service. (See Civil service.)
municipal officers and employees: 296, 297, 298.
Salasa, Pangasinan:
municipalities separated from: 24.
Samar, province op:
appropriations for: 208, 209, 210.
governor of, payment of traveling expenses: 210.
arms and ordnance supplies for: 209.
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of 49, 367.
land assessment —
equalization and revaluation of: 216, 217.
provincial board, duties of: 216, 217.
lieutenant-governor of : 444.
powers and duties of: 444.
salary of: 493.
municipalities —
establishment of: 26.
increased in: 26.
provincial government act, special, application of, to, repealed: 444.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
volunteers, maintenance of: 208.
San Antonio, Samar:
Allen, municipality of, separated from: 26.
San Fabian, Pangasinan:
municipalities separated from: 24.
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San Isidro:
Congreasional relief fund —
appropriation for relief, transferred to province for use of roads and bridges:
568.
expenditure of, for relief of inhabitants of: 662.
Sanftary inspectors and vaccinators:
appropriations for: 209.
Sanftation and transportation, department op:
appropriations for: 14, 15, 212, 349, 384.
(See also Manila, ctty of.)
San Jacinto, Pangasinan:
election, time for holding in: 24.
reconstituted: 24.
San Jose, Colegio de: ,
agreement made by Secretary of War and Archbishop of Manila re ownership,
etc.: 375-382.
San Julian, Samar:
Taft, municipality of, separated from: 26.
San Lazaro Hospftal:
appropriations for the construction of buildings and equipment: 47.
San Miguel, Pangasinan:
election, time for holding in: 24.
reconstituted: 24.
San Nicolas, Pangasinan:
municipalities separated from: 24.
San Pedro Tunasan, La Laguna:
elections, time for holding: 22.
separated from Bifian: 22.
San Rafael, Bulacan:
Baliuag, separated from; 110.
San Ricardo, Leyte:
change in name of: 108.
San Roque, Tayabas:
annexed to Pitigo: 20.
Santa Barbara, Pangasinan:
election, time for holding: 24.
reconstituted: 24.
Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur:
Vigan, separated from: 140.
Santa Isabela:
agreement made between the Secretary of War and the Archbishop of Manila re
ownership: 375-382. .
Santa Maria, Pangasinan:
election, time for holding: 24.
reconstituted: 24.
V Santa Rita, Samar:
Basey, municipality of, separated from: 26.
Santos, Ramos S.:
reimbursement to, for food, clothing, etc.: 208.
Science, bureau of:
appropriations for: 202, 213, 241, 242.
ethnology, division of, transferred to: 2.
silkworms, eggs, or cocoons, importation of, by private parties, prohibited: 28d*
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Schools:
agricultural, students, employment of and compensation: 544, 545.
appropriation for buildings: 47.
director of education authorized to change or increase school districts: 1.
divisions, change, increase, or decrease of, authorized: 1.
free public primary, maintenance of, amendment of the internal-revenue law : 303.
funds, transferring of, from provinces of La Union, Nueva Ecija, and Sorsogon to
government: 97, 98.
industrial, students, employment of and compensation: 544, 545.
medicine and pharmacy, graduates of, authorized to practice medicine and sur-
gery: 163.
Philippine medical —
free scholarship to, one for each province: 138, 139.
appropriations for: 139.
graduates of, authorized to practice medicine and pharmacy: 138, 139.
provincial buildings-
loans for: 23.
teachers —
appointment of: 516, 517.
Cagayan, salaried of, payment to: 561.
(See also Education, bureau of.)
Schools, city, department of:
Manila, city of, appropriations for: 12, 284, 351.
(See also Manila, cmr op.)
Seamen, Filipino:
appropriation for shipwrecked or destitute: 493.
Secretaries:
appointment of: 515.
appropriations for: 200.
governor-general, appropriation for: 200.
leaves of absence to: 544.
provincial, fees formerly collectible by, to be deposited in provincial treasuries:
463.
Secretary op finance:
accrued leave of absence, may commute: 16.
Secretary of War:
appropriations for payment of expenses of, incident to opening of Philippine
assembly: 278, 492.
SBDmON, TREASON, INSURRECTION AND CONSPIRACY:
act defining, amended: 298.
Sewers and water supply, city op Manila:
appropriations for. (See Manila, city op.)
Sheriffs:
fees of: 156, 282, 460.
in criminal cases, providing for the payment of: 460.
provincial, premiums on bonds: 410, 411.
Shuster, W. Morgan:
compilation and codification of the public laws: 566.
Signal service, bureau of. (See Posts, bureau of.)
Silkworms, eggs, or cocoons:
importation of, except by bureau of science, prohibited: 286.
Sinking fund:
appropriations for: 386, 387.
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SlQUUOR, ISLAND OF:
subprovince of Oriental Negroe: 428.
lieutenant-governor for: 428.
duties of: 429.
salary of: 428.
Sisal:
purchase of, from Hawaiian experiment station: 563.
SiTANKi:
created a port of entry: 29.
closing and opening of: 472.
SOLICITOR-G E N ERAL :
not to engage in private p^ictice: 337, 338.
SOMERSILLE, ALBERT E.:
transportation to the United States: 558.
SORRARAIN, Dr. C:
payment for medical examination: 200.
SORSOOON, PROVINCE OF:
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
loans to —
canceled: 98.
provincial high school building: 23.
transferred to insular government: 97.
school funds —
loan of f 20,000, canceled: 98.
transferred from, to insular government: 97.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Stamps:
cedulas, insular treasurer relieved of custody of: 37.
internal-revenue, insular treasurer relieved of custody of: 37.
counterfeiting, forging, etc., of postage and revenue, prohibited: 430-438.
Streets, Cebu, Cebu:
committee appointed to provide plans, etc., for the widening of, dischaiiged: 105.
go*^emor-general to appoint new committee: 106.
Students, FiLfpiNo:
education of, in the United States: 470.
extension of time to take civilnaervice examination: 470.
SuBPRoviNCES established: 299.
SuLAT, Samar:
Taft, municipality of, separated from: 26.
Supervising railway expert:
appropriations for: 87, 205, 257.
(See also Railway expert, supervising.)
Supply, bureau op:
appropriations for: 266, 267, 493.
cold storage, division of —
abolished as a separate bureau, and made a division of: 102.
contracts and leases for space in, to be executed by the purchasing agent: 344.
director of, position abolished and one created in the: 102.
funds for, made available for: 102.
Supreme court:
amendment of acts relating to vacation of the: 94.
appointments made by governor-general in: 574.
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Supreme court — Continued,
judges of —
may issue search warrants in cases of counterfeiting, forging, etc.: 438.
not to engage in private practice: 337, 338.
reporter —
act creating office of: 228.
duties of: 228.
ministerial officer, to be: 228.
what cases reported and how: 228.
vacation of the, act relating to: 94.
SURIOAO, PROVINCE OP:
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Swift, Charles M.:
mentioned: 85.
Taal, Batangas:
Lemery, municipality of, separated from: 19.
elections, time for holding in: 19.
Tab ACQ, Alb ay:
vessels, foreign, clearing of, for port of: 471.
Tabuc, subprovince op Kalinga:
designated as the capital of: 149.
Tapt, Samar:
municipalities separated from: 26.
Tarangnan, Samar:
Catbalogan and Gandara, separatetl from: 26.
Taripp:
Rice, rate of duty on, imported into Islands: 36.
Tarlac, province of:
fiscal —
duties of, for the provinces of Nuova Ecija, and, repealed: 86.
salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
municipalities increased in: 23, 81, 114.
Tarlac, municipality of—
expenditure from the Congressional relief fund for completing dike at: 561
La Paz, municipality of, separated from: 23, 81.
Lauangcupang, barrio of, separated from: 81.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Tauit, subprovince op Apayao:
designated as the capital of: 150.
Tax appeals, board of: y
appropriation for: 278.
hearings of appeals transmitted to it: 519.
revise and correct erroneous assessments: 519.
Taxes:
cart and sledge, due and payable: 521.
cedula, volunteer firemen, entitled to refund of: 392.
payment of, extended in certain municipalities and townships: 151, 373.
provincial boards to increase the amount of: 164.
roads and bridges, construction, maintenance and repair of: 164-166.
(See also Cedula tax.)
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Taxes — Continued.
forest act, amended so as to provide but one scale of, on all timber for all prov-
inces: 40.
imposts, or other rev(*nuc»s not lo be leased or farmed: 521.
internal revenue —
cigarettes: 37.
cigars: 37.
distilled spirits: 37.
timber and forest products for use in construction and equipment of railway
lines, exempted: 3.
land-
assessment of land values, time extended: 35. 13().
Congressional relief fund, expenditure of, for the payment of: 558.
filing of declarations, extended: 136.
paying of, extension of time for the : 13(i.
redemption of, for nonpayment of: 89.
suspension of : 45. •
license: 520, 521.
Manila, city of —
act providing a method for enforcing the collection of: 540-544.
advertisement of delinquent real estate: 541.
assessors and collectors to issue deeds to purcliasers if land is not redeemed :
542.
assessing real property, officers charged with: 543.
assessment to constitute a lawful indebtedness: 542.
board of tax appeals —
duties of: 543.
meetings of: 543.
lands declared forfeited for nonpayment of may be redeemed : 542.
method for the enforcing and collecting of: 540.
officers charged with listing or collecting license, or privilege: 543.
personal property seized for, owners may redeem : 54 1 /
privilege: 520, 521.
property, enforcing the payment of, by delinquents: 294.
rate —
annual: 415.
Fixing of: 112.
right to redeem within one year from date of sale: 541.
sales —
' penalties assessed against to constitute a lien: 541.
redemption of lands: 43, 541.
refund of moneys received at: 43.
validity of, not to be assailed until: 542, 5^13.
stamp, Philippine Railway Co., exempted from payment of: 362.
Tayabas, province of —
Cabulihan, barrio of, annexed and consolidated with Pitigo: 20.
fiscal, salary of: 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
loans to: 143, 555.
Congressional relief fund, for relief of: 555.
Marinduque, island of, territory of, a subprovince of: 161, 229.
internal revenue collections, portion of, to be returned to subprovince of
Marinduque: 229.
(See also Marinduqik. island of.)
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Tayabas, province of — Continued,
municipalitiee —
Anos, sitio of, annexed to Pitigo : 20.
Baler, confiolidated with Casiguran: 20.
Cabiilihan, barrio of, annexed to Pitigo: 20.
Calantas, barrio of, annexed to Pitigo: 20.
CaBiguran, consolidated with Baler: 20.
increased in: 372.
San Roque, barrio of, annexed to Pitigo: 20.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Tubas, sitio of, annexed to Pitigo: 20.
Tayug, Pangasinan:
municipalities separated from: 24.
Tayum, Abra, suBPROvrNCE OP Ilocos Sur:
Bangued, separated from: 115.
Telephones and telegraphs:
franchise for, to Lepanto Mining Co. (See Franchises.)
island of Luzon —
franchise to Messrs. Allen and Brown to construct, maintain, and operate in:
192-198.
accounts to be kept by grantees of gross receipts: 194.
appeal, right of: 192.
forfeiture for noncompliance: 197.
grantees liable for all claims, etc.: 196.
may transfer, assign, etc., to Automatic Tel. Construction Co.: 197.
to file with secretary of commerce and police acceptance of: 196.
lines to be kept and maintained in a modem style: 194.
main central building to be constructed in Manila: 194.
cost of: 195.
deposit with insular treasurer, required: 195.
Manila, city of, and municipalities to have use of poles of, without com-
pensation: 196.
private property not to be taken without compensation: 196.
rates to be chai^ged, government reserves right to regulate: 197.
relocation of poles, conduits, etc. : 193.
rights granted, not exclusive: 195.
taxes, grantees liable for the payment of: 194.
term of franchise: 192, 198.
Theater liquor licenses: 510.
Theatrical performances:
licensing of: 516.
Tobacco:
appropriations for: 463-465.
bounties to be paid to growers of leaf: 463-465.
Toll ferries:
provincial: 225, 226.
(See also Pro vinctal government act.)
Toll roads and bridges: 108, 109.
(See also Roads and bridges.)
Township government act:
amended: 220, 294, 295, 418, 468.
boards, provincial, convention of presidents to be called by: 468.
conventions of presidents to be callod by: 468.
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Township oovernment act — Continued.
declaration, filing, of property and paying taxes organized under, extension of
time: 136.
license fees, collection of: 294.
licenses, liquors, intoxicating, regulations for: 418.
non-Christian inhabitants, provincial governors to appoint officers for, and pre-
scribe powers, etc. : 220.
property tax, enforcing the payment of, by delinquents: 294.
representatives, popular, qualifications of: 295.
repealed, application of, to province of Saniar: 444.
Samar, province of, application of, repealed: 444.
Townships:
list of: 619-629.
Tbansportation :
appropriations for: 278.
baggage of government eniployoos on transfer nf station at government expense:
564.
civil-service employees to the Unite<l States to be taken, when: 558.
extra baggage upon change of station: 569.
Treasurer:
accoimtsof: 529.
assistant —
appointment of: 526.
duties of: 526, 527.
insular —
fidelity bond premium fund —
bonded position in, record to be kept by: 407, 409.
funds of, invested by: 410.
Treasurers:
appointment of: 516.
assistant —
appointment of: 526.
duties of: 526.
district —
Moro province —
appointment of: 137.
salary of: 137, 138.
municipal, replacing losses, shortages, or defalcati(ms in the accounts of: 406.
Pangasinan, province of, relief for the estate of the late: 101.
provincial —
duties of: 326, 408, 409.
salaries of —
Albay: 49, 367.
Ambos Camarines: 49, 367.
Antique: 49, 367.
Bataan: 49, 367.
Batangas: 49, 367.
Bohol: 49, 367.
Bulacan: 49, 367.
Cagayan: 49, 367.
Capiz: 49, 367.
Cavite: 49, 367.
Cebu: 49, 367.
Ilocos Norte: 49, 367.
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Tbeasurers — Continued,
provincial — Continued .
salaries of — Continued.
Ilocos Sur: 49, 367.
IloUo: 49, 367.
Isabela: 49, 367.
La I^aguna: 49, 367.
La Union: 49,367.
Leyte: 49, 367.
Misamis: 49, 367.
Nueva Ecija: 49, 367.
Occidental Negros: 49, 367.
Oriental N^ros: 49, 367.
Pampanga: 49, 367.
Pangasinan: 49, 367.
Rizal: 49, 367.
Romblon: 49, 367.
Samar: 49, 367.
Soreogon: 49, 367.
Surigao: 49, 367.
Tariac: 49, 367.
Tayabas: 49, 367.
Zambalee: 49, 367.
Treasury, bureau of:
appropriations for: 263,491.
Treasury, insular: •
balances of appropriations remaining unexpended, to be returned into the: 293.
Tub AS, Tayabas:
annexed to Pitigo: 20.
Typhoons:
Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Co. authorized to bring suit to determine damage by.
to Luneta extension: 1.
Unexpended balances. (See Approprlations.)
Union, La, province op:
assembly, Philippine, delegates, election of: 155.
boundaries, establishment of new line between: 153-155.
bounties for growers of leaf tobacco in* 463-465.
fiscal, office of —
recreated: 152.
salary of: 152, 336.
franchise for building a highway and railroad in: 330.
governor, salary of: 49, 367. \
Namacpacan, municipality of, name changed to Lima: 3.
non-Christian inhabitants of, imder jurisdiction of lieutenant-governor of sub-
province of Amburayan: 155.
school funds —
transfer of: 97, 98.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Urbiztondo, Pangasinan:
elections, time for holding: 24.
reconstituted: 24.
Vaccinators:
appropriations for: 209.
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»Vail, Charles A.:
accrued leave and traveling expensoe: 557.
Vessels enoaoed in coastwise trade:
carriage of mails, government freight, and passengers —
appropriations for payment of: 366, 367, 405, 443.
ensign, shall fly, design to be approved by secretary of commerce and police:
405, 406.
licensing of —
engineers: 97.
number to be employed: 97.
masters: 97.
mates: 97.
patrons: 97.
officers of —
board, appointment of, lo examine applicants for positions of: 97.
(See also Coastwise trade.) v
"Vessels:
AlhatroftH, appropriation for: 278.
foreign, collector of customs authorized to clear for ports of Legaspi and Tabaco:
471.
insurance on. (See Insurance fund.)
marine officers for —
collector of customs shall prescribe number and class: 103.
fines and penalties for not complying with: 103.
merchant —
seamen deserting from: 424. * %
siunmary proceedings in: 425.
Palawan, appropriations for: 208.
services rendered by, in the province of Palawan in restoring order: 208.
transporting government mails, passengers and freight: 366, 367, 405, 443.
ViOA, Alb ay:
consolidation of : 25.
elections, time for holding: 25.
ViGAN, Ilocos Sur:
Santa Catalina, separated from: 140.
Villamor, Ignacio:
compilation and codification of the public laws: 566.
Villareal, Samar:
Basey, separated from: 26.
Santa Rita, separated from: 26.
Violaci6n:
public prosecution of, providing for the: 469.
ViRAC, Alb ay:
consolidation of: 25.
elections, time for holding: 25.
Voters, Philippine assembly election:
qualifications of: 69, 60, 61.
Wade, Festus J:
mentioned: 377..
Warehouses:
manufacttiring bonded, establishment of: 487, 488.
Warrants issued by head of office upon treasurer: 527, 528.
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Water system, Manila, city of:
bonds, sale of: 354, 355.
condemnation proceedings for the expropriation of land: 147.
proceedings for, to be instituted in court of first instance: 147.
Rizal, province of, condemnation proceedings for the expropriation of land in:
147.
Weather Bureau:
appropriations for: 244, 245.
Wharves, Manila, port op:
construction of: 47.
Witnesses:
assembly, Philippine, attendance of, before: 439.
board of rate regulation, before: 476, 476.
Commission, Philippine, before: 439.
in official investigations —
false swearing, penalty for: 307.
fees of, payment of: 307.
Wood, W. J.:
payment for legal services: 210.
Zambales, province of:
fiscal —
office of, abolished: 152.
attorney-general may designate an assistant attorney or provincial fiscal,
for: 152.
salary of:' 336.
governor, salary of: 49, 367.
land registration, court of —
register of deeds, provincial treasurer to perform duties of: 326.
municipalities*—
Iba, authorized to cede lands for pn)vincial school: 3
schools, provincial high, ceding of lands for: 3.
treasurer, salary of: 49, 367.
Zone, maritime, island of Palawan:
Fishing rights reserved : 90.
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